Mikey had woken up just a while ago, always sleeping in and it felt amazing to wake up in his own room again. He hugged his pillow in joy, but it was quickly shattered when he remembered Raph and Leo was now living in the lair.
That made him stay an extra half-hour in bed just so he could wallow a bit in self-pity.
Then hunger made him get up, walking into the kitchen and making himself a big, proper breakfast, eggs, bacon, milk, orange juice, cereal - all that stuff he hadn't been served at the Foot HQ. Once finished with that, he went into Don's lab to see if the genius had fixed the damn remote-thing.
Empty.
Goddammit, where was Don now? He checked Don's room, the living room, a quick peek inside the dojo where Raphael was and every other place he thought Don could have gone too. Finally, he opened the door to Leo and Raph's room, only to find Don all snuggled up against Leo.
At first all he could do was stare, but then rage bubbled up inside him and he strode over there, shaking Don's shoulder roughly. "Don, hey, wake up!"
Donnie hadn't been asleep long, so he easily woke as his brother shook him awake. He blinked up at Mikey confused at first. "Shhhh." He hissed out, not wanting Mikey to wake up the injured turtle that clearly needed his rest. He got up and half walked half dragged Mikey towards the door. "What is it Mikey?"
"What do you think?!" Mikey yelled - because WHY should he be quiet? "Did I miss a meeting?! When'd you become best buddies with that... foot creep?!"
"Keep your voice down!" Donnie spoke sternly, clearly annoyed at Mikey‘s behaviour, waking him up just because he didn't like that he'd fallen asleep with Leonardo. "That foot creep as you called him. Risked his life to try and save me from the Shredder." Donnie defended Leo, a slight growl in the usually passive turtles voice. "And it isn't any of your business what I do Mikey."
"I'm not gonna keep my voice down!" Mikey sneered. "Oh great, he does one nice thing, let's give him the noble peace price while we're at it! And news flash, I'm your brother so yeah, it kinda is!"
" 'one nice thing'? That s all you think saving my life is!" Donnie snapped. "And you don't even know the guy so you can hardly judge him.... me and him had a talk while I was dressing his injury and we fell asleep. You're reacting as if I'd just announced that I was running off to join the foot!"
"That's not what I meant and you know it! We wouldn't have even been captured by the Foot if it wasn't for him! You're acting crazy Don," Mikey pointed accusingly at him. "It's like he's brainwashed you or something! How can you just forget everything he did to us?!"
"We were captured because I failed to take out security. And I'm acting just fine, its you whose acting all paranoid." Donnie accused. The worst things that had happened to them as far as Donnie was concerned were caused by Splinter or Raphael not Leonardo.
"Oh, so they had nothing to do with it?! Hello? I thought YOU were supposed to be the smart one!"
"I never said they had nothing to do with it!" Donnie was getting frustrated with Mikey now. Walking away from the spare room so that hopefully Leo could still remain asleep.
Mikey followed him. "Well you're acting like he's a perfect little angel! You really are brainwashed Don - he's just using you!"
"I'm not brainwashed Mikey! And he's anything but perfect, but so am I." Donnie said as he started to make himself a coffee.
Mikey groaned loudly. "Come on, Don! It's not about that! He..." Mikey looked around, no signs of master Splinter, then he turned back to Don, and now his tone was a bit more quiet. "He raped you - he and Raph raped you and I had to watch them do it! Do you think I can forgive him for that?"
"Mikey.... Leo‘s never... raped me... not like Raph did with you. He's only ever.... pleasured me...." Donnie was extremely awkward and embarrassed, not being able to look at Mikey. "He was disgusted when h.he saw shredder...." Donnie trailed off, really not wanting to remember what Shredder did while his lover watched and was punished for trying to protect him. "Leonardo is worse now because he tried to stop him..."
"That's not what happened!" Mikey screamed furiously, feeling tears burn in his eyes. "He raped you, he let Raph rape you and he made me watch! That's exactly what happened and you know it!"
"Donatello, is this true?"
In the doorway stood Splinter, a tight grip on his staff, his eyes gleaming with anger and confusion.
Donnie's eyes were wide as they snapped to splinters only for a second before settling on he floor. "I.it wasn't like that..." His skin paled at his fathers presences, it was one thing to talk about it with Mikey who was there, but a completely different thing to talk to your father and mentor.
Mikey looked pale too, and he averted his gaze at the floor as well, staying quiet. The silence stretched as Splinter observed them.
"I suspected you were keeping things from me, but I never thought..." Splinter closed his eyes a second, trying to will away all these emotions. His sons, his precious sons... Then he opened his eyes and focused on Don again. "Donatello, what happened?"
"Father I... I mentioned that we had suffered some abuse... some of that was sexual abuse..." He admitted quietly, not wanting to talk about it.
"And this was done by them? By Raphael and Leonardo?"
"And shredder..." Donnie's voice was barely a whisper as his eyes filled with tears admitting it to Splinter, who wasn't there, seemed to make everything fresh in his mind and the reality crash down heavier then before. "My r.relationship with L.leonardo is complicated..." He tried to explain, but his tears had started and it didn't look like they'd stop anytime soon.
Splinter stepped forward, placing a hand on Donatello's shoulder. "It is alright, Donatello. You are confused, I can see this whole experience has left deeper marks than I thought." He seemed thoughtful a moment.
"I think it would be best if you and Michelangelo went to live with ms O'Neil as soon as we have found a way to remove the device on Michelangelo's neck. You need time away to process your experiences."
"L.Leo needs to be s.seen too... h.he got hurt really bad trying to s.stop shredder from..." Don shook his head, but given the conversation they'd just had, it wasn't hard to guess what Shredder had been doing. "A.and Raphael was a.abused just before we left."
"I'll take care of them, my son." Splinter said. "You do not need to carry that burden."
"L.leo wants to g.go back... h.he can't... h.he'll be killed."
"That is his decision, you cannot change it if that's what he wants."
"Hai sensei." Donnie mumbled, he put his hand on top of Splinters for a moment, before moving it so he could walk back to his lab, still crying lightly to himself.
Splinter and Mikey watched Don leave, and as soon as he was out of hearing-range Mikey turned to his father. "Sensei, Don's acting all weird - I think Leo's brainwashed him or something!"
The old rat stroked his fur. "I sense a great disturbance inside him. Tell me if you see anything, Michelangelo, but do not yell at your brother in this manner anymore, I do not believe it to be the right way to reach him."
"Hai, sensei." Mikey said as Splinter went to meditate.
“For now, all any of us can do is to give this family time to heal” Splinter sighed. It would take a long time, but perhaps, given time things would find a way to work themselves out.
