The Hamato family had been overjoyed when they found out Mikey was back. They let him rest and tended to some minor injuries he got, but after that came the lectures and questions.
"Why did you leave?"
"Why didn't ya just talk ta us?"
"You could have gotten into really bad trouble!"
"Ya could have gotten more hurt!"
"Don't you ever do that again!"
"Woah, woah, one at a time!" Mikey exclaimed. He was his normal, silly self again, having being brought home and seeing his family again. But he still hated the way his family would all talk at once whenever he did something wrong.
"Oops, sorry Mikey," Leo said. "We really want to know why you ran away and what happened."
"Well, it went like this," Mikey said as he explained what happened. His brothers turned pale when they found out he had been forced to work for Shredder, and smiled when he got to the part when Raph had found him.
"We really love ya bro, ya know that?" Raph said gently.
Mikey nodded. "I'm sorry for leaving guys. I- I promise I won't do it again!"
Everyone smiled. "Now, let's have a party to celebrate!" Donnie said.
"That is a good idea, my sons," Master Splinter said.
The house was decorated with balloons, streamers, and confetti. Mikey made a cake and decorated it with orange icing. He even used different colors to draw four masks, the same colors as he and his brothers' own masks.
Master Splinter smiled, seeing his sons happy and all together as they cut the cake and ate it. It was good to have Michelangelo back.
A/N: Soo that's the end! I want to thank everyone for reading this and for reviewing! I couldn't have finished this story without you all!