Raphael woke up panting. The dream was too real. He had lost his temper, gone completely insane; on his own brother. Knowing it only a read was not not enough for him. He had to check to see if his brother was okay. What if it really happened? What id he really did nearly beat Mikey half to death. Quietly he made his way to Mikey's room, carefully he opened the door. His brother sleeping on his plastron in a nest of pillows and blankets, blissfully unaware of the dream Raph had. Sighing and smiling he turned around to go back to his room, only to walk into his oldest brother Leonardo.

"Raph you okay?" Leo asked.

"Yeah," he said avoiding his brothers eyes.

"You're lying, tell me what is it."

Raph sighed and groaned, "I had a nightmare," he was embarrassed, "it really freaked me out."

"Do you want to talk about?" Leo asked.

"You don't want to know. . ." his voice trailed.

"If it has you this freaked it must be bad."

"Leo it is…bad…real bad…" he glanced Mikey sleeping, "I-I nearly killed Mikey. . ."

Leo stood slack jawed, staring at his brother.

"I lost my-my temper, I don't even know what he did…" Raph groaned. "we were out in the sewers, Mikey was being, well Mikey. One minute he was laughing and joking and the next thing I knew, I snapped. I go insane and start beating on 'im with a pipe. I knocked him on the head, he fell to the ground, he was not moving. You tried to stop me, but I flung you off. Donnie went to help Mikey, but I kicked him out of the way…." Raph stopped, he looked at Mikey once again, who was now flipped on his carapace. "I-I cracked him over his carapace, it broke Leo!"
Raph's breaths we heaving, "Donnie started to freak out! He though Mikey was dead….he-he stood up to-to try and stop me. I pushed Donnie, he tripped over Mikey. I hit Mikey on the side, he started to bleed…..it was so much blood…." Raph dropped to his knees. Leo dropped down next to his brother, he was at a loss for words. "Then," Raph continued, "he looked up at me, his eyes, they were wild….he said 'sorry bro' he started to laugh, like he was crazy. . ." Raph's green eyes were wide. "After he did that he just collapsed at my feet," Raph sighed, "that's when I woke up.

"Raph," Leo breathed out finally breaking his silence, "it was just a dream-"

"I could have been reality…" his voice trailed, "it felt so real."

"But it wasn't," Leo said gently, "and Raph I know you. You may whack Mikey for driving you crazy, but you would never beat him half to death," Leo looked Raph in the eyes.

"Something snapped, I went insane, it could happen. . . "

"Raph I will make sure that you don't insane," Leo said.

"You can't make that promise," Raph scoffed.

Leo smiled, "Raph I will make that promise, to protect you, to protect Mikey. You are my brother and I will help you with what ever you need," Leo sighed, "Raph, I make the promise to stop you from hurting Mikey, Donnie or even me, but I don't want to have to fulfill that promise."

Raph sighed, he looked back into Mikey's room. Mikey was now laying on his side. "Mikey is my brother, I love him-and don't tell him I said that!" Raph shouted, "he may drive me crazy, but I would never kill him."

"I won't tell him," Leo laughed as he and Raph stood up.

"Don't let the pizza eat me, I want tot eat the pizza." Leo and Raph heard Mikey say. They turned to see Mikey eating his pillow.