So sorry this is late! Those damn finals exams are a pain, seriously
Disclaimer: Yes, the TMNT are mine. I can also travel through time, transform into a vampire at nights, control the weather, and I have a flying pig as a pet.
Chapter 9- Dreams and Clues
Mikey…
Mikey found himself in the same situation as before. Once again, he felt a familiar presence. It sounded far away, but it felt close, just like before. Unlike before though, this voice was different. It was still someone he knew…but who could it be?
"L-Leo?" he dared ask. It sounded like his biggest brother, could it be him?
Mikey…
It was him! Mikey felt his heart swell with joy and he began yelling to his big brother "Leo! I wanna go home! Please! I don't wanna be here anymore!"
Soon…
The voice was fading. "Leo! Please don't go! Leo! Please!" Mikey's voice was frantic. He was scared, he didn't want to wake up and find the Bad Man, he didn't want to go to the labs again, he was hurt and afraid he might never see his family again.
Mikey…
Mikey didn't answer. The joy he had felt was turning into worry. Maybe his brothers didn't want him anymore. What if they never come for him? He was deathly afraid that was the case. He missed them; he wanted to be in his home so Donnie could read him a story to him and fix his toys, where Raphie could protect him, and Leo could teach him ninja stuff.
"Please…" Mikey finally said in a whisper as his throat closed up with unshed tears, "I'm scared. Please don't go. Please don't leave me here"
Be there… soon…
"Y-you promise?"
Don't give up…
"I-I won't, I'll be strong… like you" Even if Mikey couldn't see him, he could feel Leo smile, and that made him fill up with courage and pride once more.
…love you…
The little turtle felt himself relax. His brothers did want him! And they were gonna come for him soon! He had to be strong, just like his brothers, at least until they came for him.
…love you…
"I love you too" he said, now feeling content.
Mikey woke up. He looked around and saw that he was still in the cage. He looked up to see Leatherhead right there too. He smiled at him.
The giant alligator had no idea why the little turtle was smiling at him, but he smiled back. He had come to appreciate his smiles; they would always bright up the dark room they had been stuck in for the last two days. During those two days he and the little turtle had talked about many different things. Of course, none of them were about what Leatherhead was most knowledgeable about which were science and technology, (the kid was barely learning how to tell time) but they were still fun to talk about.
Leatherhead had become increasingly attached to the little turtle. He loved the way the child's voice and smiles would make this hell seem like an enjoyable place. During those moments he would forget many of the things that had been done to him in this nightmare of a place. It was kind of strange, but he nonetheless liked it. Of course, there were those dark moments too. A scientist would come sometimes and try to take away Mikey to another room. Leatherhead would have none of it. He had reached out and pulled Mikey's cage closer. Anyone who dared take the little turtle away would come out with nicely done bruises and sometimes, if they insisted, cuts. This, of course, had resulted in the alligator having some bruises and cuts of his own, but it was worth it. If he could help the little kid have less traumatizing moments in this facility, then he would not care about getting injured a few more times than he already was.
"Le-ley?" Mikey called snapping the big creature out of his musings. During the course of their talks, Mikey had somehow vortexed Leatherhead's name into Le-ley. How it happened, the alligator had no idea, but he had to admit that he felt special when the little guy called him that.
"Yes, my little friend" he answered
"You know, I just had a dream with my big brother, he said they were coming!" Mikey said his voice going higher as he became more excited "He told me not to give up and I promised to be strong like them and then he told that he loved me and I said that I loved him too! An' just watch Le-ley, they will come and they will get us home and then you'll meet them and daddy too! You'll see how they are and…"
Mikey continued to talk and Leatherhead nodded. He had heard about Mikey's dreams. Living with the Utroms, who had mastered the ways of the ninja including meditation, he knew that it was a possibility for his family to contact him. Mikey had told him a lot of things about them. He had three brothers and his dad. They were all ninja and he was going to be one, but then the "Bad Man" had come to take him away. For a moment, Leather wondered if maybe Mikey's brothers were the ones who helped the Utroms. There was a high possibility of that. After all, how many trios of mutated ninja individuals could there be in New York? If they really were ninja, then there was also a really high chance for them to come to save their little brother. He hoped it was that way anyway, for the child's sake.
"RAPH, WATCH OUT!" Leo shouted.
Raph dodged as a foot ninja almost sliced his head, he quickly recovered and threw a kick at the foot sending him flying. Two other foot ninja came at him, both of them with swords. "Come an' get it" Raph said smirking and the ninja did just that. Using both of his sais and superior strength, the red ninja caught the two swords and disarmed the attackers. He then used the combination of a reverse roundhouse and a heel kick making one fall and knocking out the other one. The one who fell went on the attack again, this time without any weapons. Raph just smirked again and with a perfectly executed jab, knocked this ninja out too. The Sais wielder then noticed that other two foot were coming to attack him from both his sides. Before they could even get near him Raph did a split kick and knocked them out at the same time. One of them was able to get up and attacked the red ninja again. With a "You guys are pathetic" Raph did away with him by doing a spinning back fist.
Leo saw as his younger brother was ok and decided to get back to his battle as well. Three foot ninja, one with Sais and the other two with Katanas, came running at him in the offensive. The blue ninja defended himself against a cut coming from the top. He pointed his blade toward the bottom so the attacker's weapon would slide, he then side stepped and struck with a diagonal cut. The other foot with the katana came at him, the tip of his blade aimed toward him. Leo jumped avoiding the attack and as the ninja passed under him, he kicked him with his talon effectively knocking the foot out of commission. The last attacker was the one with the sais. They looked at each other for exactly five seconds before they both went on the attack. The foot ninja tried to use the advantage the sais have against blades by trapping the blue ninja's swords. Leo knew the tricks too well; after all, he did have a brother who wielded the weapon. So instead of the foot disarming the oldest turtle, Leo was the one to neutralize the amateur ninja. The foot, who stood there dumfounded by what happened, was quickly disposed of with a front kick.
Donatello was having a fight of his own. His battle, however, was with the security system that Dr. Chaplin had installed in his computer. Said doctor was tied up with tape on his mouth in one of the corners of the room praying that he would get out of here alive. The purple ninja typed furiously on the keyboard trying to decode the password that would get him in. A foot ninja tried to sneak up behind him and attack. Without missing a beat, Don just did a back kick and sent the foot flying across the room. "Guys, will you keep the foot away from here? I'm trying to concentrate!" He yelled, a bit annoyed at being interrupted.
"What d'ya think we've been doing, tap dancin'?!" Raph yelled back
Don ignored him and continued to work on the computer. Finally, he seemed to have cracked the code. "Got it!" he said in triumph. He grabbed a usb from his duffel bag and connected it to the computer. He clicked a button and began downloading all the information they needed. He could hear the battle cries from behind him, but right now he needed to concentrate on this job. They had finally got a lead on Mikey and they needed to get all the information they needed. To think that after all they had done all they needed was a mistake from one of their oldest enemies. Hun may have been done it to distract them so they would lose the battle. Boy was he surprised.
--FLASHBACK—
Leo, Raph, and Don had gone out again to search for any clues on Mikey. They had gone every night and every time they had come back empty handed. Casey sometimes went with them, but even the skull-bashing vigilante needed to rest. They didn't though, and they weren't going to, not until they found Mikey.
Tonight it had happened again. There had been no sign or clue of where they might find their little brother. They were getting more frustrated as more time passed and it was wearing them down. On their way back, Raph spotted some Purple Dragons near an abandoned building.
"Yo, Fearless, look ove' there" the red clad ninja said nodding toward the building. Both Leo and Don saw the criminals and as soon as Leo nodded, they headed toward there.
The Purple Dragons were, of course, doing something illegal. Hun had come knowing that he would get to fight the turtles. As soon as they arrived the fight had broke out. There were many of them with chains and bats and other stuff they thought would work. Hun had as always used his elephant strength and whatever he could lift and throw.
After ten minutes of fighting, the Purple Dragons had gone from a massive number of terrifying gang members to a few dwindling scared kids. Hun could see where all of this was going, so he decided to use another tactic.
"So, you turtles think you have won?" The giant Purple Dragon asked in a teasing tone
Raph was the one who answered, "From where I stand I'd say yer little ballerinas are gettin' more dan tired" he said smirking.
Hun chuckled slightly, "Maybe, but I don't think you've won at all. It's not like you got what you wanted"
Leo narrowed his eyes, "What do you mean?" he asked suspiciously
"Nothing, really. Just that maybe you didn't come here for us exactly." Hun's evil smile grew, "Dr. Stockman must be having a field day"
Here the three brothers snapped their attention toward the big muscle mass named Hun.
"You know something" Don stated or more like hissed, voicing everyone's thoughts.
"Ye betta tell us what yer talkin' about!" Raph growled angrily
Hun's smile grew even bigger. He had them, they were distracted. He did a signal to a group of Purple Dragons that had been sneaking behind the terrapins. All at once they attacked the "unsuspecting" trio of ninjas.
What the Hulk look-a-like didn't know was that what he had actually done had been a very big mistake. The three turtles had been given a taste of hope to where their little brother was and they weren't about to let it go to waste. Before the attackers had been able to touch them, the trio had lashed out even harder than before. To a third party watching from the sidelines, it would've looked like the turtles had never been fighting the last ten minutes. They fought furiously against the few Purple Dragons that had enough guts to go against them. They showed no mercy like they had done before and had the ones that had been unconscious before seen them, they would've been grateful they had lost early in the game. Hun didn't even know how it happened, but the next thing he knew was that he was on the floor with a bo in his nose, a sword in his neck, and a sai in his heart.
"Now" Leo said in a freezing cold whisper that sent chills down Hun's massive back "tell us exactly what you know"
--END FLASHBACK—
Of course, Hun had cascaded everything he knew. From the rumor of a fourth turtle living underground, to a secret project Dr. Stockman had been working on behind Karai's back. Don had to stifle a laugh remembering the way the big man had stuttered throughout the whole thing. That was all they needed though. From then on it was all about getting access to the computer Stockman was using in the foot's headquarters. Don figured that like any other dedicated scientist, he would probably have a record of what he had been doing. Leo had then created a basic, simple, and very un-Leo like plan, it was get in, get the information kicking unconscious whoever butts in, and get out. Don had gapped at the so-called-plan while Raph looked like he had just won a million bucks.
The purple ninja heard a beep and saw that the information had completed downloading. He disconnected the usb and put it safely in the duffle bag. He then closed off any programs that he had opened and turned back to his brothers. He saw that they were still fighting more foot ninjas. Don shook his head and sighed. You'd think that with all the foot ninja here half of New York City was populated by them. He checked that everything on him was tightly secured and then jumped in the fight to help his brothers. Leo saw him instantly.
"Are you done?" the blue clad ninja asked as he stroke a ninja with an uppercut
Don nodded "Yeah, I have everything we need" he said while he side kicked another foot
"All right, then let's get out of here" Leo said loud enough for both his younger brothers to hear him.
Raph grunted in response and the three of them started to fight their way through the waves of foot ninja that were still coming in. Don used his bo using only defensive moves to ward off the opposing ninja since they really hadn't done anything to them, at least this time. Leo also kept his attacks to the minimum, he had sheathed his swords and was only using hand to hand combat to defend and keep them out of their way. Raph was a bit more violent, of course, but he also didn't do so much damage. They fought their way out through the hallways and finally finding the window they had come in from, they exited. Some foot followed them, but after fifteen minutes of pure chasing and maneuvering they were finally able to lose them. Finally, they were able to get back to the Battle shell which they had hidden in one of the alleyways a bit far from the foot headquarters.
"Did you find the information we needed?" Leo asked from his position I the passenger's seat.
"Well, I found Dr. Stockman's journal, so I downloaded that, I still have to read it to be sure though" Don said as he stopped in a red light.
"It betta be there" Raph murmured from the back.
The rest of the ride was spent in silence, each thinking their own thoughts. Leo had told them about his contact with Mikey. After that they had seen the change in him and his determination. Their hopes rekindled once more, all of them had new fortitude on finding their little brother. They all knew Mikey hadn't given up on them, and they weren't about to give up on him. As they entered the custom made garage in the Pump Station, they didn't waste any time. They immediately got off and headed toward the Don's computer.
Don turned on the monitor and put the usb on the computer, he searched Dr. Stockman's journal. What he found, made him scream in frustration…
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