"Hey guys," April said, entering the lair. Noticing how warm it was.
"Mikey! Stop turning the heat up!" Raph snapped, "just put on sweatshirt on!"
"I hate sweatshirts!" Mikey shouted.
"And I hate being hot, now put a sweatshirt on and turn down the heat!"
"Fine!" Mikey shouted throwing the video game controller to the ground, stood up and stalked off to his room. Once he he reached his room he tuned to Raph, "you hate sweatshirt too! You know how itchy they are!" Mikey slammed the door shut causing April to flinch.
"Mikey! Don't slam the door!" Leo called out from the dojo.
"Oh, hey April," Donnie said running hand over his head and then adjusting the heat, "sorry you had to see that," Donnie sighed, "it's been happening a lot recently." Donnie walked back to his lab and April followed, "sensei saids it just a phase."
"It's okay, all families argue," April said.
"Yeah, I guess. It's just hard sometimes," Donnie said.
"Leo, Raph, and me, our blood is more of a hybrid," he shrugged, "we can adapt to the heat and cold, we don't rely on a heat source like Mikey," Donnie sighed.
"So it's hard?" April asked.
"Yeah, it can be," Donnie said.
Mikey silently opened his door and slipped out. He was walking by Donnie's lab pulling on a sweatshirt and complaining.
"Do you regret it? Taking Mikey in?" April asked, "it's not like you knew this is what is was going to be like when you took in another mutant turtle."
Mikey stopped and waited for his brother's answer.
"It's hard," Donnie confessed, "it's another mouth to feed, Mikey gets cold easy like I said, so we have to keep the heat in the lair adjusted. We have to keep an eye on him, we have to make sure he is protected, train him, it's hard," Donnie admitted.
Mikey was breathing heavily, he was burden? Mikey bit his lip and slipped out of the lair. If he was that much a burden then they would be glad he was gone.
"But you know what April?" Donnie said, "I would never change it. He is my brother and I love him. He is the best thing that happened to our family." Donnie smiled wide reveling his missing tooth, "I can't imagine our family without him. I love being a big brother."
"Sorry I asked," April said lowering her head.
Mikey was blindly wondering around the sewers. He was burden to his family. He never thought that his family hated him. They should have just left him to die, gotten rid of him. "Why keep me so long?" Mikey wondered to himself.
"It's okay, you were wondering. Mikey is one fascinating turtle."
"It's amazing how much he takes after all of you," April said.
"Oh it's great having two hot-heads."
"Mikey can't be as bad a Raph," April laughed.
Donnie laughed too, "he is not as hot-headed as Raph, but when he gets mad stay clear. Like today with the sweatshirt." Donnie sighed, "I am going to check on him, now that he had a minute to calm down."
Donnie walked out of his lab and down the hall to Mikey's room. The door was still shut. Donnie knocked on the door, "Mikey," he called. No answer came. Donnie knocked again, "Mikey please come out." Once again he did not get an answer, this time Donnie opened the door. Mikey was not in his room. Donnie sighed and he laid flat on his plastron to check under Mikey's bed,
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They split up, April and Donnie went one way, Leo and Raph the other.
"Mikey was really this mad over a sweatshirt?" April asked Donnie while walking.
Donnie sighed, "I don't know," he shrugged. "I know his training has gotten harder and Leo's been hard on him during practice, so Raph yelling at must have been the last straw for him."
"Training getting harder for him?" April commented.
"Well he has to advance, Mikey has more raw talent that all of us, we noticed that when he first started to learn ninjutsu. He watched us train for five years before he started training and then he always watches us train." Donnie wanted to say more but he stopped when he heard foot steps near by. He saw a flash of orange, "Michelangelo!" Donnie yelled. Aprils eyes widened she never heard Donnie call his brother by his full name. Mikey was fast, but Donnie had longer legs he quickly reached his youngest brother. Donnie grabbed Mikey by the wrist. "What the shell is wrong with you?"
"Le'me go Donatello Mikey snapped.
"No, Mikey I wont! You ran away, you owe us an explanation."
Mikey rolled his eyes, "I am twelve I can go into the sewers alone!"
"First you are only allowed in select tunnels, and this is not one, second, you told no one you were going out into the sewers." Donnie had Mikey turned so he could looking into his eyes.
Mikey kicked Donnie causing him to lose his grip, "YOU ARE NOT MY DAD!" Mikey took his sweatshirt off and threw it at Donnie.
"Mikey, please come back," Donnie begged.
"NO! I HATE YOU!" Mikey took off.
"Mikey..."