TMNT: One Small Turtle: Meets April

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It was an early morning. Donnie was sitting on the couch holding a sleeping Mikey. Then Donnie felt something wet and warm on his plastron. He looked down at Mikey. “Uh sensei...I think we need diapers.” Donnie stoop up and walked to the bathroom he would have to clean himself and his brother.

“Leonardo, please call April and see and see if she may help us with this little situation,” Splinter asked.

“Hai sensei,” Leo said pulling out his t-phone. It was three in the morning April was not going to enjoy this. Leo dialed her number.

“Okay Mikey time for a bath,” Donnie said from the bathroom.

“You do now it’s three am right?” April asked.

“Yeah, well it’s just----” Leo cringed and Mikey started to cry loudly.

“Mikey it’s only water!” Donnie was trying to sooth the small turtle.

“Is that a baby? And who is Mikey?” April asked.

“Well you see---”

“No Mikey please don’t poop..no no---” Donnie was holding Mikey under his arm racing to the sink.

“No Donatello don’t hold him like that!” Splinter called out.

“Just put it in the sink! I am trying to sleep!” Raph snapped.

“Uh Leo?”

“Could you just bring diapers….I have to go!”

“Wait what size?” but it was too late Leo hung up.
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April pulled on some clothes and sweatshirt. This was New York City, she could find diapers at three am right? April really wished she knew what was going on at the turtle’s lair. Still half a sleep she walked into a connivence store that was opened twenty-four hours. She looked at the diapers, well his carapace would take more space than a human child, was it even a turtle? Oh god was it a human!? April pulled out her t-phone. “LEO! She tell,” causing the turtle to jump on the other end of the phone. “The diapers are they for...a turtle?” she whispered the last part.

“Uh yeah--”

“Tell me how much he weights.”

“I dunno...fifteen, pounds? I don’t know!”

“Then ask someone!”
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“Donnie, uh April is on the phone she is going to get diapers, but she needs to know how much Mikey weighs.”

Donnie walked out of the bathroom with Mikey wrapped in a towel that was way to large for the small turtle. Donnie carried him to his lab and tried to get a weight by placing him on his scale he used in his lab. “tell her 5.4 kilograms”

“Donnie in pounds...she is yelling at me…”


“Twelve pounds,” Donnie said re wrapping Mikey in the towel, “and ask her to get him a sweatshirt his is cold.”
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“Guys do you have anything for him?” April snapped tossing diapers into her carriage as well as a bottle.

“No not really we just found him the night before last.”

“FINE!” April yelled hanging up the phone causing the store clerk to look at her funny. She walked to the souvenir stand and found a ‘I love NY‘ sweatshirt. She was trying to think about his shell. She found a sweatshirt that was for a one year old child, it was orange it was the only color, not that she really cared. The poor thing was cold.
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When April got to the lair Raph was sitting at the kitchen table reading a comic book. Donnie was sitting on the couch holding a bundle wrapped in a large towel, and he was feeding the bundle a bottle. Leo was cleaning up the bathroom and Splinter was cooking something in the kitchen.

“Hey guys,” April said, “I got you the diapers and sweatshirt, plus a few more things I thought a baby could use.” April smiled and placed the bag on the table.

“Thank you my student, we did not want to disturb you so early, but it was needed.”

“Yes it was,” Donnie said carrying the small turtle over to the kitchen.

“I can I see him?” April asked. Donnie handed April the small turtle. April took the baby turtle into her arms. He blinked his eyes opened and yawed and then nuzzled against her warm body. She was so angry for them waking her up at three in the morning for diapers, but seeing who she was getting them for made her forget. She tried to picture a baby turtle when she wast at the store. The baby was now sucking his thumb. She could see his skin was lighter the other boys, and his little face was dotted with freckles. The turtle blinked again. His eyes, they were large blue eyes, full of wonder and hope. He was like a miniature copy of her other friends. She found it took her breath away. April stroked his cheek causing him to giggle, “so cute…” she whispered. The turtle smiled a toothless smile.

“Yeah so darn cute now take it outta here before it pees again.”    

“Raphael that is not way to talk about your brother. He is an infant and cannot control his bladder,” Splinter said

“What is his name?” April asked as a dejected Raph grumbled and walked off to his room.

“Michelangelo,” Splinter said.

“Well it fits, he is a little angel.” April said, “Angel.”

“We call him Mikey,” Donnie said.

“Mikey,” April said looking down at the now sleeping infant turtle in her arms.

“Let’s get a diaper on him before he has an accident,” Donnie said. They went to Mikey’s room and April saw the pillow and blanket nest.

“Is that his bed?” she asked kneeling down to lay him in it.

Donnie ran his hand over his head, “yeah we have not found something proper for him, we can use a regular bed, we tried looking for a crib, but no luck.”

“My cousin has a crib I can get. She has not used in like five years.”

“Thanks April that would be great, but he does like his nest.”

April watched as Donnie put the diaper on Mikey and tuck him into bed and kiss his little brother’s head. “You look like you know what you are doing,” April said.

Donnie blushed, “I looked it up, I did not want to hurt him.”

April smiled, “so how did you find him? And what is that band on his ankle?”

Donnie took a deep breath and explained everything he knew.
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The next day April was able to get the crib for Mikey.

April was sitting on the ground playing with Mikey. He had three blocks and a broken rattle. Little Mikey looked happy with his limited toys, but April wanted to get him some more toys. She looked down and found Mikey was sitting in her lap. He was wearing his little orange sweatshirt. Soon the small turtle fell asleep.

“The crib is all set,” Donnie said.

“Well that is perfect time he fell asleep,” April looked down at him, “I just want to know why the left him, he is so sweet and innocent.”

“I will figure that out,” Donnie said with confidence picking up Mikey to carry him to his new crib.

“Find out what? That he is trap.” Raph commented. Donnie shot him a look that made April not want to ask.

“I think I will get him some more toys, and other things babies need.”

“You don’t have to, we-we can’t pay you back,” Donnie said.

“Don’t worry, think of it as payment for sensei teaching me. Mikey need more than three block and a rattle that does not rattle,” April said waving around the rattle, “besides I want to do it. More like need to what good is a rattle that does nothing?”

Donnie laid his brother in the crib and Leo covered him up and tucked him in.
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April had gone home Mikey had been sleeping for nearly three hours. Splinter was mediating, Leo was watching Space Heros, Raph was reading a comic book, and Donnie was in his lab. Mikey began to cry and scream. It sounded like he was in pain.

Splinter ran over to his son. He could see fear in his blue eyes. Splinter lifted him from the crib and Mikey buried his face into Splinter’s chest, but he could tell he was calming down, “You are safe.”

“Sensei is Mikey okay?” Leo asked.

“I believe he is. The Kraang must have kept him in a cage and the bars on the crib are reminding him of them.”

“I can’t even think of what they must have done to him, to make him this scared,” Donnie said, “I will hide the bars with a blanket.”

“That is a good idea Donatello. We are going to have to be carful, we do not know what will cause a memory for Michelangelo.” Mikey turned his head to Donnie and then opened and closed his hands, he wanted his big brother. Splinter smiled, “he likes you.”

“I like him too. I never thought I would be and older brother, but now I truly am a big brother. I have someone to teach. Leo and Raph are my brothers, but it seems different with Mikey.” Donnie said.

“It is always different when you are looking out for someone, rather than the one being looked after,” Splinter said, “the bond is unique you will share with Michelangelo. He will look up to you, you will watch him grow up rather than growing up with him like you did with your brothers.”

“Eh eh,” Mikey sounded and stretched out his hands to Donnie.

“You want to brother wants you,” Splinter said. Mikey stuck out his lower lip, “okay you want your brother now.” Splinter handed Mikey to Donatello.

Donnie looked down at his brother and smiled. Mikey reached up and took hold of Donnie’s mask and stuffed it into is mouth, “you only want me for my mask?” Donnie laughed causing the small turtle to laugh as well.

“I will go prepare him some liquid algae for him to eat he must be hungry,” Splinter said looking at his two youngest sons.

Donnie nodded and walked over to couch to sit down with his brother. Using his brother’s little hands he covered his eyes. “Where’s Mikey?” he ask, “I don’t see him,” then he moved the small turtle’s hand from his blue eyes, “there he is!” Donnie smiled at the giggling turtle.

“Really Donnie? That is s dumb game. I expect it from Leo, but not you.” Raph said walking by.

“Raph, Mikey is a baby, keeping it simple is the best,” Leo said.

“Yeah simple and stupid,” Raph commented. Leo just sighed and shook his head while watching Donnie continue to play with Mikey.
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“Hey guys I got some things for Mikey!” April said walking into the lair.

“April that looks like a lot of things,” Donnie said.

“It was just so much fun shopping! Look it’s a turtle! There are some teething rings, more blocks, a rattle that works. My cousin said I can have her old playpen too.”

“What the shell is a playpen?” Raph asked looking at the push turtle.

“It’s like, hmmm a mini crib so that he can be in the room with when you train and you won’t have to worry about him getting hurt,” April said.

“That is perfect,” Leo said “he does not like to be alone.”

“Or his crib even thought I hid the bars,” Donnie commented.

“Really he does not like the crib?” April said.

“Yeah sensei think’s it is reminded of when the Kraang had it,” Raph said.

“You know your brother has name,” April said not liking Mikey being referred to as an ‘it’ by his own brother.

“Brainiac here can prove he is not a trap and I will use it’s name.”

“April, leave it. Raph does not get it. I think he will love the toys,” Leo said, “bring him the toy turtle. He is with Master Splinter in the dojo.”

April walked into the dojo, “what is my student?” Splinter asked.

“I got some toys for Mikey. I thought he would like this,” she showed him the plush turtle.

“Give it to him.” Splinter said.

April knelt down and handed Mikey the plush turtle. The small turtle grabbed into his hands and hugged it close to his plastron and then he kissed the toy on it’s head.