A/N: Special thanks to TMNT224 who is the Raphael to my Michelangelo, orangearmy & No More Love who are helping track down who hurt Mikey and Rachel Erica for your review. Also thanks to my super cool beta!


Twisted - Chapter 2: Dreams


Donatello thought for a moment. He did not want to tell his brother he had no clue who caused this disaster.

"You, Donatello, do not know the answer to something?" Mikey asked with a weak smile. Donnie let out a deep breath.

"No Mikey, I do not know who did this to you, to us." He looked Mikey in the eyes. "But I will find out!"

"And I will make sure they pay!" Raphael added in.

Leo was silent. He could not look at Mikey; he caused all the injuries to his brother.

"What does a turtle have to get a slice of pizza around here?" Mikey asked, causing everyone except Leo to laugh.

"I'll go get ya a slice," Raph said, standing up and walking away.

"Raphie wait, come here" Mikey called weakly. Raph walked back over to his brother. "A little closer," he asked. Raph did as he asked. "Could ya make it a whole pizza?" He flashed his brother a smile, and went to raise his hand to smack him, but he stopped.

"Next time, I hit ya twice," he told him as he got up and left the room. All Mikey could do was smile.

"At least his appetite is fine," Donnie said with a smile. "I am going to run another diagnostic scan on my computer to try and see if I can find who hacked into my system." With that he left the room.

"Donatello, does Michelangelo still need the antidote?" Splinter asked following Donatello leaving Leonardo alone with his brother.

Mikey shifted in his bed. "Leo ya okay?" Mikey asked his eldest brother.

"Yeah Mike I'm fine. I should be asking you, how you are." Leo said uncrossing his arms. "I'm sorry, Mikey." He said abruptly


"I would still like to give Mikey the antidote, and Leo for that matter. Just to be sure." Donatello told his father while checking the antidote. "There will be reprehensions. Leo was merely shocked by what happened, there is still a chance that he can still harm Mikey." Donnie stopped. In his mind he went over where everyone was. Raph top-side getting pizza, and Master Splinter was with him, and Leo was alone with Mikey.

"Leo?" he heard Mikey called. "Bro?" He let out a loud scream, and not his playful girly one. Master Splinter and Donatello raced to Mikey's room.

"Leonardo! Listen to my voice and put your brother down." Splinter called out. "You do not want to hurt Michelangelo." Leonardo still held onto his brother his mind was racing he was trying hard to focus on his father's voice but his mind was telling him to kill is brother.

"Bro! It's me the Mikester!" He struggled under his brother's grip.

Splinter walked over to the struggle. He placed a paw on his eldest son's shoulder. "Leonardo, listen to my voice and put your brother down," he repeated. "Listen to my voice. You can control yourself. Just put your brother down and walk away."

Leo's body gave a sudden shudder and he dropped his brother. Leo's breathing was fast and the look in his eyes was the same as before he regained control over his body.

"It would appear that Leo is in still need of the antidote," Donatello said. "I would like to know what caused him to go back under mind control."

"Whats going on with Leo?" Mikey asked nervously.

"Leo is back under mind control. He cannot be alone with you until the antidote is done in another thirty hours." Donnie told his brother. "It's only until the antidote takes effect."

"Is this antidote going to be on pizza?" Mikey asked. Donnie laughed.

"No Mikey, the antidote will not take affect mixed with any kind of yeast." Donnie told him.

"Mikey! I got your pizza!" called Raph as he walked into their lair. He saw Leo sitting on the couch, he looked exactly the same way he did when the brought him and Mikey down. Leo blankly looked at his brother.

"Pizza!" Mikey called

"You even try and get up I will hit you." Donatello said as Mikey started to wiggle.

"What's up wit' Leo?" Raph asked while placing the pizza on the bed. Splinter looked at his son.

"He is back under mind control, my son," Splinter told Raphael.

"Leo ya joining us?" Mikey asked. Raph glanced at Mikey.

"No," Leo said. They could hardly hear him.

"Aww come on Leo. Everyone is in here they won't let anything happen." Leo reluctantly got up and went to see his family. He felt just as foggy as he did when he first found himself standing over Mikey with his katanas.


"Hey Raphie why is my mask on your wrist?" Mikey asked. If a turtle could turn red Raph would have.

"I uh, ya know was just keep'en it warm for ya" Raph replied bluntly. Mikey smiled, he continued to press the matter.

"But why put it around your wrist?" Mikey's smile widened. Raph's eyes narrowed, he glared at younger brother. He just woke up and he was already driving him out of his shell.

"Look Mikey, just drop it okay!" he snapped and looked way, he saw the nunchaku he had fixed up.

"But Raphie-" Mikey complained, he was starting to laugh.

"I said drop it Mikey!" his voice was rising.

"But I just asked you a simple quest-"

"DROP IT" Raph yelled, breathing heavy.

"Umm Raphie," Mikey said calmly, no smile on his face. Raph sighed.

"What Mikey?" before he asked why he looked at his brother. Mikey was giving him the look. The one where he would keep bothering him until he told him what he wanted to know look.

"Fine," he grumbled giving in. "if I tell ya will ya leave me alone?" Raph looked at Mikey the smile was coming back to his face. He tried to bolt upright in bed but the injury on his head had other ideas.

"YES! Please tell me!" Mikey shifted in his bed to get a better look at his brother.

Raph sighed, almost regretting what he was about to say. "Okay, its I-" Raph stopped mid-sentence.

"Raph! You-" Raphael held up a hand to silence his brother. The pair heared footsteps. Raph's hand dropped to his sai, he was not going to trust Leo until the antidote took effect.

Donatello walked into the room. "Twenty-four more hours and the antidote will be complete." He told them. He had come in to check on Mikey.

"Is Leo goin' to be okay?" Mikey asked concerned about his brother.

"HE tried to kill YOU and you're concerned 'bout 'im?" scoffed Raph

"Still my bro," Mikey said as Donnie was rewrapping his wounds. "Ow! Donnie that hurts," he whined as his brother was rubbing a disinfectant on the cuts.

"Sorry bro, it is the best way for them to heal," Donnie said in a soothing tone. "And Leo will be okay; once I administer the antidote."

Mikey rubbed his eyes. "Why I'm so tired," complained Mikey and then he closed his eyes and fell asleep.


Mikey woke up. Leo was standing over him, with his katana.

"Leo? Bro?" Mikey whimpered. "Where are the others?"

"They're gone. They left you alone, with me." Leo smiled.

"I though-I thought. . ."

"Oh, I came out of it again I can stay with you."

"Oh, okay, but uh, do you need to hold your katana like that? It's like scaring me bro."

"Yeah, sure I can put them down," Leo said with a smile sinking a katana into Michelangelo.


After Mikey fell asleep Raphael went top-side. He had not been out on the Turtle Cycle in a few days and he need to get out of the lair.

Donatello who could no longer stand to stare at the unchanging information his computer screen, decided to sit with Mikey while Raph was gone. Just as he got up from his computer it started beeping. He was trying to trace the origins of mind control/poison.

Raphael sped up. This is what he lived for, racing through the city late into the night. It was calm night, despite the fact it was raining. He pulled into an ally way, dismounted the cycle, removed his helmet and climbed up the fire escape.

Once on the roof he went to the vent and ran his hand over the dent he left in it the last time he was there. There had to be a clue up here that they missed. There just had to be. He was checking the ground around the vent to see if he could find a casing to the device. If he found it might be able to help Donnie find out who-or what-did this to him.

After finding nothing by the vent he dropped down to where they found Mikey and Leo. Despite the rain he could still see some of Mikey's blood stained on the roof. Just as carefully he checked the ground and then something came to him. "Where was the gun?" Raph sat down on the cold wet roof and closed his eyes. If in fact it had been him (he still did not want to believe it) then he must have stashed the gun before he met up with Donatello.

He jumped down to where he left his cycle and started looking in and behind the trash cans. He had to find it today. Tomorrow was trash day. His red mask on face was plastered to skin, as well as the orange mask that was still wrapped around his wrist.

After nearly an hour of searching he found nothing. Raph picked up the last trash can and threw it across the ally. Then he pulled a sai out of his belt and flung it into the brick wall. There was a hallow sound when the sai hit the brick.

"That was weird," Raph told himself as he went to retrieve his weapon. Something was odd. The brick that his sai hit looked like it had come lose. Using his sai he pried the brick from its spot in the wall. Raphael removed some more bricks, stuck his hand in a felt something. It felt familiar. He pulled it out and looked it. Why was it so familiar? He gasped this was what he was looking for! Raph tucked the gun into his belt next to his sai. He got back on the Turtle Cycle, replaced his helmet and speed back to the lair.

Raphael parked the cycle and headed down to show Don what he had found.


"Interesting," Donatello said upon looking at the gun. "It looks like nothing I have ever seen before. Just like the device. While you were gone I got some more information this device looks almost Utrom in nature, but I cannot find anything Utrom about the poison."

"Utrom?"

"Yes, but it does not make any sense. Who would have access to Utrom technology?

"Ya know, Stockman, Bishop, the usual."

"Still not helpful, Raph." Donatello told his brother, slightly annoyed. Just then Donatello's computer began to glow purple, and a distorted voice began to speak.

"Do you really think I would let you find an antidote so easily, Donatello?" The brothers looked at each other.

"What tha' shell," Raph growled. Donatello glared at this computer.

The voice continued "You overlooked one important detail. One detail I made sure you would not find. With this the antidote will never work. In fact the antidote is the poison without this one element."

"What the shell," Donatello mumbled under his breath.

"Good luck, no one has ever survived" the computer stopped glowing purple.

"Something's missing. But what? Could he be? And why would they tell me something was missing?" Just then there was a loud scream coming from Michelangelo's room.

"LEO! NO!" Mikey called out. Donatello and Raphael rushed to their youngest brother's room.

"Stop! Leo!" Donnie grabbed his bō staff on the way out, and Raph pulled his sai from his belt.

"Why Leo?" Donnie's had two hands on his bō, it facing forward. Raph had his fingers in between the yoku, ready to strike. When the pair entered the room they found Mikey was alone, uninjured, and sleeping, he was having a nightmare.

"Mikey, bro," Don said gently. "Wake up-"

"NO STOP!" Mikey tried to reach for his non-existence weapons in his belt.

"Mikey, it's me, Donatello! I don't want to hurt you!" Just then shouting came from Leonardo's room.

"Mikey! I'm sorry!" Leo broke down and Mikey's yells stopped and so did the thrashing.

"Mikey!" Donatello called to his youngest brother, he checked his pulse. "Raph go check on Leo I will stay here with Michelangelo!" Reluctantly Raph listened.

As Raph entered is eldest brother's room he heard. "I-I, k-killed HIM!, I killed Mikey!"

"No, Leo you didn't!" Raph shouted shaking his brother "It's just a dream, wake up!" Leo woke up with a shudder.

"Wha' happened?" Leo asked confused.

"You had a nightmare. You though' ya killed Mikey." Raph told him. Suddenly Leo stood up and walked out of the room, his movements were very mechanical.

Donatello was frantically checking over Michelangelo. "He has a pulse, that's good," he told himself. "He also has a fever, and is back unconscious." Don sighed. "Things were supposed to be getting better not worse," Just then Leo walked into the room. "Leo, are you okay?" Donnie asked concerned but Leo knocked Donnie out of the way picked up Donnie's bō and raised it above his head and swung it downward. Just then Raph raced to his brothers a sai in each hand. Using the yoku of his sai he twisted his hands and sent the bō flying across the room. Donatello groaned as he stood up. He went to help Raph hold back their oldest brother.

With Donnie's help Raph they took Leo to his room. Raph tied a struggling Leo into a chair. Raph sat in another chair, staring at his brother.

"What the shell are you doing!" Leo snapped struggling against the ropes.

"Keep'en ya from killin' Mikey!" Leo looked at Raph in disbelief.

"What the shell are you talking about?"

"I'm gettin' sick of tellin' ya what's going on!"


Donatello sat in the low chair by his only youngest brother's bed. Mikey began mumbling in his sleep.

"No, Leo stop. Raphie help. . .me. . .Donnie. . .I don't want to die," he went silent again.

"I won't let him hurt you," Donatello said in a soothing voice.

"Why, does he want to hurt me? What did I do wrong?" Donatello did not reply at first.

"You did nothing wrong Mikey."

"Donnie? Do you remember that story Splinter used to tell us the one with the duck? Do you remember it?" Donnie laughed.

"Yeah I remember it. You had Splinter read it to you all the time. It was your favorite, right?"

"Yeah," Mikey mumbled.


"Raph, can you let me go?" Leo asked again

"Not until Don gives ya that antidote. I won't let ya hurt Mikey."

"You can at least untie me. I promise I will stay away from Mikey."

"When eva' we leave you alone you are standing over Mikey try'n ta kill 'im. And you call yerself our leader."

"Raph! That is not fair! If what you say is right then I cannot-"

"You will not!" Raph cut in "You stopped before! You can stop again!"

Master Splinter walked into the room. "Raphael, my son. You do not understand," Splinter told his son. Raphael grumbled. Splinter went over to untie Leonardo.

"My son, I need you to remember. Remember back to a time when you did not want to harm Michelangelo."

Leonardo closed his eyes. It was during their last fight with the Purple Dragons. He was fighting three at one time and two more coming up behind him, Mikey had taken out the two behind him when he was already fighting three of his own Purple Dragons.

Another memory came. This one was when they were young, very young. It was when Leonardo himself was still afraid of heights. Raph was teasing him telling him he never could be a ninja if he was afraid of heights. Michelangelo had somehow found a spider and launched it at Raphael and sent him screaming in the other direction.

Leonardo's body relaxed. He was calmly breathing in and out.


Donatello had fallen asleep. His mind was back to time when he and his brothers were young.

Donatello was in his lab and Mikey lying on the ground reading a comic book.

"When you gunna be done?" Mikey complained as he closed his comic book. Before he could answer Mikey asked another question. "What ya making?"

"It's a communicator so if we split up in the sewers we can still talk to each other."

"So it a cell phone- no wait! It's a Shell Cell! Get it because we're turtles!" Donnie laughed.

"Yeah, I guess it would be a Shell Cell."

The memory changed; this was not entirely familiar. He was back at the computer when he first read how to make the antidote. This time there was one more ingredient on this list.

"It's blood?" Donnie said. "Now that is creepy." He tried to think on what else it had said, like whose blood and if he has to remake it to add it.

"The blood of the maker," Donatello remembered. "So that would be my blood. Even creepier. Luckily it can be added in at any time and it will not be affect the antidote."

Donatello opened the top draw to his and he stuck is hand in the drawer and pulled the knife down from the top of the drawer. No one knew it was there, even Michelangelo who has been into every drawer at least once a week when he was 'looking for something' but never found it. From the bottom drawer Donnie took out some gauze and wrap to wrap his hand when he cut it.

Donatello walked over to where the antidote was aging. He held the knife in his right hand and slid the blade across his palm causing blood to drip into the antidote.

Donatello looked at the clock as he went to join Raph in Mikey's room.

When he walked in Raph was asleep in a chair holding Mikey's nunchaku to his chest. Donnie smiled.

"No, not the bugs," Raph mumbled and then woke up with a start. He looked around the room and saw Donnie. "Don't tell no one," Raph snapped.

"I won't. I promise," Donnie said with a slight smile. Raph growled and tossed the nunchaku onto the side table. "Three more hours until the antidote is ready," Donnie told Raph knowing what he was going to ask.

Before long the two brothers had both fallen asleep. With all that had gone one neither turtle had gotten proper sleep. When they did sleep it was filled with memories and messages.


Three hours later. . .

Mikey woke up, he saw Donatello leaning against his bed. Mikey sat up leaned over and started at his brother. He reached towards his brother's head with his finger and poked him. Donnie's hand swatted at Mikey's. He mumbled in his sleep. Unable to wake up Donnie he focused his attention on Raph.

"Raph watch out! There's fly on you!" With his hand he brushed his brother's leg. Raph woke up with a start, grabbed ahold of Mikey's wrist and flipped him over this head.

"Oww," Mikey moaned from his back. With the sound of the crash Donnie and Raph were now both awake and Mikey was not in his bed.

"Where is-"

"Over here bro," Mikey called and let out another moan.

"How'd you get over there?" Donatello asked puzzled.

"Raph flipped me." He said trying to sit up.

"Raph why did you flip him? He is still injured!" Donatello scolded his older brother, while going to help is younger brother up.

"He deserved it!" Raph shouted.

Donatello looked at Mikey who was now sitting up on the floor. "Mikey," he said slowly. His younger brother let out a grin.

"How can someone who has been sleeping for the better part of three days get in so much trouble in all of two seconds?" Donatello helped Mikey to his bed. He noticed the time. "The antidote! It's ready!"

Donnie went to his lab and added the antidote into two syringes. "Perfect!" He took the two syringes in his hand. "Leo," he called as he left his lab. Leo still remained on the couch. "Leo I have the antidote." Leo made no inclination that he even heard Donnie. He stuck Leo with the needle.

"Donnie?" Leo asked breaking his silence. "Did I really try and kill Mikey?" his voice was grave, he did not want to believe the question he asked. Donatello looked way. "Don, tell me the truth."

Donatello met his brother's eyes. "Yes," he said simply.

"Okay," whispered Leo.

Donatello went to see Mikey next. Leo followed slowly behind.

"Here is the antidote," He said revealing the syringe.

"A needle? I'm good all better! Good night!" Mikey pulled the blanket over his head.

"Mikey! Come on, get out from under there!" Donnie tried to pull the blanket off his brother.

"I don't like needles!" he complained.

"Mikey you come out and I will buy pizza for a week." Raph bribed. Mikey poked his head out from under his cover. He eyed his brother.

"Tell me why my mask is on your wrist or a month of pizza and you got a deal!" Mikey said tucking his head back under the covers. Raph weighed his options. Whether or not he told Mikey about why his was mask was his wrist, he would never hear the end of it. But feeding Mikey pizza for a month would cost a fortune.

"Fine! I'll buy ya pizza!" He snapped rubbing his head. Mikey came out from under his covers. Donnie quickly injected the antidote before Michelangelo had a chance to retreat.

"So how long before it works?" Leo asked from his location in the doorway.

"Instantly, but it won't heal wounds as quickly." Donatello answered.

Raphael began to unwrap the orange mask from around his wrist. He handed it to Mikey without a word.

"So Raphie why-" Mikey began as he accepted his mask. But before you could finish Raph firmly whacked him twice.


A/N: They way my story flowed I need to separate this into two chapters. So this is more filler-like. I did not want to give up this chapter and I wanted to explain more before I was *poof* all better. Chapter 3 is written it just needs to be beta-ed

In the next chapter they confront who did this to them! So I hope that inspires you to read on.

Thanks for reading hope you liked it and reviews are loved :)