Chasing Diamond (A TMNT fanfiction)

Chapter 25: Time For Chaos!

They stood there for a few seconds, staring after Michelangelo.

"I'm gonna go see what he did," Casey said. This was followed by murmurs and mews of agreement as the four exited the lab together.

"What are you guys doing?" Raphael asked, seeing them on their way there.

"Following Mikey," Donatello replied. "We were talking, then he gasped, awkwardly tried to cover something and ran off."

Raphael shrugged. "Well, in that case, I'm in."

Now there were five of them as they all searched for where Michelangelo had gone.

"Hi, Diamond," Diamond heard someone call.

"Oh, heh, hi Leo," She called back. "Umm..." She started while walking up to him. "You haven't happened to see... I dunno, Mikey dashing to somewhere with something?"

"I think I heard him in the kitchen," Leonardo answered. "Why?"

"Diamond, Casey, Donnie and I were talking," April walked up behind them and started explaining to her. "Then Mikey mumbled something. We turned around as he gasped, and he was trying to hide something before grabbing that something and running off with it."

"You think it was the cat?" Diamond asked her.

"Woah, woah, wait. Slow down," Leonardo said. "A cat? Other than Ivy?"

April, Ivy, and Diamond shared a glance. "I'll explain everything later," Diamond promised. "For now, we should probably find Mikey before he does anything stupid."

Like Leonardo had said, Michelangelo was in the kitchen.

Some people sat down and some remained standing (Or in Diamond and Ivy's case, hovering) as they awkwardly watched Michelangelo eating, or licking, something in the freezer. It wasn't on a plate, it was still in the freezer.

Finally, Leonardo said something.

"Mikey?"

Michelangelo spun around and slammed the freezer door so hard the freezer rocked a little, and popcorn kernels fell out of its bag on top of the freezer, all over him and the floor.

Everyone was staring at him with a weirded out expression.

"I-aaaa, I didn't do it," Michelangelo started to ramble, "I swear I never touched it, and-"

"What are you babbling about?" Raphael cut in.

A small sound from the entrance made everyone turn their head to the sound. They found Splinter walking in. He was leaning heavily on his staff, one hand on his head. "Need... ice..." He started. "For my head. And possibly, a cheesicle."

Diamond stopped hovering and was about to wave her hand, ready to make some ice to give to Splinter, when he opened the freezer door.

"Y-you can't do that!" Michelangelo exclaimed, panicked. "No, sensei!"

"That's it," Diamond muttered. She then exclaimed loudly, "Mikey, WHAT are you hiding!?" When she said 'what' she slammed her hands, now curled into fists, on the table. Tiny spikes of ice appeared on the table, surrounding her hands, as soon as she did so.

"No...?" Splinter said. It was soft, but it was threatening. This was enough to make everybody stop- that wasn't like the Splinter they knew.

"You tell me... no?"

Now they were even more concerned and fearful. Splinter then proceeded to yell loudly, gripping his head tightly before opening his eyes. The eerie glow they'd seen during training had returned, and he was suddenly a lot more like a rat than the sensei they knew. Michelangelo dived out of the way as everyone who had been around the table jumped back and gasped, Ivy hissing loudly.