In all of his fifteen, almost sixteen, years, Donatello had never come across something like this. He and his brothers had come across aliens, monsters, all manner of evil and malevolent beings, and no small number of alternate universes. But never, EVER, had Don encountered anything like this. It was a computer he could not hack. Donnie shook his head in disbelief. He had been at this for almost a week now, and had tried every trick in the book, plus some new ones, but to no avail. iMan, this makes hacking into the government , no, hacking into Karai's network seem like opening a game solitaire! /i Don thought with a sigh. So absorbed was Donatello in his (so far fruitless) efforts, he did not even notice his brothers.
"Got anything yet, Donnie?" Raphael asked. Raph wasn't gonna admit it, but he was starting to get concerned. This was bugging his techno-geek brother badly, and Raph was starting to worry that Don might go overboard like he always did when he worked too hard.
Don jumped, suprised, then shook his head. "Nothing. I bearly even got a username. Whoever this Ansem guy is, he's GOOD." Donnie replied, sounding frustrated and a little defeated.
Michaelangelo hugged Don's shoulders. "Don't worry Donnie!" Mike said with his usual good-natured smile.
"Yeah, Don." Leonardo agreed with a nod and a hand on Donnie's free shoulder, "You'll get it. You always do."
Don looked at his brothers, and nodded before looking back to the computer screen. "You know what? I just noticed something. It never asks for a password; it keeps asking for a key. I wonder if that means something . . ."
Raph smirked; nothing ever outsmarted the brother in purple, and if it did, it never lasted long. "Knew ya'd get it."
Don nodded, but he didn't really hear. His finger were flying over the keyboard, begining to understand the nature of the riddle. "The key . . . " he muttered.
"Hm?" Leo inquired. "What are you talking about, Don?"
"Yeah, bro! Don't we usually get a watered down version of the answer?" Mike asked, equally confused.
"Well, I'm not sure what I found, to be honest." Don admited. "But I think it's the 'key' that I was suposed to be looking for. It says, 'For one darkness, there is one Key. Another darkness, another Key. The second Key is made of four.' It doesn't make much sense . . ."
The brothers didn't have long to ponder. The moment Don finished speaking, the screen to his computer began glowing bightly, and all four felt themselves being pulled inside . . .