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TMNT: Twisted Chapter 3

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It had been a few days since the antidote took effect, but Leonardo was still did not want to trust that he was healed. Despite what Donatello had told him and Michelangelo’s acceptance. Raphael shared Leo’s concern.

Mikey was sitting at the table reading a comic book wile eating pizza. “Alright Mikey were are going top-side for patrol. I would still like you to stay---” Donatello started

“But Donnie,” Mikey whined. “I feel better see,” He began to twirl his nunchaku in his right hand above his head.

“Do that with you left hand and you can come,” Donnie told in a matter of fact tone. Mikey put his weapon down and looked at his wrist it was still wrapped tightly from the deep gash Leo had given him. While the other wounds were manageable this one proved to be problematic. Mikey watched his three older brother leave the lair.
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“I don’t like this. I want to help my brothers, Master Splinter,” He sighed as they disappeared out of the lair.

“In time Michelangelo you can re-join your brothers. You have been threw a great ordeal in the past few days. It is best you save your energy for the time being.”

Mikey left the lair. He was going to work on fighting with his injured wrist. If he practiced in the dojo, Splinter would notice. He had a feeling something was going to happen and it was not a good something. When it came time he needed to help his brothers fight.
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Leonardo, Donatello, and Raphael landed on a roof, one near where the Purple Dragons have been seen many times.

They canvased the roof, nothing was going on down on the street level. They were just about to jump roofs when they noticed something.

“Is that Bishop?” Leo asked, pointing a finger down at two figures one familiar, one not.

“That’s ‘im all right,” Raph growled getting ready to send a sai flying.

“Raph no!” Leo hissed. “We need to get closer and listen in.” Sticking to the shadows the three brothers made their way closer to their enemy.

“I have not seen the turtles in serval days boss. You plan must have worked.” the unfamiliar voice spoke.  

“I would rather have proof, Mitchell.” Snapped Bishop.

“There is no way this plan could have been floored. We tested it before we used it. It worked excellently. We made it so the when they looked for the antidote it was missing the most important ingredient. And even if they did mange to find out the missing ingredient they would only have one chance to make it. If they why used the wrong blood and then realized it the correct antidote would never take effect.” Mitchell reported to his superior.

“Bring be the body of the dead turtle.” Bishop said coldly as he walked way leaving Mitchell alone.

Leo and Raph looked to Donnie. “Blood?” they said at the same time. Donatello raise a dismissive hand. Leo noticed the bandage around it. Leo made a motion for his brothers to follow him.

“What are we going to do?” Donnie asked, more to himself than is brothers.

“Get Bishop before he gets us!” snapped Raph before Leo could answer.

“No, Raph we need to think!” Leo said “but what to do? Bishop is always on the hunt for as it is. We can just carry on as we normally would…” He was unsure.

“We know Bishop he won’t stop!” Raph said “How can we jus ignore this?”

“We cannot let him turn against each other that is what he wants,” Leo said calmly. “No matter what it is a trap. Could it be worst of wait?” Leo paused. Donnie began to speak.

“Bishop thinks one of us us dead but does not know who.” Donnie said

“Your right, we just can’t have Mikey start walking with us, then he will know something is up.”

“I’ll show Bishop something up---” Raph said making a hand movement.

“Raph!” Leo siad sharply cutting him off.

“We need to fake Mikey’s death!” Donnie said causing his two eldest brother to look at him.

“Why Mikey’s?” Raph questioned. Leo looked from one brother to the next.

“Bishop could have chosen to strike at anytime. He picked a time when Mikey was alone with one other. He clearly wanted me at the computer and to have someone with me.” Donnie was thinking. “He know I am the scientist and would be the best one to make the poison. But he know some one else would need to administer it, Raph. Then Raph would poison Leo and Leo would,” he gulped “kill Mikey.”

“But why that way?” Raph questioned, while Leo was taking in what Donnie was saying.

“What did you want to do when you found out Leo hurt Mikey?” Donnie asked calmly.

“Wanted to kick his shell,” Raph said. Leo nodded knowing where this was going.

“Bishop knew that you get back at your own brother for killing a brother. That would leave me and you,” he motioned to Raph. “Either you would have killed Leo,” he sighed “sorry Leo,” Donnie added in. Leo simply nodded “or grief would have consumed him and he would have become self-destructive and lost it, or went away so he would not hurt his reaming brothers.”

“What about me ‘an you?” Raph asked Donatello not sure where this was going.

“Ah, see here is where all is revealed. He would make it so we found find out that I am the one who made the poison and you are the one who administered it. It would compelled us to feel just as guilty as Leo did.” Donnie let out a breath.

“But why not any of us? Why Mikey?” Leo had been thinking this question over but could not to answer even with Donatello’s explanation. “What difference does it make? I can see that yes, it makes sense for you to be the brains, and I guess since I am leader to kill one of my own…” he sighed “It could just have easily been Raph who I could have killed.” Even in theoretical speaking Leo did not like all this killing his brothers talk.

“Raph would put too much of a fight.” Footsteps were approaching. The voice continued “I saw Leo I trusted him. I let my guard down.” They turned around. It was Mikey. “We need to fake my death. Bishop’s goons will come and take me. You all can follow them.”

“Mikey once they find out you are not dead they will kill you.” Leo said, not liking this plan

“Let’s get back to the lair and ask Master Splinter on this matter,” Leo said. “This situation is one we cannot make with a rash decisions.”

“My sons, you are back early,” Master Splinter said and turtles made their way back down into the lair.

“We need ta fin’ a way ta fake Mikey’s death,” Raph said bluntly.

“We over heard Bishop,” Leo said ignoring Raph’s comment. Leo explained what they had overheard while on the roof.

“Maybe we don’t have to fake Mikey’s death,” Donatello said walking around the couch. “What if we just separate Mikey from us? Hide him some where, ‘to keep away from Leo?’ Bishop clearly is keeping and eye on us. He knew we have not been top-side for a few days. All we need to do is play out what Bishop wants.” His brothers looked at him. He sighed. “We go to a roof, Raph you accuse Leo of attempting to kill Mikey.”

“Okay brainiac, where we keep’en Mikey? Not da lair.” Raph said

“It would have to be someplace safe. Some place believable, but yet unknown to Bishop.” Leo added in.

“What about April’s place?” Mikey asked.

“We would put her in too much danger.” Donnie said

“Oh, yeah. You mean like tha time we had to stay there a week ‘cuz you blew ‘yer lab up!”  Raph snapped looking at Donnie “Shredder came and tore her place up!”

“He has a point Don,” Leo added.

“It was not my fault it blew up!” Donnie yelled “If it was not for Mikey--” he stopped. There was no reason to bring up the past right now. “Let’s call April.”
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“So let me get this straight. Some one wants you all broken up and-or dead and you want Mikey to stay here, in my apartment? It feels like you just left after Donnie blew up his lab!” she complained

“For the last--” Donnie started before Leo stopped him

“Don its not the time,” Donatello glared at a laughing Mikey.

April sighed. “What makes me think I am going to regret this. Yes, Mikey can stay.” Mikey was grinning

“Don’t worry April, you’re gunna love it! We can watch movies, eat pizza, play video games, eat pizza...”

“You said eat pizza,” April commented.

“We can do it again!” Mikey exclaimed, he continued. “We can read comic books, watch TV, like a sleepover! We can have a pillow fight! Like in the movies!” Mikey was grinning.

“Yep, definitely going to regret this.” April added.  

“Wait,” Raph said.

“Yeah Raph? What is it?” Leo asked

“If Mikey’s here then that mean he’s not in da lair? Right?” Raph grinned

“Yes, Raph that’s right.” Leo said nodding.

“A quiet night or two in the lair, can’t say we have ever had one of them,” Donatello said.

“Hey!” Mikey called out.

“All right Mikey just hang in there until Bishop comes. We will meet you there and get you out. One of us will always be watching the area for Bishop or his men.” Leo told his youngest Brother. “Don, Raph; head back to the lair, I have first watch. In four hours one of you can meet on the roof.”
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The next morning Donatello rejoined his two remanning brothers. Leo’s instructions were watch at night and spend the day in the lair as they always did.

“So what are we goin’ ta do now? We need to bait Bishop,” Raph said

“Tonight you get mad at Leo,” Donatello told Raph.

“It will be my pleasure,” Raph laughed.

“Tonight we go top-side and make some noise,” Leo said

“My sons,” Splinter started. “You must rethink this plan.”

“But Sensei, its the only way to catch Bishop at his own game,” Leo sighed.

“Its a trap,” Splinter said simply.

“We cannot hide Mikey forever. If they find out that Mikey is okay and I don’t want kill him they will.” Leo said.

“Be safe, my sons” Splinter told his sons.
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The sky was dark. It was their patrol time.

“LEO!” Growled Raph. “What tha shell did ya do to Mikey!” Raph pulled out a sai, spun it and went after Leo. Leo expertly deflected Raph’s sai.

“Raph! Leo!” Donatello called urgently. “I got a call from April.”

“April?” Raph asked, still holding a sai facing Leo.

“Why did April call?” Leo asked. “Raph stand down!” the leader instructed.

“Its Mikey. . .” his voice trailed.

“I ain’t standing down!” Raph shouted charging Leo.
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“Mikey!” April shouted. A loud crash could be heard from the living room. She went in and Mikey was being taken away by two black clothed men.

The two men tossed the tied up Mikey into the back of the van.

“It would appear your brother could not finish you off. All is well. It can give me the pleasure of finishing you myself.” Bishop said with cold smile.

Michelangelo moaned. The men had hit him over the head before they took him. “What the shell,” he mumbled. He vaguely wondered where he was, he then realized he was in a van on a way to see Bishop. He did not want to be here, but he had to be. All he hoped was that is brothers were not to far behind him.

After some time the van stopped.  The men pulled Mikey out of the van. Then the black clothes men brought Mikey to Bishop’s lab and strapped him down.

“What the shell did I sign myself up for?” Mikey asked himself suddenly realizing the kind of situation he was in.

“Now mutant let’s see what you are made of,” Bishop said staring down Michelangelo. Mikey struggled against his restraints. “No use, turtle” Bishop drew out a small knife and ran it down his arm. Bishop caught the blood in a vile. Mikey grunted.

“The unwanted brother,” Bishop said with a smile, he pushed his glasses up his nose with one finger. “I heard your brothers. They are happy your are gone. They said they don’t need you. That their lives are better off now.” Bishop looked at Michelangelo with a twisted smile. “They are not even coming for you, mutant.”

“You lie Bishop!” Mikey shouted. “My brothers are coming for me!”

“But you do not deny what else I have said?” Bishop gave a chuckle

Bishop began to mix some chemicals. “Here is a gift for you mutant.” There was sharp pain in Mikey’s arm. His sight was starting to go black. “Good night, mutant” Bishop said coldly.
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Raph sent Leo flying.

“Will you two stop fighting! Bishop’s got Mikey,” Donatello said. Raph and Leo stood up.

“You have the lead on him?” Leo asked.

“Yes,” Donnie said. “Let’s get down to the Battle Shell and find Mikey.”

Leo looked out the driver’s window. “This is the place?” he questioned.

“This is where the tracking signal is stopped, it has to be.” Donnie said.

“Then let’s go in an’ get Mikey!” Raph said standing up. Leo and Donnie followed Raph in.

“To the left.” Donatello whispered. The trio snuck in into the lab.

They found Michelangelo. He had a deep gash on his right arm, and an there was an empty syringe on the table; Bishop was getting ready for more experimenting.

“We need to stop him from getting the results from Mikey’s blood sample.” Donnie told his brothers.

“Don, you stop the test. Raph, you get--” Raph cut him off

“Bishop is mine!” Raph shouted

“Raph no!” Leo shouted, it was too late. He sai was out and he was ready to strike.

“BISHOP!” He yelled. Leo and Donnie were behind him.

“Just when I thought you were not coming,” Bishop said.

“Leave Mikey alone!” Raph shouted making a hasty move.

Bishop’s lips twisted into a smile. Bishop began to speak to Raph, “seeing how much anger you are taking out on me, makes me wonder why you did not take it out on the brother who hurt, poor Michelangelo? You have the skills you could have easily done it.” He looked Raph in the eyes “You could have gotten rid of the one brother who stands in your way.” Bishop gave Raph another icy look. He said all this while moving out of the way of Raphael’s angry sai jabs.

“Raph! Don’t listen to him!” Donnie shouted as he was trying to stop the test on Mikey’s blood. “Clear you mind think! Remember what Sensei always says.”

“Mikey, I got you,” Leo told his youngest brother. “Stay with me bro.” Mikey said nothing.  Leo used a katana to release Mikey from his bindings, Mikey flopped forward into Leo’s arms. He carried him over to a wall and propped him up against it. “Okay bro, stay here.” Leo instructed to his brother, Mikey did not move or say a word. Leonardo looked at Mikey and then he saw Raph was getting in over his head. Donnie was trying to stop Bishop from gaining DNA and could not help him. Raph was getting angrier by the second.

“How does it feel to play second fiddle to the leader? You are forever in his shadow. You are not the leader, you are not the smart one, and you are not the youngest one. Who are you to them? Would they have come for you?” Bishop’s words were hitting Raph hard.

He tried to clear his mind and not listen. “Back off Bishop!” Raph shouted. He went forward, but Bishop flipped him on his back. Leo sprung up from Mikey’s side.

“I will not let your hurt another one of my brothers!” He shouted crossing his kanatas.

“Oh the leader!” Bishop gave a mock smile. “You, are one one who hurt your brother, mutant.” Leo paused for a moment. “What kind of leader tries and kill his own brother?” Leo looked into Bishop’s eyes. He was ready to strike, he lunged his right hand forward.  

“Suck a lemon Bishop!” Raph shouted from behind, jumping to his feet. Raph went to make a lunge at Bishop, but he just used Raph to send Leo flying. Raph and Leo landed roughly on the ground.  

“And you,” Bishop said turing around and eyeing Donatello “Do you really think I would make it easy to stop?”

“You underestimate me, Bishop” Donatello told their enemy as calmly as he could

“Why is that?” he spat. Donatello held his bo in his hands and knocked Bishop off his feet. Seeing an opportunity Raph send a sai flying into the machine. The machine smoked, and exploded. Bishop silently slipped into a secret room, unknown to the turtles.  

Chunks of the ceiling began to fall. “Mikey!” Raph called. His brother was motionless and silent.  Raph pulled Mikey close to him, protecting him from the falling roof.

Leo and Donnie pushed the debris out of their way. “Raph! Mikey!” Leo called to his brothers. “Don, help me” Leo called going to place where he left Mikey. He began to pull back the debris, he saw some red fabric. “Raph!” Leo called. Tossing some small debris put of the way.

“Yeah, I’m here,” Raph grumbled, as Leo freed him. Leo then helped is brother up.

“You okay Raph?” Leo asked.

“Peachy,” he paused, looking at his brother “Don’t think Mike is tho,”

Donatello went to Mikey’s side. He was horrified, Mikey had no pulse. His own heart began racing. Donnie checked again. Leo could tell something was wrong.

“Donnie what’s wrong?” Leo asked urgently.

“He has no pulse. . .” Donnie’s voice trailed. Leo stared at his brother.

“I’m gunna find Bishop an’ rip his head off!” Raph shouted.

“Does that mean he is. . .” Leo paused. “dead?” his last word was hardly spoken.

“I-I don’t know, Leo,” Donatello whispered. “I can hear him breathing, shallow, but it’s there.”

“He could have been poisoned.” Leo said. “I remember now seeing a syringe on the table next to where Mikey was strapped down.”

“It could have been a sedative,” Donnie added in. Raph picked up his brother.

“Let’s stop talk’en about this and get Mikey sum help,” Raph said heading to the door.  
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“Something is not right,” Splinter said pacing around the room. “There are times I can feel Michelangelo presents and there are times I cannot.”

“Easy Raph or you will--” the were a dull thud.

“Sorry, Mikey,” Raph mumbled.  

“Too late now! We do not need to add to his injuries!” Leo snapped. “Here on the couch,” Leo instructed.

“Michelangelo!” cried Splinter seeing Mikey in Raph’s arms. Raphael placed his brother on the couch.

“What happened my sons?” Splinter asked. Leonardo took a deep breath and explained.

Splinter placed a paw on Michelangelo’s head. “I can hardly feel his spirit” He said gravely.

“Donnie seems to think its some kind of poison. When I went to unstrap Mikey from the table there was an empty syringe. I did not think of it until it was too late.” Leo hung his head.

“Leo its not your fault,” Donnie said for what felt like the hundredth time. “We all agreed to this plan.”

“Donatello, is there any way to find out if Michelangelo has been poisoned?”  Splinter asked.

“I can run a scan on a blood sample and look for abnormalities. It could take some time and I don’t know if we have time.” Donnie began to un-wrap the wound he had just wrapped. He caught the blood in a small vile and then took it to his lab.

“Next time I see Bishop will be tha last!” Raph shouted sending a sai flying into his punching bag.

“Sensei I should have know better! You told us to re-think our plan. We should have.” Leo let out a low growl.

“Easy Leo,” Donnie said as he came into the room. “We don’t need two hot-heads.”

“My analysis to check Mikey’s blood for poison already came back.” Leo took a calming breath. Raph pulled his sai from his punching bag and returned it to his belt and joined his brothers. Splintered opened his eyes, he was trying to connect to Michelangelo’s spirit. “It appears to be a hybrid poison. It causes the heart rate to lower. It will hard to determine the effects it will have on Mikey. Being mutant turtles does have it’s draw backs.”  The others looked at Donatello.

“Is there an antidote?” Raph asked.

“No,” Donatello said. “We have to let it run it’s course.”
"Leo was kneeling down cradling Michelangelo, whose body was coved in cuts and he was bleeding; his right hand was partially open with his nunchaku still in it, his left nunchaku was still in his belt. Leo's breathing was fast and he was in complete shock, his eyes wide open. He went to speak but no words came."

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Die Bishop you son of a b####!:stab::stab: