I failed. That was the last thing I remember thinking before blacking out after the shot.
The three older turtles watched in a horrified trance as time slowed around them. Their youngest brother, Michelangelo, stood there with shock, fear, and something else that they couldn't identify, swirling around in his innocent, blue eyes before they went blank and rolled up to the back of his head. He leaned forward as he began to fall towards the cold ground. Leonardo, overcoming his overpowering emotions, quickly rushed forward and caught his little brother in a protective embrace. He panicked when he felt how light Mikey felt in his arms and that he wasn't responding to anything.
"Don!" The turtle in blue called out to his smarter brother. Immediately, Donatello snapped out of his own trance and rushed over to two of his brothers, Raphael already slicing the living daylights out of the Kraang droid that fired at his younger brother. Leo looked up at Donnie. "Don, he's not responding. I-I don't know what to do-"
"Leo! Right now is not the time to be freaking out!" Don snapped at his oldest brother. "Right now we need to get him to the lab so I can check him over!" He had already started lifting up Mikey from Leo's lap and protective grip. Leo was about to retort something back, but kept his mouth shut, knowing that Mikey was Don's only little brother and that he wanted to quickly bring his little brother home so he could look after him and make sure he was fine. "He's lighter than usual." Donnie spoke to himself, worry clouding his redish-brown eyes, but he quickly pushed it to the back of him mind for later observation.
Leo slowly stood up and managed to control himself long enough to get back into his role of "leader". "Raph, go with Donnie back to the lair and set up the infirmary for him! I'll be right behind you and will go report back to Splinter. Don, take care of Mike." He patted the taller brother's shoulder before lifting up the manhole cover. "Now go!"
"On it." Raph barely muttered before jumping down the manhole cover first, dashing off to get the infirmary ready so Don could heal Mikey. He ran through the tunnels as fast as he could, creating a big difference in the size between the others and himself. "You better be alright Mikey, or I swear I'll ninja kick the hell out of your ass for a month."
I didn't know what was going on, but I soon felt a deep horrible pain flash through my body. It was nothing like I have ever experience! It felt as if my whole body was being torn apart limb by limb as slow as possible just to make the pain even more painful and intolerable! It felt as if my heart was ripped from my chest and constricted in a hard grip that got tighter and tighter by the second! I have never felt anything like this before and it was horrible! Next, I felt something; I couldn't really comprehend what it was through the pain, but it battled around inside me and made me feel like my insides were burning and I couldn't do a thing at all to stop it. It felt like an eternity, but after a while I was thankful that whatever happened had settled down and I settled down into peace. Deep inside me, something felt lighter, smaller in a way, and it also felt as if it was being watched by something that I still couldn't describe as I slowly got over the experience I just had. I thought that it was over, that I was free from ever feeling that ever again. But that was just a sign to tell me that a whole lot more was just about to begin.
Splinter was silently meditating in his room, enjoying the peace his sons' absence has created for him on this fine evening. Though, he couldn't help but feel something was terribly wrong. After pushing this feeling away a couple of times it decided to always come back even stronger than before. Splinter decided that he should listen to his gut feelings and meditated deeper, trying to sense the souls of his sons. What he got was something completely unexpected. Leonardo's, Raphael's and Donatello's souls were barely noticeable in the chaos that was strongly Michelangelo's.
Michelangelo always had a strong and bright soul, much more unique than those of his brothers', yet it has become even stronger and so bright that it was almost blinding. But, his soul was off. It felt as if it was tearing itself apart into four different sections. Anger, sadness, joy and serenity. These four emotions were fighting against each other, none of them gaining the upper hand as they swirled out of the control of Michelangelo's soul. They grew and grew, growing from the center of the youngest turtle's soul and spreading all throughout as they continued their battle with each other in a dangerous battle of dominance. Then, they settled. Four pieces of his soul, separated and apart from each other. They all swam around the now smaller orb of light and innocence, waiting for their chance to dominate the naïve soul. Waiting for their chance to be awoken and be unleashed into the world.
Splinter's eyes quickly opened as his ears picked up the sound of rushed running, the footsteps leading towards the infirmary. This immediately got the rat's attention and concern washed over him. Five and a half minutes later, he heard two more sets of footsteps rushing into the lair. But where was the third? He had heard three pairs of footfalls, not four. His thinking was halted as he told his son to enter. He watched from his seated position as his son slowly walked over to his sensei and bowed before kneeling in front of Splinter. "My son, I have sensed something wrong. Tell me, what has happened tonight?" He did not expect the strong feeling of guilt, fear, protectiveness and concern shining through the two dark blue orbs that served as his son's eyes.
Then, Leonardo told him everything.
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