Run away -Mikey angst-

-Four- Brain worms

If you didn't know, ~°~ means earlier, like the past, and ~•~ means a time skip forward

No ones p.o.v

"C'mon, Lee! We're almost there!" Donnie cried out, racing down the stairs to get to they're baby brother as soon as possible.

"Gah!" Leo groaned, tripping over himself a bit. "How much farther? At this point, he could be dead by now!" Donnie shook his head.  "Dont say that, Leo!" Donnie yelled as the flight of stairs came to an end.

They were in shedders dungeon. But.. no Mikey? Where was he?

The two turtles looked around in all the cages, only to find no sign of anyone. Except..

"Donnie?" Leo called, signaling to younger brother brother to walk over. "Whats this?" He picked up a bowl full of some sort of soup. Donnie took it out of Leos hands and examined it for a moment, sniffing it in the process. "Thats.. turtle soup." Donnie concluded. "Turtle? Did mikey get turned into.." Leo trailed off.

A soft chuckle could be heard from all four corners, causing them to extincually pull out their weapons. "No, hes fine. But I did make him better." A pair of red eyes could be seen in the shadows and chains could be heard rattling and spinning around.

~°~

"Let me go!" Mikey screamed as he was strapped to a table by Rahzar and Fishface. "Do not worry, turtle. I will make you better." The Shredder said as he shooed away his henchmen. "Is the worm almost ready, Stockman?" Questioned Shredder.

"Almozzzzed, mazzter." Baxter.. stock dude answered, holding a brain worm in some forceps. "Juzzzzt need zzzzzome final touchesss." He buzzed, dunking the worm in an odd, green liquid. Nothing like Mikey had ever seen before. It definitely wasn't mutagen. What was it? Mikey started to squirm as the fly approached him with the dripping, slimy bug.

Baxter Stockman held the bug close to Mikeys face. The turtle let out a whimper in response. The fly dropped the bug in the turtles face, earning a scream in response. "Dont worry turtle, this worm is different. It will make you unkillable." The Shredder laughed as the worm crawled into the turtles brain.

~•~

"Get them, Michealangelo."

The orange turtle lunged out of the shadows, weilding his nunchucks in both hands. "Jesus!" Leo cried jumping back and snapping his katanas into a defensive position. "The hell?" Donnie said, examining his brother. "Brain worms?" He questioned to himself.

"But.. aren't the eyes usually white, not red?" Leo asked his brother, his voice straining, holding his brothers weight with his swords. Mikey, to Leos suprise, was surprisingly strong. If he was honest, it almost made him jealous.

"I'm not sure." Donnie trailed off, getting behind his younger brother and grabbing him from behind, pulling him off of Leo. "Gonna cry?" Donnie mocked right in Mikeys ear, infuriating the orange turtle even more. Mikey stopped struggling, grabbed Donnies arms and threw him over his head, smashing his shell onto the ground with a hard thud.

Donnie coughed as he tried to catch his breath. He rolled over onto his hands and knees and held his plastron, gasping for air.

Laughter could be heard once again, causing Leo to charge at Mikey and swing at his plastron, causing an indent across the right corner, all the way down to the bottom left one. Mikey yelped and jumped backwards, causing Leo to chuckle. "What, you scared of a little battle scars?" He taunted.

"Y'know, if you weren't such a dissapointment and sensitive all the time, Raph wouldn't be DEAD right now." Leo mocked. Mikeys eyes widened as he growled in anger. "What?" Leo started, "can't take the cold hard truth?"

Mikey started to urk and gag until he eventually coughed up the unusually green worm. "Woah.." Leo said, helping Donnie up. The purple turtle picked up the worm. "I'll keep this for later." He said, putting the worm in a little pouch.

"You okay, Mike?" Leo asked as Mikey was wiping his mouth. The younger turtle nodded in response, avoiding eye contact. Leo held out a hand to his brother. "Lets go home, Angelo."

Mikey looked at his hand for a few moments, deciding if he should take it or not. Mikey reached out his hand in response, hesitating a few times before taking his elders hand in his. Leo smiled warmly at his brother before leading him out of the shredders lair, cautiously.

~•~

Donnie, Leo, and Mikey quietly stepped foot into the lair. Donnie quickly rushed to his lab, leaving his other brothers, who were attempting to follow close behind them, behind. "Whats going on, Leo?" Mikey asked. "Donnies usually never this eager to get into his lab."

Leo turned around and smiled warmly at his baby brother. "You'll see." Leo turned back around and opened the lab doors. Mikey peared inside to see a turtle laying shell up on Donnies table.

"Raph?" Mikey said, voice quivering "you said I killed him." He whimpered as he continued to stare at the red turtle. He turned around and walked away from the lab.

"Mikey?" Leo ed after him. "Mike, I only said that to get you back!

Mikey continued to walk in the opposite direction of his brother.

"I can't do this right now, lee.