Chapter 1: When defiance gets the better of you
"Mikey, stop!"
"But Raphie, it's funny!"
Turtle toddlers Rapheal and Michelangelo had been instructed to clean the dishes up after dinner, as it was their turn, and no matter how many times Raph told Mikey to stop, Mikey continued splashing water on him
"Why are you such a jerk, Raph? Getting upset over some water." The oldest of the toddlers, Leonardo, mocked raph for being angry.
"Because I've told him to stop and he won't! He's lucky I haven't hit him yet!"
Leo and Donnie anxiously waited for their father, Master Splinter, to emerge from his room, take Raph's hand, and put him in timeout.
But that's not what happened. Their father did indeed come out of his room, but what he did suprised all 4 of the brothers.
"What is the meaning of this?" Master Splinter demanded.
Leo sneered at Raph. "Raph is being mean to Mikey again, daddy!" Deep, in the back of his mind, Leo knew Mikey was wrong, not Raph. But it was always entertaining when Raph got in trouble.
"Tell me what happened."
Raph decided to tell him. "Mikey wouldn't stop splashing water on me, and I kept telling him to stop!"
Master Splinter turned to his youngest son. "Michelangelo, is that true?"
Mikey nodded. "Yeah, he's a jerk who can't handle some water. I mean, really-"
"ENOUGH!"
Mikey was silenced in a split second.
"What it sounds to me, Michelangelo, is that you were bothering Rapheal, and he was telling you to stop. He wasn't wrong, you were." The tone in Splinter's voice was terrifying, and Mikey knew he was in trouble.
"But daddy-"
"No buts, Michelangelo. You were deliberately defiant and for that you will be punished."
Splinter then turned to Raph. "You may go. Michelangelo will do that rest of the dishes himself." He them turned to Mikey. "And you will be going to bed early with no tv."
Mikey was dumbfounded. Up until this point, Raph was the most often punished one, and Mikey had gotten the impression that he was the only one you could be.
He watched, rather irritated, as Raph skipped out of the room and to the television. He groaned, finished the dishes, then went to bed. He had gone to bed early so he had plenty of time to plot his revenge on Raph that would come in later days.
