Chapter five: It's not you
Authors notes: I don't have much to say so enjoy.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHH".
Pain bolts through Raph's body as Donnie steps off of his brother and walks over to the kitchen in complete silence, leaving a trail of his own blood behind him; each step causes Donnie pain mentally. With Donnie out of sight Splinter runs to his son in a panic and examines the damage to his shell. Splinter has fixed cracked shells before, but this crack caused by his brother is deep and most likely will get infected if not treated. Leo and Mikey rush out of Leo's room and kneel at their brothers side, they examine the damage to his shell and look up at their sensei scared; their expression sends chills down splinters spine.
"Sensei what did this"?
"We will be fine my son, go talk to your brother; he is the cause of this".
"WAIT, Donnie did this"?
Leo's face turned white as the blood rushed away from his face, he felt a sickening feeling bubbling in his stomach; bad thoughts began to brew in his mind.
(Why would my son do this, something is wrong)?
(Did Donnie really do this; how could he do that to Raphy)?
(Donnie is getting out of control, what is up with him; he's so different)?
Leo ordered Mikey to retrieve the first aid kit, he stared at the kitchen as the fridge was pulled open; Mikey nodded and ran for the lab doors wiping tears from his eyes. Leo cleared his throat and walked slowly to the kitchen; placing his feet down one by one softly, as to not make much noise. He reached the kitchen entrance and pulled back the cloth they had hanging over the kitchen door.
Leo poked his emerald green head around the corner and was gobbed smack to see his brother sitting peacefully at the island with a cup of cold coffee in his hand, Donnie was staring into his coffee with a psychotic smile spread across his face. Leo took in one last deep breath as he entered the kitchen.
"Hey Don mind telling me what happened out their".
Donnie's smile faded into a frown as his black eyes stared up at his eldest sibling.
(Who does he think he is, I'm not some child that needs lecturing; play it cool Donatello….Not yet).
"Nothing happened".
"That doesn't seem to be the case Donnie, Raph is lying unconscious on the floor and sensei believes you have something to do with it".
"I don't know anything".
"Are you lying to me Don".
Donnie stood from his spot and headed to his lab completely ignoring Leo and his glares as he walked past silently, he entered the lounge room and walked past both his brothers and sensei; hoping not to be noticed, but that wasn't going to be case. Donnie arrived at his lab and started to close the doors when his name was yelled from across the room.
"DONOTELLO"!
Donnie Stiffened at his name and slowly turned around to face his sensei, Donnie froze at the entrance of his lab and stared into his father's dark eyes. Donnie examined Splinters face and to his surprise he didn't even recognize his father, he had aged so much that he almost looked dead like; his skin was a deepish grey and his wrinkles were more present.
"What were you doing, can you not see you've hurt your brother and you have the audacity to walk around like nothing has happened, explain yourself"?
Donnie fought back the rage that was trying to escape, he was using all his strength to hold back it back but holding his rage in only made things much worse for him. A pain struck Donnie's neck causing him to grab it in pain, a tear shed down his face as he looked up at his father; his fathers face was full of worry. Splinter went to grab his son but only to have his hand flicked away by a scared little Donnie, his mind was running all over the place and emotions were flooding over him. Splinter kneeled in front of his son and held his son but he was pushed away very violently.
"DON'T TOUCH ME"!
Sensei pulled his hand back and stared back at his other sons, they were scared and very confused; an idea hit Splinter; but to be honest he didn't like this idea one bit. But before he tried his idea he wanted to try and touch his son one last time; Sensei held a handout for Donatello but he formed a fist and glared at his sensei; he was scared and very irrational. Splinter had enough, he stood up from his spot and swung his tail right at his sons chin, knocking him out cold.
A cold tingly feeling took over his body as his eyes snapped open, he found himself in a black room completely alone; he gathered his head and stood from his spot to examine the room with blurry vision; it was almost like he was looking through soapy water. He gathered his thoughts and walked forward but only to get the same paralyzing feeling go through his body.
(What is happening, what is wrong with me; where am I, why can't I control my myself; so many questions)?
"I can answer all of them".
A voice filled the room as Donnie's pain subsided into a soothing cool feeling, the voice was smooth yet rough at the same time; it was almost dream like. At first Donnie couldn't make out if it were a boy or a girl speaking to him, but as the voice continued to echo throughout the room; he got the sense that it was a boy speaking to him.
Donnie wiped the tears from his stinging eyes has he rose to his feet once again and stared around the room looking for the person that had spoken to him. But before he could speak another wave of pain bolted through his body Dropping him to his knees. More tears ran down his check, Donnie then felt something cold wrap around his wrists; he looked down at his hand and saw they were chained; he followed the chain back to a metal pole that stood in the middle of a pool pf mutagen.
"Your brothers are quite stupid aren't they".
Donnie felt his throat, it was very dry but that didn't stop him from talking; he wanted answers; no that wasn't right he needed answers.
"Nn…no their not dumb, they may be annoying but their my brothers; I love them"!
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH Donatello, I know deep down you secretly hate them with a passion".
A psychotic laugh filled the room and echoed around in Donnie's ear like a recording, Donnie felt tears swell in his eyes as the pain came back but this time the pain was so painful that it made Donnie scream in agony; his heart was beating out of his chest at a million miles per hour; in a way it was quite painful.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH, STOP PLEASE…I BEG YOU STOP".
The psychotic laugh filled the room again.
"I ENJOY YOUR PAIN SO MUCH, IT'S THE MOST PLESURABLE, AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA; LETS MAKE THE PAIN TEN TIMES WORSE ".
"STTTTOOOPPPPP….AAAAAAHHHHHHHH"!
The pain subsided and the laugh faded into a giggle, Donnie wiped his face with shaking hands and started around the room, Donnie sat in his spot and rubbed his knees; they were bruised and very sore.
(I'm getting sick of falling to my knees)
"Then why don't you do something about it, oh that's right you're not in control of your own body".
A tall pale man appeared from the mist, his face had a huge smile and he had sharp eyes that priced into the soul of anyone that looked at him; the man circled Donnie like a lion circles its prey stopping right in front of him and whispering in his ear.
"I control you now".
Donnie pushed the man away from him and gave him a sickening look, something about the man was off and he didn't like it; what does this man know that Donnie doesn't.
"What are you talking about"?
"OOOOOHHHH, That's right you don't know who I am, do you"?
"No….no I don't"
"Well since you're going to be here forever, I might as well introduce myself; I am Mind control".
"Mind control, really; what did you let my brother give you a name".
"That's exactly what happened, you're a smart boy".
The man mocked Donnie as he made his smile more visible.
"What"?
"Uggghhhh, so annoying; just let me show you".
Donnie's head spun as memories of the first night came back to his mind, it was so real that it almost felt like he was actually living that night all over again; he saw himself standing on the roof on look out, he felt the pain he felt back then and he could see the way his brothers were looking at him. Donnie shook his head; he wanted these images out of head he didn't want to live through this again the nightmare ended and the man grabbed Donnie by the throat and lifted him off the floor.
"Oh, poor little baby had enough have you, well this is only the start of it; it only gets worse from here Donatello and I'm going to enjoy every second of it".
"What did you do to me".
"I injected you with my little invention called the mind control serum, one hit with this and a person is under my control; I can make them do anything I want and the only way to stop it is to end the subject or end the source which is me of course; unfortunately for me you took four years to take full control of, which has been a real pain".
As the man still held Donnie in the air he choked out more words.
"Why did it take so long for you to do so"?
"Splinter…..he had some kind of wall around your soul, ok that sounded a lot smarter in my head"!
"Our souls"!
"I've said to much, now silence".
Donnie felt his body being lifted into the air and away from the mans grasp, he looked down at the floor as his feet touched only air; chains then came rushing towards him from every angle; wrapping themselves around him covering his whole body. Donnie tried to fight the chains that confined him to only air but he wasn't successful, he was tired and very dehydrated.
"Let's have some fun shall we".
Leo's eyes snapped open as he looked around with sleepy vision, letting out a giant yawn; he placed his feet on the floor and walked out to the lounge room where he saw his two brothers on the couch eating noddle's. Leo walked to the kitchen and got himself some noddle's before heading to sit next to his brothers, he sat in his normal spot and looked over at Raph; Raph's whole body was basically covered in bandages.
"Hey Raph, how are you doing"?
"Gezzz Leo I fine, it's just a small crack".
"The bandages say different".
"Leo bro stop asking, you're getting on my nerves; if anything we should be worried about Donnie, he's mental".
"I know, I don't know what to do with him".
Splinter stood behind his sons and cleared his throat.
"My sons, your brother has awoken".
"Great lets go talk to him".
"That would not be wise my son".
"But sensei Donnie needs help".
"I would rather you not see him like this".
"What are you talking about sensei"?
"I fear it's not your brother, he isn't in control of his body; mind control has come back".
"What, I thought he left new York"?
"But sensei we got rid of that man"?
"Mikey be quite I'm talking".
"Well if that is the case he has come back from his hiding spot and has taken over your brothers body".
"Sensei he's our brother let us talk to him".
"There is no talking to him, he is not in his right mind".
"Sensei but…"
"ENOUGH, you will not see your brother until I figure out a plan to help him; then and only then will you see your brother".
Splinter turned his back to his sons and returned to the dojo silent and sad, he wanted his sons to see their brother he really did but Donatello's state was bad.
"What now Leo"?
"Sensei is wrong we have to see Donnie, maybe we can help him".
"I don't know bro if sensei says not to see Donnie, then we shouldn't see Donnie".
"Fine if you two don't want to come then I'll go by myself tonight".
Nightfall had arrived and every person in the city had fallen silent, the moon light shone into the lair giving everything a misty look about it; Leo climbed out of his bed and moved through the shadows in silence, Leo placed his feet down carefully as he walked over the concrete; he soon reached the dojo undetected. Leo placed his hand on the door and slid it open just enough for him to slip through with ease, he looked around the misty room while his eyes adjusted to the haze. He looked all around the room until he stopped at a figure lying on the floor in sensei's room, Leo walked over to sensei's room and shut the door.
(Donnie isn't in here, where could splinter have put him).
Leo scanned the room one last time but didn't find his brother anywhere, Leo heard breathing directly behind him and his neck started to tingle as the hot breath hit the back of his neck, Leo turned around slowly and nearly screamed at the sight of his brother. Leo felt a hot sweaty hand cover his mouth as Raph stepped into the moonlight, Leo flicked the hand of his mouth and wiped the sweat from his mouth.
"What are you doing Raph".
"Helping you look for Donnie, what else would I be doing".
"You guys said you weren't coming"?
"No Mikey said he wasn't coming; he doesn't speak for me".
"Actually I changed my mind".
Leo and Raph "AAHAHAHHAHAHAH".
"MIKEY"
"WHAT IS GOING ON"!
Splinter approached his sons slowly and stood right behind them, looking down at them angrily.
"Do you boys have any idea what time it is"?
"Sensei we were just looking for my numb chucks that's all".
"No sensei we were looking for Donnie, we just think it would be best if we saw him".
"So you ignored my rules".
"Yes sensei".
"You are all grounded and will have 6 hours of none stop training tomorrow, you boys will learn to listen or be punished".
All three brothers walked out of the dojo as Splinter slammed the door behind them.
"Good job Mikey now we're grounded".
"Why are you blaming me".
"Both of you be quite, we'll look for Donnie tomorrow".
The three-brothers walked back to their rooms and closed the doors before falling asleep on their own beds, the sun shone into the lair and Mikey was up first as always; he made his brothers and sensei breakfast before going and getting them; one by one he knocked on the doors calling their names and one by one they came out and sat at the island.
"How did you boys sleep".
"We're tired sensei".
"That's good".
The brothers looked at each other confused but continued eating, until the realization hit them.
ALL. "OOOOHHHHHH NNNNOOOOO TRAINING".
They all groaned as they remembered what their sensei had said last night.
"You are all grounded and will have 6 hours of none stop training tomorrow, you boys will learn to listen or be punished".
"Come on then my sons let's begin".
The three brothers dragged themselves out of their chairs and into the dojo where they stood and awaited instructions from Splinter.
"Today you will be doing a three-way spar, in this exercise you will learn when to block and when to attack; Hashima".
The three brothers stood in their fighting stances and moved around the training dojo awaiting for someone to make a move, they moved in circles until Raph came flying towards both Mikey and Leo with a flying side kick; both brothers moved to the side as their brother missed completely and nearly slammed into the wall, Mikey giggled and Leo smirked. Raph felt his body become hot as his rage bubbled up to the surface, he screamed as he ran towards Mikey with his sais drawn Mikey pulled out one of his chucks and blocked with all his might.
"Woah Raph chill dude".
Leo ran up behind Raph to hit him with his fist but Leo was blocked by Raph's sais, Raph flung Leo's hand away and came at him with his Sai, right behind him was Mikey; Mikey hit Raph right on the leg with his chuck causing Raph to fall to the floor; Raph was now out and two remain.
"Well, well; well, Mikey are you ready to lose".
"Pssst in your dreams Leo".
Mikey drew out both his chucks and began swinging them at Leo, Leo smiled as he wrapped Mikey's chucks around his sword and ripped them from his hands; Mikey gulped as he started to run from Leo, Leo leaped over Mikey and placed his foot right where Mikey was stepping. Mikey looked down and saw Leo's foot and being the *smart boy* he is he flipped right over the foot but only to have Leo raise his leg higher causing Mikey to trip over the leg anyway.
"Oww, that hurt".
"Good try Mikey".
Leo handed Mikey a hand and pulled him to his feet, all three brothers stood in front of their sensei and awaited his next orders; six hours went by in a flash and the brothers collapsed to the floor exhausted from the non-stop training.
"Have you boys learned your lesson yet".
"Yes sensei".
"Very well, we shall have lunch".
Sensei and his son's began walking out of the dojo when Leo saw a body in splinters room, tLeo paused to have closer look but Raph pushed Leo out the door.
"Come on Leo move, stop blocking the door"!
(Is that Donnie, is that where sensei has kept him this whole time; I have to go and look just to make sure).
They all sat at the island and Mikey began handing out bowls of noodles, Leo stared back at the dojo and splinter looked over at his son and sighed; he tapped his son on the shoulder and nodded Leo stood from his seat and excused himself from the meal. Leo walked over to the dojo and walked over to sensei's room he pulled the door back and there he was , Leo ran over to his brother but skidded to a stop as he saw the ropes and chains surrounding his brother.
Sweat dripped down Leo's face he felt his heart skip a beat, how could sensei do this to his own son; Leo walked closer and put a hand on Donnie's shoulder Donnie snapped his head up causing Leo to jump back in shock.
(Donnie's eyes, they're not natural).
"Donnie are you ok, why has sensei done this".
"Why do you care".
"What"?
"I said WHY DO YOU CARE".
Donnie's voice echoed throughout the lair, Mikey and Raph stared at each other and ran for the kitchen exit but to be stopped by their sensei.
"Sensei please move".
"No my son's I want your brother to deal with this, you two have no need to see him right now".
"But sensei why does he…".
"That is enough, sit down and do not move".
Raph formed a fist but sat back down into his seat, he felt angry that he couldn't be with his brother; it was his brother too why was Leo the only one allowed to see him; it didn't make sense.
"Donnie I don't understand what did we do".
"You know damn well what you did"!
"Donnie just listen".
"I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY".
"But Donnie"?
"JUST SHUT UP"!
The sudden shouting from his younger brother sent chills down his spine.
(It's all mind control it's not Donnie, it can't be).
"Donnie I know this isn't you, I know it isn't".
Leo ran towards his brother and began to untie the rope, but only to be pulled back forcefully.
"That would be very unwise my son".
"But sensei you can't keep him like this".
"Be quite, you have not seen what this man can do my son; the horrible things this man has made people do".
"What are you talking about"?
"Huh, let me tell you a story".
Hehehehehe this is the end of chapter five, I don't know why but these always end on a cliff hanger; I swear I try not to end them like this but I can't help it, it's just the flow of the story. Well anyway I hope you enjoyed this and I will see you next time, also I am in the middle of writing my own fan fiction with my own characters; it's a bit different so hehehe.