Amongst Four

By: Kuroi Neko-kun

Summary: A discovery made by one of the turtles leads the four brothers to a secret of the earth and their place on it.

Warning: Bad vision description

Disclaimer: Don't own them. Wishing I did… Oh well…

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Chapter 6: Visions

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They came up together, looking at a distraught Lirin who had been hearing them. She could not hold her pain any longer as she cried. Leo, passing the torch to Raph, held the girl in his arms. He brought some comfort as she bawled her eyes out into his chest. She was a mere child who was left all alone. What else can they do to help her ease her pain? Carrying the young girl in his arms, they exited the basement.

"How is she?" Raph asked as Leo stepped out of Lirin's room. He sighed before shaking his head.

"She cried herself to sleep," he mumbled," poor girl… she didn't deserve this. None of them did…" Raph slung his arm around his brother's.

"Make sure we don't either," he said gravely as they walked together to their room.

'The earth?' he mumbled as he floated around what looked like the globe. He wondered why he was seeing such a thing. But as he stared at the globe, it crumbled into tiny pieces. 'What the…?' The image instantly disappeared. He felt his two feet landing on land, even though he saw none. Gingerly, he took footing as he walked. He saw something then. It was a spark of light. He'd seen that light gleam many times. It was the gleam of a sword. Forgetting about his meek steps, Don raced to the light. He saw them. His brothers had weapons drawn, ready to fight.

'Mikey? Leo?' They seemed to ignore him as they let out a simultaneous battle cry and attacked each other. 'No!' He jumped in to stop them but they disappeared in a cloud of mist. Don looked around, searching for them. But all he saw was darkness. 'Damn…' he cursed as he walked again. He kept his eyes peeled for any signs.

'Don!' he heard someone shout. 'Don, help me!' He tore his way towards the voice. An image appeared in front of him. Mikey was tied to a crucifix. 'Don!'

'Mikey!' he shouted, running faster towards him. He reached out for his hand but he was pulled away by something. He turned to see Raph gripping hard on his other arm. 'Raph, let go! That's Mikey out there!' The grip was vice-like. 'Let go!' All the turtle did was point below at the reflection. Don did not realize that the surface of the floor could reflect. He followed Raph's finger to see Mikey's reflection. On the boy's face was a smirk. He wanted Don to come up to him. 'That's not Mikey, is it?' He mumbled, turning to Raph but he was nowhere in sight. So was the image of Mikey. He was alone again. Confused, Don walked on, staring at his reflection. It was he saw another reflection was when he stopped. He looked up to see Mikey again with one of Leo's ninja swords, bloodied, in his hand. The evil smirk on Mikey's face was there now. Risking a glance, he looked at the reflection. Mikey was crying, holding his brother, bleeding from a stomach wound, in his arms! Eyes widened in alarm, the turtle reached out for the reflection. Another vice-like grip stopped him. This time it was by the evil Mikey. Whirling, Don threw a kick that the other turtle evaded easily. 'Damn you!' he shouted, taking out his staff. He was about to attack when a flash of light caused everything to disappear. It was then, a blue moon surfaced from nowhere. And Don stared at it, gaping.

He snapped his eyes open and looked around him. He was in his room where he had slept all the while. What was that then? He wondered if it was a premonition or a sign. Did Yumi really pass him the power of dream seer? He sank his head into the pillow again, wondering about it until… something hit him. A vast play of images raced in his head and as fast as it came, it disappeared. Bits and pieces of the images stuck in Don's head. After a momentary daze, Don cracked some sense from the information.

"RAPH!" he shouted, racing out of his room. What he saw was the turtle with the red bandanna clutching a wound from his own sai and a large shadow overbearing him. He found the two turtles walking towards their own rooms. Both had confused looks on their faces. How would he explain his sudden urge to scream for the last person he'd scream for?

"Um… can you not go venture out to the surface anytime this week?" he asked meekly. Raph gave him a bored look. Okay, that obviously didn't work…

"What?" That was all that summed up his initial reaction. Don took a deep breath.

"I had a vision of you clutching a wound, done by your own sai if I might add, with a dark shadow looming over you," he said, hoping that truth was best at the moment. If this was normal times, Raph would have grunted and walked away, not heeding to any stupid vision Don could have had. But it wasn't normal time for all of them.

"You sure?" he asked with a softer tone. Don nodded. "Then, I'll try not to get hit by my own sais." A small smirk was evident on the turtle's face. He didn't mean to sound so sarcastic. But it was a second nature to him.

"Thanks then, I'll just—"Don could not finish his sentence as another vision hit him. Mikey… in our home… Thrashing about… Muttering about how things should have been and… his brothers. Mikey's fighting with himself! He snapped back to reality and found himself in his brother's arms. Raph and Leo looked at him with concern.

"Did you get another vision?" Leo asked. Raph shot him a look that said,' did you notice that he fell to the floor?' Don didn't think much of it. The vision became much fresher in his head. Maybe he was getting used to it. It could be because it was Mikey.

"He's at home, fighting with himself. Going hysterical about how things should have been with the earth and us…" He took a deep slow breath.

"Who?" Raph asked, slightly confused. It was Leo's turn to shoot a look.

"Mikey," Don said, confirming suspicions. He got up, administering to the sharp pain to his head. He must have hit the floor. "He needs us… If he doesn't see us soon, he might lose himself to that evil aura."

"Then we just have to," Leo muttered. He was not prepared to confront Mikey at all but if this was a way to bring him back then he will…

"I'll go open that gateway." Don stared at his brother. "What now?" Raph asked, with his usually irritated voice.

"You promised that you wouldn't venture…"

"No, I said I'd try not to get hit by my own sais." Leo looked at the two, slightly frustrated at his brothers.

"The gateway doesn't open by itself, you know…" Understanding what he meant, Raph walked on to find a place he could open a portal.

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