What does it mean to be the heart of the team? What would happen if that heart cracked under strain? What would happen if the light of the team became consumed by nothingness? What does it mean to be powerful, brave, and strong enough to shine through the worst darkness when your soul has broken?

The Butterfly Effect is the idea that small, seemingly trivial events may ultimately result in something with much larger consequences. But could stealing one crystal lead to being trapped inside TCRI, well Mikey thinks so. Does Mikey regret running away? Does he regret, meeting his family? Does he regret stealing from the kraang? POSSIBLE TRIGGERS MENTIONED! DEATH, MISCARRIAGE, NIGHTMARES, TORTURE, ETC.

One day during a mission, Michaelangelo finds a room full of crystals, created and engineered by the Kraang. As Michaelangelo got curious and grabbed a crystal, he transformed into...a human? But of course, all good things come with a sacrifice.

The Kraang shot Mikey with some kind of weird ray gun and now the youngest turtle is completely brainwashed. Well...almost completely. He knows a few things, and what he doesn't know he figures out. Stuck with the mind of child, Michelangelo forms an attachment to one brother in particular. But what will happen when Mikey is returned to his original state of mind?

After the battle with the kraang, Mikey makes the sacrifice to save Leo's life in the cost of his own, dying as a result. in the anguish of Leo's guilt, he accidently creates a portal in which he meets an alternate version of his brother.

Mikey runs away from home and meets a new stranger. How will their story play out?

This angst/hurt/comfort story is set five months after Splinter's death (Post Season 4 TMNT 2012) Mikey ran away to April's Farmhouse after getting coldly berated by his brothers during a messed up patrol. The brothers went to find him there but soon as they found each other, Mikey got bitten by a giant mutated snake while protecting some mutated gophers What results is after another argument is Mikey finally lashing out to his brothers, venting out years of pent up anger and sadness. But soon Mikey got sicker and was dying due to the strong venom, much to his brothers' horror Seeking help from the mutated gophers, the brothers are in a race against time to find a cure for the poison in five hours or the poison will kill Mikey. It is there that the brothers learn the true value and power Mikey holds in the family as well as realising how close they came to breaking apart and vow to do anything to set things right Can they save their baby brother from an agonising death before it's too late? Will they be able to rekindled their brotherhood or is it the end of the Hamato Clan?

Mikey is grounded and made to stay home while his brothers go on patrol following Mikey making a huge mess and is made to clean it up alone but as he does he hears a noise coming from Donnie's lab and goes to investigate getting pulled in to Dimension X through a portal and finding himself in even more trouble and a battle for survival...

TMNT-2012 The youngest turtle brother, Michelangelo, gets into an accident. He is badly injured and loses his memory. Mikey is saved by one or rather two unique turtles who become his new family. Mikey's three brothers desperately search for him, hoping he is still alive. IMPORTANT: Read the comics in this order- "Lost Mikey" "Crazed Leo" and finally "The Twins" Enjoy the series! Disclaimer: This comic was made by yinller on DeviantArt, please support the creator.

When the turtle brothers start becoming dysfunctional, Mikey suddenly stumbles across trouble - Karai and the entire foot clan are out to get them, and with his brothers unable - and somewhat unwilling - to help, Mikey must come up with a plan and face the entire foot league all alone. --------------- Fanfic and the cover was made by DoodleDumble on DeviantArt --------------