"SPIKE!" Raph had been battling his beloved pet Spike, who had stumbled into some mutagen and transformed into a giant killer turtle. All night, Spike had been taking out his brothers. First Donnie and now he had caught him attacking Mikey, his little baby brother. Raph was filled with rage, but briefly looked back, "You alright Mikey?" His little brother was slowly getting back to feet, "Y-Yeah… I-I'm fine…" Raph let out a sigh of relief, "Find Donnie or Leo and get back to the lair!" Mikey looked at him with a stubborn look on his face, "No way dude! I'm not leaving you here with that giant turtle!" He stumbled to his feet and pulled out his weapons, "You're not battling that guy without some backup." Raph sighed, he knew there was nothing that he could do that would change Mikey's mind, "Fine… but if you get anymore hurt, and you're going straight home!" Before Mikey could respond, Spike smashed down his club right between the two brothers. He looked at Mikey and swung his hand at him. Mikey barely had any time to react before he was hit by Spike's hand. The attack had sent him flying into the giant steel beam that held up the water tower, "GAH!" Raph's eyes widened, "Mikey!" He charged at Spike and rammed him into the wall. He used this time to check on Mikey. Raph rushed over to his little brother and kneeled down next to him, "Mikey?! Mikey! You okay?!" Mikey slowly opened one eye, "R… Raph…?" Raph growled. He had to get his baby brother home before Spike launched another attack. He picked up Mikey and held him in a bridle style then rushed over to where Donnie and Leo were resting. Leo looked up, "What the shell happened to you two?" Raph laid Mikey down next to Donnie, "Spike… he got to Mikey…" Donnie put his arm around his little brother, "We have to do something about him or else we're going to end up as turtle soup!" Leo nodded, "Right but first we need to regroup back at the lair. Come on." He helped Donnie to his feet while Raph picked Mikey up. The four of them headed back to their home and addressed any wounds that they had. Leo laid Mikey down in his bed and closed the door, "There… now Mikey can rest up a little bit…" He walked away and into the main room where he found Donnie fighting with Raph, "Come on Raph! I need to look at your wounds!" "I don't need you to doctor me Donnie! I'm perfectly fine!" Leo just stood there, watching the whole thing. When Donnie had finally gotten Raph to let him look at his wounds, Leo walked up to them, "Go head and make more noise why don't you! I'm sure Mikey can sleep with all this noise!" "Sorry Leo…" Raph apologized, "I'm just a little stressed… with Spike wanting to kill you, I've just been a little on edge… I don't know…" Leo sighed and put his hand on Raph's shoulder, "I know… but we have to come up with a plan to get rid of Spike or at least convince him not to kill us… but for now… why don't you and Donnie get some rest…" Raph nodded and went to his room. Leo looked over at Donnie who was trying to address his own wounds. Leo sighed and walked over to his brother and fixed up his wounds. "Thanks Leo," Donnie said. "No problem Donnie…" Leo replied and then he helped him up and walked him to his room. When he knew that Donnie was sound asleep, he walked out and shut the door. Leo walked to the main room and sat down. He buried his face in his hands, "I have to protect them no matter what… no matter what the cost is… I just HAVE TO!" He yelled as he punched the ground leaving a giant hole in the ground. The sound woke Mikey up. He slowly got out of bed and slowly opened his door to see the shadow of his oldest brother punching the ground hard. Mikey slowly crept down the hallway and into the main room. He stood there motionless as Leo was blinded in rage and having a breakdown, "L-Leo?" Mikey whimpered softly. Leo blinked and turned his head to the voice of his baby brother, "M-Mikey?!" He didn't realize that Mikey was standing there, "H-How long have you been standing there?" Mikey shrugged off the question and walked over to his older brother, "Why are you so angry Leo?" Leo looked down at Mikey and sighed, "I'm stressed… I'm worried that Spike is going to hurt one of you…" Mikey understood and nodded, "O-Okay…" Leo quietly pulled Mikey into a hug and whispered into his ear, "I'll always be there to protect you…" Mikey hugged back and nuzzled his older brother in the chest. Leo smiled and picked up his little brother and carried him back to his room. He laid him down and rubbed his head, "Get a good rest bro… we have a long day ahead of us…" Mikey drifted off into sleep. Leo walked out of the room and silently closed the door. He walked to his room and collapsed in exhaustion on his bed and fell asleep instantly.
End of Chapter one