Disclaimer: I have nothing to my name… Especially not TMNT.
Title: TMNT:
Rating: T+
Genre: Family/Friendship
Pairing(s): None
Summary: Mikey went missing several months ago, and his brother find him…. But, as a Foot ninja! When they 'rescue' him, they find that Michaelangelo has zero-memory of his past. Can this indecisive, quiet, shy, stuttering ex-soldier really be their brother? Can they bring back Mikey's memory? Can they deal with the extra, mutant 'baggage' Mikey brings along?
Chapter four
"I don't get it – how can Sha–Mikey be a beast in battle, then a stuttering shy-guy the rest of the time?" Raph asked Don; they and Leo were in Donnie's lab, after Leo had carefully checked everywhere to make sure Mikey wasn't hiding somewhere near them to overhear them.
"Yeah; no memories or not, how is it he acts like this?" Leo asked, arms crossed in front of his chest.
"Well, every person has a unique personality; identical twins can even be polar opposites. Often, a personality has a lot to do with environment and experiences."
"Still, every person has a constant, right?" Leo questioned.
"That is very questionable," Don answered "So far I have a hard time finding similarities between Mikey and…. Sharp."
"I saw one." Raph answered "Mike's love of furballs. I made a suggestion for the vicious furball that follows him around, and Mikey practically bit my head off!"
"You suggested she be put to sleep." Leo reminded him.
"Yeah, but still; it's like he don't get jokes or sarcasm!" Raph said. "I mean…. I don't get it, how can he be Mikey?"
"Because, from what he told me, the Foot does things way differently than we do." Don responded "His 'beginning' was different than growing up with us. He didn't have a loving family, no one to rely or depend on but himself. All he currently knows is the rules of the Foot clan."
"More reason to skin the Shredder alive." Raph growled. "Takin' one of our own and making him into one of his cronies…. The fucker."
"Don," Leo cut off Raph's soon-to-be piss rant "how long do you think it will be before Mikey regains his memory?"
"Sadly, probably never." Don replied; getting shocked glances from his brothers "If he never regained in the months he was with the Foot clan, the likelihood of him ever regaining memories is very slim."
"Fuck!" Raph swore and punched a wall "Can't you fix it?"
"Fix it? !" Don narrowed his eyes at the suggestion "Raph, science can only do so much. I'm not a doctor! I can't operate on his brain; that would be extremely dangerous and would do more harm than good. All we really can do is hope and pray he somehow remembers, and if he doesn't, we hope and pray he can get normal after a while."
"There's nothing we can do? !" Leo asked, his hands clenched into fists.
"We can be there for him." Don replied, hoping it would sink in.
"Shit; I think Sharp pisses me off more than Mikey ever did." Raph mumbled, partly to himself.
"He's still Mikey! He just doesn't remember is all." Don tried to explain; but Raph was already leaving.
Don sighed as Leo left too. Why is it no matter what he said, they didn't understand?
"Raphael!" Sharp asked as he approached his brother in the red mask; he hoped he didn't get his brothers mixed up again, but he must have gotten it right this time because Raphael turned to him in acknowledgement.
"What?" Raphael asked gruffly.
"Why does t-this cat keep f-following me?" He asked, pointing at the orange cat that always followed him around.
"Because Klunk is your cat, bro." Raphael, sounding suddenly bitter "You adopted him during Christmas when you helped those orphans."
Sharp furrowed his ridged in confusion "I don't re-remember…." He said.
"Isn't that too fucking bad!" Raphael suddenly roared at him, rearing up; Sharp didn't reel back in fear, though he was afraid somewhat on the inside. Glaring at him, Raphael left.
"W-Was it something I s-said?" He asked himself sadly; Master Splinter, Leonardo and Donatello were nice enough to him, but Raphael didn't seem to like him.
"Wass wrong Sharp?" Fluffy asked as she trotted to his side; even here in a place full of friendly others, Fluffy still stuck to his side only.
"Raphael doesn't like me; just like the other Foot ninja." Sharp sighed and walked away to sulk in the shadows. Fluffy frowned; it was going to be one of 'those' days where her tricks wouldn't cheer her friend up.
"Poor Sharp….. The red turtle is a meanie." Fluffy said to herself; the purple turtle had answers to everything, maybe he knew why. Fluffy ran over to the purple turtles lab; they all kept trying to get her to walk on her hind-legs like a 'normal person' but she preferred to walk on all fours.
"Purple!" Fluffy called to the turtle with the purple mask; he turned to her.
"Fluffy, for the last time, my name is Donatello." Purple told her, but she ignored that; their names were too long to remember.
Fluffy prodded over to him and stood on her hind-legs to get her hands on her lap; she had to look up at him, it sucked to be a five-year-old the height of a two-year-old. "Why doesn't Red like Sharp?" She asked.
"What do you mean?" Purple asked.
"Red is really mean – he keeps stepping on my tail, grabbing me by the scruff and calling me a furball. And he yells at Sharp a lot, why is he so mean?" She asked.
Purple sighed and shook his head "It's not that Raph's mean, and he really does love Mikey, trust me. It's just…. Raph always deals with things different than we do. He missed Mikey a lot while he was gone, and when he came back different…. Raph just isn't sure how to react to this situation, he's just venting his frustration."
Fluffy didn't understand most of what Purple just said. But to some degree, she understood that Red was moody because Sharp was different.
"What did Sharp used to be like?" Fluffy asked.
"Well…." Purple thought "He was…. Irritating, a lot of the time. His hobbies included slacking off, making bad puns, and pranking us all. He talked a lot and wasn't very serious…." Fluffy frowned; that didn't sound anything like Sharp "But at the end of the day, he kept our spirits up, he was there for us….. He may have been annoying sometimes, but he cared about everyone." There was a sad look in Purples eyes, and it made Fluffy sad to see that.
"He still does," Fluffy told him "Back there," by 'there' she meant the Foot "he cared about me. No one else did; the other ninja's kept throwing me out of windows and telling me to leave."
Purple frowned "I never asked, Fluffy, where did you come from?"
Fluffy thought for a while; she could only remember being in there, stealing food and wondering around trying to entertain herself before Sharp came, but she thought hard and could remember something.
"I came from a tube like Sharp did. The people in white kept poking me with sharp things." She recalled, Purple had a worried look on his face.
"Uh…. Well, I'd like to learn more about your physiology, is that okay with you." Purple proposed. Fluffy didn't quite understand what he meant, but she had a feeling she wasn't quite going to like it.
"I don't know….." She trailed off.
"I'll give you peanut butter." Purple added.
"Deal!" Fluffy squealed and jumped around.
Sharp heard someone approaching the 'Lair' and hid in the shadows, out of habit and paranoia. He listened intently; three sets of footsteps, one of them the distinct pattern of Leonardo and the other was unknown, but the third was sort of familiar. There was the sound of crinkling plastic.
"Thanks for helping bring the groceries down guys." Leonardo said.
"No problem Leo, and besides, you know we're intent on seeing Mikey!" A womans voice said, sounding happy.
"Yeah, how is he anyways?" A male voice asked, it was also familiar "We churned the big apple up looking for him! He better have a good excuse for dropping off the face of the planet."
"About that….." Leonardo trailed off "Mikey get out here!" he called.
Sharp glanced from the shadows and slowly trotted out towards the three shyly; the man and woman looked happy to see him. The woman had bright red hair and green eyes, while the man had black hair and blue eyes…..
Blue eyes like….
Sharp connected it in his head; he remembered the pattern of footsteps, and the voice; he could picture a hockey mask on the man immediately….
"Mikey!" The woman cried in joy, though her eyes were stuck on his arm in a sling while his stayed glued on the man.
The man grinned "Hey Mi -!"
Sharp shot at him; his three-fingered hand from his uninjured arm wrung around the mans throat and he drove him back to the wall, where he slowly raised him and slammed him against the wall a few times.
"Vigilante!" Sharp hissed; oh finally, he had been waiting for a chance to get another crack at the Vigilante; who had harassed him and his squadrons during missions. He had a particular dislike for him because of a bad fight….
"Michaelangelo!" He heard Leonardo yell and attempt to pry him off of the Vigilante, whose face was turning blue. He heard the woman scream; soon, Raphael ran into the room and with him helping Leonardo, he was pried from the Vigilante, who gasped and panted for breath.
"What the hell is wrong with you!" Raphael demanded; he grabbed Sharp's shoulders and shook him fiercely for emphasis.
Sharp pointed at the Vigilante in accusation "The Vigilante!" He said "He had attacked me and my squad! He shot me!" During that fight, he had been facing off against the Vigilante during a deal between the Foot and the Purple dragons, one of the dragons had dropped a gun and the Vigilante picked it up and shot him in the leg because all of his sports-equipment/weapons had been broken.
"W-What…? Mike?" The woman trailed off, shocked.
Leonardo quickly explained the situation.
"Wait…" The Vigilante said and studied Sharp, his eyes narrowed "You were Sharp?" He was a loss for words all of a sudden.
"That's right, and I'll get you back for burying that slug in my leg!" Sharp growled and tried to attack, but he was held back.
"Mikey; that's Casey, he won't hurt you!" Leonardo tried to tell him.
"The scar and fucked-up nerve-endings in my leg would disagree!" Sharp yelled.
After much coaxing and convincing, his brothers managed to talk Sharp into not attacking Casey….. They then explained the relationship between them, Casey, and the woman who's name was April.
"They are friends." Leonardo finished with emphasis. With his narrowed blue eyes still on the Vigi-Casey, Sharp nodded.
"Fine, he lives." Sharp hissed.
It was then Fluffy came in the room, she poked Sharp in the legs "Who are they?" She asked, pointing at the two new humans.
Before Sharp could answer, April squealed.
"SHE IS SO CUTE~" April squealed; she ran over and picked Fluffy up, and squeezed the small mutant in a hug.
"Owie!" Fluffy grunted when she felt herself be constricted.
"You are just the most adorable thing!" April cooed and held Fluffy in front of her.
"BEGONE HUMAN!" Fluffy responded and slashed with her clawed, unfortunately she was not able to reach "Put me down or I will claw your face off!" She threatened; it was still hard to take her seriously past her high-pitched voice, which April found even more adorable.
"Sharp!" Fluffy whined.
Sharp walked over and snatched Fluffy away "S-Sorry…." He mumbled to April and escaped back to his room. April frowned and turned to Raph and Leo, who were sheepishly rubbing the back of their heads.
"You boys have more explaining to do."
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