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The meaning of family	By : selfless1978 Category: +S through Z > Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Views: 4214 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Vicky had lost. As much as she had tried to hide from him he found her and her children. Or rather his goons found them. They had her cornered in a dark ally. Her children, only 6 and 7, were cornered between her and the wall as the men that approached her.
"Well, well. Look who we have here" one said. "the boss has been looking for you all over the country. And here we find you in New York City of all places"
"Leave us alone." Vicky hissed at them. "I'm not going back to him."
"Babe," leered another "it's not YOU he wants." His eyes went to the 2 cowering forms behind her. "He told us we could have you for fun."
She felt the blood leave her face. She knew what these men were capable of...she is married to the man who pays their bank roll. 'God I have been so stupid with my life.' she thought watching as they got within arms reach of her. There were 10 of them and only her. She felt so defenseless and her children were crying now. God what could she do!
The first one who spoke grabbed her and pulled her close to him. "And have some fun we shall... Get the brats." he told the others.
'No...I can't let them. I have to fight. If not for me then for them. They don't deserve this...' ran through her mind. But what could she do? The thug put a hand in her hair and pulled her face closer. So close his foul breath was mixing with hers. Tears were springing to her eyes.
Little Dennis screamed as one of the other men grabbed his arm and Amy was crying loudly now.
"Shut them UP!" the man holding her said. Then she heard a smack and her 7 yr old boy wail in pain.
'NO! This will NOT HAPPEN!' screamed in her mind and something awoke in her. Pure rage welled up inside her. 'You are their mother! DO SOMETHING!' Without further thought she kneed the man in the groin as hard as she could. This stunned him enough to where he let his grip go, it also hurt him by the way he crouched over. Vicky didn't hesitate, she pushed him over and tried to get to her children. She was so close when she felt another man grab her and slam her front first up against the ally wall.
"Bitch...your going to pay for that." she heard from behind her. And then the thug banged her head against the wall. With a cry of pain she fell to the ground and she could feel the blood running down her face but she refused to pass out as dizziness overcame her. She tried desperately to get to her frightened children. She stopped when she felt a sharp pain in her side, he had kicked her in the ribs. and it was followed by several more. She crumpled to the ground, gasping for breath and tears flowing down her cheeks. 'Please' she thought 'someone, please help.'
Something landed next to her followed closely by three more light thuds. She couldn't see clearly...between tears, blood and dizziness she could not process what she saw. A green foot? She heard complete silence for a second then heard her son.."Whoooooa"
Then all hell broke loose. She heard a lot of thumps and groans and metal clanging. She tried to get up. 'The children' she thought.
"Stay down" a gentle voice told her "I'm right here and I won't let them near you. Your hurt pretty bad"
"The...kids?" She tried to ask.
"They are OK. My brother has them." that same voice replied.
"Leo! Look out!" came a call.
The foot disappeared out of her view for a second followed by a grunt and a crash, then reappeared. "Thanks, Donnie!" the voice above her said.
"No problem!" the other voice replied.
"That's the last of them." said a third voice.
"Mommy!" "Hang on little dudette. Let my brothers look after her real quick"
How many are there? She wondered.
Suddenly she felt gentle hands turn her over. She looked at something she couldn't describe. A green face? With a blue mask? But the eyes. She got lost in those eyes. Large, blue and...gentle as the hands he handled her with. She knew she should be scared but for some reason she wasn't. "Hang in there." he told her.
Another head came into view, this one with a purple mask. "Leo, she is pretty banged up. I'd be surprised if they didn't break a rib or two on her."
"We'll get her an ambulance." the blue masked one said.
Vicky panicked. "No...hospital. Please..." She gasped
"Lady, your hurt you need to go." A red masked face popped into view.
"NO! Please..." She looked into the blue masked one's eyes again "...he will find me...and the kids...please help...me...hide...my children..."
Those large blue eyes looked into hers. The gaze cut through the tears of pain and dizziness and she could see them clearly. The compassion in them, gentleness and worry. "It's OK" he said. "Donnie, you think you can check her out at the lair?"
"WHAT!?" Yelled the red masked one.
"I dunno..." the purple masked one said. "well if I can fix us up I guess she couldn't be any harder."
"Then it's settled." Blue mask replied. He looked down at Vicky again. "You and your kids are coming with us."
The relief flooded over her overcoming all her pain. She finally allowed herself to give in to the darkness.
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"Are you fucking NUTS?" Ralph hissed at him as they were walking to the lair. "
Leo sighed. "No, Raph, I'm not nuts." he whispered. Trying to keep his voice low so the two children wouldn't hear him and his brother arguing...again. He was carrying their mother as careful as he could, holding her body close to his so she wouldn't move in his arms as he walked. He didn't want to hurt her anymore than she already was. Donnie held the little girl. Mikey carried the boy. Raph was carrying his temper.
"Why are we doing this, Leo?"
"Raph, you saw how upset she was at the thought of going to the hospital. Something has her scared enough to not feel safe there."
His brother just stared at him for a moment then shook his head. "Great..." he muttered "THIS is going to be interesting."
"Is Mommy going to be OK?" he heard a little voice ask. "I'm sure she will be, sweetie" Donnie replied. "I'll fix her up the best I can. I promise. OK?"
"OK"
'The poor kids' thought Leo. That was the first time either one had said a word during the trip, obviously they were worried about their mother. That thought made Leo look down at her. Her head was leaning against his shoulder and she was still breathing ragged breaths and a worried frown crossed over his lips. She fought so hard to try and help her children.
They had come across the scene during roof top patrol. Mikey was the first to spot them. "Guys over there!" he said, pointing to an ally. Leo had looked just in time to see her nail the guy with a knee jab. But he knew she was in trouble. "Let's GO!" Even as they were racing to the scene he watched in horror as they slammed her into the wall. His eyes had widened when he heard the children screaming. He had to watch as the woman fell to the ground and tried to get to the children but was stopped short as three men started to kick her.
"Mikey get to the kids! I'll get to the woman. Raph, Donnie, try to form a blockade. Keep the rest back!" He heard their "OK!"s just as he jumped down from the roof with his blades in his hands. He landed right next to her and let the stunned men see the wrath in his eyes. Then he lashed out. Those three men didn't stand a chance. He looked around quickly. Mikey had taken care of the guys holding the kids. Then he noticed she was trying to get up, he knelt down over her so she could hear him. "Stay down. I'm right here and I won't let them near you. Your hurt pretty bad."
"The...kids?"
"They are OK. My brother has them."
He heard Donnie's warning and looked up to see one that had gotten past his brothers. He launched straight from the ground into a kick that sent his would be attacker flying into the ally wall. The fight was finished shortly after that, ten thugs really didn't pose a challange to them.
He then kneeled back down next to the woman and gently turned her over, rage began burning in him when he saw the blood on her face. He looked into her eyes and the rage fell away, something in her brown orbs held him and took his breath away. He saw the pain in her eyes but strangely...no fear. "Hang in there". She just calmly watched him, holding his eyes with her own. That calmness fled when he mentioned the ambulance. Panic, fear, desperation and a silent plea took it's place. That's when he made the choice to honor her request. "Then it's settled. you and your kids are coming with us". Relief filled those soft brown orbs. Then she passed out in his arms.
Leo came out of his musing as they reached the lair. He entered and took her straight to Donnie's lab then gently placed her on the table. Even as careful as he was she still moaned a little in pain. Donnie came in right behind him, still holding the little girl and he passed her to Leo. "I need to work on the mother." Donnie said "I don't think she needs to be in here right now." Leo nodded and carried her out.
As he was taking her to set her on the couch next to the little boy Mikey had already placed there, she looked at him. "Mr. Green guy?"
"Yes?"
"Thank you for helping my Mommy."
Leo looked down at her and smiled. "Your welcome"
"What's your name?"
"Leonardo. But you can call me Leo."
"I'm Amy. That's my brudder, Dennis."
Leo looked at the boy. "Hi, Dennis."
"Hi." The boy replied quietly. He looked at Leo, and just like his mother had no fear in his eyes. "Are you a turtle?"
"Yes"
"Cool... I like turtles."
Mikey, came out of the kitchen with some pizza. He carried it over to the couch and sat with the kids. "You little guys hungry?"
"YES!"
Leo smiled. Even tho they were approaching their 29th year, Mikey still had a love for pizza and so did the kids apparently. Well at least he wasn't putting all that garbage onto them anymore...
He looked at his little brother and Mikey winked and nodded towards Donnie's lab. Leo nodded and went to go help Donnie. When he entered he found Raph and Master Splinter there as well and Donnie was hooking up an IV while talking to them. The conversation broke off when he entered.
"My, son. Please explain."
Leo sighed and looked at his master. He was older now with more grey in his fur. "Master, she was obviously scared. Something scared her so much she was doing herself more harm. I couldn't in good faith let her go. It just didn't...feel right. I take the full blame."
Sensei, looked at him a moment, "No, my son. There is no blame. More than once that feeling has saved many lives. If you deem that she be safer here, than here she will stay. For now."
"Yes, Master Splinter"
"Leo, " Donnie spoke up "she has been beaten up pretty good and she is going to be sore as hell for awhile. Her head is going to need some stitches. I'll clean her up and get started on that after I wrap her ribs up. That's my main concern. She has three fractured ones. But over all she should be OK."
Leo nodded. "I'll help you, Donnie" He went to get a warm bowl of water and a washrag then he gently proceeded to clean the blood off of her face.
"Come Raphael." His master said "Let us see to the needs of the little ones." Raph nodded and left with Splinter.
Together Donnie and Leo got her cleaned up and bandaged and Leo worked in silence, listing to his brother's instructions. He knew his brother was the best one for this job, Donnie had patched them up so many times, not to mention having to fix up April and Casey a time or two. As they were finishing up Mikey came in.
"I got the kiddos to sleep. They are worried about their Mom but are to tired to stay up any more. Nice kids though." Mikey smiled "I kinda like them."
"Alright Mikey, thank you. You and Raph get some rest. It's getting late." He caught Donnie yawning out of the corner of his eye. "You to Donnie. I'll stay here and watch over her."
Donnie nodded "Alright Leo, if you need me let me know."
"I will. Goodnight."
"Gnight"
Leo pulled up and chair and sat with her and he found himself alone with his thoughts. Looking at her he got that feeling that she needed his help. Something about her struck Leo to his core. Remembering how hard she tried to reach her children got him thinking of his own family. They were all older now, not the reckless teenagers they used to be. April and Casey had married a few years back. Mikey had matured somewhat, he still had that easy going attitude about him though. Raph had mellowed out a bit too. He wasn't so quick to fly off the handle anymore, but he still did every once in awhile. Donnie hasn't changed much at all, Leo smiled, he still loved to tinker. If anything they had become closer together over the years, if that was possible. He smiled again when he thought about how many grey hairs his family had added to his master's fur. That's when it hit him, he saw in this woman the same strong parental bond with her kids that Sensei had with them. He looked at her face, her glorious brown eyes hidden from him behind her eyelids. How he wished he could look in those eyes again. Something had happened to her that made her fear for her children and he wasn't going to let it happen again. He reached out his hand and took hers. "I will help you." He whispered. "Whatever I can do to help, I will." He sat there quietly the rest of the night just holding her hand. Trying to give her what strength he could.
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