After giving Mikey a bath they went to put him in bed when he suddenly asked, "Hey can we go out and bask since its summer and all?"
"Now that sounds like a great idea", Raph replied.
"I second that", Donnie added.
"Let's do it", Leo said.
Raph got Mikey and headed downstairs. Leo grabbed some blankets while Don got a couple pillows for Mikey. They found a nice warm sunny spot and Leo put one blanket on the ground. Raph had Donnie lay down on end, when he did Leo propped the pillows against Don; Raph propped Mikey against Donnie, and put cover around Mikey. Raph laid by Don's feet and Leo laid down by his head. They laid in that position for a long time, Mike and Don slowly drifted to sleep, because Mike knew that in this circle his brothers wouldn't let anything bad happen and was happy knowing that the unspoken pact amongst the three eldest was renewed and now stronger than ever. Raph raised up, looked Leo in the eyes, and grinned they had their own rule one that said Donnie and Mikey would always be protected from everything that could hurt them when their older bros were around. The two laid there listening to their younger brothers breathe peacefully asleep as if everything was perfect. They stayed there until Casey, April, and Splinter came back from town.
Donnie woke up when he heard the others pull up to the house. April went to visit a college friend of hers to see if she could assist with finding out anything that could help them. The trio smiled as they saw the brothers out in the sun Mikey in between them sleeping on pillows propped against Donnie with Raph and Leo at his sides both with a protective hand on their baby brother. They all looked at the trio that was watching them with smiles on their faces.
Don asked, "Hey April find out anything?"
"A little, this stuff as a small reaction to fresh air, instead of it growing like when the chocolate powder hit it, it started to shrink, but no to the desired affect that we want."
The brothers looked upset by this news, but April quickly spoke up saying, "Hey don't look down the fresh air may help Mikey if we give it time maybe even cure him completely."
The others beamed smiles in her direction; she's right they all thought this may work out in the long run. Then they all decided to go into the house it would be dinner time in a couple of hours anyway. Raph got up and picked up Mikey and the blanket that covered him, Leo picked up the pillows and blanket, and Don mumbled something about contacting the professor with their news. Raph went back to the room where Mikey has been sleeping and watched him, while the others did what they were going to do. April fixed dinner, after it was done she handed Leo and Donnie two trays that had two bowls of tomato soup and two grilled cheese sandwiches on each and some crackers. They walked up to Mikey and Raph's shared room and walked into it seeing Mikey awake and talking with Raph. Donnie set his tray on Mikey's lap and took his bowl and plate off and set it on the night stand, and Leo gave the other on his tray to Raph.
"So Don ya g't anythin' from the Utroms end o' t'is mess?" Raph asked his Brooklyn accent shining back through.
"Just the same thing April found out, but they did suggest keeping all sweats away from Mikey until he's better, and then for a couple weeks just to make sure it is out of his system."
"Maybe you guys should try healthy foods and see if it can counter act what the chocolate did", Mikey suggests.
Leo stared at him knowing Mikey could come up with good ideas from time to time, "That might work, Don."
"I can test out normal foods, and maybe giving him some vitamins might not be a bad idea."
"It's settled then in th' mornin' Don 'ill put his brain to work on solving t'is prob of ours and see if anythin' can be done."
"So let's eat and go to bed because our little brother looks like he needs his beauty rest", Leo stated.
That is just what they did; knowing that everything was getting back to normal, and Mikey was going to recover.
