alrighty! here's the wonderful *cough* chapter two! i know i'm moving fast but i am horrible at writing fluff. anyway...thanks for the reviews guys and tell me how you like this chapter!
"Dudes," mikey whispered, "this is creepy." they were peeking into the dojo while Raph and Donnie trained,a strange combination, the nerd and the muscle training together.
"Yeah." casey whispered, "what the heck are they even doing?" the two maroon masked ninjas were almost perfectly matched, which was strange even in itself, but they were also almost mindless, which was creepier. April chose then to walk in.
"Guys? What are you doing?" she asked, they all spun around.
"Wh-what? Nothing!" leo said, "just…." april raised her eyebrows.
"Where are raph and donnie?" she asked, leo and casey exchanged glances. "And casey, you usually wait for me, where were you?"
"I came early." casey explained, "cuz...they wanted me to try and snap those two out of it." he gestured to the dojo, april walked over and looked into the dojo.
"Oook, that's not creepy at all."
"Yeah, it actually is." Mikey informed her, she rolled her eyes.
"I know." she said, mikey looked confused but didn't reply, leo sighed.
"I don't get what's up with them, what do you think april?" he asked, spreading his hands to show he had no clue what to do, "i mean, they've been acting strange but this...this is weird."
"What's weird leonardo?" leo spun around, Raph and donnie were standing in the entrance to the dojo. "Did you want to join us? You would have been welcome." there was sincerity in his eyes, but also something different.
"Yeah, we would have gone easy on you." Donnie smirked, april closed her eyes and then gasped.
"Guys."
"What?" casey asked as donnie and raph walked to the kitchen, april's eyes were wide with fear.
"There's something wrong with them."
"We already figured that out." leo said, "Sorry april, but what is it?"
"They….it's my fault." april sighed, her shoulders slumping, "when i fixed them after zarr narron, uh, cleansed them, i wasn't careful enough!'
"What do you mean?" leo asked, getting worried, "what happened?"
"They...i dunno, but something went way wrong, if i don't fix it-"
"Fix it?" casey asked, "how would you fix them?"
"Fix what?" donnie asked, poking his head out, "leo did you break the toaster again?"
"Uhm, if i did that's not what we're talking about." leo said evasively, "nothing don, it doesn't matter." the maroon masked ninja narrowed his eyes.
"Ok, but if you need us raph and i are gonna fix the toaster." he gave leo a look as they emerged carrying the broken appliance.
"How does fearless manage this?" raph wondered aloud as they went to the lab, leo blushed and rubbed his neck as april facepalmed.
"Ok, do they have super hearing or something?" casey asked, "what the heck?"
"Casey." splinter said, "leonardo, what is going on?"
"Sensei…" leo said, should they tell him?
"It's donnie and raph sensei." Mikey butted in, "they're going totally nutso." splinter raised his eyebrow. "They're just being really weird and april says something's wrong."
"I see." splinter said, stroking his beard, "is it possible they don't realise what is happened? Why don't you ask them if you can try to help." he looked at april. "I trust you, april, keep my sons safe."
"Of course." april said, "i'll try, but it's my fault in the first place what if i can't fix them?" splinter put his paw on her shoulder.
"I believe in you," he said, "try your best april." he looked at all of them, "Something tells me she will have help, everyone try their best."
"Hai sensei." leo said, bowing, "should we talk to them now?"
"Let them finish fixing the toaster first." splinter said, smiling, "then you may talk to them." leo blushed sheepishly.
"Hai sensei."
"That should do it." Donnie said, screwing the last bolt in place, "new and improved."
"Hey good work there donnie." raph said from where he was sitting, "so, what's with all the extra metal?" donnie looked at the table.
"Oh, well i improved it." he elaborated, "so i just added some kraang technology to make it toast more evenly and quickly, watch." he slipped a slice of bread in and in only a few second it popped out almost a perfect shade of golden brown.
"Sweet." Raph said, "let's tell leo that if he breaks this one he gets to do the repairs." donnie laughed.
"You kidding? He'd probably wage war on the whole of the toaster spectrum!" the two brothers paused as they heard a growl of annoyance, it seemed that someone was eavesdropping.
I knew it raph thought spitefully, they don't trust us.
Give them time. Donnie replied, they'll just have to accept who we are.
"You two done?" leo called in, the two exchanged a look and walked out.
"Yeah, here." donnie said, "handing his older brother the toaster, "it's new and improved."
"I heard." leo admitted, "splinter wanted to see you in the dojo." raph looked at don.
Whaddya think?
I don't think they're going to attack us or freak out if that's what you mean. C'mon splinter always does stuff like this, just because we're different doesn't mean they are.
Fine. the two walked into the dojo, and, as raph had suspected, Mikey, april, and casey were standing next to splinter, leo walked in moments later and closed the door, then he stood in front of the two and folded his arms.
"What do you want fearless?" raph growled under his breath, "got a problem?" leo sighed.
"Look-"
"Guys." April said, walking forward, "how are you feeling?" this took them aback, and they looked at each other, green meeting brown.
"Fine." they said in unison, "why?" april looked unnerved.
"You just seem...different." she said, "don't you notice?" raph sighed.
"Look April, sometimes people change,"
"And you can't do anything to change it back." donnie finished, "we're still your brothers."
"Are you?" leo asked, "because something's going on and i want to know what!"
"That's just like you leo!" raph shouted, losing his temper, "you always think you know everything and can solve every problem, even ones that don't exist!"
"Yeah! We're fine!" donnie added, "if you guys think we have a problem spit it out!" leo and April fell silent, but mikey narrowed his eyes.
"there's something off about you two." he muttered, "that's what." the orange masked turtle walked up to them, "for one thing, you're masks fell off when you got zapped," he thrusted his fist forward and the two masks fell to the ground, "but now you have maroon ones, for another thing," he paused for effect, "you guys have been acting weird, talking in unison, no talking at all, just looking at each other, and then april tried to read your minds and found out that something bad happened, so cut out the act!" the two maroon masked turtles were surprised, and then donnie scowled.
"What's it to you Michelangelo?" he hissed, "why did it take you guys a week to think of all this? You just want to make trouble, all of you!"
"Donnie please." April said, "just tell us what's going on!" Donnie was slightly unnerved for a moment.
"Whatever april!" raph growled, "what does it matter to you? Do you wish we were still a quantum smear?" april's face crumpled.
"Of course not." she replied, "we just want to make sure you're ok." Donnie looked pleadingly at raph.
Come on, we might as well tell them why we're different.
Why does it matter? Like you said, if they care they won't mind.
but it's their nature to want to understand!
Fine, but you get to explain.
"Ok." donnie said, holding up his hands, "we'll explain."
"But you guys have to let him talk without interrupting." raph growled, "and not freak out at us, sit down." they all sat, including raph and Donnie. Donnie took a breath.
"Ok, so, april." april looked at him, "when you saved us, because if we'd stayed in that state for much longer we would have severe brain damage, so thank you, well, you accidentally mixed us and now we act more like each other, share the same knowledge, things like that." he glanced at raph.
They don't need to know about the telepathic link
Alright
"Whoa." Mikey whispered, "that's like science fiction guys!" then he laughed, "he, Daphnie, let's call them that."
"You do and we both tear your shell of!" raph growled, suddenly ruthless, the two jumped to their feet, Mikey stared at them in shock.
"It was a joke."
"raph , donnie, calm down.," leo said, standing between the two of them and mikey, "he was kidding around." donnie turned to raph.
"Maybe you were right." he said, "maybe they'll never understand."
"We don't understand." leo agreed, "but we want to help you guys through this." raph scowled.
"Whaddya mean fearless? We're perfectly fine!"
"I can change you back." april explained, "make you normal again." raph stared at her, then at leo.
"Are you guys serious?"
"Yeah, we're fine this way!" donnie exclaimed, "we don't need fixing!"
"I told you!" raph growled to his brother, "i told you they'd freak out."
"My sons." Splinter said, coming forward at last, "you must know it is not healthy for your minds, body, or spirits to remain this way." Raph and donnie looked at each other yet again.
Of course he's on leo's side.
Well, maybe he's right… maybe this isn't healthy.
Silence! Both of them flinched, surprised by the new voice in their heads, you both know this is your destiny.
Zarr narron. Donnie realised too late.
"April!" then his eyes went white, "stay away from both of us!" he growled, storming out with Raph at his side.
Mikey ran after the two of them, then stopped and stared as they rose into the air, eyes glowing like april's had.
"Oh no." April whimpered, "I didn't just mix them...it's her."
"Shell." leo whispered, "oh this is really bad."
"Pathetic mortals." their brothers sneered in unison, not in their own voices, "you should have known it wouldn't be that easy, now we will finish what you started!"
"Raph! Donnie!" Mikey yelled, "Stop!"
"Why?" now it was his brothers voices, mixed as they spoke in unison, "the power is so great! We could do anything, we can make the humans accept us, we can go out in the daytime and feel the sun, we can make it so we don't have to hide anymore michelangelo! Join us!" Mikey felt his head whirl, the sun, being free, it was almost unimaginable, but his heart told him it was the wrong choice, his brothers looked disgusted before he even answered.
"Never."
"We thought that even you were smarter than that." they growled, "fine, what about you leonardo? You always wanted to find another home, we can see our thoughts whirling, you hate being trapped in the sewers of new york, join us and you'll be free."
"Never!" leo shouted, making mikey relieved, at least he had leo to fight beside.
"Hamato yoshi." they said, mikey felt dread settle in his heart. "You can be human again, join us and you will get revenge on the shredder, on oroku saki." for one horrible moment, Mikey saw hope in his father's eyes, but then splinter shook his head.
"I have a new family, and revenge never bodes well, get out of my sons zarr narron!"
"It's not just her splinter!" raph yelled, "we're sick of this!" he grinned, "and now we can put an end to it."