The Fallen (Remake) Chapter 19

The next morning, I woke up in Raph's bed. He had a pretty nice place, as far as apartments. I looked at the clock. Nine already? I'm usually up earlier than that. I went to the bathroom and ran a hand through my hair. It felt thick and messy. Then I remembered that I cut my hair and dyed it black. I looked at the mirror. I felt like crap again.

I walked into the one other room in the apartment and was a little confused when I didn't see Raph around. There was a note on the fridge.

Gabe,

In garage at the bottom of the building. Leftover Bacon and Eggs in fridge in glass container. If you r still hungry then help yourself to whatevers there.

-Raphael

PS. Nuke them if u want but the buttons 7, 1, & 3 r broken. Press them twice

I set the note down and did my best to calmly rip apart the leftovers he left in the fridge. I didn't bother microwaving them. I just grabbed a fork and helped myself.

After I was done I put my plate and such in the sink. I grabbed my jacket and left the apartment. What did that note say? The bottom of the building? Easy. Just go down.

When I got to the bottom of the stairs I looked around. I didn't see anything that popped out as BASEMENT. I walked around the building and saw a door that had a sign nailed to it. It was a "Men at work" yellow sign. I knocked on the door and heard a clang and a scuffle of shoes to the door. It opened to Raph, who was wearing the same clothes as yesterday, with goggles on his head.

He said, "Oh, hey, you're up. C'mon in." I walked in behind him and closed the door. There was a set of stairs that lead to a fairly big room. There were tables with tools and metal pieces. Blueprints covered one table, and covered most of the walls. The blueprints showed of things that couldn't possibly be in the military yet. I said, "What'cha got going on down here?"

He said, "Different projects of mine. Once I actually complete one I can sell it to the highest bidder and become the Tony Stark of real life." I gave a low whistle. I saw a blueprint that showed a small cockpit with chicken legs and missiles on the thing's back. "These are....weapons." I stated.

Raphael shrugged. "One or two of them are. Most of them are for handicap improvements. You would not believe the studying I had to do between biology and mechanics to even come up with some of this stuff."

I looked around at some of the blueprints. Some were stacked on top of the others. There was one that was under a bunch of stuff, and the only reason I saw it was because of the name on the side of it. Project: Re-Aviation.

I pulled it out looked over it. I couldn't believe what I was looking at. The blueprint showed a piece of clothing that covered half of the font and back of the torso. It showed pressure sensors on the upper back. It had a series of metal jionts and limbs that made it look like a......

"Raph!" I yelled at him. "What is this?" I slammed the blueprint on the table. He said, "Oh. um. I can explain......