Chap. 2- Death Of A Brother
A/N AAH! THE FEELS! I'M GONNA CRY!
Narrator's POV:
The next day…
Leonardo woke up with a tired yawn as he sat up from his bed and stretched his arms. He placed on his mask and gear then walked out of his room after checking the time;
6:00 AM.
He yawned again before walking over to each of his brothers' rooms one by one. He went to Raphael's and he knew that his red clad brother was still asleep when he heard his loud snores. He walked over to Donatello's and nodded his head in approval when he was able to hear his purple clad brother's snores as well. Then, he walked over to his youngest brother's room but was hesitant.
He didn't hear the young turtle come home last night so he knew that he was going to be late on going home.
'He probably stayed up to watch the sunrise.' he thought with a disappointment sigh.'Oh, Mikey. I don't want you in trouble but why did you have to stay up late?'
He went over to the bedroom and was met with emptiness.
Just as he thought. Not yet back.
Leo sighed again before walking over to the dojo. A few minutes later, he went over to the kitchen to see his two other brothers up and drinking juice and/or coffee.
" Mornin', Leo," Raph greeted with a wave as he sipped on his juice.
" Hey, guys," Leo replied bluntly.
" You okay, Leo?" Donnie asked his big brother, eyeing him closely and worriedly." You look kinda…tired,"
" Well, no," the leader sat on his seat with a groan.
" What's up, Fearless?" the red clad turtle questioned.
" It's Mikey. He isn't back yet."
" Back from where?"
" He went out in the middle of the night so I texted him to come back but he's still isn't here,"
" If ya're that worried, why don't ya call him already?"
" I tried but his Shell Cell's out of reach somehow,"
" Hmm, that's odd," Donnie took out his Shell Cell." If he went up on the surface, he shouldn't have been out of reach,"
" I know and that's why I'm worried about what happened to him,"
" Are you gonna tell sensei about it, though?"
" Tell me what, my sons?" a voice from behind them asked, making them jolt in shock.
" Oh sensei!" Leo gasped as he tried to settle his beating heart.
" How long have ya been listenin', Masta' Splinta'?" Raph asked.
" Just until the part where Donatello asked about whether to tell me something or not," the old rat replied." Now, what did you need to tell me, my sons?"
" Well, um, sensei…" Don gulped nervously, twiddling his finger around and about.
" It's Mikey!" Leo blurted out loud since he just couldn't lie to their father." He went out in the middle of the night and now, he's still isn't back!"
Splinter nodded, stroking his beard as he said," Hmm, I see. Then you three must go and find him,"
" Alright, sensei," the leader bowed before he and his brothers ran off out of the lair.
It was already 7:30 AM so the three brothers had to be careful not to be spotted by any human/s on the streets and/or in the apartments they hop on. They've searched for a couple of hours until they saw something on a roof that caught their attention.
" Hey guys, isn't this Mikey's Shell Cell?" Donnie asked, picking up the shattered piece of tech.
" Yeah, I think," Raph said with a worried expression." Well, it was his Shell Cell but now, it looks like a smashed up phone,"
" Mikey wouldn't have just left this here and broken," Leo began to feel really uneasy." Something must have happened to him,"
While he and Donnie checked out the broken Shell Cell, Raph looked over the edges of the roof and got confused when he saw a rope tied up on one of the edges so he looked down to see the other end but his eyes widened in shock and disgust at what he saw.
" GUYS!" he cried out to his other brothers." YOU REALLY HAVE TO SEE THIS! NOW!"
The other turtles ran over to the edge and looked down and then gasped in horror.
" MIKEY!" Leo shouted, tears forming in his eyes as he pulled on the rope.
He pulled and pulled until he was able to pull up the other end of the rope, which was still around the neck of the younger turtle, who's skin was pale and filled with slices and stabs.
" No…" Donnie whispered as all of their eyes were getting stained in salty tears." It can't be…"
" NO, MIKE!" Raph kept on yelling out loud, grasping tightly to one of his little brother's arms." WHY DID YA DO THIS TA YA'RSELF?! WHY?!"
Leo held the youngest turtle's body and cradled it, placing his face on Mikey's plastron and started to cry as Don tearing up on his only little brother's other arm.
(LATER ON)
Splinter placed his youngest son's body in a white coffin, which was bought by April and Casey, who were present at Mikey's funeral along with the turtles' other friends. They were all gathered at Casey's Farmhouse for the sad farewell to the turtle. Leo, Raph and Donnie were all wearing black suits as well as their friends.
" Rest In Peace, my son," the old rat whispered, placing a hand on the transparent glass.
" We will miss you, Mikey," Donnie said as his eyes got stained with tears for the fifth time that day.
" We really wish that ya were still here with us, lil bro," Raph quietly told his dead brother's body, his voice sounding hoarse.
" We love you, Michelangelo, more than you'll ever know," Leo tried to hold back his tears as he spoke but he simply couldn't so he closed his eyes to let the tears fall.
Their friends also came close to the young turtle's coffin to say their farewells before Casey and Raph lowered it down in the ground and covered it in dirt to bury it then they placed a tombstone on the top of the dirt, carved with the words;
Here Lies Michelangelo,
The Happiest And One Of The Most Honorable Ninja Turtles Of All Time And Dimensions
That night, the turtles, their father and their friends couldn't sleep a wink.
Donnie stayed up in his lab, looking at pictures of him and his little brother, making him cry even more bitter tears. Raph on tossing and turning around in his hammock as the memories of his little brother kept on coming to him, making him cry again. Leo didn't even tried sleeping that night so he just stayed in the kitchen and drank warm milk, remembering the times that Mikey cooked for them every time of the day. Splinter and their friends were also up remembering the great things that the orange clad turtle has done for a lot of people, even for himself.
One thing is now clear for them, though and it wasn't good.
Things will never be the same…
(MEANWHILE)
Mikey's spirit rose from his grave as his white and lifeless eyes looked around the place. He flew past the trees and found his way to his lair again. He frowned to see his family still not accepting his death but started feeling guilty for killing himself.
You see, his plan was for him to die to test out that even if they haven't been treating him all that good, they still love him. It turns out that they really do but unfortunately, he couldn't rest in peace that easily because of their saddened faces.
So, he decided to stay up with them, watching over them for as long as they'd live…
A/N Aww. IT'S SO SAD!
