(Hey guys! We already hit 1.3k reads, that's amazing! We finally reached part 10 of this story! I would say, this book may have 15 to 20 parts. Also, sorry for the long wait, again ;-;. Anyways, in the last chapter, we found out Mikey was in a coma, and he sort of met the mysterious voice! This chapter just includes some darkness, and sadness. Hope you all enjoy this chapter! DISCLAIMER: I do not own TMNT or the characters in it. All rights go to Nickelodeon. This is not used to advertise in any way, or promote their property through this FanFic)

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It has been two weeks since the incident. The lair just seemed, cold, and silent. No laughter,  no noise, no fun.

Nothing.

Just the three brother's worrying, training, and sitting in silence.

They worried for their brother's life.  Mikey had taken a big hit after he jumped off the building. It obviously affected everyone gravely.

Raph was mostly in his room. He couldn't face Mikey, he just couldn't. Leo and Donnie had heard him even crying sometimes. Raph felt the most guilty, he said all of those things about Mikey, and now he felt it was all his fault.

Donnie just sat in silence mostly, monitoring Mikey, and researching information. He wish he had knew about his depression earlier, it was so obvious, and they were oblivious to it. Only a day after they rescued Mikey, Donnie had confirmed Mikey was in a coma, and didn't even know if he would wake up.

Leo had quick recovery after his fight with Mikey, and was back on his feet in just 4 days. He mentally forgave Mikey. Mikey wasn't in his right state of mind when he attacked him. But as the oldest brother, he felt a strong guilt, not as bad as Raph's, but a strong one. He shouldn't have sided with Raph, and agreed with all of those horrible things said about him.

Splinter had been meditating the whole time, trying to contact Mikey's inner spirit, but no luck. He would only come out when he had to train the three brothers, and to eat. Other than that, nothing.

Donnie sat in the dojo clicking on his computer, once again. He just couldn't stop worrying. Mikey may not wake up, and Mikey was severely depressed, even before all of this happened. If he did, ever, wake up, how would Mikey ever be the same?

Donnie sighed, shutting down his computer. This whole thing was a mess, everything was just one big mess.

Leo silently entered the lab, he could barely look at Mikey on the bed, he looked awful. He walked over to Donnie.

"Anything new so far?" He asked.

Donnie shook his head. "He's still deep in the coma, his vital organs and everything are normal, and he could be stuck in the coma for who knows how much longer."

Leo sighed. "He has to wake up soon, I mean, we can still hold on to hope." He said.

"Hope is all we have at this point." Donnie said.

"Have you seen Raph today, at all?" Leo asked.

Donnie shrugged his shoulders. "He's just been in his room, he's taking it the hardest. He probably barely has any hope left." Donnie said.

Leo nodded his head. "I'll be watching TV if you need me." He said, walking out of the lab.

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"Michelangelo, wake up!" The figure hissed.

Mikey opened his eyes, to see that light was now in the dark room. He could see the figure clearly, it looked like a dark shadowy figure.

"What are you, who are you, what do you want?" Mikey asked.

The figure laughed. "I'm nothing but a hallucination, your dark spirit like I said before, call me Shadow. I'm here to make sure your life is miserable, for as long as you live." Shadow said.

"But, you're not real.. so how could you..?" Mikey asked, confused.

Shadow laughed. "Simple, you give your dark spirit the power to become real, when it's not there, but it still is." Shadow said.

Mikey held his head. "Ugh.. my head hurts.."

Shadow looked up and snickered. "I can sense your brothers are holding on to the tiniest bit of hope now, and they are losing that hope bit by bit, piece by piece." It said.

Mikey looked down. "I will wake up, you won't win." Mikey said.

Shadow laughed, once again. "I'm not winning, Michelangelo. You are."

The light slowly faded away, as the darkness was present again, you could hear sobs from Michelangelo, sobs that his brother's could not here, because he was stuck in his own mind.

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Master Splinter opened his eyes. He had seen and felt Mikey's spirit, and dark spirit. He was unable to make full contact with his youngest son, though. Michelangelo was a broken soul, and it needed to be fixed.

He sighed, getting up to the living room. He looked around, Leonardo was busy watching TV, Raphael was still locked away in his room, and Donatello was researching in the lab.

"Leonardo." Splinter said, getting attention of his oldest son.

"I need you to get Raphael and Donatello into the dojo, I have a very important matter to discuss with you all."  He said.

Leo nodded his head, and went to get Donnie first.

"Donnie, Splinter needs us in the dojo, but I need help to get Raph out of his room." Leo said.

Donnie nodded his head. "It's going to be impossible to get Raph out.." He said.

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"Leave me alone!"

"Come on Raph, you can't stay in there forever!"

Leo was banging on Raph's door, trying to get him to open up.

"Just leave me alone!" Raph yelled.

"Splinter needs us in the dojo! It's important, it could be about Mikey." Leo said.

Raph inhaled sharply. "I'm not discussing about Mikey." He said.

Leo sighed in annoyance. "Don, do you still have the key for his door?" He asked.

"Forgot I had it." Donnie said. He raced to the lab, and came back with a makeshift key he made a while ago to unlock any door in the house. Donnie unlocked the door.

Raph hid under his blankets, not wanting to face anyone in his family.

"Let's go Raph, dojo, now." Leo said, walking into his room.

"Told you already, not going!" He said.

Leo sighed, even though his brother was feeling guilt and sadness, he was so stubborn.  He tugged the blankets off of Raph.

"Really?" Raph said annoyed.

"Raph, I know you're upset, we all are, but this could be important." Leo said.

Raph looked up and sighed. He stood up. "This better be important." He grumbled, walking out of his room, passing Donnie.

In the dojo, the three brothers sat in front of their Sensei, with a lingering sadness and tension in the air.

"My sons, I know you three have been affected gravely by this incident. Some, more than the rest." He said, turning his eye towards Raphael. Raph looked down, not wanting to make eye contact.

Splinter sighed. "I had felt and saw a cause of Michelangelo's troubles, his dark spirit. It can cause many dangerous things to happen to him, he is trapped as a broken soul." Splinter said.

"Can't we just, make contact with him?" Leo asked.

Splinter shook his head. "It is not easy. Something is blocking us from being able to fully communicate with Michelangelo, I can only see and hear, not speak to him."

Raph looked up. "So, what now then?" He asked.

"We must keep our hope up, and do our best to try to get Michelangelo to awaken, and try to heal his broken spirit." Splinter said.

The brothers nodded. Hope, that's what they had left. They had to hope Mikey would wake up, keep caring for him, and try to contact him. They wanted their little brother back.

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(Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Mikey is really sad, and broken. Will his brothers be able to save him? And what has this "Shadow" figure done to Mikey? I'll update soon, bye!)