Hey guys! Thanks for all the great support! I'm glad everyone seems to like it! You're all amazing! :) Please enjoy the chapter. It's not really focused on anyone except Leo and Mikey in the beginning. We are getting into the other good stuff now!


"Mikey, you are gonna be the death of me..." Leo sighed while setting the little bundle in his lap. "Go to sleep...please!"

"No sleep!" Mikey protested with his baby fists. Leo would have blushed or smiled but he stared at his baby brother tiredly. It was already 1:32 a.m...give a turtle a break!

"You might not need sleep bro, but I do."

"Weo no sleep!" Leo sighed again. He was not gonna take the chance of Mikey running off like he did hours earlier. It was bad enough that it seemed to rattle everyone in different weird ways. Leo clenched Mikey in his arms while Mikey struggled a little.

"Please, Mikey, pleaseee?" Leo begged while looking down at the little turtle. Mikey looked up at Leo and saw just how tired he was. He suddenly felt guilty and looked away from Leo. "Mikey?"

Said baby turtle grabbed at the blankets on Leo's bed and tried to pull it over them both. Tired eyes widened on Leo's face as he realized what his baby brother was trying to do. He let out a chuckle and grabbed the blanket with one arm, shifting Mikey in his grasp so he was laying beside him, then he covered them both up until they were snug. "Weo?"

"Yes Mikey?" Leo yawned while looking into the curious blue orbs that were lighter than his own.

"Wu..a good leeder Weo.." Leo's eyes widened as a little bit of the tiredness faded away. His arm tightened around Mikey as he continued. "Never say it befoe but...wu are!" Before Mikey could see whatever reaction was on Leonardo's face, the turtle buried his head in the pillow over Mikey's head. Mikey blinked in suprise.

"You're too cute Mikey, what am I gonna do? I'm actually freaking out a little bit.." Leo said out loud and not directly to Mikey. But the orange masked turtle giggled and snuggled into Leo's chest happily. "Makes me wonder why you never said stuff like this when you were 15..."

Mikey yawned then and rubbed his head on Leo's plastron, efficiently distracting him before the stunning blow when Mikey mumbled, "Cause wu guys never lisened..." and he said it in such a way like it was obvious and Leo didn't know what to do. He didn't have to do anything, however, because his baby brother was now asleep..

'Wait...' Leo thought, staring at the sleeping turtle with wider eyes now. 'He's remembers stuff like that? He remembers that I worry about being a good leader? Or that Raph loved Spike..? Even that Donnie spends his time in the lab..?'

Leo blinked as his mind processed this and lead up to the final thought, 'Does he still have his 15 year old mind?!'


-THE NEXT MORNING-

"Donnie, Raph, can we talk?" Leo asked in such a serious tone that it had them both blinking at each other with wide eyes. Splinter simply rose an eyebrow as Donnie handed Mikey to him.

Leo led them into Donnie's lab, much to their suprise, and turned to them with his hands crossed. "Don, is it possible that Mikey has his 15 year old mind?"

Donnie's eyes widened while Raph blinked in confusion and annoyance. "What?!"

"C'mon guys, haven't you noticed him saying stuff? Like with Raph and Spike...Donnie being in the lab all the time and last night he told me...I was a good leader..." Leo replied with a small blush at the last part. They shared another look.

"Is it possible?!" Raph demanded feeling embarrassed. Their baby brother could know exactly what was going on. But Donnie shook his head.

"No, but I was actually thinking about that an hour or so ago.." Donnie admitted while putting a finger to his chin. "It seems Mikey is a three year old in build and mind but has his 15 years worth of memories.." Leo and Raph blinked in surprise. "Some he probably doesn't understand.."

"Really?" Leo asked and Donnie nodded while looking out the open door. Splinter was letting Mikey investigate his whiskers and the three brothers blushed a little.

"Well...how-" Raphael was interrupted by the Kraang communication orb going off. Donnie immediately rushed to his computer while Leo ran after him and looked at the computer screen.

"Oh...this is bad!" Donatello whispered in slight horror. They both looked at him in concern as Raph came over. He looked at them both. "The Kraang have built a new machine...one designed to track mutants, you know, like the one I was trying to build.."

"They want to recapture all the mutants that Metalhead freed?" Leo asked and watched as the younger brother cringed at the name and memory. He nodded and Raph placed a slighty awkward but supportive hand on his head. "Then we need to go stop it!"

"Yeah, because once they get our trail they can track us here and..-"

"And lead them to Splinter and Mikey!" Raph finished with wide eyes. Leo frowned and looked out the door, surprised when he seen Splinter and Mikey at the doorway. Splinter looked serious and Mikey was blinking at them with wide eyes.

"Sensei..we need to go destroy the machine!" Leo told him and the old rat nodded, rubbing his hand on Michelangelo's head.

"No, brudders no goo!" Mikey panicked, which surprised everyone but Splinter.

"Michelanglo, your brothers have to go so the lair can be safe."

"..." Mikey looked up at them with teary eyes and Donnie immediately felt guilty. Raph rolled his eyes and took a step forward.

"Listen little Mikey, we will be back! No one's smarter than Donnie or stronger than me!" Raph grinned at the side glare that Leo gave him. "So don't worry.." Mikey gave a small smile.

"Okay..." Donnie and Raph both rubbed his head and he giggled happily while Leo smiled at him. Splinter also had that wide fond smile again. "Bye!"

"Bye Mikey, stay safe and take care of Master Splinter!" Leo smirked while bending to his eye level. Mikey burst into a fit of giggles and simply waved as his older brothers left the lair.


The boys were steaked outside of TCRI and were watching the building intensly while Donatello used his T-Phone to get a good look at the building plans.

"This is where they would have it," Donnie began while turning to behind him to Leo, who looked at the phone. "I think the best route is through the basement garage."

"The garage?" Raphael turned while scowling. "What floor is the machine on?"

"I think it's just a couple floors from the basement, that way it's easier to transport out." Donnie replied with that know-it-all tone that made Leo smirk at the extra scowling Raph.

"Then let's go guys...ninja stealth." Leonardo ordered while they nodded and jumped off the rooftop. They skillfully ran in the shadows alongside the building and got in formation behind Leo. He stopped at the curve behind the TCRI building and peered around it. The 'Suited' Kraang droids were standing guard with their weapons.

Leo turned to his brothers and they nodded at him. He smirked and turned back to roll out and slash one of the droids. Just as they noticed him, Raph and Donnie jumped on both sides of Leo and took out the other droids. Raph finished stabbing one while Donnie went to the lock.

"Easy as a pythogeran therom!" Donnie grinned as the lock was cracked. He turned and noticed his elder brothers giving him that bored look. Sighing, he turns and they push the garage door open. They blinked in shock when they seen a group of droids staring at them. Of course, they began shooting at them immediately and they all seperated to duck for cover behind covered cars.

"Ah, yeah!" Raph yelled while grinning like a mad dog. He jumped away from his only cover and jumped on the shoulders of one droid tht efficiently got shot. He jumped off and slashed a couple of others using them as shields. "Get out here you slow shells!" Leo and Donnie blinked at each other.

Leo grinned and jumped out, swinging his katana swords at a droid and sent him into a group of three. Meanwhile Donnie skillfully twirled his staff and used the sharp end to slash at them. When he smirked and looked up, he gasped in suprise to see a couple of droids trying to ambush his red branded older brother.

"Hee-yah!" He yelled, throwing his staff as it clumsily knocked the droids away from Raphael and Leo got the chance to stab them. Raph kicked away the only droid left and looked at Donnie with a non-existant eyebrow raised.

"Since when do you use that thing as a boomerang?" Raph asked while handing it to him. Donnie rolled his eyes.

"You're welcome." He retorted while his brother just smiled and pushing his shoulder playfully.

"Hey children, I found the entrance." Leo said over his shoulder and chuckled at their expression. With the staircase in view, the three mutant turtles ran to finish their mission so they could return to their baby brother.


"Master Splinter?"

Said old rat glanced up at the familar female voice. He stood upright while Michelangelo was holding onto his feet. April walked into the dojo and sighed in relief. "Hello April. How are you?"

"I'm good, especially since school is over." April grinned eagerly as she stood in front of them with a smile on her face. Mikey blinked up at April but seemed uninterested as he sighed. "What's wrong Mikey?"

"He is worrying about his brothers." Splinter said looking down at him. Mikey blushed and looked away, crossing his arms. April looked confused.

"Where are they?" She asked while kneeling to Mikey's level.

"They are on a mission to destroy a newly invented machine that can track all mutants. Donatello says that this can lead the Kraang to anyone with mutagen in their system and could lead them here." Splinter informed her and watched as her eyes widened.

"Oh no, that's not good! You and Mikey would be in major trouble! So would every other mutant..." April trailed off and looked at Mikey, who only frowned more at the topic. April suddenly smiled.

"Hey Mikey, do you want to go for a walk?" This got his attention. He looked up with wide baby blue eyes and his mouth twitched into a smile. Splinter, however, felt a bit uneasy at the idea.

"April, where do you plan on walking?" He asked and she looked up in slight suprise.

"Oh, no worries Sensei, I only want to walk in the tunnels. The guys would hate me if I went topside with little Mikey." April smiled again and Mikey wobbled and grabbed her shirt. She picked him up and balanced him on her hip. He giggled.

"I see. Well, you have your T-Phone?" He asked and they both giggled at his protectiveness.

"Sure, Sensei. Don't worry, we aren't going far! Just the tunnels! If I'm gone more than 30 minutes you can come look for me." She replied while Mikey smiled up at him. He still wanted to refuse but after seeing both their innocent faces he sighed.

"Okay. See you in half an hour then." He agreed and April squealed at the smiling Mikey. Splinter smiled despite his true emotions. This would put Michelangelo at ease and April would be happy. He watched as April carried him out of the room and it took him whole minutes to feel uneasy so he decided to heavily meditate.


"Donnie, step on my foot one more time and I'll-"

"It was an accident Raph!"

"My fist in your face will be an accident too!"

"SHHHH!" Leo hissed behind him as he rolled to another wall to hide behind a casual group of Kraang droids. Raph and Donnie froze behind the other wall and as soon as they were gone Raph slapped the back of Donnie's head.

"Hey!"

"Shhh Donnie!" Raph smirked and Leo groaned, shaking his head. Donnie glared at his brothers and walked ahead of them. He peered around the other wall and saw the machine. The mutagen tracker.

"Well?" Donatello turned to Leonardo and nodded. Leo frowned and looked at Raph, who only pointed his sai in the direction of the Kraang. "How many?" Donnie looked around the corner again.

"About 4 groups." He answered with slightly wide eyes. Leo paused and Raph didn't falter but only smirked.

"Okay, split up but stay close. Take out a group and we get the last group together. Get it done quickly so they dont send backup." Leo commanded and Raph nodded. "Don, if anything goes wrong just stop and destory the machine. That's priority number one." Donnie nodded and they each clenched their weapons before disappearing in the shadows of the room.

As Leo slowly stalked around the first group guarding the door he peeked at his brothers. Donatello was stalking past the group beside Leo's and heading near the group at the computers. Raph crouched down to the group beside Leo's. They locked eyes and Leo nodded.

"Rah!" Raph gave a battle cry after flipping into the air and already stabbing a couple of droids in the head. The battle came fast pace after that. Leo kicked the nearest droid before it could shoot Raphael and used it to block fire before nailing two more. He pushed it into the others and sliced them before jumping in the air to dodge fire from other groups.

Raphael grunted as he was punched hard on the plastron but he remained unfazed as he landed a punch into the brain thing, causing the Kraang to pass out. He pushed the droid into another one and stabbed it's head. He noticed Leo finishing up with his group and Don was already dodging fire from the computer group and the fourth group.

"Ha, need help Don?" Raph teased while he dodged and swiftly kicked the upcoming droid. Don glared at him. Raph hit the droid on the ground and grinned at the gun. He picked it up and looked up. Aiming at the droids trying to gang up on Don, he fired and hit four droids in the head.

"Showoff!" Leo cried from somewhere else in the room. Raph laughed as he threw the gun at a droid and resumed his fight. "Don, how's the machine going?"

"I'm working on it!" Don shouted while pushing a droid from the computers. He began to hack into the familiar Kraang system when a noise jolted him. Raph was grinning like a madman and wasting the Kraang droids away while getting punch a few times.

"The machine which can track mutants can not be destroyed by you, known as the Turtles." A droid claimed as it aimed it's gun at Donnie, who ducked just in time to have Raph jump over him and kick the gun out of his hand. Don jumped up and looked at the machine carefully.

"How's it going Fearless?" Raph questioned when Leo had become quiet. He got his answer when Leo was knocked into him.

"This is nothing..." Leo replied while getting up. They were surrounded by three armed droids. They both smirked and grabbed each other's arms, quickly swinging each other to kick each droid and then bumped fists.

"Guys!" Donnie cried while flipping out of the way from fire. "We need to destory the inqu-"

"No science terms!" Raph glared while shouting.

"Just aim heavy fire on the centermost area!" Donnie shouted back with annoyance. Leo blinked and had an idea. He jumped back a few paces.

"Hey Kraang, can't catche meee!" Leo taunted with a grin. The droids ran after him, shooting. Raph and Donnie looked at each other and followed suit. That's when they noticed he was drawing their fire to the machine, that way their gunfire destroyed it!

"Yeah, slowpokes! Can't catch us!" Don and Raph laughed as htey jumped on the top of the machine. The gunfire kept going while some Kraang were mumbled something in that weird tone of theirs.

"Kraang, wait-" A droid was too late as the fire increased and the turtles jumped down. The gunfire didn't cease in time and the machine exploded, the many pieces pericing some of the Kraang while others were lucky.

"Ohhh man!" Leo and Raph grinned and gave each other a high three. They turned to give Donnie a high three when they noticed him clenching his upper thigh, his face in pain. "Donnie?"

"I just got hit in the leg and it's just a second degree burn.." Donnie nodded but when he tried to touch it he hissed and twitched in pain. Leo was there in a heartbeat while Raph noticed the smoke would clear.

"Let's just get him back to the lab." Raph told them while helping Leo grab Donnie's other arm and jump out of the room and out of TCRI.


"So have you had a good day, Mikey?" April smiled down at the bundle currently clenching her shirt. Mikey looked up at her and just smiled a little. "Don't worry about your brothers, Mikey. They always come out fine."

Mikey nodded and April wanted to frown because he wasn't really talking anymore. She looked at the murky sewer walls and decided to just talk, like Mikey does to calm down. "So living down here for 15 years must have sucked..."

"It is fun!" Mikey proclaimed, making her flinch in surprise. She gazed down at him and saw he was defensive. She stared a moment longer before giggling.

"Sorry Mikey, it is your home." She apologized and he nodded, concentrating on the floor of the sewers. "I like how the tunnels are numbered, it makes it easier." Mikey nodded and she smiled.

As April opened her mouth to say more, her head suddenly pounded in a way that almost made her drop Mikey. She clenched him instead. "Ahhh...!"

"Apil?" Mikey cried in surprise. When he noticed her in pain his eyes widened. "Apil?!"

"I-I..." April tried to look at him but could not. The ache did not go away and she knew what that meant. Something was dangerous or someone was in danger. Something was near..

"Apil, get Daddy! Get Daddy!" Mikey cried, yanking her shirt in desperation. April nodded vaguely but the pounding was so distracting. She made it a whole two steps before tripping on her own feet. She landed on the ground with a loud echoing thud and Mikey on her arm, she cried in slight pain.

"M-Mikey...you okay..?" She asked while cringing, rubbing her temples and trying to look at the baby turtle. His eyes were wide and tear filled, looking not at her.

"It is the human known as April O'Neil!" She gasped as her eyes widened and the pain dissapated slightly. She turned and seen three Kraang droids behind her armed with guns. They were studying Mikey and she pushed herself to shield him, her tessun out. "Kraang must capture the one known as April O'Neil and take her to Kraang."

"What about the companion that witnesses what Kraang does in this place?" Another asked and Arpil knew they were referring to Michelangelo. She was prepared and threw her tessun at the one who suggested and began to block attacks, her headache gradually going away like it usually does.

"Apil!" Mikey cried in surprise. He was frozen in place but April was not moving from shielding him.

"It's okay Mikey! Stay behind me!" April yelled as she blocked fire and a hit in the arm. She flinched a little.

"It appears the Turtle known as Michangelo has been reformed to younger years Kraang." One droid said to ther other and April gritted her teeth. She was unprepared for the way one just pounced on her and sent her to the ground. "We should capture him to lure the others known as the Turtles, Kraang."

"This is a good idea come up with by Kraang."

April was aware of Mikey behind her, clenching her shirt again when suddenly a growl had everything silent and still. The Kraang were crushed instantly and a huge tail whipped the others away, the brains getting out and retreating. April's mouth dropped and the figure before her.

"Y-You...you're..." April's eyes were wide and in disbelief.

"Letterhead!" Mikey gushed with wide eyes and a happy grin. He flung himself at the mutant, who easily caught him-if anything to protect him from falling. Leatherhead looked at April and was stunned to see his friend in such a state.

"We...we need to go back to the lair now! The guys will be there soon to explain!" April yelled, her awareness kicking in as she jumped up. Leatherhead nodded and clenched Mikey in his arms, the turtle just babbing on about seeing him.

Then they left in a hurry, before anymore Kraang could appear out of nowhere. Lucky or unlucky for them, they were only 7 minutes away from the lair anyways.

'What the heck is going on?!' April thought as she ran beside Leatherhead. 'Hopefully the guys don't get mad at me for almost getting me and Mikey captured...'


April's worried the boys will be angry *laugh* Sorry if it was too short for your liking. I try. College is a wonder with time! But I hope you all have pleasant days and that you will continue to support my story! Thanks guys! :)