"Does anyone notice that Mikey's acting strange?" Donnie asked later that morning.
"Isn't Mikey always acting strange?" Raph asked before shrugging as he read a comic, "'Cause if he's acting strange, it seems pretty normal to me."
"Raph, he said he was just getting a 'late' midnight snack at five in the morning." Donnie explained, "Then he said he was coming out to see if anyone was awake so he could share it with us."
"Yup, that's Mikey." Raph confirmed, "Nothin' different there. And I'm glad that I wasn't the one awake, because with how long Mikey keeps pizza in his room there'd be no way I'd eat it." Donnie sighed, shaking his head.
"That's not the point, Raph." He tried to explain, "The way Mikey was acting seemed kinda strange to me too." Raph rolled his eyes.
"Like I said, he's always acting strange." Raph said, putting his comic down, "Nothing new." Donnie sighed.
"You'll understand what I mean soon." He said, "...Hopefully."
"Well if he does act strange, we need to figure out why." Leo said as the other two nodded.
"What up, booooiiiis?" Mikey greeted as he came out of the kitchen, "I made ya breakfast!" He then plopped down four plates of pancakes, each pancake having chocolate chips in it making what appears to be a smiley face, some whipped cream at the top to resemble hair and some brown sprinkles below the 'eyes' to resemble freckles.
"Wow." Donnie said, looking at the pancakes, "Very creative Mikey." Mikey smiled.
"Thanks bro." He said, pointing a finger gun at Donnie, "Appreciate it."
He then started to eat with his brothers, glancing at Leo. Don't worry Mikey, nothin's gonna happen. He thought to himself, Besides, that nightmare was from after we met Jei. ...Unless he's still giving me the nightmare 'cause he's still alive!
"Hey bros, you don't think Jei is still alive, do you?" He then asked, getting strange looks from his brothers, "I mean, I know he can't be, but what if he somehow still is?"
"And why would that be?" Raph questioned, "He fell from a very high place, Mikey!" Mikey shrugged.
"I dunno." He replied, "He did say he was immortal."
"Well after a huge fall like that, I doubt he would still be alive, immortal or not." Donnie stated, "Technically, being immortal doesn't mean you can't die. You can still die by injury, so that fall had to have killed him." Mikey nodded.
"Guess you're right bro." He said, "Maybe he is gone."
"So there's nothing to worry about Mikey." Leo assured him with a smile, "If he did come back, I'm sure Usagi would call on us. Somehow..." Mikey smiled back.
"Thanks Leo." He said, quickly finishing up his breakfast, "Maybe I shouldn't be worried." He then thought for a second. "Hey I think I'm gonna go ride my skateboard to try and clear my head a bit. Is that okay?"
"Yeah, just be back soon." Leo replied, "We're gonna be doing training in about an hour." Mikey rolled his eyes.
Training? Really? He thought, but instead he said, "'Kay bro." He then headed to the kitchen to put his plate in the sink before running back out of it and to his room.
Once he entered his room, he grabbed his skateboard before heading out.
Mikey skated on the rooftops, doing tricks and feeling the wind in his face, glad that he could possibly get stuff off his mind. There was no way that nightmare was going to haunt him now! Well, until the image of his dead brothers and even his own lifeless body flashed in his head for a second, causing the poor turtle to get startled and lose balance on his skateboard before falling off.
Okay, maybe I should just go back home... He thought, getting up and going to grab his skateboard, Besides, that could've been more dangerous if I was jumping over to another rooftop or somethin'.
After grabbing his skateboard, he started to head back home.
Once he got back home, he ran back to his room to put his skateboard away before heading back to the living room.
"You're back early." Raph said, glancing from the TV to Mikey, just now realizing he was home, "Somethin' happen?"
"Just accidentally fell off my board, bro." Mikey explained, "Nothin' to worry about." Raph looked at him for a few more seconds before looking back at the TV and shrugging, causing Mikey to quietly let out a relieved sigh.
"Hey Mikey!" Leo greeted, walking out of the dojo, "Back already?" Mikey nodded before rubbing the back of his head.
"I uh...fell off my board, so..." He trailed off, then shrugged, "Yeah, I'm back."
"Usually you're the one who gets up and keeps going." Donnie pointed out, walking into the room, "What happened?" Mikey crossed his arms.
"Bruh, I was literally close to the edge of a rooftop!" He explained, "I could've died or got hurt if I was jumping to another rooftop when that happened!"
"I don't think that would've stopped you, anyway." Raph teased with a smirk, "I mean, you have sometimes put yourself in danger." Mikey then stuck his tongue out at Raph.
"Whatever bro." Mikey said with a roll of his eyes.
"Well, we have about thirty minutes before training starts, so feel free to do whatever until then." Leo said, going over to watch TV with Raph.
"In case you ask, no we are not watching Space Heroes!" Raph exclaimed. Leo rolled his eyes.
"I didn't say we had to..." He sighed. Raph smirked.
"Good." He said. Mikey giggled.
"Yeah no one wants to watch Space Heroes." He said with a grin, "At least not us anyway..." Leo glared at him.
"Quiet, Mikey!" He shouted. Mikey then stuck his tongue out at him.
"Make me." He challenged playfully with a smirk. Just then his eyes widened before he started to run, Leo chasing him around the lair as Raph chuckled a bit.
Brothers... He thought, shaking his head.
Okay, that's the end of this chapter! Sorry if the characters seem OOC (out of character) in the end... But hopefully they don't! Or at least I hope they don't seem too OOC.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see ya in the next one! April, OUT!!!
