Draxum's son (an ROTTMNT AU)

Chapter 8 - Waking up

It's been 5 hours, Michael wakes up with a headache in some kind of hospital bed, his gear is still on, gladly, he can hear voices in the distance, he turns his head and gets a glimpse of a bunch of weirdos standing outside the room, their skins are green, kinda like his, they also look like turtles... are they... wait....

He then remembers what happened, he remembers what they did, he remembers how he got here in the first place, he gathers some strength and gets up, his head was spinning a bit, but nothing too distracting, he charges up his attack and launched a blast of fire in their direction, it explodes upon hitting the wall, destroying it and throwing the three brothers off the second floor into the ground of the first one, they're shocked to see the little guy already up ready for a fight, April hid behind the skate ramp while the guys tried to get calm him down, which obviously wasn't working, he was about to press a button in one of his bracelets but Donnie noticed it soon enough and tackled him, Raph pinned him to the floor and Donnie was removing the gadgets one by one despite the very vocal contest from the young boy, that in a panic broke free from the grasp of the alligator snapping turtle by setting himself on fire, scaring everyone as he ran towards Donnie, snatching his collar back and trying to run away.

He summons his chains and pushes himself up to the ceiling, he was able to get close to the exit, almost being able to smell the scent of freedom before two giant glowing red hands grab him like a if he was a bug and pulls him down, Michael fights and struggles until he finally managed to slip off it's grasp, desperately looking around for a scape route, any way out was enough, he just wanted to get out of there, he wanted to go home, he wanted to go back to his dad, he must be worried sick, what if he loses it and explodes the whole planet?!? His eyes meet a tunnel that seems to be the exit, but before he cab enter, a light blue portal slices open right in from on him, and one of the other turtles stepped out, the red eared slider, he was carrying two fancy looking swords, Michael fell back in fear, thinking this would be the last moment of his life.

- "I... I.... I WANNA GO HOOOOOMEEE, AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!"

He cried and screamed like a baby, completely helpless and defenseless, at least as long as the other turtles thought, He hugged his collar and held it tight close to his heart while a river of tears poured out of his eyes like a little waterfall, Leonardo did not expect this reaction and immediately tried to console the little boy, dropping his weapons and comforting him with pats and words of reassurance, saying everything is fine, everything is going to be ok, and they didn't want to hurt him, not that any of it really had made any effect since he was still sobbing and having hiccups when his big brothers arrived to the scene.

🔴 - "L-LEO WHAT DID YOU DO?!!?!"

🟣 - "How did this happen?"

🟡 - "Oh! Poor little guy! He was probably just scared."

🔵 - "HEY HEY HEY, I did nothing wrong, ok? He probably got tired of all these hijinks and is just letting it out.

🟠 - "HE WAS ABOUT TO CUT ME IN HALF!!!"

🔵 - "WHAT!!?! NO I WAS NOT!!"

As this quote flew in the air causing the brothers to have an argument, Michael wipes away the tears and makes a run for it, Donnie immediately saw right through the trick and dashed off to capture him again, 15 minutes later, the boys finally managed to somewhat trap Michael, binding him in chains in the vacant room at their Lair, it is clear to them that he is not as cute and friendly as he looks like, they are ready for the interrogation but their dad suddenly calls for them, saying it's an emergency, they all head to their pop's room and decide they'll have to reschedule the conversation, leaving Michael to soak about his defeat, they took away the only thing he could use to contact his dad, or to send him a clue of where he is, but he's empty handed, wrists in chains, same for the ankles, those barbarians really don't know what they're doing, are they? Michael makes a quick check and sees he is still perfectly capable of using his mystic powers, so he could very well scape, but they're still around, so I they catch him again they might do something to incapacitate his powers.

With no other option, Michael lays down on the floor, trying to think something through, he remembers this technique Draxum taught him, it's like a tree style meditation, where one can concentrate and visualize his surroundings, but most importantly, the ground beneath, this meditation takes a person's energy and spread around the surface area around the person who is meditating, the spread works a lot like a tree's roots, maybe if he tries, his energy will expand far enough for his father to sense him and come to his rescue the idea feeds the hopes of the box turtle, so he sits down, crosses his legs, and touches the floor with his hands, with calm and concentration he is able to feel his energy spreading, the process is slow but that's ok, apparently, something he ain't lacking right now is time, so he closes his eyes and releases his energies to the environment.

April heard about the type of take Draxum has on humans, and she was able to see just how much of a jerk he really was during their battle, she wonders what sort of view her new found "brother" must have on the human race in general, probably a really bad one, so she decides to start a friendship with him, to try and change his mind, she gets two slices of pepperoni pizza and sneaks to the room where he is in, she knocks the doorframe and then walks in, he was sitting on a weird position, eyes closed, really relaxed, was he asleep? She pats his head to call his attention, but as soon as he lays his eyes on her, he freaks out, she freaks out, jt was chaos, but Michael weirdly enough didn't move away from where he was, April saw that as a sign of possibly... trust? Maybe. But to Michael, if he moved away, the connection would be broken and he would have to start all over again, besides, it would drain his energy and he couldn't afford such a dumb mistake, it would be a waste of power and energy.

The human girl sits near him and offers him the warm slices of pizza, he was awfully suspicious of the food, never seeing or eating anything like this, not being sure if it was poisoned or something, but his hunger actedout by making his belly rumble, he was embarassed, he awkwardly took the plate and slowly ate the strange food trying everything in his power to hide the absolute euphoria he felt by his first ever bite of pizza, but April could see right through, those shining near teary eyes shined in the darker room, that bright happy gaze was impossible not to notice, but she could understand that he wasn't fully comfortable around her, so she kept her distance from him while trying to look friendly and approachable, Michael was a bit too focused on the food to really care.