~If being myself is what I do wrong
Then I would rather not be right~

They didn't know how long they had been there, but they knew neither of them wanted it to end. They felt comfortable with each other, tightly hugging each other. It was something they had missed these last days, even when they were captured. They were barely together, and when they were they were too hurt to do so.

"W-we should head back soon" Leo offered after a very, very long time. Just like the rest of his brothers his eyes were swollen and red from all the crying. When he pulled out of the hug he noticed his brothers were in the same condition. "Everyone alright?" He whispered and scanned his brothers.

They all had some light bruises and some scrapes but nothing too serious. Though Raph's face was in a slight grimace. Donnie was still carefully wrapped up in his blanket and Mikey was still, unintentionally, tugging his collar.

"Probably" Raph agreed and slowly stood up, getting a little help from Leo. Even though the painkillers helped him gratefully he now slowly started to feel his pain again. But it wasn't nearly as bad as he remember, probably because it was still partly working.

"A-are they…. l-like gone?" Mikey whispered and slowly stood up himself, staring wide eyed to the only remains of their captors. The creatures who caused them so much hurt, broke them both physically and mentally. The creatures who hurt Raph, raped Donnie and collared himself. Not to speak of the mental damage he did to Leo.

"It is over otouto" Leo smiled slightly and threw Raph's arm over his own shoulder to support him. Even if he wouldn't show it, Leo could see the pain was slowly returning. He looked around to see how his other two brothers were doing and smiled when he saw Mikey kneeling next to Donnie. Despite all odds it was Mikey who was comforting Donnie.

"Are you alright D?" Mikey whispered in concern. He bit his lip when the same familiar memories tried to come into his mind but he pushed them away, he had to help his brother right now. He couldn't give in right now.

"I'm okay" Donnie shivered and smiled up to Mikey. The young turtle offered Donnie a hand and helped him up. Leo gave a short nod to Mikey who nodded back. Leo got a better grip on Raph's arm when he noticed Raph leaned on him even more.

"Let's go home" Leo frowned when he saw the pained expression on Raph's face and he instantly knew the pain medication was beginning to wear off. Mikey shivered slightly and Donnie instantly wrapped his blanket around Mikey too. The cold turtle giggled slightly and happily accepted the blanket.

Leo grinned slightly as he began to walk towards the lair again. They weren't fully healed, not by a long shot. But he knew, even though it was horrible to meet those creatures again and having to battle them again, it was good they did. And it would eventually help them.

TMNT

"My sons what happened?" Splinter asked alarmed when his sons finally approached the lair. His sons were sweating, covered with dirt and filled with scrapes. Donatello was walking behind with a blanket across a shivering Mikey. And despite their condition Splinter smiled. They had found comfort in each other.

"I'll get something" April whispered when she too saw the condition of their mutant friends and rushed towards the kitchen. Splinter in the meantime took over Raphael and helped him over to the couch, laying him flat on his shell.

"Auw" Raph actually winced and placed a fist on his chest.

"What happened?" Splinter asked again and propped Raph's pillow slightly so he was half leaning against the couch. Eventually April came back too carrying lots of blankets for the cold turtles. During the fight they didn't seem to notice it too much but right now the cold suddenly became noticeable.

"Thank you April" Splinter said and took a single blanket from April and placed it on top of Raphael. Rubbing his arms slightly to warm him up. After that he stood up and walked towards Leonardo, who was now sitting down on the same couch as Raph, near his feet.

"Let us warm up first" He said when he noticed even his oldest son was shivering slightly. Leo smiled at his father when he carefully wrapped the blanket around his son's body.

"Thanks" Leo croaked. Splinter nodded and turned to his other two sons. They were huddle closely together with only the thin blanket to keep them warm. April was standing in front of them but they wouldn't separate from each other so April just wrapped another blanket around the two turtles.

Splinter sighed at the sight. He had no idea what has happened in the sewers, why they were covered with dirt or why they had scrapes, but somehow it brought them closer together.

"They came back" Leo whispered suddenly which caught Splinter's attention. He turned around to look at his son. Leo had his eyes downwards and was playing with his fingers slightly.

"Who came back my son?" Splinter frowned. He had a terrible guess who Leonardo meant, he just hoped it wasn't. That he was wrong this time. But from the looks he already knew his answer, they really did come back.

Leo took a deep breath and began to tell about what happened. How they found Mikey and at the same time the 3 mutants. Thorn, Akuyami and Nighwatch. How they explained why they did everything and how Leo eventually got rid of them.

At the end of the tale Splinter had a small smile on his face, despite the fact his sons just had to battle, in some way, their worst nightmare. They overcame it as a family and at the same time they took a deep step towards victory.

"You have done well my son. You have shown courage and you protected your brothers" Splinter said approvingly. He couldn't have been more proud of his sons.

"I suppose now is a good moment to talk?" Splinter added and looked over to his sons who were now fearfully looking at him. "If you are up to it of course" Splinter assured them.

Leo's face flushed slightly and he watched down again. Nervously tucking his blanket like Donnie always did. Raph trailed his eyes to the ceiling and placed his fist on his plastron again. Donnie glanced away but Mikey stayed watching.

"Michelangelo? Do you wish to share something with us?" Splinter spoke, unlike any other time his voice wasn't urgent and he wasn't demanding anything, merely asking him.

"I don't know Sensei" Mikey whispered and trailed his fingers to his collar before looking up again. "A-After... you know I was taken away I ... I was brought to a large room with bars and placed inside" He started and wiped away the first tears which started to fell from his eyes.

Donnie folded an arm around his little brother to encourage him to continue. "H-He put the c-collar on me and f-fed me dog food" Mikey was crying right now and his shoulders began to shake heavily. HIs hand was now firmly locked around the collar as he felt the familiar shiver running down his spine. Even after wearing it for days it still surprised him.

"He l-left me for hours and t-then he came back a-and... " He stopped for a second to take a deep breath. "He b-branded me, l-like a s-slave" He shut his eyes and lowered his head. His shoulders were shaking and the only reason his blanket wasn't falling off was because Donnie was holding it for him.

They were all stunned by his confession. They had no idea how he got that mark but now they knew. He was branded like some sort of owned slave, and that was exactly what they wanted to accomplish. They wanted to show him he was owned, that he was theirs.

"A-after that I was taken to t-the rest." He continued and gave a short smile to his brothers. Who were eagerly listening to Mikey's confession. "T-the next morning D-Donnie and I were alone a-and Leo and R-Raph were gone" He said glancing over to his brothers. They all nodded slightly

They all remember that day, Leo and Raph when they were 'kidnapped' by Akuyami and Donnie how he discovered he was suddenly alone with Mikey. What they both didn't know was what happened to them in the meantime. Mikey, and Donnie, knew what happened to them, but not what happened to Leo and Raph.

"T-they came f-for me and D-Donnie and he..." He shut his eyes and wiped away his tears, he couldn't cry because of this, he wasn't the victim here. "T-They made me w-watch... when he d-did things to Donnie" The last thing was barely above a whisper and he instantly hid his face in his blanket.

Donnie was now crying too when he heard Mikey speaking about this event. It was all too painful to hear. He knew his little brother had seen him but to actually hear it from him and how it affected him, it hurt.

"A-after that he t-took me away and b-brought me to a-a room and... he t-threatened to c-cut off my f-fingers because I w-was an animal" He said. Donnie was shocked Mikey had more to tell. He had honestly thought that was all. And he hated the fact his little brother suffered so much. It felt so wrong hearing what he all went through.

"H-he muzzled me and w-wanted to cut out v-voice box. I-I was left a-alone and t-then you came" Mikey whispered the last sentence, barely able to continue. He looked up to his father and gave him a shallow smile.

"That was very brave my son" Splinter said and walked over to his youngest 2 sons, since they were still wrapped in the same blanket. He sat down and took them both in a hug, seeing Donatello was crying too. Mikey and Donnie joined the hug willingly and both buried their heads in their father's fur. Splinter smiled, they weren't healed, not by a long shot. But the first steps had been taken.

I just noticed that I summed up like 11 chapters in a few sentences lol ^^

And the chapter seems a bit rushed but I didn't know how to get them talking and all …..

Reviews are still welcome ^^

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