The Ring of the Bell

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Raph's POV:

I wake up and notice something different imminently. Mikey is not with me. I fling myself out of bed and search my room. When I still don't find him I notice my door wide open.

Mikey got out!

I panickly run out of my room. I search the lair furiously. Looking under everything and checking all of Mikey's hiding stop. "Mikey!" I call out.

"Raph what's wrong?" Leo's voice asks behind me. I turn around and see Donnie and April standing behind him.

"I can't find Mikey!" I say with a rush looking behind the TV.

"What do you mean you can't find Mikey?!" Leo demands looking shocked.

"I woke up this morning and he wasn't with me. You think he left the lair?!" I ask making my way to the door.

"He can't even open the door" Donnie says as he, Leo, and April follow me. I turn and look at him with a serious face.

"He open my door" Everybody's eyes widen with shock and fear. I finally make it to the door when a loud clatter of pots, pans, and silverware are head from the kitchen. I rush a head of everyone to see Mikey sitting on the floor with broken plates, spoons, knives, forks, pots, and pans surrounding him with a large pot on his head covering his face and half of his body. I can hear him starting to cry as he tries to get the pot off of him with no success. I see April walk over to Mikey and pick him up. He starts squirming in her arms but stops when April takes the pot off of his head and he sees her.

"Auntie April" he says happily wrapping his arms around her neck.

"Mikey! Are you alright?!" I ask as I quickly scoop him out of April's arms and hold him with my hands under his arms and away from me. Mikey nods and holds his arms out to me, indicating he wants to be held closer. "What were you doing in here?!" I demand with a small hiss. Mikey cowards away from me.

"Hungwy" he mutters softly looking down.

"If you were hungry you should have woken me up! Do you know how worried I was?!" I say, my voice raising making Mikey flinch.

"Sowy..." he says bowing his head.

"Raphael! That is enough" Leo demands, swiping Mikey from my arms and cradling him.

"Weo. Hungwy." Mikey complains pointing towards his mouth.

"You are hungry? Let's get you some food" Leo says in a baby voice making Mikey giggle.

"Nice baby voice, Leo" I tease, smirking at him as he grabs a slice of pizza and puts it in the microwave. Leo gives me a glare.

"Well last night April and I made this for Mikey" Donnie says holding out a high chair.

"We were unsure when we would be able to get Mikey to him original age so we made this" April clarify taking the high chair from Donnie's hands and placing it beside the table. Leo carefully puts Mikey in it. We all stare at Mikey waiting for his reaction. I watch as Mikey looks it over, examining it. Mikey looks at us and smiles, indicating he likes it. I hear Donnie release the breath he has been holding and takes a sit next to Mikey.

"Auntie April" Mikey chirps patting his little table near on open chair next to him.

"You want me to sit next to you?" she asks standing over the seat. He nods with his big goofy grin on his face. April then sits down on the chair and rubs Mikey's head. I hear a ding, meaning the pizza is ready. I grab five bowls and set them down in front of everyone with spoons. I grab the milk from the fridge and some cereal from the cabinets before sitting down next to Donnie. I fill up my bowl quietly and pour some milk then hand it to Donnie who had just finished pouring his bowl of cereal.

"Now Mikey this is a hot pizza so let it cool" Leo warns, placing the plate in front of Mikey. Leo takes the seat next to an already eating April and grabs the cereal. We all eat in silence, except for the crunching of Frosted Flakes, for 10 minutes. April is the first one done, so she puts her bowl and spoon in the sink before sitting back down.

"Mikey I thought you were hungry" I hear April say, making me look up from my almost finished cereal. I see Mikey staring at his full plate with an emotionless expression, not one bite of pizza was taken.

"Weo said hot" he says and continues to stare.

"Mikey. Leo meant to say it was only going to be hot for two minutes, silly" April laughs pinching his cheeks.

"To big" Mikey claims poking at the pizza with his finger. I nearly chocked on my cereal.

Mikey thinking Pizza was too much?! I must be going insane! How long did I sleep last night?

"You want me to cut it for you?" April asks kindly taking the plate and begins cutting it before Mikey could say anything. She grabs the first piece and aims it towards Mikey's mouth. "Here comes the air plane" she giggles making the piece of pizza fly toward Mikey's mouth in loops. Mikey laughs and opens his mouth. He eats happily as April feds him. They are both laughing while both Leo and I finish our cereal and put our dishes in the sink. Donnie had finished some time ago and was just watching April admiringly. Soon enough the pizza was done and we had a Mikey with his mouth covered in cheese and tomato sauce. I couldn't help but laugh. April grabs a paper towel and licks it. She then places it on Mikey's giggling face and cleans it.

"Tank You, Auntie April" Mikey chirps happily once his face was all cleaned up.

"Go play" she said when she takes him out of the high chair and sets him on the ground. I watch as Mikey crawls into the living room, out of sight from me. As soon as I couldn't see Mikey I felt my heart rate speed up and I was out of my chair and into the living room where I could keep an eye on Mikey.

"Waphie! Wanna play?" Mikey asks me tilting his head and making the cutest face.

"Why not. I don't have anything better to do" I shrug trying to keep my composure.

"Yay!"

TBC