Chapter one: Who's in the dark.
Authors note: This is a Tmnt series, I hope you enjoy it as some people have, I have had help from some people that I will mention in the next chapter. I hope you enjoy the chapter and will keep reading when I post, enjoy.
It was just another ordinary night, four sons out on patrol in the big city fighting crime wherever it struck, they were surveying shredders layer for any activity, Shredder had been threating the brothers family for a while now, and they wanted to keep an eye on him. The night was peaceful and the sky was clear, but something was off, something was hidden.
"Dudes, it's been hours can we please go back", no one answered him, Mikey was awaiting orders but got bored, he started to hum but that didn't help. Mikey continued to complain, he hated patrol and would rather go home and play video games or read his comics, even though he knew Leo hated it when he complained he did it almost every night and Leo had had it.
"Mikey we are on patrol, you're a ninja why can't you act like it".
"Leo It's Mikey what do you expect".
"I expect Mikey to be more responsible".
"Leo we aren't like you, you can't expect us to take your every order ".
"I do actually Raph, I'm leader that's what I'm here to do, to give orders so the team will succeed!"
Donnie stood on the edge of the roof and looked over the city, he was the only one trying to watch for enemies while the others continued to argue.
He sighed, "why can't they just go one night without arguing".
Donnie walked over to his brothers with a look that could only be described as annoyed, "Look it's been four hours and three minutes since we left the lair let's just go back".
The four brothers ran across the roof tops, on the way back Mikey stopped to order pizza, he had annoyed Leo until Leo gave in and allowed him to order he so beloved pizza, Mikey had told the pizza shop to deliver the pizza to a secret place, so that he could pick it up without being seen, his brothers waited as Mikey went to collect the pizza.
The two older brothers continued to talk about their past disagreements and Donnie yet again stood and looked out over the city, suddenly something sticky hit Donnie's neck. He wiped it off and looked around, he saw no one, he thought to himself (hhhhmmmmm, what was that, it's not rain, maybe it's my mind playing tricks) Mikey returned with two pizza boxes stacked on top of one another.
Raph stared at Mikey's hand as he reached for a piece of the pizza.
"So are you goanna share or will I have to punch you for it".
After all the pizza was eaten and the boxes gotten rid of they continued on home, Raph lifted up the man cover and the brothers dropped into the sewers, even though the brothers had lived down here their whole life, they never could quiet get over the smell.
The brothers started to walk to the lair, it takes at least 10 minutes from where they had decided to drop down from, Donnie was at the back and was just trying to enjoy the walk since he had already been stressed out enough this week, he had repaired a lot of broken things and had to keep making new items for his ever needing brothers. Donnie took another step when all of a sudden he fell over, he just managed to grab the wall before he hit his head, he leaned up against the wall, he felt dizzy and very disorientated, he brushed off the feeling and kept walking thinking it was just all the stress he had piled up. But the dizziness got worse, Donnie stumbled and nearly fell over again but managed to keep himself up right with the help of his Bo-staff, Mikey looked back to see Donnie was falling behind but took no notice of it, he just turned back around and kept walking.
Donnie came to a full stop as he started to pant, he was out of breath, he could feel is temperature rising and he started to sweat, he felt his neck tighten and his breathing became difficult, everything went blurry and the pain went through his neck and into his whole body.
(What's going on, I feel like I just ran a marathon with no water or food) Donnie tried to ignore the sickly feel in his gut but with every step and every breath he took the pain would increase, he tried to call for Mikey but his throat was dry and sore, all that came out of his mouth was "Mike".
Mikey turned around and gave Donnie a weird look, he had never called Mikey, MIKE!, Mikey approached Donnie carefully and watched as his other brothers continued to walk on. He answered him with confusion visible in his tone.
"What's up Donnie".
"Mikey….Help, I feel so sick".
Donnie's panting became louder and he held his neck in pain, it felt like he had just coated the inside of his neck I hot sauce, Donnie swallowed some of his saliva it felt like he was drinking fire. Mikey leaned Donnie onto his shoulder, he wanted to help Donnie stand so they could walk together. A dripping sound caught Mikey's attention, he stared at Donnie's face, it was two shades paler and blood coated his mouth.
(Is Donnie hurt, why is he bleeding, we need to get home now).
Mikey knew they had to get home; Donnie wasn't well.
"Donnie we need to get you home, let me sit you down so I can go get".
"No I can keep go….go…..going".
Donnie took another step but let out a scream, the scream wasn't loud as he got muffled by his dry throat, the pain had become too much for him he couldn't stand it any longer, he collapsed into the water dragging Mikey with him. Mikey stood up in shock, his brother was really really sick. Donnie tried to raise his head so he could breath, but he was weak.
(Ohh my shell, Donnie!) Mikey lifted Donnie's head out of the water with one hand and shouted out for his other brothers.
Raph's point of view
The brothers jumped down into the sewers and started to walk towards the lair, They walked in silence. Raph was still mad at Leo but wanted to talk, he hated the silence.
"Look Leo, you can't expect Mikey to listen, he's Mikey".
"I know Raph, but I just think Mikey needs to grow up a bit, he isn't a child anymore".
"Well Mikey is a child and you can't change that, let's just keep going".
"Raph, Leo".
Leo sighed as he kept walking away from Mikey who was yelling their names, "Mikey you can order more pizza when we get back".
Raph spun around and saw Donnie was lying on the floor, his head in Mikey's lap.
"Donnie get up, you can sleep when you get back". (Is Donnie seriously sleeping, god I'm to pissed off to deal with Donnie right now).
The two brothers came to a stop and Leo sighed once again, he had a look of annoyance on his face, why did he have to wait for his two younger brothers to rest, they hadn't gone that far.
"Donnie were almost home get up". Raph's anger was starting to show, he was already angry at Leo he didn't need to deal with his lazy brother.
Mikey looked at Donnie's neck and saw a mark had formed, it was red and looked quite serious, the older brothers walked halfway down the tunnel and continued to yell at Donnie. Mikey Placed Donnie out of the water and stood up, he was the angry one now, the look on his face frightened his brothers, how could he even look that angry and that sad at the same time. He looked at them in a glare.
"Mikey tell Donnie to get up or I'll drag his butt all the way back to the lair". Raph was getting more frustrated the more he spoke the more he was closer to exploding.
"Raph Donnie is hurt, why can't you see that, you think he wants to lay down in this stupid tunnel, when he has a nice bed at home, I DON'T THINK SO"
Donnie moaned as he heard his brother try and defend him, he tried to smile but was to weak to even open his eyes.
The older brothers ran over and saw the condition that Donnie was in, it wasn't good, Raph scooped Donnie onto his shoulders and Leo ordered them to start running. Raph looked at Donnie's pale face as it hung in front of him, he didn't look good, he was flinching with every movement they made.
Donnie tried to talk but his mouth failed him and he went out cold, he had stopped moving and was now a rag doll, Raph started to freak out as his thoughts turned bad.
(OMS IS DONNIE DEAD, NO HE'S STILL BREATHING, OMS OMS OMS)
Donnie had turned white and was struggling to breathe. Raph ran as fast as he could, he tried hard not to move around too much but the water and small pathways where making it hard, they arrived to the lair. Mikey yelled for sensei as Raph laid Donnie on the couch, he slow and carefully laid Donnie's head onto the arm rest. Donnie was lifeless and had blood on his face, as Leo looked for a cut on his face to explain the blood, he noticed that the blood was coming from the inside of his mouth. Splinter came out of the Dojo with Michelangelo at his side, panic and concern was visible on his face, he ran over with his cane.
"Donatello!" Splinter kneeled next to his son and commanded His youngest to get Donnie's first aid kit. Splinter turned to his other sons.
"what happened?"
"I don't know Sensei; we were coming back from patrol on our way home when Donnie was laying on the floor". Mikey returned with the kit and Leo asked Mikey a question that left Mikey sobbing.
"you were there what happened?"
All eyes were on Mikey, it got quiet and Mikey looked scared, he started to sob and was almost at the point of crying.
"Mikey?" Leo walked over to his crying brother and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Leo It's all my Fault".
"What are you talking about, none of this is your fault?"
"But it is, the other night…"
I was out on a walk getting air, when I felt someone following me, I pulled out my num-chucks and waited for the person to attack, I waited, and waited until finally a girl walked out of the shadows, she seemed nice so I talked to her, we continued to talk so I thought she was good, but then she froze and attacked me, I didn't know why but she just ran at me with a knife, after we fought she was commanded to stop, she did what she was told and a man walked out and told me that something bad would happen to one of my brothers and that I couldn't stop him, he said not to tell anyone.
"I'm so sorry Leo".
"Mikey you actually listened to him are you serious, you really are dumb".
"Shut up Raph".
"ENOUGH"
Splinter stood up, he still had concern on his face as he stared down at his sons, he saw they were concerned to.
"You are to go out and search for this man, do anything you can to find him, but be careful my sons, we don't know what he is capable of, use the shadows and stay hidden".
All three sons bowed to Splinter and ran for the surface, "Hai sensei".
The three brothers ran to the rooftop and traveled at top speed, Raph struggled to keep, yes he may be strong but he sometimes is the slowest out of all the brothers when it came to running, he often gets left behind. As they run across the roofs Leo thinks of what to say, they need a plan.
"Alright we need a plan to find this guy, any ideas".
"I've got one, when we find him we beat him up until he hands over an antidote".
"Raph we need to have a plan to find him first and how do you even know there is an antidote, this thing might not even be curable".
"I have other plans". (I'm totally going to beat his shell).
Mikey skids to a stop as a little girls comes into view; she is frightened and is standing in the middle of the road crying and asking for help.
"Dudes look; I think she's lost".
"Mikey we don't have time for this".
"Leo, we can't just leave her!"
"Fine you deal with it, me and Raph will continue on", Leo and Raph ran off to the north and came to a stop on top of another roof, Raph was at least half a minute behind.
"Okay what have we got on this guy".
"Why are you asking me, I'm not Donnie, he's usually the Brainiac that deals with that stuff, I'm just here to kick shell". Raph punched his hands together at the thought of battle.
"wait somethings off, it doesn't seem right".
Leo paced back and forward thinking about what he had just seen. "It doesn't seem right, why would there be a random girl in the middle of the street at this hour".
"I don't know fearless maybe because she's lost". (Honestly, sometimes I think he's dumber than Mikey).
"wait what did Mikey say about that guy".
They thought hard and long. Than it hit them like a gun, that little girl was trying to catch their attention.
"MIKEY" they were harmonized as they thought of their youngest brother being alone with that new called villain.
Mikey climbed down the roof by a ran pipe, he crept into the street in ninja mode. After a minute he had built up the confidence to talk to the girl, he walked out into the light and the little girl saw him, Mikey was shocked to see she didn't scream at the sight of him.
"Hey little girl, are….are you lost".
She nodded with tears in her eyes, she seemed to be truly lost.
"well where do you…".
Mikey listened to the silence and heard a man whispering, his voice was deep and gave Mikey all types of chills he didn't like, the voice had seemed to be telling her thing's.
"Come out and show me who you are, creepy voice person".
The same man that warned Mikey the other night walked out with a grin on his face. Mikey pulled out his chucks and got into a fighting position, their eyes met and Mikey could feel the evil that the man was surrounded by.
"Ahhh Michelangelo, I wasn't expecting you".
"who were you expecting alley man". Mikey had a threatening tone.
"Alley man really, that's what you come up with, you have had better days haven't you".
"I'm still working on your name okay".
They stared at each other and then at the little girl that stood in the middle of them, Mikey griped his chucks as their eyes met again. The man leaned down to the girl and whispered something into her ear, she froze and took a knife from the man, she held it to her throat as the man whispered something to her again, Mikey's eyes widen as the girl started to push on her neck with the blade. He tried to persuade the her not to do it not, she didn't move"
"OOOHHHHHH she won't listen she's under my control, she does everything I ask of her no hesitation, there like my own little slaves they do what I want, when I want and you can't stop them, only I possess the power to do that". Mikey's brothers joined him; the man stumbled back as the two pulled their weapons out.
"ooohhh no no no no no I wouldn't come any closer, you see I've told her to slice her throat if you come anywhere near her. He was crazy he hadn't actually told her to do it, right?
So you can either let this little child die, or I kill someone else you love and you can guess who I'm talking about, anyway I really must be going".
The man disappeared with a puff of smoke and the brothers were left with a terrified yet happy looking child.
"Leo, what do we do" Raph had no other words to say.
Leo looked over at Mikey and nodded, it was like he was telepathic because Mikey knew what he wanted him to do.
"MIKEY NOW". Leo pointed at the girl as Mikey extended his numb chucks, they wrapped around her wrist, the brothers grabbed the knife from her clenched hand, they threw it into a dumpster in the nearby alley. The little girl struggled as the three brothers held her down, she screamed at the top of her lungs.
"LET ME DO IT, I HAVE TO DO IT".
The brothers expressions was plain horror, they couldn't believe what they just saw, was she really trying to kill herself. Mikey tied the girl up and carried her back to the lair, she kicked and screamed the whole way there but Mikey didn't seem care. When they arrived Mikey placed her down next to the couch, as he looked over at Donnie, he saw he was much paler then before and had no expression, he just laid there lifeless, he could hear that he was still struggling to breathe.
"Sensei we found the man, he almost made this little girl slice her throat open and she listened to him".
"No hesitation".
"None sensei".
The room went quiet and no one spoke, April walked into the lair and scanned the room for people, she stared around until she stopped at Donnie lifeless on the couch, she ran over and kneeled next to him, she grabbed his hand.
"Donnie, omg what happened?"
"We don't know, but we do know there's a man going around making people do things they can't control, this little girl was told to slice her own throat if we came anywhere near her". Leo still seemed to be disturbed by the event that just unfolded.
"That's horrible, why would someone do that?"
"I don't know but we think that man has something to do with Donnie".
"I will try to help you guys as much as I can".
"Thank you April".
TO BE CONTINUED….
I did have mistakes in the first copy, so I hope you enjoy the new version I fixed up, it the same story line but I think a bit better let me know what you think and I'll see you in the next chapter of this series.