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Chapter 2: Hide and Seek
Donnie typed away at his computer. His brownish red eyes glued to the bright monitor.
"So Donnie how is he?" Leo asked, leaning his hip against Donnie's desk. Donnie let out a hard sigh and gazed up at his brother with a frown.
"His body isn't stable, neither is his mind. The longer he stays in his state the shorter time we have left to cure him, if we can cure him."
"What are you saying?" Leo asked giving his younger brother a confused look.
"If we don't do something fast the aging will speed up, meaning that Mikey will eventually be no more."
Leo's eyes widened. "No more? You don't mean…."
Donnie nodded mutedly before reverting his eyes back at his computer screen. "Mikey's life will be reversed, he will disappear as if he was never born."
"What!?" Raph gasped, he was entering the lair, Mikey behind him. Mikey luckily didn't hear a word that was just spoken, he rushed over to Donnie and Leo. His big blue eyes looked up at his eldest brother and a smile pasted on his face, it tore Leo apart just imagining his baby brother gone, as if he was never born. Mikey tugged on Leo's arm. "Leo im hungry." The smallest turtle frowned. Leo frowned as well but for different reasons. He should of kept a better watch on his youngest brother, he should have been watching Mikey instead of feuding with Raph.
Leo laid his hand on Mikey's head. The two brothers stared at each other for a moment before Leo spoke. "We will get some pizza okay?"
"Pizza?" Mikey cocked his head to the side.
All three of the older brothers paused with fear. Their brother knew what pizza was, well he did before this mess happened. Donnie moved out of his chair and beside Leo. "Mikey do you know what pizza is?" He asked with a hint of fear in his voice. Leo saw and heard it in Donatello's voice. Donnie knew what he knew, Leo glanced up at Raph and saw that Raph knew as well. The orange clad turtle shook his head. "I want some worms and alge." He told.
Donnie, Leo and Raph all looked at each other then back at their little brother. Mikey frowned. "Why is everyone looking so sad?"
Silence covered the room, The older brothers were all thinking the same thing. If Mikey couldn't remember the taste of pizza, or even know what it is then he didn't know about their enemies, his brain reversed into a eight year old, when they were eight they thought nothing of pizza. There was no shredder or Kraang, only training, pranking, fighting, and just being little kids. Raph was the first to speak. His hand on Mikey's small head. "Come on Mikey, lets get you something to eat."
Mikey smiled up at Raph and jumped up and down with glee, carefree as ever. Though he was always that way. Once Mikey and Raph were gone Leo turned to Donnie. "How do we get him back?"
Donnie pinched his chin with his thumb and the side of his index finger. "Im not sure….." Donnie gazed at Leo. "Maybe if I could see how the machine works then just maybe I can forward the process, making Mikey go back to his normal age."
Leo nodded. "Then lets go."
Donnie followed Leo out of the lair and into the kitchen where the two brothers met Mikey, who was stuffing his face with food and Raph, who was reading his comic. Raph looked up from his reading to see his two brothers. "So whats up?" He asked.
"Donnie needs to see how the machine works" Leo explained.
"I can save him if I knew how it worked." Donnie added.
Raph smiled. "Then what are we waiting for! Lets do this-" He moved only a foot away from the table before Leo's hand was up, stopping him in his tracks. Raph gave his brother a confused look. Leo slung his hand to the side and spoke. "Donnie and I will go. You stay with Mikey."
Raph widened his eyes. "You are seriously not sticking me with babysitting are you!?"
Leo and Donnie grinned. Clearly amused. "Donnie's the smart one, and im the leader. So that leaves you to care for Mikey."
Raph growled. Mikey rushed up to his older brothers. "I wanna come!" he hugged Donnie's torso. "I wanna pleeeaaassseeee?"
Donnie sighed. Leo peeled Mikey off of Donnie and turned his baby brother towards him. He knelt down to meet Mikey's baby blue eyes. "Look Mikey you cant come on this trip."
"But Leoooo I don't wanna be stuck here!" Mikey whined but stopped when Leo sent a stern look at his brother.
"Michelangelo, you are in no means to leave this lair, you are safe here. Raph will watch you."
Mikey frowned, crossed his small arms and stopped his little foot. "Your mean."
Leo rolled his eyes, remembering how his little brother was at the ages of five to ten, when he didn't get his way he's throw a small fit. Donnie put a hand on Leo's shoulder, with a look from Donnie Leo got to his feet and moved out of Don's way. Donnie picked up his brother and sat Mikey on his lab table, a few feet away from his two older brothers. Donne looked at his little brother with a small smile and laid a hand on his head.
"Mikey….I need you to listen to me okay?" Donnie started, with a soft comforting voice he always used to reason with Mikey when they were younger. Mikey gazed at Donnie, no longer pouting. Right then Donnie knew he had his brother's full attention.
"Leo, and I need to some stuff-"
"But-"
Donnie silent his brother by putting his index finger onto his lips. "Mikey please….." Donnie started, he was about to lecture safety stuff to him when an idea popped into his head. A smile spread across his face. "Mikey….lets play a game."
"A game?" Mikey gasped with excitement. "What kind!"
Donnie knew how to handle his brother, after all he was the one who played with him the most. "Well your favorite of course…..hide and seek."
"Hide and seek!?" He shrieked. Donnie chuckled at the excited turtle. "But you gotta close your eyes, because your it."
Mikey did as he was instructed. Donnie grabbed Mikey's hands and covered his eyes. "Start counting now, no peeking or you wont get the reward at the end of the game."
That made Mikey more excited. Donnie let him down on the ground. He turned Mikey around to where his back was to his older brothers. The young turtle started counting. Donnie inched his way back to his older brothers. Donnie jerked his head towards the door to Leo, Leo followed and so did Raph. "Don't leave me here with him!" Raph growled.
Donnie shushed him in a stern fashion. "Just play hide and seek with him. We'll be back as soon as possible."
"Why don't you watch him Leo, your better with kids."
Leo rolled his eyes. "That kid is Mikey, and last time I checked your good at handling Mikey." He laid a hand on Raph's shoulder, his eyes looking straight into those green ones. "Im counting on you Raph…keep Mikey safe. We will be back soon."
Raph sighed as he watched his brothers venture off out and disappear into the sewers.
"Ready or not here I come!" Mikey shrieked.
Raph slapped his face with a growl of irritation. This is going to be the longest game of my life…..
