A week had passed since the first season 16 episode. Luke started going to therapy, and was making a bit of progress. The last thing he wanted to do was lose his daughter because of his jealousy and anger issues.

April was setting up a party at a park with 3 of the turtles. It was a very important day.

At Mugman and Margo's house, Jackson sighed as he got out of bed.

Aria saw him go to the bathroom. That was her cue to put a gift on his bed.

Jackson soon came out of the bathroom and saw the gift. Aria grinned as he opened it.

"Oh, my goodness! It's a Dirk Dangerous shirt! With my name on it!" Jackson says. He then turns it around and sees a 7 on the back of it.

"Wow! Is it…" Jackson asked Aria.

"Happy 7th birthday, Jackson!" Aria says.

"Thank you!" Jackson says. He and Aria head down to breakfast as there was a massive birthday breakfast waiting for him.

"Whoa!" Jackson says. "This looks amazing!"

"Happy birthday, son." Mugman says

"Today is the next show. I gotta rehearse." Jackson says as they were in New York City this time.

"Breakfast first. Then you can go rehearse." Mugman says. "But…you have to open my gift. It's for the show."

Jackson loved the big breakfast. He then opened Mugman's gift.

"A Dirk Dangerous costume! Oh, wow!" Jackson says. "I love it! Thank you!"

Mugman smiled and hugged his son.

"How does it feel to be 7 today?" Margo asked.

"Great!" Jackson says.

Later, Jackson was rehearsing when some men came with guns.

"Okay, hands up!" one of the men says.

"Hey, don't you know it's a very special day?" a voice says as Michelangelo leaped up in a trench coat and landed. He kicked one of the men and smirked. The other two shot at Michelangelo, who used his nunchucks to deflect the bullets. The men ran away, but Michelangelo leaped and sweep kicked them.

"How did you know it was my birthday?" Jackson asked.

"It is? Well, happy birthday, little dude! I never knew I'd share a birthday today!" Michelangelo says.

"We're birthday twins!" Jackson grinned.

"Yeah, I guess so. Gotta go!" Michelangelo says and skates off.

"Sigh." Edwin sighed.

"What's wrong?" Lucy asked her son.

"Why do I bother with life?" He asked.

Meanwhile, April and the turtles had a skateboard themed party planned for Jackson and Mikey.

"I hope they like it. Anyway, I got interviews to do." April says.

"See ya!" Leonardo says as April leaves.

"Say, what kind of pizza is going to be there?" Raphael asked.

"Lots of different kinds." Leonardo says.

"Who's paying?" Donatello asked.

"Who cares? This fanfic never gets specific. Heck, lots of shows never explained where they got their money, so why should we?" Raphael asked, breaking the 4th wall.

Luke came to decorate. "Do you guys know anything about Jackson?" He asked.

"Yeah, we somehow do." Raphael says.

"Jackson is like a little Mikey at times. They both love comics and that Dirk Dangerous guy. Hey, Raph, you need to dress up as him." Donatello says.

"Excuse me?!" Raphael says, getting ticked off.

"You really need therapy." Leonardo says, putting up a photo of the time the turtles beat Shredder.

Luke had a bunch of decorations. He grinned as he pulled out a few pictures of Jackson.

"Okay, when did you learn your lesson?" Leni asked.

"Last week, during his interview." Donatello says.

"Oh, invite Casey, Leatherhead, and Mondo Gecko." Donatello says.

Soon, Aria and Jackson finish their interview and go for ice cream.

"So…what kind of gift do you think you'll get?" Aria asked Jackson as he ate his cotton candy ice cream.

Jackson thinks for a minute. "A big-boy bike. With a Dirk Dangerous bike helmet!' He says with a grin. "I'm ready to ride a big-boy bike!"

Later, it was time for the show. Jackson smiled at Aria's Lady Savvy costume.

April came on stage, smiling alongside Gemma.

"Welcome to New York City, ladies and gentlemen! Tonight is our first annual Broadway Ball!" April says. "But…the contestants don't have to just perform a Broadway song. Right, Gemma?"

"Correct. Contestants can perform either a Broadway song, a song from a movie, or put on their own original performance using a song of their choice." Gemma says. "Tonight will also play host to our first triple elimination of season 16, making our top 42 teams who will go to Nashville for Country Night! So, remember to vote, America!"

"Coming up first is the team of Connor and Carol!" April says.

The duo comes out and performs "It's The Hard-Knock Life" and "Tomorrow" from Annie. The crowd was loving their performance and shedding tears by the end.

"What a show!" Gemma says as the duo finishes.

"Coming up next…" April starts.

"Two stars who almost never need an introduction, but like to get one, anyway…Luke Huntington & Mrs. Chalice!" Gemma says.

The couple appears to cheers and chants of "Lukey & Chally!"

They smile and begin their performance of "Without Love" from Hairspray.

The crowd really liked this and cheered as they performed.

Backstage, Aria and Jackson were getting ready.

"Dangerous? Ha! I'll laugh in the face of danger! Or my name ain't Dirk Dangerous!" Jackson says, saying one of his favorite lines from the show.

"Let's deal out some justice!" Aria says, smiling.

Mugman smiled at his son.

Soon, Luke and Chalice finish. They smile as they go offstage.

Aria and Jackson soon get ready to go on.

"Coming up next is the team of Aria and Jackson!" April says.

The two of them appear as Aria feels nervous again.

"It's okay." Jackson says. "Just remember what we practiced, okay?"

Aria nods as they begin their "Gotham City Guys" performance. The only difference is that Aria is Lady Savvy and Jackson is Dirk Dangerous. But that didn't make a difference as they made the song work with their costumes, with their story being Dirk Dangerous coming from Gotham City for the sake of the song.

(That song is on the Lego Movie 2 soundtrack.)

The crowd was entertained by their performance and loved the choreography.

The crowd gave them a standing ovation when they finished. Gemma grinned and pressed the platinum button for their performance as Aria and Jackson squealed. They were guaranteed a spot on the Country Night show because of this.

They smile as they go offstage.

Beatrix and Beau were next. They did an original skit using the song "Got That" by Gigi Rowe.

The crowd got into it and some of them danced along.

After they finished, some fans threw flowers to Beatrix, who smiled.

The cups finally went up. The two of them did their performance of "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News" from The Wiz.

The crowd loved how the cup brothers stayed coordinated and collected as they danced and sang.

The crowd roared when the cups finished.

After that, the eliminations were announced. Luckily, none of the main teams were eliminated.

Later, Jackson was walking with Aria. They hadn't made it to the park yet. Jackson was wearing his birthday shirt he got from Aria, black pants, blue socks, and a pair of green canvas sneakers. His hair was brushed and he was wearing his Dirk Dangerous goggles on his head.

"We were amazing tonight!" Aria says.

"Yeah…yeah, we were! I can't believe we got the platinum button!" Jackson says.

"That moment felt amazing!" Aria says.

They arrive at the park. Confetti fell on Jackson.

"Happy birthday, Jackson!" Everyone says as Mikey wasn't there yet.

Jackson just looked away. He then climbed a tree and didn't come down.

"Jackson, what's wrong?" Mugman asked.

"You guys just wanted to celebrate him, d-didn't you?" Jackson sniffed. "Well, go on. I'm not coming down!"

"No, we wanted to celebrate you, sweetie…" Margo says as Luke had decorated for him.

Jackson looked down. "R-Really?" He sniffed.

"Yeah!" Mugman says.

"Wait, where is Michelangelo?" April wondered.

Meanwhile, Raphael was tied up in the back of a truck.

"When I get out, Michelangelo will get it!" Raphael thought as he couldn't fight with the costume on.

Leonardo and Donatello landed on the truck as Leonardo leaped and cut a tire, stopping it. The foot tries attacking him as Donatello leaped and whacked one with his bo, then whacked another.

Leonardo dodged and blocked some swords with his own as he leaped and kicked them down.

"Okay, let's free Raphael. we're already late to the party." Donatello says.

"Or we could take the truck." Leonardo says.

Meanwhile, Luke offers his gift.

"Jackson, honey, please come down…" Margo says. .

"Come on, son, please don't be mad anymore…" Mugman says.

The 3 turtles arrive to see this.

"Hey, look, everyone, it's Dirk Dangerous!" Leonardo says as Raphael was really annoyed.

Jackson looked down from the tree. He was skeptical.

"I'm Dirk Dangerous! I'm not afraid of anything, because I laugh in the face of danger!" Raphael says.

"It is him…" Jackson says, coming down from the tree.

"Hey, dudes, what's going on?" Michelangelo says.

"Happy birthday, Michelangelo." Splinter says.

"Aw, thanks, dudes!" Michelangelo says.

Jackson looks away.

"Hey, little dude…I got you a present." he says.

"For m-me?" Jackson sniffed.

"Yeah!" he says. Jackson opened the gift to reveal a new Dirk Dangerous action figure. He starts to smile a little.

"Raphael, you gotta do more!" Leonardo says as Raphael glared at him.

"This is why I hate birthdays." Raphael says in his head, really fuming.

"Pizza!" Michelangelo says and eats 3 slices at once.

Later, there was a skateboard challenge as Michelangelo did some neat tricks.

"Sweet moves!" Mondo says, doing tricks with his tail.

"I wonder wh-oh, now I remember, I'm born on that day. Maybe that's why Daddy was so cruel." Aria says.

Jackson just walks over to the swings to be alone. Truthfully, he was feeling very left out.

Soon, Aria's friends play with him.

But it wasn't enough. He started throwing a Luke fit.

"Okay, fine…" Raphael says and gives him a piggyback ride. Jackson sniffed and smiled, enjoying it.

Soon, Raphael stopped and snuck off ninja style and took off the mask. "I swear…I'm not doing this next year." Raphael says. But the costume was stuck on him.

"Damn it!" he screamed.

Meanwhile, Luke performed a song for him.

Jackson smiled a little more.

"Well…he's happy. For now." Margo says. She remembers Jackson's birthday last year. Where his party got rained out, ruined, and Jackson couldn't be cheered up. And she remembered his 5th birthday, where he was too sick to celebrate.

"Okay…um bad news, guys…Shredder is planning Something on the other side of town. You guys gotta do something." April says.

"Let's go! Turtle power!" Leonardo says.

"But it's my birthday…" Michelangelo says.

"Come on! Lives are at stake!" Donatello says as they head off.

"Wait, where's Raphael?" Michelangelo asked.

"He's on a top secret mission." Leonardo lied.

"Hey, I have a song for a very special boy…" Luna says. Jackson looked up at Luna, tears still glazing his dark green eyes.

Luna sings her song. Jackson sniffs and hugs Luna.

Soon, they played a highlight reel of Jackson's best performances. After that, Luan tried to cheer him up.

Luan juggled for him, but he wasn't having it. Nothing would cheer him up. He found out about the Dirk Dangerous that was at the party, and he knew that he would never have a memorable and exciting birthday.

Just then, the real Dirk Dangerous showed

"I am the real Dirk Dangerous! I laugh in the face of danger!" Dirk says. Jackson gasped in shock.

Jackson goes to get his autograph. Dirk smiles and signs one for him. He then lifts Jackson up and flew him around before they took a few pictures together.

Meanwhile, Leatherhead smashed some footbots.

Leonardo and Shredder clashed blades as Raphael leaped in fury and kicked Shredder. Shredder was sent down. He then leaped down and kicked two footbots and punched 3 of them with a spinning fist, sai in hand.

The turtles return to see Jackson hit the piñata.

"Hey, dude, I'm back." Michelangelo says.

Jackson drops the bat to the ground. He starts to remember his past two birthdays as he felt overwhelmed.

"Hey, try and remember your good birthdays…" Aria says, putting a hand on Jackson's shoulder. But Jackson couldn't remember them. At all. He then started to cry.

"I can't remember them!" He sobbed.

Aria shows him photos of his good birthdays.

"My th-third birthday at the beach…" Jackson sniffed. "That was fun…"

"So, what did you guys get me?" Michelangelo asked.

"Oh, a pizza coupon." Leonadro says.

"Dudes, you're the best!" Michelangelo says.

Jackson danced with Aria. Although he found it hard due to his overwhelming "bad birthday" memories from his 5th and 6th birthdays.

"Try and forget the bad memories." Aria says.

Soon, Lucy reads him a poem. Jackson liked it.

After that, the cakes were brought out. Michealangelo's cake was a pizza cake and Jackson's was a Dirk Dangerous cake with seven candles. At this point, Jackson looked overwhelmed.

Everyone began to sing to them as Michelangelo smiled and blew out the candles on his cake.

Jackson wished he had a family who loved him.

Everyone cheered when they blew out the candles and just then, there was a fireworks show for them.

"Sweet, little birthday dude twin…" Michelangelo says as he took out his nunchucks and hit the Shredder pinata as candy fell out. "COWABUNGA!"

Splinter smiled, happy to see his son happy.

"So, what should we get for Leonardo's birthday?" Donatello asked

"Duh, a new sword!" Raphael says.

Jackson leaves the park, shedding tears.

Michelangelo follows him. "What's wrong, little dude?" he asked.

"I hate them! I hate them so much!" Jackson sobbed.

"Who?" Michelangelo asked.

"They never cared about me even once, did they?!" Jackson sobbed. "Never cared about one thing that I wanted! I see now that they give everyone else what they want!"

Mugman came out with a big boy bike for Jackson. "Surprise! Happy birthday!" he says.

Jackson sniffed. "Wh-What?!" He looked at his father.

"It's your big boy bike. Without the training wheels!" Mugman says.

Jackson gasped. "Oh, my gosh…" he sniffed. Jackson began to ride it.

"This is fun…" He says, starting to smile.

Luke looked jealous and sobbed, wanting his birthweek as he left the party.