(Hey guys! We hit 2.3k reads, that's absolutely mind blowing! I can not thank you guys enough! I apologize soo much, for the lack of updating, it's been really, really busy for me. I was away in Virginia for 4 days in August, and it took a while to get back home. I also had a lot of things to attend and deal with, and I'm busy with school. I'm so sorry for the lack of updating. I thank you guys for being active, even when I wasn't updating, you guys are great. This chapter does include mentions of depression, voices, darkness, blood, and crying. But now, here's the next 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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Michelangelo sat still in the cold, eerie, darkness. That was the only thing he saw now, and he was used to it by this point. He blinked, staring blankly at nothing. He started to feel no emotion yet again, he had lost hope. The shadow figure was almost taking full control of him... and Mikey just wanted it to all end. Mikey heard the horrible sound of claws, and had his spine shiver, and he closed his eyes tightly.

He heard the figure laugh, the same devilish laugh. Why, just why was this happening to him?

"Michelangelo.." The vile creature breathed. "You will soon give up.. and stop fighting. I will take over, and your brothers will pay." It said.

Mikey shook his head furiously, his eyes still closed. "I won't let you.." He stated, weakly.

The shadow laughed again. "Oh, it doesn't matter if you let me or not Michelangelo... I will force you to surrender. Your depression and anger is what fuels my power.. and you in a corner, eyes shut, just makes my power grow stronger by the minute."

Mikey opened his eyes, as they were filled with more anger. "You're a monster!" He yelled.

Shadow laughed. "Ah... Indeed I am, but you created this monster Michelangelo, you are the true monster. May I bring up you nearly killing Leonardo, hm?"

Mikey inhaled sharply. "You made me do it.." He said.

"But you had the power to stop it. You are weak, I was going to make you stronger. Now, you pay the full price." It said.

The figure laughed, and disappeared. Mikey shut his eyes, and started shaking. No, he wasn't going to cry, he couldn't, he wouldn't. If he wanted to win this, he needed to be strong.

But his strength was slowly fading....

.......

Leonardo sat in the dojo, drowning out any distractions from his mind, and from the outside world. The only thing he focused on was Mikey, he needed to communicate with Mikey. Leo breathed it, opened his eyes, and then closed them again.

"Come on... I just need to talk to Mikey..." He muttered to himself.

He sighed, in pure frustration. Leo opened his eyes, and frowned. If Splinter could see Mikey, why couldn't he? Leo stretched his arms. It's been 4 weeks, and even he was now wondering if hope was the answer. They have done everything. Cared for Mikey, hoped for Mikey to wake up, tried to communicate with him, and still, nothing.

Why was hope so important, anyway? That's all they have done, that was basically the motto of the family at this point. Hope was always the answer.

And this time it just wasn't working.

Leo, being the determined leader and big brother he is, didn't want to give up yet. He closed his eyes again, and removed all distractions. Every, single, distraction, was ignored. Leo zoned into meditation, and began to focus on communicating with Mikey.

He looked around in the area he was in. It was dark and cold... and he was definitely not getting good vibes from it. As Leo began to explore, he saw a small hallway, which was still all black, and he could barely see it. As he walked through it. He found himself in the middle of four doors. As he tried to unlock the first one, it wouldn't budge. The second one was locked, the same as the first. The third one was locked, but however had a light glowing from underneath it, a sense of warm aura and happiness.

"Like, Mikey.." He thought to himself.

The fourth door opened, and he was greeted with darkness. It was darker than any other room in the area, it was pitch black, you couldn't see anything. He wandered blindly through the area, until he saw a faint glow.

As he walked towards it, he saw a figure sitting down, knees to its chest. He immediately saw that the figure was Mikey.

"Mikey!" He yelled, in both happiness and shock.

As he ran closer to Mikey, he saw that he wasn't responding.

"Mikey?" He called again.

Mikey sat still, not even blinking an eye. He looked, so emotionless. Leo pondered on why his brother was ignoring him.

"Mikey, it's me, Leo!" He said.

This time, Mikey slightly moved his head, and turned to the right of him.

"Leo..?" He said, weakly and confused.

It was only then Leo heard a low, cold chuckle. As he looked up, he saw a figure near Mikey. It looked of total darkness... red eyes, and claws.

Mikey's pupils shrank in terror, and the figure laughed again.

"Mikey, get away from that thing!" Leo yelled.

The figure slashed at Mikey, having its claws cut Mikey's face. Mikey whimpered in pain and terror, and his face bled heavily. He had tears roll down his cheeks.

Leo's eyes widened. The figure turned to him, and grinned evilly.

"Getting your brother back will never happen. He's under my control now." It said.

"What are you?!" Leo yelled.

"Shadow." The figure stated.

......

Leo's eyes burst open, as he looked around, realizing he was back in the dojo. He gulped, in terror knowing now his youngest brother was stuck with that monster. The fear in his eyes.. the blood.... no wonder he couldn't wake up. That shadow thing was making him weak, and was taking control of him.

Leo stood up, and panicked. What was he going to do?! If that thing got full control of Mikey, he would never wake up. He put a hand to his head, trying to calm down. He had to tell the others about this, now.

......

"You're telling me, a shadowy thing, is attacking Mikey." Raph said, still confused.

"Yes, physically and mentally." He said.

Donnie paced back and forth, even the genius was confused about all of this.

"It has to be some sort of his hallucination, or vision. Linked to his coma.. or depression." He mumbled.

Raph shook his head. "Whatever it is, we need to stop it. Er, do you know how?" He asked, turning to Leo.

Leo shrugged his shoulders, and sighed. "I wish I did. The figure said he was taking control of Mikey.. it had to be with Mikey getting weaker.. and the figure attacking Mikey.."

Leo shivered remembering the blood.

"Well, do you remember anything else from it?" Donnie asked.

Leo thought, and tried to looked back at his vision from where Mikey was. He remembered the 4 doors.. that was it! One of the four doors had a light coming from him, the brightest light there. It had a bright, and warm aura. When he saw Mikey, he only had a faint glow. If that door could maybe, just maybe.. it could restore his energy.

Light always overcame darkness.

Splinter entered the room, and looked concerned as why his sons where in such a high panic. Donatello was pacing back and forth, Raphael looked scared and confused, and Leonardo looked like he was thinking, and seemed lost.

"My sons, what's wrong?" Splinter asked.

The three boys turned to their father.  Leo looked down, and Donnie and Raph kind of pondered to the side.

Splinter blinked. "My sons, what troubles you all?" He asked.

The two younger brothers looked at Leo, and he sighed.

"Master Splinter, I was meditating earlier this morning.. and had a vision... about Mikey." Leo said.

Master Splinter breathed in sharply. "What happened in your vision, my son?"

Leo shook, remembering how awful and cruel it was. "There were 4 doors. Three of them were locked. But one of them had a bright, warm light glowing from underneath it that gave off a warm happy aura. The fourth one was opened.. and was filled with darkness. I saw Mikey, and was able to see and communicate with him. He saw me too. All of a sudden, some thing called the "shadow" attacked Mikey, clawing at his face until he bled.."

Leo breathed it, seeing the amount of blood on his youngest brother, and the fear in his eyes.

"The shadow approached me, told me it's name, and then I snapped back into reality. I think the shadow is Mikey's dark spirit. It's keeping him down. The only way to fully return Mikey to his happy self is to open that door which has the light, but it requires more than one person." Leo said.

Splinter was shocked by his oldest son's words. Even Splinter wasn't able to fully communicate with Michelangelo, yet Leonardo had seemed to accomplish it. He wondered if it had to do with the between the two brothers.

"This shadow figure has been hurting Mikey physically, mentally, and emotionally. We will all work together to save it. For I fear, my sons, if we do not, Michelangelo might not wake up." Splinter said.

The three brothers looked at each other, with worry, but a new sense of determination rising up. For the first time, they had a fire to finally save their baby brother.

"Whatever it takes Sensei, we'll do it." Raph said.

"We'll capture this shadow figure, and restore Mikey's light. For Mikey." Leo said.

"For Mikey." The three brothers said.

Yes, the three brothers and Sensei had determination to save the baby brother and youngest son. But who's to say if it'll be easy? Michelangelo is in a heavy sad, depressed, and dangerous state. He might not want to have the light restored, and return to his family. The shadow creature has taken almost full control of Mikey. If they weren't to act soon, Mikey's spirt could forever plunge into darkness.

Michelangelo would forever be stuck in a never ending, horrible coma of darkness, and might never wake up. And what if it did happen? What if his brothers can't save him?

Not every broken spirit can be fixed.

(Hope you guys enjoyed! Please comment and vote on what you thought about this chapter. Again, I'm soososos sorry it took forever to post. Do you think Mikey will wake up, and will this shadow figure be defeated? Until the next chapter, bye!!)

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