Disclaimer: I do not own TMNT, but I did make up the disease :D

Turtle madness, chapter two.

Leonardo slowly woke up. He was in his own bedroom, and he felt terrible. He felt feverish and clumsy. And his vision was blurred, no matter how many times he blinked his eyes. His right ear ached as well. If this was the flu, he hated to know what other illnesses were like. He felt slightly hungry, so he got up. He walked out the door and went down into the kitchen and opened the fridge. Nothing. Dammit. He turned and went to walk to the TV, but lost his balance momentarily, and fell flat on his face. He shook his head and sat up. What happened there?

"What are you doing out of bed Leo?" Asked a voice behind him. Leonardo turned and saw April in the kitchen, putting food away. Leonardo shrugged and replied,

"I was hungry, so I came down."

Leonardo attempted to get up, but lost his balance again and fell back on the floor.

"You alright Leo?" April asked, coming up to him.

"I have no idea, I keep losing my balance." He replied, frustrated. April looked at him, surprised.

"I've never heard of a flu that made someone loose their balance." She said, and seemed to be lost in thought. Absently, Leonardo scratched an itch on his left arm, and then one on his right and then one on the top of his heard. Suddenly, it seemed as if his whole body was itching and he cried out, scratching all over, trying to ease the never ending itch. April stared at him and asked in alarm,

"What's the matter Leo?"

"My whole body itches and it won't go away!" He snarled.

"Same here." Mickey said as he entered, along with Raphael and Donatello. They were also scratching at itches all over their body. April got them all to sit down and she checked them all. Though it was a bit hard for them to sit up as they kept losing their balance. They also had a fever, ear ache, blurred vision and aching muscles. This was not the flu. Splinter was getting worried for his sons. Casey appeared and tried to cheer the turtles up, without success. Donatello took blood tests from all of them and studied the virus that he found present in their blood system. He swore, and got scolded from Splinter, and picked up the canister with the pink fluid inside.

"The virus that is making us sick is the same virus in this canister. The Foot gave us this disease. There's no other explanation."

The others looked at each other. Mickey asked,

"So, what do we get next, hallucinations?"

"Probable. We need to find a cure as I don't know if it is dangerous or not."

"Meaning?"

"Well, this disease could kill us Mickey."

Mickey looked shocked and said quietly.

"I wish you never told me that Donny."

"You did ask, bonehead." Raph said, whacking Mickey over the head, causing Mickey to fall forwards flat on his face. Raph laughed. Leo whacked Raph round the head and he also fell flat on his face. It was Mickey's turn to laugh. Donny sighed and wiped his forehead. He felt really hot. April approached him and felt his forehead.

"You should all go back to bed, you have fevers." She said. Donny objected,

"But, I have to find a cure for this disease." He said. Casey put up his hand and said,

"Don't worry, I'll find the cure."

Silence greeted his remark and Donny said,

"Like I said, I need to find the cure."

Casey looked a bit hurt.

There came a soft snoring and they turned to see that Mickey had fallen asleep on the floor. Splinter walked to him and knelt, placing a hand lightly on Mickey's shoulder, whole mumbled something in his sleep. Splinter said softly,

"There is no point in moving him, we might wake him, and sleep is what my sons need most. The others should be sleeping." Casey out a hand on Splinter's shoulder and said quietly,

"I don't think you need to worry about that."

Splinter turned and saw that the others had also fallen asleep where they were. Splinter sighed. He hoped that his sons were ok.

April had the task to look after the turtles while Splinter and Casey attempted to find a cure for the disease. Well, the task April had been given was easy, as they were asleep at the moment. She had ordered pizza to cheer them up when they woke. She hoped they would be ok. They were all lying on one side of the pond in the middle of the lair, as they couldn't be moved to their own rooms. She sat down near them, watching Casey and Splinter arguing over something. Casey was gesturing widely about something while Splinter remained as calm as ever. April sighed and then heard a moan from Mickey. She turned to him and asked,

"How are you feeling?" She shook his head.

"I feel better now." He replied.

"Oh, that's good. I've some pizza if you want it."

"Yes please!"

April laughed at his enthusiastic reply and got the pizza box. She gave it to him. He placed it on the floor in front of him and rubbed his hands, preparing to eat a slice. He then paused in the act of reaching out to take a slice and stared at the pizza, horror showing on his face.

"Mickey?" April asked concerned. Mickey then screamed and leapt away from the pizza, huddled near the wall, shaking. His scream woke the others and they were staring at the frightened Mickey.

"What's wrong, Michelangelo?" Splinter asked. Mickey pointed a shaking finger at the pizza.

"The pizza, it's talking to me. Asking not to eat it!" He then burst into tears, refusing to go near the pizza, Donny scratched his head and said,

"He must he having hallucinations."

April sighed; it was going to be a long day…

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