Chapter 11

Oyuki Mamisha toyed nervously with her wristwatch. The 
traffic seemed so heavy for the mid afternoon. They 
needed to get to the hospital. Or wherever. The 
silence inside the Limo was enough to make her scream. 
Although it had only been quiet for a few minutes, it 
seemed like hours. Every few seconds the Senator would 
clear his throat as if to say something, but sometimes 
even a big politician doesn’t know what to say in 
really strange situations. And this definitely counted 
as a strange situation.  Oyuki lifter her head and 
smiled at him. “Thank you again.”


The Senator gave back a nervous smile. “It is my 
pleasure.” He turned around towards the front of the 
limo. “Simmons, can we get there any faster?”


The man who had been peering into the rearview mirror 
throughout the ride looked back again. “I’m trying 
sir.” He glanced at his passengers. “Believe me sir, 
I’m trying.”


Oyuki sighed once again at the traffic. It seemed like 
they were not even moving.  She needed to be there. 
With him…


Don’t you go and die on me, Mikey.



The Senator wished they would talk. He tried not to 
look afraid but the truth of the matter was they were 
making him uncomfortable with their silence. But he 
could tell they were uncomfortable as well. They 
obviously were not used to staying in such close 
corners with strangers. The traffic wasn’t helping. 
The press already knew what was going on and he didn’t 
want to give these poor guys more publicity. It was 
obvious they didn’t want it. But desperate times call 
for desperate measures…


He picked up the phone. “Yes hello. This is Senator 
Grey. Yes, hello to you too. I need to speak to 
Sergeant Adams please, Yes please.” 



Tess sat quietly in the car, slightly fidgeting with 
her hands.  She felt out of place, and the fact that 
the New York City’s spotlight had been on her and her 
friends had not helped matters at all. She only hoped 
her parents did not see the news tonight, But her dad 
was a news buff and the chance of that happening was 
slight. 


She raised her eyes to observe the other passengers in 
the car. All of them were obviously nervous and upset. 
Raph looked like he was on the brink of an explosion, 
an observation that the senator was making as well. 
Don’s face was unreadable. He seemed deep in thought 
and observant to the current situation all at once. 
Next sat Hiroshi.  It was apparent that he felt truly 
responsible for Michaelangelo’s condition and unnerved 
at his brother’s. Every once and a while, he would 
glance in Splinter’s direction with confusion written 
on his face. Splinter seemed strangely calm, but deep 
in his eyes worry lingered. She looked lastly to 
Leonardo, sitting next to her.  He was attempting to 
mask the apprehension he was feeling as well, but not 
doing as well of a job as his sensei.  She put her 
hand on his lightly to console him. He responded with 
a small smile.



Michaelangelo walked openly on the street. People 
waved as he passed.


“Hi Mike!”


“Hey Mikey, how’s it hanging?”


Mike apparently knew them all, though he didn’t 
remember where or how.  But they were all close 
friends of his. He smiled and waved back to them.  He 
felt so loved; his life could not be any better. All 
of a sudden a girl stopped to talk to him. 


“Hey Mike.”


“Hello Beth!” He didn’t remember how he met Beth, but 
he knew he recognized her from somewhere.


“So, have you decided yet?”


“Decided what?” Mike turned to her, confused.


“Oh, they didn’t tell you?”


“Who?”


“The Head Honcho’s assistants.”


“Leo?”


“No silly, you know what I mean.”


Mike shook his head. This made absolutely no sense 
whatsoever. “Tell me what?”


“They really didn’t tell you that you had a choice?”


“A choice in what?”


“Whether you want to stay or go.”



Senator Grey exhaled a sigh of relief as the police 
escort arrived.  


Thanks you Adams, I really do owe you a favor. 


The sirens and lights surrounded the car. Raphael felt 
as though he was going to explode. Strange people 
surrounded him. And as if they were not already the 
center of the city’s attention at this point, the loud 
escort made it seemingly more so. This senator seemed 
like an alright guy, but who knew? Who knew with any 
people? They made no sense.  


The limousine picked up speed after the arrival of the 
police escort.  Raph closed his eyes for a second. He 
tried to focus on why they had accepted this ride with 
this human.


Mike.



Within a few minutes the Limousine screeched to a 
halt. The senator jumped out of the car, then turned 
awkwardly to his companions who were nervous to be 
back out in the sunlight.  “Are you coming, your 
brother is this way.”


Finally, they shuffled out carefully. 


“University Hospital?” Well, a back alley of it anyway.


“Yes, that is where your friend is located at uhm…”


“Raphael.”


“Ah, yes.”


“Let us go inside. I do believe we should waste time 
or luck out here in the broad daylight.” Splinter 
spoke quietly, but all listened. They shuffled into 
the back of the hospital, where more strangers greeted 
them all. 


“Please, this way.”


“Excuse me, but do you have a more…discreet route?”


“Uhm, yes I’m sorry. Right this way please.”


They took the back elevators, silently, all still lost 
in though, yet overly alert at the same time. When 
they reached the top, they were greeted by a quiet, 
empty hall.  A man peeked around the corner, then 
approached the group. He had obviously been told to be 
prepared for what he was going to see, but a 
huge ‘gulp’ gave away his true feelings. All eyes were 
on him as he began to speak.


“Hello Jeremy. I am glad to see you have brought my 
patient’s friends.” Although his face looked happy, 
there was a bit of sadness behind his words.


The one in the head of the group smiled a bit at old 
college roommate. He turned to around to those behind 
him. “This is my old college friend, Dr. Franklin 
Afortt. He is the, ahem, specialist I called for.”


“I am not a specialist. I just could not decide 
whether I wanted to be a physician or a marine 
biologist after my bachelor’s degree. So I obtained 
them both. It took me a while, but I wasn’t ready to 
live in the real world and decided to live off of my 
father’s money for as long as possible.”


Donatello listened carefully. “That’s—“


“That’s great, really,” Raph broke in. “Where’s Mike?”


Leonardo rolled his eyes at his own brother’s 
comments, but soon became worried as he saw the 
expression on the doctor’s face fall after Raph’s 
question.


“I have him stable. There seems to be some sort of 
problem, though?”


Raphael stepped towards him. “What?”


“He seems to be in a comatose state. Tests show that 
he did hit his head pretty hard on impact. But that is 
the only problem.”


“The ONLY PROBLEM??” Raph looked about ready to lose 
it again. 


“Raphael, please. Let him speak.” The old rat looked 
back at the doctor.


The doctor spoke slowly. “I don’t know how long he 
will be like this. It could be tomorrow or it could be 
forever.”


They exchanged glances back and forth as his words 
sunk in. Oyuki stood there silently in shock. And 
Raphael took off down the hall so that the others 
would not see his tears.


Chapter 12 coming soon





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