Ok so i'm really stupid. I posted chp. 2 for this chapter...so here's the real chapter 4. A HUGE thank you all my viewers! And a colossal thanks to MutantGirl95 for pointing the error out! Thanks so much again, and please pardon my stupidity. Lol

Donatello sighed as he sat down at his lab desk.

'What a day.'

He scratched his head and sorted through dozens and dozens of unfinished blueprints and plans.

'What a mess...of course its hard to keep clean when constantly running around and taking care of things all the time...especially shadows...oh Mikey, what are we ganna do?! No-...no...need to stop thinking...just for a while...'

Don slumped forward and put his head down crumpling the various papers scattered about.

The past few days were just now starting to take toll on the brainy turtle.

Ever since he and his brothers found Mike in the kitchen in that state that night things had gone from strange to insane, Don just couldn't fathom it.

Three other mishaps had happened since the kitchen incident, the day directly after the horrific scene Leo had found Mikey in his room painting 'go away' on his ceiling. Then that night ,just before midnight, Raph had found Mikey in the bathroom mumbling to himself and punching the mirror. Then when he had woke up in Donatello's lab with his hand patched up from the mirror he broke he had started laughing hysterically claiming that he had 'injured the shadow'.

It gave the three eldest chills, the chills they only got when in the most horrible of battles or situations. The chills they got when dealing with an enemy. It made each and everyone of them sick that they would feel that reaction towards there baby brother.

Donny was torn as to what to do with there baby bro, Leo wasn't being the least bit supportive, he was to caught up in trying to connect back with Master Splinter in the spirit world. Ever since he had talked to there sensei last he could never connect back, it worried them all greatly.

Raph was just silent, no harm nor help to anyone. Don sometimes wished that the hot head would walk into his lab with one of his hand bleeding, horrible as it sounded it would at least mean that something was normal.

Don rubbed at his eyes as the sound of his alarm on his computer went off, he slowly rose his head to meet the blaring red numbers on his alarm, 4:45pm.

'Time to cook supper.'

He trugged out of his lab and into the clattered kitchen then pulled out a pan and started to thaw out frozen hamburger.

At that moment Don took notice to the blaring sound of the t.v., he stuck his head out of the kitchens exit and saw Mikey sitting on the couch half awake.

That was another problem Don had yet to fix.

Mikey had begun to show early signs of insomnia, go figure.

He shook his head and stirred the still thawing meat around a bit more then made his way to Mikey.

"What are you watching Mike?" Don asked, almost in caution, these days he was a bit afraid of his little brothers unstable personality.

"I dunno."

Don looked up and saw there local weather channels radar. "Looks like there going to be a big storm."

This caught Mikeys attention.

"TONIGHT?"

Don flinched, "y-yeah...tonight."

Mike flipped over the couches arm rest he had recently been slouching on. The apparent lack of sleep seemed to have vanished as the young turtle rushed towards his room.

"Wha- where are you going?!" Don yelled, mentally kicking himself for pointing out the storm.

"Candles, could be dark soon."

"Great going Donny..he was almost asleep..." Don shook his head in grief.

'Shell...what is happening to him?! Mikey used to love storms...he would always make a big tent out of blankets and go to sleep to the sound of the rain that could be heard in the sewers. Now he is running around trying to find candles, so much has changed in too little of time. It isnt natural, not even for a mutant turtle.'

Don turned to go back to the kitchen, he opened a can of manwich and poured it into the pan, stirred the contents then set a top over it and called it a night.

"SUPPERS DONE COME AND GET IT!" Don shouted.

Soon enough both Raph and Leo came, gathering there plates and drinks as they went through and mumbling thanks. Mikey never showed up, Don put the meat in a container and in the fridge, he knew Mikey would come for it when he was ready.

The young scientist cleaned up, ate his ration of the food and left for his lab once more. While on his way he stopped short by the rather disturbing scene of Mikey clawing through the bathrooms cabnit in search of candles and flashlights.

He made a quick U turn for Leo and Raph's rooms, when he got both of them together he explained what he saw. Careful not to attract any unwanted attention by Mikey, the three brothers snuck to the lab to discuss what they thought was going on and what there next step should be.

"I dunno anymore..." It seemed to be a very popular line from Raph the whole hour and half talk they had been having.

By the two hour mark though Leo had, had enough. "Stop it Raph! Your not helping us at all! Quit with your little pity party and pull yourself together, focus on the present! WE NEED YOU RIGHT NOW! MIKEY NEEDS YOU RIGHT NOW!"

This outburst alone had snapped Raph right out of it, soon enough he was giving his own viewpoints and suggestions, it helped not only with understanding Mikeys situation but with easing the tension that has etched its way into Don and Leo's heads as well.

"So what do we do now Donny?" Raph questioned.

Don rubbed his face roughly with both his hands then spoke. "Well...these past few days have shown us that Mikey is in some sort of physiological trauma, it had to be from that very first night we found Mikey all beat up in that alley. And we have yet to hear what really happened...unless you all would like to believe that shadows can kill."

"So...should we confront him?" Leo asked.

"I...well...were going to have to eventually so why not?" Don said warily.

All of the sudden, just as the three brothers were agreeing to the plan Don had set up, the lights went out.

As soon as they did, something clicked within each of the older turtles heads.

There thought were exactly the same at that moment.

'The lights went out...its dark and-'

The all to familiar sound of the lairs exit that lead to the main sewer tunnels was heard creaking open.

"MIKEY!"