"Mikey … Mikey …"
A whisper.
A quiet, faint, weak whisper.
In most cases, it would be barely audible in their home, with the amount of yells and laughs and hollers as the youths fought against each other in a light competition in either a video or arcade game.
But … not this time. Unlike most situations, the whisper sliced through the air, reaching everyone's ear's as they lingered in the room.
Why this was?
On many occasions, it was the youngest of the whole lot to have brought out the competitive spirit of everyone around him.
On most occasions, it was the youngest who brought the unavoidable, contagious laughter to the party.
On all occasions, it was the youngest who brought the light! A light that was somehow unexplainable to everyone who knew him.
Knew …
The youngest had … no one knew how to say it.
How to get to grips on it.
How to cope!
Ever since the youngest … the light had been extinguished and it affected everyone!
They knew how much he meant the team and to his family … but they didn't know how to cope when they found him …
They had vowed to protect him and … and they failed … and they had been shown the outcome …
They had never felt so much pain … losing a sibling was, no is horrible … and feeling or hearing one's anguish was worse …
Donnie's was falling apart, even though he spoke barely over a whisper, you could still hear his voice breaking.
Raph never felt so much anger in his life. He was trying his best on controlling it … but it was like keeping an enraged bull in a chicken pen.
He was afraid … afraid that if he even lost his grip on his rage … then he will never be able to bring it back down …
… And Leo …
He seemed utterly calm, with his even breaths and steady movements, but he was just hiding the truth …
He was falling apart … he had promised himself that he would look after his younger brothers, as the oldest, it was his responsibility! No one else. As the eldest, he had to carry the burden.
The brothers … they all … they all felt rage. Deep, deep rage that consumed them … that they couldn't control …
April stood there … taking in the sight before her …
Leo just sat there … hands clamped together, elbows on his knees, eyes closed in concentration, body unnoticeably trembling – sitting on a stool to the side of the couch.
Raph was leaning against the wall, arms crossed, head down, the surprisingly natural scowl trailing along his face.
Donnie … was …. Donnie was kneeling in front of the couch … diagonal to Leo …
… And then there was Mikey … as pale as a ghost … as faint as someone with hemophobia.
He was propped up slightly, so that his head was resting on the pillow placed on the arm of the chair. An orange blanket was wrapped around him, shielding him from the winter draft that slid into their underground home.
The orange blanket.
One of Mikey's possessions. A piece of his childhood. A piece that hadn't been used since he was younger, that had been buried under his bed, along with other memorable items.
Mikey never went anywhere without it when he was a toddler, nor his teddy bear. The poor stuffed animal – missing one eye and one leg, don't ask how that happened.
Mikey was never this still. Not even in his sleep! Sure, there was the occasional shiver and tremble, but nothing to actually inform us that he was himself!
He hasn't been.
Not for a long, long time and that- … that … pained everyone … especially his brothers and father!
All they wanted was their little brother back!
But it would take longer than anticipated. Master Splinter sensed something within him, something hidden under the fear and guilt and anguish … something that … unnerved him …
He also felt his mind fading into his subconscious … his memories … ones that were willing to resurface but were denied the access …
No one would have expected that … this, would have happened to the young turtle … no one … at all …
No one would have expected that he would have done … what he did …
No one would have expected that his older brothers had to fight him …
…
… And no one expected what came next …
Long-time no see!
I was going to write more, but then I decided to leave it at a cliff-hanger or whatever this is XD.
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