Disclaimer: I do not own the TMNT or Evanescence! Yet...maybe...;)

A/N: Ok, so I'm obsessed with making the boy's miserable and with associating their feelings with song...review and help me out!

"Slice of pepperoni"

"A large cheese pizza!"

These shouts could be heard from all corners of Joe's Pizza Palace. People were coming in and out of the 'Palace', but no one seemed to notice the shady figure in the corner with the tattered trench coat and fedora on.

"Two large pizza's for Mickey?!?"

"It's Mikey, but ova here dude."

The figure handed the cashier the money and walked out the door. Mikey had been practicing all day and was prepared to devour these pizzas, along with his brothers of course...

Looking around to see is anybody was around. He hated having to live down in the sewers because he wasn't accepted in the world, but he would never say that. His brothers had a hard enough time accepting it. It wasn't that bad anyways...

I hold my breath as this life starts to take its toll
I hide behind a smile as this perfect plan unfolds

But oh, God, I feel I've been lied to
Lost all faith in the things I have achieved

Mike sneaked unnoticeably down into the sewers, trying so hard not to drop the pizzas he just purchased.

"Sewers sweet sewers..." He said as he walked through the murky waters. As he got closer to his home he could hear some yelling. Raph and Leo are going at it again... As soon as he reached the door, Raph charged out. Mike was knocked onto the ground, the pizza surrounding him. Raph looked down, with fire in his eyes, and continued to storm off.

"You ok Mike?" Don said with a half smile on his face.

"What was that about?"

"Just the normal stuff. Raph wanting to go out with Casey and Leo not wanting him to be seen. That rolled into all different arguments...I stopped listening about there. But they've been at it since you left. Don't worry about the pizza either; we'll just make something else here."

Suddenly, for possibly the first time in his life, Mike wasn't hungry. He looked at Don and went to his room. Why do they always fight about that? If Raph wants to go out, he'll go out whether Leo likes it or not. I do see Leo's side though. If we were just accepted in this world without the fear of being dissected... With that rolling though his head, he thought of all the times he wanted to just go out.

Crawling through this world as disease flows through my veins
I look into myself, but my own heart has been changed

Mike took out his drawing pad, and started to flip though it to find a fresh page. He looked at some of the drawings that were in there. There was one of a landscape, one of his nunchucks, another of a glass jar. He came to one that he drew of Raph. It was kind of a bad drawing because Raph said that he shouldn't draw a freak. Is that what he was...no, I can't be a freak; I'm just a mutant turtle. This turtle's once happy outlook was left at the door of his room. He now found himself thinking over and over again what his brother thought he was...what Mike was...

I can't go on like this
I loathe all I've become

I've woken now to find myself
In the shadows of all I have created
I'm longing to be lost in you
(away from this place I have made)
Won't you take me away from me

Mike, get in check here. People like us, and were not freaks. April gives us hugs all the time. We're fine...

Lost in a dying world I reach for something more
I have grown so weary of this lie I live

Mike threw the notepad to the other side of the room. He got into bed. All I need is a nice night's sleep and this will all be gone in the morning... Mike buried these feelings in the back of his mind and slept.

I've woken now to find myself
In the shadows of all I have created
I'm longing to be lost in you
(away from this place I have made)
Won't you take me away from me