Splinter's Bestie

Chapter 6

Episode: I Think His Name is Baxter Stockman

Splinter sat in the dojo calmly meditating in silence.

He could feel himself becoming one with the universe when suddenly Mikey's voice rings through his ears.

"Guys, guys, get in you spot!" Mikey chirps urging his brothers to move.

His eyes shoot open upon hearing his other sons answer him.

"All right, Mikey, but this is the last time!" Raph shouts at him.

"But don't flip me this time!" Donnie told him.

"Ate too much cheese." Leo groans.

The lair was littered with pizza boxes as the camera pans up to Donnie, Leo and Raph lying in a huddle on their stomachs/ the front of their shell.

Mikey was on a tall homemade ramp."And now the kid goes for the world record! He will attempt to jump three mutant turtles!" Mikey says in a announcer voice.

"I can't believe he talked us into this." Raph grumbles.

"Ya! Booyakasha!" Mikey cheers skating down the ramp.

"What is going on in here?" Splinter asks an angered twitch of his eyebrow and right ear.

The older three quickly stand up in alarm as Splinter looks around the lair's living area at all the pizza boxes.

Ruby had left a day or two prior to visit and check on her clan. And if Splinter was being honest, he and the boys missed her dearly already and were having a bit of trouble adapting to her being away for so long. The mess being a dead give away.

"Sensei!" Leo says in alarm as he and his brothers quickly get to their feet.

"Whoa!" Mikey calls out as he crashes into his brothers causing them to go tumbling to the floor.

The boys lie in a heap on the floor.

"How many times have I told you not to skateboard in the lair?" Splinter scolds, ever since Ruby came around the boys have never been like this.

"None, Sensei-" Mikey begins.

Splinter interrupts them with a fatherly glare, "I shouldn't have to tell you!" He tells them in a way that points out the obvious.

The boys stand up, Leo being the voice of reason most of the time steps up, "You're right, Sensei. We definitely should have known better" He looks at Mikey, then turns back to Splinter,  "and we deserve to be punished." Leo says as they all hang their heads in shame. Leo then remembers who he was dealing with, "Eh. Some"

Splinter strokes his beard in false thought, he leans down to be level with Leo, "And what do you think would be a fitting punishment?" He asks.

Leo looks behind him to his younger brothers for help but Donnie turns his head and whistles, Raph pretends to read a comic book Ruby got him, and Mikey rubs his neck avoiding eye contact with Leo.

Leo seeing that they weren't going to help turns back to Splinter and rubs his neck, "Well, uh, we- we should clean up our mess, before mom gets home?"

Splinter crosses his arms his stern expression still not leaving from his face.

"And then think about what we did-" Leo says in a hopeful tone.

"Yeah- Sounds about right- We were wrong- Wouldn't want to do too much. No worries" His brothers agreed behind him.

Leo makes a "I'm so done their bull face."