Okay. Alrighty. I leave for camp tomorrow morning at 6a.m. for a week. I decided that this long chapter is my parting gift to you! I hope you like it. Really.

I listened to that mother fucking song for the two and a half hours it took me to write this. On repeat. I wanted to die. Or kill someone. Either one would have sufficed.

Thank you Yukio87! I will take your advice and wait until I have everything together, that way I'm not spread too thin and blah.

I'm not too enthusiastic tonight if you haven't noticed, I'm just going through some stuff, but it won't affect my writing. Hopefully. There might just be some more melancholy themes or something like that. Yay, angst.

With that, I give you this wonderfully happy chapter!

I still don't own anything. Why must I do this?

26 Music- Mikey decides to prank his brothers. It was funny at first. Then annoying. Then it was just plain torture.

Mikey snickered. The prank was set. If only Donnie was here to witness Raph's face... But he had gone on a trip with Splinter for the week. And they were sealed in with no way out just to make sure no one did anything stupid.

*cough* Raph *cough*

Mikey knew he wasn't supposed to be in Don's lab, but Donnie-boy should've thought of that before he locked every exit to the surface.

Besides, he needed the speaker system and a download on the computer for this to work.

He cranked the volume all the way up and covered his ears as he hit 'play.'

The Nyan Cat theme song played loudly throughout the lair. Mikey laughed. It would play for ten full hours before stopping. He distantly heard both brothers yell his name in anger and decided it was time to lock the door. In his excitement, he didn't notice when he bumped the volume switch hard enough for it to break off. Which it did.

Raph was so startled he almost dropped the weights he was lifting onto his neck. "Mikeyyy!"

Leo jerked out of meditation. He had been in such a deep trance, it had been months since he was that peaceful. "Mikey!"

Raph stormed past the dojo as Leo was coming out. The blue-banded turtle quickly caught up and kept pace with his brother.

They both arrived at Don's lab and Leo tried the door handle. "It's locked!" He yelled over the infuriatingly annoying music.

Raph tried the handle as well before trying to break down the door with his shoulder. "That's not going to work!" Leo yelled. "Remember? Don made the door impossible to get through for security reasons!"

"Well how are we supposed to get the speakers to shut up? The control panel is inside! Probably with Mikey!"

They stared at each other for a second.

"Mikey! Open this door right now!"

"Mike, if you don't get this door open in five seconds I'm gonna punch your shell in!"

"This is an order, Mikey!"

"Five, four three, two, one! That's it! You're dead!"

"Open the door!

"Open it now!"

Mikey snickered from the other side. Nope, they were going to have to wait until the full ten hours was up. Besides, he couldn't stop it. He didn't know how. Don's computer-y stuff was way too confusing for anyone but the genius himself.

The shouts of anger and door banging stopped after ten minutes. Maybe they got bored and were trying to find a way out of the lair, or maybe they had just given up.

Mikey shuffled closer to the door. He wished he could hear what was going on outside, but the music was just too loud.

He slowly unlocked the door and opened it just enough to poke his head out. His brothers were no where to be seen. maybe they had found a way out? Mikey crept through the doorway until he was standing fully outside Don's lab.

Raph gave a battle cry and let go of the rafters on the ceiling, landing on Mikey's shell with an 'umph' as Leo jumped down next to them and bolted for the open door.

Raph got off his brother and followed at the same pace. Leo had his hands on his head in bewilderment.

"How do you work this thing!?" He yelled over the music.

Raph threw his arms around with wide eyes. "How am I supposed to know!? Donnie's the only one who can work anything around here!"

They stared at each other for a second.

"Mikey! Get your shell in here!"

Mikey peeked his head in and gave a girly scream when Raph pulled him the rest of the way in.

Leo had a hand on his face and another on his hip. "Mikey, tell us how to turn it off."

The orange-banded turtle waved his arms in surrender. "Hey, I only know the 'on' switch! Besides, the song should run out soon..."

"How soon?" Raph growled.

"Uhh..." Mikey twisted the tip of his foot around on the floor. "Ten hours?"

"Ten hours!"

"Hey, hey! At least it won't last the entire week!"

Raph huffed and stormed out the door. Leo was close to banging his head on the wall but instead followed Raph out. Mikey grinned. The looks on their faces were worth it.

*One hour later*

Mikey wanted it off. The song was starting to annoy even him at this point. Icecream kitty wasn't much help to take his mind off of the song, mostly because he was singing along with it.

Raph had his hands over his ears, trying to block out the stupid tune. He wanted to hit something, but that would require him to take his hands away from his head.

Leo couldn't meditate. It was impossible to do with that song on. It was starting to grate on his nerves, and if Don hadn't locked every single exit for 'security measures', Leo knew the lair would be completely empty. On the bright side, with everything closed off no one around the lair could hear a thing.

Lucky them.

*Three hours later*

Mikey was yelling at the top of his lungs to keep the tune out, but it only worked so much. He had tried to at least turn it down, but the volume switch was broken.

Raph was wearing the winter earmuffs and hitting his punching bag as hard as he could. He couldn't even focus on anything else, the song was so freaking loud.

Leo thought he was starting to go crazy. If that song stayed on for another five minutes, he was going to lose it. He couldn't even hear his own thoughts!

*Five hours later*

Mikey had hidden in the bathroom because it was the only room in the lair without a speaker, but it still came through the door way too loud for his liking.

Raph slammed his hands on the couch and grabbed his cell. Dialing Casey's number, he held the phone close to his ear and clamped a hand over his other ear.

"Casey, you better pick up this time, I swear..."

"You've reached Casey, but I'm not answerin' at the moment. Leave a message!"

Raph yelled in anger and kicked the coffee table.

Leo was rocking back and forth. The infernal tune was still going on. He couldn't meditate, couldn't sleep, nothing. Raph's punching bag was starting to look like a good idea.

*One hour later*

Leo was sitting next to Raph on the couch, dialing April's number. Mikey was dialing Donnie's number. Raph was still trying to get a hold of Casey.

"Why isn't anyone picking up!?" Mikey yelled over the tune.

"I don't know! Just keep trying!"

"I've BEEN trying for the past two hours! Where ARE they!?"

"Raph, I don't- April!" Leo shot to his feet. "April, can you hear me!? We have an emergency!"

"Slow down, Leo, what's wrong? Is it the Foot? Bishop?"

"No April! It's worse! Much worse!"

"What could possibly- what's that in the background? Are you having a party?"

"NO! This is not a party! I repeat, NOT a party! This is torture! You gotta help us, April!"

"Okay, I'll get Casey out of bed and we'll be right over!"

Leo sighed in relief. He turned around to two expectant brothers. "It's okay! April's coming over with Casey, she just has to wake him up!" He yelled over the tune.

Raph's eyes widened. "You mean to tell me he's been sleeping all day?!"

Mikey tried calling Donnie again. No answer. "Maybe April will know how to get it to stop!"

"We can only hope!" Leo agreed.

Suddenly, the music started getting quieter.

"Is it over?" Raph asked.

The tune quieted to a stop. The three brothers cheered. Then, it started back up again from the beginning.

They whirled on Mikey. "What is this!?"

"Hey, I don't know! All I know is- Oh no."

"What!?"

"Uh... I might have accidentally played it on a loop..."

They both yelled in frustration and buried their heads under the couch pillows. Mikey sighed and tried calling Donnie again.

*One hour later*

Leo's cell rang. He wouldn't have heard it if he wasn't staring at the screen like his life depended on it.

"Yes! April, what is it!?"

"Uh, Leo? We can't find a way in. It seems that everything is blocked off from the inside. I don't think I can hack through it without Donnie, so are you okay to wait until he gets back?"

"No! Please April, he gets back at the end of the week! I can't wait that long! Mikey's starting to go crazy and Raph isn't even looking at anything anymore!"

"What's going on, Leo? What's wrong?"

"Hold on just a second!"

Leo stomped over to the stairs and held the phone as close to the speaker as he could. After a minute he brought the phone back to his ear and stomped to the couch again.

"That! That is what's wrong, April! We need help!"

Leo only heard laughter from the other end.

"What!? What's so funny!"

"Nothing, it's just-" A giggle, "That's the torture? The Nyan Cat tune?"

"Yes!"

"What's so bad about that?"

"It's been playing for the past eleven hours, that's what's so bad! My sanity is leaving me!"

"..."

"April? Are you there?"

"Uh, yeah, that is some torture... Listen, I'll help try to get a hold of Donnie, alright?"

Leo sighed. "Okay! Thanks for trying to help, April! Tell Casey we say hi!"

"No problem! See ya!"

Leo felt as though he was about to bash his own head in. If this kept up for much longer...

*One day later*

Donnie and Splinter walked casually back to the lair through the sewers.

"Thanks again for taking me out there to get these herbs. With all these combinations, I could create so many remedies."

Splinter laughed a little bit. "It was no problem, my son. I hope your brothers haven't gotten into any trouble while we were away."

Donnie hefted his backpack higher on his shoulder. "Knowing them? Trouble is their middle name. I just hope they don't mind us coming back five days early. And maybe they saw the note on the fridge for the lock down switch. I wish I'd brought my cell with me, then I could at least call them."

Splinter smiled and nodded. "Yes, I- do you hear that?"

Donnie strained his ears. "Not yet, maybe if we got closer... What does it sound like?"

Splinter made a few cautious steps forward. "I think... It is a cat meowing with a catchy tune in the background."

Donnie made a face. "What?"

Splinter took off at a faster pace, determined to find the source with Donnie right behind him.

When they reached the entrance, Donnie was more confused. "Why haven't they unlocked the door by now?" He wondered aloud.

He quickly typed the code and realized what Master Splinter was talking about. The Nyan Cat song was playing on full blast all throughout the lair. Donnie's eye twitched.

A few of the intercom speakers were impaled with knives and shirukin alike, still playing loudly. The door to the bathroom lay in pieces on the floor next to the couch, which had been overturned. The pillows looked like they had been ripped apart in a fight. The doorknob to his lab was missing, and the note he left on the fridge had fallen off in a way that made it stick out half-way from under a cabinet.

Splinter's ears were back because of the noise. "Boys!"

Donnie shrugged off his backpack into a corner just in time to see three shapes dart past him towards Master Splinter.

"Thank god you're back!"

"He tried to kill me!"

"This has been driving me insane!"

"He broke the door!"

"I'm leaving, thanks for getting the door open!"

"I'm out too!"

"Nice to see you back, Master Splinter, I'd better go with them!"

And then they were gone.

Splinter turned slowly to his only remaining son. "Is there a chance you could turn this off?"

Donnie nodded, still a little shocked at the ruins of their furniture.

He made his way to the lab and pushed a few buttons, effectively silencing the annoying tune.

Donnie padded his way back to Splinter in the too-quiet lair. "Um. Should we wait for them to get back and clean this up, or...?"

Splinter nodded. "Uh, yes. But I think they will be the ones cleaning tonight. I'm going to meditate, perhaps you should follow them?"

"Yeah. Good idea." Donnie ran after his brothers into the night, only to find them on a roof five minutes later, Raph and Mikey asleep against a water tower while Leo kept watch.

"We're in trouble, aren't we." Leo said it as a statement, still facing the city.

"Yeah." Donnie replied. "What happened while we were gone?"

"Mikey pulled a prank, it was only supposed to last ten hours, but it went wrong and played for pretty much the entire time you were gone. Mikey hid in the bathroom because it has no speaker, Raph realized this and broke the door down trying to get in. Then I maybe helped them impale the speakers and flip the couch over to make a cave. We fought over the biggest pillow and it ripped, leaving only two, which we also destroyed." Leo glanced at their sleeping brothers.

"And then I maybe ripped off the handle to your lab... Mikey wouldn't let anyone else in. I think it's under the couch. Unless it's in the bathroom; Raph tried to kill Mikey with it." Leo chuckled only a tiny bit.

"And we didn't sleep the entire time. We couldn't get out because of the lock down, and April couldn't find a way in. We were hiding in the dojo because Raph found the wire to the speaker in there and cut it."

Donnie whistled low. "That's a lot of destruction over a song."

Leo looked him dead in the face. "Torture, Don. That. Was. Torture."

Donnie nodded. "But, you know, I left the code to open the lock down on the fridge. It must have fallen off before any of you could see it."

Leo's eyes widened. "You mean to tell me that we could have escaped at any time?"

Donnie nodded again.

Leo sat down. "I quit. Goodnight, Don."

Donnie chuckled. "Goodnight, Leo."

He sat down next to his sleeping brothers, and listened to the music of the city.