alrighty! time to answer an incrediblysweet review.

cutegenius- I'll just start and say you thought about this a lot more than i did, especially in certain, er, topics, but anyway, Donnie and Raph do not share bodies, they simply acquireda few of each others different aspects and talents. the telepathic link is purely in thoughts and only ones they wish to share. in saying this, they do not share any dreams. at all. that's just a little too invading I mean, they could, btu neither of them would try. on your other point, their family was at first confused and wanted to understand why their brothers suddenly seemed closer, they didn't necessarilywant it to stop, but then april realizedthere was something dark in their minds, and that was why they wanted to help. of course their family wants them to be happy! and sorry there wasn't more bro time, i originallywanted this to be a one shot, but ended up making it have three chapters and a prologue, which means yes, sadly, this is the final chapter. unless you want some aftermath in an epilogueor something, in which case please review and tell me!

thanks for all the amazing reviews anddon't hesitate to do more!

Oh crap, oh crap. April thought as they backed away from the two possessed turtles, this is all her fault, she did this to them. Her eyes met splinters.

I trust you.

April narrowed her eyes in determination, she could fix this, she had to fix this. She closed her eyes and backed against the wall.

"Uh, hey april?" Mikey laughed nervously, "you did say you knew how to fix it right? Because i was pretty sure i heard you say that." april took a deep breath.

"I think i can, it's be easier if they were willing but-"

"You figure that we totally aren't?" donnie laughed, "good reasoning april o'neil."

"Stop this!" leo yelled, brandishing his katana, "donnie, focus! You can break free!" April wondered why leo didn't ask raph to do the same, but pushed the thought to the back of her mind as she tried to break into her friend's heads.

"My sons!" splinter shouted, "Stop this!"

"Sensei!" leo yelled, april tried to block out the noise to no avail, "get to the dojo! You're leg isn't healed enough!"

"Raph, c'mon snap out of it!" casey begged his friend, april heard his smack against the far wall and focused harder, then grew aware that mikey was standing over her.

"Come on april, you can do this." he said, "i know you can do this." she could feel the youngest turtle's mind spinning in fear and confusion, but the most prominent emotion was hope, she grabbed his three fingered hand.

"Mikey focus." she whispered, "we have to work together." Mikey seemed confused but closed his eyes and focused on breaking through the barrier inside his older brother's mind.

C'mon raph, you can do this.

April could sense that mikey's mind was powerful, she'd sensed it when they were trying to save him from the tiny aliens, but had remained silent for his sake, now it seemed he realized his mental ability. They broke through and saw the inside of Donnie's mind, he was frozen in fear as he controlled himself, zarr narron egging him on. His eyes met hers.

"April!" he shouted, "april help! Mikey…?"

"Get out of here!" zarr narron shrieked, "how did you get here?" April focused her energy to smite the alien being, but she sent up a shield. "Donatello." the alien crooned, "your father attempts to escape."

"Donnie! No!" Mikey shouted, running forward, april lunged for the young turtles arm, but he dodged and ran past zarr narron somehow, the alien turned as Mikey wrapped his arms around Donnie's neck. "Come on donnie." hope flashed off the younger turtle like fireworks, "you can defeat her." Donnie smiled at the younger turtle and returned the embrace. Zarr narron shrieked and disappeared in a flash, April felt a horrible feeling of foreboding. They woke from their meditative trance as donnie fell from where he'd been floating in the air, leo caught him.

"Don?"

"Leo." Donnie croaked, "she...she left, she's gone, but raph...oh no." they all turned to raph who was rising further into the air, his face a mix of panic and anger.

"Curse you Donatello!" he shouted, "what happened to us? We were closer than we'd ever been! You ruined it!"

"Raph!" Casey shouted, "raph come on!" the hotheaded turtle spun.

"Casey?" uncertainty entered his voice, "casey what the shells going on?"

"Raph!" april shouted, "you have to let me enter your mind!"

"Never!" he spat, and raised his hand, april felt mikey rise into the air from beside her.

"No!" she yelled, but mikey didn't shout in terror, he looked down at april.

"April," he said, "how did i do that? In donnie's head? It was like, i'm strong, but i'm not as strong as raph."

"Yes you are!" Leo shouted, "April what the shell is going on?"

"I'll explain later." April sighed, she could feel herself getting tired, but she couldn't let raph get hurt, she knew exactly how he felt.

"Later." raph scoffed, "mortals think time is nothing! A few seconds, just a minute, you have no idea what time is!"

"Raph!" Mikey shouted, "I know zarr narron is controlling you!" april furrowed her brow, "but i also know you would never hurt me!"

"Silence!" Raph snarled, but he seemed worried, "you never understood me Mikey!"

"You called me mikey." the freckle faced turtle said triumphantly, "so she doesn't have that big of a hold on you." then his face fell, "but that means…"

"Raph." Leo said, "raph come on!"

"I'm done with you leonardo." Raph snarled, landing heavily on the ground, "just let me go!"

"Raph." April said firmly, "i want to ask you something." raph looked confused, but turned. "What was the last thing you said before you were…'cleansed' when i was possessed?

"Remember…." raph's eyes widened and he dropped to his knees, clutching his head, "donnie…" tears streamed down his cheeks with the exertion, then he tilted his head back and screamed. Mikey jumped back, having fallen to the ground, and april walked forward, concentrating, zarr narron rose out of the terrapins body and shrieked at her.

"What have you done?"

"Saved my friends!" april shouted back, raising her hand, zarr narron dissipated in a bright flash and april ran to raph's side. "Raph, are you ok?" he moaned, and opened his eyes.

"April!" he gasped, "april, it's not your fault." april was taken aback.

"What?"

"Raph, it's ok." leo soothed, kneeling beside him, "she's gone." donnie helped raph sit up and their eyes connected, his mouth twitched.

Donnie realized with a start that their telepathic link had survived the invasion of an alien mind.

You ok?

Do you have to ask?

The olive skinned turtle smiled at his brother and helped him stand.

"Of course i don't have to ask." he said aloud, "but i want to."