Curse of the Necromancer

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00:10 am

      Raf cannot sleep, he is tormented by memories of how Master Orimura spoke rudely to them, how he pressed him to the wall by the neck and how Master Splinter did not tell anything, as before, but hid perhaps the most important and the whole essence of the problem, but he was tormented even more questions: “Why did Master Orimura do this? What caught him in my words, that he pushed me against the wall? Why doesn’t sensei say anything and try to hide everything? And he also said: 'You can even take offense at me, I still won’t tell you.' Why? What’s happened?”       The rebel was already tired of lying in the crib and he decided to go to the kitchen, and maybe even eat something. Walking past Donnie and Mikey’s room, from where snoring was heard, going down the stairs quietly, Raf went into the kitchen, turned on the light and was very surprised at the unexpected. The leader was sitting at the table with his shell facing him, his head resting on his hands. His eyes were closed and he was clearly deep in his thoughts.       “Leo? What are you doing here?” — the rebel raised his eyebrows, because he had never seen before that the leader at such a time did not sleep peacefully and calmly in bed.       “I AM?” — the leader turned to his brother. — “Yes, so… I can’t sleep. I think about life.” — turned back to his previous position and stared blankly at one point.       “Or rather, about how we were forbidden to see girls?” — Raf leaned on the table, looking at his brother. To which he turned his head with a chuckle.       “What difference does it?”       “It’s just the same…” — Rafael sat down opposite the elder, resting his head. The elder looked at Raf.       “What do you think… Why are they doing this to us?”       “How should I know?” — the rebel threw up his hands. — “But it enrages that with like small children…” — he crossed his arms in displeasure.       “Maybe visit them secretly? Huh?” — the leader pursed his lips, which surprised his brother very much.       “Leo?” — The master sai looked at him. — “Is that exactly you?” — Raf approached his brother, tilting his head to one side, — “From our planet? From this dimension?” — touched his forehead. — “Yes, it seems, even the temperature is not, healthy, and what my thoughts are climbing…” — Raf was amazed, and the leader grinned. — “It seems like… This is my part. Or did we give up places, so unexpectedly?”       “Enough to scoff and sneer already,” Leo dismissed. — “I just… miss”       “Oops-na…” — the rebel slightly clapped his hands, smiling contentedly. — “whom exactly? Oh yes. Venus…” — sarcastically looked at Leo Raf, remembering how the leader called her in a deep trance of meditation. The leader blushed.       “Leave me alone.” — turned his head away, not even to see him blush.       “Come on!” — Sai master pushed him a little on the shoulder, not ceasing to smile. — “I’m not Mike to blab it all out, but although, you yourself have already told everyone everything.” — the rebel biting his lip, looking away, like, nothing happened.       “Shut up!” — the leader pushed into the shoulder of Raf, blushing even thicker.       “Oh-oh-oh,” — continued to mock his brother Raf — “look how we blushed…” — sly chuckles.       “Briefly speaking”. — Leo banged on the table, but not loudly. — “Can I rent your motorcycle?” — the leader looked seriously at the rebel. The blush began to fade from his cheeks.       Raph gazed at him. He’ve never seen Leo do it so irresponsibly and without Splinter’s permission. Probably, if Raf had not got out of bed, Leo would have stolen his motorcycle. So that’s why he couldn’t sleep — because of his moto!       “Leo… What kind of irresponsibility?” — the rebel looks dumbfounded at the leader, — “how do you say… Did you decide to give up in some places?”       “Perhaps…” — nervously hits the table with his fingers. — “But I can’t take it anymore… So can I take a moto?” — The leader looked at the rebel with impatience and hope.       “If I hadn’t got up, you would probably have stolen my moto.” He took a deep breath, shaking his head. — “On one condition…” — raised his finger up.       “Are you with me?” — guessed brown-eyed.       “Exactly”. — Raph snapped his fingers.       “Are you leading or I?” — Leo got up from the table and went to the exit.       “Naturally I do not trust others.” — Raf flew out of the kitchen into the garage. — “I’ll find a second helmet. I ought to drive the mot away a bit through the tunnel… Otherwise we’ll wake everyone up and we will be hanged, like on a scaffold, in a dojo on horizontal bars…”

1:40

      Here Raf has already arrived at the girls' house from the other side, from the backyard. The moon went behind the clouds and it was dark, but small lanterns stuck in the garden along the edges of the paths and hanging from the trees gave a little illumination and a view of the house. There were several balconies and one of them was decorated with flowers up and down, not like the others. Between the two balconies in the middle, a large tall tree grew. There was no light in the windows. Apparently everyone was asleep.       “Leo… Get down!” — Raf hissed at the passenger, muffling the engine.       “Yes, I am listening!” — the leader shouted at the driver and got off the mot, and Raf hid him in the bushes and took off his helmet, looked at the garden.       “Beautiful as…”       The brothers came to the end of the forest, closer to the garden, where the lanterns were.       “Shall we get into the house?” — the leader looked at the rebel, sniffing.       “Leo…” — Raf shook his head wide, opening his eyes — “I didn’t think you were like that…”       “Be quiet.” — leader cut off the and in one of the rooms, on the balcony next to the tree, the light turned on. It was scarlet, obviously from the red shade curtains, so that sunlight would not penetrate the room in the morning and let sleep properly. The guys looked there sharply and hid in the bushes growing along the perimeter of the forest.       On the balcony, opening the curtains, Lara came out and looked at the forest illuminated by yellow light, leaning her elbows on the fence. Her red mask was unraveled and patches of cloth hung down, slightly evolving from a light, barely perceptible wind. Raf broke into a smile and looked at the girl with pleasure, and Leo could hardly hold back the laughter from his brother’s face.       “20 minutes more… We have to get ready.” — Sleepily closed the eyes of the rebel, yawning and dropping her head down.       “Where are you going?” — went out to the other balcony of Ven, rubbing sleepily at eye. Lara shuddered in surprise and looked at her sister in surprise.       “Into the forest. To a meeting.” — rebel trudged into the room and turned off the light of the, but again went out onto the balcony. — “So as not to attract attention… And no one suspected anything.”       “All the same, you decided to go…” — Venus grinned, resting her hands on the railing.       The moon rose and lit up the girls. There were some slight changes in their appearance!       “Don’t forget the weapon.” — looked at the younger V with her pitch-black eyes.       “Necessarily,” — Lara took the knife and looked down, her eyes flashed with a yellow-red color, saturated, frightening color. — “Nowhere without him.”       “I don’t understand…” — the rebel looked at Lara’s eyes. — “Red? Did she have them yellowish-green?” — Raf began to doubt even what he had seen before.       “Look at Ven…” — the leader tore Raf away from his thoughts. — “Generally black, not hazel…” — Leo remembered the eyes of Venus, which he liked so much.       “Something’s not quite right here…” — Raf frowned. — “We should ask both girls and sensei.”       “Okay. I’ll go. If that… Would you like to brush me off? Please…” — looked with puppy eyes at her sister Lara.       “Okay!” Ven rolled her eyes, shaking her head. — “Just not long. At 5 in the morning, to be here and roll in bed! And even earlier!” — the elder put her hands on her hips, looking menacingly at the younger.       “Your Majesty…” — Lara bowed and gently spread her arms to the sides with a gesture, showing as if she was wearing a dress. — “As you command” — the rebel sneered, laughing. — “But I will not obey. And you know that…”       “Oh…” — the elder rolled her eyes. “Come on, go!”       “I’m flying.” — Lara jumped over the fence and, pushing off the tree growing next to her balcony and the walls of the house, went down to the grass.       The guys held their breath and quickly, but quietly fled to the sides. So that they were not visible, but if anything, run to Raf after Lara.       He climbed a tree and looked down through the foliage, where his beloved was already running. Raf ran along the thick branches, watching Lara. To his surprise, she ran much faster than before, straight like a cheetah. Barely keeping up with her, Raf did not notice how she led him to the river, where the forest and branches ended.       “Well damn! If I go downstairs, she will notice, but i do not hear and do not see, sitting here. " — Raf muttered displeasedly under his breath, looking at his beloved through small branches with dense foliage. His skin merged with the leaves of the tree on which he was sitting, and it was difficult to see him. But only the yellow eyes, shimmering in the dark, could give it away.       Lara went to the water and sat down on a large stone lying near the shore.       “1: 55… Early I came… Eh,” — lowered the rebel’s head, laying it on her knees, sighing with boredom. She looked at the trees. Raph froze and held his breath. Now the main thing is not to move, so that she does not notice the movement of foliage or the sound of a broken branch. He swallowed.       “Damn… it seems to me or…” — she got up and went straight to the tree where the master of disguise was. — “There is someone there…” — Lara said almost inaudibly, slowly pulling out a knife from the knife on her belt as she walked.       Raf closed his eyes and was already hoping for a miracle, because Lara was getting closer and closer to him. The heart in the chest began to beat faster; breathing quickened; blood quickly spread throughout the body, sending a pulse not only to the neck and brain, but even to the fingertips, which made Raf feel as if he was about to burst from the inside. From the rapid pulse it became madly hot, sweat appeared on the forehead. Lara comes closer and closer. Raf closed his eyes and sweat dripped from his forehead onto the bark of the tree.       “Hey! Who’s here?!” — Slowly approaching the tree, the rebel growled. — “Better come out!”       “Well, what are you so? Larry…” — the same guy from the doorway appeared behind her shell. — “I’m here, baby…” — sharply put his big hands on her shoulders. Raf opened his eyes and looked at the guy who dared to call Lara “baby”.       He no longer liked him, and indeed… In Raf’s head there was now a real hurricane, but what is there a hurricane? Tornado! Thoughts involuntarily flashed through my head: “Where did Lara have such insolent friends? Or is it her ex?!       And how did he come out of nowhere, fuck??? How dare you call her “baby”?! HOW ARE YOU ME, BASTARD, ALREADY ANNOYING!! "       The girl herself turned away from surprise and hit the guy on the cheek with the back of her hand, bouncing closer to the water. There was surprise and rage in her eyes at the same time. Grinning, Lara stood up and put the knife forward, strictly at the guy, they say, if you come up, I’ll stab him to hell! He turned away and grabbed his cheek, chuckling slightly. Raf smiled maliciously and he liked the attitude of his beloved against a stranger.       “And you have not changed… The same fighting baby… Ay,” — rubs his cheek, shaking his head and a little surprised. — “Well, so right away? Baby, didn’t you recognize?” — the guy chuckled, turning his head and looking at Lara over his shoulder.       Raf already felt his mind slowly filling with the desire to tear this impudent man to pieces for words, but some premonition deep in his soul did not allow his mind to succumb to this temptation; how his pulse beats under his right eye from exertion; how teeth almost glue together and do crack, from the fact that the jaw is clenched to the limit; how a furious monster wakes up inside, who wants to repulse his love and not give to anyone else; how the body slowly says       “Yes!” desires and “No!” brains. He looked madly at the kid below, pulled out a weapon, succumbed to rage and wanted to attack, but…       Lara stood and looked at the stranger with fierce eyes. The guy looked at her, not knowing what to do. Here their views converged. He finally turned to face her and looked a little excitedly into her yellow-red eyes in the light of the moon. Lara narrowed her eyes peering into the eyes of the stranger and immediately turned to stone, opening her eyes wide.       “It can’t be…” — a knife fell out of her hands. Raf, already wanting to throw a sai, stopped and looked at his beloved in surprise. His heart skipped a beat in fear that his guesses would come true. — “Is it true you? Jack…?” — Tears welled up in her eyes, and Raf went limp like a wet towel, a sai fell out of his hands and flew point downward. It was not audible how he stuck into the ground, as the rustle drowned out Larota’s joyful cry.       “Jack!!! You’re alive!!! Alive!” — she threw herself on the guy’s neck, knocking him down on the stones, happily hugging him.       “And I’m glad to see you, but you are now…” — Jack patted her on the shoulder not much, — “will strangle me!” — his voice became hoarse and he was really suffocating. There was a slight crunch of bones.       “Sorry Sorry!” — the rebel looked up from him, blinking joyfully and smiling. — “Alive!” — sniffled, wiped away a tear.       “Uh…” — deeply, the guy gulped air. — “That is why we rarely see each other, because every time we meet you break my neck and choke me!” Jack grinned, rubbing the back of his head and the back of his neck under the hood.       “Alive…” — Lara smiled and looked at her best friend. — “Well, take off your hood, Medusa Gorgon.” — laughed. — “I want to see you for the first time in three years.”       “Don’t… Don’t…” — the guy hesitated, laughing.       “Come on quickly! Or I’ll do something nasty…” — the girl insidiously bit her lip. A smile faded from the guy’s face.       “Just try it, woman!” — Swallowed looking at her, he understood what she was talking about.       “Then take off your hood, infection!” — indignation played in Lara’s eyes. He hesitated a little and, sighing, threw the fabric off his head.       In front of her sat, or rather lay, a guy-turtle, with dark red eyes (almost burgundy), but this was not noticeable, because in the light of the moon they seemed black; with dark skin, no mask. He was wearing a sweatshirt, but it couldn’t hide his muscles either. Lara examined him from head to toe, slightly opening her mouth.       “Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo… What are the boys,” she bit her lip with gusto and did not take her eyes off his muscles. She deliberately mocked, only she knows how to embarrass this impudent person. — “Can I touch it?” — Lara brought her hands to the muscles of the guy, laughing madly like a madwoman and clenched her fists in the air, which made the guy blush and embarrass. He hatched at her and took her hands, spreading them to the sides and moving away from her.       “Lara, that’s enough! Lara, stop!” — she leaned on him and jerked her hands, smiled slyly. These two could not even suspect that a pair of sad eyes were watching them now.       Raf watched all this completely limp and falling on a branch, jealous of this Jack. The second sai stuck into the ground below, the pulse was recovering, it became cool, a slight frost passed over the skin. Misunderstanding and resentment reigned in my soul that they were forbidden even to touch the girls, and some vile type dares to secretly meet with her, and although what prevents him from Calling her “baby”? Probably discipline…       Moreover, she allows her to be called and touched that way, and generally talked about. The rebel was jealous of the fact that she paid him attention, and he himself wanted the same. So that she at least looked at him or even touched him, talked. Cats scraped at the heart, leaving deep bleeding wounds with their claws. A lump hung in my throat, which pressed on the larynx, and she was simply numb from it. He couldn’t even say anything.       “Stop embarrassing me!” — the guy yelled, blushing, trying to break away from the distraught rebel.       “Come here, insolent dead man! I haven’t touched you yet! When did you manage to pump up?” — she jumped on him and threw him face down into the water. — “Oh! It’s not me…” — making an innocent pretty face, the girl got off Jack and quietly crossed her arms, sat down on her knees a meter away from the guy.       “Brrrr!” — the guy raised his face and shook his head. Drops of water flew from his face in different directions. — “Oh, you impudent face…”       “What a truthful opinion you have about yourself,” — Lara began to translate the arrows, laughing.       “You’re kidding me!” The guy turned to her, wiping his face with his hand. He was clearly slightly outraged.       “No. I’m just glad you’re alive!” — she smiled and hugged the guy, pressing her cheek to his chest. He looked at her and all the indignation vanished as if by hand. He smiled warmly and stroked her head, but sadness burned in his eyes.       Raf at that moment turned his head to the other side and could no longer look at it. He, as if for the first time, examined the whole tree and thinking that everything was already lost, wanted to get up to get off it, but Lara’s loud words stopped him and made him rise in spirit again and not let up his snot, again set fire to the desire to conquer her.       “Bro, I have a serious conversation with you…” — she rested her hands on the guy’s shoulders. — “We cannot see you, because this is a tough deal with our enemies and…”       “This is because of…” — the guy guessed pogling and cringing.       “Don’t you dare say his name!” — the girl harshly betrayed and hit a large stone lying next to her, filling her knuckles with bruises. The guy shuddered.       “Good, good. But I also have a conversation… very unpleasant and shocking …” — lowered his head, which made Lara worry and think very badly.       “I did not understand, what do you mean?” — She looked at him in bewilderment and swallowed.       “In the direct…” — did not look into her eyes at all, it alarmed and frightened her at the same time.       “Come on, look at me quickly!” — unexpectedly demanded the rebel. Jack’s breathing and heartbeat quickened.       “No”. — the only thing that he could squeeze out of himself.       “Quickly! Looked up at me!” — the girl was already shaking slightly, expecting anything, even the worst, but so much… He raised his eyes to her, tears froze on them.       “What… with your eyes?” — the rebel moved away from him and took the weapon that fell nearby. She froze, looking at him, a slight fright in her eyes at the sight of his eyes. They reminded her of their red color, the eyes of the main enemy, whom she feared from the very beginning. — “Are you his accomplice?!”       “Lar… Wait… Please…” — Jack hesitated harder and knelt down, stretched out his hands, although he could touch the girl sitting in front of him. — “I… I’ll explain everything! It’s not quite true, worse! Oh…” — covered his mouth with his hand.       “You are his accomplice! Or… he himself! A traitor… And also my best friend, whom I have been waiting for three years…” — crawled away from him, there was fear in her eyes. “Worse?! What could be worse than my childhood best friend helping the most dangerous enemy?! Don’t touch me!” — Lara crawled away from him almost in hysterics, getting to her feet.       “Lara, I… I’m sorry…” — tears flowed from his eyes. — “Forgive me please… But everything is terribly bad… I just wanted to see you and nothing more…” — the guy was making excuses, getting up and even approaching the girl.       “What could be worse?” — She put the knife forward and tears flowed from her eyes.       “He… He… He is my stepfather…” — the guy lowered his head to the ground, he was ashamed to even look into her eyes. She turned to stone.       Raf did not understand anything from their conversation, but Lara’s face pushed him to take risks. He jumped quietly from the tree and took his sais, was about to go to them, but someone’s light hands lay on his shoulders and a woman’s voice quietly whispered in his ear: “Raphael, don’t go… Lara will have to drive you away not of her own free will, but if if she doesn’t drive away you, Orimura will start after you…”       Raf turned pale from this and his body was numb. His heart thumped in fright and a current went through him body. The rebel turned sharply and looked at the stranger, but no one was there. “A familiar voice… It was the mother of girls, Dariyasa…?” — flashed through his head, and a cold passed through his body and the feeling as if someone was standing behind his shell.       “What…?” The rebel squeaked, eyes wide open. — “So you also…” — the girl crawled farther away from him       “Lara… I’m sorry. I’m sorry…” — the guy was shaking all over, the sound of his teeth was heard. — “Sorry…”       “Go away… And just try to follow me…” — the girl swallowed and walked back to the forest.       “Lara… Please! Though he is my stepfather, but I do not wish you any harm and not generally go against you!” — the guy looked at her, but her trace was gone. — “Lara!!!” — with a wild roar, Jack yelled, clutching his head. Tears involuntarily rolled from his eyes.       Raf sat, leaning his shell against a tree, petrified looking at an empty point, but he was interrupted by a rustle and a sobbing shadow that ran a meter away from him. He stood in a complete stupor, Jack’s roar brought him to his senses and he darted at the heels of the shadow.       Lara ran now slowly, now quickly, which made it difficult for him to predict her further actions. She led him to some place where there was a circle of grass, around which there was a forest. Raf hid among the trees closer to the rebel. She stopped in front of a tree and stared at it savagely, breathing heavily.       “Why?! Why?!” — she grabbed her head and shouted hysterically, with all resentment and anger, — “Why do my friends turn out to be his subjects? Why???” — Unable to bear it, she powerfully hit the tree with her fist, not yet crippled. Knuckles are imprinted in the bark of the tree. Raf got scared and involuntarily took a step forward and broke a branch, which made the girl turn to him in panic.       “Lara! Stop it!” — came out into the light and grabbed her hands, lifting them up, pressing them to the tree. — “Don’t hurt yourself.” — said the rebel, squeezing her hands and looking into her eyes with emotion. Lara turned pale and was shaking all over. Immediately I remembered the dream, the same dream when he pressed her into a corner and began to undress her. Fear burned in her eyes, and Raf also repeats absolutely all the movements that were in her dream… This made her legs creepy and buckled. Raf did not quite understand her such reaction to him, because he did not even know about her such a depraved dream. He wanted to catch her and take her in arms, but…       “Don’t…” — she shivered from him and turned her head away, shaking all over, even her voice was trembling. — “Don’t… Please… Raf…” — her hands and body became heavier and Raf did not understand at all what she was trying to persuade him not to do.       “Lara… What are you talking about?” — jerked sharply. — “I don’t want to do anything with you! What are you?” — was surprised by the possible train of thought of the girl.       “Let me go… Or I will scream! It’s not far from home!” — the mood of the girl changed abruptly and she began to break free.       “I didn’t want anything for you…” — put a hand on his shoulder and Raf guessed who. He turned his head to see who it was, as he was immediately followed by a blow to the face with a fist. He stumbled to the side, letting go of the girl and clutching at the broken nose. The girl sat down on the grass and watched in bewilderment what was going on.       “Hands off her!” Growled Oliver, standing like a rock in front of Raph. Lara was in a difficult situation, because Oliver protects her in front of the rebel and Raf has appeared out of nowhere, and on top of that, they start a fight.       “Oh, you…” — the sai master sniffed and took out a weapon, went to the insolent man, he was already ready for battle.       “Let’s both get out of here!!! And just try to fight, I’II KILL Y!!!” — Lara jumped up and spread her arms to the sides. The guys stared at her. Her scream echoed through the woods. Oliver got up evenly and more calmly, did not take his eyes off Raf. The rebel wiped his nose and brushed the blood from his hand to the ground.       “I have one question…” — the girl began looking at her lover, and he lowered his head. — “How did you get here?!”       “Yes, so… I was walking in the forest. I saw that you were hitting trees, I could not watch how you maim yourself…” — the rebel explained uncertainly.       “Well, yes…” — Oliver rolled his eyes with a snort of displeasure. — “I noticed how calmly… You pressed my sister to the tree and…!” — the defender moved forward, swinging at the rebel, but the girl stopped him.       “Take it easy!” She growled at her brother and looked displeased at the sai master. — “And you better… go away and forget the road here…”       “Until father woke up and found us… Or everyone will get it…” — Oliver hissed through clenched teeth, closing his eyes. — “Next time, I will have to cripple you and she will not stop me…” — quickly added his brother and opened his eyes, from which Raf froze in shock.       “What are you looking at? Eyes dry…” — looked askance at the rebel.       “What’s wrong with your eyes?” — Rafael winced, not taking his eyes off his brother and sister. After this question, they immediately turned their heads and looked away.       “This does not concern you…”       “Yes, tell us everything! We will help!” — the owner of the red bandana could not resist.       “You cannot resist him and you yourself will kill us!” — Lara exploded, looking at Raf with some resentment. — “Do you want this?!”       After this question and the explosion of emotions, he could not say anything. He absolutely did not understand what he was talking about, to whom he cannot, who is so strong that it is impossible to resist? But the thought that they would then kill the girls themselves, if they told them everything and got them involved in it, horrified him and he looked away with his head down.       “You see… We don’t want to either.” — said Oliver sadly, hugging and hugging his sister. — “But it will be better… For everyone.”       “Please, Raf,” Lara looked at him and, tearing herself away from her brother, approached the rebel uncertainly. — “Go away… You must not interfere in our affairs…” — Oliver turned away and waited with crossed arms, and his sister took the master of the sai’s face in her hands, which surprised him, embarrassed him and made him lean towards her a little, covered with blush. — “It is too dangerous for you and for us…” — Larota looked into his eyes with pleading eyes. Her eyes were again the same in the shadow, where the light of the moon did not reach. Raf, looking into her eyes, was drowning, slowly melting, in his soul already longing for her.       “Go away… Please… We are up to our ears in shit and it was enough for you not to be in it…” — her hands trembled and her eyes excitedly ran over his face, memorizing every centimeter. Raf lowered his eyes and could not say anything except:       “Good.”       Taking her hands in his, he closed his eyes, memorizing her touch, of course reconciling with the desire to kiss her hand. Slowly lowering her hands from his cheeks, he began to breathe heavily and tears involuntarily came to his eyes.       “I went”. — just said the rebel and stood up straight, turned around, going to the disguised motorcycle and the meeting place with Leo.       The girl looked after him sadly, hugging her brother by the hand, all was cold.       “Frozen”. — Oliver took her in his arms and hugged her, warming and carrying her home.       In the place where all the above was happening, the same ghost appeared again and ran his palm over the grass, where there was Raphael’s blood. Oliver and Lara no longer heard or saw him, so they did not suspect anything.       “Hmm… If this kid nevertheless gets involved, then he, like Orimura, will be my puppet! I’ll take it just in case…” smiling pretty and looking at the hand with blood, said the ghost, disappearing.