The Shadow's Secret│TMNT

25 || Anger, Frustration and Accusations

"Woah! Where can I get one of those!?" Mikey demanded as he watched the Jedi on the tv screen whip out their lightsabers. "Donnie! Can you make me one?"

"You'd destroy the whole city with one of those," Donnie pointed out.

"No I wouldn't! I'm careful!" The orange masked turtle turned to me excitedly. "Raiya, can you get me one?" I glanced at Leo, unsure of what to say. He shook his head with a slight smile.

"Sorry Mikey, leader's orders."

His face fell. "Awww, you're no fun, Leo." The turtle's mood quickly returned to it's usual, joyful state as he cuddled closer to me and watched The Phantom Menace. Tired and enduring a headache from training, I gratefully sank into the couch and against Mikey's warm side.

When Mikey must've thought I was asleep, he started to whisper to his brothers over the movie, "Dudes, check it out!"

"Mikey, what are you doing?" Leo demanded, completely unimpressed.

"Chill bruh, I'm keeping her warm, she's freezing."

I'm always freezing.

"A blanket works just as well," Donnie said.

"Yeah but I'm a blanket and a pillow, which is even better. Look! She's so cute..." Leo and Donnie shared a sigh, and probably an eye roll over their younger brother.

Where's R–?

"You should leave her alone, Mikey."

Oh, there he is.

"Aw, are you jealous, Raph?" He teased. All four brothers momentarily fell silent at that.

"You're setting yourself up for disappointment," Raphael snapped. I tensed, causing Mikey to pull me closer.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Leo asked, immediately jumping to defend me.

The sound of battle droid blasters could be heard, still emanating quietly from the tv's speakers.

"You know what I mean. We're mutants. She's a human, she'll never like any of us as more than friends. So stop drooling over her."

"Raph-" Leo started, but his brother was having one of it.

"Nah Leo, I don't wanna hear any of your bullshit about how 'she's different' and 'we can trust her' and 'she's not like those Area Fifty-One guys.'"

Area 51 guys!? Is he seriously comparing me to professional alien nerds hired by the government!? I just about jumped up and murdered him then and there. Mikey sighed and remained quiet so as not to interfere in the growing argument.

Raph's words threw Leo over the edge.

"What's your deal with her, anyway? You still haven't figured out that you can trust her? It's been four days of you following her around!"

More blaster fire and yelling. Lightsabers cut through the air and collided.

"My deal with her?" He snarled. "My deal with her is that she's some rando girl you saved fifty years ago and suddenly decided to drag into our lives, Leo! Our secret, dangerous, ninja lives of living like rats beneath the city and training to defeat the most dangerous villain in the whole goddamn world! You can't just drag someone into something like that! She could die!" Leo scoffed.

"I didn't drag her into anything! She found me!"

"Why the hell did you stay to chat then? You could've ran and avoided all this! Now she's in the middle of it!" Leo sighed, allowing an uncomfortable silence to settle over the room.