"Goodbye, turtle. You will soon join your pathetic brothers." Rahzar said and he threw Mikey into the ice-cold water. "Now, prepared to be fed to the fishes." Mikey closed his eyes. "Goodbye, world. It's a pity that I couldn't find my bros. I would have gotten my wish then." Mikey thought. "My wish to see them again." Tears flowed from his eyes into the ice-cold water. Turtles can usually swim in water, but the water was ice-cold, causing his muscles to move slower.
He slowly became unconscious. Just then, a strong hand grabbed him and dragged him out of the water. "Let me help you, baby bro." Raph whispered as he pulled out an extra blanket that Donnie gave him for emergency purposes and wrapped Mikey with it. Luckily, Mikey's lungs were not filled with too much water, so Mikey could still breathe. However, Mikey was shivering. "Rahzar, I will get you for this. When we ambush the Shredder, I will smash your head against a wall." He thought.
Just then, Mikey coughed out some water and he slowly opened his eyes. "W-Where...Where am I?" He turned to look at the person wearing a red jacket, jeans and shoes and having the hood on, covering half of his face. "Dude, what..." "You were being thrown like a sack of potatoes into the ocean. I saved you from drowning. Don't you remember or something?" "Kind of, actually. I remember fighting Rahzar, but the rest is all in a haze." Mikey answered.
"Oh, I see." "Dude, I've always wanted to be friends with a human! I am Michelangelo. What's yours?" "Um, I rather stay nameless right now." "Oh, it's ok, dude! It's not really important, I guess..." As he looked at a distance, tears threatened to fall from his eyes. "So, why are you out this late?" "Oh, it's just that...I am looking for my brothers." "Oh, so there are more of you? Cool!" Raph cringed a little as he pretended to be an excited human. He was certainly not used to this.
"Yeah, but...they are missing right now." "Oh...Did they run away or something?" "No, it's just that...we were separated by a huge explosion. I could not find my bros, no matter how hard I tried. I don't know whether they are alive or dead, my friends and Sensei do not know either, but I am keeping my fingers crossed anyway." He smiled a bit, his tears flowing from his eyes. "Hey, are you ok?" "Yeah, dude. Sorry, I just...I miss them so much." "You don't need to be sorry."
"Actually, I have 2 other brothers." "Oh, really? Can I see them?" Mikey asked enthusiastically as he wiped his tears away. "You can't. They are...preparing something." "Oh..." "We have a little brother as well, but..." "But? What happened?" "We got separated by an incident." "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, dude. Bummer." "Yeah, but we are working on getting him back." "Oh, I see." "We miss him as well and we want him back, but we have to settle on something first." "What is that 'something'?" "It's a secret." "Oh..." Mikey said.
"Good luck for finding your brother, dude. I'm sure that he will be happy to be back with you guys and he will be back with you dudes. Eventually." "Oh." "So, can you keep this a secret, dude? I want to stay in the shadows, if you know what I mean." Mikey said sheepishly. "Yeah, sure." "Awesome!" Mikey was fast asleep by the time the whole conversation was finished, since he was still quite affected by the temperature of the water.
Raph wrapped him up with the blanket again and carried Mikey in his arms. On the way to the lair, he whispered, "If only you knew, baby bro." He pulled Mikey closer to him. "We miss you too, Mikey. We will come home as soon as we can, bro, we promise." When he reached the lair, he silently put Mikey onto the couch. "We will watch over you and protect you from them, Mikey, so don't worry. Goodbye, bro." He whispered. He quietly left the lair, not knowing that a certain rat was watching him.