Drabbles with the turtles doing what you want. Give your ideas, and I will try my hardest to create a story around them. Mostly drabbles given to me by reviewers, but some of my own sprinkled in. Will go in order of reviewers. *Can be AU, I'm not stingy.

AU- (2012) Donatello realizes something (after 'it came from the depths')

It had been bothering him for weeks, a detail overlooked in the heat of the moment. When he heard that gargled baritone voice at the entrance of the lair he slowly rose from his computer chair.

Walking out of the lab's oversized doors, he stopped and waited for his turn to say hello to their guest. Raph raised a three fingered hand, not bothering to look away from the newest comic that had caught his attention. Mikey came running full speed and stopped short of their guest, speaking energetically, making grand gestures with his hands. After a promise to return he sped off again. Leo, also hearing their friends entrance, smiled and asked the obligatory, 'How was your day?'. After exchanging niceties, Leo left for the dojo.

Donatello nodded toward his lab, silently asking for a private conversation, seeing this, their friend walked slowly over. Once within, he turned and spoke his mind.

"Leatherhead, when we first met you, remember when Leo, Raph, and I went to find where you hid the powercell?"

Leatherhead slowly nodded.

"You created an effective trap using various pieces of trash, and in the end, took out a section of the wall to create a mechanized hidden space. Not only that, six months ago, you operated the, you know who's, portal, stole the power cell, escaped, and knew to go underground to hide the powercell's energy output."

Leatherhead's eyes narrowed.

"When you said the, you know who, experimented on you… They not only created you, a human and alligator mutant, but they expanded your intelligence, you're acting like a hulking dumb monster. Am I right?"

Leatherhead closed his eyes, and his body shook once, and sighed.

"Yes, my friend, I have created the façade of a 'hulking dumb monster' to hide my intelligence."

Donatello waited for him to continue, but soon realized he wouldn't, so he prodded more.

"Why? You and I could create so much! Together we can figure out how to rid the world of the Krrr- you know who's! I've been creating this hypothetical solution to these mutations! A way to make a, a retro-mutagen! Or a way to-" Leatherhead cut him off with a giant clawed hand on this shoulder, eyes full of sorrow.

"I've created this façade to protect myself and others Donatello. Knowledge is power, and in Dimension X, that's enough to get yourself killed. By not working with you, by being this dumb monster, I make those around me less of a target. If the Krangg knew I was intelligent, knew what I know about their home world, everyone I know would be terminated. Please don't try and convince me otherwise, if you four started sabotaging things that you shouldn't even know about, they will immediately know what occurred, and this area would be wiped. What I mean by wiped is an explosion large enough to destroy the eastern seaboard. The Krangg dominate worlds, and they have the advantage of the unknown as their greatest weapon. If they knew that someone on a backwards planet, knew something, that could compromise their empire, and they would do anything necessary to destroy that threat. I am sorry my friend, but I cannot give up my façade, because that is what protects so many."

Donatello's eyes widened slowly throughout the tale, and at the conclusion, bowed his head.

"Leatherhead… I'm sorry for-"

For the second time Leatherhead cut him off.

"There is nothing to be sorry for my friend, you had a question, and I answered it."

Raising his head, Donatello smiled, and Leatherhead mirrored it. The moment was cut off with Mikey's shout for Leatherhead.

Leatherhead turned, and with his back to Donatello, gave him one last warning.

"I am smart Donatello, but you my friend are smarter. The Krangg could come after you one day for that friend, so watch yourself."

With that, Leatherhead left, leaving Donatello much to think about.

He turned and went back to his computer, but didn't work on anything else for the rest of the day.

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So… what do you guys think? This is my first try, so opinions? I wanted this fanfic to be a tester for me, not only for commitment, but to try and write better.

So, send in your ideas, I will interpret them and send them out. I will do the reviews in order, so, review fast?