Hello, everyone!
So, before I start my journey ( let's call it like this) on FanFiction community, I have some things to Say:
-this is my first FanFiction story
-my maternal language is not English( so excuse me for my grammatical errors)
-and yes, I have a sense of dark humour and I have the tendency to write darker stories...
-and I love TMNT 2012, so the story is set in this universe
But I hope You enjoy the story!
Characters: Leonardo, Michelangelo,Raphael, Donatello and Master Splinter
Universe: 2012
Setting:their sewer lair
Happy Reading!
Leo's Breakdown (Aka: How to break your eldest Brother)
It was a chill evening under New York City's streets; Splinter was in Japan, so the four teenage mutant ninja turtles were spending a quiet, peacefull evening in their lair, minding their own business, after a long, stressfull period of battles with The Foot Clan and Kraang.
Donnie was tinkering in his lab, Mikey was in kitchen, preparing one of his , ,,experimental" pizzas( which included chocolate syrup, jeallybeans and anchoives- don't ask).Raph was sitting at the kitchen table, reading a comic book, and Leo was preparing a cup of tea.
Then , because Universe believed it was too peacefull, happened Mikey.
Mikey, in his infinite wisdom, took the pizza and spined it in his hand like a basketball.
Mikey(excited):Check this out, guys!
Leo:Mikey, no!We just painted the walls.
Mikey:Mikey, yes!Com' on, Leo, everything it'll be fine!I'm a profesional!
Raph(not looking up from his comic book):In disasters sure ya're,but if I get covered in pizza, I swear I'll shove that pizza down yer throat, Mikey.
As if on cue, the pizza spinned too fast and flew across the kitchen...and hit Leo square in the face, slowly peeling of, leaving a trace of cheese, ketchup and chocolate syrup on his face.
Mikey burst out laughing.
Raph took one look and wheezed, laughing his shell of.
Mikey(howling):-HAHAHAH!OH MAN, DID YOU SAW HIS FACE?
Raph(laughing)-HAHA!HE LOOKS LIKE A PIZZA-CHEESE-MOLTEN MUTANT!HAHA!
Leo wiped of the content from his face and glared at them.
-Haha, very funny, replied Leo sarcastically. Let's see how You laugh when You clean this mess.
The blue-banded turtle turned back,took a cup from the shelves and poured tea into it , his grip on the cup was tight,almost like a vise. He took a sip,and right then, his face contorted in horror and he spat the sip content in the sink.
-What the Shell?!Leo exclaimed.
Donnie burst into the kitchen immeadiately after he heard the yell, screwdriver in one hand, a half-finished remote control in the other.
-Did You used the Red box?asked Donnie, eyes wide.
-Donnie, shoud I be worried?asked Leo.
Donnie:-No, but in that box it may have been some...soy sauce?
-WHAT?!exclaimed Leo.
-I planned to study its chemical composure later!Donnie defended himself.
-Who puts soy sauce in tea box?!asked Leo half exasperated.
-Sorry, muttered Donnie, feeling bad.
Leo sighed and looked at Donnie and patted his shoulder.
Leo:-It's ..don't try this again, ok?
Donnie:-Ok.
Leo threw the rest of the soy sauce in the sink and walked to the dojo to meditate and calm his mind.
Fifteen minues later, sitting in a lotus position in the dojo, Leo felt calm.
Leo: -Breath in, breath out...find your inner peace and-
Raph( roaring from the main area):-MIKEY!
Leo(muttering):-..Raph roaring. Of course he's roaring.
He continued to mediate, trying to block the noise around but it was useless, because the yells grew louder.
Raph(yelling):-COME HERE, YOU LITTLE SLIMY GREMLIN!
Mikey( yelling back):-YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME, RAPHIE!DO YOU HEAR ME?NEVER!
Raph:-CALL ME RAPHIE AGAIN AND I'LL MAKE YA EAT YER TEETH!
CRASH!THUD!
Mikey:-LEO, RAPH BROKE THE ARCADE MACHINE!
Raph:-IT'S MIKEY'S FAULT!
THUD!THUD!BOOM!
Donnie(yelling):-WHAT IN ISAAC NEWTON'S NAME ARE YOU TWO IDIOTS DOING?!
-Great, now Donnie joined the maddnes, sighed Leo, his patience running thin.
Mikey:-RAPH BROKE IT!
Raph:-MIKEY BROKE YOUR GIZMO!
Donnie:-I DON'T CARE WHICH ONE BROKE MY FLYING BOARD!I'LL END YOU BOTH!
CLACK!THUD!
Raph:-HA, YOU MISSED ME, NERD!
Donnie:-I'LL STICK THIS WRENCH WHERE THE SUN DOESN'T SHINE, RAPH!
Mikey:HA!DO IT,DONNIE!
Donnie: MICHELANGELO, DON'T THINK YOU ARE OUT OF THE HOOK!
Mikey:-RUN, RAPH!
THUD!CRASH!
Mikey:-NOT THE GAME CONTROLER!
Leo's eye twiched and his fists clenched so hard that his knuckles turned white. He stood up and walked in dojo's door and looked at the chaos that unfold in front of his eyes: Raph and Mikey, running and flipping over furniture for their lives, chased by Donnie which was swinging a wrench like a sword.
The leader walked to the bathroom, entered and closed the door behind him, his Brothers not noticing.
Then, they heard a scream .A blood-curling, frustrated scream. They froze in their places.
Leo(from bathroom):-AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!WHY?WHY DOES ALL HAPPENS TO ME?
Donnie,Mikey and Raph looked at eachother, confused.
-Ugh, guys?It's just me, or Leo did lost it?asked Mikey.
-I think so, mumbled Donnie.
Leo:-WHY?WHY AM I SOURRROUNDED BY LITTLE DEVILS?I AM A GOOD PERSON!
-We should do Something, said Donnie.
-Nah, maybe let Fearless cool of, replied Raph.
THUD!THUD!THUD!
Leo was jumping in frustration, tears streaking down his face. He started to cry like a Little kid, his lean body shaking from sobs.
Leo(screaming louder):-I DO EVERYTHING FOR YOU!I SACRIFICE MYSELF EVERY DAY TO KEEP US ALIVE!AND FOR WHAT?YOU DESTROY EVERYTHING!
-It's scaring me, replied Mikey, grabbig Donnie's right arm.
Leo(even more frustrated)-MIKEY, STOP DOING CULINAR EXPERIMENTS THAT ALMOST KILL US!RAPH, YOU'RE A SAI-STABBING-YELLING MENACE!DONNIE, YOU ALWAYS BUILD MACHINES THAT EXPLODE!
At this point, the screams where mixed with sobs.
-Okay, we go in, said Raph, concerned.
The three sprinted to the bathroom, waiting outside the locked door. Donnie knocked gently.
Donnie( gently,calm):-Leo, please, open the door. We can talk about this.
Leo(sobbing and screaming):-TALK ABOUT WHAT?HOW TO TORTURE ME?
Mikey popped up behind Raph and made his way to the bathroom door.
Mikey:-Bro, open up, so we'll have a pizza party!We'll even have your favourite pizza!
Leo didn't. Instead , he cried and sobbed louder.
-Okay, I'll take this door down, said Raph, fed enough with the negotiations, rolling up his non-existent sleeves and cracking his knuckles.
Donnie( gently grabbing Raph's right arm)-Raph, no!You' ll traumatise him!
Leo:-I JUST WANT SOME PEACE!WHY I CAN'T HAVE PEACE?
-What were ya sayin'?asked Raph.
Donnie( letting go of Raph's arm, sighing):-Take the door down.
With one leg kick, the door flew from hinges and landed on the tale door.
They froze.
Leo was in the bathub, knees drawn to chest and hands wrapped around them, his face buried in his arms.
The three younger bros approached him carefully, like they were approaching a ticking time bomb.
Leo's head shot up,his usual calm sapphire blue eyes now red and puffy from crying ,and tears streaked down his cheeks,soaking his sapphire blue mask. He jumped on his feet, unsheated his katanas and pointed them at his bros.
Leo:-STAY BACK!
-GET HIM!yelled Raph.
Leo:-DON'T YOU DARE!
Leo tried to outsmart and outrun his brothers. He flipped over Mikey and slid near Donnie , but Raph grabbed him by the left arm.
Raph(holding Leo with an Iron grip):-You're not goin' anywhere!
Leo(almost pleading, desperate):-LET ME GO!
PFFT!
A tranquiliser dart from Donnie's tranq hit Leo's neck.
-Sewer apples...
Leo froze mid-yell and collapsed like a Puppet with its strings cut. Raph caught him before he hit the floor and craddled him in his arms like a groom did in his wedding day with his wife.
Raph:The Heck did Ya get the tranq,Don?
Donnie:I put it in my Belt this morning.I had a premonition about this.
Raph:Never mind. What do we do now, Brainiac?
Donnie(serious):-My lab, now.
Ten minutes later, Raph and Mikey were pacing back and forth in the lab, while Donnie checked the vitals of their eldest Brother which was knocked out cold, longed on the lab table.
-Guys, it's bad,said Donnie.
-How bad?asked Raph.
-Leo has nerve problems. His nerves are frayed, sky-rocket level. He needs to calm down or he'll have another meltdown, explained Donnie.
-Which means...started Mikey.
Donnie:-If we annoy him anymore, he'll snap again.
-OPERATION DON'T ANNOY LEO STARTS NOW!announced Mikey, pumping his fist.
They succesed...for two days.
In the third Day, Mikey got a bored Mikey is more dangerous than Shredder himself.
In that evening, Mikey couldn't reach the knives so, in his infinite intelligence, he sneak in Leo's room and grabbed his katanas. Back in the kitchen, he cut the pizza with The katanas, eat the pizza and put the swords back in their owner's room, covered in melted cheese, grease and ketchup, with a note on the handles( Thanks for swords. -Love, Mikey).
Later that night, at exactly 3 AM, they Heard Leo screaming. Again .
Leo:-AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
Mikey screamed in terror and Dove under his bed. Raph fell of his bed and grabbed his. Donnie shot up from his bed and grabbed the tranq.
The three bros burst in Leo's room. The leader was on his knees, gripping his pizza-covered slowly turn his Head to his bros, like a villain in a horror movie,ready to jump scare them out of their shells.
Leo(Voice dangerously serious) WHERE. IS. THE. TRANQ?
Mikey(gasping):-HE WANTS IT HIMSELF!
PFFT!
Leo:-Thank god...
Once again, Leo collapsed in Raph's arms. This time, they put him back in his bed and tied him.A few minutes later, he woke up.
Leo(still dizzy):-Again?
-Yep, You snapped again, Fearless, said Raph.
Donnie:-Leo, we love You, but You are scaring us.
-Yeah,You need to rest, chirped Mikey.
Leo(sigh):-I'll try.
For the three next days, everything was alright.
No loud noises.
No explosions.
No yelling.
Everything went well ...until one morning,Raph tried to punch the punching bag and he punched one of Donnie's invetions, which exploded.
Leo fists clenched.
-GET THE TRANQ!screamed Raph.
-STAY AWAY!screamed Leo.
Mikey,Raph and Donnie chased their Brother around the lair. They flipped, slid and run after him, dodging flying objects and shurikens.
-MIKEY, GO HIGH!DONNIE, RIGHT!I'LL TAKE LEFT!ordered Raph.
They run in this ways, and in one final attempt, they managed to tackle thier leader to the ground.
-LET ME GO!screamed Leo, struggling to escape his Brothers.I'M YOUR LEADER!THAT'S AN ORDER!
-Yeah?smirked Raph. Well, since ya're unable temporary to lead us, and I'm the second-in-command, I'll take the charge for the moment.
Leo( eyes wide):-YOU CAN'T DO THIS!
-Well, technically, he can, added Donnie.
Raph:-And as The temporary leader, I order ya'll rest.
Leo(screaming,trashing):-I WILL STRANGLE YOU ALL!
Before Leo could yell and threat anymore, they sedated him for the third time.
The entire afternoon, Leo spent his time in his bedroom and his bros got worried.
Mikey, Donnie and Raph stood outside Leo's room, to scared to enter. They looked at the door, then at eachother.
-We should check on him, Donnie whispered.
-Who's goin' in?asked Raph.
-You, replied Mikey.
Raph(loud-whisper):-Why me?
-Because you are the most skilled and strongest from the three of us, explained Donnie.
Raph(defeated):-..Fair enough. But if I die, Tell Spike I love him.
Raph took a Deep breath, unsheated his Sais and slowly, carefully, he opened the door. He crept in, and scanned the room with his eyes,taking all precautions. After all, Leo was their leader with a reason, and he was the most skilled from all four of them(If not as or more than their father).
In front of the desk, in the opposite part of the entrance,Leo stood on his feet, his back against the door. He stood still, his katanas and weapons were gone( specifically, in Raph and Donnie's belts), his white ,once pristine,bandages Slightly messy and slighlty covered in blood( Leo's, his bros', Thanks to the earlier episodes).His knee and elbow pads were as usual, and his pristine blue bandana was pristine as ever.
Raph:-Leo?Fearless?
None answer.
-Bro?Buddy?
Still silence.
Raph(now scared)-Come on, Man!Say Somethin'!Ya're creepy and ya freak me out.
Still nothing.
-Leo, Say Somethin', anythin'.Greet me, yell at me, curse me. Say Somethin'!
Leo said nothing, but he faced the red banded blue-banded turtle , stared at him,and Raph felt the look looking straight into his soul.
Raph(tucking his Sais in his belt):-I'm out. It freaks me out.
And with that, Raph jumped from the room, closing the door behind him with a loud thud.
-Well?asked Donnie nervous. How is he?
Raph:-Honestly?We broke him.
-Dude, said Mikey, suddenly having an epiphany.
-What?asked the older turtles in unison.
Mikey:-What If an alien replaced him?
Raph sighed.
Donnie facepalmed.
Raph(one ,,eyebrow" raised):-Seriously?
-Seriously, said Mikey, really believing his theory, in a serious tone.
Donnie(dragging a hand over his face):Oh my god..
-We're screwed, said Raph.
When they were ready to leave, Leo emerged from his room, slowly, and with no words,he passed next to his bros and walked to the bathroom.
The three turtles stared.
-What is he doing?asked Mikey.
-No idea, idea, said Raph.
-Should we follow him?asked Mikey.
-At this point, yeah, we should,replied Donnie.
Slowly, they followed him untill they reached the bathroom. They gulped.
-Is he goin' to snap again?whispered Raph.
-I have no idea,whispered back Donnie.
To their surprise, Leo didn't yell,didn't scream, didn't snap. In fact , he opened the faucet and fueled halfly the bathub , took of his Belt and pads, placed them carefully next to the cabinet and sat in the tub. His muscles, once very tense, relaxed as he slipped slowly in the water, until it reached his collarbones. The water was warm, calming, it's small waves soothing. He sighed and closed his eyes,his blue bandana tails floating.
-Breath in,breath out...find your inner peace and center yourself. You're one with The water, the Earth, the wind, meditated Leo.
From the door, the Brothers watched in silence( or so they tried).
-Dudes, did Leo transcended another plane of existation?whispered-asked Mikey.
-Seems so, whispered-answered Raph.
-Maybe this will resolve Leo's nerve problems, whispered-added Doonie. Meditation always worked for him.
-Or maybe He's,you know, charging his batteries, added Mikey.
Both Raph and Donnie shot Mikey a glare.
Mikey:-Maybe he needs Something?Oh, a pillow!Or a pizza !Or a ...MMMMFFF.
Raph slapped one of his hands over Mikey's mouth. Mikey squirmed a bit and muttered something, but Raph's grip didn't loose and the red-banded turtle dragged his youngest Brother as the three of them withdraw in silence,closing the door after them.
The next morning, everything seemed back to normal. Balance was restored and the lair was clean, and everybody was in the living room. Donnie was Reading a book, while Mikey had convinced Raph to play a cards game. And Leo?The Fearless Leader was sitting on the couch, Reading a scroll.
On the lair's entrance, Master Splinter appeared, old, wise and tired as brown robes were as pristine as usuall, his Crane was by his side, and he carried a big travel bag.
Master Splinter:-My Sons, I returned home!
The four teenagers turned their heads toward their father, and in a second, they sprinted from their sits, abandoning their previous activities, and hugged him.
Leo:-Father!
Raph:-Sensei!
Donnie:-Master Splinter!
Mikey:-Papa, You're back!
Master Splinter:-Of course I am, my sons. Did You behave in my absence?
They froze for a second, but Leo broke the Ice( and Mikey, Donnie and Raph gulped silently).
-We did, Sensei, said Leo in his usual did our chores, kept the order and didn't broke anything in the lair.
Splinter:-This is good to Hear, Leonardo.
The others were reliefed. Leo didn't snitched them and what they experienced on their father's absence.
Splinter:-I will go in my room to rest after this long journey.
And with that, the old master walked in his room and closed the door.
-Pfiu!That was close, said Donnie.
-Yeah, said Raph. What happened, Fearless?Why did Ya not snitched us after what we've done to ya?
Leo:-You are my brothers and despite everything You do, we're still a family and I will always love You.
-Aww, Thank You, Leo!Said Mikey, hugging the leader. You're the Best big Brother ever!
Thwack!Raph's action figure fell from Mikey Belt.
Raph crossed his arms, his brows furrowing.
Raph:-Mikey, why do ya have my Crognard figurine?
-Ugh, borrowed ?smiled Mikey.
Raph(cracking his neck and knuckles):-Mikey, ya Little thief, come here!
Mikey bolted with Raph hot on his heels.
THUD! THUD!
-These two are a lost cause, sighed Donnie, dragging his hand over his face.
Leo sighed, feeling his patience running thin.
-Donnie?
-Yes?
Leo:-Where is the tranq?
-Maybe this instead?asked Donnie, giving Leo a pill.
-Thanks, Don.
-You're welcome, smiled Donnie.
-COME BACK HERE, YA PEST!yelled Raph.
Mikey( flipping over the couch)-AAAHHHH!
CRASH!THUD!TWACK!
Mikey:-Ow...
The End
PS:I'd love to hear your thoughts — feel free to leave feedback or suggestions!
PSS Sorry for the first version.
