Camp-Out Chaos

The turtles decide to go camping with their friends April and Casey for a couple of days, but with Mikey sick, a lack of knowledge in cooking, and a chance of wet weather coming their way during their trip, things might not go to plan as well as they might think.

Inspired by the game Persona 4 Golden-School camping scene.

I do not own TMNT 2003 or Persona 4 Golden.

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Part 1-A Sick Brother

It was a quiet morning in the lair, and Leo, Raph, and Donnie were in the kitchen preparing their breakfasts.

They each had a bowl of cereal with milk but they had different morning drinks; Leo was drinking tea (as usual), Raph was drinking orange juice, and Donnie was drinking coffee (like always). After a few more minutes of silence, Raph spoke up with a look of annoyance and frustration.

"Man, I'm sick of eatin' da same thing every day…! Where's Mikey when we need him!?"

"Raph, he's sick in bed, remember? We found him passed out on the kitchen floor three days ago whilst he was making us breakfast…!" Donnie answered firmly but tiredly before he took another sip of his coffee.

"That's right…How can we forget, especially when we saw the state of him after we found him…" Leo said in agreement before he thought back to what happened three days ago.

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Flashback...

Leo, Raph, and Donnie were talking with one another whilst they were on their way to the kitchen and dining room.

"I can't wait to see what Mikey has cooked up for us for breakfast today!" Leo said with an excited smile on his face.

"Yeah, he told me yesterday that he was planning a great breakfast feast since today is our day off from training and we've been through a lot since our mission to bring Master Splinter back home from Cyberspace..." Donnie said in agreement whilst also wearing an excited smile.

"I hear ya, bro! I think we've all earned a lil' reward fa what we've been through…Now, let's hurry before Mikey eats it all!" Raph said with a smirk. But suddenly;

BANG! CRASH!

The three brothers froze and stopped walking when they heard the sounds of crashing and things landing on the floor echoing from the end of the hallway. They looked at each other with worry-filled faces before they ran through the hallway to find out what caused the noise.

When they reached the kitchen and dining area, their eyes widened in shock from what they saw in front of them; their baby brother Mikey was on the floor with his eyes closed and was breathing abnormally, and the oven was on whilst he was surrounded by cooking utensils and pans that he was using to cook breakfast with.

"Mikey!" The older turtle brothers shouted out in unison before they ran towards him. Donnie turned off the oven whilst Raph moved the kitchen items away from Mikey as Leo gathered him into his arms before he hissed when he felt Mikey's skin against his own because it was very warm.

"Donnie, check him over; he's burning up!" Leo called out to his purple-banded brother since he had more knowledge in terms of illnesses and injuries before he watched him come over quickly and placed a hand on his forehead.

"A fever…Mikey, can you hear me?" Donnie said as he moved his hand from Mikey's forehead to his shoulder.

Mikey didn't open his eyes or say a word when he heard his purple-banded brother talking to him, and instead, responded by groaning and moving his head slowly towards Leo's plastron before he let out a couple of heavy coughs.

"Easy, Mikey…we're here…" Leo said softly as he patted him soothingly on his arm to comfort his sick baby brother before his coughing eased down.

"Why ain't he talkin'!? What's wrong with him!?" Raph questioned firmly and in a slight panic after he watched his baby brother struggle to respond to Donnie.

"I'm not sure, yet…Let's get him to the infirmary so that I can give him a proper check-over!" Donnie answered before he and Raph gave Leo some space to stand up and carry Mikey bridal style, and they all headed towards the infirmary to figure out what was ailing their baby brother.

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Present...

"And it wasn't until a few minutes later that Donnie had figured out that Mikey had caught the flu…" Leo then said sadly as the memory ended.

"Poor Mikey…I wonder if he kept his symptoms a secret from us when he first started to feel ill before he collapsed that day…" Donnie thought out loud whilst slowly shaking his head.

"Why would he do a crazy thing like dat?" Raph questioned in confusion.

"Maybe he didn't want us to worry about him, or he was afraid that we would see him as a weak and useless ninja if we found out…just a guess…" Leo answered before he held his hands up after he said the last part of his sentence when he saw the shocked expressions on his brothers' faces.

"Well, all I know is that it will take another few days for Mikey to recover from his illness, so all we can do for now is make sure that he's comfortable and well looked after…" Donnie said with a sigh before he and his brothers bowed their heads in thought on what they should do for the rest of today.

"Hey, guys!"

The turtles swiftly lifted their heads back up and turned around to find the source of the female voice calling out to them, before they saw two familiar faces behind them; April and Casey!