Rise Up (Child reader insert)

Down With The Sickness

Y/n's pov

Right now, we're in the arcade, and Raph is about to beat this high score on this dancing game! And you were a bit tired as you were still in your pjs. "I don't think he's got this." Leo said. "Hey! Leave him alone." Mikey scolded. "What? I'm just saying he doesn't have this." Leo said. "You're just trying to get in my head." Raph said to Leo. "Oh, my peaches and cream, he just doubled." Donnie said in surprise. "What?! No way!" I said in amazement. I've never played, nor seen a dancing game before. "Rag! Now!" Raph requested. "Have I told you how big and beautiful you are?" Mikey asks as he wiped the sweat off of Raph's forehead. "No, but thank you." Raph said. "He's about to set a new high score, guys!" I informed as Mikey stopped what he was doing. "I can't watch, but I can't not watch!" Donnie said. Leo pushed Donnie out of the way. "You know what they say about big-time moments?" Leo asked. "Yes, I do. They say in big-time moment, leaders make-" "Brain!" Raph said but was interrupted by Dad shouting in pain. Everyone stopped what they were doing, and the screen said 'Game Over'.

"Ow, my brain!" Dad shouted as he clutched his head. "No!" We all shouted. "Why?!" Donnie questioned. Splinter then sneezed. "Gesundheit." Me and Leo said. "Ohmigosh, ohmigosh, ohmigosh, Splinter's a zombie!" Mikey exclaimed. "Mikey, zombies are interested in other people's brains." Donnie said. "Rat Flu. This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill, guys." Raph said.

"Down with the sickness!" A voice said.

"I feel terrible." Dad said. "Do I look terrible? Be honest." Splinter asks. Not gonna lie, he does. "You look great, not horribly sick at all." Raph lied. He pulled the curtain, separating us from him.

"He's horribly sick." Raph admitted to us. "Look, a flu thus intense is gonna affect all areas of his brain-- I'm talking the full seven stages-- before his body naturally heals itself." Donnie said as he held up his fingers and used a robot arm to make a seventh figure, gesturing to the seven stages. "You guys know what the full seven stages mean?" Raph said, which sounded more like a question. "Another chance to get what we want!" Raph said, changing his demeanor from depressed, to excitement. "Yeah!" We all said. "But poor Dad. He must feel terrible. But lucky us, he'll say yes to whatever we ask for! Whoo-hoo!" Mikey said in a saddened tone, before changing it to a joyful one. "Only if we make it all the way to the end of the flu, the elusive stage seven. And we never get there." Donnie said. "This year's gonna be different. Nobody's getting bit. Nobody's getting infected." Raph stated.

"When we do make it to the end, which I'm now calling the 'Must Say Yes' stage, what are we gonna ask for?" Leo asks, bringing up the big question. We all started thinking, and then we all glanced at Raph. "Well, this year, I was thinking we could ask for, uh, um, er... uh..." Raph started before thinking of what to get. "Aww, he's got nothing. We're dead." Leo groaned.

"Hey, I got something, all right? Like a, uh-" "Uranium! Oh, we should absolutely ask for uranium. I mean, if I could finally get my hands on a little of that, we'll be virtually unstoppa-" "What about a brick oven for pizza?" Raph said, then got interrupted by Donnie, then got interrupted by Mikey. "Who's gonna clean that?" Leo questions. "What we should ask for is matching unicorn onesies. Those are sick! Pun intended. And I nailed it." Leo said. "That is one of the top 20 basic things to ask for. What we should ask for is one of each musical instrument's for me to make some music when we go into battle! It'll be one of the most epic things ever!" I said.

We all tackled each other, minus Raph, and started fighting like little kids. "Guys, enough." Raph said, making us all stop what we're doing. "I got this, all right? I'm gonna ask Splinter for something that benefits all of us." Raph stated.

"This is so exciting! But terrible for dad." Mikey said. "Mikey's a dragon!" I said, seeing a misty cloud come out of Mikey's mouth. Mikey took a deep breath and made the misty cloud appear again. Raph did the same. "Buckle up, guys. It's about to get weird." Raph said in a serious tone.