Ch. 2
Truth Be Told

Donnie sat at his work bench, rubbing his temples as he groaned. He hasn't slept all night, due to the fact that his brothers didn't believe him about the whole glowing thing.

Donnie didn't even know why he was in his lab again; he thought it would calm his thoughts to be at his table. But, he didn't have anything to work on, so why was he here?

He had been there for about a good two hours already, and his brothers decided to leave him be. Perhaps that was best. After all, the purple banded turtle wasn't really in the mood for talking.

Donnie let out a yawn as he tinkered away on a random object he found in his lab. He had damaged it purposely, just so he could have something to keep his mind busy. He was in the middle of his work when he heard a soft tapping on his doorframe.

"Uh, dude?"

"What do you want, Mikey?" Donnie asked, not even turning in his chair to face his brother. "I'm kind of in the middle of something."

"Yeah, I can tell," Mikey said as he cleared his throat. He looked at his older brother with concern, although Donnie didn't see his glance. "But, anyway, you okay?"

"Peachy," Donnie said, sarcasm dripping from his voice. "And not really in the mood to talk. If talking's what you want to do, I'd suggest finding Leo or something."

"Already tried," Mikey muttered with a sigh. "He's got himself focused on reruns..."

"You wanna talk?" Donnie put down his screwdriver and turned himself in his chair, crossing his arms and giving Mikey a tired look in the process. "Let's talk."

"About what?"

"Oh, well, I don't know, you're the one that came in here. It's only reasonable for you to know what to talk about, yes?"

"Someone got off on the wrong side of the bed," Mikey said as his eyes lowered slightly.

"I never even went in a bed," Donnie murmured. "My head didn't hit the pillow at all last night."

"Were you thinking about that incident yesterday?"

"You could say that."

Mikey then peeked around Donnie's shoulder to see what he was working on.

"What's that?"

"Nothing. Literally, nothing."

"Doesn't look like nothing to me," Mikey said, a small smile appearing on his face. "After all, there's something on your work table."

"I know, Mikey." Donnie sighed. "I literally broke something so I'd have something to do..."

Mikey raised an eyebrow. "You're pretty upset about this whole thing, huh?"

"If you couldn't already notice," Donnie replied as he started rubbing his temples again.

"Well, I don't think you'll be upset anymore."

"Why's that?"

"Look!"

"What Mikey?"

"I said look!" Mikey cried as he pointed his finger at what he saw.

Donnie's eyes followed Mikey's finger to see what his brother was talking about. Donnie gasped at what he saw.

"Again?" he asked. He stood up from his chair and walked over to the sight. "It's glowing...again?"

"So, I guess you weren't lying," Mikey replied.

Donnie studied the glowing area closely. "It's bigger than before," he said, looking up at Mikey. "Around three times as big, exactly."

"Really?"

"Yes, Mikey."

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Mikey pull out his phone. He then raised it up over the glowing area.

"Mikey, what are you doing?" Donnie couldn't help but ask. He then saw a flash come from the camera and knew exactly what Mikey was doing. "Wait, Mikey! You're a genius!"

Mikey lowered the phone after taking several pictures. "I am?" he asked.

"Yes!" Donnie cried. "We can show Raph and Leo these pictures! Then they'll believe us!"

"Oh!" Mikey said, finally realizing.

"Go!" Donnie almost shouted. "Go show it to them!"

"Be right back, D!" Mikey called behind his shoulder as he ran out the door. He ran into the living room, finding Leo and Raph fighting each other.

"Come on, Raph," Leo said. "Try and hit me! Just once!"

Raph growled and tried to punch his older brother, but missed. Again.

Leo held up his hands to stop the training. "Raph," he said. "Master Splinter has told you this-deal with your anger."

"And how many times have I heard that?" Raph spat.

"Guys, guys!" Mikey shouted as he ran into the room.

The two brothers turned around. Almost in unison, they let out a sigh and said: "What?" Raph then looked over at Leo with a weirded out face and Leo returned it.

"I guess we're twins now, apparently." Raph mumbled.

Leo then looked at Mikey curiously. "What is it?" he asked.

Mikey pulled out his T-phone from his belt and held it triumphantly, getting quizzical glances from his older brothers.

"Yes, Mikey, that's a phone." Raph said with a small smirk. "And those on your phone are buttons. You use those to dial-"

"Enough, Raph." Leo interrupted. "Mikey knows what a phone is...I hope." He then looked back at Miley, waiting to see what he wanted to show them.

"I got a picture!" Mikey explained. "And-"

"Don't tell me it's another selfie with ice cream kitty," Raph said, crossing his arms in front of his chest.

"What? No!" Mikey shouted, growing a bit angry. "But you have to admit, those are pretty cute!" He then went through his pictures until he found the one he wanted. "Here," he said, handing over the phone to Leo while giving Raph a quick glare in the process.

"That glowing stuff Donnie was mentioning yesterday?" Leo wondered aloud.

"Let me see," Raph said, snatching the phone from the blue-banded turtles' hands. He then rolled his eyes. "Not this again! Mikey, did you edit this picture?"

Leo gave Raph an annoyed look and sighed. "Do you really think Mikey knows how to photo edit?"

Raph sat there speechless for a moment. "Good point." he replied.

Leo then took the phone back, swiping through the photos. Mikey had gotten at least five pictures of the glowing area, all at different angles.

"Since when did you become smart?" Raph wondered.

"Since you got dumber," Leo replied with a snicker.

"Hey!" Raph shouted, whacking Leo on the back of his head. "I haven't gotten dumber. Maybe you're the one who's become that way, Leo."

Mikey looked at Leo, smiling from his joke.

"You think you're so funny, huh?" Raph said, narrowing his eyes. "You just think I'm so stupid, huh?" He then removed the sais from his belt. "Maybe I'll lower your IQ a bit. What do ya say?"

"Raph, quit it." Leo hissed. "It was just a joke."

Raph put away his weapons, still showing that he was angry.

"Wow..." Leo said, scratching the back of his head awkwardly. "We owe Donnie an apology, huh?"

Mikey nodded, putting his phone away. "That includes you Raph."

"Whatever."

"You know what we're gonna do?" Leo then asked.

"What?" Mikey wondered.

"We are all going to go into Donnie's to lab right now to apologize to him."

"Sounds fair to me." Mikey replied as Leo started walking. Raph let out a huff but followed as well.

They found Donnie sitting at his workable, working on the random piece of junk he'd been tinkering on earlier. His head then came up when he heard a faint knocking on his door frame. Mikey stood there, grinning.

"Donnie," he whispered happily. "They believe you! It worked!"

Donnie let out a sigh of relief, allowing himself to lean back in his office chair.

"Don," Leo said, clearing his throat awkwardly. "We just came here to say we're sorry we didn't believe you yesterday. So, I am sorry."

"Me too!" Mikey added.

"I think you already apologized by taking those pictures," Donnie explained.

"Sweet!" Mikey sang. "I just apologized twice! In your face, Leo!"

Leo then elbowed Raph in the ribs and gave him a quick glare.

"What?" Raph asked. He then saw Leo gesture with his head towards Donnie and instantly knew. "Fine... I'm.. Uh...sorry." The word 'sorry' coming out in a soft whisper.

"I guess that'll do," Donnie sighed. "After all, it's pretty hard to get an apology out of Raph."

"Well, glad you're happy," Leo said with a smile. "What do you say we all rematch each other on pinball?"

"Heck yeah!" Mikey cried, pumping his fist in the air. He then got an evil grin on his face. "And maybe I'll beat Raph again!" He then turned and started sprinting towards the pinball machine.

"Oh no you don't!" Raph shouted, dashing after him. He stood behind Mikey in line to make sure he'd be next.

Donnie then turned to Leo.

"Mikey knows that even if he goes first, it doesn't effect his chances, right?"

"No," Leo replied with a sigh. "I don't think he does."

-
They'd finished their game about an hour ago and had eaten some more pizza after that. Mikey had made jellybean and anchovy pizza, which his brothers gagged down eventually.

The brothers then went their separate ways, doing whatever they wished. Leo went into the dojo to do some extra training, Mikey and Donnie dueled each other on a video game and Raph had locked himself in his room, reading a magazine about motorcycles.

He turned this pages, already bored. He'd read this comic several times already, and it no longer interested him. He glanced at a picture of a motorcycle he always personally liked; a black motorcycle with red and orange flames swirling up the sides.

As Raph turned to the next page, he saw a faint yellow light fill his small room. He peeked over his magazine, and was surprised to see how large the glowing area was. It was the length 12' ruler and the height of a door.

Raph lowered his magazine, staring at the glowing area with curiosity.

"Nice try, Mikey!" Raph said. "I know you're pulling a prank on me! Nice light show you have there."

But no one came out. Raph rolled his eyes, setting the magazine on his bed next to him. He then stood to his feet.

"Come on out, Mikey!"

Still no answer. Raph was growing angry now.

"I know you're here!"

He then walked around searching, expecting Mikey to be in the corner or on the ceiling, snickering. But Mikey wasn't found.

He then turned and saw that a large creature was riding off of the glowing area. Raph raised and eyebrow.

"What...?"

The creature was very odd. It was a yellow-green color, and looked like a glob of slime. It was tall, around seven feet tall. It had no eyes, no legs, no arms, no mouth. It just seemed like a blob.

Raph stared at it was a weird expression. He didn't know what to do. Fight it? Or ignore it. It seemed harmless to him.

The creature seemed to study him, even though it had no eyes. It then turned a darker green shade, leaving Raph just staring.

He then shrugged his shoulders and walked back towards his bed, muttering about how stupid this thing was.

Within a flash, the thing grew two tentacle-like arms, and trust them toward Raph. It twisted its "arm" around, grabbing Raph's sais and throwing them to the floor.

Raph turned around with surprise.

"How did you...you don't even have fingers!" He then let out an irritated sigh, reaching down to grab his weapons off the floor.

His head then snapped up as he heard and high pitched screech come from the gooey creature.

And that's when Raph's brothers heard him scream.