"Hey Donnie-boy!" Michelangelo said as he strolled into Donnie's lab. The purple-clad turtle sighed looking up at his younger brother. "You livin' in here now bro?" He asked picking up a coffee mug that lay in a row with others that lined Donnie's desk.

"I've just been busy." He murmured, his eyes narrowed in concentrated as he poured a dark green, thick liquid into a test tube. Mikey watched him for a moment as Donnie carefully got from his desk and placed the test tube into a beaker that was above a small flame, as a file popped up on his computer.

"What's that?" Mikey asked sitting in Donnie's computer chair and pointing to the screen.

"Something I've been working on." Donnie said clicking on his keyboard as he leaned over Mikey's shoulder, as a diagnoses started to download.

"Like what?" Mikey asked looking up at the smarter brother as Donnie sighed clicking to minimize the screen and bring up another. Mikey leaned forward, reading the file over for a moment and furrowed his brow. "Dude, I understood like three words and one of 'em was Casey's."

"It's a serum that I've been working on for the past couple months. I never actually thought I could turn it into something until recently. I took a sample of our gene from my blood and created this…" He said click his mouse again to bring up an image of his DNA. "If we inject this into our system then our DNA will change…" He said as the bright green mutagenic gene in his DNA slowly disappeared. "It'll only last for a matter of hours before our mutant gene comes back. I can't find a formula strong enough for cancel it out completely without…Well, killing us." Donnie shrugged. Mikey kept his confused expression looking back at his brother.

"So like, we can be human?"

"Yes."

"Wha…Really?" He asked again as Donnie nodded his head. "Whoa…" He breathed slowly as Donnie smirked slightly. "Can I try it?" He asked standing up and walking towards the dark green liquid as Donnie grabbed his arm.

"It's not all worked out yet." Mikey just shrugged off his brother's hand.

"Aw, c'mon Don, you're always sayin' stuff isn't 'prefect' I bet it's fine." He said with a large smile as Donnie sighed.

"I haven't even tested it." He said picking up the liquid and putting a droplet of it on a glass plate, sliding it under a microscope.

"Well, now's ya chance bro!" Mikey said enthusiastically as Donnie shook his head looking into the scope.

"No Mikey. I haven't even discussed everything with Splinter or Leo. I would have to tell them what you are doing first before I just went ahead and changed your DNA."

"Is it like fatal if something happens?" Mikey asked watching his brother move around his lab. Donnie thought for a moment before turning towards his brother.

"No, I don't think so. However that is the reasoning to why we perform tests." He said reading over the file for a moment before shaking his head. "I believe the only differences that would happen is the mutant gene would be too strong that the serum itself would just be canceled out. And, within the eight hours it would be worked out of your system."

"So what are ya waiting for bro?!" Mikey said taking off his elbow pad and hopping up on Donnie's metal medicine table. "I'll be the ginny pig!" He smiled as Donnie sighed. He looked back towards the file, making sure as he poured the dark liquid into a syringe.

"You might get a little queasy." Donnie warned as Mikey just smiled.

"Nothing I haven't dealt with before Don." He said his bright blue eyes glowing with excitement.

"Right." Donnie said rolling his eyes slightly. "I just want to have the formula sit, let me just look at the development of the cells over time. They could differ once out of the test tube." He said going back and looking at the droplet on the glass in his scope. Mikey looked at the syringe on the desk for a moment before slipping off the metal table.

"Sure bro, whatever you say." He said with a smile walking out of Donnie's lab as Leonardo came in nudging Mikey's shoulder with his own.

"Sorry Mike." Leo said steadying his brother as Mikey's hands went to his older shoulder's shoulder.

"Yeah, no worries bro. Where's the fire?" He asked as Leo shook his head.

"In a minuet. Donnie can we talk?" He asked walking into the lab. Mikey furrowed his brow.

"What you can't talk to your favorite little brother?" He said placing a hand on his hips as Leo sighed.

"I'll talk to you about it later Mikey, I promise." Leo said giving his brother a smile as Mikey returned it.

"Alright bro." Mikey said turning to leave as Leo closed the door.

"What's going on Leo?" Donnie asked looking at his towards his brother as Leo started to pace.

"You were right." Leo sighed.

"Well, that's usually the general canonesses, however that being besides the point, right about what?"

"Willow, the wedding. Everything." Leo said in a slight groan as Donnie smiled for a moment.

"Well, like I said, most woman plan that certain day of their lives for years and years. Some starting as young as pre-teen girls." He shrugged.

"How do you know that?"

"Marla liked to watch chick flicks a lot." He shrugged again. Leo furrowed his brow for a moment as he watched his smarty brother's face fall slowly. "Anyways, why is me being correct a problem?" He asked removing his solemn expression.

"She wants a big wedding. Family, friends, all that." He said softly as Donnie nodded his head. "I want to give her all that."

"Did she say that is really what she wanted?"

"She said she just wanted to be with me, which I get and I love her for that and for all the compromises she had made for me, for all of us just because we are what we are." He sighed again taking a seat in one of Donnie's desk chairs. It rolled back slightly as he stopped himself reaching out towards the desk. The syringe on the table caught his eye as he picked it up. "What's this?"

"That formula I've been working on." Donnie said taking a seat in front of Leo. "So what do you plan on doing for her because of this?" He asked as Leo rolled the tube in his fingers.

"Does it work?" He asked as Donnie's brows creased.

"I-I'm not sure. Leo, you can't possible be thinking what I think you're thinking?"

"Why not, she has done a lot for me." He said softly looking down at the dark liquid.

"Yeah, but…"

"I wanna do it Donnie." Leo said raising his eyes to his brothers. Donnie took the syringe from his brother getting from his chair.

"Leo, there's a lot of different things that we could do instead of…"

"What? Disguise myself for a whole Wedding ceremony and reception? I'm a ninja yes, but I'm not that good. None of us are and I would want you all to be there." Leo said narrowing his eyes slightly. "There's no other way Don and I am doing this for her. She would do the same for me. She's worth it." Donnie sighed watching his brother for a moment as he nodded his head.

"You really sure about this?" Donnie asked as Leo raised his eyes up once more at his brother standing before him.

"So he just left?" Felicia asked as she walked into Willow's apartment. The brunette nodded her head pacing her living room.

"Why would he just leave like that? He kept askin' me about marriage. I didn't wanna bring it up, I-I wanted to just to have a good night like you said but he kept askin' so I told 'em. I just, I didn't know what else to say, I can't lie to him." She rambled off as Felicia watched for a moment, her head moving back and forth.

"Right." She said as Willow kept pacing.

"I don't understand why he asked me about it though? I mean like, I thought it was done."

"Maybe he wanted to know just how you felt about the whole situation, what you wanted?" Felicia shrugged as she leaned against the kitchen door frame.

"Yeah, and I might want it, but I don't need it. I don't need all that shit! I just wanna be with him! Why is this so fucked up?!" She said as she dropped down to the floor laying on her back. She groaned palming her face before pushing her hair out of her face.

"Alright, maybe he just wanted to know because he wants to make you happy. I mean, Leo wouldn't just up and leave because you wanted something that he couldn't give you. He would probably try his best to give it to you."

"How can he give me something like this?" Willow sighed from the floor as Felicia moved to lay down next to her best friend on the gray carpet. Both young woman smiled for a moment before turning their heads to face each other.

"He'll do the right thing Will, he loves you."

"I hope so…" She sighed again turning her head towards the ceiling.

"What are you two doing?" Isabella asked as she crossed her arms over her lab coat with a dark purple shirt and dark jeans underneath. Felicia chuckled and pushed herself to her feet as Willow groaned for a moment before getting up.

"Talking." Willow said adjusting her pants and shirt as Izzy smirked a little.

"About what?"

"Leo left earlier after asking Will what she wanted for a wedding."

"Left, like left, left or…?"

"He didn't say where or what he was doing, but he wasn't mad or anything."

"You told him about how you want a big wedding with your family and friends?" Izzy asked as all three girls sat at Willow's kitchen table. Willow sighed nodding her head as Izzy chuckled a little.

"What?" Felicia asked as Izzy shook her head.

"Nothing, but maybe he realized he can't give you all that you want."

"I don't care." Willow said turning towards her friend with a slight glare.

"C'mon Will, you have to care a little?" Izzy shrugged as both her and Felicia narrowed their eyes.

"No, and I haven't for all these years." Willow said placing her hands on her hips. "Ya know, I'm sick of this. I'm sick of you and Riley both telling me what I want. I don't need a human man just a man and Leo is more man that I have ever met in my life. And the sooner you two get that through your heads the sooner my trust in you two will come back." Willow said walking out of the kitchen and to her room. Her bedroom door slammed shut as Izzy jumped a bit to the loud noise.

"Ah man…" She sighed as Felicia shook her head.

"She's just upset about Leo and everything, it's really stressful. But, you have to understand something." The chocolate brown haired girl said, turning in her chair towards the redhead. "Leo is not your life or your love or anything but your best friend's boyfriend. He has been better for her than anyone could. She cannot get better. Just because he's different doesn't mean he's bad for her. It doesn't mean anything." She said softly as Izzy hung her head a little. "You and Riley should talk." She finished before getting from the table and walking to her best friend's room. Knocking on the wood softly she heard a 'go away'. "It's Licia." She said softly into the door jam as Willow sighed softly.

"So you're really gonna let me try it?!" Mikey asked over excited as both Leonardo and Donatello arched their eyes ridges at their younger brother, nodding in unison. "Ah man! Totally wicked!" He said bouncing up onto Donnie's medicine table. Leo smirked a little as Donnie took out a swab with rubbing alcohol on it. He rubbed it on a spot on Mikey's green bicep as his little brother still bounced on the table.

"Mikey, try and sit still." Donnie said as Mikey nodded, keeping his large grin on his face.

"You sure this is going to work Donnie?" Leo asked as Donnie picked up the syringe filled with the dark green liquid.

"We'll find out." He shrugged.

"And, it's not going to harm him?" Leo asked looking towards Mikey as Donnie shook his head.

"Like I said, the worse symptom he would experience is a stomach ache, or vomiting. Nothing the pizza champ isn't use to." Donnie said with a smile as Mikey chuckled a little.

"Yeah bro, chilllax. I'll be good, I still got those tumbs from when April made that five pound lasagna." He smiled as Leo and Donnie shook their heads.

"Well, test one of Human Test: Protocol One, time is…" Donnie said peering over his shoulder for a moment at his computer screen. "eleven thirty five PM." He said as he sighed pressing the needling into Mikey's tough skin. The pressed his thumb down as the liquid flowed into Mikey's body. Donnie and Leo stepped back slowly watching their little brother carefully. "Now we wait."

"How long?" Mikey asked looking at the small bubble of blood coming from the needle hole.

"Depends on how long it takes for your body to reac…" Before Donnie should finish his statement Mikey leaned forward putting his hand to his stomach. "Mikey, you ok?" He asked as Mikey nodded his head.

"Yeah…Just…" He leaned forward again as Leonardo went to go catch him from falling off the table. Taking a few steps Leonardo stopped in his tracks his eyes widening slowly, watching his brother's body quickly transform. His skin turned from his pale green to human skin, with a slight bronzed, fresh from the sun look to it. Leo tilted his head a little watching as blonde hair, long to about his ears formed on his little brother's head.

Before the minuet was up Michelangelo transformed completely. His chest and stomach were chiseled and tight as his arms and legs were the same form of before. His long hair fell into his eyes as he looked up at his older brothers, same bright blue eyes focusing slowly on them.

"Whoa…" He said softly, his voice horse and stained as Leonardo walked to him.

"You alright?" He asked as Donnie grabbed a blanket handing it to his brother and Mikey placed it over his lap.

"Y-yeah I'm good." Blue eyes said looking up to his brothers as they hovered around him. "But uh, can I get a little breathin' room?" He asked meekly as both Donnie and Leo took a step back.

"Yo Don, I was workin' on my bike and I can't find my wrench do ya….What the fuck?" Raphael said walking into the room as he picked his head up from wiping off a regulator with a grease covered shammy. "Who the fuck is that?"

"Geez, musta worked if Raph can't recognize me." Mikey said as Raph's eyes grew wider. He dropped the piece of equipment to the floor.

"Jesus fuckin' Christ Donnie, whadya do?!" Raph asked as he looked towards Leo. "And your actually goin' along with this?"

"Actually this was his idea." Mike smirked, Raph furrowed his brow for a moment shaking his head as he blew out a puff of air slowly.

"Never mind, I'll find another fuckin' wrench." He said leaving the lab as the other brothers turned back towards the youngest.

"Hello." April said as she preached her white corded phone against her shoulder, licking a spoon of cookie dough as she placed some onto a large cookie sheet.

"Hey April."

"Hi Donnie, what can I do ya for?" She asked as Casey picked his head up from the kitchen table putting down the paper her had been reading.

"Does um, Casey have some extra clothing?"

"Well, yeah I think…Wait, why?" She asked turning towards her faïence as he shrugged looking at her. She put a finger to her lips as he rolled his eyes going back to his paper.

"Well, something…Came up." Donnie said looking over his shoulder at his younger brother as he scratched his hair, shaking it around a bit before pushing it back out of his eyes. Splinter watched his son with a slight smirk as Leo leaned against the kitchen counter with his arms crossed over his plastron. Raph kept a steady glare towards his older brother as he leaned against the opposite counter.

April rushed through the backstreets of the city to an all too familiar manhole cover. Casey slid to a stop behind her hoisting a large duffle bag over his shoulder and pulling the metal aside.

"Babe, you wanna take a pill? Ya gonna kill me." Casey said trying to catch his breath as April ignored him, her knees bouncing with anticipation as Casey moved the cover aside. She slid down the ladder to the sewer below, walking quickly towards the brick wall. Pulling the pipe the doors slip open as she ran down the stairs looking at the familiar faces of the brothers. All besides one.

"Wow…" She breathed slowly, her eyes widening as they scanned over Mikey's fit body. Mikey looked at her a smile as it slowly faded, watching her head tilt to the side as she examined him.

"Babe, you coulda at least…" Casey said as he dropped the bag on the floor. "Babe…?" He asked again as he looked over at her line of sight towards Mikey. "Ha, weird." He said in a chuckle as April finally snapped out of her pre-teen like gawk at the younger brother.

"Uh…Yeah." She said picking up the bag Casey had dropped and brought it to the blonde. "These are some things, they should fit." She said taking out a plain white shirt and pair of baggy blue jeans. Mikey smirked a little as April handed them to him.

"Thanks Ape." He said as she nodded.

"Anytime Mike. You should um…Go to your room and get…Um, situated." She said taking a step back as Mikey nodded getting from the chair and walked up to his room, keeping the blanket Donnie had handed him in the lab around his waist. "So, what happened?" She asked finally looking towards Donnie.

"It's actually my doing." Leonardo spoke up as April furrowed her brow.

"What?"

"Willow and I have been talking about marriage and…"

"Wow, Leo congratulations!" April said wrapping her arms around his shoulders in a hug. He patted her back softly as she pulled away. "But what does Mikey have to do with anything?"

"Well, he was a test dummy so to speak." Donnie shrugged.

"For…What exactly?"

"For a couple months now I have been playing around with the idea of us being able to turn into humans." He said as she nodded her head. "I was able to figure out a way for that to actually happen…Apparently." He said with a shrug as April's eye widened for a moment.

"W-wow Donnie…That's, wow." She said as he felt his cheeks heat up from a blush. "So, what does marriage have to…" April slowly faded off as her brow creased deeper. "Wait, Willow wouldn't do something like that? She isn't…I mean she's been with you long enough that this shouldn't be an issue anymore."

"It wasn't her, it's me. She has done a lot for me and I just thought that it was the least I could do." He said as April looked confused.

"The least you can do? Leo this is a big deal!" April said as he sighed letting his head hang a little.

"I'm well aware April."

"So, when are you going to…Change?"

"I'm going to make another batch tonight." Donnie said. "Enough for all of us, if we want." He looked towards Raph.

"I ain't puttin' any of that shit in my body." He said.

"Aw, I think Raphie is just scared of needles." Casey said punching his best friend's arm as Raph narrowed his eyes slightly.

"I don't believe in it. Changing yourself for some party? It don't make any sense."

"It's not just some party Raph. It's a wedding, my wedding." Leo correct as Raph rolled his eyes.

"Whatever. Still don't make sense."

"It doesn't have to make sense!" Leo yelled before shaking his head and taking in a slow breath. He pushed himself away from the counter and walked into Donnie's lab as Splinter put out his arm to stop his second youngest son.

"I shall speak with him Donatello." The elderly rat said following his son into the next room.

Michelangelo tugged on his clothing looking down at his body as he sighed softly.

"Man…" He sighed as he heard his Shell Cell go off. Leaning over to his bed he picked up the phone as it slid open. "Michelangelo, you catch 'em we bag 'em." He said plainly as Hayden chuckled slightly on the other end.

"What up man?"

"Dude, you have excellent timing." Mikey smiled. "Somethin' big is up."

"Dude, if you make a joke 'bout your junk I'm hanging up."

"Weird, your mom told me the same thing last night." Mikey joked as Hayden groaned on the other end. "Ha, nah man something major."

"What?"

"I-I can't explain. Just do me a favor and bring some spare clothing. What I got on just isn't happenin'. Cramping my style major."

"What?"

"Just come over to the lair." Mikey said as Hayden agreed and hung up his phone.

"My son…" Splinter said softly as Leonardo leaned against Donnie's desk. Turning his head towards his father he straightened his body out. "What troubles you?"

"I'm just, I know Willow will want this. I know it'll make her happy..."

"But, what of you my son? What are your feelings on the matter?"

"I'm just ashamed."

"You should never be ashamed of who you are Leonardo. It is who you are that made Ms. Willow fall in love with you. She needs nothing more than you by her side my son, she knows that and so do you."

"I know Father, but I want her to be happy. Truly happy."

"You do not believe you can give her this happiness?"

"Not forever. I'm scared that sooner or later she would finally see me for what I am and leave."

"What do you believe she has seen so far?" Splinter asked eyeing his son with a meek smile. Leonardo sighed.

"She has seen me Sensei, but…"

"Then that is all that matters. She sees you Leonardo and for these years she has been apart of this family I have seen her see only you. I have no doubt in her faithfulness to you, or this family."

"I know Father…" Leo sighed as Splinter lifted a paw placing it on his eldest son's strong shoulder.

"You love her my son."

"Yes Father I…"

"That was not a question." Splinter smiled before walking back towards the main room. "You will do what you feel is right Leonardo. In that sense you and your brother Raphael are alike." He said over his shoulder. "You two will always do what you feel, in your own heart is right." Watching his father leave the room Leonardo stood for a moment, arms crossed and serious frown in thought.

Logic screamed in his head to change plans with Donnie, tell him to erase the files and be done with it. Changing himself for someone else went against everything he believed in. He never needed to change who he was, he liked who he was. There was no thought about it. He was ninja, a brother, a leader and a mutant. Even though he made it his last thought, it didn't make it less of who he was. She saw past all that, she was there for him no matter what. She was able to see past his families differences since the beginning and never look back. She was able to fall in love with him, show him things he never thought he'd experience.

If this one little thing he is about to change about himself for a mere eight hours matters that much, he doesn't deserve to be with someone so understanding. She deserves all her hopes and dreams to come true. And if one of those is to marry the man she loves in a large wedding with extended family and friends then he should be able to put his pride aside and do this for her.

Picking his head up slowly he looked into the black computer screen with his reflection staring back at him. He sighed softly pushing himself away from the desk and crossing his arms over his plastron.

"Leo…" Donnie said stepping into the lab as Leo tore his eyes away from the screen, looking over at him. "Are, you ready?" Looking back towards his reflection for a moment, and his head dropping between his shoulder he took in a slow, deep breath.