#fault au

The clouds above were dark, the usual white fluffy clouds were more misted, more wavy and separated. Blue turned to black. Ash falling from the sky and coating the streets in gray. Buildings crumbled. The earth shaking as they crashed and fell. Being consumed by the lava. The city known as New York would be no more. And as the city crumbled around them. The people that were still alive cried out. Begging for a savior. Begging for hero's to step up and stop this madness.

But the hero's of New York could do nothing but watch. Their city fell before them. Destroyed by the very person they loved. This was all their fault. They caused this. They pushed him too far. Caused him too much pain and harm. Brothers were meant to stick together. They had left him. Left him to defend himself. Offering no help in hopes he'd make it out on his own. This was their doing. Now they would reap the choice they chose. Leonardo looked on in anguish. Yelling out in desperation to make this all end. This wasn't his brothers fault! He could fix this! He had to fix this! The planet they left him on was all his fault. The missions failure was his doing. Not his brothers. He caused this with his own words and actions. A choice he made and put the ones he loved most in danger.

Donatello hadn't been much help. The genius foiled the mission by setting off a bomb too soon. He blamed himself. None of this would be happening if it weren't for him. His mahgony eyes filled with sorrow. Staring into the black sky above. If only he had calculated the attack correctly! The world wouldn't be ending! Humans and mutants wouldn't be suffering such a horrible fate. April would still be here if it wasn't for him! This was all his fault.

Michelangelo wasn't cutting himself much slack either. Much like his brothers, he blamed himself. The destruction of earth was his fault. Everyone would still be alive. The world wouldn't be ending if he hadn't caused his brother such pain. His heart ached. His baby blue eyes filling with tears. The agony of his cries echoing throughout the city.

The world wouldn't be ending if it wasn't for them. Leo believed they could stop this. That they could fix it. But how could you fix something that was already broken? A broken being filled with rage was almost unstoppable. The damage had been done. Of how Leo planned to fix any of this, Donnie, nor Mikey knew. They were losing so much in such a little amount of time. Their city, their friend's, their brother. If only they had seen the signs. If they had picked up on it. Sensed that something was obscure. Not even Leo had detected anything.

And now, as Raphael peered down at the chaos below. His brother's crying out to him. Begging him to stop and come down. It was not enough to bring the beast down. Giant wings flapped behind him. Creating gusts of wind that forced lava into different directions. A long tail flicked behind him, it curling and straightening before starting to flick again. His body was covered in red glowing markings, that swirled and twisted all over his head, arms, and legs. And his head was adored with two red horns.

Raphael gazed upon the city in judgment. The destruction of earth was inevitable. With the first time being a mistake. The Triceratons were not this world's fate. But his. This was his planet. He alone had the power to decide what happened to this place. His decision came at midnight. A choice that could not so easily be taken back.

It was made within a quick motion of his hand. The earth spilt. Causing lava to erupt from the core and flood the city in boiling fire.

He possessed a power that not many had. Raph morphed into a deadly beast. A demon of fire and rage. All thanks to his beloved brothers.

Leo stepped with stride. Looking fear in the eye and facing it with a expressionless face. "Raphael! Please, stop this!" He begged. Mikey waved his arms, attempting to get his dragonic brothers attention. "Raph, please! We're sorry!! We didn't mean for it to happen!" The youngest wailed. Fresh tears fell from his eyes. Making them swell up and drown in a sea of hot tears. Donnie let the two speak. His mind more on how they could possibly reverse this. How they could fix their broken brother.

A scowl came to Raphael's face. The words his brother's spoke were not believed. They could speak a million words and none would be believed as true. "You expect me to believe that?" His voice boomed around them. Traveling through the destroyed city. This was the first time he'd spoken to them in weeks. Ever since they brought him home he isolated himself in his room. Only ever coming out to eat. He quit training with them. Quit spending time with them. Leonardo did take notice of it. But he had not been there for Raphael like he should have.

Raphael turned his gaze from them. Their cries meant nothing. Soon this city would be gone. And then, the world would be no more. Aliens from all over the galaxy would fear him. He would have complete control of the entire universe!

"Raph! Bro! Please! We didn't mean for it to happen!! We didn't mean any of it!" Mikey screamed to the sky. His hand reaching out to the brother he cared so much for. Raphael did not care to hear his little brothers please. The choice they made would cost them. What they did would not go unnoticed or unpunished. This planet would die by his hands.

Leonardo took a chance. He gestured to his brothers, grabbing his grappling hook from his belt and firing it at a nearby building. One far from the roof they were atop. One that wasn't melted to bits yet. Donnie and Mikey followed suit. Swinging with their grappling hooks to the building. They dropped down. Landing on an unmelted street. Standing directly below Raphael. It was a miracle Raph hadn't spotted them yet. They were thankful for him being more busy with throwing fire upon the city. It gave them time to come up with a plan. A plan of how to bring Raphael back.

While the three spoke with one another. Leo at the lead of making a plan. Raphael flew above them. His powerful wings carried him effortlessly. As he flew, his horns began to glow a bright red. Mikey caught sight of this. The youngest took the action upon himself to cover his two older brothers. Using his shell as a shield. Mikey was able to cover them just in time. Before the dragon above could breathe fire on them. The fire erupted from Raphael's mouth. It falling to the street and forming a river of lava.

A pain filled scream rang out beside Leo and Donnie. While they remained safe, their baby brother had not. Mikey's shell was melting in the middle. Raphael's fire having hit the orange masked turtle. His shell melted rapidly. It creating a hole and sinking into the flesh. "Leo!! Make it stop!!!!" He cried. Leonardo could do nothing. Nothing but watch as Mikey's shell melted. Blood poured out of the hole. Crimson ran down Mikey's shell and legs. Pooling at their feet. Donatello rushed to get his med kit. Pulling it from his belt and patching Mikey up as quick as he could. It wasn't enough. The blood wasn't stopping. No amount of gauze or wraps could fix this. They couldn't fix this.

"Donnie please! Make it stop make it stop!!" Mikey pressed his head against the buildings wall. This pain was unlike any other. He was being burned from the inside. The lava travelling quick into his system and filling him with pain. The lava burst some of his organs. Causing more blood to surface, causing more pain, causing more agony. It was a slow process. It being meant to be slow for Raphael's enjoyment. But Raphael wasn't even watching. His focus was on burning down a skyscraper. He hadn't realized what he'd done.

Leonardo gave Mikey to Donnie. Positioning the two so they held each other. He pushed away from the building and glared up at their dragonic brother. "Raphael!!" He screamed. Demanding the other to look at him. Raphael cut his eyes to Leo. Finally noticing them and witnessing what he'd done to Mikey. His expressionless face didn't help matters much. Leo hoped if Raph saw what he'd done that something would snap and he would come back to them. That wasn't the case.

A grin spread to Raph's face. His body turned so he could face them, arms crossing over his chest, and tail flicking from side to side. His wings flapped, keeping him above them. "How does it feel Leo? To have everything taken from you?" Leonardo said nothing. There wasn't anything he could say. "You left me on that planet. I was experimented on and turned into this" Raph gestured to himself, his hands being placed on his chest after. They then fell to his sides, his hands resting on his hips. "You only saved me because you couldn't endure the pain Mikey and Donnie felt. But not you. You could have lived without me. Without me constantly arguing with you. To question your authority. You could have left me to rot"

Leonardo's face scrunched up in anger. The words his brother spoke were unbelievable. This was not at all how he felt! "That's not it at all! We left you because we didn't have a choice!" Leo stepped forward, leaving Donnie and Mikey's side. Stepping into the dragons range. "We left you because we couldn't find you! The Triceratons held you somewhere we couldn't find. We didn't mean for any of this to happen, please Ra-" "Save your words" Raphael lifted a hand, his hand balling into a fist. Leo jumped, moving to the side as a ball of fire came down on the street. Cracking the concrete.

"You think you can fix this. Well you can't. You can't just expect me to bend to your will and do as you say. I'm not like you. I'm not the obedient son that Splinter loves so much" Leo stomped his foot, standing in front of his brothers, covering them and yelling out to Raphael. "If you would do as your told! And not go against everything I say I never would have left you! If you weren't such a burden to this team-" Leo gasped, he smacked his hands over his mouth and looked up to Raph with tears in his eyes. "Wait- no Raph! I didn't mean!-" the ground shook. Making the three stumble and fall. Lava burst through the ground. Just nearly catching the three.

Raphael dove, his wings stretching out as he glided over them. He flew behind them. His wings starting to flap as he hovered over them. "I won't burden you anymore. This world will burn..with you along with it" Raphael flew down and turned on his side. His wings outstretched. He came close to the ground, his wing cutting into the street and splitting it in half. The building the three were resting against fell. It crumbling and falling into the spilt earth. More lava surfaced. It consumed the building. Catching it on fire and burning it into nothing.

Raphael flapped his wings and flew up. Watching in amusement as the city fell. Watching as his brothers collapsed and fell into the splitting earth. Mikey reached out, crying with a smile on his face. The earth claimed his father in death. And now it would claim him. The lava took him first. It bursting his body and melting him into ash. Donnie curled in on himself. Falling into deaths grasp with tears streaming down his face. Surely it wouldn't hurt. Lava was powerful enough to burn a human on impact right? It would do the same to him. It wouldn't hurt. A blood curdling scream echoed down the split earth. An agonizingly horrible scream of pain and betrayal. His mind failed him. His knowledge failed him. Now, he granted the satisfaction of his demonic brother hearing him die.

Leo stared into the eyes of Raphael. Those emerald green eyes had never looked more threatening. Had never held so much anger and hatred. Even with so much hatred toward him, Leonardo still loved Raphael. They were family. Brothers of a kind. Nothing would change that. Not even death. "I love you… Raphael.." Leo fell into the boiling lava. His body was consumed. Eaten by the pit of hell.

Raphael looked on in satisfaction. This city was no more. The earth would die and the galaxy would be his! No one could stop him. Not even his..brothers. Raph flew down with care. His feet hitting the lava. He walked on the boiling lava. The heat doing nothing to him as he walked to where he'd spilt the earth. He looked over the edge. Expecting to see them grappling to the side. But they were not. They were gone. Consumed by the flame. Raphael dropped to his knees. Hot tears falling down and dropping into the lava. The moment they hit the lava the tears evaporated. Misting and rising into the air. "What have I done.." The realization hit hard then any fist ever could. Of all the battles he'd ever been in. This one hurt the most. "What…why did….why!?" The dragonic turtle looked up to the sky. Staring into the black void. His anger turned into sadness. Realizing what he'd done was unfixable.

The earth beneath his knees rumbled. The ground erupting with lava bursting from the earth's core. Rising up like a mountain and taking over the earth in a sea of red.