Author's note: Second in the series: "Dreams". This one's all Mikey's POV. I know I'm writing two of the series's fics at the same time, but I can't help but get this one started! This is will refer to the first in later chapters!

Disclaimer: I only own my villians and my plot in this fic. The turtles & company do not belong to me. Oh! And thanks to Puldoh for helping me sort out my ideas for this plot! Thankies!

Another day, another battle. At least that's what I thought as my brothers and I first saw the Foot ninjas appear out of the shadows. Now, I'm not so sure. It took only seconds for me to be separated from my brothers. I can't see them anywhere. There's too many ninjas. My nunchukus had already been lost among the many feet…feet of the foot…that's funny. I must tell my bros about that later… Anyway, I'm basically defenseless now. I'm covered in cuts and bruises. A ninja slams into me again and I land hard onto the ground. I'm surrounded and unable to protect myself. I hear my brothers call out to me. Probably looking for me and fighting their way through the crowd of our enemies. Slowly, I drift off into the darkness, unable to stay awake anymore…

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I wake up to voices, but I can't hear them too clearly. My arm feels like it's on fire. I scream out before I manage to open my eyes.

"You okay, Mikey?" I hear Leo ask me.

"My arm…hurts," I say. "It burns…" I look around the room recognizing the infirmary almost instantly. Leo is leaning against the doorframe, watching as Donny searches through some cabinets. "Where's Raph?" I ask, noticing he isn't in the room.

"In the dojo taking his rage out on the punching bag," Leo says. I listen as the sounds of Raph's punching reaches me then.

"There it is!" Donny says as he pulls something out of the cabinet and walks over to me, holding a little bottle and a syringe. "For the pain." He explains at my look.

"Oh," I say. I quickly turn back to Leo instead. "What happened after I lost consciousness?"

"Well, the Foot disbanded almost immediately afterwards."

"Why?" I ask, wincing as I feel Don inject me with whatever was in that syringe.

"Your guess is as good as ours," Leo says, "We don't know." The drug soon takes effect and slip back into the darkness.

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About maybe a month later, okay, two weeks, but it felt longer, my brothers finally let me leave the infirmary. I watch my brothers sparring in the dojo: Donny vs. Leo. Raph stands next to me, well, it's more like he's leaning against a pillar next to me then standing really. I can tell he's agitated as he twirls his sai. Raph catches me watching him and stops twirling his sai for a minute to look down at me.

"What are you thinking about, Raphie?" I ask him.

"Nu'in'," He says as he looks back towards Donny and Leo.

"Will sparring with me make you feel better?" I ask.

"Mikey," Raph says, sternly, "Don said yer not well enough fer dat."

"I'm fine!" I reply, grumpily and maybe a little too loudly for Leo and Don stop sparring momentarily to glance at me. "I'm fine," I repeat for their benefit. It was the truth. My arm doesn't even hurt anymore. Well yeah, if I actually touch it, the burning feeling returns, but other then that, nothing! The only good thing about is that I can be as lazy as I want, but even that is getting boring now.

I stand up and I walk towards my room. I can feel my brothers' eyes on me, but I ignore them. Sometimes they just worry about me too much. Just because I'm considered the youngest. I slam my bedroom door for the sake of it. I think I got my point across. Maybe they'll leave me alone for a while. Most likely they won't and I don't entirely want them to leave me alone anyway. I don't know what I want, really.

I pick up one of my comic books off the floor and flip through the pages as I lay on my bed. I don't really focus on what I'm doing. This is more to keep my hands moving. I feel so restless. I have to do something. I have to move. The door to my room opens slightly. Wow, that was, what, ten minutes to myself? I think they reached a new record! I glance up to see it's Raph before I look back at the comic book I'm still flipping through absentmindedly.

"Mikey?" Raph asks as he gently knocks on my door. No point in that as he's already let himself in. Maybe I should have locked it? That way I'd have control over who entered 'cause I know he will come in whether or not I want him to.

"Yes?" I say without looking at him.

"We're done sparrin' and I was wonderin' if ya want ta do sum'thin' like…ah…we can play Halo tagatha?" He asks me. I think about my answer for a minute. Playing a videogame requires sitting in one place for a long time. I don't know if I can handle that. I need to move. Will I be able to sit down long enough? I guess I could try it…

"Sure," I say without moving, still flipping through the pages, my legs swaying over the edge of the bed. There was a long silence after that and I waited for Raph to try to break the silence I created.

"So…" Raph says, awkwardly. He doesn't see my smile. "How are you feeling? Really?"

"Super," I say, still not looking up. Raph doesn't say anything so I continue, "I really am. You guys don't have to worry about me so much. I'm completely healed now. I just want to do something. And take these stupid bandages off!" I rip the bandages still wrapped around my arm and throw them to the ground. I don't notice the comic book as it slides to the floor.

"Do you still want to spar?" Raph asks me. I look at him with my full attention now.

"But you said that Don-" I begin. Raph raises his hand to stop me.

"Don and Leo are out." He says. "What they don't know won't hurt them. Anyway, you said you felt fine, right?" I nod, eagerly, "Well then come on." He says. I quickly roll off my bed and follow him. He leads me to the dojo and then turns to face me. "Are you sure yer up ta this, Mikey?" He asks me.

"O'course I am." I say, with a slightly irked smile.

"We won't spar with weapons," He says.

"Why not?"

"Just bare with me, alright?" Raph says, "No weapons. If you feel tired or anything, we immediately stop."

"Raph!" I whine, but his gives me this look and I know he's not planning on changing his mind.

"If ya don't like the rules, we ain't doing this." He says.

"Oh alright!" I say. I notice Raph isn't looking too happy about the idea. He looks worried. We get into our fighting stance, Raph somewhat reluctantly. I move to strike first. Raph blocks my attack effortlessly and then kicks me away from him. I notice he is holding back. While, he'll see what he gets for holding back! Mostly we're just able to dodge each other's attacks until I manage to flip over him and kick him down. Raph grunts as he gets back up and backs away from me. The only way to get him to really fight me is to make him mad and I really want to fight him. Otherwise, this battle is going to be very boring.

"Come on, Raph," I say, pleadingly, "Ya can do better then that!"

"I can, but I won't," Raph says.

"Why not?" I whine. Raph stares me down and I instantly shut up.

"Let's just finish this," He says. He trips me and I quickly roll away before he can do anything more. I go to kick him and he dodges that attack, unable to see my next one. I push him down and he growls. Closer to anger… Come on Raph. Get mad! I block Raph's attacks and notice as they get fiercer. Finally, I feel my adrenaline kick in, as Raph's attacks get harder to block. I elbow him back and his response is immediate. He spin kicks me, sending me to the ground. I roll out of his way and flip onto my feet, quickly slamming into Raph. He manages to stay on his feet and attacks back. Then he stops and steps back from me. I look curiously at his stunned look.

"What?" I ask. He's expression only gets more shocked. "What? What's wrong?"

"You okay, Mikey?" Raph asks me.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I say, still curious. Then I suddenly get very dizzy. The floor seems to tilt as I sway and fall into Raph's open arms. It's getting hard to breathe as I start to feel really sick. I feel Raph lift me off the ground and start walking as I start shaking violently. My arm starts burning again, but the pain doesn't just stop in my arm. It travels slowly through the rest of my body and I can't help but scream out. I barely notice as Raph sets me down.

"What's happenin' Mike?" Raph asks me. I can hear the worry in his voice and I try to answer him, but I can't. The burning pain's to intense to think about anything else and I lose consciousness…

…Bright lights. Too bright to see. Shining in my face. Voices. I can't make them out. I scream and try to move, but my legs and arms are bound to something. What's going on? Where am I? Who's talking?

Author's note: Please review! This story will take more time to update as it is not at all writen on paper first!