Hey all, hope everyone is doing well. Sorry for the awful updates I'm just going through a rough time in my life right now. I apologize but hope you enjoy.

Leo sighed as the musk of the wood stove filtered through the living room he and Mikey were currently supposed to be sleeping in. It was already five in the morning and the orange clad turtle couldn't go unwatched by any of the brothers, thus they took shifts watching over him.

"Leo?"

"Yes Mikey?"

"Am I crazy?"

"Not at all."

"Then why can't I be left alone? Why do you guys constantly watch me?"

"You know why Mikey."

"Why don't you just let it happen Leo. You guys would be so much better off, I already took father away from you. I'm only going to bring you dow-"

SLAP.

"Michelangelo. Shut the hell up."

A gulp in response, Leo instantly felt bad as he heard a sniffle, the moment was interrupted as they heard a grunt. Ralph sat down on the wooden floor next to Leo and monkeys piolet of blankets and pillows.

"My turn to watch him, go get some sleep."

Leo looked over apologetically then hesitantly got up to leave, once gone Raph finally noticed the short muffled sniffles coming from Mikey. "Mike?"

Mikey sat up slowly to face Raph, he extended his arms to reveal the bandaged up forearms and wrists. "They're never going to go away, these scars."

Raph slowly took a hold of both Mikeys arms softly, "no warrior is complete without battle scars Mikey. That's all they are."

Mikey chuckled, "so I'm my own enemy?"

Raph chuckled, "Mikey we're all our own enemys...now can ya keep a secret?"

A nod in response.

Raph slowly lifted his arm to reveal a shallow cut right on his wrist.

Mikey gasped, "Raph! No! Why would you do that?!"

Raph focused his gaze on Mikey as he thought carefully if what he would say, "because I don't want you to suffer alone. I refuse to let you do that."

Mikey smiled at that, he knew it was awful that his own big brother had cut himself but at the same time it was so heartwarming that Raph would go to such drastic measures to make him feel not so lonely.

"Thank you Raph."

"Any time baby bro, now get some sleep Mikey, tomorrow we're going fishing."

"Really?!"

"Well yea! Right after we finish up the boats paint job, we're ganna catch fish and you are going to teach me how to cook it."

Mikey clapped but then deflated, "what is Don and Leo making me do before this?"

Raph shrugged, "no clue! That's just my plans."

As hours passed Mikey and Raph finally ended up going to sleep and sure enough the two were awakened by a sweet smell of french toast and orange juice.

"That smells really good! And Donnie made it without breaking the toaster?! Incredible."

Don rolled his eyes as he chuckled, enjoying Mikeys rare joking.

"So what's on the agenda?"

Leo sighed taking a piece of toast from the plate and moving it to his own, "it's a surprise Mikey! I can tell you that you will be talking to L.H. at the end of the day rather then the beginning now."

Mikey nodded in approval as he picked at his food barely stomaching the half glass of orange juice and slice of french toast.

Soon enough Leo clapped his hands and jumped up from his chair, "you ready to go?"

Mikey shrugged and followed Leo out of the house and to a strange contraption with three wheels. "Din whipped a vehicle up for us so we can ride through the fields this summer. But today we're going to an especially special spot."

Mikey smiled as he hopped in the side car to the three wheeled motorcycle. "What are we waiting for then?"

Leo smiled and started up the motorcycle then took off through the valley of apple trees leading to a small stream which they strolled over with ease. Soon they were in a open field with nothing but wheat, Mikey didn't think they would ever reach their destination in a side of a hill.

Mikey frowned as he looked over at Leo who was now stretching not too far away from the motorcycle.

"Don't tell me, the lesson was about how one should focus on the journey and not the destination."

Leo cocked his head's to the left a little and laughed, "follow me."

Mikey huffed as he followed the blue loving turtle, "where are we even going?! This is stu- wow..."

Sure enough on the other side of the hill were a massive mound of Easter lillies that stretched on for miles.

"I figured we could lay here awhile, I don't know about you but I didn't get enough sleep last night and I'm tired."

Mikey laughed as Leo ran forward and flipped into the flowers, he also made an attempt to flip into the gorgeous yellow flowers.

Soon enough the two were fast asleep in the field of flowers, a few hours passed by then a steady rain began to fall waking the two up from their deep slumber. "Shell, let's get home I think there is a storm coming." Leo called out to Mikey.

Mikey nodded in response and the two quickly jumped on the motorcycle and began to speed towards the farm house.

Leo was worried Mikey could tell, about what he was worried about Mikey wasn't sure but somthing bad was happening.

"What the ...shell..." Mikey and Leo both gasped mortified at the scene of the half damaged farm house. Leo speed closer to the house then the two ran inside only to find Raph, Donnie and L.H. tied up and tranquilized.

To make matters worse the man standing over them quickly pulled out a tranquilizer gun and pointed it at Leo as Leo and Mikey quietly grabbed onto their weapons.

"Come now Leonardo just surrender so I don't have to wast another tranq here."

Leo cursed under his breath, "what do you want Bishop."

"Simple."

Leo quickly turned as he heard Mikey yelp in pain, a large man now had him in a death grip by the arms causing a trickle of blood to pour from Mikeys wounds, Mikey let out a pained gasp.

"No! Stop! I'll do whatever just-"

A click and Leo was down as Bishop shot him.

"LEO! Fuck you Bishop! I will end you!"

Bishop let out a chuckle as Mikey struggled to get free, "if you struggle any more you will bleed out, get rid of this one, he's too injured to make a good test subject."

The overgrown man nodded as he picked Mikey up with ease, Mikey got one last glimpse of his tied up brothers before he was dragged out of the house and to the now flooded pond he and Raph were supposed to be fishing at today. "Let me go damnit!"

The guy chuckled as he slammed Mikeys head into a tree, "shut the hell up, I will make sure your death is fast as long as you stay quiet." The guy growled as he pointed a gun towards Mikeys head.

"Fuck you! You hopeless bastard, you can't even think without Bishop telling you what to do."

The man grunted, "that so? Well he told me nothing about this..."

The man quickly picked up the nearest heaviest rock he could find near the pond, his veins popping out of his neck as he lifted the rock and quickly found fishing wire he and Raph had been using for the boat. He tied the rock to Mikeys ankle roughly then ripped the bandages from Mikeys arms. Mikey couldn't help but scream from agony as his arms were soon covered in blood.

The man struggled to set the rock on the old boat dock as Mikey was forced to follow, he knew at this point the water would be way over his head. His mind was running a million times a second as the man pushed the rock into the water and got out his phone to record the incident. "I'll be sure to show this to your brothers, stupid turtle. Die a horrible death."

This was the last thing Mikey heard as he was submerged into the cold rain water, water slowly filling his lungs as he struggled to swim back up. Soon he calmed himself down and focused onhis breathing, 'you have this Mikey, just focus.'

Miraculously Mikey finally calmed and looked up through the water to see that man wasn't there, Mikey then took the razor blade he had been hiding in his belt pocket and quickly cut the fishing wire.

As soon as the deed was done Mikey quickly swam up and gasped for air, he hid under the boat dock as he watched the helicopter with all his brothers and best friend inside.

Reality quickly caught up with Mikey as he started to scream, he quickly regained his composure and narrowed his eyes in focus and cut throat concentration

"DAMNIT! I'm coming Bishop, I'm not a damn kid anymore, this time I will end your life and any body else's that gets in my way."

As Mikey got up and tried to walk back to the house though his vision suddenly shifted. "Shit..."

Mikey looked at his now opened wrists and felt warm sticky substance trickle down his arms. Suddenly his vision went completely black and he was down on his hands and knees gasping for air as he dry heaved.

He soon lost all consciousness leaving fate to his mercy.