This year, I got to read Beloved. When reading it, I thought back to "Let the Children Weep" wondered, What would it be like if one of them did survive?How will he cope with their brothers' deaths and the knowledge that their father had tried to kill them?I knew it had to be Mikey who was going to survive because he was the last one to die so for those who also wondered the same thing, now your questions will be answered. Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for "Let the Children Weep"
Cars beeped their horns as they swooshed through rain soaked streets. The rain created a mirror on the roads as if it were a portal to a parallel dimension of our world where everything is upside down. Far down below, a lone figure – an outcast to the outside world – listened to the gushing of water from the storm drains and the thunder that rumbled overhead. A long time ago, the very sound of thunder would frighten the young turtle, sending him to one of his brothers' beds or his father's room for comfort and a sleepover, but that was a very, very long time ago when everyone was happy, alive, and safe. That was when the turtle knew the support structures of his family were holding his family. Now they lay crumbled around him, and even if they were repaired Michelangelo wouldn't even be able to recognize them. Turns out you really don't know someone truly well, even a loved one.
A few tears trickled from his eyes.
Thunder roared over head. It sounded close. Maybe it struck the Empire State Building. Don had once told him that the Empire State Building gets struck by lightning one hundred times a year. Damn did he wish he could hear Donnie's voice again? Even getting pounded by Raph or even lectured by Leo would bring so much happiness to his heart and soul because no matter how many times he hated being lectured by Leo or getting "punished" by Raph for pulling a prank, it would still mean that Leo and Raph are alive. Not anymore. They're gone and so is Donnie. The only family member he had left was his father, and he ran away from him three years ago.
Mikey shivered so he decided to walk back to his Lair – the Lair that he founded after running away. Three years ago, he would have skateboarded all the way home (home being the Lair where he used to live). Leo would have scolded him for being gone for a long time, and Don would have scolded him for being outside in the cold because turtles are cold-blooded and blah, blah, blah. Raph would have just told them to lay off him. Then he would give him a nooggie, saying that a turtle has got to have his fun. Don would drop it, but Leo might have a little comeback and then go off to train. Then Mikey would watch TV or play videogames whether solo or with one of his brothers. The lights made the Lair look like there was sun shining inside it.
When Mikey reached his new Lair, there was no Leo or Don scolding him, no Raph giving him noogies and standing up for him. There was a few dim lights strung above but nothing compared to the ones back at the used-to-be home. Mikey didn't mind. When he lost his brothers, the sun died. They always say that he's the personal sun of the Hamato clan, but what they don't realize is that they are the very reason why he shines so bright. Now they're gone, and Mikey when through a supernova.
When he found out how his brothers died, he lost his sanity.
When he lost his sanity, he ran away from home. He was scared of the same fate happening to him. Mikey could remember some of that day but not much. All he could remembered was waking up, Splinter's wide eyes, a knife near his throat, April and Casey, lots of shouting, and blood. Blood, blood, blood all over his brothers' throats.
He survived, but his heart broke and his soul shattered. All his trust and all that he knew about his father and family in general crumbled. The pieces were scattered by the wind.
Emotionally exhausted, Mikey flopped down on his tattered couch that also served as his bed. His lair was small – only one room, but one room's all he needed. There was a small kitchen in one corner and a bathroom in the other. There was a TV in front of him. All his stuff lay next to it. He closed his eyes, laid his head back, took a deep breath, and cleared his mind of any turbulence. He had to stay strong and sane.
In a few days it will be the anniversary of his brothers' deaths.
