The Secret Chapter 1
Leo is having a bad day with his brothers all on hiatus, and Mikey just won't stop his usual hyperactive self, they have just finished training and Mikey was bragging about how he had beaten Leo, and Leo couldn't take his goofing off any longer.
"All right Mikey, that's enough! All you do every day is goof off and it's getting old! Why won't you just be serious for once?!" Leo had finally snapped. Now everyone knew how much Mikey hated arguments. If he's brother were arguing then he'd be able to handle the situation by making a joke or something, but if the anger was at him…it didn't end so well.
Mikey tries to walk off, but Leo grabs his left arm, turns him around and pulls him close. "Not this time Mikey! It's time you faced your fear! You're such a liability too this team! And you know what? We'd be better off without you!" Leo yells making sure to hold Mikey's head so he could keep eye contact.
Mikey's eyes were full of fear, but then he's eyes narrowed and the anger that was coming off of him was worse than Raph when he was angry. Mikey turned his head out of Leo's grip them made eye contact with Leo again, he pulled his arm from Leo with such force, Leo was forced to let go. Then within the blink of an eye Mikey had lifted Leo into the air by the top of his plastron, his eyes had become entirely white and his rounded pupal became a slit just like a cat.
"Now you listen, and you listen good Fearless because I'm only going to say this once! The role I poses of this family, of this team is the hardest most terrifying role! No one before has been able to stick with the role I poses longer than a day because it's so hard! I am the glue that keeps us together! I can take any situation no matter how bad, and lighten the mood! I keep you all calm, relaxed, happy, and laughing! I am the only one that can keep you calm! I am the only one that can get Don out of his lab to eat, sleep and just chill! I am the only one that can calm Raph's anger! I am your light! And each day gets harder and harder to keep us all together, but I still somehow manage to do it! If it wasn't for me, this family would have come apart years ago! But you know what?! If you thing you can get along so well without me, I won't be joining you on petrol tonight!" Mikey shouts with such anger, with such seriousness it scares Leo, Raph and Donnie. Only now did all three brother truly realise what Mikey did for them.
Mikey throws Leo away from him, luckily Raph was able to catch him. As they all look at Mikey they shed a tear, not only was this the first time they had seen Mikey angry, but the first time they had seen those animalistic eyes. They couldn't bear to look at them, but for some reason they couldn't look away, Mikey growled like an angry wolf and walked to his room slamming the door behind him.
"My sons, you must know that Michelangelo does not mean the anger he has just shown, there is something within him he has very little control over. For the last sixteen years Michelangelo has bottled up all of his anger, upset, jealousy, doubts, and true fears so as to not hurt you all, by locking up all of these emotions the only ones he can now express freely are happiness, positivity, hyperactivity, and all the other good emotions you can think of, but…when the emotions he tries so hard to lock up, brake through…bad things happen, he does and says things he regrets. Give him time and he will come down to apologize, but I must warn you the apology he will give would be as if he had killed someone, but for now you still need to go on petrol and I suggest that you do not ask Michelangelo to go, instead tell him that you are leaving and that you shall call him if you are in trouble, at least then he will think you still want him on your team." Master Splinter explains to his sons, they bow their heads.
"Hai Sensei." All three turtles say, Master Splinter bows his head back and leaves the room to go meditate.
"You two go get yourselves ready and grab my stuff, I'll go inform Mikey." Donnie says as he walks away without so much as a nod.
Donnie goes to knocks on Mikey's bedroom door lightly but before he could.
"What is it Donnie?" Came Mikey's voice, Donnie was a bit surprised as to how Mikey knew it was him, but quickly shock it off.
"May I come in Mike?" Donnie asked.
"Sure." Came the response, and with it Donnie came into Mikey's room to find Mikey sitting up strait looking right at him, Donnie felt a bit more at ease now that Mikey's eyes were back to normal, well sort of. The cat like slits for pupils were still there, but those baby blue irises had come back, instead on just the white sclera and a slited pupil.
"We're going on petrol now, and even though you won't be joining use…I thought that I'd let you know that if we're in trouble and need some help, you'd be the first we call. Ok Mike?" Donnie told his little brother with a reassuring smile.
"Please don't call me Mike, Don." Mikey says narrowing his eyes, Donnie's smile fades at that.
"But Raph calls you it all the time." Donnie was getting a bit confused as to way Mikey didn't like it, he never said anything before.
"And Raph is the only one I like calling me that, just like I'm the only one Raph likes calling him Raphie! And as for that first one to call, I don't really care because you won't have to do it, so knock yourselves out!" Mikey says as he lies onto his bed, his anger levels rising again.
"Ok…one more thing Mikey." Donnie watched his brother sit back up quickly.
"What?!" Mikey all but yells at Donnie, Donnie flinched at the outburst but he wasn't afraid, he wouldn't let himself be afraid of his little brother.
"I'm sorry for never realizing and appreciating the things you do for this family. I know you're angry with us but…we are truly sorry and so lucky to have you as a brother Mikey. Thank you…for everything." Donnie spoke softly and watched as Mikey's eyes widen, but quickly soften to the caring, loveable eyes of his baby brother.
Mikey smiles a small but genuine Michelangelo smile at Donnie. "No, thank you Don. I'm sorry for snapping at you, you don't deserve it, none of you do. You can call me Mike whenever you want D. I'll have my shell cell on me at all times if you need me." Donnie smiles at Mikey before turning to leave.
"Hay, Donnie?" Mikey spoke softly and so innocently, Donnie turns to face a blushing Mikey.
"Yeah Mike?" Donnie was now inquisitive to what Mikey's blush meant, Donnie knew Mikey's embarrassed blush but this was nothing like that.
"Well…when you guys get back…there's s-something I g-gotta t-t-tell y-you." Mikey looks away from Donnie. "Would that be ok…and I wish you good luck…and tell the others I said good luck. And tell R-Raph that I…I" Mikey lets out a sigh. "That I said to not be too much of a Hothead." Donnie knew that Mikey didn't really want to say that but didn't push it, he could just ask during their talk later.
"Sure I don't mind talking to you and thanks for the luck, after all fours better then three so we're going to need it now it's just the three of us tonight, and I'll be sure to let the guys know." Donnie smiled at his brother, but what Donnie didn't expect was Mikey to hug him.
"I'm sorry Donnie." Mikey said before pulling away.
"I forgive you." And with Mikey's eyes completely back to normal, Donnie walked out of the room closing the door behind him and going down stair to see his two older brothers waiting for him at the lair's entrance.
To be continued