The time together at the lair was starting to show. Splinter had forbidden them to leave the lair until they were fully recuperated. Everyone knows that when you spend so much time with your siblings, tensions generally run higher than usual.

Mikey was about to learn this the hard way when he woke up one morning. As usual he raced to the kitchen to pour himself a bowl of his favourite cereal and eat it in front of the TV. Saturday morning cartoons were one of Mikey's tasks every weekend, but this weekend was different. Raph was now sprawled over the couch with the remote in his hand.

'Hey, I was going to watch cartoons,' Mikey whined as he saw Raph

'First of all cartoons are for babies and second of all I was here first so take a hike,' Raph replied curtly

'That's not fair; I watch cartoon's every Saturday morning,'

'Well time for a change'

'C'mon Raph, please?'

'NO! Get lost, I'm watching TV, you're not getting it so beat it!' Raph yelled at his little brother, Mikey realized defeat and settled on the thought that he would get Raph back. Mikey slumped back to the kitchen and now found Leo sitting at the table with the paper in his hands.

'Hey, Leo, can I have the Funnies?' Mikey asked him setting down his cereal bowl.

'No,' Leo stated firmly from behind the paper

'But why? You're reading them,'

'Stop complaining, I'm not in the mood. I'm not giving you the paper until I'm totally done.'

'But that could take hours the way you read,' Mikey continued not seeing his blue clad brothers face boiling with anger.

'MIKEY! LEAVE ME ALONE,' He yelled suddenly making Mikey jump backwards right into Master Splinter.

'Sorry Sensei I didn't see you there,' Mikey said quickly bowing to his sensei,

'Michelangelo, it's all right my son, come with me please,' Mikey grabbed his cereal and ate it while following his master. Splinter stopped and turned to Mikey as he was just out of earshot of Leo and Raph.

'Your brothers are not happy this morning, I suggest that you stay clear. Since I am leaving, there is no telling what they might do.'

'You're leaving? Where? When?' Mikey spluttered

'I need to take care of a few things, I am leaving in a few minutes and I cannot tell you where. Don't worry, my son, I will not be gone long.' A worried look suddenly grew in Mikey's eyes, not having his sensei around while his brothers were so angry was not good.

Mikey watched as Master Splinter gathered up some things in a bag and walked quietly out of the lair. Donny's not up yet, maybe he's not in such a bad mood,' Mikey thought as he made his way to his purple clad brother's room.

Mikey knocked on the door, 'Heeeelllllloooo. Is anyone home?' Mikey called quietly into Donatello's room. There was no answer; through experience Mikey knew that his brother most likely had many odd gadgets on the floor. Carefully Mikey made his way to his brother's desk where he saw Don with a screwdriver in his hand. It appeared to Mikey that he was fixing something very valuable and required precision and peace.

'DONNY!' Mikey yelled as soon as he was right be hind him. Donatello flew up into the air and swung violently around with the screwdriver pointed directly in between Mikey's eyes.

'Whoa dude it's just me,'

'WHAT THE SHELL WERE YOU THINKING? YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T DO THAT!' Don yelled as he saw Mikey standing behind him

'Sorry bro, I didn't mean to scare you like that,' Mikey was trying to suppress giggles while looking sorry at the same time

'Mikey,' Don started as he lowed the screwdriver, 'What are you doing in here.' Mikey could tell be the strained sound in Don's voice that he was a little more ticked than he showed

'I was going to ask you if you wanted to spend time with me, but I can see that you're busy,'

'Mikey, do me a favour and leave, but take the TV with you.' Don stated turning back to his work

'What TV?'

'There's a TV by my door, I fixed it.' Mikey slowly backed away and grabbed the small TV and ran to his room. He let out a long breath, not having Master Splinter around was going to be torture.