Epilogue:
Present
Raph was on the prowl. He strayed far
away from his brothers. He didn't
want to cause anymore damage.
He had
already almost taken
out Mikey and all his
brother was trying to do was help him cope.
He needed to
let lose, to pound
someone, but not his family.
"Damn,"
he cursed to himself. He didn't understand it. Any other
night
these New York City streets would be crawling with baddies,
thugs, and wannabe
bad boys, but it seemed that it was all
peaceful. Raph was about to give up
hope when he heard it, a
scream for help in the far off distance.
"Gotcha." Raph smirked to himself and bolted in direction of the scream.
It
seemed some wannabe punk had cornered an
innocent girl in an ally way. Raph
waited until the punk went for
the girl again then he made his move.
"Don't think so pal!"
Raph retorted once he got himself between the girl
and the
wannabe.
The punk went to attack but when he saw his new
obstacle he couldn't help
but back away from him. He'd never
seen anything like this before. "What
are ya?
Some kind of freak?"
Raph laughed a loud harsh laugh. If it
was one thing you didn't do was call
Raphael a freak, Casey had
learned that the hard way from the first time they
met. Now, this
kid was going to get a good lesson. What did Casey call it? Oh,
yes:
Pain 101 but this time Raph was the instructor.
The kid
pulled out a small pocket knife. "Ooh, I'm scared." Raph
sang
out. "Let me guess, this is a little game of, I'll show
you mine if you
show me yer's right?" he asked him with a
smirk. Raph brought out his twin
sais and twirled around them
around to show he wasn't playing. "I'll
give ya a hint, this
is where ya run and I chase." Raph's smirk widened
when he saw
the fear in his eyes. "Boo."
The kid squealed. He didn't
get far. Raph got a hold of him before he could
blink. The punk
was down and was out cold, now Raph was just using him as a
punching
bag. There was nothing wrong with using one's anger against
the
city's night time baddies now was there? Hell, no.
The
punk wasn't the only one taken aback by Raph's appearance. The
girl
in all of this was also shaking. She'd
never seen anything like him either.
It was fear that kept her but
now curiosity and concern for her rescuer took
over. She couldn't
stay here. She followed the sounds of the pounding.
Blood
spattered from the guy's face, but Raph didn't care. He
wouldn't
stop this until he was gushing, just like Brock had. It
was his way of
justifying everything, especially the loss of
Brock. Sure, he didn't know her
long
but his future self had a good reason for loving her, she took them
in,
accepted them for what they were, especially him.
The
woman came upon the large green creature again.
If she figured right this
thing
reminded her of a giant turtle. The sounds of the pounding echoed
off
the walls. It caused her to wince at first, but this thing
saved her,
something on the inside told her he wasn't to be
feared. Instead, she ran up
to him, and tried to pull him away. No
matter what or who this thing was it
didn't deserve death on its
hands.
"Stop it!" she demanded.
Raph ceased all
movement, her voice alone gave away who she was. He turned
and
sure if enough, it was her, and yet it wasn't. This was Brock
before she
met the hellish world of the future. Then he caught her
stare, there was
something there, almost.
"Are you okay?" he asked her.
When the creature turned, she was
right. He was a giant turtle. Funny thing
was, he didn't scare
her at all. As weird as it was, there was
some sort of
comfort zone with
him.
"Yeah, sorry I just
got this weird feeling of déjà vu." She confessed
to him.
Raph smirked. "Yeah, me too." She really had no idea.
"Thanks for saving me by the way," the girl replied. "I'm Andrea."
Raph all ready knew that, but still he gave his
name. "The name is
Raphael,"
"Well, nice to meet you," she said.
The feeling was more then mutual.
FIN A/N:
sure if I'm too
happy with this ending, I didn't want to make it too
cheesy, but
there's nothing wrong with a little cheese
and if you're
wondering, don't worry she's alive in future
too. Sorry, I'm such a sap
for happy endings. Oh, and before I
go, many, many thanks to my beta Matt for
putting up with story!
Thanks again!