Here's part two. I only hope you guys enjoy reading this as much as I enjoy writing it. :)

Mind games Pt. 2

Leo

Leo furrowed his brow. "What do you mean, Mikey?"

"I am NOT MIKEY!" Mikey insisted, impatience creeping into his voice.

Leo raised an eyebrow. "Okay…" he said slowly, as if playing along at a game. "Then… if you're not Mikey, who are you?"

"Your father." Mikey said frankly, standing up and dusting himself off.

"So… you mean like Master Splinter?"

"Yes, I mean like Master Splinter! Hamato Yoshi, your father. Somehow I got into Michelangelo's body."

They all stared at him for a few moments, then Donnie spoke. "I think he's delusional."

Ara nodded slowly. "That bullet must have done more damage than we thought."

"I am NOT DELUSIONAL!" Mikey's hands flew up into the air, then locked behind his back as he paced back and forth. They all stood up slowly as he began to mutter to himself. "How can I make them believe me? Delusional, pah! To think that I have lived to see the day my students call me 'delusional'!"

That was when Leo noticed something. Though Mikey's voice had remained practically the same, it now had a slight accent to it, just like Master Splinter's. This wasn't a game. He really thought he was their sensei. Leo approached his brother slowly and put a gentle hand on his shoulder to stop him from pacing. His brother turned to him, his eyes frantic. Leo moved his other hand so that he was grasping both Mikey's shoulders. "We're gonna get you home, okay, Mik…" Mikey gave him a dangerous look, and he switched mid-sentence. "Okay, uh, Master Splinter?"

Mikey looked into his eyes for a few moments, then sighed, his expression softening. He fixed Leo with a fatherly look, which is a little unsettling coming from your little brother. "I can tell you still do not believe me. Very well, I will try another tactic. Ara, your father had a small, star-shaped birthmark behind his left ear. Would Mikey know that?" Ara stared at him, her jaw dropping. "And you told me that one time you had a nightmare that Raph was a coconut."

Raph blinked. "I'm a WHAT?!"

Ara ignored him. "How…" She gestured to Mikey, who smiled and kept talking.

"Leo, when you asked me how I chose you as leader, I said it was because you had asked. Do I need to go on?"

They all looked at him quizzically for a few moments, then Leo managed, "umm, could you excuse us for a moment?" Upon Mikey's… Splinter's? nod, he pulled the rest of the team back a ways and formed a huddle. "What do you guys think?"

There was a moment of silence, and then Donnie spoke. "You guys are going to think I'm crazy, but I believe him. Those guns had BRAINS on them. It hit him right in the back of head, and he's not even hurt. They obviously have a different purpose besides physical harm. It made Mikey switch minds with Master Splinter."

Leo nodded. "If that's the case, we better get home. That would mean Mikey is…"

He paused, and Ara's eyes widened. "Sewer bunnies. You're right. This is NOT good."

Raph rolled his eyes. "I for one think he's either joking or crazy. C'mon, guys! This sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, not real life!"

Donnie crossed his arms over his chest. "This is coming from a giant talking mutant turtle."

Raph glared at him, and Leo quickly spoke before things could get ugly. "Okay, okay, let's put it to a vote. I vote he really is Splinter."

"Me too." Ara chimed.

Donnie nodded. "And me."

"I vote that you're all crazy." Raph snapped.

"Okay, three yeses and one no." Leo counted. "No matter what, we'll know for sure when we get home. Let's get a move on." Leo turned to the orange ninja and called out, "We better get home."

He nodded. "I know." They all headed for the nearest manhole, but Mi…Splinter grabbed ahold of Raph's arm as he passed by, flipping him onto his stomach and twisting his arm painfully behind his back. Raph yelped, and Splinter let go, a satisfied look on his face. Raph irritably made a swipe at his head as he rose, but Splinter caught the hand and flipped Raph onto his back. Leo looked on in amazement as the freckled ninja chuckled before dropping easily through the manhole. The rest followed his lead, Leo pulling the cover in place after him. Mikey leading the way, the turtles hurried through the sewers towards the lair.

Leo noticed a gun in Donnie's hands as they walked. "What's that?"

Donnie looked up from examining it. "A brain gun. I dug it out of one of the vans. It could be useful."

Leo nodded. "True. Be careful with it. I don't want that thing going off."

They reached the lair in record time, slowly slinking into the den. It was absolutely quiet. "Hello?" Leo called out hesitantly. It was a stupid thing to say, but what else was there? Absolute silence greeted his call. "Um…anybody home?"

"I'M home!" They all jumped into the air as a giant rat leaped into the room. "GUYS, GUYS, YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE THIS! I'M MASTER SPLINTER! I'M MASTER SPLINTER! I have whiskers! And hair!" The huge, once-dignified rat began jumping up and down in excitement. "And a tail! I have a TAIL! This is SO AWESOOOOOMEE!" The rat's voice remained the same, so it really looked like their sensei had hit his head. Hard.

"MICHELANGELO!" Splinter bellowed, somehow managing to get a good deal of authority into his new voice.

The rat froze mid-jump, staring at Splinter. "Woah! It's me!"

"Actually, you two switched minds," Leo informed him.

"Sweet!" Mikey was suddenly seized with giddiness again, and he began to do cartwheels around the room, giggling the entire time. "Best. Day. EVER!"

Splinter sighed and shook his head. He trudged to the training room entrance. "Michelangelo, may I speak with you for a moment?"

"Oh. Right." The giant rat leapt up and trotted to the training room after him.

There was a moment of silence after the pair disappeared, then Leo said, "he's sure taking this well."

Ara snorted. "That's putting it mildly."

Leo turned to Raph. "I hate to say I told you so…"

"Then don't. Donnie, let's zap 'em with the gun already."

Donnie shook his head, hugging the brain gun protectively to his chest. "We are NOT zapping them with the gun… at least, not yet. I want to study it first. If we just shoot them without knowing how it works, we'll most likely just mess things up more."

"Oh, come on, Donnie! I don't want a giant rat for a brother! Stop being so cautious and GIVE ME THE GUN!"

"No! Think, Raph! We don't want to…" Raph reached forward, swiping at the gun. Donnie jerked it back, only to have Raph make another grab. This time he managed to snatch up the end of the gun. "Raph! Stop it, NOW!" Donnie yanked the gun back again, accidentally squeezing the trigger and sending a sparkling golden bullet barreling into Raph's face.

Raph stumbled back with a gasp, clutching his head before collapsing into a limp heap on the floor. Leo rushed up beside his fallen brother, but just as before, nothing seemed wrong. His breathing rate and pulse were good, and his face looked just like normal. Assured that Raph was more or less fine, Leo let himself groan. "Great. Juuust great."

Donnie and Ara crept up beside him. "Man, Leo. I didn't mean to…"

"I know." Leo held up a hand to silence Donnie. "It was an accident. He was being an impulsive hothead."

"I wonder who HE is now," Ara murmured.

"Well, we'll find out soon enough," Leo sighed tiredly. The words hadn't even fully left his mouth when Raph's eyes shot open. Leo reached forward. "Raph! I mean, who are y…" Without warning, Raph lunged forward and punched him in the nose. Leo saw stars, and he struggled to stay conscious. That was a good punch. No, not good, excellent. Who was this guy? Leo rubbed his face, shaking the stars from his vision.

Raph, or whoever he was, had already leapt up and was looking down at himself in horror. "I am a TURTLE!?" Raph growled out, his voice dripping with disgust. He grabbed the nearest living thing to him, which happened to be Donnie, and pinned him to the floor. "How did this happen to me? Speak!" He drew a sai and pressed the blade against Donnie's neck.

Donnie only had time to squeak in alarm before Ara crashed into Raph, shoving him off Donnie and pinning HIM down. "Who are you?" Leo heard her hiss out as she lifted a fist threateningly.

Raph chuckled, not even bothering to struggle against the hold. "What? You haven't figured it out, Asato Ara?" he said the last words slowly, rolling them around in his mouth before spitting them out. Leo saw Ara's eyes widen in horror. "Still don't know? Well perhaps THIS will remind you!" In one movement, Raph broke away from the hold and punched Ara in the face so hard that she went reeling across the room. She would have slammed into the hard stone of the wall, but Donnie dove and caught her just in time.

With an outraged roar, Leo fell upon Raph, catching him off-guard and knocking him out cold with a single, well-aimed punch. He turned and knelt beside Ara. "You okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm…I'm fine," Ara mumbled, bringing a hand to her face and wincing as she brushed the already-bruising injury. "At least I didn't get a bloody nose this time."

This time. Leo suddenly remembered the dried blood on Ara's face when they had rescued her. He had punched her before, the dirty… his fists clenched, and he made himself think of something else. "Are you okay, Donnie?" Donnie nodded, rubbing his throat as he gazed at the still form of his red-banded brother.

"What about you?" Ara asked. Leo suddenly became aware of the throbbing in his face.

"Oh, he didn't punch me that hard," he lied, rubbing his nose. He was glad it wasn't a human nose, or it would probably be broken.

"So, he's…" Donnie looked at Raph.

Ara nodded, voicing the name that had been on all of their minds. "Shredder."