Sanctuary

FINALLY.  And just after this thing won both Best Tragedy/Angst and Best Villain in the fanfic comp awards!  Thanks, guys!

Contributions from Aubretia Lycania, who also betaed.

( I ain't scared )

And here we find out one reason this story has the title it has.  Betaed by the awesome Aubretia Lycania.

Here it is! Chapter nine should follow soon.

Thanks to Aubretia Lycania for beta-ing this chapter for me.

April, Don, Leo, and Raph.

Title: The Halfway Point
Author: Tori Angeli
Genre: Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Very dark. A somewhat graphic but not super-explicit non-consensual adult situation is told in pieces. It is not pornographic in the least, and no worse than an episode of Law and Order: SVU. Language is used (they use it, not me), and there is violence aplenty. I try to handle all these subjects with as much maturity as possible. If you like darkness, this is your thing. If you like dark h/c, this is your thing. If you want to test the waters of a genre darker than fluff, this is not your starting point.
Summary: An alternate outcome of Eighteen Minutes. When a brother is attacked, the entire family is wounded. Sometimes, healing is harder than staying hurt.
Author's Notes: It is not necessary to read Eighteen Minutes to understand this, but I wouldn't complain if you did, and you would have a clearer picture of what happened prior to this fic. The story was nagged into me by the evil Aubretia Lycania and nurtured by a host of friends as it was written.
Disclaimer: I don't own TMNT. At all. Not even a hair off April's head.