História Raph and Mikey Brotherly Fluff and Comfort Oneshots TMNT 201 - Chapter 12: Clash of the Mutanimals Alternate Version

So this one was requested by CelesteLucretia. Again, I haven't seen any of the episodes, but I'll do my best. Enjoy.

    Leo, Donnie, and Mikey were anxiously in the lair. They haven't seen Raph since their last patrol; he'd been taken captive by Shredder himself. Who knows what's happening to him right now? Leo and Donnie were pretty worried themselves, but Mikey? He was the most concerned; Raph was his best friend after all. Out of all his brothers, he and Raph were the closest to each other. The youngest could still clearly remember him and his brothers running into the footbots during patrol, the fight, Shredder himself entering the fray, which already made things more intense. Mikey himself had gotten seized by Shredder and had been threatened with death should the others make a move. However, Raph had offered himself in the youngest's place, much to everyone else's shock and Mikey's horror-- and also much to Shredder's pleasure.

    Now Mikey was currently in his room, sitting on the floor with his shell against his bed and knees pulled up to his chest, sobbing into them at Raph's capture. If only he'd paid better attention. The door opened, but Mikey didn't take any notice-until he felt a hand on his shoulder. He glanced up to see that it was Leo. This only renewed his tears as he threw himself at the oldest, arms wrapping tightly around him. Leo just returned the embrace, letting him cry into his plastron. "Don't worry, Mikey," he whispered. "We'll find him. I promise."
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    A few days later, Mikey was just coming out of his room to see that his friends were here. April O' Neil and Casey Jones were here, along with Slash, Pete the Piegon, Dr. Rockwell, and Leatherhead, who came running in at that moment, panting. "Leatherhead!" Mikey exclaimed, racing towards his gator friend.

    He wrapped Leatherhead in a big hug, the gator returning it just as Leo, Donnie, and Splinter entered the room. "What's going on, Mikey?" asked Leo.

    "I don't know," answered Mikey. "But Leatherhead came running in here. He must've been in distress; just look at all these scratch marks on his cute, tortured gator face. Awwww."

    "It is true," Leatherhead said. "And I'm afraid I bring dire news: Raphael has been taken under Shredder's control."

    Mikey's eyes widened. His brother and best friend? Under Shredder's control?! That was horrible! "How?" asked Leo.

    "I don't know," Leatherhead replied. "But when I came across him, he suddenly attacked me as if his soul purpous was to get rid of me."

    "That's horrible!" Donnie said.

    "We have to get him to snap out of it!" added Mikey.

    "It won't be as easy as you think," Leatherhead warned. "It's only been a few days, and Shredder has already made Raphael loyal to him alone."

    "Still, we have to try," said Mikey, determination in his eyes. "There's good in him; I know it."

    "Then we must hurry if we are to save him," said Splinter, who had entered at that moment. "It would not be as late as you think it is."

    Everyone agreed.
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    Soon, they were all at Shredder's lair, fighting off the foot again, not to mention Shredder's henchmen as well. Mikey wanted to help, but Leo told him to go find Raph. "We'll be fine!" he said. "Just go save Raph and contact us as soon as you can!"

    A bit reluctantly, Mikey agreed. Remembering that Donnie said that Raph was in the lower levels of the building, he decided to check there. Eventually arriving at a storage unit place, he wandered around, but kept his nunchucks out and ready, just in case. Suddenly, his ninja senses warned him, causing him to jump out of the way just as someone barreled towards him ready to pounce.

    Recovering from the surprise attack, Mikey turned to meet his would-be attacker and saw that it was an emerald green turtle with a black bandana tied around his head. At first, he looked unrecognizable, but upon closer expection, Mikey saw a familiar but small lighting bolt-shaped chip on his plastron, but that wasn't that shocked him. What shocked him the most was looking deeply into his emerald-green eyes...... and suddenly, he realised who this turtle was. "Raphie?" he whispered, blue eyes widened in horror and disbelief at his discovery.

    "Who the heck is Raphie?" was the only response he got.

    Fear and sadness filled Mikey as the now evil Raph lunged at him. He was able to get out of the way but was now forced to fight his best friend. "Raph! Snap out of it!" he pleaded with him. "There's still good in you! I know it! Please!"

    Raph didn't listen or reply. He just lunged at him again, Mikey blocking the attack with his kusanagi chain. The fight lasted for a long time, with Mikey trying to convince Raph that there was still good in him and Raph mercilessly attacking him. Eventually, Mikey spotted a temperature box not too far from where he was. Knowing what had to be done now, he glanced at Raph, who was spinning his sais at him tauntingly. "Forgive me, bro," he said. "But this has to be done."

    Before Raph could stop him, Mikey quickly raced to the temperature box and with his kusanagi blade stabbed into the box, breaking it and making the temperature in the building drop rapidly. With Raph distracted by the hissing steam coming out, Mikey took this opportunity to escape and flee to the top room of Shredder's hideout where he could contact the others about the situation.

    Meanwhile, the others had managed to defeat Shredder's henchmen and the foot when they felt the sudden temperature drop. "Mikey," Donnie whispered in realization. "We have to help him!"

    "And fast," April said. "I sense that he's in big trouble."
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    Meanwhile, Mikey had managed to make it to his destination in the top floor of the lair, shivering as the cold slowly got to him. But he was determined to save Raph even if it meant freezing to am ice block or possibly getting hypothermia. As soon as he arrived, he pulled out his shell cell and called everyone else. "Guys? If you can hear me, this is Michelangelo. I think Raph's being controlled by something that's making him all evil and everything. Meet me at the top floor. And hurry. It's getting colder by the second."

    As soon as he finished the call, he barely dodged a sai attack as Raph entered. By now, the two turtles were struggling not to succumb to the cold. Seeing an overhead hanging hose, Mikey quickly cut it with his kusanagi blade and held it in front of Raph, halting his attack and making him crumble to the floor. Getting himself back for a moment, Raph glanced up at Mikey, regret in his eyes. "Kill me, please," he begged, as if he wanted to be free of this monster he was forced to become.

    "I can't," Mikey protested, not wanting to go through with it and knowing that Raph deserved that second chance.

    He glanced at his shell cell and saw that the others were almost there. Putting it away, he turned in time to see Raph coming towards him for another attack, despite frost covering him and Mikey both. Knowing what to do, Mikey put away his weapons and held his arms out. Seeing this, Raph lunged at him with a roar............ only for Mikey to step forward and wrap his arms around him in a forgiving hug, stopping him. "Raphie..... I love you buddy," he whispered. "If you want to finish me off, go right ahead. Because no matter what, I'm with you to the end of the line. I love you so much, Raphie. So much."

    Raph was surprised at the action, so much so he dropped his sais, the weapons clattering to the floor. Suddenly, as Mikey's words repeated themselves in his head, he started to convulse. His brainwashed self wanted to obey Shredder, but Mikey's love towards him was replacing all the negative thoughts Shredder put in him. Finally, he shoved Mikey away so he could throw up a brain worm and some red serum. He kept gagging and heaving until the serum was all out. Mikey took this opportunity to strike at the brain worm with his kusanagi blade.

    Meanwhile, the others had managed to arrive at Mikey's location, completely ignoring the cold. "That's where he should be," Donnie said, pointing to the door.

    "Careful," April warned. "There still could be trouble."

    Opening the door, everyone entered a frost covered room. Two halfs of a brain worm and red serum covered part of the floor, frosting over. And not to far from it were two turtles, huddled together with growing frost covering them. Raph was laying on the floor, completely succumbed to the cold, and Mikey had his arms wrapped around him in a loving, forgiving embrace, fighting to stay conscious. Donnie headed over to the mess to investigate it while Splinter headed over to his sons and knelt down beside them, cupping Mikey's chin in his paw as Mikey barely opened his eyes. "Hello, Dad," he said, barely managing a smile. "Raphie's back to normal now. I'm ready to take him home." As soon as he finished, he slipped into a deep, unconscious sleep as the cold finally took over him.

   Splinter smiled, proud at Mikey's success while the others gathered around to take them both home. "We'll take care of that," he assured him. "You rest now, Michelangelo."
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    For months, Mikey was laid in a coma, barely showing any signs of life. Finally, he came to, waking up to find himself in a room with someone watching over him, only turning back to tell someone that he was finally waking up. As his vision cleared and sharpened, he saw that he was in Donnie's medbay; he was laying in a medic bed with a blanket draped over him. As he glanced over to his left, he was met with a turtle who had a familiar pair of emerald-green eyes and his usual red bandana tied onto his head. Mikey's eyes widened as he recognized who the turtle was-- it was Raph, now cleared of his brainwashing! "Raphie!" he exclaimed.

    Despite his aches and tiredness, he sat up and threw himself off the bed towards his brother. Smiling happily, Raph caught him before he fell to the floor and cuddled him into his lap. His strong arms wrapped themselves around the smaller turtle, hugging him while being careful of his aching. "Easy, buddy," he said. "You've probably got a little worse hypothermia case than I did."

    "I don't care," Mikey whispered. "You're back. With us. That's all that matters." Tears leaked out of his eyes as he said that.

    Raph smiled kindly. "And I have you to thank," he said. "You're a lifesaver, Little Sunshine."

    Mikey nearly cried at hearing Raph call him that affectionate nickname. The door opened and everyone came in after hearing the news. "Mikey! You're alright!" April exclaimed, hugging her friend.

    Everyone else was happy to see Mikey alive and alright. They quickly filled him in on everything he missed when he was out. "What was that thing?" Mikey asked later. "That thing that was in control of Raph-what was it?"

    "It was a brain worm," answered Donnie, checking his laptop. "Shredder must've somehow drilled it into Raph's head along with the serum. It would explain how Raph was brainwashed into obeying Shredder in the first place."

    "It's true," Raph replied, shuddering at the memory. "And honestly, I really don't want that happening ever again."

    Mikey himself was shocked at the revelation. Just thinking about it made him whimper. Raph took notice of it. "Can me and Mikey have a moment alone, please?" he asked.

    Understanding how much Raph cared for the youngest, everyone agreed to do so. Soon, Raph and Mikey were the only ones left in the lab. As soon as the medbay was empty save for the two turtles still inside, Raph looked down at Mikey. "What's wrong, buddy?" he asked, nudging him.

    Slowly, Mikey looked up at Raph, baby-blue eyes filled with tears. "It's just..... when you confirmed what Donnie said about that brain worm, it just terrified me," he said. "In the days that you were captured, I was picturing what Shredder was doing to you-tourchering you, beating you, before finally installing that brain worm and the serum. I was so scared, Raphie. So scared." He began to cry as he finished.

    Raph's heart felt like it would break in two as he heard the heartwrenching sobs coming out of the youngest, the former shivering from a chill that wasn't there. This whole experience was clearly affecting him mentally, though not physically. Knowing what to do, Raph stood up, picking up Mikey with him, and sat on the medic bed, placing Mikey back into his lap. He then wrapped the discarded blanket around them both, tucking them both in and keeping Mikey warm with his assisted body heat. Mikey snuggled closer to the source, having missed the comforting feeling. Raph smiled. "I understand if I scared any of you guys," he said, "and I'm sorry for that. But I did what I had to because having you brainwashed against us would be about 10x worse. I'd rather go though the torture myself than have you go through what I did. But I ended up breaking out of it. Why? It was because of you." He gently poked Mikey's beak with a finger as he said the last part.

    Mikey glanced up, surprised. "Me?" he asked.

    Raph nodded. "Yes, you," he said. "You never gave up on me. Everyone told me everything when I woke up months ago. I immediately felt regretful because of the brainwashing, but when Dad mentioned how you saved me through your love, I went to see you as soon as I got better. You were out for 4 months, Mikey. It felt like so long, pretty much everyone felt you weren't gonna wake up again. I was so worried when I heard. So I stayed here the whole time, wishing and praying that you'd wake up. Going through Shredder's torture was nothing compared to this. Home's never the same without you here. And thank you so much for saving me because of your love for me. And just like you said: 'No matter what happens, I'll always be with you to the end of the line.' I love you so much, Mikey. My precious Little Sunshine. So much." As he finished, he leaned down and pressed his forehead against Mikey's and nuzzled him tenderly, their beaks touching as he did so.

    By now, Mikey had been crying and sobbing softly the whole time, touched by what Raph was telling him, only to cry more at the forehead and beak contact. He pressed himself closer to Raph's plastron for comfort, leaning more into his lap. Raph just rocked him gently, coaxing him softly to calm down. He hugged Mikey closer and nuzzled him affectionately, the youngest returning the gesture gratefully. They remained in that position for sometime until Mikey let out a yawn, tiredness finally catching up to him. Raph noticed. "You tired there?" he asked.

    Mikey shook his head. "I'm not sleepy," he protested, cursing himself as another yawn escaped him despite his efforts.

    Raph chuckled. "You're definitely tired," he confirmed, laying them both down. "Go to sleep, buddy. I'll be right here with you the whole time."

    "Promise?" Mikey whispered, looking up at him with probably the cutest baby-blue puppy eyes.

    Raph chuckled softly as he pressed his forehead against his little brother's forehead again, their beaks touching once more. "I promise," he said.

    He kissed each of his face freckles as if to prove his point. Mikey smiled and nuzzled his beak against Raph's in return. Raph chuckled and pulled Mikey up to rest against his emerald biceps, covering them both with the blanket. Mikey immediately buried his face in Raph's plastron, purring against him comfortably. "Goodnight, Raphie," he whispered, falling asleep with a mewl.

    Raph smiled as he wrapped his arms around the sleeping figure of his youngest brother. "Goodnight, Little Sunshine," he said, kissing his forehead and beak.

    Feeling tiredness get to him as well, Raph closed his eyes and was soon fast asleep. The medbay was silent as the two reunited brothers slept together in peace, knowing that no matter what happened in the future, they would always be there for each other till the end of the line.

    Well, CelesteLucretia, here it is. Sorry it took so long to get it finished. I know it probably doesn't followe the actual episode, but I've honestly never seen the episode itself. Nevertheless, I hope you and everyone else enjoyed this.