Disclaimer: I own nothing except my version of 2k12 dark turtles.
Deep in the foot hideout, the dark turtles were completing orders from Shredder. They were fighting each other with everything they had. The blue skinned leader and his red-hot tempered brother were taking their turn. Dark Leo slashed away with his big double-bladed sword as Dark Raph did the same with his talons. Dark Raph went for an attack but stopped just before he hit his fearless leader.
"Ugh! How am I supposed to destroy those turtles with only one talon!?" Dark Raph exclaimed, emphasizing his point by holding up his broken talon.
"They were more than we anticipated. Shredder order us to train not just because they are more skill than us, but also so you can learn how to fight with only one talon." Dark Leo said.
"It's no wonder how we were defeated. You were the one in charge of tying up April. Obviously you didn't do a very good job. She got away." Dark Donnie said to Dark Raph, his voice dripping with venom and through clenched teeth with the last sentence. Dark Raph walked right up to his face, glaring at him.
"Well you were the one who took their weapons. If you stopped feeling up April and actually fought your original, then we would of won. And you wouldn't have this." Dark Raph spat out. Then he slid his non-taloned finger down Dark Don's new scar. Dark Donnie swatted his hand away from his face.
"Don't you dare touch that!" He yelled.
"Aww. Does the baby's boo-boo still hurt? Besides, if you would stop your little 'freak outs', April wouldn't of 'gotten away'." Dark Raph taunted. The leader of the two stepped in between them before Dark Donnie could lunge at his red brother in fury.
"Well since you two are so eager to fight each other, why you go next then?" Dark Leo said. Even though it was a question, for the two squabbling turtles, it was clearly an order. They crossed the room to fight as Dark Mikey laughed at them.
"Oooh. Somebody's in trouble!" He teased in an almost sing-song way.
"Yeah, you." Dark Leo said as he turned around and faced his baby brother. Dark Mikey stopped laughing at his two fighting brothers and looked at Dark Leo n confusion.
"Wha-? What do you mean? I'm adorable! How could I get into trouble?" He said with a grin and his tongue hanging out. Dark Leo suddenly grabbed his yellow brother's plastron roughly and brought him to his eye level.
"You did not fight. I don't know what you were doing, but it wasn't fighting. It looked as if you completely forgotten all that you have been taught. All that you have been told." The dark leader lectured. Dark Mikey gulped audibly as the result of nervousness from the intimidation. Dark Leo then let him go and Dark Mikey fell to the floor.
"The turtles are not our friends. Yours my seem like he wanted to be, but don't be so gullible. Do not ever forget what Master Shredder has taught us. They will hurt us in any way any chance they get. They will end our lives once they find the opportunity. Always remember that we are rejects. Mere trash. Supposed to be thrown away by the Kraang. But Master Shredder saw potential in us and gave us a chance at life. Show any weakness, whether it'd be in your eyes, your voice, your words, or your actions, and you are done for. And then our Master Shredder will look like a fool. Which is unacceptable Do you understand?" The leader continued to lecture. Dark Mikey put a hand up in a salute.
"Sir yes sir!" He said with another grin.
Dark Leo then turned back to they're soon-to-be murder brothers to stop them before they really do kill each other. Dark Mikey's arm fell to his side, he looked away, and his grin disappeared once Dark Leo wasn't looking.
"You understand now Mikey? Your clone may of looked like he wanted to "have fun" and "be bros", but it was probably just a trick. They work for the foot, the Shredder, you can't trust them." Leo lectured gently to his youngest brother. The baby of the family frowned at his oldest brother and leader.
"Whoa whoa whoa! Hold up there Leo. "They work for the Shredder", "you can't trust them"? That's exactly what I've been saying about Karai!" Raph yelled at his immediate older brother. He got up from the couch and went right up to Leo's face, glaring daggers.
"That situation is completely different. Karai wasn't created for evil." Leo retaliated.
"Wasn't creat-? She was taken as a baby! All she knows is evil! Exactly like them! This is exactly the same you big dumb hypocrite!" Raph continued to yelled at his leader in blue's face. He jabbed Leo's plastron with his finger repeatedly in accusation
"A big dumb hypocrite. Really Raph? That's the best that you can come up with? I'm disappointed If you want to fight so badly Raph, let's take this into the dojo." Leo said calmly but with a challenge clearly in his voice.
"After you, oh fearless leader." Raph said with that challenging smirk of his. When they left for the dojo, Donnie turned to the sad Mikey. With a sigh, the purple ninja got up and put a comforting hand on Mikey's shoulder. The wild ninja turtle looked up at his smart brother's comforting smile.
"It's ok Mikey. I understand." He said. Mikey blinked in surprise
"You do?" Mikey asked.
"Of course I do! You found a kindred spirit in your clone. You're both wild and crazy and weird, no offense You get each other. There's no shame in that." Donnie said, still with his comforting smile. Mikey finally smiled also, feeling a lot better. Donnie's expression then turned serious.
"But you know, Leo does have a point. They work for the foot and were more than likely created by the Kraang. They don't know anything other than evil." Donnie continued Mikey frowned again at his words. It seemed that all of his brothers thought the same thing about their clones.
"Hey now, none of that. Unlike are over-protective brothers, I understand the process of trial and error. I'm not saying don't try. I'm saying that teaching him of a different life, different ways, is going to be extremely hard. You're not going to be successful at first. But you can't give up. You know, Thomas Edison tried and failed thousands of times to just invent a light bulb." Donnie said to cheer up Mikey. It worked, Mikey was all smiles yet again and he even laughed.
"Seriously dude? A light bulb? That's insane man!" Mikey said.
"I know right!? But he didn't give up, and neither should you." Donnie said, his comforting smile returning. Mikey absolutely beamed, a new found determination surging thru his blood. Mikey glomped his brother, making them fall over.
"Thank you so much Donnie! You're the best!" Mikey exclaimed.
"No...problem." Donnie managed to say thru the death grip of a hug Mikey had on him. Why couldn't he use this amount of strength during training? Mikey released his grip when Leo and Raph came out of the dojo. They were both breathing heavy, sweaty, and bleeding a bit.
Leo had a bloody nose, bruises all over his face, and small cuts on his arms and plastron. His legs were shaking a bit and one of his swords were broken. Raph didn't look any better. He had a cut on his cheek, a big bruise over his one eye, and his mask was around his neck. But the strange thing was that Leo's mask was around Raph's wrists.
"Um...yeah. We uh...we gotta...clean up." Leo said with red cheeks and out of breath. He and Raph then awkwardly left the other two brothers. Raph went into the bathroom while Leo went to get the medical supplies from Don's lab.
"What was with all that?" Mikey asked Donnie while they stared at the dojo entrance their older brothers just were.
"I have no idea." Donnie replied.
"Dude. Did Raph have a bit of vanilla ice cream on his face? Or was that just sweat glistening?" Mikey asked. Then the two younger brothers then looked at each other.
"Will you get off of me already?" Donnie asked.
"But you're so comfy." Mikey said while snuggling into Donnie more. Donnie pushed his clingy brother off of him and stood up.
"I should make sure our big brothers did sustain any serious damage." Donnie said. He walked into the kitchen to get an ice pack. Then he left in the direction his brothers went.
Mikey couldn't help but feel content. Sure his big bros almost killed each other, but they fix everything afterwords And not only physically. They have this tight bond that not even themselves can break. That's what he wants to show Dark Mikey. That, sure life can be difficult at times, but if you have people in your life that care about you, all the bad stuff is worth it.
With a content sigh, Mikey got up and headed for the kitchen. He's gonna need a lot of flour and sauce if he's gonna give Dark Mikey a taste of the good life.
Hehe, taste, now that was funny.