Why not?

Chap 3: Friends

Mikey's P.O.V:

I walked into the main room. I was smiling to cover up the fact that I was hurting inside. Yeah, they think I'm okay, but I'm far from it. Yet again, if I tell them what's going on, it will destroy the balance of everything. And I can't have that. So next best thing would be to play the part, no matter how painful. "Mikey?"

I looked up to see Leo talking to me. "Oh, sorry, got lost in my thought there for a sec."

"Hah, since when were you able to think at all," Raph chuckled.

'Okay, wow, damn Raph. Like, does he not realize now is not the time?' I thought.

 But apparently, Donnie was also thinking the same thing. "Raph, now's not the time, we're about to watch Crognard. Come join us Mikey." 

I was a little skeptical, but decided it was best to just watch TV with my bros. Besides, I need to act like I'm fine. So I sat between Donnie and Leo while Raph passed around the pizza boxes and finally sat down next to the couch. This was going well so far. It was nice to have a moment of peace with my brothers. No one arguing, no one fighting, no one bullying. Just fours bro watching TV and eating pizza. But that didn't last very long. Donnie got a call from April. He answered his T-phone and put it on speaker. "Hey April, what's up?"

Donnie was met with a loud freaked out April. "Donnie, the Kraang, they're chasing after me! I managed to make it into the west side of the sewers, but they're gonna corner me at some point. GET YOUR SHELLS OVER HERE!!!"

April hung up, so Donnie did the same. "She just hung up on me. Rude. Wait a sec, the west side sewers? Isn't that where Leatherhead's old home is??" asked Donnie. 

I said, "Dudes, he totally is." 

"We have to hurry. If LH sees those Kraang, he might lose it and accidentally hurt April," Leo said.

"What? No, LH won't do that," I said.

"No offense Mikey, but you tend to trust the wrong strangers. When you trusted LH, he almost killed us," said Leo.

I just looked shocked and pissed. Like, how is that not offensive? Did they really not trust me that much? Yeah, Leatherhead can go beserk sometimes, but he's taught himself to control that. And he apologized for all the times he attacked us. That's more than my own family can say. Besides, he and April were friends, so April would be okay.

"Look Mikey, we're going there because April asked us to, not because we're afraid of Leatherhead," said Donnie.

"But Leatherhead might be with the Mighty Mutanimals right now," I reasoned.

"Even more reason for us to hurry. She's going to be fighting Kraang alone," retorted Donnie.

I decided to stay silent. "Alright team, let's go!" exclaimed Leo as we set off to the home of my best friend.

Donnie's P.O.V:

We got to the west side of the sewers in a matter of minutes thanks to the Shellraiser giving us a big boost. Of course, we couldn't take it into the actual sewers, it just gave a little head start. 

When we got there, we could hear lasers being fired and Leatherhead's loud roar. I gulped when I heard it. It brought back memories of every time LH grabbed my face. 'Like why? Why me? What was so wrong with my face?' I thought; though I forgave him, but it still haunts me. 

We ran to the source of the noises to find that April and Leatherhead were doing just fine. They were actually working together. April using her telekinesis to push back any droids and LH ripping Kraang out from their robot bodies. The actually made a pretty good duo. "Guys, thank goodness you're here. We could use some help!" called out April.