Drugs and dates

Michelangelo Hamato wrote:

Look, Raph! Donnie and I went behind your back so we can help someone in trouble. That is how Splinter raised us. Yeah, Love is dangerous, so what? If she goes back to killing humans again, its going to be your fault, since you won't let us help her."

Don just stared at Mikey in shock for standing up to Raph like that.  What shocked him even more was that he was exactly right, and Don shared those exact thoughts himself.  This wasn't just some random mutant -- this was someone who could bring more grief to innocents if they didn't continue to step in.  It still frustrated Don that he couldn't help Love like he wanted to.

Don gave his little brother a small smile of approval, but it soon faded when Raph started accusing them of ignoring his orders once more.  That angered him.  Not just annoyed him, but actually infuriated him.  Didn't Raph understand how important it was to keep that promise to Love?  If she killed again, it would definitely be on their consciences.  Not just Raph's, but all of theirs.  Don couldn't - no wouldn't - be responsible for any more deaths at the 'jaws' of Love.  He just couldn't!

Don's hope was further crushed by the fact that Leo was backing out on his promise to, instead, appease their new leader.  That didn't sit well with Don at all.  He freaking PROMISED he would be back!  He knew Love was losing faith in him with his promises.  He looked at Leo in absolute horror then glared at the ex-leader.  

"Leo!  We can't do that!  Love needs us!"  Then he looked at Raph, shaking his head.  "I made a promise, Raph.  I'll be more careful this time, okay?"  He didn't really want to tell Raph everything that he had planned for Love.  Including finding her a new place to live.  Raph wouldn't understand.

So Leo was willing to take a step back and let him lead? Raphael quirked a skeptical brow at that, and wondered if he was trying to prove something. His earlier words still burned. Leo had always known he would make a crappy leader, and this just felt like another way 'fearless' was trying to prove a painful point. To have him fail again. To humiliate him...


It didn't take Don long to pipe up, babbling on about how they had to help Love. Honestly, that's all he'd heard from the brainy turtle since they had the misfortune of 'meeting' her. The red-clad Turtle still felt as though the cat had put a spell on him, but no one would listen. They were hell bent on doing this, and there was no discussing it.


His gaze shifted back to Leo, and even though his oldest brother had agreed to let him lead.. Raphael still felt like a joke. This wasn't just about Love, but all of his insecurities building to a point that left him in a haze of hurt and confusion. There was no rationalizing, even with himself. Words wouldn't find him and the more he tried, the more frustrating it all became.  


Wordlessly he spared them all one last hurtful look before dropping his sais on the graveled roof, then turned to walk away.

"Wait!" Mikey held out a hand to stop him from walking away,"We do respect you, Raph. Its just...no offense, bro, but you do this crap all the time and I am just sick of it. We're a team, Raph. Kind of like the Avengers, the Justice League..." And he was off, rambling on and on about all the super hero team ups in his comics that was sure to annoy him.

Leo let out a long deep sigh. Raph needed some time to think. At least he hoped that's all it was. He reached down and scooped up Raph's weapons and looked after his brother.

Let him go Mike. We can't force him to stay, or to lead us. Lets give him some time to cool off, and sober up.

He walked over to Don and shook his head. The family was falling apart and Leo was blaming himself. It was his fault after all, He stood up to their father, thinking it was the right thing to do. Still he thought it was the right thing to do. Then Raph was pulled into a possition no one was ready for. Now they were split up.

I'm going back home. Leo told Don sadly and walked away.

The guilt washed over Don in waves. He never meant to upset Raph like this. He never wanted to go up against direct orders from whoever their leader might be. He watched Raph walk away -- possibly for good this time. Mike's attempt to stop him did no good, and Don didn't know what else he could say.

When Leo told Mike to let Raph go, Don sighed heavily, shaking his head. He didn't believe the whole team was falling apart yet, but without a leader, it wouldn't be long before it did. They always worked better as a unit. With one of the pieces of the puzzle missing, it just couldn't work. Most of all, Don hoped this was all a temporary thing.

Maybe it was just the mix of substances in his brother's body that needed to wear off before Raph started thinking clearly again. Being impaired by being under the influence as leader was never a good idea to begin with. Maybe - just maybe - this whole thing would blow over by tomorrow.

It was the best he could hope for.

Mike's attempts were too little, too late. They were supposed to be a team.. maybe they should have thought about that before going behind his back. Whatever. Raphael was all out of fire.. all out of fight. The orange-clad Turtle's earlier comment did managed to grab his attention, but he only spared a defeated look over his shoulder.


"Well, it's the last time." Because the usually hot-tempered Turtle didn't plan on being around anymore in order to make them sick of his antics. Without another word, he turned and disappeared.

Yeah, it was evident that Mikko was messed up.. well, she was definitely in good company. Or.. not. Ezekiel wanted her gone. When Mikko slid closer to her, she spared a small smile. "Of course yer pretty. And if I was in to girls, I would totally do you. But, I like the cock." She winked, silently hoping that a fight didn't break out between Mikko and Eze.

Mikko smiled at Ally then stood up and straighten out her dress. Then, Punched Ezekiel in the face sending him backwards. Oh that felt good.

Ezekiel did not see that coming, His nose was bleeding and he was pissed. He aimed a punch at Mikko but she was quick to dodge it and kicked his legs out from under him. Once on his knees Mikko had a knife to his throat.

Now. Lets have a little talk. You don't seem to understand who you are dealing with. I could kill you. But Gabe wouldn't like that. And sense I kinda love the man, I'm going to let you go. You are going to let me stay. You pussy is way to dry to be riding my cock like this. deal?

Ezekiel soon found himself in a bad situation. He stood as still as he could, not wanting the knife to accidently cut him. Fine, stay. But if anything else happens to Gabe or any of my friends, I will kill you.

Deal. Mikko put her weapon back in her garter and sat on Gabe's bed and ran her fingers through his hair.

Ezekiel stood up and glared at Mikko, but said nothing. He sat down not planing on getting any sleep tonight.

Mikey couldn't believe it Raph was walking out on them. Now what were they going to do? Even after they were willing to follow his orders. Isn't that what he wanted? Yet he also wanted him and Don to stop helping someone in need. That didn't felt right. At all. Splinter taught them better then this. They were only doing what they had been taught, and Raph want them to go against their morals just so they can play follow the leader?

Shaking his head in disgust, Mikey turned to Don,"Lets go talk to Splinter. He'll set this straight." With that goal in mind, Mikey hopped over several roof tops, lifted the nearest manhole and crawled in. To think he could be using this to help Love find a new home, or play his video games, instead he had to listen to Raph wallow in self pity.

Well, this certainly hadn't gone the way Don had planned. He had so many emotions running through him at the moment, he didn't even know which one was more important. He hated seeing Raph leave like that. It was Don's own fault, he knew that.

After seeing Raph disappear from sight, Don sighed heavily and nodded to Mikey before heading back with his other two brothers. He knew he had to make it up to Raph somehow. He just didn't know when or even how. But he would do something...eventually. After he sorted through his own pile of emotions.

In the blink of an eye, all hell had broken loose. Mikko had attacked Ezekiel, and even pressed a knife against his throat! This scared the young woman and she wasn't sure what was about to happen. It seemed that after Mikko made her threat, things would calm down... but her poor heart was pounding uncontrollably. Things could have gotten bad, and seeing that Mikko had gotten so violent with Ezekiel upset her. Hell, it even made her angry.


Sparing Mikko a look that clearly conveyed how happy she was, Ally pushed up from the bed and headed into the bathroom. She grabbed a washcloth and ran it under some warm water and after wringing it our, returned to where Ezekiel was setting. She carefully cleaned away the blood, and gently pressed it against his nose, instructing him to lean his head back. Her angered gaze once again found Mikko.


"That was completely uncalled for."

No it was completely called for. He had it coming. He stabbed me in my side earlier. Mikko said pointing to the area that Eze had stabbed her. She then turned her attention back to Gabe, glad that he was asleep for all of that.

Ezekiel let Ally take care of his nose and he tilted his head back. It wasn't too long before the bleeding had stopped. He gave a few sniffles and smiled at Ally. I'll live. I'm more worried about Gabe with miss psycho there.

Ezekiel had stabbed Mikko? Well this was the first she had heard about that. Ugh. Having these two get along would be impossible, but she understood where Ezekiel was coming from. He was trying to protect his brother. Though, stabbing Mikko had been harsh.


She was glad that his nose wasn't broken, and was equally relieved when his nose stopped bleeding. The last thing they needed was for a nurse to come in and see that something had happened. They would all be told to leave, and Gabriel desperately needed them there. Well, Ezekiel, anyway. Zeke had a way with Gabe.


Not wanting to overcrowd Gabriel now that Mikko was setting close to him, Ally took a seat on Ezekiel's lap. It was probably the closest contact the guy had experienced with a woman since his wife had died, but Ally knew none of that. The guy was a mystery to her. Besides, she wasn't shy or uncomfortable by the closeness. In fact.. it was nice.


"Well, you both are gonna have to put your differences aside while you're around him.." She said, gesturing towards Gabriel.

eze was not expecting for Ally to sit in his lap, and he wasn't sure what to do with his hands. No woman had been this close to him in a very long time and he wasn't very comfortable with it. But he didn't want to be rude and push her off. So he folded his arms over his chest and rolled his eyes.

fine.

Mikko shrugged and nodded. She agreed, Gabe didn't need that added stress. So, Eze is into underage teens now?

Ezekiel looked at Ally and shook his head. No comment.

Ally was half-expecting for Ezekiel to go with the motions. Maybe put a hand on her hip or around her waist.. but obviously that was nothing more than wishful thinking. Instead, he folded them over his chest and it was pretty obvious that he wasn't comfortable with this. Then Mikko chimed in and commented about her being underage.


"Hey.. I'm 18. That is way past breeding age back in the day.." she said, sparing a wink. But it still bothered her that Ezekiel didn't seem okay with this. Had she known his story, then maybe she would have understood. But as it was, she felt that he didn't find her attractive at all.


"Want me to move?"

Still pretty young, I am 30. No you can stay. I just...haven't had a girl this close for a while. So not sure what to do with my hands. He gave an awrkward smile and patted her head.

Well if we're going to be in here together for awhile. How about a drink? Mikko pulled the two vodka bottles out of her bag. Was for Raph and I...but, he wanted to end the date early. I think I was making him uncomfortable.

eze took a bottle and opened it, taking a large sip and handing it to Ally. He then snorted. The freak is probably gay.

Mikko took the other bottle that was almost empty and shook her head. No he's not. He's just way to unsure of himself. Maybe I made that worse.

Ally was glad that Ezekiel didn't tell her to move. Honestly, that probably would have crushed her a little more than it should have. She stayed stationary, and shook her head at his comment about his age. "Well, yer not old enough to be my daddy, so no.. yer not too old.." She winked at him, hoping to God that she wasn't scaring him away. Sometimes she could be too open with her feelings, especially when intoxicated. And oh look, more alcohol!! She took the bottle when Zeke offered it to her, and raised it in a small dedication. "For Gabe." With that, she took a big gulp, and passed it back to Ezekiel. His comment about his hands earned a cheeky little grin.


"I could show you a million things you can do with them.. but some would get us kicked out of the hospital.." She flashed him that devious little grin and took one of his hands in hers.. "So we'll keep this PG.." With that, she wrapped his arm around her waist and leaned back against him. "See? It's not so bad."

The comment about Raphael being gay earned a roll of her eyes. "Maybe.. you know. He's just afraid of hurting you. I mean, I know he kinda lost it last time.."[/color]

Mikko watched the two and frowned. She wanted arms around her! Damn it! Not Eze's no he was not her cup of tea. She took another big swig of her drink. Yeah. I think he almost broke me the last time. He is pretty huge. He reminds me of those japanese porn cartoons, the ones where the guy is way to big for the little school girl and he teares her apart but she just ask for more. It was like that. Fun.

Ezekiel put his arms around Ally and relaxed some. He took the bottle back and took another drink. hearing Mikko he wrinkled his nose.

We really don't need to know all that. He looked at Ally. I don't know what your intentions are. but you know you have to be appoved by my little girl before anything happens. and Spike is never getting out of jail, right? hate to have to kill him and all.

Hearing Mikko talk about her experience with Raphael caused Ally to wrinkle her nose. Yeah, that didn't sound like fun at all! But Mikko seemed to have enjoyed it. "Does that make you the kinky school girl?" Of course it did. Because despite how obviously painful it had been for her, Mikko had gone back for more.

Ally's attention was then shifted to Ezekiel when he mentioned that she would have to get his little girl's approval. The fact that he would even consider her earned a little smile. Honestly, she was just trying to loosen the guy up a little, and it seemed to be working. But now that it was a possibility... Eze was cute. And tough. Yeah, he was a good catch.


"Aw, I like kids.. maybe I can win her over." She winked. "And yeah, Spike's away for life.. may even get the death penalty.. but I'm trying to change that. He's my brother, after all."

We'll get spike out. At least into a hospital. If anything it'll take him away from the death penalty.

eze didn't like the idea of Spike getting out at all, he sighed deeply. You know Spike is dead set on killing Gabe.

oh...then maybe he should stay in prison.

Ally was glad that Mikko was still planning on helping her save her brother. That was her biggest fear. Losing him. To watch helplessly on the other side of the glass as they pumped him with the drugs that would ultimately stop his heart. No. She couldn't let that happen.


Unfortunately when Ezekiel spoke up and told Mikko that Spike wanted to kill Gabriel, it seemed Mikko's thoughts had changed. This earned a huge frown from the blonde. "Yeah, he wants to kill Gabriel.. but we won't let that happen. If we can get my brother into some sort of locked mental institution.. he won't be a threat. I just... can't let him die. I know he's an asshole, but he's my brother and I love him."

Well if he does become a threat, I'm sure I can take him out. Mikko took a long drink from her bottle finishing it off. She then toss the bottle in the trash and rubbed her tired eyes. She needed sleep. She slipped her shoes off and carefully laid beside Gabe.

You two have fun, I'm taking a nap.

Eze still wasn't liking the idea of Spike being out of prison. Hospitals were easer to break out of. And why would Mikko help someone she didn't even know? Maybe she was doing it for Ally. Speaking of Ally. Maybe she was getting a little too close. She was young still. And he was pushing 30. He couldn't date a kid.What would his own kid think about that?

Why was he even entertaining the idea of dating this girl in the first place? He was a mess. Between the booze, tiredness, and Ally sitting on his lap being very snuggly, he wasn't thinking clearly.

Ezekiel took another swig from the bottle then set it on the floor. He also didn't like that Mikko was getting so close to his brother. He didn't think anything would come of it honestly. Gabe was never one to settle down, too many demons. Though it seemed Mikko shared some of those demons. But if she was dating one of the turtles then she needed to let Gabe know. If not he would mention it. For now he wanted to get some rest. He had a feeling once Gabe came to it would take some doing to convince him to stay in the hospital.

He looked up at Ally.

We should get some sleep too. You can take this chair if you want. I'll grab some blankets.

Blissfully unaware that Ezekiel may have been having second thoughts about her, Ally gave a small nod and reluctantly slipped from his lap. "Nah.. you can have the chair.. I can grab some blankets and take the floor. I'm small and fun-sized.. I can fit anywhere." She gave the thug a wink before heading out into the hall to snag a bunch of blankets and pillows off one of the carts. It was probably forbidden for so many people to stay over night, but the nurses would surely have a fight on their hands if they tried to give someone the boot.


The blonde returned moments later and started handing out the blankets and pillows, then began preparing her spot on the floor. She looked up at the two, giving them her cutest and most innocent look, which she was a master at despite being so devious.


"Anyone care to sleep with me?" She asked sweetly, her puppy-dog eyes rivaling Puss-n-Boots.

Ezekiel rolled his eyes and once Ally was laying down he stood up and scooped her up. He then laid her on the chair and reclined it back. Then he put a pillow under her head and covered her up.

Better. I can sleep on the other chair. I've slept in worse places.

He sat in the other chair and sloched down.

I have a feeling we are going to have our hands full tomorrow.