A/N: Hey all! So this one is a bit longer...not much else to say except...
I do not own TMNT, therefore I borrow. Thank you so much to my superb reviewers!
As always, please enjoy.
Mikey had been slinking around the lair for the past hour in the hopes that if Leo, or any of his brothers for that matter, couldn't find him then he wouldn't have to participate in the rather intense training workout that had been planned for the day.
The plan had been working out rather well until he'd heard Don cheering very enthusiastically. And who WOULDN'T have investigated? I mean really...
So, letting his curiosity get the better of him and praying it wouldn't kill him as it had the cat (not Klunk of course what with him being a ninja kitty and all), Mikey crept out of hiding to discover what all the commotion was about to find Raph doing pushups, Don being very inspirational and motivating about completing said pushups, and Leo supervising them both with arms crossed. But what was most interesting about the particular scene, was the heavy weights strapped to Raph's plastron and shell.
"Come on Raph! Only thirty-five more to go!"
Raph paused in the down position. "Not—," he pushed back up until his arms were fully extended "—helping!"
"You've got to complete all of the pushups," Leo said with a small smirk. "In two and and half minutes, that was the deal."
"I know what the deal is!" Raph barked back.
"Just checking," Leo held up his hands defensively. "You just seemed to be slowing down a little. By the way, you've got thirty-three more seconds."
Raph snarled something under his breath and Don continued to happily observe.
"Wait, what's the deal?"
"Oh there you are Mikey," Don said with a smile. "I've been wondering where you've been."
"Oh you know...around. What deal?"
"I told Raph that if he could complete one hundred and twenty-five pushups in two and a half minutes with an extra fifty pounds, that he could skip training today," Leo explained. "By the way, time's up. How many Donny?"
"One hundred and thirteen," Don replied immediately.
Raphael glared when Leo gave him a look...a smug one. "It's not like I couldn't do em, I just ran out of time!"
"I told you that five second rest wasn't worth it," Don said.
"If my arms weren't on fire, I'd be stranglin' you with em."
"So let me get this straight..." Mikey began. "If I can do a hundred and twenty-five pushups in two and a half minutes with those," he gestured to the weights Don was helping Raph remove, "strapped to my lovely person, then I can skip training?"
"IF you can do it," Leo said with a confidence that suggested he believed his challenge too challenging. "Raphael couldn't."
"I ran outta time!"
"Hand em over!" Mikey reached for the weights, wriggled into them eagerly and dropped to the floor. "Okay, ready set GO!"
Two minutes and twenty-two seconds later, Mikey jumped to his feet and made quick work of removing the weights. "Catch ya later, dudes!" and then he was gone as quickly as he had come.
The remaining three exchanged stupefied glances.
Raph was the first to break the silence. "I say we never speak of this again..."