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Flames of Vengeance, CH 1

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Summary: 6 weeks after being captured and tortured by the Shredder, Mikey is still healing. One night, when Mikey goes topside with his brothers, things go horribly wrong, and Mikey is captured again together with Raph. Will Mikey completely break down or can Raph keep his little brother sane until they are rescued? Sequel to 'Like a dying flame' 
Mikey-centric. 

TMNT

A terrible scream escaped Mikey’s lips as he sat straight up in his bed. Sweat was trickling down his forehead and his body felt cold. He was shivering and his heart was beating viciously under his hand, which was firmly pressed against his plastron. His eyes were wide open, heaving from the nightmare he just had. He was trembling in his bed and after a few seconds the first tears started to form in his eyes. It looked so real, just like every time it was so real.

Like he was really back with the Shredder and still in the chair. He would relive everything he had done to him, burning him, stabbing him, electrocuting, and every night he heard his voice against speaking to him, whispering in his ears.

“Mikey?” Mikey’s head shot up upon hearing the voice of his older brother. Slowly the door opened and Mikey cringed slightly. He blinked a few times when the faint light of the hall entered his room. Donnie was standing there, his mask hastily tied around his head.   Mikey found himself frozen in place, he had done it again. So many times he had vowed not to bother his brothers, or father but every time he seemed to fail, and he would wake up screaming again.

“You had them again didn’t you?” Donnie whispered and walked inside of the door, turning on the lights. Mikey could only nod before tears began to stream down his face. Donnie didn’t say anything and just wrapped his arms around Mikey’s shivering body.They didn’t need words to know what happened. It was all familiar these last 6 weeks. Mikey had woken up with a nightmare almost every day the first weeks. Every day he would be covered in sweat and trembling, screaming and trashing like he was back with the Shredder.

Over the last weeks it became less but he was still haunted by the nightmares every day, and every night. Mikey simply buried his face in the crook in Donnie’s shoulder and cried, cried like he would always do after a nightmare like this.

“It’s okay, you’re safe otouto” Donnie whispered and rubbed the back of Mikey’s head slightly, trying to calm him down. Eventually Mikey stopped shaking in Donnie’s arms and completely fell into his hold. The purple banded turtle smiled slightly and pulled Mikey out of the hug.Mikey’s cheeks were stained with tears and his eyes were red and slightly swollen. Donnie wiped Mikey’s tears away which were still lingering on his cheeks and gave him a small smile, which Mikey luckily returned.

“You wanna talk about it?” Donnie whispered and shifted slightly on the bed, studying his little brother closely. He had changed so much while he was with the Shredder and yet he didn’t. He was still the happy and fun turtle but he was scarred inside, broken and scared.

“Nothing n-new” Mikey whispered and looked away, slightly ashamed. Donnie just wrapped his arms around Mikey again and kissed his temple. Mikey had been having the same nightmare over and over again so Donnie didn’t need to push, and he knew it wouldn’t be good to do either.

“I’m s-sorry I woke you up” Mikey whispered after a few seconds and pulled out of the hug himself, drying his tears. Donnie shrugged and rubbed Mikey’s head playfully.

“Don’t worry about it, I was going to get some coffee anyways” Donnie assured him and carefully pushed Mikey on the bed again. “You should get some more sleep, practice is in an hour, you can still rest for a bit” Donnie said and wanted to tug Mikey in but Mikey refused to.

“I won’t be able to sleep anyways” Mikey sighed and flipped his legs over the edge of the bed. Mikey winced slightly when his feet touched the cold ground but stood up anyways.

“If you insist” Donnie grinned as Mikey walked over to the small mirror in his room to tie his mask around his head. Donnie watched Mikey closely as he walked, it had only been a few days since his ankle was ‘officially’ healed so Donnie kept a close eye on it.Mikey stopped for a few seconds and looked at his reflection, trailing his fingers over the two long slashes around his right eye. They had healed well over the last weeks but they weren’t completely healed yet, and they would never be. And there would always be scars, all over his body.

The large slash on his left arm was now a swollen scar, which would never fade either. The burns were still visible but they weren’t as clear as the other scars, and you could barely see them. The bruises and small cuts were faded completely.

“Come on” Donnie said and rested a hand on Mikey’s shoulder. Mikey looked over to his older brother and nodded, tying his mask around his head. He trailed his fingers along the slashes for the last time before following Donnie out of his room.

TMNT

“Hey Mikey” Leo greeted his little brother as he walked towards the kitchen 30 minutes later. Mikey shrugged slightly and stared down at his cup of tea. His hands were firmly sealed along the glass, just enjoying the warmth it was giving him.Leo frowned slightly and looked up to Donnie, giving him a confused look. Donnie closed his eyes slightly and shook his head, and only that was enough for Leo to know Mikey had another nightmare again. Leo sighed and walked over to Mikey, wrapping his arms around his little brother.

“Don’t worry about it Mikey” Leo whispered and gave him a quick kiss on his head, assuring him before looking over to Donnie. “I’ll inform Sensei” He said to Donnie before walking towards the dojo, giving Mikey one last look, but his baby brother wasn’t acknowledging him.Ever since Mikey started to have nightmares after being kidnapped and tortured by the Shredder he had talked to his father about it, and they had decided that every time Mikey would get a nightmare again he had to talk about it.

“Do I have to talk about it?” Mikey whispered after Leo had disappeared, still looking down to his cup of tea. Donnie sighed and walked over to Mikey, sitting down next to him, patting his shell slightly.

“Yes, it’s better Mikey, it will help you to conquer them and you know that” Donnie reasoned and watched his little brother closely. Slowly his baby blue eyes trailed towards Donnie’s eyes.

“Why am I still having them Donnie? It has been 6 weeks already” Mikey stated in defeat. He hated how he was still healing. The physical wounds were completely healed, the scars were still there of course but he was healed, but his emotional state was different.

“Nobody expects you to be healed yet Mikey, you’ve experienced something… horrible” Donnie said and bit his lip slightly. “Give it more time, you’ll heal, I’m sure.” Donnie added but Mikey didn’t seem very convinced.

“I’m just sick of being a burden to you all, I keep waking you up, I even need special training because I’m too scared to face you all” Mikey exclaimed and bailed his fists. Donnie carefully took Mikey’s hands into his own and rubbed them comfortably.

“You are not a burden Mikey, you will never be. I don’t mind you waking me up, none of us do. It was our fault we didn’t rescue you sooner” Donnie said. Mikey wanted to protest but Donnie was first. “Besides I was already awake so stop worrying okay?” Donnie added and grinned slightly.

“B-But the needles you have to waste, and the medical equipment you have wasted already and….” Mikey tried to reason but Donnie slapped his hand on top of Mikey’s mouth, shutting him off.

“Doesn’t matter Mikey, and you didn’t waste them, you needed them and we used them, and it was our fault you had to use it, got it?” Donnie reasoned and released his hand from Mikey’s mouth. The freckled turtle nodded slightly, indicating he understood.

“Good, now let’s get you some breakfast, and then we can play a game, okay?” Donnie offered. Mikey seemed to think for a moment before lifting his head and nodded towards his older brother, a faint grin appearing on his face.Donnie chuckled and stood up, walking over to the kitchen to get Mikey some food. Mikey sighed and walked over the couch already, sitting down on it. Donnie kept a close on Mikey while he grabbed a clean needle and a sack of food.

“Can we just watch a movie instead?” Mikey asked when Don approached him, sitting down next to him. Mikey immediately held out his wrist and Donnie began to rub it with alcohol. Donnie looked up for a bit, catching Mikey’s eyes.

“Your choice” Donnie offered but decided not to press it any further. He knew Mikey mostly didn’t want to do anything after a nightmare, most of the times he would just lie in his bed, blankly staring ahead and thinking, his brothers were the only reason he was moving around the lair more. Mikey didn’t say anything and looked away as Donnie pierced his skin, inserting the needle. He attached it to the sack of food and hang it on the IV stand. Donnie secured it with a tape and then released Mikey’s wrist.

“Thanks” Mikey muttered and drew his knees up to his chest, wrapping his arms around them and resting his chin on top of his knees. Donnie climbed fully on the couch too, until his shoulder hit Mikey’s shoulder.

“Was it the same nightmare?” Donnie whispered as he looked over to Mikey. His younger brother was just blankly staring ahead but you could clearly see the hurt that was written in his eyes. He was scared and shocked, even after all this time. Mikey swallowed thickly but shook his head. Donnie sighed, he could’ve guessed Mikey would answer like that. Everyone was aware of the nightmares he had the past 6 weeks, but no one knew what they were about, they could guess of course, and they knew it had to be something with his captivity, but the rest they didn’t know.

Mikey only told Sensei about them, with their private session, and his brothers respected his privacy so they wouldn’t be eavesdropping on him or anything. Mikey had to tell them once he was ready, and obviously that wasn’t today.

“Donnie?” Mikey whispered after a few silent seconds. “Do you think…. I can go topside with you tonight?” He asked when Donnie looked towards him. Donnie gulped slightly and looked to Mikey’s hopeful eyes.

“Mikey, you sure? You know he is still out there and you aren’t healed yet” Donnie tried to reason. He didn’t like the idea of his little brother going topside, there were so many things that could go wrong, the Shredder, the foot, mutants, Kraang. And Mikey couldn’t defend himself yet. He couldn’t even face his brothers.

“I’ve already been topside twice Don, I can do this, I’m sick of being stuck in the lair” Mikey said in a low voice. Donnie sighed slightly, it was all true what Mikey told him, but yet he wasn’t comfortable with the idea of bringing Mikey topside.

“I don’t know Mikey, I don’t want you to get hurt” Donnie said and dropped his eyes on the IV tube. One of the signs that Mikey wasn’t healed yet. But he was recovering. His wounds healed, and his emotional health grew immense. But the nightmares and eating was still a problem. Although he improved much on both, they weren’t like they were before. He could eat some light meals, but the important nutrients he needed had to be fed through an IV.

“Donnie, I won’t get hurt, please let me go with you” Mikey pleaded, flashing his brilliant puppy eyes. Donnie grunted, there was no way he could ignore those beautiful baby blue eyes of his little brother.

“You should ask Leo, I’m not the leader remember?” Donnie said, not wanting to disappoint Mikey, but at the same time he wanted his little brother to be save. He knew how badly Mikey wanted to go topside, but he also knew how scared he was.

“Ask what?” Leo asked, walking out of the dojo, Raph following behind. Leo smirked slightly when he saw Mikey using his usual puppy eyes technique. It was still working with Donnie and Raph, but Mikey couldn’t fool him.

“If I could go out tonight, with you guys” Mikey answered in a low tone, looking towards Leo and Raph. The smirk from Leo’s face fell and turned into a frown. Raph sighed and sat down next to Mikey on the couch, nudging him close.

“You know it’s too dangerous Mikey, we can’t take the risk” Leo objected, shaking his head. He knew Mikey wanted this, and somehow Leo wanted it too, he wanted to make Mikey happy, but he would rather protect him, and that meant keeping him down until he was healed.

“Please Leo, I’ll be careful, and I’ll stay with you guys” Mikey said and tried his puppy eyes but Leo shook his head again. “Leo you can’t keep me down here forever” Mikey whined, looking over to Leo. Raph sighed next to him and wrapped his arm around Mikey.

“Fearless only wants to protect ya Mikey, you know that. We don’t want ya gettin’ hurt” Raph explained as he carefully pushed Mikey’s head on top of his shoulder. Mikey snorted slightly but allowed Raph to direct him, resting his head on Raph’s shoulder.

“I know Raph” Mikey said but looked up to Leo again. “Please Leo, I know you are trying to protect me… but you can’t keep me down here for the rest of my life, I want to go out, tonight” Mikey continued. Leo seemed to doubt for a moment, frowning slightly before his face relaxed slightly.

“You may” Leo said after a few minutes. A grin spread among Mikey face and he peeked up slightly. “But just this time, and you have to stay with us all the time…. And you have to talk to Master Splinter right now about your nightmare, and that’s a final” Leo stated. Mikey chuckled and could just restrain himself from jumping up, to hug Leo, and mangling his IV. Though he wasn’t happy with talking about his dream, and obviously Leo saw this. He walked over to Mikey, kneeling down in front of him.

“I know you don’t like talking about it, but you have to Mikey, it will be better” Leo whispered. Mikey shrugged slightly and flashed a grin, taking Leo’s hand.

“Don’t worry about me, what could possibly go wrong?” He grinned. Leo chuckled and rubbed Mikey’s hand with his thumb. Both not aware of the things that could actually go wrong.


6 weeks after being captured and tortured by the Shredder, Mikey is still healing. One night, when Mikey goes topside with his brothers, things go horribly wrong, and Mikey is captured again together with Raph. Will Mikey completely break down or can Raph keep his little brother sane until they are rescued? Sequel to 'Like a dying flame'
Rated T: Torture, blood, violence. 

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