A/N: Read "Only Human".
"The Ice Cream Truck Incident"
The turtles were out one a routine patrol when Mikey's stomach suddenly growled. "Ngh… guuuuys! I'm hungry!" He whined in his usual manner.
The others stopped, looking at him with slight annoyance. "We'll be back at the lair soon, so just be patient," Leo chastised him.
Mikey just pouted at the eldest turtle and muttering under his breath, said, "Fine…"
"Good, then let's get going." And they continued on their way except for Mikey who lagged behind, hopping to find something to eat. That's when he spotted the ice cream truck headed down the road. He grinned and headed towards the vehicle.
"Yo, ice cream truck dude, stop!" He shouted, as he ran after it. The ice cream truck stopped and he hopped up to it. "I'll have a Super Choco-Blast, please!"
"Right away," the man at the wheel said, but just as soon as he got a good look at the turtle, he screamed and drove off.
Mikey sighed, sweatdropping. Nothing's ever easy. So, he started after the truck.
At that same moment, the others were just about to reach the lair when Raphael suddenly said, "Hey, where's Mikey??"
The others stopped short and looked around frantically. "Oh for the love of—!" Leo cried, placing his hands on his head. "Come on guys, let's go look for him."
"Uh… that won't be necessary," Don suddenly pointed out, seeing Mikey clinging to the back of a speeding ice cream truck.
"...MIKEY…!!" All three cried out in unison.
"Nngh… what a guy has to do to get some ice cream around here—huh?" Michelangelo grunted, hanging on tightly to the back of the ice cream truck. Suddenly he heard yapping and looking back he saw a poodle chasing after him and the ice cream truck. "Gyaah, nice pooch, down boy…!"
The poodle growled, and nipped at the turtle.
Mikey cried out, trying to get away from the psycho dog when he accidentally opened one of the truck's back doors and a carton of ice cream tumbled out and landed on the dog. The young turtle winced and called out, "Sorry!"
Still hanging on tightly to the truck, he eased himself inside. "Yo, dude, what's your problem?"
The driver gasped and turning around, said, "P-please, don't hurt me!" Having let go of the wheel, the truck swerved in to oncoming traffic.
"Wh-whoa, look out!" Mikey cried a semi-truck about to collide with them.
The driver turned back around and quickly spun the wheel of the ice cream truck, getting out of the way just in time. Unfortunately he lost control of the truck and it ended up falling over on to its side with a loud crash.
The three other turtles arrived just in time to witness the truck tip over. "Mikey!!" They cried, running over the vehicle. Looking in the window, they saw both the driver and Mikey were fine.
"Owww… my everything hurts…" he groaned, rubbing his head painfully.
Just then, they heard sirens in the distance and Leo said, "Come on, we got to get out of here. Help me lift him up."
Opening the door, Raph, Leo and Don hoisted the disoriented turtle out of the truck and they took off before the cops arrived.
Back at the lair, Mikey rested on the couch, various parts of his body bandaged up.
Splinter came over to him and asked, "So, my pupil, have you learned anything from your little misadventure?"
"You bet I did, Master Splinter. Never hitch a ride on a speeding ice cream truck… ugghh…"