TMNT
The four guys were running over roof tops. Like usually, Mikey was teasing Raph about his temper.
Leo was running on top. Short behind, Mikey with Raph on his tail. Don was a little behind, wich wasn't very strange. He had always been the slowest of his brothers and it didn't really bother him that much.
After some time, they stopped and rested for a while. Don was panting, while the others were still full of energy. Especially Mikey, who got an extra energy boost from teasing his older brother.
Leo noticed that Don was tired and decided to go talk to him.
'Are you alright?' he asked. Don looked up and saw the concern on his face. 'Yes, sure. Why wouldn't I be?' he answered, altough he didn't expect Leo to believe him. He knew him bether than that.
'We can stay here a little longer if you need some time to recuperate' Leo offered. Don was about to give in to the offer, but then Rap hand Mikey showed up. 'O, come on! Don't tell me the Braniac needs another rest!' Raph said 'This happenes every day! You really should exercise more instead of always sitting still in your lab!'.
Although Don was used tot his sort of commentary from his brother, it still hurt a bit.
Mikey didn't really help either 'Hey Raph, we know that Don is slow and has got a terrible condition! Leave him alone. If he needs a break, than he can get one' Leo was looking at Don the entire time and the hurt was visible on his face. But Don wouldn't admit so easy that something hurt him. 'It's ok, Leo' Don said, like he had read Leo's mind 'I'll be fine. We can move on if you guys want to' 'Really?' all three of them asked at the same time. It never happened that Don didn't need a rest. 'Don, we're your brothers, you don't need to prove anything to us' Leo said.
'Moving on sounds good to me!' Raph said while already jumping to the next roof top. Mikey followed swiftly with one of his personal cheers. Leo let Don go before him and then followed. He wouldn't say it out loud, but he was a little worried about Don. His condition was less than the others, but it was still good. He had seen the look on his face when Raph and Mikey were talking about him. He wanted to proof that he wasn't less than them. But Leo felt in his gut that this could lead to very bad things…
Mikey was in a great mood, which meant that he wanted Raph to have a terrible mood. After a couple more blocks, Raph suddenly stopped and faced Mikey 'That's it, you're going down!' after that he started running around the rooftop chasing Mikey. By that time, Leo and Don had arrived at the rooftop too. Leo smiled when he saw his two brothers running around. But when he looked at Don, he felt the same worry from a couple minutes ago. But now it had gotten stronger. Don was quit pale and shaking a little on his legs. 'Don?' Leo asked 'Are you feeling okay?' Don was a little startled by the sudden question, but he recoverd quickly 'Of course I'm fine! Why do you ask?'
'You don't look very good' Leo answered 'Maybe you should sit down a bit while Raph tries to kill Mikey' Don smiled but declined the offer.
After another ten minutes, Raph had caught Mikey and pinned him down. 'Not so tough now, are you?' Raph said with a huge grin planted on his face. 'Next time, I'll win!' Mikey answered while trying to get out of Raph's grip. 'You said that the last twenty-two times, Mikey' Raph answered, while smiling. He let go of Mikey and pulled him back to his feet. They walked over to Leo and Don, who didn't look so good.
MIKEY's POV
Wow, what's wrong with him?
RAPH's POV
Why is Don white instead of green?
LEO's POV
If this is Raph's or Mikey's fault, they won't survive the night!
NOBODY's POV
They continued their night, but much slower. They didn't say it out loud, but they knew that everyone was worried about Don's condition. They had run another thirty minutes after their last stop and Don had become light green instead of his usual bright colour. He was shaking on his legs and constantly gasping for air.
'Let's head back to the Lair' Leo announced. Everybody agreed and they continued to the closest alley with an acces to the sewers. Again, Leo was right behind Don just in case.
Two blocks away from their entry point, Don made a jump for the next building… but missed by an inch. He planted his feet on the edge, but slipped over and hit the concrete with his knee. After that, he fell and only just managed to grab on to the edge with one hand.
'Don!' Leo yelled.
He ran as fast as he could and jumped onto the next building. Raph and Mikey turned around and saw Don falling of the building. 'Donnie!' Raph screamd. The both of them ran as fast as their legs could carry them. Leo streched out for Don's hand and tried to grab it. Raph and Mikey had joined him. While Mikey helped Leo with trying to grab Don's hand that wasn't holding the rooftop, Raph was helping Don by pulling on his arm that held the edge. Finally, Mikey managed to grab Don's hand. Raph held Don's other arm and Leo held Mikey in the side. 'On three guys' Leo ordered 'One, two, three!' They pulled with all the power they had. After what felt like an eternity, Don was pulled back on the rooftop. He was lying on his back and panting extremely hard. His face had become even more pale. Also the other three turtles were panting now. Altough Don was the thinest, that still didn't make it easy to pull him up.
'Are you Okay?' Leo asked, his voice filled with concern. It took a while before the response came 'I think so… Thanks' Don answered with a small smile. Raph was at Don's side and helped him sit up straight 'Don't you dare to scare me like that again, bro. I don't know what I would do without my tecnician' Raph said with a grin. 'Yeah', Mikey added with a huge smile 'Who would have to fix my videogames when you're not here anymore?' 'Let's go home, guys. Sunrise in an hour' Leo informed the rest of them. Raph and Mikey jumped up, but Don stayed down for a bit. After half a minute, he tried to get onto his legs, but failed miserably. Leo offered him a hand, which he aspected he would ignore and just try it again. But much to his suprise, Don grabbed it with a thankfull smile on his face. Leo pulled him up, but the second Don put weight on his legs, he fell back down with a very pained expression on his face. 'What's wrong Don?' Leo asked concerned 'did you hurt your leg when you fell?' Raph and Mikey had joined him. 'I don't know' Don said 'but my left knee hurts a lot' Very carefully, Leo took Don's left knee cap of. With a gasp, he turned his face away. Mikey looked at the knee with big eyes, while Raph was trying his best not to throw up. 'What's wrong?' Don asked. 'Leo pulled out his katana and showed Don his knee in the reflection. Now Don also gasped. His knee was thick and had almost every coulour of the rainbow. Also it looked like the joint was out of place.
'Wow, now I understand why it hurts…' Don said. 'We have got to get you out of here' Leo said while looking around for someway to bring his injured brother home. 'I can help' Raph said. His brothers looked at him with a questionable look. He kneeled right in front of Donnie 'Climb on' He suggested. The brothers looked at each other and nodded. Mikey and Leo helped Don on his good leg. After that Don held on to Raph like his life depended on it… which it probably did.
Raph was very careful in jumping and running, avoiding anything that may cause his brother even more pain.
When they finally arrived in the lair, Raph put Donnie down on the couch. He himself sat on the floor in front of him while Leo and MIkey went searching for master Splinter.
From the second he saw Donnie fall untill that moment, he could only think of one thing: this is all my fault…
