Mikey woke up in his new 'room'. It was large and had gray rock walls. One end had a circular glass dome attached, through which he could see Leo and Raph, but not Donnie. They were both still asleep. Inside his own room was a large carousel-looking thingamabob, only instead of horsies there were obstacles. The obstacles hung from the cover of the thing, and the bottom looked like a treadmill.
"Finally awake? Took you long enough," said a feminine voice.
Mikey jumped. There was a person in here?!
A woman emerged from the shadows. She was wearing a skintight black jumpsuit, with a black demon mask that covered her face. Her hair was long and blond, and she had it up in a ponytail. There was a stripe of black through her hair. "The name's Gorgophone. Means 'murderer'." She got right up in his face. "Fits me nicely."
"I- I'm Mikey…" was all he could think of to say.
Gorgophone laughed. "I don't care. I'm here to torture you, not get to know you." She turned to the carousel thing. "Get on."
"Wha-"
"GET. ON!" she yelled. She took out a whip and whipped his arm.
He ran to the carousel thingamabob and stood on it.
"Good," said Gorgophone. She reached over to a lever next to the carousel thing and pulled it. Suddenly it started to move. The top part with the obstacles on it spun the opposite way as the bottom treadmill did, so he had to run and do the course or else he would get smacked by the obstacles.
Jump, duck, roll, dodge right, dodge left, jump, jump, jump, roll, duck, dodge left. Jump, duck, roll, dodge right, dodge left, jump, jump, jump, roll, duck, dodge left. Jump duck- What came after duck?
CRACK! Gorgophone whipped his leg. "GO!"
Jump, duck, roll, dodge right, dodge left…
Suddenly, The door inside the glass dome opened, and in came a huge man. The man had something in his hands- Donnie!
He immediately perked up. Maybe Donnie could think of something to save them with that big brain of his.
"This is normal glass," said the man with him. "You could break it if you were strong enough."
Donnie immediately ran towards the glass and did all he could to break it, but it was no use.
Gorgophone whipped him. He paid more attention to his course, but still kept an eye on Donnie. Suddenly the large man with him hit him. "Fight me, squirt," he said.
"I said, FIGHT ME!" yelled the man. He punched Donnie in the chest, and he was sent flying into the wall.
"Donnie!" Mikey cried.
Gorgophone whipped him.
Donnie proceeds to fight him. Or, well, try to fight him. He just got pummeled over and over. After a while he passed out.
Well, there goes the only chance they had of getting out.
Mikey was exhausted. Every muscle in his body was screaming at him to stop running, to rest, to sleep, but every time he slowed down Grorgophone whipped him. He had whip marks all over his arms and legs. His stomach was screaming at him to find food, find food, find food! He hadn't eaten since before they were captured, and that felt like ages ago.
Just keep doing the course. Jump, duck, roll, dodge right, dodge left, jump, jump, jump, roll, duck, dodge left. Jump, duck, roll, dodge right, dodge left, jump, jump, jump, roll, duck, dodge left. Jump, duck, roll, dodge right, dodge left, jump, jump, jump, roll, duck, dodge left.
He was sure his brothers would be fine doing this. He knew they were much better than him. Raph was so strong. He always came through. When any of them were in trouble, he was always there to save them. Leo was strong too, and skilled. He was smart and quick-witted and good at strategy. And despite Raph's, Donnie's and his groaning, Leo's one-liners really did cheer them up and keep them going. And Donnie was so smart. He may not be as physically strong as Raph or Leo, but he made up for it with his ridiculously powerful tech. Donnie could always think of something. But Mikey was… Mikey.
He had a place on the team, he knew that. His brothers loved him, and he loved them. He was the sunshine of the group. He was an artist, a softie, the one they all came to for emotional problems. (Except Donnie. Donnie didn't have problems, apparently.)
Yes, Mikey knew all that, but he also knew that his brothers were so much more skilled than him. They could do everything he couldn't. Mikey knew he was a good ninja, but his brothers were exceptional. He couldn't take any of them in a fight, except maybe Donnie when he hasn't slept for a week. But otherwise, his brothers were BOSSES! He had a lot of raw skill, and he could coast on that for a while, but he knew that eventually his brothers would surpass him.
And that scared him.
He knew it was just a fear. He knew it was irrational. But he was scared that his brothers would grow up, and then leave him in the dust. He knew they would never abandon him on purpose, but he knew that sometimes, those types of things just happen. They would move on. And Mikey and his inadequate self would be left behind.
Suddenly Mikey slipped. He forgot to roll in time and he was smacked in the face with the obstacle that he should've dodged. He fell off the carousel and Gorgophone whipped him repeatedly.
"Weakling! Get back on!" she yelled. Mikey obeyed.
After a long time of Mikey running and jumping and ducking and rolling and dodging, Gorgophone pulled the lever to stop the wheel.
"It's time to eat, and then you will sleep. You're no fun to torture if you die." Gorgophone gave him a plate with a gray mush on it. It didn't look very appetizing, but he wasn't about to complain. He was grateful to be fed at all. The mush tasted as gray as it looked, but he scarfed it down anyway.
"Lights out," said Gorgophone. She snapped, and suddenly the lights were off. Mikey almost said, cool!
Mikey laid down on the rocky floor. He was so tired he fell asleep even in these conditions.
Maybe tomorrow will be better.
A/N: This was hard to write. Not only did I have writer's block, but its hard to torture Mikey. He's just too precious. The next chapter will be in Raph's perspective.
The next chapter will be out tomorrow or the day after that. If I'm busy like I was today (barely got this out in time) then the day after THAT. But no matter what, it'll be out in the next three days.