I hope that you all will be kind as this is my first story ever on fanfiction! I'm a die-hard TMNT fan, especially the 2012 version that seems to be the most popular. THAT is the one I'm basing my writing on.
I DO NOT own Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or ANY of the main characters. No flames please...
It was just any old night in New York city. That's what everyone other than the turtles thought. There was nothing ordinary about this night in their beloved city. Now, as they stood facing the Shredder, Leonardo's fear was very soon going to be realized.
Leonardo's P.O.V
I was watching my favorite show in the whole world! Space Heroes! There isn't anything better than being able to relax, a few seconds out of reality to see someone ELSE being the hero. I knew I had a wide smile on my face, my legs curled as I sat Indian style. Raphael was hitting the punching bag again and it was slightly distracting. Michelangelo was cooking our breakfast, I hope it's nothing over the top again. Donatello was in his lab working on some new invention. Don't even wanna go into details there.
"BROS!" Mikey comes running into the room with a wide grin. "I've done it!"
"You've become smarter?" Raphael asked smirking. I rolled my eyes and paused Space Heroes. I knew when Mikey got excited over meals it meant he created some horrible new thing that only he liked.
"What did you do?" I asked crossing my arms. Mikey had his arms behind his back, possibly holding a bowl of something. Me and Raphwere bracing ourselves when Donnie came out of his lap with a yawn. He paused at Mikey.
"Just in time Donnie!" Mikey cheered happily. Donnie turned to go back into his lab while Raph laughed. "Seriously, I made a new breakfast!"
"Can we just skip to the part where we throw up?" Donnie suggested and Mikey looked annoyed. He held out the bowl nearly in front of my face while Raph and Donnie watched in surprise.
"Tadaaa! Yeah boyiii!" Mikey cheered again. I looked down at the yellow stuff to find it was just- "Scrambled eggs!" Donnie and Raph almost fell over.
"I thought you said you made something new?!" Raph demanded rubbing his face. "Mikey, scrambled eggs has already been invented!" Mikey looked shocked and I laughed.
"Oh...oh yeah! I knew that! But isn't it great?!" Mikey was quick to smile again. One of his many traits. I shook my head, grinning. Donnie came over and grabbed a piece of egg and plopped it into his mouth.
"Hey, it's actually edible!" Donnie grinned and Mikey rolled his eyes. Raph and me grabbed a piece and found it was very good. Mikey made us go wait at the table while he got Master Splinter. We all waited as we picked on Donnie about the time spent in his lab.
"Seriously you hermit!" Raph suddenly insulted and even Donnie paused. Hearing him call Donnie a hermit was the last straw for me. I burst out laughing, surprising Donnie and Raph, who was blushing. "W-What?!" That annoyed tone again. Mikey and Master Splinter came in and I quieted down.
"What's so funny?" Mikey asked confused, setting the bowl down so we could start eating. Master Splinter sat at the end of the table as always.
"Raphael called me a hermit!" Donnie fumed. Mikey paused from getting a fork. I chuckled uncontrollably again while Master Splinter held his beard, a smile on his face.
"Bahahaha~! Nice Raphie!" Mikey teased and Raph also fumed, earning a ' Don't ever call me that!' threat. I shook my head at my weird family as we began eating. Having no idea what was in store for us tonight.
-Still Leo's P.O.V-
April and Casey came over today after our morning training. Casey was bothering Raphael again at the pinball machine and April was hanging out with me, Donnie, and Mikey, who was swinging on the tire swing.
"Yeah! Michelangelo going for the win!" Mikey screamed making Raph glare. I rose a non existent eyebrow.
"What are you winning?" April asked giggling, Donnie staring at her. I rolled my eyes and Mikey swung faster. I began to feel anxious cause he could hurt himself but kept it to myself cause I knew he'd only tell me nothing would happen.
"I'm going to fly and do a back flip in mid-air!" Mikey cried.
"Okay, that could not be any more stupid." Donnie narrowed his eyes, pushing past April. "Mikey, get down." Mikey stuck his tongue out at us and I glared. Time to stop his reckless acts again. I stepped forward.
"Mikey, get down now! This is not a good idea. Remember what happened last time you tried to jump over Raph?" I questioned. Mikey was silent with a smirk as Raph glared over at us. Last time he had jumped over Raph but hurt him to.
"Chill Leo, it will be awesome!"
"Mikey..."
"Here I go! April, record this!" Mikey said goofily. April's eyes widened as he swung before any of us could respond. I was not going to let my brother get hurt go I tugged at the rope to stop him but all that accomplished was a whiplash for me. I heard a sickening sound and a piercing yell of pain.
My eyes snapped open and I knew that wasn't me. Oh shell...
"MIKEY!" Everyone yelled as we circled. He was cradling his left arm, doubled over so you could hardly see anything but his shell. Raphael had a hand on his shell and Donnie was trying to see his face. April looked at Casey.
"Ice, Casey! Get some ice!" April commanded and Casey blinked stupidly, but raced out of the room. I just hurt Mikey... oh god.
"Mikey, are you okay?!" I asked with concern. Mikey groaned and finally looked up. He had a couple of tears in his eyes and nodded.
"Just...just my arm. I'm okay, bro, are you?" So like Mikey to worry about everyone else first. I nodded and grabbed his right arm. He didn't flinch. Good, so he didn't hurt anything else. Donnie looked up.
"It looks like he broke his left forearm, nothing too damaging." Donnie said smiling encouragingly at me and Mikey. Raph sighed and helped Mikey to the couch. "I'm gonna get started on a cast for Mikey." I nodded at him as he left to his lab.
"Here's the ice!" Casey yelled running in like a lunatic. Mikey laughed as I grabbed it from him. "Are you okay?" Mikey nodded.
"Did you see me?! I totally did a cool wipe out!" I rolled my eyes and put it on his already swelling forearm. Mikey winched.
"I'm so sorry Mikey. I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted to stop you." I apologized. Mikey's eyes widened and he smiled.
"S'all good bro! You can't keep me down!" He laughed.
"Ain't that the understatement of the century." Raph chuckled as April sat down on the couch beside Mikey, looking less anxious.
"Don't do anything stupid like that again Mikey, you scared me half to death!" April scolded and Mikey smiled hugging her and then groaned. "Sorry."
"Seriously guys, I'm okay. S'nothing!" Mikey cheered while leaning back in the couch. Casey rolled his eyes and sat down in front of the TV, showing the news now. I looked on interested as well as Donnie came out with a cast. That was fast.
"I already had one made." He explained to us and began to work on Mikey. "Cause someone is too reckless." I heard Mikey laugh.
"Sorry D."
"Not me you should be apologizing too. Sounds like you almost killed April." I couldn't help but smile as they laughed.
"Sorry April!"
"As long as you're okay..." April smiled. She always treated us like real best friends, almost like brothers too. It was a nice feeling. Something on the news caught my attention.
'-Reports of mysterious ninja attacks has New York reeling...who are these guys? Why do they keep breaking into old buildings and laboratories?'
My eyes widened as my brothers looked at me in shock. I knew it wasn't us, it had to be the Foot Clan! Shredder has been trying to get his hands on mutagen ever since Karai got mutated. I winched.
"Leo," Raph began, narrowing his eyes. "We should stop them. You know what this means?" I nodded.
"Guys, Shredder is trying to create retro mutagen for...Karai." I said and they noticed me flinching slightly again.
"Also, he could mutate people if he wanted to! Casey Jones can't allow that!" Casey growled while hitting his fist in his open hand.
"Chill Casey," Donnie rolled his eyes, done with Mikey. "Leo, what are we going to do about Shredder?" I considered asking Sensei, but he was still so upset over Karai that I didn't want to bring the retro mutagen thing up yet. I smirked as I stood up.
"We are going to see and make sure they are looking for mutagen."
"And if they're not?" Mikey asked confused. I sighed.
"Then it's just nothing for now. If not we have no reason to fight Shredder yet. Especially now." I eyed his arm and he pouted. Raph jumped up.
"But Leo! We have every reason to fight Shredder!"
"Raph, we can't. Obviously Mikey can't fight so it'd only be us three." I replied. Raph looked at Mikey and groaned. Mikey hung his head low. "We are going on a mission tonight to gather information, that's it. Got it?"
"Whatever ya say Fearless Leader." He hissed and walked away to his room.
"Mikey, you have to stay here tonight." I ordered and his eyes widened.
"But, but Leo! I can still go, it's only information!" Mikey complained. I gave him a sharp glare and he backed down. I rubbed his head.
"It's only cause I don't want you to get hurt." I said walking away.
As I jumped from roof to roof, I looked back to make sure Donnie and Raph were still there and sure enough they were right beside me. We were heading to TCRI because I know for certain they hadn't searched the hole place.
"Are we going to the first floor Leo?" Donnie asked looking uncertain. We stopped right at TCRI.
"Yes Donnie. Now remember guys stealth-" I was interrupted by a groan. We all got in a fighting stance and my eyes flew out of my skull when we seen Mikey jump down beside us.
"MIKEY!" We all yelled with fire in our eyes. He sweat dropped and took a couple steps back.
"Sorry guys! I wanted to help!"
"You won't be of any help!" Raph said harshly and Mikey's eyes flickered with hurt. I sighed and pushed past Raph, trying to reason with Mikey.
"Mikey you broke you forearm, you can't just come out here. I can't watch you and the Foot."
"Sorry Leo. I just...it doesn't hurt!" He smiled. Donnie walked up and barely slapped his left arm. "OWW!" Mikey glared at Donnie.
"My point exactly Mikey." Donnie grinned. He then placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "We don't want to see you get hurt, so stay here please?"
"What?" Me and Raph yelled with wide eyes. Donnie handed him his T-phone and looked at us.
"If anything goes wrong, or something happens we need to know, tell us okay? But stay here!" Donnie told Mikey, who looked bored. "Understand?"
"Yeah, okay..." He sighed defeated, slumping against the air conditioning unit. We all sighed and jumped off the roof, quickly hiding from the door. The Kraang guarding it had already been defeated.
"Looks like I was right." I grinned. The Foot are heading to the first floor. Raph rolled his eyes and rolled to another cart. He took out one Foot solider and I took out the other while Donnie picked the door's lock.
We happened to clear the first and second floor, defeating the Foot without any major problems so far. We collected three canisters on mutagen that they had found. Donnie had never looked so happy to have mutagen before.
"Hey genius, where do we go next? The third floor?" Raph asked as we were running around a corner. We stopped in surprise to find some Kraang. They paused too.
"It is that which are called the turtles!" One exclaimed and I rolled my eyes, drawing my katana's and slicing it. The other shot at me but I dodged but jumping off the wall and slicing the other two. Raph threw his sai at one suddenly behind me and I flashed him a smile that he surprisingly returned.
"We take a left then there should be an elevator!" Donnie told us as he beat one Kraang. We rushed past the crushed Kraang and sharply turned left. Just as he said there was an elevator. Raph crushed the remaining Kraang on our tail as we got into the elevator.
Now, for some reason, I was getting really anxious and I never do that unless one of my brothers is in trouble. I looked at them and found them staring in space, looking weird. "You guys okay?" I asked. They nodded and looked confused. I bet they felt it too. Something bad is going to happen.
"I-" Donnie was about to confess something until the elevator opened. Across the hall was pods, like escape pods or something. They were resting against a wall but looked like they could be launched anytime. At least I know a way to get out.
"Leo!" Raph gasped and I looked to see more Kraang dead, but their were Foot soldiers everywhere. Instinctively me and Raph got in front of Donnie a little. There were so many of them. We didn't move and they didn't move. I was starting to panic a little.
"Give it up Turtles. Surrender yourselves now to Shredder." On of them said. I thought they were robots?! As if sensing my thoughts he says, "I command the Foot now." I thought of Karai and my heart hurt. I was getting angry now. "Which one should we kill first?" We got in protective fighting stances.
"I say we kill the purple one first!" A robot from the back announced as Donnie gasped. I knew I saw red now.
"Raaahhh!" Me and Raph yelled attacking them. I couldn't even remember what I was doing to them. Raph was going after the human Foot leader and I was staying near Donnie, who was also angry looking. Pieces of robot Foot soldiers flew in the air.
We had defeated most of them out of anger, which was more of Raph's thing so I felt a bit of shame. I wasn't supposed to rely on anger, even if they threatened Donnie.
"You guys okay?" Donnie asked panting. I nodded but Raph was shaking. We both looked worriedly at him.
"I-I'm fine, I need to calm down..." He admitted and we were surprised. He never thinks of himself as short tempered. Donnie smiled as he stood straight but that was soon replace with a wide mouth and eyes. Me and Raph saw what he saw and I glared. Shredder...
"Turtles..." Shredder growled, his armor glistening. There were more Foot soldiers behind him and the human Foot captain. I knew we should probably retreat, but all anger feelings came forth.
"Shredder!" I hissed while getting in front of my brothers a little. "Why are you trying to find mutagen?!" He laughed.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" He taunted and my eye twitched. Donnie and Raph glared at him. "I'm not in the mood to fight you turtles today so I'll leave you with a warning..." THIS caught our attention! He didn't want to fight us?!
"What is this? You ambushed us and DON'T want to fight us?" Raph demanded. "I wanna fight you!"
"I have a much more suitable plan in mind. I want you to be my new experiments." Shredder growled. "You agree to surrender and I won't make it painful."
"And if we say no?" Donnie asked narrowing his eyes. Shredder was quiet for a moment.
"I have ways of persuasion." He said and I knew he was smirking. Me and my brothers laughed. He wants us to become experiments, just like that.
"No way Shredder! We're gonna take you and your dancing ballerina's down!" Raphael insulted and we laughed harder. The Shredder and his solders growled and he waved his hand. Suddenly something was rustling. A insanely huge brown bag was slowly dropped in front of him. We got in a fighting stance again.
"What is that?" I demanded. Shredder looked at us and grabbed the bag, pulling it open. Nothing prepared us for the horror we saw next.
"Persuasion." He answered pulling out Mikey. He was gagged and had numerous cuts on his body. He was being held by his broken arm too, which made him whimper as he looked at us in guilt and shame.
"Mikey!" Donnie cried in shock. I was to...I don't know. Shocked, hurt, ANGRY? Raph was seething and shaking.
"Let him go!" I yelled through my teeth. "Or I WILL kill you Shredder!" He only laughed. He still hand Mikey dangling in the air from his broken arm when his soldiers attacked. We began destroying robot after robot a d we kept getting closer to Mikey. We just need him in our arms again.
"Hang on Mikey!" Raph yelled as he smashed two more robots. We all got closer and closer. Shredder hand clashed with my swords, with one hand still holding Mikey. I kept hitting at him, trying to make him let go of Mikey and use two arms. Suddenly Donnie hit something and the pods started making noise. This distracted me and I was thrown into Donnie.
Raph jumped on Shredder but was laughed at and fought of as the son of a shell used Mikey to hit Raph into us. Raph was shaking so hard I thought he might break his teeth. Suddenly we all jumped at him and he growled, his soldiers accidentally pushed his and he threw Mikey into a pod by accident along with one of the mutagen vials which spill onto Mikey, much to our horror and shock.
It was all like slow motion, Raph grabbing at Shredder, me blocking his weapons with my own and Donnie trying to get around him o get to Mikey, who was trying to stand up on his own, but yelling like crazy at the mutagen on his skin. Suddenly one of the Foot pressed a button and the pod closed, the wall behind it opening to the night sky.
Launching in T minus 4..
"NO!" We yelled as Mikey's eyes widened. He was going to be launched to who know's where!
3...
"Stop them!" Shredder said pointing to us. He hit one of them and grabbed Donnie's staff.
2...
"Mikey!" Donnie yelled as he was pushed into breaking two robots. I grabbed at one and threw him.
1...
"No!" I cried just as I almost got to grab the door's handle, Mikey was launched away from us and into the sky, eventually disappearing, not before any of us heard him cry, 'BROS!'
My heart broke within me as he was gone, with mutagen on him for shell's sake! There's no telling what he's turned into! I was breathing so hard as my eyes shrunk in anger. "GRAAHH!" I yelled hitting a Shredder landing a good slashing blow at his arm. I kept hitting him and hitting him but he kept blocking and he eventually caught me off guard and threw me into one of the other pods.
"Leo!" Donnie and Raph cried while grabbing me. They helped me up and we glared at Shredder. He was going to pay for this!
"Missing something?" The human Foot soldier grinned holding a canister of mutagen. Our eyes widened as Donnie gasped. Without warning he threw it at us and I tried to block it but it busted all over us. It was burning my skin and we cried out.
"This should take care of them!" Shredder grinned as he took my neck and threw me in a separate pod than my brothers. I yelled and fought back but the human Foot did similar to Raph. "Have fun with your new mutated body!" I glared as the burning intensified to the point I couldn't move, not before I heard the closing of the doors and the launching beginning.
NO! No, no please no! I tried to stand but it was of no use. The leader I once dreamed of being was shattered that instant, as I watched myself and my other brothers shoot off into different far away directions.
I shifted groggily, my eyes squinting as I slowly opened them. What...what the? I looked down at my bandaged arms and legs. I felt shooting pains all over, my minds not registering really anything. Suddenly I remembered my brothers and I shot up, earning pain all over my body and I groaned. Something shifted to my left and I suddenly saw Master Splinter, April, and Casey, worried as can be. I was back in the lair?
"S-Sensei...?" I asked, my voice foreign to my own ears. He looked broken and he hugged me, making me winch. He left me alone.
"Leo, thank god you woke up!" Casey sighed in relief. "Are you feeling okay?"
"No, where are they?" I asked looking at them. They shifted and looked awkwardly at their feet except Sensei who looked pained.
"We have things to discuss my son." He said and sat down on the bed. I only then realized I in my room. "First off, you got mutated." My eyes shot open wide as I remembered. I looked at myself and gasped.
"I'm...I'm...HUMAN?!" I cried looking back at my legs, which were a creamy white and not green. I had five toes and I was skinnier and lighter without a shell. I was freaking out, definitely FREAKING OUT!
"Yeah, as human could get." April whispered while grabbing something. She handed it to me, it was a vanity mirror. I was almost afraid to look at myself. When I did, for some reason and gaped. I had a shapely face now, big deep blue eyes, long dark brown hair so dark it looked black like Sensei almost, it was short in the back going only to my neck and my new bangs came almost mover my eyes. I cocked my head as Casey rubbed his.
"You don't look bad at all." He admitted and April nodded blushing slightly. I was shocked as I put the mirror down. I was so different, I felt different, but..
"Mikey, Raph, Donnie?" I asked frowning. Sensei sighed and looked down at me upset. A feeling of dread washed over me. "S-Sensei...?"
"They...we never found them Leonardo."
"What do you mean...you...you.." I couldn't finish, the pain in both of ours made April turn to Casey for comfort.
"They aren't in New York anymore, they're gone." Sensei said rubbing his face.
The final blow to me. I lost my appearance, my emotions, and most importantly...my brothers.
Hope you liked this prologue! For those who might be confused, Shredder wanted to capture the turtles to experiment on them cause he knew that would make Splinter hurt. He used Mikey as bait but things went horribly wrong. They all got mutated, which will be explained further in the story, but they also got separated! Find out what happened next! ;) R&R PLEASE!