A/N: The last part of the last chapter and part of this chapter is loosely (not exactly!) based on the episode "Plan 10." You don't have to watch it to read this, but it's better if you do.
I don't own TMNT.
"When's he going to wake up?" Mikey asked Donnie anxiously.
They had taken Raph back to the lair and informed Splinter on what had happened. So now Raph was sprawled on his bed, still unconscious.
"He should wake up soon," Donnie said. "But don't expect me to know when! Only time can tell."
Mikey didn't say anything upon hearing that but stayed at Raph's side, refusing to leave. Not even pizza could make him get out of Raph's room.
Finally, Raph's eyes fluttered open. Mikey saw this and hugged Raph. "Raphie's awake!" he called to the others.
Raph just looked at Mikey strangely. "Where am I?"
"At the lair, duh!" Mikey said. "You didn't forget everything again, did you? If you did, I'll have to go tell Leo and Don- Oh! Here they are!"
"Sit down, Raph," Donnie said. "I need to make sure you're alright."
"The Kraang has found the ones known as the turtles' lair," Raph said in a robotic voice. "The Kraang must know of this."
Everyone else just stared at Raph quizzically.
"Um, Raph, are you okay?" Leo asked.
"The Kraang must go to TCRI and inform the Kraang about the location of the turtles' lair." Raph seemed to be speaking to himself.
"Why does he keep saying 'the Kraang'?" Mikey asked the purple masked turtle, who only shrugged.
"Do you think that electricity stuff messed with Raph's brain?" Leo asked. Donnie shrugged again.
"Yeah! It must have made Raph turn into a Kraang! We have to do something!" Mikey said.
"I don't think-" Donnie began, but Leo interrupted him.
"He's leaving!"
Sure enough, Raph had just reached the doorway and was walking out of the room.
"We have to get him!" Leo said.
Donnie rolled his eyes. "Isn't that obvious?"
Leo chose to ignore that statement and instead ran after Raph. The Kraang, or Raph, or whoever he was just ran faster and out of the lair. He ran into the sewer tunnels until he reached a manhole cover and lifted it, going topside.
"Oh no, he went topside!" Leo said.
Donnie rolled his eyes again. "Isn't that obvious, too?"
Leo pointed to Mikey, who was listening to music on his T-Phone. "Not to him."
They finally got Mikey off of his T-Phone and went topside and onto the rooftops, their eyes scanning for Raph. They didn't find him, but they did hear some screams. Unsheathing their weapons, they followed the screams, only to find Raph walking on the streets.
People were yelling and screaming, and little kids were crying. The turtles got Raph back to the lair and locked him up in Donnie's lab for questioning.
"Who are you?" Donnie asked, crossing his arms.
"The Kraang is the Kraang," Raph responded in an unemotional and robotic voice.
"NOOO! I was right! He turned into a Kraang!" Mikey half yelled.
"Mikey, we don't know if that's true! Now be quiet and let me finish questioning him!" Donnie snapped. Mikey stepped closer to Leo, a little surprised by the sudden outburst.
Donnie said to Raph who had supposedly turned into a Kraang, "How did yo-"
A buzzing noise came from under Donnie's bed. Donnie looked at the others, shrugged, and looked under his bed. He found a weird white ball with pinkish-purplish dots on it.
"What's this?" Donnie asked.
"The Kraang Communication Device," Raph said.
Leo helped Donnie connect the device to Donnie's computer since Donnie didn't really remember how. The computer loaded and a Kraang in a human disguise appeared on the screen.
"Guys, it's me, Raph! I don't know how but I got stuck in this Kraang's body! You have to help me!" the Kraang said.
Leo and Mikey looked up at Donnie, who said, "That could be true. Maybe that machine made their brains switch or something. It would definitely explain why Raph - well, this Kraang - is acting like a Kraang."
"What if it is a Kraang?" Mikey said. He walked up to the computer and said, "What's the secret ninja password?"
"I will pound you, Mikey!" the Kraang - well, Raph - said, glaring.
"Close enough." Mikey walked away from the computer and said, "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go get him!"
Leo grumbled about how that was his line, but he and the others took the Kraang in Raph's body and went to the TCRI building and found a room filled with Kraang Communication Devices, which Mikey nicknamed 'Kraang Balls'. Raph in the Kraang's body was there, and after a short sort of reunion, they all went to the main floor to the brain switching machine.
Donnie examined all the buttons on the machine, trying to figure out which one reversed the brain switch, but Mikey came and started pressing on random buttons. Donnie shoved him out of the way. In the midst of this, however, no one noticed that the Kraang in Raph's body was near the alarm button until he actually pressed it.
Lots of the Kraang rushed onto the floor and took out their laser guns, preparing to shoot the turtles. The Kraang in Raph's body found a stray gun and started shooting Raph in the Kraang's body.
They began to fight. The Kraang shot repeatedly at Raph, who ducked and dodged. It was harder to move in the Kraang's body, however, so he ended up losing one of the arms of his human disguise.
Raph, who was angered by this, started fighting with the Kraang in his body until he managed to pin him down. Then he grabbed a sai from his body's belt and was about to stab him when he remembered that that his own body.
"Donnie! Switch us back!" Raph yelled as the Kraang in his body struggled out of his grasp. Luckily, Donnie had reached the machine and pointed the gun at Raph and the Kraang. Purple waves of electricity shot out, hitting Raph and the Kraang.
Donnie, Leo, and Mikey scooped up Raph and ran out of the TCRI building and went back to the lair. Raph was back to normal, to everyone's relief.
"Thanks, Donnie!" Raph said and he actually hugged Donnie. Donnie just stood there, confused by Raph's action. Raph noticed Leo and Mikey staring at him and growled, letting go of Don.
It was night by then, so they all went to bed.
Leo had a hard time falling asleep. Is Donnie going to be his self again? He really acted like the Donnie from before...
In the end, he did fall asleep. His dreams were filled with images of the smart, genius Donnie.
He only hoped that Donnie would be his old self again...
A/N: So, I'm almost done with this story! There's probably just one or two chapters left. :D
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