Hey guys im back! With a new story from ninja turtles! I love the 2012 series so I read some fanfictions and couldn't get this idea out of my head. Not best time to write it but with jobs and life in the way when is it ever?

Give a thank you to The Glitter Ninja my beta! Enjoy!

In the clear darken blue night with the moon shining, while the stars illuminated across the quiet city of New York, the citizens rested from a long day of work in their comfy homes. But for our favourite mutant turtles, it was like any other ordinary night. The brothers bounced and sprinted from roof to roof, showing off their skills and reflexes and stayed hidden in the corners protected by the shadows engulfing their bodies. With sharp eyes, they scanned the scene for their most frequent enemy, the Purple Dragons.

"Donnie, have you located them yet? This is the fourth alleyway we've searched and still no sign of them," said Leo as he leaped into the air onto the next building.

"Yes I got the signal just two more blocks up ahead." said the third youngest just as he heard the second oldest smacking his fists together in anticipation.

"Finally some action!" snarled Raph, pushing more energy into his leg muscles, catching up with his older brother.

Mikey smirked watching his brothers in competition, with his raw talent and being the fastest out of the brothers he zoomed past Donnie and lifted his hands onto their shells, jumping high above and landing on the next building gracefully.

"Ha, I win!" he announced cheerfully.

Raphael scoffed "We weren't racing dumbass, we're on a mission remember pay attention!" He missed the flicker of hurt on Mikey's face as he stood next to Leo who crouched down on his knee, looking in the darkness of the alleyway. As if right on cue, a white van drove half into the shadows under a street lamp.

Five Foot Ninjas emerged from the back, standing guard as two bulky men with purple dragon tattoos came round from the front. With stealth and silence, the turtles listened as the men began discussing their scheme.

"What are they saying?" asked Mikey leaning towards Donnie.

"Shh, I can't hear if you're speaking Mikey," retorted Don concentrating.

Mikey moved forward, accidentally creating noise which luckily didn't alert the enemies, but granted glares from his brothers.

"Mikey, stop moving and keep quiet!" yelped Leo, his voice rising slightly due to his baby brother's liability in stillness.

"Shell-for-brains shut up, you're gonna ruin everything again!" Raph took a few breaths to calm his temper.

He's a ninja for crying out loud! Why can't he act like one? The red-clad Turtle thought as he watched the youngest squirm again.

"Sorry guys, didn't mean to, you know how I am!" Mikey apologized, the feeling in his chest slightly burning from his brother's words.

"Enough guys look," shushed Leo who stood up raising his katanas, as the men started to take action.

"Ok guys, here's the plan-"as Leo refreshed his motive Mikey stood up, only to find out that his foot had fallen asleep and promptly lost his balance. He cried out as he fell off the side of the building, falling on top of a dumpster. He moaned faintly and rubbed his head.

"Ow, that hurt," he said noticing the Purple Dragons had discovered him.

"It's them, the freaks! Footbots attack!" one of the men commanded as the foot ninjas charged towards Mikey.

Leo sighed, "Plan failed guys let's kick some bots!" They sprung downwards, colliding with the enemies. Mikey jumped out the way just in time as Raph came crashing down on top of a robot crushing his head.

"Oh yeah, that's how it done!" He shouted, swinging his nunchakus and whacking two more into the wall.

The turtles then saw movement in the shadows and looked up to see more foot soldiers spreading around them.

"Guys, the main priority is the van!" exclaimed Leo slashing his swords nicely through the torso of a nearby bot, and defeated more ninjas as he ran towards the men.

"Booyakasha!" Mikey yelled, kicking and swiping the robots. "You guys think you're so tough, but you can't win!" Not watching his surroundings Raphael ducked his head almost chuffed by the nunchakus.

"MIIIKEEYYY! Focus!" screamed Raph, as the youngest smiled sheepishly.

"Sorry Raph, my bad!"

Raph and Leo knocked out the Purple Dragons and continued to wipe out the footbots, when they saw their youngest brother Mikey laughing as he swung his kusarigama. "Take this and that!" He then grabbed a bot and swung him towards the van, not realising Donnie had been inside the van since the battle started. The bo staff-wielding turtle had discovered three containers of mutagen within the truck and was investigating further.

"Mutagen? Well, this isn't obviously good," he muttered sarcastically before plunging forward, after being struck behind by an unconscious ninja. Donnie narrowly missed the green goo but lost his footing and bashed his head harshly on a sharp corner.

He yelped closing his eyes, taking a few breathers from the pain. He winced at the wetness, seeing a small blotch of blood on his hand. He then gasped as another one was thrown inside by Mikey.

"Mikey, stopped throwing them in here!" Donnie flinched from the sudden surge of dizziness. The youngest made his way towards the van, his blue eye widening at his injured brother.

"Sorry Donnie I-,"he was shoved aside by Raph, who stepped on the bots getting to his brother. Swaying on his feet he leaned against his older brother, slowly getting off the vehicle. Leo rushed forward, switching to mother-hen mode.

"What happened?" he asked, placing his hands on each side of Donnie's face.

Mikey stepped backwards as Raph faced him with an icy glare. "Why don't you ask Screw-up over here?"

Mikey turned to Leo his oldest brother, except he wasn't staring at him. His heart squeezed tightly noticing Leo wasn't saying anything to him, in fact, it felt like he was ignoring him.

"We don't have time for this Raph, we need to get that mutagen before anymore reinforcement come." Leo settled Donnie down next to the wall, as the two climbed back and grabbed the three canister of mutagen. Mikey, knowing he was to blame, slowly made his way towards Donnie. All of a sudden, he caught one of the Purple Dragons reaching the driver side of the van.

"No!" Mikey charged forward startling the man, who grabbed a pipe, swinging it furiously at the orange-masked turtle. Mikey ducked, thrusting his arm up aiming for the chin. The teen smiled in triumph, not realizing he had shifted the pipe, slamming it against his left of his plastron. Mikey hollered from the blow, his ribs thankfully bruised and not broken.

The purple dragon saw his chance and rushed to finish the delivery for his boss. Leo and Raph heard Mikey when the van shuddered, the wheels beginning to move. Both brothers managed to escape in time but with only one mutagen in Raph's hand.

The red brother scowled while Leo narrowed his eyes gritting his teeth, half of their mission failed. They saw Mikey staggering towards them; Leo reached his brother calmly asking what happened. Mikey told them what had encountered with the man, which only angered Raphael further.

"Mikey, if you hadn't screamed, we would have gotten all the mutagen! But you couldn't keep your mouth shut for one second! Damn it!" Mikey crouched down from his brother's wrath, and his eyes started to water. They did not realize that he was harmed.

"I was only trying to help."

"Raph, language! Are you hurt Mikey?" Leo placed a gentle hold on his shoulder. The throbbing of his ribs were causing difficulty in breathing, but he deserved this. He shook his head.

Leo nodded, releasing the hold on his youngest brother and made his way towards Donnie, who observed the scene. Unfortunately, he didn't witness the incident due to his head injury, but obviously Mikey was lying with his hand hovering over his side.

"Let's go home and tell Splinter." Grabbing hold of Donnie's left arm over his shoulder, Leo helped him towards the sewer hole. Mikey waited until the other three went first, but not before a harsh slap by Raph. His cold emerald eyes were enough to make Mikey shudder as he disappeared down the steps.

Mikey disregarded the pain, knowing it wasn't important. He climbed down the steps, luckily, without any difficulty, walking behind his older brother with his head down knowing he was in for a lecture.

The atmosphere in the lair was tense. Donnie was in his lab with Splinter and Leo, meaning that Mikey was stuck in the living room with Raph. He couldn't remember the last time the air was so suffocating. His breath was a little ragged, his ribs are now burning. Since their return, Leo and Raph had not said anything to Mikey, and their father, sensing the anger and guilt-ridden surrounding his three children decided not to ask any questions.

Mikey wanted to apologize that it was his fault Donnie was hurt. But would sorry be enough this time? He knew he could be quite distracted and had a hard time staying in one place, which is ironic considering how glued he was to the couch right now. Mikey was ready to speak when the door opened and Leo emerged. Raph sat straight up and asked how Donnie was.

"He will be alright, just need a few days rest." Leo then looked at Mikey since they arrived back, crossing his arms staring down at his baby brother. "Mikey," the leader rubbed his face in frustration as Mikey fiddled with his fingers.

"Why did you not follow my rules? We could have easily stopped if you had just pay attention," Leo kept his voice serene although the frequent disappointments due to his youngest brother was creeping into his shell.

"Because he can't do anything right that's why. He's a screw up," said Raph emotionlessly. Mikey stared up at him; his eyes swelling up as his brother, his hero, believed he was not good enough. He turned to Leo, pleading, because it wasn't true….right?

"Mikey you have to listen, but you can't even seem to do that. You're constantly chatting like you're speaking to a friend, and Donnie was hurt because of you!" Curling into his shell would be a nice idea right now. He never meant to do harm to his brothers, he loved them so much.

"I didn't mean it, honest. I didn't even know Donnie was in there!" Mikey apologized, now standing near Leo as he spoke.

"Why, that doesn't surprise me," drawled Raph, sneering at his brother. "A ninja is supposed to have stealth and is supposed to understand the situations they are in, but you obviously can't!" Raph's temper was overflowing; he'd had enough of Mikey idiotic games.

"You have to say something, don't you. That mouth of yours can't be quiet for one second, it drives me crazy! Just shut up Mikey! Everytime you speak, disaster happens! I'm sick of hearing your voice! It would be better for all of us if you didn't speak at all!"

The tension in the air was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Raph's shoulders were hunched his deep breathing, trying to gain control of his emotions. Leo struggled on what to say, for a part of him believes that Raph is right. Mikey needed to tone it down, or he could put them all in danger. But when he faced his tear-stricken baby brother. his horrid thoughts vanish.

"Mikey!"

He called out his name again, as Mikey ran towards his room.

"Forget it Leo, let him sulk like the baby he is." The second oldest went towards the lab to check on his other younger brother. Leo followed Raph, for he couldn't do much to help Mikey except leave him be.

The baby of the family sobbed into his pillow. The tears thickening, his voice choked, releasing a few coughs filled with mucus. He couldn't stop the tears flowing down his freckle face. The painful words of his brother lingered deeply in his mind, reminding him how useless and defective he could be.

You're constantly chatting!

Donnie was hurt because of you!

He screws up on everything!

It would be better for all of us if you didn't speak at all!

The tears stopped, sticking to his face as he stared at the wall opposite, the baby blue eyes so bright, now taken over by a tremendous sadness. He chucked the covers over his head, clutching the well-worn teddy bear from his childhood. His ribs were tender and would twinge whenever he shifted on the bed. But he didn't care, this was his punishment.

"They're both right. Donnie has a head wound because I can't do anything right. I'm not worthy to be a ninja. Not speaking would be a dream come true for my family. Besides, it'll protect them."

"Yeah, it'd be great if I didn't say a word."

Poor Mikey! The next chapter will be in a few days to found out what has happened to our cute ninja!