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Green-Writer

Lost

Chapter 10

We all had to agree that Sensei was right so we tried to bury our jealousy. We placed these useless emotions deep inside of us were they wouldn't hurt Mikey or us and wouldn't cause humiliation or shame. But I knew that things buried eventually come back to the surface again. We had to find Katsuro and quickly.

A couple of days after our conversation with Sensei, April invited us all up for a slumber party. She said that Mikey had really been missing us and needed some "brotherly bonding time." I was hard pressed getting Raph to agree to go until I mentioned the smorgasbord of pizzas April was ordering for us. I had hopes that this would be the relaxation that we all needed, especially Donatello since he had been doing nonstop research on how to either cut off Katsuro's power source or nullify his magical effects. So far he had not discovered anything useful yet and was getting frustrated.

When we got to April's our little brother was practically bouncing off the walls with excitement. We had been ignoring him more than usual and he seemed very eager to please us. April let us know that she felt this was a "boys night" and left for the evening to go visit with Sensei. Mikey had rented new movies we had all really wanted to see and actually let us have first dibs at all the best lounging spots. The pizza was delicious and the movies were excellent. I found myself relaxing for the first time in weeks and knew through brotherly intuition that Raph and Donnie were just as mellow.

"Now that was a good movie," Raph said as the credits rolled on the action movie we had just finished watching.

"Don't you think it was a little ridiculous with all the sword fighting?" Donnie asked.

"What do you mean?" I said feeling a little offended since I was a swordsmen.

"The swords never had any blood left on them after defeating an adversary. That is not very realistic," Donnie retorted.

"Only Donnie woulda found the only mistake in the movie," Raph chuckled.

"I just knew you would like this Raph," Mikey said excitedly, "I told Brad, one of the guy I went to the theatre with, that my second older brother would love this movie."

"You told people about us?" I said worriedly.

"Yes, but only that I was visiting with my 'Aunt April' here in New York and that my three, older brothers were in Maine," Mikey said pleased with his quick thinking.

"So ya've already seen all of these movies?" Raph asked.

"Yeah! I went with some of my friends and we did the naughtiest thing. We went movie hopping," Mikey whispered to us conspiratorially.

"Mikey! You know better than that! I wondered why it took you so long to come out of the theatre that night," Donnie chastised.

"I know," Mikey said sheepishly, "I went back and left money to pay for the movies I saw the next day. Honest I did."

Mikey began to prattle on about some more of his latest adventures with his new friends. I shook my head in exasperation, but felt better that Mikey had not been up to anymore illegal hijinks. Glancing to my side I noticed Raph clinching his fists and grinding his teeth. "Uh-oh," I thought right before Raphael exploded.

"Why don't you just shut up!"

"Wha…What?" Mikey asked confused.

"Shut up! I don't wanna hear one more story of all the 'adventures' ya've been on while the rest of us have been bustin' our butts!" Raph growled.

"Guys! Not now," I said trying to end this argument early.

"What?!" Mikey said getting in Raph's face, "What do you mean by that? You won't let me join you on night patrols! Why shouldn't I get to go out with my new friends?"

"We're not saying you shouldn't go out and enjoy yourself," Donnie said, "But that is all we have been hearing out of you for weeks now. It is getting a little old."

"Well soooorrrrryyyyy!" Mikey said testily, "Since I never get to go out with you guys anymore, I have been going out with my friends. So sorry to intrude on your precious schedules."

"Mikey!" I said angrily, "Don't you realize that we have been right there with you protecting your back. None of us have gotten to do half the stuff you've gotten to do in the last few weeks."

"Don't you think that we would have liked to have gone out too?" Donnie asked sadly.

"Well I'd invited you if I could," Mikey retorted.

"But ya can't because we're not human like you are right?" Raphael growled.

"Um…Yeah," Mikey said quietly.

"So, since we aren't human ya take your new friends with ya?" Raph asked getting in Mikey's face.

"Yes," Mikey said timidly.

"It sounds to me that ya like bein' a human better than when ya liked being a turtle!" Raph growled through his teeth.

"Guys stop it!" I demanded.

"I do not!" Mikey protested, "It's just nice to feel like everyone else just for a little while."

"Well then why don't ya go get your new friends to be your family now? Raph snapped, "Then ya won't be stuck with us mutant freaks anymore. Why don't ya just get lost human? We're all sick of lookin' at ya."

Donnie and I gasped and the whole room went silent and still. All color drained from Mikey's face as his mouth hung open in shock. Silently tears leaked from his wide eyes as he looked heart-brokenly at first Donnie and I and then Raph.

"Whatever you want," Mikey said physically deflating before whipping around and exiting the apartment through the window sans his jacket.

Mikey slammed the window closed behind him and the pounding of his feet on the fire escape let me know that he was headed towards the roof. The sound of knuckles meeting jaw made me whirl back around to find Raphael on the floor with a furious Donatello standing above him.

"You went to far Raph!" Donnie yelled, "Mikey did not deserve that! And how dare you talk for all of us! What makes you think that Leo or I want our baby brother to 'get lost?!'"

"Jeez Donnie. You got a mean right hook," Raph said sheepishly rubbing his jaw, "Look I lost my cool. I'll go up and apologize."

"What makes you think he will accept your apology?" I asked trying to tug open the now stuck window, "You made him feel that he was no longer a part of our family and now he is out in the middle of winter without a jacket. There was a better way to handle this. Grow up for a change Raph! Donnie this window is stuck."

Donnie began to try to loosen the window frame to get the window open again as Raph paced the room.

"Look I didn't mean to blow my top like that. I'm really sorry," he said.

"It's not me you should be apologizing to Raphael. You made Mikey cry," I said in disgust.

Donnie was finally able to get the window open. I grabbed Mikey's jacket and was heading to the window when a feeling of pure evilness sliced into me like an icy breeze. The aura seemed familiar to me somehow. Snapping to attention, I centered myself and focused on this feeling to try and locate the source.

"What the hell was that?" Raphael demanded.

"Leo?" Donatello questioned.

"Oh my God!" I gasped in realization as I pulled out my twin katanas, "It's Katsuro! He's on the roof with Mikey!"

I was out the window and stealthily charging up the fire escape without hesitation. I sensed my brothers following me. The only thought that was racing through my head was, "Please don't let us be too late!"

To be continued.