Have you ever gotten the feeling that makes you feel as if something bad is going to happen?
Well that's exactly how an orange masked mutant turtle felt as he followed behind his older brothers across the cold rooftops of New York City, the clear night lighting up the path ahead so there were little to no places they could hide with all the moonlight. The icy wind of the coming winter was bitter against the turtle's skin, his teeth chattering quietly in his mouth and Mikey swore his shell had a thin layer of ice on it.
It was just another patrol that Leo had made him leave his warm bed for, nothing special about it and Mikey didn't expect anything to happen on such a bright night. Leo was currently in front, leading them to who knows where, with Raph behind him, the hot-headed turtle making angry comments to his oldest brother. Donnie was just in front of Mikey, both of the younger turtles trying to avoid the oncoming argument that was sure to happen when they stop. Mikey had been quiet ever since they pass the docks, the silence a strange but nice change.
The normally fun loving turtle couldn't shake the feeling that something bad would happen, like they were being followed. But that would be stupid of course, Leo or even Raph would have sensed if they were and warned them to be ready. But as he listened to his older brothers argue as they ran the youngest couldn't help but slowdown from his pace and look behind him.
Nothing but rooftops and the occasional air conditioning unit. Nothing out of the ordinary. But Mikey was trained as a ninja, and he did listen in session when it was something new, and he could see the different places that an enemy ninja could hide. Mikey stopped running and fully turned to face behind him, his brothers voices getting farther away but that was the least concerning thing on his mind right now.
Mikey wasn't the strongest or the smartest turtle, and he certainly wasn't the best ninja, but he trusted his gut and it was telling him something bad was going to happen. He couldn't tell what but he knew something was going to, whenever they least expect it.
"Hey chucklehead! What's keeping ya?" Mikey turned his head to look Raph, his brothers now behind him with questioning looks.
"I have a bad feeling…" Mikey muttered as he turned around.
Donnie smiled. "It's probably your stomach after those pizzas you ate."
"Ok dude, one those pizzas were awesome and two, it isn't that."
Raph snorted. "Ya starting to sound like Leo, chucklehead."
Leo glared at his immediate younger brother before looking at Mikey. "You just want to get bad to your video games, come on before we all freeze."
"But guys-" Leo and Raph had already left him.
"Come on, Mike. Let's go before we leave you here." Donnie was waiting for him on the next roof. Mikey looked behind him one more time before following them again, the bad feeling only getting stronger as he ran.
Maybe they were right, they always were. It was probably only him being an idiot… again…
"Hey Fearless Leader, are we done yet. My tail is about to freeze off." Raph groaned as he rubbed his arms in attempts to keep warm. They had stopped outside a complete of abandoned warehouses on the coast of the river, where the Kraang could sometimes be seen. But tonight everything was quiet, a little too quiet for Mikey. His gut feeling had only gotten stronger, to the point where Mikey swore he had live butterflies flying around in his stomach.
" That's impossible. It's no cold enough for something like that to happen. Also to the fact you're wearing your tail guard which keeps it out of the cold as well as-" Donnie ranted before Raph smacked him upside the head, stopping the genius turtle mid rant.
"Figure of speech genius." Raph stated with an annoyed look. Donnie returned this look with an annoyed glare but said nothing else.
"Quiet guys, there's Kraang activity!" Leo whispered loud, so it really couldn't count as whispering, from his perch on the edge of the building.
The three turtles walked over to where their eldest brother was and looked at the warehouses below. Sure enough, there was a Kraang robot standing guard outside one of the warehouses, a bit weird since there was only one.
"A single Kraang-bot? Come on 'Fearless Leader', I could take that alien freak out in my sleep with both of my arms tied." Raph smirked as he reached for his Sais, the chance for some action too much more the hothead turtle to resist.
"Raph, hold on! It could be a trap." Leo said as he stopped his immediate younger brother from charging into a battle without thinking… again.
"Really, a single Kraang-bot standing outside a completely empty building against four kick butt ninja turtles? Yea, it's most likely a trap, but so were a lot of the stuff we get dragged into and I don't see you complaining." Raph stated and jumped down the fire escape towards the Kraang-bot.
"Raph!" Leo snapped before chasing after the hot headed turtle, leaving the youngest and the genius to watch up on the roof.
"You think we should go help them?" Mikey asked as he sat down on the edge of the roof, his feet dangling over the edge. Donnie sat next to him with the same bored expression as he normally had whenever the eldest two of the four had one of their 'married couple spats' as Mikey dubbed them.
"Nah let them handle it. They are the 'A team' after all. Besides, do you want to get in-between that?" Donnie replied with a question as per usual.
"But what if they run into a trap?" Mikey asked again, his gut feeling returning as the two fighting turtles were sneaking up on the single Kraang-bot. But for some reason he was more worried about himself and Donnie than the two eldest turtles that were walking into a trap. At least they think it's a trap.
"Then we can rescue them. We are more use to them up here hidden than down there out in the open." Donnie replied.
Mikey didn't say anymore, his gut feeling getting stronger as Leo and Raph went inside the warehouse after destroying the Kraang bot. He may not be as smart as Donnie but he wasn't as much of an idiot that he let on. Some about this place and situation just seemed wrong to the orange masked turtle. Why would a single Kraang-bot stand guard of a building and in the dead open no less? The Kraang may have been evil aliens plotting to take over the world but they were far from stupid. They had encountered the Kraang many times and Mikey knew that the aliens saw them as a threat to their plans and seeked to destroy them. But why would the Kraang have interest in an abandoned warehouse anyway?
"Mikey?"
"Huh? You say something Donnie?" Mikey looked at his older brother, the purple masked turtle looking at him with a slight amount of concern in his crimson brown eyes.
"I said we should go check on the others, they have been in there for a while." Donnie said as he stood up. Mikey looked at the warehouse and it seemed as quiet as it was before, a little too quiet since Leo and Raph were quite loud when they were working together. Mikey would normally jump at the change for some excitement with his bros, but he really wanted to check the rooftops, his gut screaming at him that something was wrong up here. And Mikey's gut had never led him into any 'real' trouble before.
"Nah dude, I think I'll just chill up here." Mikey smiled his normal happy smile, hoping Donnie would buy it.
Donatello looked sceptical but seemed to let it go when Mikey smiled, a small smile playing on the olive green turtles lips.
"Alright, wait here then. But please-"
"Don't go looking for trouble or come down from the roof. I know dude."
Donnie shook his head and jumped down the fire escape towards the warehouse. Mikey watched his bro go, checking it wasn't looking at him before dropping his smile. He stood up and looked back the way they came, the empty rooftops greeting him. He knew someone was following them, he felt it for the last 5 blocks. It was just the perfect place for some kind of trap, probably better than the warehouse since it wouldn't take much to get them to go onto a rooftop, they going go anywhere else without risking being seen.
'Maybe I should have gone with Donnie…' Mikey thought as he walked slowly across the roof, his hands coming to rest on his weapons as his guard increased at the strange silence.
"You certainly should off."
"Wha-" Mikey jumped and quickly turned around just to be hit in the back of the head. He groaned in pain as he felt to the floor, his eyes blurring as he began to lose conciseness. The last thing he saw was a large, defiantly mutant figure.
Then the world went black.
This story is a possible project I might try if I feel like it. The idea was bugging me so I had to write it down and see if you guys want to see this train leave the station. (Bad Pun intended)
I know that the whole 'Mikey gets kidnapped' and 'He's more than he appears' is old but I really wanted to give it a try for a while and since it was bugging me I decided to give it a quick go.
So please read and tell me what you guys think.