Chapter One: Stagnation
Disclaimer : I do not own the Ninja Turtles...I only own the stories that I create :)
Approximately one year in the past
Michelangelo's P.O.V.
'Bored...Bored...!' I thought to myself as I paced throughout my room while kicking toys, comics, and discarded pizza boxes out of my path.
It should be against the law for someone to be this bored. I mean really, nobody should have to suffer this much! Sighing, I picked up a stray comic book and started half-heartedly thumbing through it. 'There is absolutely positively nothing to do around here!'
Placing my comic book back down, I went over to my bean bag chair and flopped down onto it. 'I wonder what my brothers are doing...I mean they couldn't possibly be as bored as I am.' Sighing I closed my eyes.
Maybe I could sleep the remainder of the day away. 'Wait a second!' I shouted mentally, 'I have brothers, three older brothers that would just looooove my company!' Grinning from ear to ear, I made a mad dash to the dojo.
When I approached the dojo doors, I immediately noticed that the doors were locked and the main lights were off. Quietly, I opened the door just enough for me to slip inside. The first thing I saw was the pale yellow glow of a single candle light silhouetting my brother's form.
I didn't need lights to show me what brother this was, it's obviously Leonardo meditating as usual. 'Oh Leo,' I thought silently to myself, ' all work and no play makes a turtle dull and boring'. Smugly I waltzed over to Leonardo and sat down as close to him as I possibly could.
"Leo!" I whined, "Leonardo!" I repeated with no response from said brother. Pouting I began to poke him while repeating his name over and over. If Leo thought that he could ignore his sweet, innocent, and totally irresistible baby brother, he has got another thing coming.
Rocking back on my heels, I started planning ways to get my dear older brother's attention. Poking him obviously didn't work, and calling his name over and over again was failing as well. 'Man, I sure do hate when Leonardo is in the zone, he's one tough nut to crack.'
Pouting, I started to mull other ideas over in my mind. When an idea came to me that I thought would possibly work. I smiled evilly.
Licking my lips in the most dramatic manner to make sure that even Leonardo is zoned out state would see, I sat up and proceeded to sit in his lap, "Okay Leo, you have ignored me long enough," I said in my most evil voice, "No one can ignore a sloppy, wet little brother kiss!"
Slowly and dramatically I inched myself closer and closer to Leo's beak, and when I was mere millimetres a away I looked Leo squarely in the eyes and said in the darkest voice I could muster, "Okay older bro, this your last chance, either you answer me, or I will kiss you…"
No response...figures, "Okay Leo, you asked for it!" Moving in for the kill I failed to notice the slight twitch from Leo until I was thrown against the other wall across the room.
Dazed and confused I tried blinking my eyes into focus only to see a very angry older brother staring down at me. "Hey bro, what's up?" I asked meekly, "Michelangelo!" Leonardo spat thought gritted teeth, "What. Do. You. Want?"
I could practically taste the annoyance in his voice, "Nothing bro, I just wanted to see if you like wanted to do something is all." Man, if looks could kill I swear I would have died from the glare Leo was giving me.
"No, I am busy. Go find something else to do Mikey."
"But Leeeeeeeeeooooooo" I whined, "I can't!"
"And why not?" Leo stated clearly agitated.
"Because bro, there's nothing to do and I'm bored and-and…and I'm just bored, let's do something together!" I declared, flashing my best little brother puppy dog look.
"For the last time Michelangelo, I said no! Now please leave so I can finish meditating."
"But Leo!" I whimpered.
"But nothing Mikey. Sometimes you need to learn how to entertain yourself."
'Well, this sucks,' I thought to myself as I left the dojo, 'Leo wants nothing to do with me, so I guess I'll go see what Dons up to!' As quickly as my feet could carry me, I made a mad dash to Donatello's lab.
I don't know what it is but there is something about Donnie's lab that calls me. It's like there's a million different things in there shouting "Mikey, Mikey come play with me!" and I can't help but to listen to what they say.
It's a good thing that Don wasn't in his lab, 'cause he would've had kittens seeing me at his computer trying to download a video game. I mean I'm sure he wouldn't mind as long as I don't mess anything up. And besides knowing that in just a few minutes I'll have something to ease my boredom is making me feel better.
So as I was sitting at his computer desk waiting for the game to download, his computer started making a lot of weird noises. And naturally, instead of sticking around to find out what was wrong with the computer, I decided that best course of action would be to leave Don's lab and pretend I had nothing to do with it.
Well that plan backfired majorly because I swear Don has mental bond with his lab and can sense when things go wrong even when he's on the other side of the lair. As soon as I turned to stand up he was in the door way and he didn't look happy.
Before I could even think about defending myself, Donnie was jumping down my throat and throwing million dollar words at me. As he was pushing me out of his lab, I caught the tail end of the last thing he shouted at me "...and for the last time Mikey stay out of my lab when I am not in there! Now please, proceed with bothering someone else!"
'Sheesh,' I thought mentally, 'doesn't anybody want to help ease a bored turtle's mind?' Well Leo was no help and Donnie was a total bust, so that just leaves my dear hot head older brother Raphael. 'I can't wait!' I grinned evilly to myself, as I took off to Raph's room.
As I got closer to Raph's room I could hear my brother's characteristic snoring that could put a chainsaw to shame.
'Aww, dear old Raphie is taking a nap! Maybe I should give him a wake up call.' Laughing evilly, I stealthily padded over to his hammock. 'This is going to be so great,' I giggled to myself as I positioned myself under his sleeping form.
'One…'I counted silently as I crouched down.
'Two…'I giggled as I crawled under his hammock.
"Three!" I shouted as I sprung up and titled his hammock sending him sprawling to the floor. I couldn't help falling to the floor as I witnessed the terrified look on Raphael's face.
"Mikey!" Raph roared, "What'sa matta' wit' cha?"
"Nothing Raphie," I managed to choke out in between laughs, "I was wondering if maybe you wanted to spar or something?"
"No shell fer brains! Now git outta my room before I make ya," Raph grumbled.
"Aww, come on Raphie boy! Are you afraid of losing to the Ba-"
"Mikey I swear, if ya finish that sentence I-"
"The Battle Nexus Champion!" I shouted as I struck a victorious pose. I was to busy basking in my imaginary glory to notice Raphael getting up and charging at me at with full speed. The next thing I knew, I was flat on my shell with an angry Raph pummelling my startled form.
"Leo! Donnie! Master Splinter!" I shout in my characteristic girly scream, "Help! Raph is hurting me!"
"Serves you right." I heard Leonardo say from the doorway, "You have been on every ones nerves all day Michelangelo. It's about time you pay for your actions."
'Ouch,' I thought, 'Leo is still pissed off…'
Donatello's form also appeared in Raph's doorway, "Yeah Mikey, your intrusion into my lab almost caused my computer to crash.!"
"Yeah numb skull, whas yer problem today? Yer gettin' in everyone's way…"Raph grumbled finally getting off of me.
"I was just really bored guys so I-"
"See thas yer problem Mikey! You get bored an you expect everyone to drop wha' there doin' to entertain ya!" Raph replied coldly.
"Sheesh guys, I'm sorry! I'll leave you alone. I just wanted to have some fun is all! It's not my fault you guys are boring…" What my brothers said then was a mystery because they all shouted at me in unison.
It wasn't long until Master Splinter came around the corner and that they all immediately ceased, "Michelangelo," Master Splinter spoke in his sternest voice. I just knew I was going to get it, "You have been bothering your brothers all day, perhaps you should give them a break and go above to the surface for a few hours."
When I tried to oppose he quickly replied, "That wasn't a suggestion Michelangelo. It was an order. You will leave now," Defeated, I stood up and started heading to the entrance of our lair. I turned around to glare at my brothers, I mean it's not like I did anything terribly wrong I just wanted to have some fun.
When they returned my glare with so much intensity I laced my voice with as much disdain as I could muster and said "Wouldn't you guys feel bad if something happened to me topside and I never came back…"
"Tha' will be great!" Raph said his voice dripping with as much disdain as mine, "Then maybe we'll get some peace an' quiet. Not get goin!" Crushed, I ran out of the lair as fast as I could. I just had to escape my brothers accusing glares.
I ran through the sewers for what seemed like hours until I got tired and decided that I might as well go top side. I sloshed through the dark sewer water until I found the nearest manhole cover. I climbed the ladder and lifted the cover up, I could smell the sweet fresh air hit my face.
Slowly I looked around to make sure there were no witnesses and I jumped out, replacing the lid to the underground. Quickly, I scaled the nearest building making my way to the roof as silently as I could.
'How dare they!' I thought to myself as I sat staring at the busy city life that lay below me, 'How could they treat me like that! It's not like anyone got hurt, they just need to learn how to lighten up…'
Sighing, I paced around the roof top, 'I know they didn't mean what they say, but sometimes I do feel like they want me to disappear.' While lost in my thoughts I didn't notice a dark shadow approaching me from behind until I heard the silent click of a gun and a stinging pain in my shoulder.
When I looked down to see what injured me I noticed a dart, while at my assailant I couldn't help but to let my eyes widen in fear as the drugs started dragging me down into the cold darkness.
"Oh no, not you...not Bishop…" I felt my body make contact with the stone cold rooftop and then…
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A special thanks to my beta reader Crown of Diadem