Comic books, stale pizza and underwear flew up and rained all over Mikey's room. It was already a mess but this recent tornado tore everything in sight up. Mikey knew he put that notebook somewhere and he was determined to locate it. The night's events reminded him of an earlier chapter in the story he was writing about his characters, Kojiro and Satsuki.

The ruckus emanating from the room was enough for Raph to take notice and pop his head inside.

""Mikey, what in the world are you doing?"

The young turtle looked over to his older brother and replied, "What in the world are you doing?"

Mikey could see the infuriation build up in Raph's face.

"I asked first!" he huffed, but then looked down to the ground, "Donnie kicked me out of his lab so I decided to head to my room. Then I heard you and decided to investigate. Obviously I made a mistake doing that."

"I'm find bro," Mikey reassured, "I'm trying to find a notebook that had this story I wrote in it."

"What's it about?"

"Oh man! It's freaky because the main character, Kojiro, and his lover, Satsuki, came face-to-face with Kojiro's best childhood friend, Shiro. Shiro was super jealous of Satsuki; so much that he stabbed her in the stomach with his katana, mortally wounding her. I had a major déjà vu, dude! You and Kojiro have a lot in common."

After saying that last bit, Mikey realized that it was not a smart move. Raph's body grew tense and a raging fire burned in his eyes.

"Are you writing stories based off of me and Mona?!"

Mikey needed to divert this and quick. He put his finger up in a matter-of-factual manner and replied with:

"All characters appearing in my works are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental."

He smiled and thought, Nice save, dude!

"Mikey," Raph started out softly but quickly crescendoed into fury, "I'm gonna' KILL YOU!" Raph leapt towards his younger brother but Mikey was quicker and evaded the lunge. He dashed out of his room screaming, heading to the living room. He hoped someone would be in there and could stop Raph from his raging desire to destroy him.

Luck was on Mikey's side as he ran right into April carrying something under reddish fabric. The large package flew right up in the air and landed straight on his head as he and April toppled to the ground. The cloth untied itself, sending hefty pieces of black metal tumbling all over the floor with a clank.

Raph stopped himself before inadvertently joining the collision. He watched a breastplate roll by his feet. He bent over and picked it up.

"What's this?"

April hastily shoved Mikey off of her, jumped up and snatched the plate from Raph's arms.

"It…it's nothing of your concern,' she stuttered.

Mikey finally pulled himself up, rubbed his head and stared at the mess before him, "Is this armor? Sweet! Where did you get the duds?"

April guiltily shifted her gaze to the ground, "Splinter gave it to me. I, uh, asked for it."

Raph put his arms on his hips, "Why? You don't need armor."

"Yes I do!" she declared, "You wouldn't understand."

Mikey came up behind her and placed a comforting arm around her shoulder, "If it means anything, I think you'll rock it in the armor. You'll look like a boss!"

"Thanks, Mikey," she replied with a weak smile, "I should get going though. I have school in the morning."

"See ya, April!" Mikey smiled. After she finished gathering the rest of the scattered pieces and walked out, Mikey looked back to Raph. Even after this chain of events, his brother did not forget why he wanted to give Mikey a beating. The rage renewed in his eyes and he pounced on Mikey, pounding him with all his might. Mikey flailed underneath Raph, trying to escape, but eventually gave in. This was not a battle he would win tonight.