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TMNT: One Small Turtle: M09292012

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part of my AU
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Leo and Mikey were out skateboarding. It was fall, so the night came sooner. It was pitch dark at nine o’clock. With Splinter’s permission Leo brought Mikey topside to secluded skatepark. It was quiet day. Mikey was getting the hang of everything he even learnt how to heel break.

“Leo watch this!” Mikey shouted speeding forward so he could jump over a bar.

“Very good!” Leo said joining up with him, “you are a quick learner!”

“Well I have the best teacher ever!” Mikey smiled as he followed Leo into the half pipe. Leo smiled back, “look Leo! I can do and Ollie like you and Raphie!”

Leo smiled, “good.”

“Hey Leo, Raph said you are too chicken to a double kick flip to do in the air from the half pipe. I told him he was crazy! And that you can do anything! Show me Leo! I know you can do it!”

Leo hesitated. Every time he did that move in the past he would wipeout, but he wanted to show off for Mikey. Leo nearly made the full rotation but he came crashing down hard on his right shoulder.

“Leo!” Mikey yelled running over to his brother, “you okay?”

Leo cringed and looked at his brother, “yeah buddy I am fine,” he lied. Leo got to his feet, “come on, it’s time to go home anyway.” Leo placed his on Mikey’s shoulder.

“Don’t worry Leo I won’t tell Raph that you wiped out trying it,” Mikey smiled, but Leo’s hand tensed on the younger turtle’s shoulder.

“Mikey, stay behind me,” Leo instructed. Leo’s hand went to a katana, but it was not there. He did not think he would needed them, that and it was hard to skate with them. So Leo stood there, he was going to have to protect his brother some way, even if it was with bare hands.

Mikey looked around, they were surrounded by robots.

“The ones known as the turtles have been found at this place know as the skate park,” one of the Kraang Droids said.

“They talk funny,” Mikey laughed, but Leo silenced him.  

“the small one is one that is known as a child. The one known as child had the spots on its face that are called freckles.”

“The one with the freckles was know as the we called M-0-9-2-9-2-0-1-2,” another said.

“Leo what did he say?” Mikey asked.

Leo’s jaw dropped, they remembered him!

“The one called M-0-9-2-9-2-0-1-2 is disposed of, than why is M-0-9-2-9-2-0-1-2 standing here with the one known as one of the turtles?”

“Leo what is going on?” Mikey asked.

”How dare they talk about Mikey like he is trash!” Leo thought, his body tensed. He had to calm himself, there was no need to go homicidal like Raph just yet.  “Let’s get home ---” Leo stopped, he was still thinking about what the Kraang said. Then one of laser bullets pierced his shoulder. Leo cried out in pain as he brought his good hand over his injury, “Mikey go!” Leo shouted, stumbling forward.

“We must take the called M-0-9-2-9-2-0-1-2 back to our place---”

“Leo what are they talking about!” Mikey cried as they got closer to them

“Not now Mikey, just run, we need to get back!” Leo’s was trying to stop his bleeding shoulder.

“Leo you are bleeding!” Mikey cried,

“I will be fine! But first we need to lose the Kraang stay close to me!” The pair raced into the street, Leo was leaving a blood trail the entire way, the found car to hide behind. Leo was breathing heavily. His shoulder was killing him from the fall, and the shot, he was losing blood quickly too.

“Leo, you okay?”

“Yeah buddy,” Leo took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them Mikey had a smoke bomb in his hand and dropped it to the ground.
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Leo walked into the lair, his blue mask now stained red since he used it to help stop the bleeding.

“Leo what were the Kraang things talking about?” Mikey asked even before Donnie could check out his injured older brother.

“You ran into the Kraang?” Donnie asked leading Leo into the his lab to clean the wound.

“Yeah,” Leo gulped, “they recognized him.”

Donnie’s jaw dropped, “Oh shell----”

“Tell me what is going on!” Mikey yelled.

“What is with all the yelling?” Raph asked.

“What is a M-0-9-2-9-2-0-1-2?” Mikey asked.

Raph’s jaw clenched, “it’s nothing,” Raph lied.

“No! It’s something, Leo and me almost got killed over it!”

“Let me wrap Leo’s injury and we will tell you,” Donnie said.
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Mikey sat down the couch and waited for his brothers. Donnie came in first holding a small wooden box. On top of the box was two tiny orange foot prints. With the words Hamato Michelangelo written underneath.

“This is your baby box,” Donnie said opening it, “inside is all little things we kept from when you were a baby,” Donnie reached in and pulled out a purple mask.

“Why is that in there?”

Donnie laughed, “when you were a baby you would always chew on the ends of my mask. Only mine, never Leo or Raph’s.” Mikey laughed, “I had to get another mask,” Donnie continued, “because you would not sleep at night without it for a little while.” Donnie pulled out a small container that held Mikey’s first tooth, several pictures, an orange sweatshirt, rubber duck, and finally he pulled out a bag that tied at the top. With shaking hands Donnie untied it and pulled out the orange band.

Donnie sighed as he handed the band to Mikey, “What’s this?” Mikey asked.

“It was on your ankle when we found you,” Donnie said.

“Found me? You found me? I-I thought I-I….” Mikey found himself having a hard time breathing because he was crying. He held his hand over his heart and could feel it beating fast. Mikey tried to stop but he could not help it, the tears just began to fall. Mikey was feeling light headed. He was ten now could he never realized this? He always thought he fit in with his brother, but guess he did not.

“Well, sensei bought us,” Raph said, but was stopped from anymore comments due to a deadly look from Splinter. Mikey was only half listening.

“Mikey are fifteen years younger than us,” Leo ask, “you never wondered why?”

“I never though about it. It just thought you guy were older when we got mutated….” Mikey shrugged, “I want the truth, and don’t lie!”

Leo sighed and looked to Splinter who nodded with approval. Leo shifted his sling and explained  about their night on patrol, the Kraang the pet store, and Donnie’s findings.

“So we aren’t really brothers?” Mikey said.

“Blood? No, but that isn’t important to us----” Donnie tried to explain, but Mikey ran off.

“Michelangelo!” Splinter yelled out to his, “come here now,” his youngest son has always been well behaved, but this new truth was getting to him. It was true Mikey never asked why he was so much younger, that is the way he grew up, it was what he know. No one in the family cared Mikey was different, that is why they never brought up Mikey’s origins. Splinter did not think he was old enough to understand, and so far he was proving him right.

Mikey defied his father’s order and kept running. “My son,” he said catching Mikey by the hand only to have the small turtle yank it out.

“I’m NOT your son! I’m NOT their brother! I’m NO ONE!” Mikey yelled taking the small band in his hand and throwing it across the lair, “Wait I know who I am M09292012!” Mikey was fast, he ran full speed out of the lair.

“Michelangelo--” Splinter went after his son, but the small turtle was very fast and already an expert at stealth and hiding.

After searching for over an hour Splinter came back to see if Donatello could track the youngest turtle’s movements.

Donnie walked over to the orange band and picked it up. He did not know why he was so sad that Mikey threw it or why he was crying over it. Maybe it was because he spent such a long time trying to figure out how to get it off. Maybe it was because of this band they were able to find out more about Mikey. Maybe it was just symbolism of his brother wanting to leave the family.

Leo took the band in his hand. He remembered to clearly reading it for the first time, he would never forget the day the found their baby brother. Their family seemed so complete when Mikey entered their lives. Leo metal made notes so that he could tell Mikey.

Raph looked at the band in Leo’s hand and then down to his leg. It was how he found their little brother, clinging to his leg. It drove him crazy, but as Mikey grew older and too big to cling to his leg Raph found he missed it.
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Mikey was breathing heavily from all the running. He was trying to calm himself down, but his world was just shattered. He had no family. He shared his DNA with no one. Mikey over heard Donatello explained once that during the mutation that half of Splinter’s DNA was crossed the theirs, well Leo, Raph, and Donnie’s, making them truly his sons. Mikey always thought he was part of that.

Mikey looked at the ladder that lead to the surface and began to climb.
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“Got a location!” Donnie announced, “but, it’s not good, he’s on the surface and by the looks of it by the pet store.” Donnie grabbed a duffle bag filled with supplies they could need. Like medical supplies, breathing masks for the Kraang lair, and hacking tools.

Leo got up to go, Donnie went to stop him, but Leo stopped him first, “I am going, I am overriding your doctor ruling as a brother and the leader.”

Leo lead the way to Raph and Donnie close on his tail. They reached the alleyway. Leo was the first one up. He could see Mikey curled in corner, and from what they would see he was cut up and bruised.

Leo was the first one to Mikey. The smaller turtle slowly opened his eyes. “Kraang,” he rasped out.

“Yeah Mikey course we came,” Leo started, thinking his brother said, ‘you came’

Mikey shook his head and Leo turned around. They were surrounded by Kraang.

Leo and Raph stepped forward while Donnie stepped back to attend to Mikey’s injuries.

Mikey’s arms and legs were scrapped up, he has some deeper cuts as well, but nothing would need stitches. When Donnie asked what happened Mikey changed the subject.

Leo looked around, he counted ten Kraangdroids, all of them had the blaster guns pointed at them.

“Give Kraang experiment M09292012, he belongs to Kraang.”

“Never! He is not your experiment he is our brother!” with that Raph lunged forward causing the Kraang to start shooting. Leo and Raph dodged the bullets

The Kraang split up, three went to Leo, and three to Raph. The remanning four made their way to Donnie and Mikey.

Raph went in a wild frenzy jabbing, kicking, and punching the Kraangs. Just as he roundhouse kicked one he could feel a light pain as his carapace, he was shot, he was jerked towards the wall, immediately he spun around a jammed his sai into the brain of the Kraang. He was down to two Kraangs. Raph sent a sai flying into the air and it landed in the brain of a Kraang, down to one. In one fluid motion Raph sent the remaining Kraang into the wall.

Donnie was checking over Mikey, all that really needed to be done was clean his cuts and lightly bandage them. Mikey was scared though, and afraid to talk about what happened. Mikey watched helplessly as his broths fought, Raph had come over to help Donnie with his four Kraang while Leo was attempting to fight off three Kraang.

“Mikey stay back,” Raph said as Mikey was hiding behind his red banned brother’s legs.

“Mmmhm,” Mikey muttered holding onto Raph’s legs.

“Little ninja that means I need you to let me go,” Raph smiled and looked down at Mikey.

Leo was using this lone katana to block the shots from the Kraang. As one of the Kraang approached another approached from behind, and the third from Leo’s left. He was boxed in. Leo went to swing his katana at one of them. Leo gulped with three ray guns pointed at him. He deflected what he could using his katana, but one hit him in his already injured shoulder causing him to cry out in pain. Leo managed to kill one of the Kraang before collapsing to the ground.

Leo’s katana lay at his feet he held his good hand over his already injured shoulder, but he had to get up despite the pain he was in. Blood was dripping down his right arm. More bullets flew at him, but he deflected. Leo swung his katana, taking out another Kraang. Now it was him and one Kraang, he had this. Leo was getting dizzy from pain, but he pushed threw it, all he had to do was kill this last Kraang and hope Raph and Donnie could handle the rest. Leo fought almost blindly. He finally heard his blade hit the metal body of the Kraang’s suit, Leo swayed, he felt something connect with his head and he fell to the ground once again.

Raph and Donnie had almost defeated their four Kraang when half a dozen more came, but seeing Leo hit the ground for the second time and not get up caused Mikey to run over to his oldest brother.  

“Mikey no!” Donnie shouted as Mikey stumbled over to Leo.

“Leo,” Mikey said shaking is brother, “wake up you need to fight, there are more.”

“Mikey watch out!” Raph yelled seeing a Kraang go after the young turtle, but Raph send a sai flying and taking down the advancing Kraang.

Mikey ducked down, placing himself over Leo, “Leo, wake up!” Mikey cried. Suddenly Mikey felt a pain in his head, he was being kicked.

Raph nodded at Donnie letting him know he could handle the Kraang he had so Donnie could help Leo and Mikey. Donnie use his bo staff and pole vaulted over to stand guard over his oldest and youngest brother. In a great swinging motion he took out two of the Kraang knocking off their head before driving his naginata into the brains.

“Donnie help!”

Donnie whipped around to see a Kraang carrying Mikey off. Nearly tripping over Leo he ran after them. Donnie reached out his hand.

“Nie, Nie,” Mikey called out going back to his nickname for Donnie he used when he was younger, “Nie help me!” Mikey was crying harder now.

Donnie could feel Mikey’s small hand in his. Just as he was going to pull Mikey’s arms, he could feel a projectile hit his head causing him to drop hard to the ground and his hand to leave Mikey’s.

“Raph…” Donnie said weakly, but it was too late the Kraang and their baby brother were gone.
“DAMN IT!” Raph shouted punching the wall as Donnie shakily rose to his feet and made his way to Leo.

Donnie used his bo staff as support to walk since he was still slightly dizzy. “Leo,” Donnie called when he was standing over his brother. Leo stirred, but did not get up.

“Yo Leonardo get your shell up,” Raph said kicking his brother.

“Ow!” Leo complained getting himself into a sitting position, “Where is--” he stopped when he saw the look on Donnie’s face. “They got him?”

Donnie nodded, “we need to get--”

“No we need to go after them and get Mikey!” Leo found energy and jumped to his feet, but his blood loss caused him to sway on his feet, Raph supported him.

“Leo you are in no condition to fight,” Donnie said gently.

“I don’t need to fight to lead, besides it’s not that bad I can do it!”

“Then stand on your own two feet,” Donnie said. Raph stepped back and Leo forced himself to take a few steps. “Leo we don’t what what we are going into, I don’t--”

“I would rather die here than go home without Mikey!” Leo snapped, “move out! And that is an order.”

Raph and Donnie glanced at each other, Donnie was still dizzy and well and Raph split his knuckles punching the wall. “Can I at least rewrap your shoulder?”

“Fine!” Leo said.

“Leo, calm down I don’t want two hot heads,” Donnie said cooly pulling out the supplies he needed.

“It’s my fault,” Leo whispered.

“No---”

“If I never took him to the skate park….”

“Who would have guessed? Leo, we also should have told him the truth a long time ago,”  Donnie said removing the old bandages from his older brother’s shoulder.  
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Mikey opened his eyes and inspected his surroundings. In was in a cold dark cell chained to the back wall. “Let me out!” Mikey yelled fighting his restraints, but he stopped it was causing his cuts to reopen.

“No one ever gets out,” a voice came from Mikey far left.

Mikey turned his head, “who are you?” he asked.

“Nobody, like you. Just an experiment. I am part goat, part human. What about you.”

“I-I’m not an experiment….” Mikey cried, “I-I have a-a….family”

“Wow wish I had one, but then again, they would be the ones conducting the experiments. So what are you? I can’t see you.”

Mikey gasped. No….it  that why they never told him? Was it was they were the ones experimenting on him? But they came for him when he ran away. Mikey was confused. He wanted them to be his family, he did, but they lied to him all his life.

The humanoid goat kept ignoring him, “so what are you?”

“Mutant turtle,” Mikey said finally answering the question.

“Were you a turtle first or a human?”

“Turtle, what about you?”

The goat laughed, “I really don’t know, you remember being a turtle?”

“No that’s what I was--”

“Told? By this so called family?”

Mikey was about to make a comeback, but the door opened. “let me out!” Mikey yelled, but the figure kept walking, it went past Mikey and to his cellmate. The figure unlocked his cellmate’s bindings and lead him out of the cell. Mikey watched as the goat guy left him, leaving him alone.

Mikey looked at the orange band around his wrist. M09292012, he would never forget it, it was his real name. Mikey sat down and closed his eyes and thought about how is brothers came for him, they really did care about him, even if he was not related to them. He had a family, the best family! And they were all his and he loved them and they loved him. Without trying he fell asleep, thinking about his family.

It was two hours later when a women came in to get him. She was long brown hair and kind eyes, she was also wearing a mask over her nose and mouth, it was hooked up to a box on her hip.

“M09292012, it’s your time,” she said.

“I have a name,” Mikey said while she was undoing his bindings that were attached to the wall so that she should attached mobile bindings.

“Yes, M09292012,” she said.

“No, a real name, it’s Michelangelo.”

“That is not on the file,” she said.

“M09292012, time to leave,” Using the leash that was around his neck she lead him away.

Mikey followed her, not that he had a choice. The farther they went, the harder it became for Mikey to breathe, and it was not because of the leash. The girl did not seem to notice until he collapsed to the ground.  
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They were in the Kraang lair, searching for Mikey. It took over an hour, but they found him. Mikey was suspended in vertical tube surrounded by a slightly thickened liquid. Mikey also had all the tubes and wires attached him, his eye were shut, his chin to his plastron.

“Mikey!” Donnie cried. He looked over the complicated holding device. From what he could figure out with Mikey’s vitals, they were not good; he was in a coma.

Leo placed his good hand on the tube. “Mikey I don’t know if you can hear me, but I forgot to tell you the most important part of the story. We called you our brother from the day we found you.”

“It’s true little ninja even though you tried to eat me,” Raph added in causing Leo to scoff.

“Don’t listen to him! You just clung onto his leg and freaked him out!” Leo laughed.

“Yeah he was scared for you for a while,” Donnie said placing in hand on the tub now.

“I was not scared! I thought...well I thought you were a trap, it’s funny now,” Raph admitted placing his hand next to Leo’s. Suddenly Raph took a sai and jammed into the tube that held Mikey.

“Raph, NO!” Donnie yelled, as the glass cracked and water spilt all over and Mikey’s body fell forward.

“Raph are you an idiot!?” Leo snapped.

“He’s outta there now, let’s get him home,” Raph went to help Donnie with his brother but stopped.

“Raph…you doing that may have killed Mikey,” Donnie said darkly. “He was-is in a coma and the wires and everything were helping him.”

Donnie went into his bag and pulled out a breathing mask for the foreign atmosphere for Mikey and slipped it over his nose and mouth. Nothing changed.

“We need get him home,” Leo said, “and soon before they find us, we are in no condition for another fight.”

“Now you admit we are in no condition to fight,” Donnie said with a half smile. Donnie stood up holding the unconscious Mikey in his arms.

“Now we just need to get out,” Raph said.

“I have a plan for that,” Donnie said.

“Leo in my bag there is the box, it’s really a throwing bomb, pull the pin and toss it, it will explode in ten seconds.”

Leo nodded and pulled out the bomb, but handed it to Raph. Raph nodded excepting it, Leo could use both hands very well, but he still felt Raph would have the better shot than him doing it left-handed.

“Ready?” Raph called out.

Leo nodded and Donnie held Mikey close to him.

“Well here goes nothing!” Raph pulled the pin and sent the box flying, ten seconds later it exploded. The trio ran with Donnie holding tightly onto Mikey.

They were just about to go down into the sewers when Donnie stopped due to Mikey beginning whimper. Donnie sat down and held him in a sitting position. Raph knelt down next to them.

“Come on buddy, wake up,” Raph said. He felt guilty now after Donnie saying Raph breaking Mikey out could have killed him.

Mikey’s eyes slowly opened, “Y-you came…” he said weakly, his strength was gone.

“Course we did,” Raph said rubbing Mikey’s head.

Mikey nuzzled Raph’s hand, “can we go home?”

“Course we can,” Leo said.

Donnie lifted Mikey onto Raph’s back once they got into the sewers. The small turtle was so exhausted from the events that he fell asleep.

“He’s just sleeping,” Donnie said when he saw the concerned look on their father’s face.

Raph carried Mikey into his room. Splinter looked at his battle worn sons. “Rest my sons, I will watch over Michelangelo.” No one refused, they all knew they needed it, “we can talk more once you have rested.”

Splinter watched over his youngest son. He could see needle marks on his arms and bruising, he must have been tested on. Splinter laid paw on Mikey’s head. He was warm, no fever right now, and his breathing and heart rate were normal as well. All good signs, that all he needed was some rest to recover.

Splinter found himself waking up, he must have fallen asleep when he looked around he could see Donnie nestled in bed with Mikey, Leo was sitting in the other chair and Raph was using the bed as support, all sons were sleeping.

Mikey wiggled out from under Donnie and and climbed into his father’s lap like he did when he was younger.

“Daddy if this what I family is then I don’t care that I don’t share blood or DNA.”

Splinter kissed the top of Michelangelo’s head, “I agree Michelangelo.”
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Treasuremoon01's avatar
i thought
if mikey wanted to be blood related to them there was a way
all he had to do was get to the trail of leos blood and somehow get into his system
and there he would at least be blood related to leo