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I can't hear anything but the fire laughing in my ear, but I know I am screaming.

Waves of pain rolled down my body, my skin is melting away. I can feel the fire digging into me, taking layer after layer out. It continued to eat through my flesh, working its way into muscles. It tingles and cuts deep into me, determined to met my bones. The pain demands a scream and rips it from my throat. I could feel the fire and smoke in my mouth.

I can't see anything, I don't know if it is because of the blinding torment, or the fire. I continue to scream in agony, no longer caring if the fire rushed down to seize my body from the inside. No longer caring if the black smoke ate at my lungs. I can't feel the separation between my body and the flames, In fact I feel nothing but pain. I think nothing, but pain.

Suddenly, fire around me begins to fade away and my I see a blobs standing above me. what? where's the fire? What's going on? Am I being saved?

I feel something strong wrapped around me, holding me. I blink in confusion.

"Mikey?" I hear Leo's voice and I snap my head up. Where is he? Is he okay? I can't see him! Oh Leo! Help me. My eyes start to readjust and I open my mouth to call out to Leo, my voice is thick and hoarse. It hurts to speak.

"Fire"

was that me? was that my voice? Even though the fire is gone now, the feeling is still there. Annoyed that I wasn't paying attention to it, pain lashed out and my entire body went stiff with a burning sensation. It's too much. It hurts too much!pain. pain. Please, stop this.

"FIRE...FIRE...FIRE...FIRE...FIRE... FIRE...FIRE" I began to chant over and over.

Fire. Burning. Pain.

I can't see the fire but I can still feel it. For the first time, I actually hear myself screaming but I can't feel it come from me. The sound was somewhat soothing, it was better then the hiss of the fire. My brain then flashed with white blinding agony, it caved into the pain. The ringing of my screams blasted through my head, as the world went black.

I opened my eyes and gasped

"FIRE!"

I heard feet rush towards me and arms hugging me tightly. I winced in pain.

"It's okay Mike, there is no fire."

"D-Donnie?" I look around me and I see Don's lab. What happened? I look down at my body, expecting to see my flesh burned and eaten away. I stare at my skin, it is perfectly normal.

Except, I still feel the burns. I can feel it throbbing everywhere on my skin. I look up at my brother and hear the panic rising in my voice.

"What happened? What's going on? Why am I not...burnt? or heck, how am I alive?"

"You were in the kitchen and you just started ...flipping out. Leo came to get me and all of a sudden we heard you screaming. You ran into the living room and started to roll on the floor and were screaming out in pain. They were agonizing...Mike I've never heard anyone scream like that." Donnie looked away, fear for me still glistening in his brown eyes. I felt a punch of guilt through my stomach. Donnie looked back to me and cleared his throat, "Raph and Leo had to restrain you while I tried to help, you couldn't hear or even see me. You were moving and fighting imaginary...well...fire I guess." I winced at the word and felt a flame dance on me. I looked down at my body again but saw nothing.

"It was weird." he continued, "Your heart rate was erratic and you were burning hot. My guess was that you were hallucinating."

I stared at Donnie hard. I heard what he said, but I felt like it went through one ear and out the other. Fire. It was so real. I can still feel the pain. It wasn't blinding white pain anymore, just a throbbing burning sensation, but it was still there. It had to have been real. But when I look at my body, It's fine. It hurt so bad, it still does. I felt my breathing hitch and I hiccup. Suddenly I am crying. The warm tears hurt as they leak out of eyes and run down my face, but I can't stop.

Warm arms wrapped around me again and held me tight. My body stiffened as his arms dug into my already burning skin, but I wanted to be held this time. The fear was pouring out of me in the shape of sobs. And I wanted my brother to wipe those fears away.

"It was real Don, It was." I sobbed out but Donnie just shook his head. "L-Leo was also being b-burned and I-"

"Leo is fine, we are all fine. Mikey, I don't know whats going on with you but we will help you okay? All of us." Donnie's words were soothing, but I could feel the uneasiness in the pit of my stomach.

Whats happening to me?

I let out another scream, this one wasn't because of the agonizing pain, but because of the frustration and fear. Donnie just held me as I sat there sobbing and screaming into his arms. He whispered small reassurance to me but I didn't believe him. I wanted to believe him. I know the truth.

It was real. It happened. I can feel my body still burning, I'm not on fire anymore, but my skin is pulsing with pain. My brain is still trapped under all that fear. I can feel the black smoke tarring my lungs and break my breathing. I can smell the smoke tickling my nose, the smell makes me want to gag. I can still hear the laughter of fire in the distance, mocking my sobs.

It was real. It is real.

so I scream.

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