Well... oops i did again :x sorry guys, so much has been going on in my life, but yenno, guess its better late than never right? keep pushing me to finish please! i dont wanna forget again!

White, or at least white washed, thats all he could describe these images as, part a day dream, part a real dream, mostly a complete blur. what was happening to him? Was he dead? was this heaven? All he could do was ask questions, he couldn't think back, couldn't remember anything in detail, he just knew the basics, his name is Michelangelo, he had 3 older brothers, a father who was a rat and they lived in a sewer. what else was there?! Donnie, a brother! he wore... purple! a sudden sharp pain flared in his brain. The strain of remembering his own brothers face was too much. He couldn't stop though. Raph, Red, angry, protective, strong... Each adjective he applied to a name stung like a flash of electricity causing through the side of his head. Leo. Just the name stung, why did it sting? it wouldn't stop stinging! it hurt to much, he couldn't take it, darkness once again took over his battered mind. He sank again back into the peaceful empty black abyss of is unconscious form.

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4 weeks, 4 long weeks had dragged by. 4 weeks of nothing. Mikey hadn't improved or gotten worse , he hadn't changed at all. Except the scars had now formed, no longer fresh wounds. For four weeks Mikey had lay on a table, tubes connected to him, the only things keeping him alive, the only thing doing something helpful, something productive. For Four weeks raph had sat at the chair. the one right beside Mikey's bed. The only time he moved was when he had to go the toilet, which wasn't often anymore. he never ate, unless Donnie forced him, how could he eat? He couldn't do anything. He couldn't help mikey before it was too late, he couldn't help him now.

whilst Raph sat besides mikey, Donnie was desperately trying to figure out what was going on with Leo, why was he acting like this? "Leo stay still please! i cant see clearly when you move" leo was strapped down to a table with some sort of x-ray scanner hovering above his head. "Donnie, please this is ridiculous, im fine!" Donnie rolled his eyes, "you might be fine, but Mikey isn't and I'm just trying to figure out why" Leo sighed, "i can tell you why" Donnie took the bait, "why..?" Leonardo smirked and his eyes glazed over, they always did whenever he talked about Mikey. "Michelangelo was a burden, we are better off now that he is dead! we will fight better! when is raph going to stop grieving? Its been four weeks, don't you think its time we went and tried to find mast- sh, shredder! tried to find shredder?" Donnie frowned, "leo did... did you just go to call shredder master?" Leo's pupils shrank down his whole face froze and he suddenly fell limp, like a robot running out of power. Donnie's eyes widened, now that leo was still the scan was crystal clear, right there, in the middle of Leos brain stem was what could only be, a brain worm!

Donnie laughed, laughed like an insane scientist. "RAPH! RAPH ITS A WORM A BRAIN WORM! IT WASN'T LEO!" Raph came into the room, "what are you talking about?" when Donnie first looked at raph he physically shivered, the weight loss was dramatic, his skin turning yellow rather than green, but what was most shocking was his eyes, how lifeless they were, no sense of hope or purpose to be found. "Raph... when was the last time you ate!?" Raph shrugged, "3 days ago i think" Donnie sighed, "you don't look good raph... i know you're upset, so am i but you cant do this to yourself! Mikey wouldn't want this, you know he wouldn't" Raph showed no emotional response, "you said something about leo?" Donnie nodded, "Leo has been being controlled, my guess is by the shredder, a brain worm has been attached to leos brain stem. i think it must have put a mental block of his perception of mikey, replacing it with a false view; the shredders view" suddenly Raph seemed to have gained interested, "He said, he said before he slit Mikey's throat... about glue... he knew! that dirty metal bucket head rat knew, he knew we'd fall apart without Mikey, he knew we'd be weak... UGH" all at once Raph seemed to snap back to reality. His usual flare back in his eye, skin green, blood flowing to his hot head, "IM. GONNA. KILL HIM!"

Donie smiled, his bro was back. It seemed as though there luck had turned because a sudden spluttery cough sounded from across the lair. Donnie and Raph both froze looking at each other, then turned their heads slowly toward the direction of the cough... towards the surgery room. They waited, said nothing as if they doubted their own ears. they held there breaths. waited. another cough! and thats all the confirmation they needed to dart to their little brother.

They sped into the room, "m-Mikey?" raph spoke full of emotion, crouching down to his brothers side, taking his cold limp hand in his own, "mikey, I'm here, please, please? mikey?" and like a miracle, Mikey's eyes fluttered slightly open, "r...rh..." he tried desperately to say his brothers name, but he couldn't no matter how hard he tried, "whoa, whoa" doctor donnie began, "mikey, your voice and throat have taken a lot of serious damage, you'll need a lot of speech therapy before you can talk properly again, please don't strain, it'll only cause more harm." Raph couldn't hold back anymore, the tears fell hard and fast "m..mikey I'm so sorry I'm here i let this happen to you! I'm so sorry its all my fault i failed I'm sorry please mikey, please forgive me! i love you! please don't ever leave me again!" he breathed out quickly, in one breathe, and then sobbed, sobbed into his baby brother. "No raph" Donnie began "it wasn't, we know who is to blame now" he frowned, rage filling him now that worry had gone. Raph stopped sobbing immediately. he stood up, strong, angry, and spoke sinisterly "shredder... I'm gonna kill him..." he paused for a second, "now." and like that his mind was set he grabbed his sighs and took off. Normally Donnie would've stopped him, would have calmed him but not this time. He knew mikey would survive, his worries were gone, as was the confusion behind everything that had happened, all that was left now, was rage... lots and lots of rage, shredder was going to pay for this. And he too picked up his weapon and took off, right behind raph.

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