TMNT: Twisted Happiness

Leo sighed as they went topside for patrol. Mikey had been driving them crazy all day, he almost begged Splinter to hold his back it was the last thing they need was a more unfocused Mikey than normal.

The four turtles saw some Purple Dragons walk into an old warehouse, silently they followed them in only to be meet by a wall with a door on the far left. Weapons drawn they walked through the door, it was completely dark. Nearly five minutes later the light turned on. Leo turned around to check on his brothers, Mikey was missing.

“Hello turtles,” an unknown voice came out of nowhere. The three turtles looked around. They could now see the room they were in was very large, and empty. Suddenly the center part of the floor opened up and clear cube rose from the floor. They could see a figure slumped against one side of the box.

“It’s Mikey!” Donnie said.

“Very good,” the voice said. Then there was a click, a microphone was being turned on. The sound that could now be heard was Mikey, he was whimpering in pain. The box started to shake.

“Guys?” Mikey squeaked, breathing heavily.

“Mikey!” the brothers called out together. They tried to run for their brother, but they were block by an invisible wall.

“Not so fast,” the voice came, “if you want your brother alive, you will have to complete the maze. Be warned for every wrong turn this will happen to your brother.” A current of electricity filled the box, Mikey’s body convulsed, he cried out in pain. They could hear Mikey’s heavy breaths. “I heard the four of you. It would seem the little orange one has been trying to amuse you all day, and you chose to ignore him. Let this be a lesson to you to cherish what you have.”

“If you want us to cherish what we have they why hurt Mikey?”

“Be cause my happiness was taken way, and now someone must pay.” the voice said, “so think on that when the electricity surges through your brother.”

“Guys,” Donnie said, “his body can only take so much, too much electrical shock is not good for the heart, the brain, it could…..kill him.” the last words tasted bitter in Donnie’s mouth.

“Then we don’t make any wrong turns,” Raph growled.

“Are you ready?” the voice said as the ground shook and a maze appeared before them. “Now chose wisely,” the voice laughed, “and think of why your brother is in that box.” One of the speakers clicked off, they could still hear Mikey’s heavy breathing.

“Mikey can you hear us?” Leo called out, nothing but his brother’s whimpers came. Leo sighed an turned to his brothers. “Mikey was trying to get me took at something this morning. I was getting ready to train, I told him to go away. I don’t even know what he was trying to show me.”

“What?” Raph asked as they made their way to the first turn.

Tentatively Donnie took a step to the left, nothing happened, they breathed a sigh of relief.

“Remember the other day when Leo was sulking around because they cut Space Heroes down by one episode a day?” Donnie said smiling

“Yeah,” Leo laughed, “I ducked it hit Raph.”

“That was not funny!” Raph said, “it hit Spike! He did nothing wrong.”

“Yeah, but Spike was okay. Beside he is turtle, turtle like water,” Leo said.

The three brothers made a few more turns without realizing what they were doing. They took a left and walked down a long corridor and found a dead end

“You chose wrong,” the sound of electricity could be heard, followed by the sound of Mikey crying in pain.
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Mikey felt another surge of electricity. Mikey cried harder, he tightly closed his eyes. He remembered to this morning to what he was trying to show his brothers.

Splinter has instructed Mikey to clean the storage room days ago. There was not much in the old room, but it was still in need of a good cleaning. Mikey was so bored that he decided it was time to clean the old room out. He was going through all the old boxes, he came across old toys of theirs. He smiled as he picked up each one and remembered the memories that was attached to each one. At the bottom of the box was the old quilt they used to sleep under, the one that Splinter made their first masks from. He just had to show his brothers. Ever since their fight with the Shredder everyone, including himself could use a little cheering up.
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The brothers could hear Mikey hyperventilating. Leo ran his hand over his head. “I-I just waned….to make...you happy…”

“That’s Mikey…” Donnie said.
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They finally reached Mikey he was in a crumpled heap on the floor. They watched as his chest rapidly rose and fell

“Now, just remember what I said,” the voice said as the box lifted.

“Mikey!” They shouted as they ran to their brother. Mikey tried to move.

“Don’t move,” Donnie said gently.

“I-I just w-wanted to-to m-make you-you h-happy….”
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Mikey was breathing heavily, he was sweating profusely, “I just wanted to make you happy!” Mikey yelled bolting up right.

“Mikey, you’re awake!” Leo said smiling, “You had us worried.”

“The maze?” Mikey asked.

“Maze?” Leo asked gently rubbing the back of his brother’s carapace.

“Yeah, we were on patrol, and they got me and you had to complete a maze of they would kill me…”

“Mikey that never happened,” Leo said, “we have not been out on patrol today.”

“It-it was so real,” Mikey cried, “so-so what happened?”

“We were setting up a perimeter around the lair. You and me were partners and Raph and Donnie were at the other end. We were laughing about the time Raph saw a bug and screamed so loud that he scared the humans in the next tunnel over.”

Mikey gave a weak laugh, “yeah,” his voice was hoarse, “S-sensei would not let us in the sewer for a week,”

“And you teased him about to much that sensei grounded you.”

Mikey made a choking laugh, “I-I forgot about that.” Mikey looked at Leo, his eyes told his brother he wanted to know what happened today.

“We were almost done. Donnie said that all the wires in our area not live. You set up the trip wire, but you hand grazed a wire, you got shocked and-and you juts dropped to the ground….” Leo’s voice trailed, “I ran over to you, you tried to move...you looked like you were so much pain…I told you not you move.” Leo stopped when he saw Mikey’s heavy breathing.

“In-in my dream Donnie told me that, and-and in my dream I-I got electrocuted….”

Leo looked at Mikey with a half hearted smile, “remember this?” he said pulling out an old quilt that held four colors, blue, red, purple, and orange.

“I-I found it in my dream,” Mikey said.

Leo smiled and he wrapped his brother with it. Back when they were younger all four of them could sleep under it now it was just large enough to wrap around Mikey. Leo sat down next to his brother. Mikey turned around and buried his face into his brother’s plastron. “I-I don’t mean to annoy you guys...I-I just want to make you smile, make you happy…”

“Uh..” Leo patted his brother’s carapace, “it-it’s okay…we know.” Leo bit his lip and made a mental note that he start smiling more, a little happiness never hurt anyone.