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Dark Mikey's always been the dumb one of the group. The impulsive one. The leap-before-you-look genetically altered freak of nature kind of turtle. Still, even he has, you know, a survival instinct and all that.
Or, at least, that's what he'd thought.
(He should have known better to assume that he was smart enough for even that.)
Leader comes up with a plan to attack the turtles during broad daylight. Which is a stupid idea, but Dark Mikey's not going to be the one who mentions it first.
Purple takes them on his flying robot machine thingy, and the three of them jump onto the rooftop, where the turtles are already waiting.
"Knock-knock!" Dark Mikey calls out mockingly. "Wanna play?"
Leader growls at him and Red, stopping them from moving forward with a raised hand. "For once, you morons, try and stick with the plan. Got it?"
When neither of them say any kind of retort back, Leader drops his hand.
All the originals are already in some kind of battle formation. Original Blue calls out, "C'mon you guys, a daylight assault? Even you guys can't be that dumb."
"We got a message from Darius," Red growls. "Rest in pieces!" Then, he lunges forward with a snarl, and the battle begins.
As always, Dark Mikey goes straight for his original, tackling him around the middle. Annoyingly, Original Mikey manages to throw him off, spinning his nun-chucks super fast. Dark Mikey keeps punching them, trying to break through his defense.
Meanwhile, Original Mikey keeps taunting him.
"Looks like I really sent you for a spin!" he laughs, and Dark Mikey can't help but find that funny. Remembering Leader's orders, however, he keeps punching at the spinning nun-chucks.
Using his weapon, Dark Mike manages to sweep the legs out from underneath his Original, jumping away before the turtle can retaliate.
Then, he hears someone call, "Cody!"
When he turns, he sees that Leader has just knocked Original Leo down. "No, no, no!" Leader shouts at Red, "Don't waste time on the boy! We discussed this already, you moron!"
Red snarls at Leader. "I'm a moron?! I ain't the sucker who came up with this stupid attack!"
While avoiding punches and kicks from his alternate, Dark Mikey laughs. "Yeah! Even I could have told you that, and I'm the special one!" Grabbing Original's hands, he knocks him back with his shell, sending the turtle sprawling onto the ground.
Another one of the turtles jumps on his shoulders, and Dark Mikey stumbles around, trying to get that stupid turtle off him.
Leader, fending off attacks from The Rat and Original Purple, yells, "You wanted a plan, and I got you a plan! So, stick with it!"
The turtle on his back-who turns out to be Original Leader- leaps off, tackling Red. While down, Red grabs one of his swords, throwing him across the roof.
Original Red says something, his voice sounding annoyed, but Dark Mikey doesn't pay any attention.
Then, he hears the sound of a laser being fired. Looking up, he sees a red laser coming from Purple's ship, heading towards the kid.
Dark Mikey knows how powerful that laser is.
The Kid keeps backing up, arms crossed in front of him in an attempt to protect himself. The laser keeps coming.
He's the only one close enough to...
Without thinking, Dark Mikey begins moving toward the kid, leaping in front of the laser with his arms outstretched.
Then-
PAIN.
PAIN.
PAIN.
PAIN.
Darkness.
Awareness comes to him slowly.
Am I...dead?
It doesn't feel like he's dead, but, then again, he's never been dead before.
Dark Mikey opens one eye. Then another.
He's lying on a tilted bed. In front of him, looks like some kind of blue force field.
Dark Mike kind of wants to lick it, just to see what will happen. Before he can do that, however, someone says, "Hey...uh...guy. You've been unconscious for almost a week."
Sitting up slightly, Dark Mikey turns and sees Original Purple standing in front of the force field. "How do you feel?" Original Purple asks.
Dark Mikey just looks at him, not really sure how to respond.
Several feet behind Original Purple, is Original Red and Original Blue. Even further back, is Original Orange.
"Here," says Original Blue, pressing a small remote control. A food tray that Original had been holding begins hovering in front of the turtle. "The force field is calibrated to accept that tray. Understood?"
The food tray floats over to the force field, easily passing through.
"Yum-yums go innie!" Original Orange says cheerfully. "No you come outie!"
As soon as the tray enters the force field, Dark Mikey quickly grabs both the sandwich and the carton of milk with his long tongue, pulling them back. Once both reach him, he lets the sandwich and carton go into his arms, which he crosses over his chest, just in case any of them get any funny ideas. The sandwich gets a little squashed, but it'll all taste the same, anyway.
"Uhhhh...." Original Orange says, "You do know that food goes in your mouth, right?"
Dark Mikey rolls over, shielding his supplies from view, making sure to hiss loudly, just in case any of them decide to change their minds about giving him food.
"Oh, this is gonna be swell," Original Red says in a sarcastic sounding voice.
Later that night, he hears someone come in.
"Why did you save me? I mean, you could have just...not, you know?"
It's The Kid.
Dark Mikey shrugs. "Dunno. I'm the stupid one, remember?"
The Kid looks at him straight in the eyes. "I don't think you're stupid at all!" he insists, and Dark Mikey can't help but laugh at the joke.
But the kid just keeps looking at him, and Dark Mikey stops laughing, because the kid was actually being serious.
"You do know who I was cloned from, right?"
"Yes, I know. But Mikey isn't stupid, and neither are you."
Dark Mikey can't help but whirl his finger in a circle by his head, clearly indicating that he thinks the kid is insane. "Wow, I actually found someone dumber than I am!"
The Kid just sighs. "Never mind," he says with a scowl, starting to leave.
"I mean, it's not like we were told to fight you or anything. Leader said not to fight anyone but the turtles. I dunno why, but it felt like it was a good idea at the time. Saving you, I mean. Cause you didn't do anything wrong. You were just at the wrong place at the wrong time or something."
Turning back, The Kid smiles at him. "Thank's for saving me."
"Uhhhh....okay?"
Man, humans sure are weird.