Of Turtles and Lizards

Mona, Meet Mikey

Mikey's POV

Contrary to what my brothers think, I'm not an idiot. Even if am a little different. By hey, this for you haters out there, Different is Awesome! Hence the fact: I am awesome. Okay, okay I gotta get back to the point. My mind briefly registers the fact that I'm laying on the couch watching Super Robo Mega Force, but I'm too distracted by the fight that happened earlier this evening.

Dude! I was nervous enough when Leo came home with this giant frown on his face and the whole 'I must contain my anger' thing going on.

You know for a second there, I was actually starting to think that Leo was gonna pound Raph into the ground for that crack about Karai. Geez, and we thought Raph had anger issues. Ever since this whole Mona Lisa thing a couple o' weeks back, Leo's totally gone into mother hen mode, not to mention the automatic super protective mode that goes with it. Don't get me wrong, my big bro's always been way over-protective, but this is taking it to a whole new level. It also doesn't exactly help that he's pushing us all a little harder these days, which of course turns Raph into a very grumpy turtle leading to more fights, and round and round the maypole we go.

I honestly have no idea who to side with on this thing. I mean, I'm a cool sort of guy, forgiveness is divine, you know what I mean? But this time...I just don't know.

Raph and I have always been close. Closer than most people might think. I mean sure he's always teasing and insulting me, but I know that's just his way of showing that he cares. Raph is actually one of the biggest softies in existence. All I have to do is give him the puppy face. And it works! But he usually slaps me anyway, for good measure. Wait-no Mikey you're getting off topic again! What was I talking about? Oh right.

Mona Lisa. We only found about her a couple of weeks ago, but Leo told us that she and Raph had been meeting for a while before that. Leo told us that we couldn't trust her, that she used Raph and was responsible for getting him hurt...But then after what Donnie said earlier, I'm not so sure. Don's a pretty level-headed guy, not to mention smart. When he's got a problem he looks at it from all angles and finds the best solution.

But I can't exactly judge for myself until I meet her. Seriously, I just don't do profiling. I gotta meet the person, talk to em a little, watch them for a little while and see how they interact with others that sort of thing, and then I form an opinion. Now that Donnie, Leo and Casey have already met Raph's girlfriend—Whoa, whoa, whoa! Raph's girlfriend?! That sounded so weird!—No, not now! Focus Michelangelo, focus!

I'm the only one who hasn't met her yet. That's not fair! Why did they get to meet her and not me?! It's almost twelve o'clock. I should head to bed so I'm not too tired for training tomorrow. No just one more episode, one more episode, one more ep..i..so...de....

I woke up when I heard the shuffling of feet in the lair. I leaned up and peeked sleepily over the back of the couch. Oh it's just Raph sneaking out. I began dozing off again before doing a double-take. Raph sneaking out?! He's not supposed to do that! Oh man, Leo's gonna be so pissed! Well, maybe he'd go easier on Raph if he knows he wasn't alone. Hm. Oh! And I might get to meet Mona Lisa! I thought excitedly. I jumped up grabbing my nunchucks up off the floor next to the sofa and left the lair hurriedly after my brother.

I made certain to stay a distance, while making sure not to lose sight of my big bro, after all my brother is a ninja. Then again so am I. We're just too awesome. Raph headed deep into an old part of the sewer that even I didn't recognize. He headed up out a manhole cover and I followed soon after, sticking to the shadows of the alley.

My red bro headed straight for the rooftops and I followed, ninja stealth. I smirked to myself. Raph ran to the end of the roof, jumping down to the roof of the building adjacent. There was a stairwell, probably not such a good hiding spot if a human showed up, and a large water tank. Bingo. I jumped over, hiding behind one of the legs of the water tower, peeking around it to get a better view. Raph was just...sitting there? Next thing I knew a dark blur jumped onto the roof a few feet away from my brother.