here's the new chapter of Loneliness! sorry for the wait, i went on a vacation with my family. anyway, this is a b-team and others chapter, just no Leo or Raph. hehehehe well, they do talk about Leo...but that doesn't count. enjoy!

Mikey yawned, rubbing his eyes and blinking. What had awoken him? Then the phone rang again. Mikey glanced around, Donatello was still asleep on the other couch, he had insisted they stay up late talking, and Mikey couldn't help but feel sorry for his older brother. He had been more or less alone for three years, and it seemed to have taken it's toll. With a sigh Mikey grabbed the phone and answered it, holding back another yawn.

"Hello?" he murmured, then realizing it was odd. No one really had the ability to accidentally call them, so whoever this was probably knew them. So, they'd be shocked to hear his voice.

"Who is this?" Casey asked accusingly, "Donnie, is that you?" Mikey smiled, he'd forgotten his voice had changed so much.

"Nope, guess again." he said, making his voice gravelly.

"You changed your voice." Casey said, "seriously, oh, is slash over there? Are you slash?"

"Nope, one more chance before the world explodes." Mikey said, rolling his eyes at his own annoyingness. He still has it.

"Wait...i know this voice." Casey said in annoyance. "I know it, come on come on...is Donnie near you?"

"Yeah."

"April come here, who's voice is this?" Mikey could just see April rolling her eyes as she accepted the phone.

"Hello?" she sighed, Mikey spoke normally again.

"Hey April!" he exclaimed, his voice wasn't the same as it was three years ago, but it couldn't be that drastic of a change. Sure enough, April was smarter than casey.

"Mikey?" she gasped in disbelief, "Michelangelo! You...if you have Donnie's phone that means…"

"That i teleported and stole it." he interrupted, April burst out laughing.

"Mikey, you came home! Oh my gosh, we'll be right over! How's Donnie? We'll be there in less than ten minutes ok? See you soon!" she hung up and mikey looked at the phone. Well, that was unexpected. He groaned and got up, crossing the pit to Donnie.

"Hey dee." he shook his brother awake, "April and Casey are gonna come over in-"

"They're back from europe?!" Donnie yelped, jerking upright, "wait...Mikey how do you even know this?"

"They called." Mikey shrugged, "and when i answered April bugged out and got excited, they're gonna come over soon."

"They're back!" Donnie said again, getting up, "yes! Ok, wait, what time is it anyway?" Mikey shrugged, glancing at the clock.

"Eight." he said, "And they were like, really pumped so they'll be here in less than ten minutes."

"Alright, thanks mikey." Donnie said, stretching. He grinned like a crazy person at Mikey, who smiled back. The orange masked turtle knew he'd changed a lot, and Donnie had too. The thing was, Mikey wasn't quite sure if Donnie realized he was different. "I'll go start the coffee." Mikey watched his brother leave and sighed, part of him was a little freaked out that Donnie was acting like a mad man, and a part of him felt horribly weighed down with guilt. If Mikey hadn't left Donnie wouldn't have had to be alone all this time. The blue eyed turtle shrugged and started toward the kitchen after his brother, and was blindsided by a flying hug.

"It's you!" April squealed, hugging him tightly. She released him and put her hands on his shoulders, looking at him with a smile. "Look how tall you got!" she sighed, "three years, can you believe it?"

"Hi april." Mikey said, "Donnie is making coffee. I'll get him." then he tilted his head back. "DONNIE! BE POLITE AND GREET OUR GUESTS!" he hollered before looking at april again. "So, Donnie said you went to Europe?" he asked, suddenly finding himself in a noogie.

"Hey Mikestar! I missed you, buddy!" Casey laughed, releasing him. Mikey smiled.

"Hey Casey." he saluted jokingly.

"Hi!" Donnie said, running out, "April, Casey! I missed you!" they exchanged glances.

"Uh, hi Donnie." April smiled. "You seem...energetic. Did you get your coffee?" Donnie glanced at the kitchen doorway.

"Huh? No, it's still heating up." he said, "Mikey's back!" he threw an arm around Mikey's shoulders, Mikey returned his brothers embrace for a moment and then turned to the humans again.

"So, Europe? Sounds fun." he said as they started toward the kitchen.

"Oh, oh yeah! It was pretty cool, even if it was for school." Casey yawned, "should be relaxing, but nope." Mikey grinned, shaking his head.

"Anything for school is work." he advised his friend. April sighed.

"It was relaxing!" she exclaimed, "Casey just didn't like the food!" Casey shrugged and didn't deny it. Donnie poured himself a mug of coffee and April leaned to Mikey.

"Also, is Donnie ok? He seems...weird." Mikey shrugged and took out a box of toaster waffles.

"Want waffles?" he asked, "we can talk while i toast."

"Alright." April agreed, sitting across from Donnie, who was talking to himself.

"Maybe if it was a different kind of metal." he murmured, "then it would conduct electricity better?" April and casey looked at each other.

"I just got back yesterday morning." Mikey explained, "Donnie isn't used to having people around yet…" Donnie jerked his head up.

"Huh? Oh! Sorry guys i was zonking out for a minute." he blushed "so, April, did you fly to Europe or go by boat?"

"By boat, actually." April said, taking a sip of her own coffee. "We wanted to talk to you about something."

"Maybe we should wait until after breakfast." Casey observed, looking at Donnie, who was grinning like he was insane at mikey, who shrugged.

After breakfast, Donatello seemed to have mellowed out and they all sat in the pit in the lair. They chatted and then Donnie looked at April.

"You said you wanted to talk about something to do with boats." he reminded her, April nodded. She glanced at Casey before speaking.

"On our return trip, the boat malfunctioned and sank." she said, Mikey's eyes grew wide.

"What?! Are you ok?" Donnie yelped, jumping to his feet.

"Obviously." April said, "we got in a lifeboat and everything and in a few hours another boat came and picked us up." Don sat back down, though he still looked concerned.

"So, what happened then?" he asked curiously, Mikey glanced at him in concern, Donnie was acting more like the old Donnie since April mentioned boats, what's with that?

"Well, the boats were still looking for any more lifeboats when they saw smoke from somewhere. None of the ship's knew about any island, and when we finally did see it it was obviously a very small one, but it had freshwater and everything."

"Ok…" Donnie said slowly, Mikey frowned deeper.

"Well, casey and i volunteered to go on a boat to help them and we did. It was a family, a little girl and her parents."

"Ok." Mikey echoed his brother.

"We all thought it was strange." Casey picked up, "because the girl broke her arm and it was in a very well done splint, and the parents weren't trained in emergency medical care. They acted really vague about how they managed to do it." Donnie stood slowly, they all exchanged glances.

"No, go on." Donnie murmured, "i think i know where this is going."

"Ok," Casey said, "i noticed the father was looking back at the island, and i couldn't see anyone there. And then he asked me…" Casey hesitated, "he asked if i knew someone named leo, because he seemed to know me." Mikey's head jerked up. "Sure enough, when i looked back at the island i could see leo there, he waved and then walked away into the trees." Casey shrugged. "I couldn't really tell the boat people to turn around because my giant turtle friend was there."

"He's in the middle of the ocean?" Donnie asked in disbelief.

"Yeah." April said, "the people said he heard them talking and helped them, though he didn't want them to see him at first."

"That makes sense." Mikey said, they all looked at him. "When i was travelling i would fix fences before people's pets escaped, weed people's gardens, i once pulled a car out of a ditch and dialed nine one one after someone crashed and was unconscious on a rural road. I wanted to help people without being seen."

"Cool." Casey said, Donnie glared at him.

"This isn't cool!" he shouted, "Leo's in the middle of the ocean for crying out loud! I don't even know how he got there, or how I'm supposed to go help him! What am i supposed to do?!"

"You'll think of something." Mikey said comfortingly, "you're smart." Donnie sat and slumped down dejectedly.

"But I'm half the reason he's on that island." he said miserably, "why would he want to see me ever again?"

"What is that supposed to mean?" Casey asked, "you're not the reason he left." Donnie shot to his feet, an angry light in his eyes.

"Oh yeah?" he hissed, "it's my fault all of this happened!" he pointed a finger at Mikey, who held out a hand to his distressed brother. "Mikey only left because i tripped him and let Raph tackle him, which led to Leo making him leave!" Donnie exclaimed, "and Raphael only left because Leo blamed him for it and he blamed leo for it and then he hurt leo.." Mikey frowned, Donnie hadn't told him why his brothers left yet, and it obviously bothered him. "And then Leo thought he was a failure because he thought it was his fault that everything fell apart when it was really my fault." the purple masked turtle turned away, putting his head in his hands. "He must have jumped into the ocean like the man in Sensei's story three years ago, he probably tried to kill himself!" Mikey put a hand on his brother's shoulder, not knowing what to say. But Donatello whirled on him, Mikey backed up and Donnie pointed a finger at each of them. "He tried to kill himself because of me! Why would he want to see me again?" with that the genius turtle turned and ran into his lab, locking the metal doors behind himself. Mikey watched him go sadly and turned to April and Casey.

"I think you should go." he murmured, "i need to talk to my brother and father."

so, the bad news is Donnie isn't doing so well in this chapter. the good news is that next chapter is Raph! yay! not that i have favorites, but he's my favorite. anyway, thanks for reading and please review!