Holy cheese! I haven't updated in a couple of days, and I was meaning to! I really was going to, I swear... But I was trying to backup my documents online, along with complete three/five different language arts projects... wow. Too many.

I do not own Ninja Turtles. I own a tortise named Chili though... :3


"Please?" Hmm, maybe this wasn't working. I was just sitting here, stuck in Don's lab. Sure, he had slept for a few hours last night, but he was still as crazy as he was the previous night. But this time, he wasn't calling me Titian anymore. No, he was calling by Mikey, and that was just about enough to make Leo go insane. He had already left to be able to escape from Don's madness. But no, I couldn't go with him. I was locked in, thanks to Don.

"Please?" I asked once again. Don was working on that 'understand the animals' thing, and he had locked me in his lab since he was convinced that he would be able to figure out what happened. Sure, if I could tell him that if everyone knew that it was me and not just a cat, then I would just turn back...

"Please?" Don looked over at me, his goggles on his face. He shook his head.

"What is it, Mikey? Once I figure out how to work this, then I can figure out how to turn you back!" Don murmured.

"Yeah, sure, or I could go convince Raph and Leo..." I muttered, looking around. Huh, the door only seemed to be closed, not locked. If I could get that open... I stalked over towards the door and leaped at the doorknob, hitting it but not quite turning it. Don didn't even look up. With a grin, I tried again. This time Don looked up at me.

"What are you doing...?" Don asked, tilting his head slightly. Before he realized what I was doing, I jumped once more. And when Don did realize it, it was too late. I was already racing out of the room. "Hey wait! Come back!"

I turned my head to see my brother running out of his lab to chase after me, but I was already gone. Sorry Donny, but I need to be able to convince them. I already got you to know that it's me. But Raph and Leo... still aren't sure let. But they will be, once I'm done with them.

"Where are you going?" Klunk meowed as I raced past.

"Out!" I called over my shoulder. With a tilted head, he just watched me run off. Day twelve, and I was almost sure that today would be the day. Once all three knew that I was myself, then I could be myself.

Sniffing around, I caught the scent of my brothers. Leo must've found Raph, so I decided to follow them. I had made it far enough, and I saw them. Both of them were just sitting there... Probably talking. I wasn't close enough to hear what they were talking about, but I could tell that it was just friendly talking. If they had been screaming at one another, then I would've heard that for sure. And so would half the city. And I knew that they wouldn't want that to happen.

I was actually pretty interested in hearing what they might be talking about. It wasn't many times that Raph and Leo could just talk with each other. It was on a rare occasion that they would actually get along, so I was quite interested. I snuck up on the two to try to be able to hear what they were saying.

"Where do ya think that he'll be?" I heard Raph mutter. "Or, where do you think he is?"

"I... I don't know, Raph," Leo answered. His voice sounded so sad, yet also... something else. I wonder...

"You know something, don't you?" Raph asked, his eyes on Leo.

Oh please don't say that 'he's somewhere, I just don't know where' because you do know, Leo! You do! You just don't know that you know where I am. I think...

"I... Donny said that he knew where Mikey was," Leo answered. He must've seen the hope and joy on Raph's face, too. Please don't crush his hope, please Leo. "But Raph, Don hasn't slept in days."

"So da genius knows where he is?" Raph growled.

"No," Leo said. "He thinks that he does! He thinks that... that..."

"That what?"

"He thinks that Titian is Mikey," Leo sighed, shaking his head.

"He thinks what?" Raph laughed, only half laughing. He seemed kind of mad and heartbroken. Wow, he does care.

"I know, I know." Leo's head was in his hands, and he sat down on the ground.

"He thinks that Titian is Mikey, all because... he hasn't slept in days, he's had way too much coffee, and... Titian's eyes are the same shade... as Mikey's eyes..." There were tears in Leo's eyes as he said that.

Raph just stared at Leo as if he had two heads.

"W-what? No one, and I repeat no one has the same color eyes as Mikey!" Raph whispered. His eyes were wide with shock.

"No, no, it's true," Leo sighed. "Aw shell, I miss him so much Raph. I don't know how much longer I can stay strong. I'm trying to hard, because if I... fall, then the rest of the family... might too."

"Leo," Raph murmured, sitting down next to his brother and putting his arms around Leo's shoulders. "It's not your fault that Mike's... missing'. It's... mine. If I hadn't been rough with 'im, then that whole fight between you and me would never have happened. The fault is mine."

"No," Leo mumbled. "If I hadn't started that fight... you and Mikey were just sparring, and I shouldn't have interrupted. It's all my fault, and I can't let you blame yourself."

"Quit it," Raph grumbled.

"Quit what?" Leo asked.

"Quit blaming everything on yourself," Raph muttered. "It's not cool, Leo. Ya can't take all of the world's problems on your shell, no matter how much ya try to! We all make our own problems, and you can't fix everything!"

"I know," Leo whispered.

Raph smiled. A rare smile, but a smile none-the-less. "So, Mr. Genius has finally lost it, eh?"

"I don't know anymore..." Leo whimpered. "I just don't know anymore. I guess... that I want to believe that Titian is Mikey."

"It's not possible," Raph muttered.

"But it is possible," I meowed, finally stepping out of the shadows. Both Leo and Raph looked up, obviously surprised to see me.

"Isn't that...?" Raph asked.

"Titian?" Leo replied. "Yep."

"No!" I insisted. "Not Titian, Mikey! I. Am. Not. A. Cat!"

"I think he's trying to talk with ya, Leo," Raph half laughed. He looked up at the sky. "Hey, we should be heading back, don't ya think so?"

"Yeah, probably," Leo mumbled. He walked over and grabbed me, like I couldn't walk on my own. I guess he just needed the comfort of petting a cat. It does make you feel better, I have to admit. I've always had Klunk, but Leo hasn't ever had a cat before.

Once back at the lair, Leo and Raph were greeted by a crazed Don. He was frantically searching for me. Yeah, I don't think that he ever found me.

"There he is!" Don yelled, running over to his brothers.

"You've been looking this much for your cat?" Raph asked. "Donny, are you crazy?"

"No," Don defended himself. "I'm not. I'm completely sane right now."

Raph looked over at Leo, a smirk on his face. Leo just rolled his eyes.

"Now that you're back," Don said. "I can tell Raph what I've discovered!"

"That your cat is Mikey?" Raph scoffed. "Donny, you're goin' crazy! Ya can't honestly believe that, Bro."

"I can believe it," Don growled at his red masked brother. "And it's true. Once I get my invention working properly, I can show you both!"

"Yeah, you tell 'em Don!" I replied, laughing, Yeah, I would love to see him get that machine working again so I can turn back to normal...

"Don," Leo started.

"No, don't 'Don' me, Leo. I'm not crazy," Don muttered, turning and heading back to his lab.

Well, I should probably see if he needs any help. I mean, Klunk's probably not going to help him, so I'm the only other cat that can! Don gave a half smile when he saw me follow him. I believed in my brother, and I knew that he would be able to fix that machine sometime. I'm just not sure if I'm going to last that long. Being a cat is driving me crazy!


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