After Raphael and Michelangelo wake up, Spike, Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo play three rounds of Clue.
Irma marches in with a wide smile on her face. "We just found the antidote!"
"Awesome!" Michelangelo cries.
Raphael shoots to his feet. "Good. I should go first."
"As scientist, I should go first," Donatello argues from behind Irma.
"As leader, I'm going first," Leonardo says firmly, stepping forward.
Irma holds out the needle and carefully injects it into his arm. He smiles and steps back as she takes it out. "Next?"
Raphael jumps into Leonardo's place, arm held out. Irma refills the syringe and sticks him as well.
Donatello takes it next, then Michelangelo.
Spike sighs with relief as she picks the game up. "Good. It's been weird."
"Are you saying we're weird as kids?" Michelangelo asks.
"No, I'm saying it's weird to see you as kids after seeing you much older," Spike explains. "So, after fighting with you guys, and all that crazy stuff we've all been through, seeing y'all as kids was really weird."
Michelangelo shrugs. "Is it working yet?"
"Uh, yeah," Spike admits, stepping back. "Look, y'all step out for a bit, I got your bigger clothes in the training room. Beat it."
All four turtles, now roughly twelve years old, skip out.
"Spike Amelia Sanchez, you are a mother hen!" Irma exclaims.
"Five of the most beautiful words ever said to me," Spike says seriously. "Someone's gotta take care of these nuts."
~Danger Deals a Blow~
Leonardo's the first one out, more or less smiling. "That was weird all over. Where was Sensei?"
"He said he raised you once, he wasn't going to do it again for one day," Spike says.
April laughs. Leonardo pats April's shoulder.
Raphael's out next, rolling his shoulders and cracking his neck. "Well, that's better."
"I'll say," Spike utters, fist bumping him.
Donatello comes out, awkwardly cleaning his glasses. He looks up and smiles. "Success!"
April hugs him. Donatello starts, and happily hugs her back.
"Yo, Cowabunga! Mikey's back in the house!" Michelangelo bursts out, grinning from ear to ear. "And all thanks to you." He picks Irma up and spins her.
"I was there too," Donatello reminds him. "And so was April."
"Yeah okay, thanks," Michelangelo says absently, putting Irma down.
Leonardo taps Spike's shoulder. "Can I talk to you?"
Spike stares at him. "Is something wrong?"
"Maybe. Come on, follow me."
~Danger Deals a Blow~
"Leonardo, what's up?" Spike asks. "You take me out of the lair and up to a building for what?"
"Do you think I'm a bad leader?"
The question startles her. "What? No, of course not. Why, do you think you are?"
"My team is continually kidnapped, trapped, and we get our brains swapped and de-age. I was wondering if we need someone else in charge," Leonardo says quietly.
"Uh, who, someone who can magically sense traps?" Spike grasps his shoulders. "Who would we put in charge? Raphael? Sure, he's decisive, but he's also impulsive and quick tempered. Donatello, maybe? He's smart, yeah, but he doesn't think for the whole team! Michelangelo, perhaps? He's good natured, but easily distracted, and his head is too far in the clouds. No one else could lead this team. Not Raph, not Donnie, not Mikey, or April, or Irma, and definitely not me." She shakes her head. "Leo, you can't save everyone all the time. You've gotten us out of plenty of scrapes with your plans and leadership. I would've followed you to the fires of Mordor."
Leonardo frowns. "Did you come up with that whole thing on the spot?"
"All but that last bit, that's from Lord of the Rings. The point is, I didn't draw you as Captain America for nothing, buddy." Spike claps his shoulder. "Come on, Fearless Leader, let's head in and we'll eat something unhealthy."
"Sounds like a plan," Leonardo smiles. He shakes his head. "You just pulled that whole speech out of your ear."
"Uh-huh. I could've been a politician. Another thing, why did you ask me?"
"Because you were older and more mature than I am. You're cautious. I thought you'd know."
"Buddy, I may be older, but something tells me you may just be more mature than I am," Spike admits.
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