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Event | Satellite | Crash Landing

Characters: Any and all!
Date: May 21, 2013
Location: In and around the city of Keeliai
Situation: The early morning hour brings unexpected devastation to Keeliai and the outlying areas. Emergency response and damage control follows!
Warnings/Rating: Fires, minor violence; please put CW in your subject lines

Satellite Crash Event

Crash Landing | Salvage Party | Shocking Spectres

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The early morning hours of May 21st are broken by the sound of a low lying explosion and a veritable rain of fiery bits and bobs such as molten hot metal and space debris. Those out and about in the very early morning (three hours before dawn) see a meteoric shape streaking overhead and leaving a debris trail. Those interested in following it may find themselves distracted by the debris raining down across Tu Vishan, starting fires and damaging buildings turtlewide. Tu Vishan certainly is, for the great turtle grinds to a halt amidst all this and a trace of concern for the little ones on his shell can be felt in the minds of many.

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[ Mikey hadn't even realized he'd passed out until he was hauled back into consciousness when Raphael drags him away from the burning building. He lets out a low, moaning whine as every bone in his body protests the movement, but then he's still and Raph's hand is on his shell and he's talking quietly to him.

It's cooler back here, still far too hot and the air makes his throat itch every time he takes a breath, but just that little bit of respite feels wonderful. He'll never complain about hiding in the shade again. For at least like, a month.

He cracks his eyes open and considers getting up to reassure Raph that he's fine, but actually that seems like way too much effort right now. His eyes slide closed again and he's so still it almost seems like he's passed out again. It's a surefire way to tell how badly Mikey's hurt; when he's complaining and crying and making a lot of noise, he's fine. But when he goes very, very quiet, then he's in bad shape. ]

[Raphael knows it, too.

He half-crouches, half-kneels next to Mikey, panting and trying to catch his breath and squinting against the ash in the air. He needs to get up, but he doesn't know if he can; he still feels wobbly, and if he picks Mikey up like this he might drop him.

He gets up anyway.]

All right Mikey, now would be a good time to pass out, [he mutters lowly, and grabs his little brother, pulls him over his shoulders in a fireman carry and starts the journey back to the Water Sector.]

Next time, [he grits out between his teeth, only because he's reasonably sure Mikey's too out of it to even hear him,] just let the building fall on my stupid fat head, would you? I can handle that stuff, that's what I'm here for. Don't be a moron again.

[ Oh yep, there he goes. The moment Raphael hefts him over his shoulders, Mikey's out like a light, going completely limp in his arms. ]

[Leo watches Mike's back, and Mike watches Leo's back. Between the two of them they come out of their rescue efforts singed around the edges, but relatively unscathed. Once Leo judges the worst of the situation has been handled - and he realizes they're both flagging - he calls it off. The kedan can handle the rest.

It's automatic to return to Raphael's. His place is undamaged and it's also where Leo is most likely to find Raph and Mikey, once they've wrapped up on their end. Hopefully they have the sense to pull back when they need a break too. Maybe Leo shouldn't have split them up, but he had known Raph was just going to keep arguing if given half a chance, and the easiest way to forestall that was to make this judgment call.

Besides, Raph had always looked after Mikey. He would put himself in front of a bus for his little brother, and he was tough enough to survive the hit. If anything, Leo expects Raphael to need medical treatment, and with that likelihood in mind doesn't waste any time on the way back.

Finally they're back on Water Sector home turf. Leo pushes Raph's window open.]

Raph? Mikey?

Hey Lucy, we're home!

[Mike quips following close behind Leo. He's worn out, bruised, and in desperate need of a hot bath. And yet, in spite of that he's got a huge smile plastered on his face.

It feels good to do good. And today? They've done good.]

[ Raph and Mikey on the other hand? Not so good.

Mikey's laid out on Raph's bed on his side, peppered with bruises and still smudged with soot, ash and mud from the building collapse. There's a nasty lump on his head and his breathing is a little rough thanks to the bruising his shell took, but mercifully there are no broken bones or life-threatening injuries to deal with.

He makes a quiet sound in greeting when Leo and Mike climb in through the window, but he doesn't open his eyes. ]

[Raph's in considerably better shape than Mikey is, but they only just got back a little while ago so he's still exhausted from hauling debris off the kedan, then Mikey, and then dragging Mikey all the way back himself. He's slumped against the wall in the corner, a knee drawn up and an elbow resting on it as he gulps down air.

When his window opens he glances up; Leo and Mike climb in, both looking roughed up but still good enough to move around under their own power, at least. Raph pushes himself back up on shaking legs and ties his filthy mask back on.]

Mike, you okay to take a look at Mikey? [Yeah, he hasn't missed all that medical shit you've stockpiled in your apartment, big-little bro. If you're the team medic, then you're definitely a shade above anything Leo or he can determine, and though he checked to make sure Mikey could feel all his limbs and remember his own name he'd feel better if someone confirmed that Mikey's out of immediate danger.

He sends a look at Leo and jerks his head to the kitchen. They'll get stuff to clean Mikey up with in there and Raph'll tell him what happened.]

[Mikey's hurt.

Mikey is hurt so badly that he doesn't even say anything when they get there. Nothing is mangled and he seems to be conscious, but he's in bad shape.

Seeing his baby brother like this is a kick in the gut and for a moment Leo looks like he's just received one. Then his face hardens into a "situation management" mask and he looks at Raphael. Just looks. There's so much emotion boiling under Leo's skin that he doesn't even know where to start.

The lot of it will keep until he hears what happened. Then he'll know precisely where to direct the explosion: Raphael for failing at his job, or himself for issuing the orders that led to this situation.

Stiff-legged, Leo stalks to the kitchen and immediately wheels on his brother, his demand for answers snapping like a whip.]

What happened.

[It probably speaks volumes how Raphael doesn't bristle at Leonardo's tone. He just absorbs it, shoulders hunched, fists clenched and head down.]

Told Mikey to help pull survivors away while I cleared out debris. Mikey saw that a house was gonna come down on my head and warned me, but I ignored him.

He shoved me out of the way and it- came down on him instead. I pulled him out and brought him here.

You ignored -- [Well then of COURSE Michelangelo jumped in! He's as loyal as the rest of them and disregards his own safety to boot. He's quick and lucky and damn good at keep-away, but he's also careless... and selfless.]

Raph, you could have been killed! MIKEY could have been killed, what - what were you thinking?! You can't just ignore a warning like that!

[Raph always listens to LEO when he calls out a warning. He doesn't even hesitate. But for some reason he didn't listen to Mikey and THAT is why Mikey got hurt. Plus, if Mikey hadn't jumped in, Raphael would have been the one to get buried under an avalanche burning timbers, and that realization does not improve matters. Leo is frightened and unnerved by the idea that Raphael might have been permanently trapped and perhaps killed, so what's the appropriate reaction here?

Yelling of course. At volume.]

What do you think would've happened if he hadn't put himself in harm's way for you? Then you would've been trapped, and Mikey couldn't have pulled you out by himself!

[YOU'RE supposed to protect HIM, are the words that hover just at the tip of Leo's tongue. But Raphael's hunch and the fact that Mikey IS alive stay that particularly vicious barb. He's so ready to say it though.]

[Leo doesn't need to say it; Raphael knows it. He takes everything Leo says, because it's true and he was stupid, again and almost got Mikey killed for it yet again and Mikey, the selfless little brat that he was, probably wouldn't even resent him for this either-

Raph turns violently before Leo's even done talking, brings his foot up and kicks a chair as hard as he can; it smacks into the table, makes a loud crack sound as something splinters.

He needs to get out. He needs to hurt something until he hurts.

He starts for the door.]

[Leo's pushed it too far. He's too angry to fully realize the effect these words are having on his brother, too angry to have any sense, and Splinter isn't here to break things up.

This is bad.]

Don't turn your back on me, Raphael - come back here!

[The broken chair doesn't intimidate him OR slow him down. Leo strides after his brother and lays a firm hand on his shoulder, aiming to spin him around to face the music. He doesn't have any particular tirade in mind, he's just enraged that Raph is ignoring him.

Or that's how Leo takes it, anyway. Because as far as he can tell, Raph sure as heck isn't listening to him.]

[It's only happened once or twice, but each time it's scared the shit out of Raphael and he never spoke of it to his brothers or Splinter. Once was years ago, when he'd gotten into a particularly nasty fight with Leo and ended up breaking his favorite toy. He'd fled from the lair before Splinter could be alerted and when he was found and brought back, his knuckles had been bloody and he'd refused to talk or look at any of his family.

The second time it happened was during their battle with Shredder. He'd seen their enemy advancing on Donatello and Leonardo, and everything just went blank. He thinks he and Mikey might've had a plan in mind, but it was gone when he saw Shredder standing over his brothers and the next thing he remembers is being on the ground with the Shredder about to drive his blades through his
throat.

That feelings is back and it freaks Raphael out, because things ended up bloody and broken the last two times it had happened and he doesn't want it to happen again, because for once he deserves Leo shouting at him.

Leo grabs his arm.

Raphael spins and rears back, and this punch is going to break something until he snarls and wrenches away and buries his hand through the door of a nearby cabinet instead, shaking.

He takes a second to just breathe.]

Sorry. I screwed up, I know. [He almost got his brother killed because...hell, he doesn't know. He didn't want to be bossed around, mostly; he could make the excuse that he was trying to save that last kedan and sure, he was, but he'd shouted at Mikey because he wanted to feel like he was in control. Mikey was just trying to warn him.

Mikey being hurt, it's entirely his fault.]

[A throwing knife whizzes through the kitchen, embedding itself deep in the door one of the not-crunched cabinets.

Following the trajectory of the blade will lead to one very pissed off looking Michaelangelo.]

[There's no push-back. Raph punches that cabinet, sure, but he doesn't punch Leo which frankly the oldest brother was expecting. But Raph doesn't argue, he just.... takes it.

And it finally filters through to Leo that maybe Raph is beating himself up plenty for the both of them.

Leonardo swallows the remainder of the angry words burning in his throat and starts to take a deep breath, ready to move on and handle the immediate situation, but the hum of a blade slicing through the air triggers deeply-trained instincts. He jerks clear of the blade's path (which granted had inches to spare in the first place), one hand raised in preparation for defense and he turns towards the assailant -

Who is Mike.

Okay Mike, you have Leo's attention. There surely must be something intelligent he can say in response, but the sudden knife from nowhere shocks him into {very) temporary silence. Mike has approximately 3.5 seconds to start talking before Leo will demand to know What the Hell.]

[Raphael jerks back from the knife too, yanks his hand from the cabinet none-too-gently.

Mike. And just past his shoulder, Raph can see Mikey huddled on the bed, clutching at his head. It occurs to him just then that they were being really, really loud, especially with Raphael destroying his suite, and Mikey's head can't be feeling too good.

He turns and bolts for the door, darts out into the night and leaves it wide open for someone else to deal with.]

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