So this week my test week starts, and it won't end until Thursday next week, so I won't be updating (much) the following days, I'll try but I really need to get my grades up, and I've got a whole lot to learn :(

Wish me luck ^^ And thanks everyone for reviewing/following this story so far!

TMNT

It wasn't a long drive towards her house but it seemed like it. Mikey was completely silent the whole way, not surprisingly with the muzzle still on his face, but he made no attempt to do anything, he was just deathly silent the whole time.

Staring blankly towards his knees. Nervously clawing his own fingers and shaking in fear. They needed to stay low the whole time, so nobody would see them carrying around a giant turtle. And once they reached her apartment they had to wrap him tightly in her jacket, but him getting seen was still a big risk.

Luckily, nobody was out on the streets and they carried him inside without any problems. The way towards the living room was just as slow as their way to April's home. Mikey's knees and legs were almost giving out, the sudden strain being too much but he refused to give in, and every time they offered to carry him, he let out the same hiss again.

"Casey, go to the kitchen and find something to cut these chains with" April ordered as they settled Mikey on couch. She slowly untangled the jacket from his body and gave him a blanket, but still there was no reaction from Mikey and April had to fold it around his body herself.

Casey nodded and walked off to the kitchen. April sighed and rested a comfortable hand on Mikey's knees. Immediately Mikey jerked backwards, letting out another animalistic hiss in fear, scrambling away.

"Easy Mikey, I would never hurt you" April coed, raising her hands in a sign of defeat. "Casey will get something to cut those chains and your muzzle, okay?" She asked but as expected, no response came from and looked away, closing his eyes in fear.

"I know you've been through a rough time Mikey, and you are probably scared" April started, slowly Mikey opened his eyes, glancing over to April. "I can't say I know what you are going through, but you have to know I am here for you" She continued, flashing a tiny smile.

But once again, no response came from him, not even the slightest one. She sighed slightly and grabbed her phone again, looking if someone had called her, but as expected there was none. Just when she needed them most, they weren't available.

"I think.. this will do the job" Casey said, walking inside of the room again, carrying a large scissor specially designed for cutting chains and thick wires. A low whimper escaped Mikey's throat as he laid eyes on the giant scissor and he started trembling again.

"Don't worry Mikey" April said, shuffling closer to Mikey as Casey walked over to Mikey. "Casey will cut the chains okay? He won't hurt you" Mikey seemed to doubt for a few moments but nodded his head faintly in the end, tears appearing in his eyes again.

Casey nodded towards April and she carefully grabbed the chain that was connecting his ankles and wrists together, and Casey easily cut through them. Mikey whimpered in fear and turned his head towards April.

"Just a little longer, you're doing great" She whispered and wrapped her arm around him. She carefully grabbed his wrists and presented them to Casey, who cut through those too. Red and angry marks revealing themselves. And in some places there was even fresh blood.

His wrists were covered with scars, all from struggling against his chains. The texture of the chain drilled into the skin, sweat, dirt and blood covering it. Scars and open wounds finishing it. April gasped at the sight, covering her mouth with her shaky hand.

"I'll get the first aid kit" She said and ran towards the kitchen. She couldn't believe it… that someone would do that to him. Chain him up, muzzle him and hurt him. There were scars all over his wrists, and who knows how long they had already been there.

Casey didn't say anything as he cut through the chains around his ankles, revealing the same markings that decorated his wrists, but now around his ankles. And they only indicated how tight they had been around Mikey.

And how much he had struggled to get loose, every day, and every night. Trying to break free from his captivity, from all the people who would do things to him, things Casey didn't even know, and probably didn't even want to know.

"Last one" Casey said as he took off all the chains and put them aside and standing up, moving towards the back of the couch to cut Mikey's muzzle. It was strapped to his face by chains, and it was obvious it had been there for a very long time, just like the chains.

The muzzle fell off immediately after Casey had cut through the chains. Mikey gasped slightly and opened his mouth slightly, and directly closing it. Casey expected a reaction, a thank you, a question, but nothing came out of his mouth.

"I can't believe it" April whispered as she hurried back to the couch, sitting down next to Mikey again with the first aid kit. "Those bastards! I can't believe they did this" She said as she opened the kit, revealing all the medical stuff.

She grabbed some water and used that to clean his wrists. Mikey's face was filled with pain as April cleaned his wrist but nothing came out of his mouth, he wasn't struggling or protesting, just allowed April to clean his wrists.

And not even when April began to disinfect the wound did he cry out, protest or pull away. And in a way, it broke April's heart. Mikey had never handled disinfect well, none of them did, and now being practically immune to it, only indicated how much worse he had endured.

None of them said something while April continued to clean his wrist, disinfecting them again and wrapping them up eventually, before going to his ankles while Casey helped whenever she needed someone to help her. And still Mikey made no sound at all.

"Talk to me Mikey, anything" April whispered as she was done with his ankles. She hated how quiet Mikey was, she understood he was scared, she understood he had been through a lot, but she couldn't understand why he wasn't saying something, anything.

Mikey didn't even look up, or responded in any way upon April's comment, and kept on staring like he had done the whole time April and Casey were treating him. April bit back a single tear that was threatening to spill and turned towards the bandages around Mikey's underarms.

She carefully touched them and started to unwrap the left one. A low hiss of pain escaped Mikey's mouth as April unfolded the bandages and immediately April felt a sting of guilt through her for hurting Mikey and she immediately wondered what was beneath it.

She gasped in horror as the arm was presented. It was terribly swollen and red. Needle marks all over his underarm, too many to count. She felt so bad for him right now, who knows what they had been injecting him with and for how long.

"Don't worry, no one will hurt you ever again" April whispered as she saw the fearful look in Mikey's eyes and reached for something to cool it down with. The tension left Mikey's body slightly as April carefully applied it over the swollen area, and April winced slightly as she felt the rough and warm skin.

After she was done she wrapped his arm in clean bandages again and turned towards his other arm. She had expected more needle marks, but there were none. Instead there was a long diagonal cut, sewed together by stitches.

"Oh Mikey" April whispered as she carefully placed her hands on top of the wound. The cut was perfectly diagonal, and the stitches were perfectly done and she knew directly what happened to him, they cut him open for research. And she could only hope he wasn't awake during it.

Scientists, or whoever did this, stitched it up nicely and there was nothing more April could do other than bandaging it again. The other two bandages, on either leg, carried the same long scar, with the same stitches sewing the skin together. And again, April couldn't do anything besides bandaging it.

"That's all I can do for now Mikey, do you need anything?" She whispered as she stood up. So many emotions flashed over Mikey's eyes but he kept completely silent. No word, no movement, no look. "I'll get you some water and food, you can eat it if you like" She offered, ready to walk to the kitchen when suddenly her phone rang.

She cursed inwards as she realized she had her sound still on, and her loud ringtone beamed through her house. Immediately Mikey shot up and stumbled towards the corner of the room, curling up inside a ball. Tears were immediately streaming down his face, his eyes wide with fear.

"Casey help him calm down" April said as she quickly pulled out her phone, seeing Donnie's picture on the screen. She groaned slightly, she should've turned her sound off, Mikey was scared out of his shell, he couldn't handle all the noise.

"April what's wrong?!" Donnie yelled on the other side of the line when April placed her phone to her ear. April winced slightly and turned around to look at Casey and Mikey. The teen was now slowly walking towards Mikey.

"I'm okay" April tried to assure him but obviously Donnie didn't buy it, and before she could even explain herself Donnie started yelling again.

"You called the cheese phone April, is someone following you again, the Kraang, Karai, Shredder…." Donnie stopped mid-sentence and there was a short silence before another voice cut in. "Sorry April, Donnie just freaked out, what's wrong?" Leo's voice sounded, obviously more calm than Donnie was.

"It's okay…I promise I won't hurt you, no one will" Casey said, trying to come close to Mikey but every time he tried Mikey let out another hiss, louder and more threatening now his muzzle was gone, and April couldn't contain a shiver, it scared her, even if she knew Mikey would never hurt anyone, the hiss scared her.

"April, whose with Casey?" Leo asked unsure. Another loud hiss came from Mikey, another failed attempt to reach him.

"Look Leo, something happened. Can you just come to my house now? It's important." She said, biting her lip slightly. She couldn't just tell them Mikey was here. They would freak out, or not believe her, besides what would they even think. On the other side she could hear Leo sighing.

"We are on our way, give us three minutes" Leo said and then he hang up. April had no time to reply before the line went dead. Immediately April threw her phone on the couch and turned towards Mikey, who was still shaking in the corner of the room.

"Mikey" April called out, a little louder than she had intended, but it caught Mikey's attention. "It's okay, it was just my phone, no one will hurt you" She said in a low tone and kneeled just a meter away from Mikey, as far as Mikey would let Casey go.

Another hiss turned into a chocked sob as tears continued to flow down his face, mixing with all the dirt on his face.

"Come here Mikey, you know I will never hurt you" She coed and stretched an arm towards him. "You can have some food and something to drink if you want" She added. A flash of uncertainty washed over his face when April mentioned the food and Mikey's mouth opened for a second, before closing it immediately.

He turned his head away in shame and that's when April slowly shuffled closer until she engulfed Mikey in a big hug. The freckled turtle allowed her to hug him and fully fell into April's hold, burying his face in April's chest.

TMNT

His brothers are on their way! Next chapter will be with his brothers, I promise! But it will take a little longer due to my test week :(