Hey guys! Sorry for delays, I try. My computer's internet needed to be updated and I only have internet at campus...so..yeah.. :D I'm going to update 'Only You Can' real soon so any fans of that story, please be paitent! :)
But please enjoy this!
I'm glad you all love/like it o far! That makes me happy! ^_^ Please forgive my OC mutant, it was mainly the boys I'm focusing on.
Pain. It was there and it was constantly throbbing, especially in his temples. It was like someone was crushing his head, hammering his hip and pulling his shoulder.
What happened? He tried to move, but he couldn't, his body denied him any movement at all. He was only thankful that the pain didn't seem as bad as he thought.
He's alive. He didn't die. Relief, sweet relief! But his brothers...where are they? Open your eyes, he commanded himself. He struggled to move his eyes, he was tired of staring into black nothingness.
Distantly, he was hearing something. So he focused on the noise. He couldn't tell what it was. He struggled again, focusing. Beep? There was beeping? He heard something else and pushed on to hear.
It was clearing. "...studied him...jeez dude...read this!" Mikey? It was Mikey! He wanted to see him. He wanted to open his eyes, he wanted to talk and reassure them that he was there.
"I wish you would wake up soon dude. Or at least move, you hardly move! It's like the machine keeps you alive or something.."
What? Leo felt himself go cold. Was it really that bad? Well it felt bad, but that bad? No. He realized with a start that something was in his throat. A breathing tube? Is that what Mikey was talking about?
"Sorry, I know I'm the happy one, but dude, it seriously sucks seeing you like this. Please wake up, or at least move soon."
Leo wanted to cry at his baby brother's tone of voice. When has he ever been that sad? Mikey never gets that sad. Leo fought with himself to move, he wondered if he was though, he couldn't feel it.
"Heeee..." Leo hissed, surprising himself. Was he moving? That was him, right?
Meanwhile Mikey glanced down, his eyes gone wide and in the confusion he had dropped his comics on the floor clumsily. Tears welled in his eyes. Was that Leo?
"Leo? Dude?!" Mikey asked, leaning forward as best he could, but it felt uncomfortable with the needle in his arm. "Please, talk to me!"
"Heeeee..." Mikey gasped as Leo hissed again, his fingers twitched but nothing else. But it was something. Something that finally happened in the last 3 days since his fall.
"Leo, I missed you!" Mikey sobbed rubbing his head on Leo's arm. He looked up, the lab door was open. He mustered his loudest voice. "Guys! GUYS! GET IN HERE! Guys!"
Don, April, and Casey looked up with stunned horror, thinking something was wrong. Mikey was in tears. They ran in there as fast as they could, along with Splinter and Raph, who seemed to have just appeared from thin air.
"Mikey! Leo!"
"Mikey!"
"Michelangelo, what happened?!" Splinter asked in worry. Don checked Leo over, but everything was the same. Raph was in front of the sobbing Mikey.
"H-He...h-he..." Mikey sucked in breath through a runny nose. Raph went to shake him but Mikey clutched onto him in a desperate hug. "He...he talked to me! He tried to a-at least!"
"What?!" April cried in surprise. Casey had gasped and locked his gaze on Leo. Raph and Don looked at each other in stunned silence.
"Leonardo...?" Splinter leaned forward over his eldest and put a paw on his chest carefully. "Are you with us, my son?"
Silence.
"Heee..-eeee..." Leo hissed, a horrible wheezing sound. Mikey sobbed in joy again and Raph gasped, one arm around his baby bro and the other on his mouth. April and Casey hugged each other in the heat of the moment and Don cried out in joy.
"Leo, thank god! I'm so happy you're responding!" Donnie smiled happily and Splinter smiled too, putting another paw on Donnie's head.
It briefly looked like Leo was trying to smile. He still couldn't move, or open his eyes. His body felt very heavy. Donatello didn't care about that, not right now anyway, his older brother was alive and he was awake!
"Are you in any pain, Leo?" April asked when he hissed again, but it sounded more painful. Leo wanted to shake his head, he wanted to cry out in frustration. He couldn't even open his eyes or move his mouth. He could only sit there and hear whatever the guys were saying. April looked at Donnie questionably.
"Why can't he move Don?" Casey asked with a worried gaze.
"He can't move cause of the heavy damage to his body. His brains gotta get used to what happened to him. For a while it will remain still to prevent further damage." Donatello explained with a small smile. April and Casey looked at each other and blushed when they noticed they were still holding each other.
"How can he tell us when he is hurting?" Mikey asked while fidgeting with the needle in his arm. After a disgruntled look from both Don and Raph, he had turned to look away from Leo.
"I am not sure..." Don sighed this time while slapping Mikey's arm to get him to stop messing with the needle. He looked at Leo uncertainly. "Still there Leo...?"
"Eee..." Leo hissed quietly. Donnie smiled and then patted his forehead.
"Don't worry bro, you'll get better really soon." Donnie rubbed circles on his hand. Raph stood there awkwardly while looking at his wounded brother.
Leo inwardly frowned. He was going to get better? That was good. Maybe he's just being impatient but he wanted to see them. Now.
"My son, I am happy you are awake but you need you're rest. Do not despair." Splinter assured his eldest. Everyone looked confused at first. "I sense that his spirit is restless and anxious."
"Well yer gonna be just fine, Leo!" Raph assured feeling a little amused.
"Maybe we should let him rest..." April said while looking at her hands. She looked at Casey, who smiled. "Why don't we go get some ice cream..?"
"Sure, you guys want some?" Casey asked surprising them with his politeness. He rolled his eyes at their expressions.
"We're good. Thanks Case."
"In that case, we will check on ya tomorrow morning before school." Casey grinned and April nodded, a sincere smile on her face.
"Thanks guys." Donnie, Raph, Mikey and Splinter nodded after them as they left. Splinter turned to his other sons.
"I believe you are done, Michelangelo." Splinter observed the bag which was full of his blood. Mikey looked up with tired eyes and nodded, letting his Father take the needle out.
"You're doing great Mikey." Donnie smiled when he seen Mikey glancing at Leo. Mikey looked up, slightly surprised, but then he smiled warmly.
"Thanks, D."
"Donatello, go fetch your brother orange juice. Raphael, come with me for a moment." Splinter ordered softly. Raph looked up, surprised and Donnie simply shrugged, walking off.
"Wait...what?" Mikey asked in a slur.
"Stay." Splinter simply said as he turned, Raph looked at Mikey and then simply walked away, feeling confused.
Leo also felt confused. What's going on? What is Mikey doing 'great' on? What's finished? Why does he need orange juice and why does it sound like Raph's in trouble? He can't rest now, he needs answers!
"Heee...iii..." Leo hissed and Mikey snapped towards him, jumping slightly at the louder hiss. Mikey stood and swayed, hanging on to the cot, halfway standing. He decided to sit back down.
"Leo, you okay dude? Wait...uh, speak to me if you are okay." Mikey groaned, holding his pounding head. Leo felt worried.
"Neeehhh..." Leo half groaned half hissed. Mikey smiled slightly. So he understood and he talked. So that means he's okay.
"Good, d-don't scare me...like..that bro.." Mikey breathed and clenched the cot with one hand. "Dude...giving...giving blood...bites..is it supposed to feel this bad?"
Blood? He needed Mikey's blood! That makes more sense now. But is he okay...? Is Raph okay?
"Dude, your nose is bleeding!" Mikey gasped in alarm. Leo panicked at the sound of his voice. He was bleeding?! What did that mean!?
Mikey forced himself up in alarm, worried for his older brother. But the pounding got worse and so did his body. He groaned and fell forth. He was unprepared for the way he hit the top right side of his head on the cot's edge.
Mikey? Leo worried in his own mind. Mikey wasn't groaning or moving around as far as he could hear. Did he just...?
"Okay Mike, just dr-" Donatello came back in and saw that Mikey wasn't there. He blinked until he saw a hand on the floor. He dropped the orange juice and cried out. "Mikey!"
Mikey was laying on the ground, pale and shivering. Blood was oozing out of a cut near the top of his head, where he had hit it on the edge of Leo's cot.
"What happened?!" Raph cried as he and Splinter came running in again. They see Donnie pick Mikey up with difficulty and Raph helped him, worried to death.
"I don't know yet!" Donnie yelled and ran to a cabinet. He grabbed some gauze, disinfectant and more stitching tools. "But it looks like he passed out and hit his head."
"Why that little..." Raph was shaking and Splinter frowned sadly, putting a paw on his shoulder. Donnie yelled his name after he simply stormed out. He couldn't see his brothers this way.
Meanwhile Leo was panicking in his own mind. Mikey! What happened? He fainted?! Where's Raph going, what's going on?!
Splinter felt his eldest's spirit growing more restless and watched him. That's when he noticed the blood on Leo's beak. "Donatello! Leonardo is bleeding!"
Donnie gasped and looked at Leo. But when he sees it was a nosebleed he relaxed. "It's a symptom of the medicine."
Splinter visibly relaxed and put a wrag on Leonardo to help wipe the blood while Donnie was stitching Mikey up. Leo hissed and Splinter sighed. "My son, you are okay as you heard. Michelangelo is okay, he is only weak from giving blood. He must have seen the blood and worried about you."
"That's it.." Donnie breathed. "That must of been why he got up. Stupid little brother..." Splinter smiled when he seen Donnie rub his thumb across his baby brother's head.
"Donatello, you did good. Go and find Raphael, I'll watch your brothers." Splinter replied and Donnie sighed, feeling tired.
But he was worried about Raph, too, and whatever Sensei said to him. Donnie ran out and saw that his hot tempered brother was not anywhere in the lair. He grabbed his T-Phone and immediately went to work on tracing his older brother.
Donnie blinked in surprise. Raph was at the old steam room where they had found that old pit Leo dubbed a 'sewer well'? Why?
Donnie shook his head and after giving one more look to his wounded brothers, he decided to go and save the other wounded brother.
"What are you doing?" Donnie asked in worry. Raph glanced behind him, breathing deep. He was currently using his sai and slashing all the bricks in sight, trying to destroy the 'sewer well'.
"This thing hurt Leo and Mikey!" Raph growled while kicking it. Donnie blinked in confusion. "I hate it!"
"What are you even-WOAH!" Donnie rushed and grabbed Raph's hand before he could punch it. "Bro, you can't hurt yourself!"
"I'm not Don, let me go!" Raph argued while pushing Donnie away. Hurt flickered in his eyes as Raph angrily kicked at the well.
"Raph..."
Raphael hated that Donnie was upset, and it was his fault. Thinking back at what Splinter said to him before Mikey collapsed. He told him what was bothering him. About this well, his wishes that had a string of coming true, but nothing like he meant. He hated that Splinter looked at him with those eyes, and had said, 'be careful what you wish for Raphael, because you just might get it'.
"Raph, are you okay?" Donnie asked putting a hand on his shoulder. Raph wrenched it away and forced himself not to look at Donnie.
"It's my fault...it's all my fault..." Raph forced himself not to shake.
"You didn't do anything wrong, Raph." Donnie pointed out, feeling scared and worried about is strange behavior.
"I wished Leo would go...but that's never what I meant. I don't wanna wish fer somethin that would hurt ma brothers..." Raph felt a tremor go through him.
"Raph, we're gonna be okay. It's not your fault. Look, Leo and Mikey don't blame-
"They will when they figure out it was me! That I wished fer it to happen to em! That when I dropped that stupid coin in here my wishes started comin true!" Raph growled and still didn't turn to face Don.
Donnie blinked in stunned silence. He looked at the well. "You think that...?"
"Yeah, I just wish it would stop..." Raph whispered and Donnie clenched his strap, feeling upset.
Suddenly they both gasped when the well started glowing a golden yellow, the ground shaking. Donnie pulled Raph away from it as the light blinded them for a moment.
When everything cleared the turtles had grabbed their weapons. Standing before them was some sort of something...a mutant? It was a woman glowing golden yellow, but she kinda looked like a genie or a ghost.
"My name is Stella..." The woman said while crossing her arms. Raph and Donnie just looked confused. She floated to Raph, who tensed. "You wished for my power to stop, but it cannot."
"Wait...y-you did this to me?!" Raph growled, suddenly outraged. Donnie's eyes widened. "You bitch, you hurt ma brothers!"
Stella glared and waved her hand. "I did not, you did. I gave you what you wished for."
"You pushed Leo over a ledge and hurt Mikey!"
"Again, your wish. It is not my fault you are not more specific." Stella said with a seriously honest and grim expression.
"Raph..." Donnie breathed when he saw Raph shaking in anger. "Please, what the heck do we do...?"
"I can tell you are curious Donatello. I am a mutant, yes, I was a homeless woman who lived around these streets. I got lost in the sewers after escaping a very bad thunderstorm. But this green goo was washing away with sewer water, I believe. It hit me. When I woke I was trapped there." Stella pointed to the well.
"And what...you became a genie?" Raph snorted in anger and slightly amusement. Donnie elbowed him. "What?!"
"I guess you could call it that. You see, I used to be a coin collector, and that coin you found was the one that I always had, the only one I got to keep. Now it is my vessel. Anyone who picks it up, makes a wish and throws it in there will be granted any wish." Stella explained with seriousness.
Donnie and Raph looked at each other and laughed. This was so wrong! This was so stupid! Of all the mutants they've encountered! Stella glared and waved her hand. Suddenly Donnie levitated and was sent flying to the other wall. "Wahhh?!"
"Donnie!" Raphael gasped and then turned to Stella. "What tha shell is yer problem!? I wish you were gone, I said it! Now you have ta leave ma brothers alone!"
"I cannot go that way. I will always grant your wish now, Raphael." Stella slightly smirked because her feelings had been hurt. "You misunderstand me. I am neither good nor bad it all depends on the person which in this case is you."
Raph scowled up at the floating woman and hated the look she gave him. She was basically saying he was a horrible guy? Because he loses his temper and wishes for something bad? Raph growled and then suddenly smiled, thinking of another idea. Gotta love loopholes!
"Okay then Stella. I wish you would leave me alone and I wish you would not grant my wish, no matter what I say." Raph growled. Stella's eyes widened in surprise as the well glowed. But Raph rose an eye ridge when her look calmed, like she knew something he didn't. And it was weird that she didn't reply.
She made no protest as she disappeared back down the fluid filled tunnel with a blinding light. Raph used his arm to shield his eyes and only hoped Don did the same.
Donnie blinked as he could not believe what just happened. "That was fake right? That did not just happen…that's scientifically impossible?"
"Nothing's impossible with mutagen." Raph replied while looking down the 'well'. He did not see anything, it did not glow anymore. Something about this was too easy, was it really that simple? She did say she had to grant ANY wish…
Raph rolled his eyes and helped Donnie up. He looked down. "I told you it was my fault."
"Huh?" Donnie asked and then he blinked. "Raph, you didn't know, jeez, you're worse than Leo!" Don saw Raph freeze on the spot and grinned a little, showing his gap.
"Take that back!" Raph barked while jumping on Donnie, who only laughed and grabbed Raph's torso. "Stop it! Don't you dare!"
Donnie tickled Raph's sides and laughed hard when Raph barked out in laughter, kicking and yelling, so both of them fell on the hard floor.
After a few minutes Donnie was defeated after a blow from Raph. "You shell brain! Don't ever do that! And you better not tell the others what happened!"
Donnie smiled as Raph helped him up again. "I promise bro, and I won't tell them about...uh...Stella?"
Raph snorted. "Oh yeah, hold on." Donnie stared as he walked to the well and looked down for a minute, like he was determined to figure something out. "I wish I had hair."
Don paused. Was he trying to see if she actually stayed away? But that wish…
"Pfff...BAHAHAHAAHA!" Donnie cried while falling over. Raph rolled his eyes but waited. Nothing happened. Donnie was now imagining Raph with long red flowing locks. "AHAHAHA OH MY GOD!"
"Shut up Don, it wasn't a real wish!" Raphael blushed. Donnie was still laughing and Raph growled. "I'm leavin, ya Shell Fer Brains!"
Donnie was still chuckling as he got up and followed his red banded brother back home.
"We're back!" Donatello called out to his Father. Raphael gave him a look when their Sensei came out. They both looked at him and saw him smiling.
"How are they?" Don asked quietly while Raph just stood at his side, looking at Splinter expectantly.
"Both are unchanged. Raphael, may I now finish speaking with you?" He asked his face turning serious. Raph nodded solemnly while Don gave him a small smile and a pat on the shoulder before entering his lab.
Raphael followed his Father into the dojo where they promptly sat in front of each other on their legs. Raph hated all of his Sensei's lectures and he knew this one would be no different, especially since he's finishing from earlier.
"My son, do you remember when I told you 'be careful what you wish for'?" Splinter asked solemnly. Raph inwardly flinched at the whole moral but managed to keep his cool face as he spoke.
"Hai, Sensei…" He muttered. "I get what you mean now."
"Ah, I am sure you do Raphael. From what you have been telling me it sounds as if it is more than just a coincidence that your brother has been injured simply because you wished for it to happen." Splinter spoke.
"I didn't wish for this to happen!" Raph blurted without thinking, anger lacing every word. Splinter narrowed his eyes at him and he felt himself waver. "I did not want THAT to happen to him. I was just mad, Sensei. I never wanted my brothers to get hurt."
"I understand this. But because of your words Leonardo took you seriously and he ended up very hurt." Splinter replied calmly. Raph hung his head low, trying not to remember the awful things he'd told Leo. And they were almost the last things he'd said.
"I'm sorry Sensei. I really didn't mean it, my anger just got out of control." Raph almost whispered. Splinter hummed and put a hand to his chin.
"Which is why I am adding another hour of meditation after all your training sessions with me." Splinter said and smiled when Raph looked up, gawking at him.
"And hour?! But, but-"
"There will be no buts, my son." Splinter replied in half amusement. Then he turned serious. "I know that you will benefit from this greatly. As I have said before, you need to focus on turning your anger into power, not rage."
Again Raph wavered. "H-Hai…Sensei."
"That is all I wanted to speak to you about as your Sensei." Splinter spoke up again, earning a confused look from Raphael. But then Splinter's eyes softened. "But as your Father I hope that you know you can always talk to me."
Raphael's eyes widened and he gave a grateful small smile, thankful that his brothers weren't here to see him look 'sappy'. Splinter rose an eyebrow as Raphael began to tell him everything that has happened because of 'Stella'.
It had been three hours since they came back. Three hours and Mikey was still out of it, but he was out of any danger. Leo had actually woken up. He had begun hissing a couple of hours ago and Donatello kept him company.
He had no idea what Raph and Sensei talked about but Raph seemed in a better mood. After they had whatever talk Raph entered the lab to check on his brothers and then spent a little time with Donnie before going to practice on his dummy outside.
"Not that I don't like him happy but it's weird when he is." Donnie chuckled slightly, sitting in a chair between Leo and Mikey. Leo's hand twitched. "He seems so relieved and I'm just glad I don't have to worry about him right now."
"Eeeeeiii…" Leo hissed softly. Donnie sighed as he gripped Leo's hand.
"Don't worry about us bro. Just get better. All your vitals look good while your hip and shoulder are swelling, but that's normal. It'll go down by tomorrow night at the latest." Donnie explained while felt his eyes water. "I wish you could talk to us."
"Heee-eeee…." Leo hissed a little louder, sounding distressed. Donnie frowned and rubbed his older brother's hand with both of his to warm it. "Eeeeee.."
"It's better if you don't try too much bro, there's a tube in your throat." Donnie replied and seemed to slump at the depressing words. Leo went silent.
Leonardo sighed inwardly but was just thankful Donnie was there. He could feel him holding his hand and rubbing it. He was just thankful he could feel at all. He'd rather not be paralyzed. Besides, he liked to hear Donnie talking to him.
But when was this gonna end? He wanted to open his eyes and see him. He wanted to pull himself together. Leo inwardly jumped in surprise when Donnie gasped and he heard a groan. "Mikey, you awake?!" Leo felt relief course through him.
"Dude…" Mikey groaned again while his hand went to his head, touching the bandage. His eyes flutter open and he saw the lab's ceiling. He looked to the left and saw Donnie sitting in a chair with hopeful eyes and a toothy grin. "D-Donnie? Bro, what happened?"
"Mikey, you stood up and caused yourself to blackout. You hit your head on the edge of Leo's cot. I had to stitch the gash." Donnie then frowned worriedly. Mikey blinked and then gasped when he remembered.
"Leo! Is Leo okay?! He was bleeding!" Mikey yelled in distress. Donnie let go of Leo's hand to put both on his baby brother's shoulder. At that moment Raph rushed in, thinking something was wrong.
"He's fine. It was a reaction to medicine." Donnie explained with a small smile. Mikey slumped in relief while Raph grinned and rushed over.
"Raphie?" Mikey blinked in surprise. Raph stood on the other side of his cot and when he got close enough he pulled Mikey against his plastron.
"You stupid idiot little brother! Don't you ever scare me like that again!" Raph growled, scowling when he looked down at Mikey. Mikey's eyes were wide before he gave a sheepish smile.
"Heh, sorry bros. I was just worried about Leo. I didn't think."
"Shocker there." Donnie teased and Raph laughed out loud. Mikey rolled his eyes and looked at Leo. Donnie noticed this and smiled. "He's okay. H's twitching a lot more in his hand and feet, which is good. I've noticed his eyelids moving which means he might wake up in a couple days."
"Really?!" Mikey and Raph yelled simultaneously. Donnie chuckled and nodded his head. Mikey smiled really wide.
"Leo, I know you can hear me bro! We're right here for you! And guess what? I'm gonna bother you till the day you die now." Mikey giggled while Raph rolled his eyes and Donnie grinned, his gap showing again.
Leo inwardly laughed but outwardly he choked, alarming them at first until they realized he had tried to laugh. Raph tried not to let his grin split his face in two, but it was so funny.
"So, we good now Raph?" Donnie questioned while Mikey went on about Leo's recovery, being all bouncy again.
"Yeah, Don. We're good, especially when Leo recovers." Raph's smiled tightened and Donnie nodded, too relieved that his brothers were recovering.
NO, btw it is not entirely that simple with Stella, you'll see what I mean.
Anyways I'm wrapping up in the next two chapters! Cause I wanted this to be a four-shot but my friend convinced me to do a fifth-epilogue sort of chapter! So thanks for reading!
Please tell me what you think because I love your opinions! :D You'll be really happy with the next chapter, I promise!