Raphael slowly woke up, there was a sharp pain in his chest and he groaned softly. He moved slightly and heard chains, then he felt around and realized he was chained to a wall. Raph began to panic; he was blind, in chains, and he had no weapons. He usually kept calm about being captured, but even he had his limits. Raphael got up and felt around his cell, it was small, Raphael could only take four steps before he bumped into another wall.

Raphael slowly sat down and tried to find ways to keep calm. He knew his friends and family would save him, he just hoped that they weren't too late when they did. As Raphael hugged his knees, he wondered what Shredder was planning to do to him.

RAPHAEL! A booming voice said in his head, it sounded scared and worried. RAPHAEL, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

Not so loud Rockwell, I'm fine. Raphael thought to his friend, Tell the others I'm fine, I'm in a small cell.

We were worried about you. Rockwell replied as he used telepathy. We can't recue you yet, we're coming up with plans.

Do me a favor, don't take more than a month. Raphael told him through his thoughts, And make sure Slash is doing okay.

We're sitting with him right now, I'll tell them you're fine. Rockwell replied as Raphael heard a door open and close.

"Look whose awake." Raph heard Fishface say, "We're going to have some fun Raphael." Raph's cage was unlocked and his chains were removed. The turtle was then dragged out by two footbots. He struggled, but the bots were stronger than the previous ones.

"Oh shell." Raphael muttered under his breath as he was dragged into a different room. Fishface closed the door and had Raph chained to a wall. "Let me go Fishface." Raphael snarled at his enemy as he struggled against the chains.

The mutant fish laughed as he grabbed a knife and began to cut into Raphael's skin, making the turtle grunt in pain. Fishface then grabbed a matchbox and set a match on fire, then he put it close to Raphael's legs so that the fire burned him. The terrapin whimpered in pain and tried to get away from the flame, but it was no use. Fishface then grabbed a whip and beat Raph with it, the turtle tried to concentrate on something else.

"Aw, is the little turtle broken?" Fishface taunted, making Raphael snarl. Fishface then grabbed a hammer and started slamming it against Raphael's right arm, making him scream. His arm soon shattered and the footbots took Raphael's chains off and dragged him back towards his cell. "Tend to his wounds so we can do it all over again." Fishface called towards the robots as they left the room.

Rockwell, my whole body hurts. Was Raph's last thought before he passed out from the pain.

Rockwell's eyes widened when he got the message, he immediately went to gather everyone. Once they were all in the living room, they looked to Rockwell with worry. "Raphael, he's in pain." Rockwell told them sadly, "He may have passed out from it..."

"Then why are we just standing here while he's with the Shredder?" Slash was furious, nobody was going to mess with his friends and get away with it.

"Slash, if we don't come up with a plan, Raph probably won't make it out alive." Rockwell reasoned as he touched his friend's shoulder, "We'll save him as soon as we can."

Michelangelo stood up, "WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER, WHAT IF THEY KILL HIM?" Mikey missed his big brother teasing him all the time.

"Michelangelo, we will save him." Leatherhead replied and hugged Mikey as he started to cry.

Donatello ran off to his lab and immediately began to draw out plans and possibly results. He missed Raphael as much as the others, it was driving him nuts that he wasn't there with his hot-headed brother. Donatello drew out as many plans as he could think of, saving Raph was his number one priority. Hours went by as Donnie imagined many plans to save his brother. As always, the genius turtle stayed up all night, working.

Raphael woke up the next morning and moved slightly, he gasped in pain and closed his eyes. Everything hurt, he knew that he'd have to conceal his pain from his loved ones. Raph imagined being in his warm bed again and Michelangelo messing with him, it made him smile slightly. Raphael knew that the ones he cared about would keep him going, so he decided to start focusing on the memories he had with them. A door opened and Raphael was dragged out of his cell again and into the torture room.

The pain started the second Raph was chained to the wall. Fishface made cuts down Raphael's face, but the turtle refused to think of the pain. He closed his eyes and remembered Michelangelo messing with him. He could also remember how Donatello would take care of him when he needed medicine and how 'Fearless' would boss him around. These thoughts kept the pain at bay, but only temporarily.

Fishface made a cut down Raphael's plastron, then he put fire near the wound. The turtle screamed in pain and struggled to break free, but he couldn't. He did his best to keep a calm demeanor, but knew that Xever would break him soon if he didn't escape. Raphael struggled again as Xever burnt his face, then Xever began to laugh at him.

~Time skip, brought to you by the TMNT 2012 theme song~

It had been weeks since Raphael last came into physical contact with his family and friends. The turtle lay in his cage, broken and miserable. He was in pain, tears quietly streamed down the turtle's cheeks as he tried to move without feeling the pain. His mission failed, every inch of his body felt like someone had stabbed him, that was basically what had happened. Raph hadn't heard from Rockwell in days and figured that his family gave up on trying to save him.

The cell door opened and Raphael was dragged towards the torture room. There was no struggle left in the terrapin as he imagined his loved ones moving on without him. The turtle felt that a weight had been lifted off his shoulders, he just hoped that nobody would be too upset to find him gone from the world. Raphael was chained to a table, Xever had said that he would dissect Raph during their last session. Raphael hadn't been fed in weeks and was growing thin, he no longer smiled, and he had begun to cry a lot more than usual.

"Ah, looks like my broken pet is here." Fishface said with a smirk, "Nobody has come from you, Shredder is allowing me to dissect you." the fish mutant told the terrapin, "You'll be awake the entire time."

Raphael heard something flying near him, then he felt something pinch his arm. The turtle sighed sadly and waited for Xever to begin. He felt the knife cut down his plastron, making him whimper in pain and close his eyes tightly. Just as Xever was about to continue, there was a crash as glass fell from the ceiling. Raphael relaxed as Xever froze, then he cried out in pain as he was removed from the table and someone started bashing at his shell.

"Leave. Him. ALONE!" Michelangelo shouted as he punched Fishface and fought the mutant. Raphael heard the doors open as he collapsed to the floor, then a battle broke out. Donatello rushed to his injured brother and knelt at his side, he then gently and carefully rolled Raph over and gasped at what he saw.

Raphael was cut open and he had scars all over him, his eyes were filled with tears. Raphael moved slightly and touched Donnie's hand, a weak smile touched his lips. "Y-You c-came for m-me..." Raph stuttered and relaxed slightly, Donnie held his big brother's hand.

"Of course we did Raph, hang in there." Donatello told him as he carefully touched Raphael's left arm.

"D-Don..." Raph whispered in a tired voice, "I-I've missed you guys." Pain shot through Raphael, he tried to hide it but couldn't. "C-Can we go n-now...?" Raphael felt tears stream down his cheeks, the pain was becoming unbearable.

"Of course we can." Donatello told him with a soft smile, "We're going home so you can get better."

"I thought...you weren't...coming." Raphael whispered as he clutched Donatello's hand. "I gave up..." Raphael looked away and began to cough up blood as he whispered, "I'm...broken..."

Donatello took out some medical supplies from his bag and began to work on Raphael's wounds. "No you aren't, everything will be okay." The purple-cladded turtle began cleaning his brother's wounds, making the red-cladded turtle gasp in pain and whimper softly. "I'm sorry." Donatello whispered as he continued to tend to his dying brother.

"D-Donnie...make it stop." Raphael whimpered in a soft voice, "Make the pain...stop..."

"Raph, calm down." Donatello gently took Raph's hand in his, "Please, the pain will stop soon."

Raphael felt his energy fail him, his grip on Donnie loosened as his breathing slowed. "Donnie, I'm scared..." Raphael whispered to his little brother. "When can I sleep?"

"Soon Raph, but first I need you to stay awake so I can keep you alive." Donatello told him, "We're all terrified, just stay awake so I can keep you alive."

Raph shivered slightly, "Donnie, promise me something."

"Anything." Donatello replied as he began to sew Raph's plastron back together.

"If I die-" Raphael took in a sharp breath as he continued, "-keep everyone together." Raphael shivered again, "Don't let anyone go more insane than what Mikey...already is."

"Of course," Donatello replied as he kissed his big brother's forehead, "but you won't die."

Raph smiled sleepily at Donnie as the genius turtle finished bandaging his shell and sewing his plastron. "Can I sleep now?" Raphael asked as he tried to keep his eyes opened for his loved ones. He didn't want to leave them behind, but he knew that it was a strong possibility.

"Yes." Donatello replied as tears poured from his eyes. "Before you sleep, Slash needs to tell you something."

Slash approached the duo and knelt at Raphael's side, then he gently touched the red-cladded turtle's hand. "Raphael, ever since my mutation I've had feelings for you." Slash said in a soft voice, "Will you do me the honor of becoming my boyfriend?"

"Yes." Raphael replied as he tiredly closed his eyes, then he passed out. Slash picked up his boyfriend and ran off with him. The other's followed, they defended Raph and Slash the best they could. Everyone knew that Raphael would probably never completely heal mentally or physically, but they also knew that they wouldn't stop helping him.

When they reached the lair, Slash took Raphael into the lab so Rockwell and Donnie could help him. Everyone would probably be up for a long night.