The four turtle brothers relaxed on the rooftops of New York apartments as yet another day was coming to an end. The sun was setting and they were getting quite tired. It was after a foot attack that left them restless and exhausted.

"Don't you just love the sunset guys?" Mikey asked while yawning."I mean, isn't it great to just get away from all the fighting for just one moment?" Raph chuckled under his breath at that.

"But mikey,fightin's da best!"

"Well raphie,that's just you bein a nucklehead!"mikey uncontrollably laughed at his own joke.

"Watcha say,ya pain in my shell?" Raph's expression changed from relaxed,to just plain pissed off. He was getting in a fighting position when Leo cut him off.

"Guys,it's no time to fool around! I know there's no attack right now,but the foot could be anywhere,we don't want to alert them! You know that we don't exactly have the energy for that right now!"

"Pft,whateva you say fearless" Raph growled and then sank back into his spot,glaring at his older brother.

Don had already fallen asleep before anyone had noticed. He was calmly snoring sprawled out in the center of the roof due to the lack of sleep he usually gets in between being in his hours of work in his lab and training with his siblings.

"Hehe,hay dudes, I think Donnie fell asleep. Can I poke him?"

"No mikey,your not gunna poke him. Just help me wake him up so we can get back,it's getting dark and we can't risk another foot atta-" Leo was cut off when he saw a black clad ninja erupt from the shadow by a nearby building.

"Hurry,raph and mikey, help me wake up Donatello...and do it QUIETLY! We need to get out of here before we get into more trouble with the foot."

The three brothers called Don's name softly over and over again,while violently shaking his slumped shoulders.

"Wa,what?!"

"Shh,Don,we need to get back home now,ok." Leo hushed him so he would stay quiet.

"Mmkay,Leo" don shuffled to his feet groggily still half asleep. As the turtle got up,something then landed near his foot. It was a ninja star.

"We need to go...NOW!" It didn't matter how loud any of them were anymore, they were already being hunted by their enemies.

Don tried to get up,but a searing pain interrupted his action. He glanced at the source of the pain right below his right shoulder. A ninja star was embedded into his muscle;blood trickled from his arm. Trying to ignore it,he quickly got up and started to run with the rest of his brothers over the buildings,his consciousness returning fast.

It was almost completely dark out and the sound of more and more foot ninjas were getting closer. Donatello's heart raced so fast,it felt like it was going to burst right out of his plastron.

"Everybody, watch your footing on these buildings. It's starting to get too dark for comfort for what we're doing,so don't slip." Leo was starting to get worried,they had never done this on such old buildings with so many hazards before.

Building after building,they leapt with the foot still a nose behind. All they had to do to get to the nearest manhole was pass by three more streets and an intersection and they were home free. But to Donatello,this was more of a challenge;his wound kept distracting him in the most painful of ways.

"Only one street to go guys, and mikey...no victory dance till we get home safe and unharmed." Mikey replied with a noisy whine and picked up his pace,eager to get home and rest.

Don had chuckled in his mind at his little brothers antics, pushing the pain in his legs and arm to the back of his head for now. He smiled warmly as he approached the manhole closer and closer. That warm smile had changed as quickly as it came when he then felt the edge of the building give away. Slowly,he plummeted to the concrete ground below him.

The three remaining brothers stopped what they were doing. Don could see them glance over the edge of the building shouting his name. Farther and farther they were, the closer he fell to his doom on the cold hard ground. Suddenly, everything went black.

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Donatello woke up with his brothers gently holding his limbs, quickly making their way back to their home through the stagnant sewers. He tried to talk,but all he could muster out was a mumble and a groan. He then tried to move his digits, but he couldn't feel them. Even his arms and legs felt like lead.

"Donnie please,don't move."

Was that Leo, Raph, Mikey? His mind was so fuzzy and dizzy he couldn't even decipher his brothers voices. What had happened to him? He kept struggling with his question as he kept slipping in and out of consciousness.

They had finally made it to the lair with panicking faces and heaving breaths. Don was carefully placed on the couch and covered with blankets. He glanced at the arm that had previously been injured by the foot. He took in a shuddered breath when something else caught his eye. Sure, the ninja star was still sticking out of his arm, but that's not what frightened him. A section on bone in his arm had jutted out from Its eyes rolled to the back of his head and he passed out from the sight.

When Donatello woke up, all he heard was undeciphered mumbles all around. If he tried to concentrate on a single voice or thought, his head pounded and his vision blurred. He could feel warm liquid surround his arm for some odd reason, but it hurt his head too much to try and figure out why. Streaks of green passed his vision, but that was it, his eyes were too unfocused to tell what or who it was. He tried moving his arms to perch himself up, but they wouldn't budge. Suddenly that pain focused all on this right arm, it was unbearable. He then was able to muster out a moan of pain from his mouth and the green blurs surrounding him then focused on him and nothing else.

"D-Donnie? Donnie!" one of the green figures shouted at him. That voice, it was so...familiar.

"M-Mi-Mikey?" that was the first words Don was able to mumble from his exhausted body for hours.

"Guys,guys! He's awake...awake!"

"What?!" Leo pushed his way through his brothers and up to Don.

"Don,Don...h-how do y-you feel?"

"F-fine Leo...just...fi-" his words were cut off with another sharp pain coming from his arm and he shook with shock. Why did it hurt so much? He had forgotten everything from before he woke up.

"Don,don't try to talk if it hurts too much. Guys,watch him... I'm gunna go call April." Don could hear Leo rush to the phone as if it were an emergency...but what was so important? Suddenly it hit him...his arm...that warm liquid it was covered in... it was blood. Panic quickly set in and Donatello's breathing increased in speed. He was bleeding...alot! But why, why was he bleeding?

He stared at the two green figures that he now recognized as his brothers."G-guys...w-why am I bleeding?"

As if his words physically hurt, Mikey started bursting into tears and Raphael just stared at him with concern etched into his face.

Leonardo came back with grief on his face but with hope at the same time. Donatello still had no clue what was happening except for the fact that his arm was heavily bleeding.

"L-Leo...what's...going...o-on? And w-why am I...bleeding?"

Leo couldn't hold in his emotions in even more and starting crying with his little brother. Don couldn't take it anymore. His big brother,his leader...the one who wouldn't cry for anything to keep himself together to be a remodel for his younger brothers...was crying. Don gave him a look of sad confusion as he look at his brother's shuddering body.

"D-Donnie...your...your arm! y-your arm!"

At that sudden outburst, Don focused on his arm. What was on his arm?(other than the mass amounts of blood) No...not on his arm...but coming out of his arm. It..it was his bone! Even more shock bursted through his system and his eyes widened in horror.

"L-Leo?" it was his last word he could muster out before passing out yet again.

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When He woke up, he was in the back of some sort of vehicle on a small wooden table. He was cold. Not just because it was in the middle of the night in a cold metal van...but because he was loosing blood...too much blood. His skin had changed from an olive green to a light,pale green, and it was scary. He felt like he was going to pass out again...but he couldn't. He needed to see his brothers. He peered in the corner of the van and saw Raphael hunched over with an expressionless look.

"R-Raph..."

Raphael immediately came rushing to his side, his whole body shaking in fear. Out of nowhere, Don shook with pain. Talking was too much...but he had to. He needed to talk to his brother.

"Raph, where am I?"

Tears glazed Raphael's eyes and couldn't help but let out a wimper."I-in April's van...its gunna be ok, i-its gunna b-be o-" Raph bursted into tears. Raphael, the unbreakable...the warrior...the hothead...and he was crying.

"I-im ok...Raph, please dont c-" he was interrupted with violent coughing and he curled his back. But...it was just his arm. He wasnt sick...or was he? blood splattered his hands and his eyes grew wide."R-Raph..."

Raphael went into panick. He now feared for his brother's life.

"G-guys!" Don coughed up even more blood and started to shake.

When the rest of the brothers came to Don's side, Raphael was curled up in a ball shedding never ending tears on the floor. Raph...the brave warrior...was now a broken one.