Hi! So I have be getting a couple of Mikey and Raph requests so I aim to please! I really hope you like it, I was really skeptical about this chapter but my good friend SilverExorcist405 encouraged me, so thank you!
Hope you all enjoy it c:
"You want to see a magic trick?!" Mikey exclaimed as a foot ninja ran towards him.
"Now you see him!" He ducked the flying punch and used the ninja's own momentum to toss him over his shoulder. Mikey stood up and held out his arms in performance.
"Now you don't!"
Two more Foot jump on either side of the turtle and lashed out. Mikey deflected and dodged each attempt of attack with ease and grace.
"Sorry boys! A true magician never tells his secret!" He flicked his wrist swiftly and his Nunchaku whipped out, hitting one of the black ninjas square in the face. He fell backwards and Mikey couldn't help but giggle. His snickering stopped when he sensed a blow coming from behind. He turned just as a blade was slashing down towards him. He held up one of his Nunchaku and used the chain to catch the downwards blow; the metals clanged against each other. He felt the chain give away slightly as the sword started to cut through.
"Donnie! You're Pretty," Mikey shouted towards his brother.
Donnie shoved his Bo into a Foot Ninja's gut and glanced over at his brother. Mikey twisted the chain around the sword and pulled; the katana blade was ripped out of the Foot ninja's hand.
"And I need an assistant…" His voice got higher as he spoke as if he was coaxing the genius.
Donnie smiled and shook his head at his little brother. That goofball would be in the face of death and still be cracking jokes! Don detected a sword swing through the air sideways and ducked to the ground, he felt the tails of his coat racing behind him. He spun his staff around his back and knocked the ninja off his feet.
"I am afraid you'll actually cut off my head!" Donnie joked.
Mikey stood up from his fighting stance and looked at his brother in purple fighting off a squad of black ninjas. His long jacket made his figure bulky and awkward; the frosty wind picked up and the ends flapped against his legs. Mikey put his hands on his own coat puffed hips trying to look offended, but a wide grin split his face.
"Are you doubting my magical powers? I don't think I want you as my assistant anymore, even if you are pretty!"
Donnie turned his head to retort back at his facetious brother when a black ninja creeping behind Mikey caught his eye.
"Look out!" Donnie yelled and stepped forward. Yet as the Foot lashed out, Mikey spun speedily and kicked hard at the ninja. He went flying over the pier, but he grabbed onto Mikey's jacket at the last moment. They both went plunging into the frigid ice water.
"MIKEY!" Donnie screeched.
Raph hates, no, LOATHES the winter. Not only is it freezing cold, but they have to wear stupid baggy human clothes to keep warm. It isn't too terrible, until it comes time to a fight! His movements felt slower and restricted from the hulking coat.
His breathing was heavy and his lungs were tight from the icy air he was sucking in. Sweat lined and was trapped by the jacket but his face felt the nip of frost. Not to mention his feet were practically numb!
Good thing the Foot clan were barely even a challenge. He could beat them with his eyes closed and both hands tied behind his back.
"MIKEY!" A loud shriek split through the bitter air. Raph snapped his head around instantly looking for his brother. He couldn't find him. Fear surged through him, replacing over the cold on his skin. He quickly smashed out at the foot nearest to him, turning his fear into anger and anger into power. As he continued to fight off the Foot, working hard to keep his panic down, he strained his ears to listen to the shouts of Leo and Donnie.
"Donnie what happened?"
"Fell in the water! We need to get him now, the water will freeze any muscle movement, he won't be able to swim and—"
"Donnie, just go! RAPH!" Leo shouted, giving a command with only his name yet Raph understood perfectly.
"On it!" He yells as he rams his fist into a foot's face. The ninja is knocked out immediately and the warrior side of him felt a wave of satisfaction. Raph turned away from the rest of his group and ran towards Leo and the large flock of Ninjas the he was distracting. Raph charged in with a battle cry, it made all the Foot focus on him instead of Donnie who was racing towards the bay. Leo and Raph stood close together in the middle of a black circle, keeping the attention on them. They battled back to back, using each other's movements to correlate stronger and harder attacks.
Raph wants to go after his baby brother but he can't. It infuriates the red masked turtle. He is royally pissed. It was most likely Mikey's fault, he is reckless and carelessness which leads to mistakes. He wished he saw what happened, because then he can scream at the idiot once Donnie gets him out of the water. Except under that anger is deep concern.
Donnie rushed towards the edge of the dock and leaned over. Mikey was trying to swim towards the pier but was obviously struggling. He slowly shoved past the chucks of ice and fought to keep the arctic water out of his mouth. Donnie leaned out and stretched his Bo staff towards Mikey.
"Come on Mike! You're almost there!" Donnie encouraged. Within minutes Mikey's muscles were already stressed to the point of exhaustion from the glacial water. He grabbed onto the staff and Donnie towed him towards the dock. He put down his Bo and seized Mikey's coat, heaving the frozen turtle on the landing. Mikey was shivering violently; his breathing was fast and heavy and his eyes looked confused and afraid.
Donnie quickly peeled the soaking clothes off his brother and shoved them to the side. The coat would only enhance his plight. Donnie ripped his own jacket off and wrapped it around his brother, drying him off and trying to warm him. He checked his heart rate and it was beating rapidly.
"C-c-ol-ld." Mikey slurred through chattering teeth.
"I know Mikey, don't speak." Donnie whispered.
Raph came running up to them, anger oozing out.
"Is he alright?" he growls roughly. Don didn't even glance at his older brother as he observed Mikey and took in the symptoms.
"He is showing signs of mild hypothermia." Don said.
"Well shouldn't we, I don't know, try to warm him up!?" Raph snaps. Donnie glared at him.
"Yeah, add that to information I already know Raph," Donnie sassed back. "We need to get him to the lair as quick as possible. It will be easier to raise his body heat when we get out of the wind and air." Donnie said hurriedly as Leo joined the rest of his brothers, a pile of unconscious foot ninjas behind him. Raph acted first and picked up Mikey, carrying him bridal style. Mikey instantly and instinctively turned towards his brother looking for warmth.
They broke out into a run.
"Hey, keep your eyes open!" Raph exclaimed as he looked at Mikey in his arms.
"Hypothermia symptoms include exhaustion, don't worry he will be fine!" Donnie reassured in a mechanical voice that just pissed Raph even more. How could he act so calm? Or was Raph just over reacting?
"Stay with me bro." Raph whispered to his shivering little brother.
Mikey was still shivering when Raph walked into the lab. Donnie was leaning against the counter and turned his head when the door opened. He was keeping a constant vigil on Mikey to monitor breathing, body temperature, and to keep him awake. Mike had a couple of blankets wrapped around him, mostly close to his head, neck and chest. A hot cup of tea that Leo made for him was sitting on his right. The hot head despised seeing him tremor so viciously. Raph walked up to his genius brother.
"How is he doing?" Raph whispered. Donnie glanced at him and shrugged.
"His body temperature is still low but he is making a swift recovery. Other than that I don't know, ask him yourself." Donnie was subtly letting Raph know he could talk to his baby brother.
"Is there anything more we can do to help him warm up?" Raph wondered. Donnie sighed and was thinking about what else they could do.
"Not really. Warm blankets and drinks, he needs to keep his chest warm and he needs to keep shivering."
Raph looked confused,
"Keep shivering?"
"Yes, it is the body's natural response to warm up. If he wasn't shivering then we would be in deep trouble. It is a bad sign if he can't heat his own body; it would mean he was in a dangerous state of hypothermia." Donnie explains.
"So he's not in a dangerous state?" Raph asked. Donnie smiled reassuringly at his older brother, he may act tough but he's a big old softy deep down…okay maybe deep deep down.
"He will be back to his mischief soon enough!" Don assured. Raph smirked at the thought and turned towards Mikey. He stood in front of the ice cold turtle, feeling awkward.
"How are you bro?" Raph asked. Even trembling and miserable, Mikey still managed a weak and wobbly smile through his chattering teeth.
"L-Leo is ma-ma-making me drink t-tea."
Raph gave a short chuckle; Mikey isn't too fond of tea. But then he frowned as he noticed the exhaustion in his brother's face. Donnie wouldn't let him sleep but Raph couldn't really remember why. He felt the anger rush through him again.
He knew Mikey wasn't paying the closest of attention in the fight and that it was partly his felt he fell into the water, there is no doubt about that he was mad about it; but he was also irritated that his brother couldn't be comfortable.
He glanced at Donnie and the brilliant turtle seemed to read his mind. Don nodded tersely once but said, "Just be gentle…oh and don't rub his limbs!"
Raph nodded and carefully sat next to Mikey. He put the blankets aside for a second and lifted him up slowly and easily, putting his baby brother in his lap. He then rewrapped the blankets around both of them gently, encasing the body heat. Mikey's legs were sprawled out in front of him out of the blankets but the rest of him was neatly tucked in Raphs arms.
"I-I thought y-you s-sa-said b-body he-at d-did-didn't work." Mikey observed to Donnie.
"Not quite what I said, it's just that one has to be careful when dealing with a hypothermic patient. We can't rub your limbs and we should probably stay away from heating your legs, but body heat can help if someone is gentle." Donnie explained. It grew quiet after that. Only the sounds of Mikey's chattering teeth and harsh breathing filled the silence. Every shiver stabbed at Rap's heart and infuriated him.
"Donnie, why don't you go get coffee or something, you look tired." Raph announced, breaking the stillness.
Donnie opened his mouth to protest until Raph quickly interrupted,
"I'll keep an eye on him and I will call you if anything goes wrong."
Don gazed at his hot headed brother and then sighed. Coffee was a splendid idea.
"Fine. Coffee does sound nice right now; I'll be back in a minute." Donnie finally moved from his position and left the lab. It grew quiet yet again.
"Aw, i-is-n't th-this c-c-cute!" Mikey stuttered.
"Don said don't talk."Raph murmured as he ignored the last statement.
"W-when ha-have you ev-ever listened t-t-to D-Donnie?"
"Since he's started saying smart things like 'Mikey shouldn't talk'" Raph grinned.
"Y-You kn-now t-that's i-im-impossible!" Mikey snuggled closer into his brother. Raph just squeezed him slightly.
"A-are you m-mad?" Mikey asked softly.
"Yes, but everything makes me mad." Raph replied quickly and without emotion.
"T-that's n-not tr-true."
Raph looked surprised but felt an odd sense of joy. He hated when people only thought of him as the hothead. He knows his temper and anger get out of control, but that's not all there is to him. Sometimes he feels that his brothers often forget that.
"Y-you're sc-scared too." Mikey said. Raph clenched his jaw unsure what to say. Mikey always has had a gift with people and emotions. He could read feelings like Donnie could read equations. It was a language to him; it was a talent that Raph often envied. Even when masking feelings Mikey could figure it out. Maybe that's how he knows how to cheer up the entire room. Maybe that's how he knows how to make Raph's day better. However, it makes him uncomfortable. Even though he hates being deemed as the "angry turtle", it has some perks. It makes it easier to hide what he really feels because he can transform his emotions into anger. He would rather not be confronted with the truth behind the fiery temperament.
Except at that moment, he couldn't find it in his heart to lie, to hide behind his irate masks.
"Yes, I was." Raph finally admitted and emphasized the 'was'.
"N-no.Y-you still a-are."
Raph glanced at his brother who curled up in his arms and sighed.
"A little."
"D-don't w-worry. I wouldn't d-die on y-you yet, I s-still h-ha-have a few p-pranks u-up my sleeve." A smile cracked on his face. The tension in the air snapped in half and it took Raph a second to recollect himself.
"On second thought, maybe we should push ya back in that water." Raph muttered.
"I w-would d-die an-and then h-haunt y-your ass." Mikey giggled and Raph couldn't help but laugh. Mikey rarely, if ever, cussed. It was surprising but he kind of liked it, it sounded like something the sarcastic hothead would say. Maybe Leo was right, maybe he was a bad influence on the little squirt!
"Haunt me huh? You know, I'm sure I can give you just as much body heat by sitting on you!"
"Maybe….b-but you'd have t-to face t-the w-wrath of Donnie!"
"I think he'd encourage me." Raph said and felt the corners of his mouth tilt upwards again.
"T-traitors."
Raph's lips finally broke into a wide smirk and Mikey gave a tired smile back. Mikey snuggled into Raph's warmth. He was starting to feel better already. It felt nice to cuddle into his brother; he normally doesn't show affection in this manner. Showing affection was a rare occasion for the red banded turtle.
"Raph, t-thank y-you." Mikey quivered and sunk deep into his brother's heat.
"Anything for you little bro." Raph tightened his hold in a protective manner.
"A-anything? Aw y-you do c-care!" Mikey teased.
"Sh, don't tell the others!" Raph winked.
Mikey giggled.
Tis all folks! Until next chapter c;
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