This wasn't a long wait, right? I thought it would be nice to update as someone (cough Pimono cough, cough) decided to pull an ultimatum on me, another reviewer was suffering from heart failure (fake so no worries) and a lot of you called me mean *pouts*. So here is the brand new chapter, apparently a lot of you have been waiting for! I can tell you one thing, you ain't going to expect this at all :p

Mikey's p.o.v

As soon as I see the shocked face of my immediate older brother, I want to run out of the room with my hands over my ears. At first I didn't really care if there was or wasn't a body down there as I was just curious. But now, after knowing what Raph's reaction might be, I just want to get away. I don't want any of my brothers disowning me. I don't want to disappoint them; not after everything that they've gone through already.

I want to flee the scene but there's no where I can go. Don is still standing in the doorway, Leo's flanking one side so I can't go towards or rooms, and Raph is blocking the entrance towards the dojo. I'm stuck in the middle.

My brothers' eyes however, aren't directed towards me. We're all frozen and confused, looking at one another. No one dares to ask the question we know we all want solved and Don doesn't dare to give us the answer either.

But just before any of us can say a thing, Donnie reveals something from behind his back. I feel my mouth become dry and my stomach is churning. I don't know why but my head feels heavy and my heart starts pounding. Before I know it, I'm on the ground, shaking and trembling and no way of stopping. My head slams into the floor until it's grasped by someone. I feel hands on me but the touches are very distant. The last thing I see is something white before my eyes roll back into my head.

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When I wake up, everything is foggy. I notice I'm lying on the couch and three concerned faces are staring down at me. Did I faint again? This is getting really old you know.

"Hey, Mikey," I hear Donnie say softly. I look up at him and smile slightly. He smiles back which I take as an invitation to sit up. He pushes me back though which makes me frown.

"No getting up. You just had a seizure. Can you remember that?" He talks very un-Don-like. Short sentences and clear and understandable words. I know me and Raph often begged for Donnie to speak English instead of Geekish but this is a bit over the top. I feel fine. Although, having a seizure, he said? How did that happen? I open my mouth to ask when-

"You know how he got that way, Don?" Raph asks in my place. "One moment he was fine and the next he laid there shakin'. Sure he fainted a couple a' times after… you know, but he never did somethin' like this."

"I don't really know, guys," Don answers. "Convulsions like this can have multiple reasons to occur. Most likely when the person is suffering from epilepsy but as Mikey hasn't had any attacks before, I think we can rule out that possibility. Another factor can be high blood pressure but I'll have to research that more thoroughly . Still it is possible that no causes can be found which means he is suffering from idiopathic seizures which isn't uncommon in children and young adults. Maybe I shou-"

"Okay forget I asked," Raph mutters while pulling Don's mask strings. He grumbles but doesn't say anything else. It makes me laugh though and that finally gives me the permission to sit up. As if being the youngest wasn't hard enough before, being three years younger is really a kill-joy. Stupid over-protective brothers with their stupid older brother instincts.

"Can you now please tell me what you found inside…" I take a cautious glance towards Raph. I don't want to upset him right now. But I came to the conclusion that it might be better just to get it over with. You know, like with a band-aid and everything. Maybe it hurts for a bit but it has to be done sometime. If they'll just tell me now I'm still a bit woozy and all, maybe things won't be so bad. Maybe.

I see Donnie's face paling again. Okay, very maybe. Both of my other older brothers glance towards him as well which means they don't know yet either. Don takes another deep breath and starts to speak.

"I didn't have to dig very long until I found the casket. You must know, Mikey, that we didn't only steal a headstone. You deserved a complete funeral with the best we could get."

I give them a polite head shake and a much less polite big grin to show them my gratitude. I couldn't ask for any better older brothers. Or at least, their little brother couldn't.

"But when I opened it, well there was a body." Donnie swallows. "It just wasn't the body I expected to find."

Donnie looks up at us nervously, his hands shaking when he reveals some small bones. My breathing becomes difficult again and my head blanks when I recognize one of them. I try to calm myself but it doesn't work. I'm glad I'm not experiencing another seizure though.

"It's a turtle's remains. A small turtle," Leo whispers. Donnie nods while I move my trembling hand over the dead turtles shell. There's no skin only some very small bones, and a tiny greenish shell lying in the palm of Donnie's hand. It's my shell, I'm sure of it. Maybe that shell has been on my back for as long as I remember but that doesn't mean I don't recognize it. It is mine. And I know my older brothers know too. I move my fingers over the small birth spot I have an exact replica off on my own back. This just can't be.

"Why did I shrink, Donnie," I ask my immediate older brother. He just shakes his head putting down the remains where we don't have to look at them anymore.

"I don't know what this means. The only logical explanation is that you de-mutated after your death. But the fact that there is a body means you're not… well the body you're caring isn't the body you had three years ago."

And that is all I need. This is the slap in the face I've been afraid off ever since my conversation with Raph. I don't look any of my brothers in the eyes, afraid they'll reject me as soon as I do. Better leave before they make me.

I jump up and bolt for the front door, not sparing a glance back into the living room. No one stops me, no one shouts for me, and that is all I have to know. I'm not wanted here. I'm not the baby brother who is theirs. They don't need me. All this time I've been back I've only been hurting them; opening up their old wounds and making them think of something they once had but have lost for such a long time.

I'm so drowned in my own thoughts, I don't hear the sound.

So now you know what was in the casket. Did I confuse you guys already? Well next chapter things will get a little more clear and I'll have another bombshell ready to drop on you. Just make yourselves ready for some action and my old friend, brotherly fluff. In the meantime, don't forget to review because those make me laugh and smile in the morning =)