#🐢 ⎛well. he's a technical genius | donnie ⎠
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fjsjjgnnfjdjf ¡ 18 days ago
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Size allergy (5/?)
I finally managed to rewrite everything that my cell phone deleted, it is very likely that the following chapters will take a little longer to come out because this month I have a lot of college pending 😢
This chapter is mostly focused on Mikey, since the boy still hasn't finished changing 🐢
Warning: Mikey is scared of himself.
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English is not my mother tongue, if you see an error, please feel free to comment.
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For a moment, Raph simply tried to soothe himself with his younger brother's affection, when a familiar noise drew his attention to the table he was at a moment ago. A small portal opened three feet above the table's surface and from it emerged his two shrunken brothers and Donnie's goggles.
“Did you miss us?” exclaimed Leo rising from his fall, only to be shoved away in annoyance by Donnie a second later.
The turtle in purple scolded his brother not to transport them again without warning, though the argument was barely audible to Raph and little more than a murmur to Mikey.
Immediately, the snapping turtle slipped out of Mikey's embrace and headed for the table. Technically, no dog should be able to go upstairs, but he didn't want to take any chances with his little brothers there.
“What are you doing out here?” he asked in a concerned mother's tone.
“Relax Raph! We have good reasons” said Leo, getting up and ignoring the murderous look his brother in purple had on him “Donnie found out something… Right?” he leaned on his twin's shoulder.
The softshell turtle stood for a moment processing his brother's words, then jumped up and down with excitement that he could now explain to the others what he was working on about the allergy process. It was when the latter came to mention that they were outside to scan Mikey that the box turtle turned his attention to him; at his size, he didn't hear the genius turtle's voice very well, at least it wasn't much more understandable than a mumble, so he ducked his head down to table level and leaned it a bit on the edge to see and hear his siblings better.
For Donnie, it was still complicated to see Mikey so big; to him, his orange brother was the little one he used to hold in his arms when he was scared so he could soothe him. So, it was strange to see him from the point of view that his head was bigger than his whole body put together.
He was silent for a moment, until Leo put a hand on his shoulder and brought him back to the present.
“Ah yes! Mikey!” he exclaimed so that his brother could hear him well “Now that I modify the goggles, I'll be able to see how the allergy affects you… Maybe, I could even help you to shrink in less time than Draxum said!” he projected his voice loudly so the boy could hear him.
“That's great Dee!” the orange turtle said excitedly, again forgetting how loud his voice was to his shrinking siblings.
“Wow… Slow down Mikey” Raph addressed the boy “Remember that your voice sounds louder now” the box turtle looked away, embarrassed.
“Ugh… Sorry guys” he said with a much lower tone, then he felt the touch of a very small palm on his face.
“It’s ok, big boy… You're excited” Leo gave him a light caress to then approach Donnie, who was preparing the goggles “Don said I'm glowing pink”
“Poof! And again, that was the only thing you took away from my explanation” Donnie commented as he closed the goggles compartment and looked at his younger brother “Well Michael, all I need is for you to get in front of my goggles!… I suggest you take a little distance, so that I can take a complete record of you!” he projected his voice strongly so that the boy would understand his instructions well.
Mikey nodded and walked away cautiously, the dogs that had already become accustomed to his presence were still close by, so he watched for them to take their distance as he backed away. Once he was far enough away, he flashed a thumbs up in approval to his brothers.
“Am I okay here?” he asked, but he couldn't make out Donnie's answer.
“Donnie says yes” Raph commented, knowing that his little brother probably couldn't see the gestures of his siblings shrunken in the distance.
The genie turtle then focused on what he could see through his goggles, he was silent for longer than his siblings expected, the snapping turtle had a bad feeling.
“…Donnie?…” Raph asked, moving a little closer to the turtle, trying not to look intimidating, but he didn't answer.
“Isn't Mikey glowing?” Leo asked, getting into position behind his goggles to see what his twin was seeing.
“It's more than that…” Donnie commented, with Leo looking through the goggles in surprise “His spots… They're glowing too” he said to Raph.
Through the goggles, Mikey's form was surrounded by a strong orange glow, but also, his natural spots seemed to be emanating a peculiar glow. Donnie didn't notice this in Leo, and he didn't really expect it.
“What does that mean?” exclaimed the snapping turtle nervously.
“I-I'm not sure…” stuttered because of the loudness of Raph's voice “The glow is orange, but it seems to have an excess… When I checked Leo, the energy seemed to dissipate… But in Mikey it is holding… Maybe that explains why it's still growing” with his hand on his chin, he was about to add something else when his little brother's voice interrupted him.
“Guys?…” it was a trembling voice “Does Donnie know anything yet…? I… I’m in pain again…” he clutched his arms and closed his eyes tightly; he knew what that meant and saw Raph with fear in his eyes.
Mikey was trying to endure the pain, but it was just as strong as before. He clutched his stomach and dropped to the ground, generating a small tremor. His older brother rushed to his aid.
“Here I am Mikey!” he hugged him on the head “Raph is with you” he caressed him on the forehead, while Mikey had a grimace of anguish and pain.
“Raph… I don't want to…” a small tear came out of one of his eyes “I don't want to grow anymore” he wanted to scream, and also to sneeze, but he was holding it in.
“I know buddy… But Draxum said it was inevitable” he was trying as much as possible to bring calm to the boy.
At the table, Donnie and Leo watched helplessly at the scene. Donnie noticed the mystical energy surrounding his brother and exclaimed.
“It's increasing!” this caught Leo's attention “The mystical energy around him is increasing!”
“Donnie… Is it normal for he to glow brighter too?” asked Leo looking through the goggles, he was as worried as the rest of his brothers, but nothing he could do.
“Something is causing the mystical energy to increase!… It's as if his body was getting rid of the excesses…” there wasn't much more he could do in his position “Maybe… That's why he must sneeze…” he didn't know how to get through to his younger brother and tell him that he NEEDED to sneeze, or he would hurt himself.
Oblivious to the discussion of the shrunken siblings, Mikey was fighting with all his might not to sneeze; his whole body was screaming at him to do so, but he didn't want to grow any bigger. He was too big to even get into Todd's house and even Raph was too small for him now, he feared he was too big to even get a good look at his siblings. On the other hand, his older brother, too distressed by his little brother's suffering, cheered him up.
“Mikey! Sneeze!” he exclaimed.
“N-no… I don't want to… W-what if I don't stop?” his pleading eyes begged his brother for a solution, Raph’s heart was breaking, but there was nothing else he could do, he noticed that his little brother's body was feeling warmer.
“I'll be here for you! Raph won't leave you alone!” he showed one of his tonfas to the boy, if Mikey got too big, he could still contain him with his giant mystic double.
So, the boy did it, he had to sneeze about three times for the sensation to go away, and that's when his body started to change. He had to admit that the growing sensation brought a little relief to his pain, but it didn't calm the feeling of how fast he was getting bigger; he opened his eyes a little to notice how his surroundings shrank, how Raph moved away to give him space, how the dogs ran out from around him at his sudden change of size, again he couldn't avoid the sensation of feeling like a monster. For Raph, and especially for Leo and Donnie, it was like being in an earthquake; the snapping turtle actually came to their aid, noticing how unstable the table was, although now he did give them a warning before picking them up and protecting them with his hands.
After growing a little over 13 feet, the shaking along with the pain stopped and Mikey opened his eyes again. Raph wasn't that far away; in his hands he seemed to hold Leo and Donnie. Again, everything seemed smaller than moments ago to the box turtle, his big brother now maybe he could fit in his hands, he noticed how the dogs were away and some were barking at him as if he was a threat, something that again made him feel bad.
“Is everything all right here?!” was the voice of Todd, who had woken up after feeling the tremor, he noticed how now Mikey looked even bigger than before.
The look of concern from his siblings, coupled with the look of surprise from the capybara and the frightened barking of the dogs had Mikey quite upset. He wanted to hide, so he got up off the ground and took cover among the nearby trees, the only thing big enough to hide him now.
“Mikey, wait!” Raph shouted, but to no avail.
“What happened guys?” Todd asked worriedly.
“… There are things we haven't told you…” said Raph, but he was more focused on looking for his little brother “I'll go get him” he told his brothers while he put them close to the capybara's hands “You stay with Todd…” he left them in Todd's hands.
“W-wait Raph!” Leo exclaimed when he saw his brother run into the forest.
“Being this size officially sucks!” Donnie commented.
“Guys? What's going on?” Todd asked, he had passed up explanations earlier when he saw the concern in the boys, but now maybe it would help them more if he knew what was happening to them.
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He had hoped as soon as he entered the tree area, he would find his little brother hiding in the trees, but the situation was not so easy. It was nighttime, and Mikey had always been the best of them at hiding, it seems that even as a giant he managed to hide well among the foliage. Raphael for a moment stopped and started calling out to him.
“Mikey!” he shouted with his hands cupped in front of his mouth “Please come back!”
When he didn't hear an immediate answer, he began to get impatient. “Why does this have to happen to us?” he was annoyed with himself, as well as stressed and worried about his siblings. While he wasn't worried about his brother having something happen to him in the forest (he was literally the biggest creature now), he was worried about him being lonely, something he felt was worse.
“I'm sorry Mikey… I shouldn't have left you earlier… I should have accompanied you while you were changing” he ran a hand over his face, sighed in frustration “Today Raph did nothing but make bad decisions” he kicked a stone from the floor in frustration.
After sighing again, he felt a small breeze that didn't seem to come from the air.
“That's not true…” he heard behind him.
“Mikey!” he turned to look through the trees, a pair of huge eyes could be seen looking at him, even if they didn't look good in the night, his relief was palpable as he recognized them.
He was happy to have found his brother, he noticed how slowly the boy came out from between the trees, almost crawling until he was in front of Raph. Now, only if he rested his head on the ground could he see at eye level with his older brother and he was doing just that, he was lying down as he watched his brother with some anguish still reflected in his gaze, he seemed to be doing his best to feel back to his normal size.
“You haven't made any bad decisions…” continued the boy “You've been looking out for us… You protected Leo and Donnie before… That's good” Raph noticed that Mikey wanted to touch him, but seemed hesitant to do so, “Is he afraid to touch me?” he thought fleetingly.
“Doesn't mean it was right to leave you alone… Why did you run away?” he moved closer to his brother's face, which seemed to make him more uncomfortable “A while ago you said you were fine because we'd be with you”
“I… I don't want to hurt you…” he commented low and with a look of sadness “I got scared when I saw Leo and Donnie shaking because of- because of… Because of me…” he seemed to want to hold back some tears that peeked out of his eyes as he averted them from his brother's gaze “I don't know, how to deal with this… I don't know how to be giant…”
The snapping turtle watched with compassion, this was no time to blame himself for his decisions of the day, his little brother needed comfort.
“Hey! Easy big guy” he moved closer and placed a hand on his face, he smiled to try to comfort him “You won't hurt us… I'll help you be careful… That's Raph's specialty!” he exclaimed proudly.
“Re-Really?” even at his current size, his big brother's small hand still felt protective.
“Of course! I didn't get to be the biggest without learning a thing or two… I'll be with you, no matter how big you are” with that said, he reached out and hugged Mikey's face.
The box turtle let out a couple of tears (which moistened Raph, but Raph didn't brace himself) and placed his hands behind his big brother. He rubbed Raph's body against his cheek, it was as close to a hug as he was eligible for now. It was a little strange to feel the barbs on his brother's shell much thinner than they would normally be, but the fact that he didn't leave his side helped him calm down.
For his part, Raph was happy to see his little brother finally dare to touch him, as well as being able to soothe him in his worry.
He couldn't blame him, he went from being the smallest to being almost a titan, in fact, his hands could cover his whole shell with no problem, but even with that, Raph would never stop seeing him as his little brother, maybe it's a big brother thing.
“That's right buddy…” patted him on his face “Now, how about we go back to the others?… I'm sure they'll be happy to see you”
“Leo and Donnie are with Todd?” he was still a little worried about them.
“Yes, don't worry… They're safe” he gave a nod “They're most likely worried because you ran away”
“Sorry…” the boy commented low as he stood up and knelt down in front of his brother “This feels really weird, even for me” he was still a little nervous to see his older brother so small.
After saying that, he rested his hands on the ground and propelled himself to his full height, his head almost pierced the top of the trees and he could barely see Raph between all the branches they made. He seemed a little hesitant about asking this of his brother, but now he just wanted him in his sight and close to him.
“… Raph?…” he asked when he saw how his brother was waiting for him to make a decision.
“Yes?” the snapping turtle in a moment smiled at his little brother's hesitation “… Do you want to pick me up?” he laughed slightly when he noticed that the box turtle nodded with some illusion “Hehe… Go ahead”
Mikey lowered his hands, grabbed Raph as if he were a toy and lifted him quickly to the front of his face; it was much quicker and rougher than the red banded turtle thought it would be, he got a little dizzy from the sudden change in height.
“Thank you” Mikey almost exclaimed, wanting to pull Raph back to his cheek for a hug.
“Wow, slow down buddy!” he exclaimed still a little dizzy and slightly pulling away from his little brother's cheek “Remember to be careful…” Mikey opened his hands and his brother sat cross-legged on them, trying to remain calm as he looked him in the eyes “First rule of being a giant… You must be careful with everything that is smaller than you, you're much stronger now… Be gentle when you pick someone up, ok?” the boy nodded a little embarrassed.
Mikey was not in the habit of being careful, at least not most of the time, since everyone else was always bigger than him. Trying to imagine that he was bigger now and had to be careful not to hurt anyone was something he wanted to assimilate as soon as possible.
With Raph finally at eye level and feeling better, he headed back to Todd's house.
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