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Is that some kinda ninja trick?''\n\n\tIf it weren't for the years he'd spent learning to maintain a poker face under any circumstance, Leo might have given away his embarrassment for being caught.  He thought he was touching Mikey's carapace lightly enough so it wouldn't be noticed, but he must have gotten a bit carried away.\n\n\t``Partly that, partly curiosity,'' Leo said truthfully.  ``I suppose I wanted to know if your carapace was the same as mine.''\n\n\t``'Cause it's smaller, right?'' Mikey asked.  ``I noticed that too.''\n\n\t``I'll stop if it's distracting you,'' Leo offered.\n\n\t``You don't have to,'' Mikey said, his face changing color the tiniest bit.  ``It's kinda soothing to be honest.''\n\n\tIn response, Leo smiled and flattened his palm on Mikey's carapace, letting his fingers boldly dip into the grooves.  He was careful not to press down too hard being well aware of how sensitive the spaces between scutes could be.\n\n\tSeeing the look on Mikey's face as he contemplated the next part of his story, Leo told him gently, ``Take your time.''\n\n\tNodding, Mikey sat quietly for a minute and then took a breath.  ``I guess this part of my story starts out like most kids' does; at some point in your life you run up against someone who is just plain mean and likes to prove it.  My first experience was in the schoolyard with those bullies.''\n\n\tMikey laughed shortly and went on, ``They weren't even after me; I was really good at not being seen when I didn't want to be and when those guys came around I usually vanished.  The other kids learned to do that too but this one night my skateboard buddy didn't move fast enough.\n\n\t``There were three of them and one of them grabbed Carlos' skateboard.  Carlos didn't have much but that new skateboard was everything to him and he wasn't gonna leave without it.  When he tried to get it back, they started pushing him, you know, bouncing him between them and laughing.  They said they were holding it for ransom and if he didn't pay they'd take the skateboard and pawn it.''\n\n\tLeo frowned as he pictured the scene Mikey was describing.  He understood all too well that bully mindset; those boys would grow up to be thugs, thieves, or worse.  Sometimes a good hard dose of intervention helped, but there weren't enough people who were willing to dish out that kind of medicine.  Except for Leonardo and his brothers.  And Mikey.\n\n\t``Carlos yelled at them to give it back, that it was his and he wasn't gonna pay to get his own property back.  Then he said the worse thing ever; he told them he was gonna call the cops.  He said he knew their names and that he'd make sure they all got sent to juvie.\n\n\t``That's when one of them shoved him down.  I heard them say they'd make sure he never told the cops anything `cause no one liked a squealer.  Dude, I was never so scared in my whole life, not even when I was starving or freezing half to death.  I was just sure they were gonna kill Carlos.\n\n\t``I knew I couldn't hide anymore.  One of those guys kicked Carlos in his side and I lost it.  I was still scared, but I was also pissed off, you know?  Carlos was my friend; I'm pretty sure he knew I was different but he didn't care.  There was no way I was gonna let them kill him even if I got killed trying to help.\n\n\t``I didn't have a clue how to fight but I knew I was at least as strong as they were because of my mutation.  Instead of trying to go for all of them at once, I ran straight for the leader.  He didn't even hear me coming until I was right on top of him.''\n\n\tMikey's eyes were shining as the raw excitement of that memory came back to him.  Leo reached between them and picked up the medical kit, setting it on the ground so that he could slide a little closer to the younger turtle.  Mikey followed his movements but didn't seem to mind, nor did he protest when Leo took his hand and gave it a light squeeze.\n\n\t``My momentum and body weight flattened him and then I just started swinging at anything I could hit.  One of his buddies kicked me, but he got my carapace instead of my body.  He was wearing sneakers and I think it broke his toe.\n\n\t``Then I could feel the other two grabbing at me and dragging me off their leader.  One of them hit me so hard I saw stars and then it was me on the ground getting wailed on.  They were hitting me and kicking me and yelling stuff I couldn't even really hear.  But when their leader said they were gonna kill me, well I heard that.\n\n\t``I thought I was dead for sure.  My head felt like somebody ran a car over it.  Then Carlos got up and cracked his skateboard across the leader's back.  Dude, he shrieked so loud I was positive they could hear him in Manhattan.''\n\n\tMikey was chuckling and Leo smiled, although his heart hurt at the thought of Michelangelo so young and alone taking such an enormous risk for a friend.  If he had been badly hurt, he couldn't have gone to a doctor like the humans did.\n\n\t``Were you injured?'' Leo asked.\n\n\t``Actually I was lucky,'' Mikey said.  ``I kept my arms up to protect my skull and all those layers of clothes helped too, but mostly my shell saved me.  They did hit my face a few times and I had a nasty black eye for a week; it was so puffy I could hardly see out of it.''\n\n\tHis smile disappeared as quickly as it came then.  ``Carlos had a broken arm and a couple of busted ribs though.  And of course his skateboard was totaled.  I offered to give his old one back but he said no, having a skateboard just invited the bad kids to pick on you.  I felt really sad about that but the worst was that his mom said he couldn't play on the schoolyard anymore.  I think they moved a little while after that `cause I didn't even see him in school.''\n\n\tMikey looked up again.  ``You know what Leo?  In less than a week those bullies were back again, only instead of three there were five of them.  They ruined everything.  Nobody wanted to play with them around.  The only chance I ever got to really be with other people was spoiled.  They sat around smoking cigarettes and throwing trash everywhere, and then they started painting symbols on stuff.  Things that used to look neat and clean were messed up.''\n\n\tFor the first time since Leo had come to know Mikey he heard bitterness in the lost boy's voice.\n\n\t``It is the nature of miserable people to want to spread their misery,'' Leo said.\n\n\t``I'm sure that's true, but that doesn't apply to everyone in that position,'' Mikey said.  ``I've never had anything but I don't want to steal things from people or try to hurt them for the fun of it.  I'll tell you what I did want to do after that night; I wanted to learn how to protect myself better.\n\n\t``I looked through all the books in the library and found a few about boxing and martial arts.  You've gotta remember, it was an elementary school, so there weren't very many books on the subject, but I read all of them.  I also found some DVD's in the library on beginning and intermediate Tai Chi and I started practicing it.  That wasn't really fighting, but it felt good and helped with my balance, flexibility, and breathing.''\n\n\tMikey was starting to appear excited again and his exuberance was contagious as Leo's pulse quickened.\n\n\t``Did something else happen?'' Leo asked, prodding the youngster.  Mikey's story had completely captivated him and he found he couldn't wait for it to continue.\n\n\t``Dude,'' Mikey breathed out in something that sounded like awe.  ``I'll say something happened.  I was sitting in the lounge one night watching TV and this movie came on.  After the first couple of minutes I was hooked and didn't move off my chair the entire time it was playing.  I think I about eight years old by then and I'd never seen anybody do what the man in this movie could do.  He changed me forever.''\n\n\tLeo's eye ridges lowered as he was now thoroughly intrigued.  ``What movie was it?'' he asked.\n\n\t``Enter the Dragon,'' Mikey said.  ``Starring Bruce Lee.''\n\nTBC...................\n\n",
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those boys would grow up to be thugs, thieves, or worse.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sometimes a good hard dose of intervention helped, but there weren&#039;t enough people who were willing to dish out that kind of medicine.&nbsp;&nbsp;Except for Leonardo and his brothers.&nbsp;&nbsp;And Mikey.<br /><br />\t``Carlos yelled at them to give it back, that it was his and he wasn&#039;t gonna pay to get his own property back.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then he said the worse thing ever; he told them he was gonna call the cops.&nbsp;&nbsp;He said he knew their names and that he&#039;d make sure they all got sent to juvie.<br /><br />\t``That&#039;s when one of them shoved him down.&nbsp;&nbsp;I heard them say they&#039;d make sure he never told the cops anything `cause no one liked a squealer.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dude, I was never so scared in my whole life, not even when I was starving or freezing half to death.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was just sure they were gonna kill Carlos.<br /><br />\t``I knew I couldn&#039;t hide anymore.&nbsp;&nbsp;One of those guys kicked Carlos in his side and I lost it.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was still scared, but I was also pissed off, you know?&nbsp;&nbsp;Carlos was my friend; I&#039;m pretty sure he knew I was different but he didn&#039;t care.&nbsp;&nbsp;There was no way I was gonna let them kill him even if I got killed trying to help.<br /><br />\t``I didn&#039;t have a clue how to fight but I knew I was at least as strong as they were because of my mutation.&nbsp;&nbsp;Instead of trying to go for all of them at once, I ran straight for the leader.&nbsp;&nbsp;He didn&#039;t even hear me coming until I was right on top of him.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tMikey&#039;s eyes were shining as the raw excitement of that memory came back to him.&nbsp;&nbsp;Leo reached between them and picked up the medical kit, setting it on the ground so that he could slide a little closer to the younger turtle.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mikey followed his movements but didn&#039;t seem to mind, nor did he protest when Leo took his hand and gave it a light squeeze.<br /><br />\t``My momentum and body weight flattened him and then I just started swinging at anything I could hit.&nbsp;&nbsp;One of his buddies kicked me, but he got my carapace instead of my body.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was wearing sneakers and I think it broke his toe.<br /><br />\t``Then I could feel the other two grabbing at me and dragging me off their leader.&nbsp;&nbsp;One of them hit me so hard I saw stars and then it was me on the ground getting wailed on.&nbsp;&nbsp;They were hitting me and kicking me and yelling stuff I couldn&#039;t even really hear.&nbsp;&nbsp;But when their leader said they were gonna kill me, well I heard that.<br /><br />\t``I thought I was dead for sure.&nbsp;&nbsp;My head felt like somebody ran a car over it.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then Carlos got up and cracked his skateboard across the leader&#039;s back.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dude, he shrieked so loud I was positive they could hear him in Manhattan.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tMikey was chuckling and Leo smiled, although his heart hurt at the thought of Michelangelo so young and alone taking such an enormous risk for a friend.&nbsp;&nbsp;If he had been badly hurt, he couldn&#039;t have gone to a doctor like the humans did.<br /><br />\t``Were you injured?&#039;&#039; Leo asked.<br /><br />\t``Actually I was lucky,&#039;&#039; Mikey said.&nbsp;&nbsp;``I kept my arms up to protect my skull and all those layers of clothes helped too, but mostly my shell saved me.&nbsp;&nbsp;They did hit my face a few times and I had a nasty black eye for a week; it was so puffy I could hardly see out of it.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tHis smile disappeared as quickly as it came then.&nbsp;&nbsp;``Carlos had a broken arm and a couple of busted ribs though.&nbsp;&nbsp;And of course his skateboard was totaled.&nbsp;&nbsp;I offered to give his old one back but he said no, having a skateboard just invited the bad kids to pick on you.&nbsp;&nbsp;I felt really sad about that but the worst was that his mom said he couldn&#039;t play on the schoolyard anymore.&nbsp;&nbsp;I think they moved a little while after that `cause I didn&#039;t even see him in school.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tMikey looked up again.&nbsp;&nbsp;``You know what Leo?&nbsp;&nbsp;In less than a week those bullies were back again, only instead of three there were five of them.&nbsp;&nbsp;They ruined everything.&nbsp;&nbsp;Nobody wanted to play with them around.&nbsp;&nbsp;The only chance I ever got to really be with other people was spoiled.&nbsp;&nbsp;They sat around smoking cigarettes and throwing trash everywhere, and then they started painting symbols on stuff.&nbsp;&nbsp;Things that used to look neat and clean were messed up.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tFor the first time since Leo had come to know Mikey he heard bitterness in the lost boy&#039;s voice.<br /><br />\t``It is the nature of miserable people to want to spread their misery,&#039;&#039; Leo said.<br /><br />\t``I&#039;m sure that&#039;s true, but that doesn&#039;t apply to everyone in that position,&#039;&#039; Mikey said.&nbsp;&nbsp;``I&#039;ve never had anything but I don&#039;t want to steal things from people or try to hurt them for the fun of it.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&#039;ll tell you what I did want to do after that night; I wanted to learn how to protect myself better.<br /><br />\t``I looked through all the books in the library and found a few about boxing and martial arts.&nbsp;&nbsp;You&#039;ve gotta remember, it was an elementary school, so there weren&#039;t very many books on the subject, but I read all of them.&nbsp;&nbsp;I also found some DVD&#039;s in the library on beginning and intermediate Tai Chi and I started practicing it.&nbsp;&nbsp;That wasn&#039;t really fighting, but it felt good and helped with my balance, flexibility, and breathing.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tMikey was starting to appear excited again and his exuberance was contagious as Leo&#039;s pulse quickened.<br /><br />\t``Did something else happen?&#039;&#039; Leo asked, prodding the youngster.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mikey&#039;s story had completely captivated him and he found he couldn&#039;t wait for it to continue.<br /><br />\t``Dude,&#039;&#039; Mikey breathed out in something that sounded like awe.&nbsp;&nbsp;``I&#039;ll say something happened.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was sitting in the lounge one night watching TV and this movie came on.&nbsp;&nbsp;After the first couple of minutes I was hooked and didn&#039;t move off my chair the entire time it was playing.&nbsp;&nbsp;I think I about eight years old by then and I&#039;d never seen anybody do what the man in this movie could do.&nbsp;&nbsp;He changed me forever.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tLeo&#039;s eye ridges lowered as he was now thoroughly intrigued.&nbsp;&nbsp;``What movie was it?&#039;&#039; he asked.<br /><br />\t``Enter the Dragon,&#039;&#039; Mikey said.&nbsp;&nbsp;``Starring Bruce Lee.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />TBC...................<br /><br /></span>",
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