Soon enough, the turtle's wounds began to heal. Although Mikey had a lot of added on bruises by that time, he always seemed to get on the bad side of his brothers, even Donatello. He had sustained most at the hands of Raph and Leo, but it didn't stop there. When Splinter came back, Mikey had to explain what happened.
'Yes, Yes, Yes, I understand my son.' Splinter said as soon as Mikey was about to tell him
'Wh..a…at? How did you know Sensei?'
'I am fully aware of what happens when you are locked up for a long period of time.'
'So are you going to punish them?' Mikey asked hopefully
'Yes, just not in the way you are thinking. Now go topside if you need fresh air, remember stay in shadows,'
'Thank you Sensei,' Mikey leapt with joy as he bounded out of the lair, leaving his three brothers with Splinter,
'As for you three, our home is not going to clean itself,' Splinter said grinning slightly. There was a loud audible groan from the turtles as the news hit them,
'But, Mast…'
'No "Buts" Raphael'
'Sensei…'
'Don't "Sensei" me Donatello. You know the rules.' Master Splinter walked away leaving his son's to begin their cleaning.
Topside
Mikey stealthily ran from shadow to shadow, blending in with the darkness. He was so happy to be away from the lair he began to get careless. As he ran, he was unaware of the Foot ninja that pursued him. When he jumped, they jumped, when we walked, they walked. They mimicked his every move, until Mikey had fallen right into their trap. Mikey was cornered by the Foot in a dark, dead-end alley way. He drew his nunchakus and began to twirl them threatening the Foot who slowly formed a large semi circle. Mikey looked up and saw more Foot, appearing out of every corner and every window.
'Uh-oh, better call for back up,' He mumbled drawing his shell cell.
Lair
The cleaning had barely begun when Leo's shell cell had begun to ring.
'Hello?' He called into the cell
'Leo you gotta help me. I'm surrounded by the Foot.' Leo heard Mikey's distant voice along with the sound of Foot ninja's falling under Mike's nunchuk,
'Hold on Mike, we're coming.' Leo replied dropping the broom he was holding.
'What's going on?' Raph asked him
'Mike's in trouble,' Leo replied racing to the door with his brothers in close pursuit, they almost made it out when they saw Splinter behind them, 'Master Splinter, Michelangelo is in danger, and we must go.'
'Yes, go my son's and be careful.' Splinter replied as his three sons ran out of the lair.
Topside
Mikey was beginning to slow down as more and more Foot ninja started to appear around him. He was wildly swinging his nunchakus but as soon as he brought one down, three more appeared,
'This is bringing back memories,' Mikey thought as he replayed their battle with the Foot. Mikey's shell was flat against the wall when he finally stopped. His breathing was ragged and his muscles were weary. One Foot that was approaching Mike head on with a silver blade drawn above his head, the Foot was preparing to bring it down on Mike. Mikey let out a yell as he failed to protect himself against the coming ninja, he closed his eyes, but the attack never came. Slowly Mike opened his right eyes to reveal a sai embedded in the ninja's sleeve. Pinning him to the wall,
'Finally, my bro's come.' Mikey called weakly as three figures appeared at the other end of the alley.
'Hey, you didn't do a bad job.' Raph replied making a clean flip and landing next to Mikey. Wrenching his sai out of the wall, Raph quickly knocked the ninja unconscious. Nodding approvingly at the many unconscious Foot around Mikey, Raph, Leo and Don all began the fight anew again.
It went on for little more than two minutes when the Foot started to back away. A small robotic spider came down the wall and stopped. The Foot were totally gone now, so the four turtles gathered around the robotic spider.
'Don, what is it?' Leo asked, knowing the Shredder and Baxter Stockman it was most likely a trap.
'I thin…' Don didn't get the chance to finish; the little spider had erupted releasing some kind of gas. Mikey quickly covered his mouth, but he fell unconscious, along side his brothers.
