I don't own TMNT! ...This chapter I just kind of an add on I guess... had this idea while writing the last so...yep... it resulted into this... hope you like it!

"So Mike..." Don said as he began checking vitals. "Mind telling me what that was all about?"

"I-I don't want to talk about it right now Don, okay?"

Don gave Mikey a worried look.

"Just know you can always come and talk to me Mikey, ok?"

Mike gave Don a sad smile. "Thanks bro...and I'm sorry I put you guys through this tonight, I don't know what I was thinking!"

"Aw, Mike don't be sorry something in your mind told you to protect us, so you did."

"Yea well... didn't do a very good job."

Don looked Mikey straight in the eye. "Mikey. You fought shredder, Kari, all those foot ninja and three of the foot legion! You should be proud!"

Mikey shook his head. "No, it shouldn't have happened in the first place."

Mike could tell he was about to get a pep talk of some sort and quickly regretted his word choice.

"So am I ganna live doctor Don? Don't sugar code it! Tell it to me straight!" Mike said in a dry almost mono tone voice, Don chuckled anyways 'At least he is trying to joke again.'

"Well you came pretty close but we managed to save you in time, although you do have a few bruised ribs and quite a few nasty gashes that you will HAVE to keep clean and wrapped no matter what!

But other than those major injures... oh! Please keep everything wrapped even the little cuts!

I'm going to have you scheduled for once a week checkups for the next eh... month, just to make sure no infections have set in."

Mike groaned not only out of the annoying checkup schedule he now had to deal with, but also the immense pain he was feeling all over.

"Hmm? Oh! Jeez, sorry Mike...here" Don handed two little white pills to Mike. "These will help with the pain. Now go get some rest, and Mike... please just take it easy, alright?"

Mike nodded and went straight to his room. "Thanks Don." He called out.

"No problem... get well soon little bro." Don sighed.

When up in his room Mike immediately collapsed on his bed, he looked up at his ceiling seeing all the cracks in it ,he smiled a bit then grabbed for his mp3 on his night stand.

As soon as he turned it on one of his all time favorite songs came on. He closed his eyes and listened ,using the song to reflect back on the night's events.

I remembered black skies, the lightning all around me
I remembered each flash as time began to blur
Like a startling sign that fate had finally found me
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve

'Gah... these past few hours have been nothing but a complete nightmare...can't believe we actually made it out of there alive... i'm so stupid!

Putting everyone in danger like that! Then I was selfish enough to just leave with a note saying that they might never see me again!

What was I thinking? Oh yea, I wasn't! Shoo, I should have got hurt more I mean I deserve it...making my older brothers go through all that...'

So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies across this new divide

'What was Don trying to say that it wasn't my fault at all?! Psh...we all know it was...Mikey screws up once again...not rare.'

There was nothing in sight but memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide, the ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve

'I'm sorry bros... jeez...what is wrong with me?! So harsh and mean now... how did it come to this?'

So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes across this new divide

Mikey let one stray tear make its way down his cheek.

'I just want to be told that I'm ganna make it out fine, that everything is ganna work out just fine. Funny thing about that is...if anyone said that... they would be lying.'

In every loss, in every lie, in every truth that you'd deny
And each regret and each goodbye was a mistake too great to hide
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve

'I should have never changed...I mean...I didn't even want to!

Huh... I don't even know what I want anymore...

I guess I want anything that will make them happy...I had this ability before...but I lost it and I might never be able to find it again.'

Mike let more tears fall.

'What am I ganna do?'
...

So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies across this new divide
Across this new divide, across this new divide