The Evil Inside
Author's Note
Hey, 3 months isn't too bad. Sorry for the wait, I've just been busy with my mocks recently but I love the holidays because I always seem to feel inspired. Anyway, slightly longer chapter than usual, enjoy
Chapter 7: Spiritual Wound
Mikey's POV
Where did Demon go?! Ah, that freaking hurts! I hissed in pain and brought my hand down to see how much I'd bled.
"There's so much blood." I whispered and a wave of panic came over me. I was covered in blood and practically sitting in a pool of it.
Scrambling to my feet, I stumbled over to the broken mirror and stared at the wound on my neck. Only it wasn't there. My eyes shot to my hands again, they were still red. Turning to the sink, I tried washing off the blood but it was like it was stained on. It could leak over the rest of me but wherever it had touched would stay red as I had found out after trying to wipe of the blood.
"I must be losing it but what if Demon has done something to make me see things … go get Donnie. Go get Donnie!" I shouted.
Panicked, I rushed to the door and slammed it open. "Guys! Guys!" I screamed and stopped running behind the couch to figure out where my bros could be.
"What Mikey?! Calm down!" Raph growled as he abruptly stood from the couch behind me, making me jump.
"Look! Look at this!" I shouted, pointing at my neck and turning around to face him.
"What?" Raph asked, confused. "There's nothing there." He took a step towards me and I took one back, even more panicked than before.
"Uh … so you can't see this?" I said, unsure and gestured to my neck again.
"… No?" Raph replied. "Mikey, what's up?"
"Um … one second!" I answered and raced to my room, quickly entering it and closing the door behind me. "What. Is. Going. On?"
Hesitantly, I stepped towards my mirror and stared at my lime green skin with not a drop of red upon it. "Why can I not see any of the blood or my injury in the mirror?"
The door burst open and my brothers rushed in, I stepped away from the mirror.
"Mikey? What's going on?" Leo asked, walking into the room, Raph and Donnie following behind him. "Raph said that you'd just freaked out at him over something invisible."
"Well … um …" I tried to come up with an answer.
"Mikey, with everything that's happened with Demon. You need to tell us what's going on." Donnie said, calmly stepping out from behind Leo.
"It's gonna be a bit hard to understand." I began, unsure of how to answer their questioning stares.
"Come on, Mikey. Tell us what's happening." Raph encouraged, concern radiating off of him. Big softy.
"It's just a bit difficult to understand, dudes." I started. "But to sum it up, I have a wound on my neck that seems to be invisible and I'm covered in invisible blood too.
"Huh?!" They all shouted, probably even more confused than before.
"Well after my shower, I had an encounter with Demon. But before that, I went to look in the mirror and saw that my whole body was black except for two gleaming red eyes, white fangs and blood covering my hands and teeth … I looked so evil." I turned away from my bros and looked at the mural I had painted on the wall of the New York City skyline. Patiently, my brothers waited for me to continue. "My form seemed to be coming out of the mirror and out of panic I kinda, sorta punched and cracked the mirror," Donnie, concerned, went to look at my hand. "But I'm fine." I continued, hastily. "Just after, Demon appeared but not for long. He bit me on the neck and then disappeared."
"Why didn't you tell us instead of running off to your room?" Raph stomped towards me but I could see the worry in his eyes.
"I'm sorry. I just panicked. When you couldn't see it, I freaked out and thought that I was just imagining it." I explained.
"And?" Leo asked. "Is it real?" I nodded and looked down.
"How come we can't see it?" Donnie thought aloud and kind of studied me for a moment before we were interrupted.
"That's a good question, Donatello." Demon said from the corner of my room and we all turned to face it, ready to draw our weapons. Only, they weren't there, we didn't always carry them around our home.
"Demon." Raph greeted with a growl and my bros moved to fill the gap between them and me.
"Oh Raphael, as headstrong as ever." Demon continued.
"What did you do to Mikey?" Leo sternly asked and stepped in front of us.
"Oh, you mean that little wound right there." Demon teased, pointing to my neck. I hissed in pain as it seemed to burn.
"Why did you do it and why can't we see it?" Donnie asked, glaring at Demon.
"Oh the hatred in that glare Donatello. Well if you must know, you can't see it because it's spiritual. What Michelangelo sees in the mirror is what you three see him as. What you three see in the mirror is what Michelangelo actually looks like. Why don't you see for yourself?" Demon gestured towards the mirror.
We turned towards it and my bros finally got a proper look at me.
"Oh, my gosh, Mikey! You're covered in blood!" Donnie shouted as they all gaped at me.
"Demon! I'm gonna kill you!" Raph threatened and we all faced Demon again.
"I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that Raphael. As for why I did it, I marked him." Demon said, casually while smirking at me.
"Marked? What did you mark him for?" Leo asked,
"Well, Leonardo … you'll have to find out yourself, you're a smart little turtle." Demon mocked.
"That's it!" Raph shouted and charged at Demon but just as his punch hit its target, Demon had practically dissipated away like a cloud of smoke.
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(Donnie's Lab)
"Ah, Donnie. That hurts." I hissed as Donnie gently prodded my neck.
"This whole mirror thing's confusing." Raph stated while holding the mirror up for Donnie to see my injury.
"Have you tried washing off the blood?" Leo asked me. Does he really think I haven't tried that?! Okay, calm down Mikey, you're just stressed. Leo's only trying to help.
"Yeah but it won't come off and if it touched another part of my skin then it stains that too." I said, moving Raph's hand to point the mirror at my leg and placing my hand on my skin to show them the red handprint left behind. "It keeps leaking down my plastron too although my neck's stopped bleeding."
"Perhaps we should leave to clear our heads and re-think the situation at hand." Sensei offered from the doorway.
"But we can't just up and leave and besides where would we go?" Leo answered, Raph put the mirror down.
"Well, I could ask April if we could use the farmhouse. I'm sure she'd let us." Donnie added getting out his T-phone.
"Yeah, then maybe we could get some fresh air." Raph stated. I laid back on the chair and exhausted shut my eyes.
"And I think it would help us relax and think clearer." Leo said, agreeing with Sensei.
"Mikey, you in?" Raph asked, shaking my shoulder.
"Mhm." I hummed in agreement, keeping my eyes shut.
"You know, Mikey. You're probably gonna have to stay awake from now on." Donnie informed and I groaned in frustration and pouted as I sat up and opened my eyes.
"We don't know what Demon meant when it said it marked you." Leo added. "Oh Sensei, you don't know-"
"It is alright, Leonardo. After you three left me, I meditated. I became stuck in a trance and I watched everything that happened during your encounter with Demon." Sensei cut in, saving us the need to explain.
"Alright then, I'll give April a call." Donnie stated, logging into his T-phone and April's name.
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(Journey to the farmhouse) – thoughts
Splinter's POV
I knew that I had heard of Demon before, my father had once recited an old legend similar to the description of this new enemy. However, I had been led to believe by Oroku that all of Father's stories were just that, stories.
I should never have left my sons, I knew that there was something wrong but I left anyway. The Daimyo only needed help in securing the battle nexus arena. At least I had gotten information about Demon from the trip.
Donnie's POV
I've always been interested in the idea of other realms and worlds, never thought I'd learn as much about it as I have now though. We already had to deal with dimension X and the dream realm which we've been in twice, Demon and the dream beavers.
Although, I'm worried. What are Demon's intentions with Mikey, what will happen to him and how can we stop Demon before Mikey needs saving?
Leo's POV
I used to love it when Splinter recited old stories from his father to me as a kid. The others were never really interested other than sometimes Donnie and maybe Mikey. I just never believed that we would ever be affected by them. It was hard enough trying to understand that the dream realm, Splinter had told me about, was real while fighting the dream beavers.
Raph had always disagreed with Sensei, saying it was impossible. Mikey and Donnie, however, always enjoyed thinking of endless possibilities to do with alternate worlds. Who knew that those positive little ideas could be so wrong?
Raph's POV
I hate Demon! I hate it! I hate it! I hate it! Demon hurt Mikey and I am so gonna make him pay! Mikey's my best friend and my little bro, no one gets away with hurting him.
I know I pick on him a lot but it doesn't mean I don't worry about him. All three of us make sure to keep an eye on Mikey during battles. Obviously, we're not observant enough because he still got hurt and even in our own home.
Mikey's POV
I can't believe the lengths my family are going to for me. It was just a bite … that apparently turned me into some sort of tracker but still, it's nice to know how worried they are, even Raph, who rarely shows it.
I just wanna know, why me? Why did Demon mark me? I mean what makes me so special? Don't get me wrong, I would rather it be me than my bros anyway but that Demon dude must have a reason for specifically choosing me over my brothers.
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Leaning down into the shell razor, I grabbed my small box of belongings: a few comics, my sketchpad, pencils and some DVDs. Sensei had told us to pack light because we would only be here for a short amount of time.
I carried the box into the farmhouse and up to my room. I looked around the familiar room as I unpacked my items. It hadn't been long since we'd been here, having just recently stopped the Kraang invasion. So many things had happened in this place: Leo's recovery, April's mum, the Chimera and our vision quest as we prepared to head back to New York.
However, the nostalgia left me and I was left with a cold sensation running down my spine. The lights flickered and shorted out and looking around the room, I noticed that it had started to turn unnaturally dark and the shadows seemed to move. Quiet whispers filled my ears but I couldn't make out what they said. The lights shot on and I stared at the wall before me, the word 'RUN' etched upon it in what I could only assume was blood.
Panicked, I sped to the door opening and slamming it shut behind me. Okay, Mikey, calm down, just go find your bros and Sensei. Wait no, not Sensei, he decided to take a walk, remember!
Calming myself, I slowly moved to the stairs and made my way down them. As I reached the bottom, I saw my brothers were sat on the couch watching Crognard the Barbarian.
"Uh … guys?" I began, hesitantly.
"Yeah, Mikey." Leo replied, still facing the other way.
"Um, I think Demon sent me a message." I explained, the show immediately paused and all three of my bros turned to look at me.
"Wait, what?" Raph said as I fumbled with the wrappings around my wrist. Why am I so shy all of a sudden? It's just my brothers, I've known them my whole life.
"Well, the lights went off in my room and when they turned back on the word 'RUN' was written on the wall in what I think was blood." I replied, working up the courage to explain. Seriously, what is up with me? I'm not usually shy with, well, anybody.
"Shall we go see it then?" Donnie offered, obviously intending to study it.
"Yeah, sure." I agreed and my bros stood up and began to follow me.
As I reached the bottom of the stairs, I realised my brothers hadn't moved. "Are you coming, dudes?" I asked.
"Mikey … we can't move." Leo stated and I turned around to face them.
"What do you mean you can't move?" I said, beginning to panic again.
"It means, Michelangelo, that I have rendered them useless for the time being." Demon said from right beside me, jumping in surprise, I leapt in front of my bros and stood in a defensive stance. Although my nunchucks were in my room.
"Demon. What do you want with me? Why am I marked?" I demanded.
"Oh, I don't want too much." Demon answered before speeding forward, grabbing my shoulders and spinning me around to slam me into the wall next to us. "Does this hurt?" Demon asked, smirking and applying a heavy pressure to my neck and I grimaced but did not make a sound.
"Try not to fall asleep, Michelangelo." Demon advised. I glared as it faded away, leaving behind only its sinister laugh.
My senses blurred out as I thought about our situation and it wasn't until I realised Raph was shaking me that I noticed I'd been stood there for minutes.
"It's okay, little bro. we'll find a way through this." Raph comforted as he brought me into a hug. Nuzzling into his shoulder, I could only think of what was yet to come.
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Author's Note
I love, love, love Raph and Mikey brotherly fluff moments, I just find them so cute. But anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter, please follow, favourite and review.
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