Mikey yawned, stretching his arms as he woke up from a heavy slumber.

Rolling off his bed, he hit the ground with a moan. Reaching for his mask, he finds it and wraps it around his head.

"Euff…" He mumbled, barely comprehensible.

"Mikey!" A familiar voice yelled, "If you aren't here in 3 seconds to make breakfast, I will make you come down here!"

"But Raaaaph…" He yelled, "I need my beauty sleep!"

"All right, that's it! I'm coming up there, Mikey!" Footsteps followed shortly after that was said.

Raph threw open Mikey's door, glaring at him. In one swift motion he grabbed Mikey by the tail and pulled him into the kitchen, Mikey yelling complaints the whole way.

"Bro," Mikey winced, "I was about to come down and make food."

"Too bad, I don't care," Raph snarled back. Mikey flinched at his tone, "Now make breakfast."

"Ughhhh… fine…" Mikey hurriedly gathered all of the things that were necessary for making breakfast, and soon there was bacon sizzling on the frying pan, and toast in the toaster.

"Food…" A moan behind him made him laugh. Donnie was standing there, looking like a zombie, as he shuffled towards the kitchen.

A couple of moments later, Leo walked out of the dojo, shaking his head at Donnie, "Don, did you stay up late working on a new invention?"

Donnie sighed as he plopped himself into a chair, "Yeah…"

"And are you going to tell me what this invention is?"
A pause, "No."

Leo smirked, "Was it another invention for April?"

"April…" Mikey and Raph sung.

Donnie blushed, "Just forget about it. Mikey, food smells good."

Mikey grinned, "Too bad it isn't pizza." They all laughed.

"True," Raph mused, "If I come across the pizza delivery guy, I will kill him if he gets in the way of my pizza."

Leo frowned at that, "Raph, we're ninjas, we can't be seen by humans. Remember?"

Anger flared in Raph's eyes, and he mumbled a response.

"Guys, can I go out patrolling tonight?" Mikey suddenly jutted in, "By myself?"

The lair seemed to freeze, all of his brothers staring at him.

After a brief moment, they began to laugh.

Raph smirked, "Mikey, you're such a screw up, you know you can't be trusted by yourself."

Donnie added, "And your intellect is way too low for you to think out a rational situation in the events of an emergency."

Leo sighed, "Mikey, you just can't be trusted alone." Hurt flickered across Mikey's face at his brothers' words.

Not… at all?" He trembled.

Raph sighed, "Yeah, whatever."

His brothers finished their meals and went to their rooms. Mikey, however, stayed in the kitchen, mulling over what his brothers said.

Is it true? Am I really a screw up? Am I dumb? Why did Leo say I can't be trusted alone? Why do they all hate me?

An idea formed in his head. A grin formed his face.

Yes… yes, I can do that! I'll get my 'chucks.

Five minutes later, Mikey was in his room, waiting for the perfect time to leave the lair. As he listened to his brothers, he read a comic.

Wingnut and Screwloose read the title. Man, if only they were real! There was this one time though… he sighed, and continued reading.

He heard Leo going to meditate with Splinter, Raph in his room sleeping, and Donnie working in his lab.

Let's go! Now, now, now! Booyakasha!

He put down the comic, leaped off his bed, and carefully made his way towards the rest of the sewers, without alerting his brothers.

I'll prove that I'm trustworthy enough to go on patrol by myself, by going out of the lair during the day! Yeah, boi!

A grin formed on his face as he slipped out of the lair, and made his way to the nearest manhole cover.

Mikey silently moved the cover into its right place, literally brimming with excitement.

In one graceful move, he leaped onto the fire escape, climbed up it, and flipped himself onto the roof.

Michelangelo is on the move!

A laugh made its way out of his chest.

"Booyakasha!" He yelled at the top of his lungs.

This was an awesome idea! Hah, this'll show them! I'm ninja! I'm so ninja I made it out of the lair without anyone noticing! Go ninja, go!

He sprinted across buildings, leaped over gaps, did flips, turns and dance moves, not a care in the world.

He suddenly stopped, blinking.

I'm a ninja. I'm not exactly being careful. But… yeah… maybe a bit of care would do good.

Mikey sighed. Yes, he was supposed to be a ninja. But he just wanted to show his dance moves to the world! He was so rad, right? He was such a ball of Mikey, he was going to be like…

A Mike-Nado! Yeah! You better watch out, unsuspecting victims! Mikey is in da house!

He continued running and dancing, occasionally looking at the people on the ground, going about their days, doing what they needed to do.

He was checking the people below when he suddenly tripped at the edge of a building. He yelled and flailed his arms wildly in an attempt to balance, but he was already falling.

He landed into the dumpster with a thud. He moaned at his sore head, gently touching it with his hand.

Aw, crap. I hit my head on something… hey! Is that a pizza?

Shifting forward ever so slightly, he saw that it was, in fact, a half-eaten slice of moldy pizza.

It looks so good! But I shouldn't eat it, I'll probably regret it tomorrow. Yeah, just don't eat it.

He tried to move himself to get out of the dumpster, but his head flared painfully. Mikey cursed and fell back, clutching his head.

Owowow… geez, I can't even get out of the dumpster. Guess I'll be staying here for a while. Great. This is gonna be boring. I should've brought a comic.

The sound of sirens made him jerk in surprise.

Surely someone didn't hear me and call the police? Or the ambulance? NOT THE FIRE BRIGADE!

They were getting closer and closer, and Mikey tensed. When they seemed like they couldn't get any closer, the sirens cut off.

Uh oh, this can't be good.

He heard the sound of a car door opening, and distant voices. He strained to listen to the conversation.

"Thank you for calling us. Where is the wounded?"

"I-I don't know, but I heard something fall into that alley. I… was too scared to check."

Someone sighed, "You could have confirmed someone was injured."

"I know, but it sounded like someone fell, and it sounded like they fell far, too."

Another sigh, "We'll go check, just in case."

"Thank you! I just wanted to make sure no one was hurt."

Mikey heard footsteps getting closer and closer. His heart pounded faster and faster, and his breathing was speeding up.

The footsteps stopped just outside the dumpster he was in.

"I don't see anything."

"Have you checked the dumpsters? We need to check everywhere, if someone really is injured."

The person next to his dumpster muttered something.

Oh no. Ohhhh no. What have I done? They're going to find me, they going to find me, what do I do?

He heard the dumpster being lifted open. Light spilled onto his shell.

No no no no no, this can't be happening!

A yell from above as the light reached his terrified face. The dumpster slammed closed.

"What? What happened?" The other voice was closer.

"It… it was a freaking turtle! It was gigantic! You gotta see! It's amazing!"

There was doubt in the other voice, "You saw. A giant. Turtle."

"Yeah! If you don't believe me, see for yourself!"

Mikey hears a sigh, "Fine, but if you're wrong…"

"I saw it, I swear, I swear!"

Someone muttered something. The dumpster lifted open yet again, and Mikey couldn't help but let out a fear induced yelp.

He felt the light reach his shell, "What the… a… a shell?"

It reached his face, and the other person slammed it shut as well.

"You were right! It's a giant… turtle!"

"I told you!"

The lid opens again, and there was a sharp intake of breath.

"It's injured. We need to help it, it's obviously a new species!"

Hands grabbed his shell, and Mikey squirmed.

Let go of my shell!

He was lifted out of the dumpster, and he felt the warm sunlight on his face.

"Are these… weapons? And… a phone? What is this thing?"

He felt his 'chucks and T-Phone being taken off him. Despair washed over him.

I should have stayed home! Number one rule of a ninja: stay hidden! And I broke it!

"It has a phone," There was shock and wonder in the voice, "But… does that mean it's intelligent?"

Mikey saw a face in front of him.

"Can you talk?" The face asked.

"You guys suck…" Mikey muttered, "I just tripped, it's nothing."

The face backed away, shocked, "Woah! It talks, it talks!"

"We should take it to the hospital," The other voice said, "For safety."

"Yeah, yeah, let's go."

"Hang on… can you walk by yourself?" The question was directed at Mikey.

"Uhm… yeah?" He slowly got himself into a standing position, and eventually stood up.

"You need help?"

"Sure, bro. Thanks."

He felt the two humans carry part of his weight. They grunted at the exertion.

He was slowly walked towards the ambulance, and put into the back.

"We'll be at the hospital soon," The face yet again entered his vision, "I'm Andy, by the way."

"I'm Michelangelo," Mikey eased out, still tense, "Nice to meet you, Andy."

About twenty minutes later, the ambulance pulled up to the hospital.

That was when the situation hit Mikey.

Oh, god. I've been seen by humans, and there's gonna be more! What to do? What do I do! Donnie? Leo? Raph? I need you guys! Please, find me!

He tried to sit up, but immediately felt woozy.

Did they… drug me? I didn't even feel anything! Well… I was a random mutant turtle… still… you guys suck!

The doors of the ambulance opened, and Andy and his companion quickly walked next to Mikey to wheel him out.

He heard the sound of doors burst open, followed almost immediately by multiple screams.

"Daddy… what is it?" A little girl asked her father, fear in her voice.

"I don't know, darling. I think it's some sort of… monster!" Her father was also scared.

And that was when he passed out.