Memories

By

Hannio

Chapter Four

Water

Disclaimer – None of the characters mentioned in the below piece of fiction belong to me in any shape or form. I am merely using them.

Author Note – Here's chapter four!

A head injury.

Out of everything that could have happened to Raph why did it have to be a head injury, a bad one if the glazed look in his eyes was anything to go by. He looked as though he could barely stand, leaning heavily against the wall behind him. His eyes fixed on Leo, watching his every mood as though he expected him to attack him. What Raph could have done if Leo had decided that was beyond me but luckily it was a situation we wouldn't have to contemplate.

I understood Leo; he wasn't standing that close to attack Raph, he was standing that close to Raph to be able to catch him when he collapsed because he soon would slide into unconsciousness. Only his sheer stubborn nature was keeping him on his feet and even that couldn't last forever, the fact he had lasted this long was a complete miracle, how he had gotten both him self and Mikey home was beyond me, if I wasn't so worried about his injuries then I would be impressed.

The loss of his memory was worrying me greatly. It wasn't even short term it seemed to be everything, the fact he couldn't even recognise us, his own brothers made me feel sick. I swallowed hard as my heart gave a painful tug in my chest. God I hoped that passed swiftly.

If it passed at all.

I blocked the thought off quickly unable to face that possibility and instead focused on Mikey. The sooner I dealt with him the quicker I could turn my attention to Raph. Head injury or not he was clearly still as stubborn as ever.

I should feel sorry for Mikey really, the break in his leg was a nasty one. He would recover but it would take time and it would take patience. Time was easy; we had plenty of it but patience? That was a word that one wouldn't exactly put in the same sentence as Mikey. He simply didn't possess any.

I wanted to question him, to find out exactly what had possessed him to do this. How many of his ideas had to go wrong for it to finally penetrate his head that any idea that he thought of normally ended up badly for one of us. He would always be sorry and mope around the lair for a few days until he had been forgiven but once he had obtained that he would be back to his usual self, causing trouble and mayhem.

Still it wasn't my place to question him or shake him or punch him, no matter how much I wanted to do all three things at this moment in time. It was my job simply to treat him, watch him and then give the okay to Leo to question him.

I wouldn't want to swap with Mikey for all the tea in china.

I was surprised at how quiet Mikey was, normally he would be chattering away, describing in detail how he got his injury, making us laugh often against our will and yet he was completely silent, his gaze focused on Raph, watching him carefully. He barely reacted when I touched his leg other then to flinch occasionally, not one girly scream passed his lips.

I glanced back at Raph from the corner of my eye but he was still conscious, still in the same position, eyes still focused on Leo. I doubted he knew anyone else was even in the same room.

"How is he?" I blinked in surprise, glancing round as I realised Raph had spoken, his question clearly directed to me though he didn't look over at me at all.

"Well it's a nasty break but he's going to be okay" I replied, watching as Raph sagged back, his legs giving out as he slid down the wall. I watched Leo spring forward, hands reaching out when he stopped himself. Instead he knelt down in front of Raph, his hands palms out in front of him in a classic peaceful gesture.

Raph continued to watch him warily though there was no anger in his expression. My hands stilled on Mikey's leg as I watched the scene ready to leap in if the need arose.

"Raph" Leo said, his voice surprisingly soothing "Donnie is taking care of Mikey like you asked. Would you allow me to look at your head wound? Its still bleeding and I'd like to stem the flow of it if you'd allow me to" I forced my hands to continue the process of splinting Mikey's leg aware of Raph's eye turning to us. He wasn't looking at me though; he was looking at Mikey, a questioning look on his face.

"You can trust him dude" Mikey said, breaking his silence, his voice slightly breathless no doubt from the pain he was enduring. I was going to have to get him some pain killers for that. The only problem was that they would knock him out and clearly Raph felt that he needed Mikey there. "Leo always looks out for us" Mikey continued giving Raph a reassuring smile.

Raph's eyes narrowed for a moment, searching Mikey's face before he looked back at Leo and nodded once, his body relaxing as Leo scooted next to him. I glanced at them to see Leo speaking to Raph but his voice was too low for me to hear his words.

I focused my attention on Mikey.

"Are you in a great deal of pain?" I questioned using the voice my brothers had dubbed my Doctor Don voice.

"A bit" Mikey replied, his face pale and sweaty He swallowed deeply as I finished the splint.

"You have a choice" I commented still speaking in the same calm voice. "I can give you some pain killers which will numb the pain, however they will put you to sleep or-"

"No" he replied instantly cutting me off before I could continue "I'm not taking anything that will put me to sleep, not unless you give the same thing to Raph" I raised an eye ridge at his tone.

"Raph has a severe concussion" I answered, my voice harsher then I wanted it to be "I have to keep him awake for at least twenty four hours, him going to sleep would be the worst thing he could do right about now"

"In that case I'll be awake for twenty four hours then" Mikey replied, his own eyes narrowing into a glare as they met mine "This is my fault and I'm gonna deal with it. If it means I need to stay awake for twenty four hours in pain then big deal I'll do it. Raph would do the same for me"

I watched him for a moment feeling surprisingly proud of him before I nodded.

"Good" I remarked "I was hoping you'd say that, I can give you some pain killers that aren't as strong but they will take the edge off the pain and make it more bearable to deal with, I'm putting Raph into the lab so I can keep an eye on him-"

"Then put me in there as well" he remarked bluntly "I'm not gonna let him deal with this alone"

"Fine" I remarked before I patted his shoulder "You've really done it this time Mikey" I remarked quietly watching as he nodded

"I know"

Author Note – Yay chapter four is done and dusted! I hope you like it! Please review but no flames, I'll try and update as soon as I can.