"Still no change?" Mikey asks, his voice barely above a whisper, as I walk in. My gaze immediately goes to my youngest brother. I'm met by a hopeful, yet cautious expression, and I knew exactly what it meant, Mikey was hoping for some good news about Raph, if something had changed.

But it hadn't.

Raph was still unresponsive in another room, dad and Don with him in case he'd wake up. The doctors assured us he would probably wake up, but still, they weren't confident to assure us he'd wake no matter what. He passed out pretty much the moment the doctors wheeled him into the hospital.

But right now it had already been a day since we rescued both Mikey and Raph,

I sigh, slowly shaking my head.

"No change, he hasn't woken up" I mutter, walking over to the chair next to Mikey's bed and sitting down. "They said he'd be okay, stop worrying so much" I continue in a whisper, reaching out and placing a hand on Mikey's shoulder, but just as expected almost, he seemed unresponsive to the touch.

He didn't even flinch, or shy away from it, much less react to it in the first place.

"Zucco?" He asks, voice small and I almost flinch at the question.

"Locked up, just like Kevin." I state, looking at my youngest brother. There were visible bruises all over his body, even more visible with the hospital gown he was currently wearing. The light blue in contrast with the dark patches on his skin, shaped in handprints from the guy who…

I shook my head, I really didn't want to think about it. But yet, the evidence was right in front of me. Not just the bruises, or the gown but also the hospital bed he was currently lying in, or the fact that his eyes were red from all the crying. From both the crying, and the ruptured vessels.

I was about to open my mouth when the door opened, a doctor walking inside. Immediately we both tensed up significantly, I could see the muscles in Mikey's body tighten but I only focused on the woman in front of me.

"Are you Mikey's doctor?" I ask with a slight frown and the doctor, a middle aged woman, smiled kindly.

"I am" She says, but the glance towards Mikey didn't go unnoticed, the concerned and worried gaze, the look of pity Mikey always hated so much. She walked over to the bed, touching the chart that was on the end of Mikey's bed, comparing it with the own board she was carrying.

She looks down again, writing down something on the chart before focusing on the one she had in her hands.

"Your test results came back, should we wait for you father?" She asks, glancing at Mikey and me simultaneously, but I shook my head.

"You can tell us" I say sternly, glancing at Mikey for a moment but he nods as well, obviously wanting to know what was happening to him, and what damage he had done, or rather, what kind of damage was done to him during his capture. What Zucco and that one man had accomplished.

"So I treated you yesterday, you had some tearing in your colon but that will heal if you allow yourself to rest, and continue taking antibiotics" She started, waiting for a few seconds. "You should probably use moist paper towels to avoid irritating it, and use non-scented soap." Mikey nods numbly, glancing at me.

I stand up carefully, closing the small distance between us and sitting on the edge of the bed. His hand immediately snakes over to mine, and I squeeze it softly, smiling at him.

"Fortunately it doesn't seem like the man carried any diseases with him. You're all clear" She announces and I can feel the heavy weight that had been pressing on my shoulders disappear almost. I knew I couldn't be totally relieved, and I really wasn't, but hearing that he wouldn't have any long lasting damage..

I whirl around, looking at Mikey but he didn't share the same reaction. He was frowning and looking down at his sheets. I nudge him slightly, trying to get his attention. He looks up slowly, tears were in his eyes but they weren't falling yet.

"What's wrong? Aren't you happy?" I ask and he takes a shuddering breath, carefully wiping away the tears to avoid irritating his eyes even more and shakes his head.

"No.. no, I am… just-" He stops himself, taking another shuddering breath, the woman seemingly forgotten. "I didn't really expect anything else from Zucco, I would be less worth if I'd carry something" I nod numbly, knowing this already, he told us before when he just came to live with us.

But hearing him say it, so casually and yet with so much trouble, wasn't something any big brother would want to hear.

"Anything else?" I whisper, directing my gaze to the woman, who was still standing there patiently.

"Your eyes will heal in two or three weeks or so, and from what you've told me Mikey, the ruptured vessels can be a result of three things, trauma to your head, strangling or vomiting. But other factors could've contributed as well" She explained and I nod again, looking at Mikey again.

Still, it was painful to hear the story that went along with the injuries. The bruises on his throat, the man strangling him. The bandage around Mikey's head, the blunt force trauma to silence Mikey. Or the vomiting after the man had left, causing his raspy voice.

"The bruises will fade as well, you will be just fine but we do want to keep you here for another night just to monitor your health. You will probably experience pain for a week at least, but that's to be expected. Just try to avoid leaning over too much. Do you have any questions?"

But next to me Mikey shakes his head and the woman smiles gently, but directed her gaze to her communicator the minute it started ringing. She nodded, humming as a small smile appeared on her face before she turned to us again.

"Your brother is awake"

TMNT

"Raph!" Mikey croaked as he was wheeled into the room, not even caring about the significant heat difference in the room, only focused on the figure in the hospital bed. Immediately green eyes lit up, internally as excited as the youngest of the family but too tired to express it.

"Hey little bro" Raph whispers, turning his head slightly, not having the strength to move much just yet. Leo wheeled Mikey's wheelchair over to the side of Raph's bed and Mikey carefully sneaks a hand over to his older brother, squeezing it softly.

The blond frowns slightly, almost surprised at the normal temperature his older brother had, and he slowly drags his eyes upwards again. Raph was lazily watching him, seemingly catching up to Mikey's thoughts.

"I'm okay" He croaks, but concerned eyes went both ways. "How are you?"

Mikey scowls at the question, snapping his mouth shut and this time it was Raph who frowned. It wasn't a surprising reaction. Mikey was defensive because of everything that had happened, and really it was to be excepted. His doctors, from 6 months ago, had warned them about it, his psychiatrist had done so too.

He didn't trust easily, and wasn't comfortable with revealing too much of himself.

"He'll be okay" Leo cuts in, sitting on the side of the bed as Don makes way for him. The second youngest of the family walks over to the second bed in the room, sitting down next to their dad.

Raph seems satisfied with the answer for now, glancing down at Mikey's hand again and squeezing it again.

"How about you?" Leo asks and Raph looks at him.

"Hyperthermia" Raph shrugs with a lazy grin and Leo shakes his head. "They washed my abdominal cavity"

Leo frowns, turning his head around to look at Don instead. "Peritoneal lavage" He says without much hesitation. "They're also giving him warm IV fluids. They doctors will be here soon with food and to hook him up with humidified oxygen"

Raph lifts his left arm slightly, where an IV was imbedded.

"And the other thing?" Leo reminds and immediately Raph's face falls, and similar to Mikey, turns his head away. "Little brother.." Leo continues.

"He's in prison, period" Raph almost snaps but Leo immediately holds up his hands in a sign of defeat.

"Raph.. he's gone but he still hurt you. I can't image-"

"No you don't understand!" Raph suddenly snapped, glaring at his older brother. "You don't understand anything cause you were fucking raised by dad your whole life. You can't understand what that asshole did to me!"

Leo reels back slightly, but not entirely surprised. Raph had often blamed them, had pointed out the fact that the others had a good life, so they couldn't possibly tell him what to do or feel. Over the years, he did it less often but right now.. it wasn't surprising that he would pull out that excuse again.

"You're right" Leo whispers, standing up with his arms crossed over each other, back towards Raph. "I don't understand what you're going through.. " Leo turns around again, staring at his immediate younger brother.

"But I still spent 5 years with you Raph, so I do know something. And I know that something happened that we can't just ignore" Leo insists, his voice rising significantly. The oldest of the four whirls around suddenly as he feels a hand on his wrist, staring in the baby blue eyes of his youngest brother.

He didn't even need to speak right now to tell what he needed to tell. Please stop fighting.

An uncomfortable silence settled in the room and Leo walked away, sitting down on the other side of his dad. Immediately the latter wraps his arm around Leo, bringing him closer.

"It will be alright" He murmurs and Leo nods.

"I'm sorry" Raph spoke up after a long and awkward silence, causing everyone of the family to look at him. He seemed to small in the hospital bed but he was looking directly at the oldest brother of the family. Leo sighs.

"I know you are little bro" He admits and Raph relaxes just the slightest. "We know you better than to take it personal but.. it's hard on all of us. And you know we don't regret any of it, but growing up.. it was difficult, and everything that happened these last few days-" Leo stops himself, wiping away a few tears.

"I'm sorry" Raph utters again but Leo shakes his head, looking up with a sad smile on his face.

"You're such a dork" He snorts. "A big, stupid dork"

Nobody really commented any further after that, but soon after, someone knocked on the door. All five of the Hamato family whipped their heads around as a nurse walked into the small hospital room, glancing at Raph and Mikey.

"I'm really sorry but we should bring Michelangelo back to his own room, he needs treatment as well and visiting hours are far over" He declares. "2 nurses are also on their way to get Raphael his oxygen treatment"

Mikey looks up hesitantly, gazing at his family with longing eyes. All three of the members, except Raph, who Mikey wasn't looking at, immediately understood the hidden message in Mikey's look. He didn't want to be alone right now.

"I'll go with you" Don offers and Mikey scowls slightly, turning his head away but not even a second later his face softens. Don, and the rest, had known Mikey long enough now to know that he was only trying to hide the fact that he was glad Don had offered to come with him.

TMNT

2 days later

"I hope this is not too much of an inconvenience for you" Dad spoke softly, but the door immediately opened all the way.

"Of course not Yoshi, you're always welcome" Miyuki immediately spoke. I flashed a grateful smile at her, walking into my aunt's home with my 3 little brothers close behind me. It had been 3 days since we got Raph and Mikey back. Mikey had been released from the hospital yesterday after another night of observation.

Raph had to stay there for another night.

"I would not go here if I had a choice Miyuki, I am afraid my brother is still out there" Dad spoke with a soft voice, but I caught it nevertheless. Miyuki shook her head slightly, to assure dad it was alright for us to stay here, but she didn't comment on it.

"Are you sure it is Saki?" She whispers and dad takes a shuddering breath as Miyuki walks us to the living room. It was a big house in a beautiful neighbourhood somewhere around Boston. The house wasn't attached to any other house and the living room was spacious and with a lot of windows looking out over the garden.

I help Mikey over to the couch, even though he had tried multiple times to get me to stop being a 'mother hen', as he put it. I mean, sure he could still walk but I could see how stiff his movements were and the occasional hiss of pain he would let out. His wounds were still bothering him.

Raph was now using the wheelchair Mikey had been stuck in a few days ago, still considerably weak from the hypothermia and the toll it had taken on his body. Miyuki sat down on one of the chairs, watching us with slight concern. She had already seen us in the hospital but still.. she was worried about us.

"Hun had told Michelangelo about Saki's plan, to hurt me even more" Dad started and Miyuki nodded, glancing over to Mikey for a quick second.

"Adopting Raph and Mikey when you were in prison" Miyuki adds and dad nods with a sad expression on his face. I glanced sidewards as well, but Mikey had his head turn away from me.

"He is still mad that Shen had married me, but I had thought him to be perished in the fire when we fought" This time it was Miyuki who nodded, urging Yoshi to go on. "I had known he was alive ever since Shen was murdered, I recognised the wounds had been done by his blades but nobody would have believed me"

"Because even authorities had declared him dead." Miyuki adds bitterly, looking at us four again. "So he murdered my little sister out of rage, where Leo and Don were standing, let Raph and Mikey be adopted into sh-.. horrible lives and even that wasn't enough?" She cried out, still looking at us with tears in her eyes.

I sigh, but I don't say anything, not really anything I could add at this moment. We all knew the story by now. Ever since Mikey was discovered 6 months ago Dad had come clean with the story. How mom got murdered by Saki presumably, how he was framed. Mikey and Raph being adopted before dad could prove his innocence.

But also why Don and me had been anxious our whole lives, traumatised the doctors had eventually said after we found Raph. Back then dad had explained it as us being there when mom died unexpectantly, when we found Mikey we heard the true story, she was murdered. Saki's actions had affected all four of us.

I look at my dad, grimacing slightly. All five of us.

"He is mad Miyuki, he came from a violent clan and had descended into madness"

Miyuki looks at dad again, almost shyly. "You really think he will haunt you down?" She coughs a few times, clearing her throat. "You think he will come after all of you?" Dad looks at us with sorrow and guilt, before directing a nod at Miyuki.

"He cannot hide behind his puppets anymore, and now his plan has been butchered, he will not stop until he has taken his revenge"

Everyone had heard the implication behind dad's sentence. Revenge, until he has taken his revenge. Until he had killed all of us, made dad watch as he killed all of us in a twisted form of betrayal he had felt when he realised his adoptive father killed his own father, when Shen choose his brother instead.

When Yoshi was happy, with a happy family, and he was alone and presumed dead.

"That's why we cannot stay in our home Miyuki, he knows of this home, has threatened us there already." She glances at Mikey again, knowing the story of the dead mouse. "I hope he will not look here, he has never known you existed before the fire"

"You can always stay here Yoshi, I just hope the police catches this son of a bitch before he does find the house"

TMNT

So let's address the elephant in the room first. This can turn into quite a rant, so just skip it if you want. I'm pretty sure everyone saw the new design of the 2k18 turtles. I must say, I'm not surprised at all. It isn't terrible, but it's bad. I will give the show a chance in autumn of course but... I don't have high hopes. My main concern is the design. Just the bright colours scream Teen Titans Go to me, and them being so.. goofy and weirdly designed.. I guess is just a not appealing to me right now. The voice actors.. I dunno. I've grown up with the 2k3 version, and I've actively watched 3 other incarnations since then, 2k7, 2k12 and 2k14 Bay turtles. All the voices instantly clicked. These voices.. to me they just don't fit. Which is a shame because I was really looking forwards to Black April actually. I'm the whitest person you will find prob but I love ethnic diversion in media (That is if they don't change characters to black just for the sake of being black, April was originally black.. let's not speak of writers making Wally black on the Flash xD) While not very keen on the idea necessarily, I'm really interested to see the different species turning out, I don't have a problem with that. Now onto the personality differences… I take the design thing back, this is the biggest concern I have. You just don't change personality… At least that's my personal opinion. I would be stocked if they did something like 'Raph was originally the leader because Leo is too anxious to be/Leo is not fit to be atm and over the course of some episode he slowly develops, or he steps up to save his brothers' something like that. But to me it's like writing fanfiction and making them OOC, not to mention making Raph the oldest and Leo the second youngest. That's it I guess. Like I said, I will give the show a chance of course, and I hope the writing turns out to be really great for example. There are some things that I am actually quite stoked about, Mikey and Leo bonding, Mikey being an artist, April being ethnically diversed, and just keeping the fandom alive and going. And I hope everyone will give it a chance at least, but for now, I'm not convinced at all.

Now onto more positive things: the Netherlands is third with the Olympic wintergames! (Yay) We're most likely going to drop some places since we're only good at speedskating but still, consider how little our country is, and that we have no natural ice or good winters at all (Except some rare exceptions), I'm pretty proud to be Dutch right now :D

So yea, hope you guys liked the chapter! ^^ Also, cookies for the 100th review xD