The Unpredictable

It amazed him how easily life could take unexpected turns, regardless of any calculations you've made, the universe always seems to be keen on testing your limits by ruining any plans you've been making and clinging to for so long.

In the rare instances when his brother, Raph, decided to confide in him his most hidden thoughts, usually late at night, Donatello would listen carefully, relishing the opportunity of getting to see a side of his brother he had yet to fully discover. It was nice to know his was not just the masculine brute he always playfully accused him of being. Out of all the things Raph had told him, however, one particular phrase had him shivering everytime he thought about it, especially after learning their older brother, had told Raph that. The words were all simple enough, but managed to convey exactly what Donatello had been feeling his whole life. Though Leo was never one to speak about the unfairness of it all, never blamed such an abstract concept as "the universe" for their bad luck, he told Raph "there are two types of unwanted events: the ones you know are coming, but expect them to always happen much later, and the ones you had no idea were even a possibility". And he hated to admit it, but even his own brilliant mind could never have predicted, guessed, calculated what pain his family would have to suffer. How it turned out that, after all, he could feel lonelier, so much more, than before. All it takes is a wrong decision, one miscalculated move, one poorly executed attack.

And everything turns black.

The breeze blowing against their bodies made them shiver. It had not been a particularly cold day, considering last week's temperatures, and yet spring was far from setting in, no matter how excited Mikey was upon discovering that days were getting longer. Since this was the first year they were allowed to surface, this fact about spring escaped Michelangelo. Every time they went up, he would point out that it's technically not that late, so they should stay out just a while longer, even though he knew that by the end of patrol he'd be exhausted. They all seemed annoyed by how repetitive this behavior was, but deep down they all enjoyed their brother's excitement about such a simple thing as the alteration between seasons.

But now was not the time for such thoughts, they had a job to do.

Donatello had figured out the Kraang were onto something big, every night for the past week they'd spot Kraangdroids scattered in the city. After some hacking into one of their communication devices they'd got from a Kraangbot Raph had beat up, he discovered that a new portal to Dimension X was being put together, which could only mean more interdimentional trouble for the whole city of New York.

After thoroughly studying some blueprints of the machine he was able to get a basic idea of how it was to be operated and, eventually, how it could be destroyed. Because this kind of Kraang technology was not only extremely dangerous, but also usually protected by some kind of invisible shield, an impenetrable force field.

The four brothers had spent hours trying to lay down a plan of attack. The building where the machine would be situated was guarded by heavily armored Kaangdroids. They had checked every possible entrance and hiding place and were now ready for battle.

The plan was simple enough. First, Donatello would break into their security cameras and freeze the image, so that when they passed in front of them, they wouldn't be seen. Then, Mikey was to distract the guards at the front door, while the other three snuck in. Don would show them the right way, while Leo and Raph cleared the way of any unwanted presences. After that, Mikey would meet with them at the top floor and keep an eye out for any more Kraang coming their way.

Every move had been calculated.

"Everyone ready?" asked Leo. They all nodded in agreement, a look of determination clearly written on all of their faces. "Let's do it then!"

With these words, the plan was set to action. Mikey turned and ran to circle the building while the others took their places. After a minute or so the sound of his voice could be heard, teasing the Kraang and luring them into chasing him down the alley, to the back of the building. When they were gone, Leo, followed by Donnie and Raph, broke into the main entrance. Bracing themselves for battle, they burst through the door, smashing droids' heads before they could call for backup. With Donatello leading the way, the two brothers followed.

Everything was going according to plan. Not a single mishappening.

They headed to the elevator where Leo pushed the button to the top floor. They used the forty five seconds that ensued to regroup and go through the details of the plan again.

When the doors opened they jumped out throwing themselves into combat and calling Mikey for backup. They heard him come in smashing the window on the ceiling and yelling "Booyakasha!", his catchphrase, right before landing on the back of to identical looking kraangdroids.

After ten minutes of battle it was clear that the turtles had won. Mikey didn't even need to look out for more Kraag coming to get them, it was clear as day they didn't even have the time to prepare to fight, resulting in their easy defeat.

"If I can just..." a sound was produced by the gigantic portal in the center of the room that indicated the force field was off.

"Good job, Donnie. Raph, are you ready?"

"Already on it!"

With that, Raphael placed the tip of his sai in a small hole Don had indicated and pushed. A siren went out and the four of them were ready to leave.

"You go ahead, guys. I have to check something. Won't take long" Donatello announced.

"Now? Are you crazy? Let's go!"

"It has to do with the security

system, Leo. The siren had to go out first."

"Are you two gonna negotiate about this for long? Let's get out, Mikey!"

"You too, Leo. Be right there" Donnie said, noting the codes appearing on the screen of his T-phone.

Leo turned to leave, when he heard a strangled noise escape from his brother. He looked around and saw Kraangbot was holding him, wrist bound behind his shell.

"I told you we should go!" Leo shouted as he took out his katana from the seth on his back. The Kraang released his brother instantly and attacked Leo.

The countdown had begun. The whole floor was going to explode.

"Ten seconds. Nine seconds..." the robot-like female voice said.

"Donnie, get out!" Leo said, stabbing the Kraang in the center of the bot.

"... Seven seconds..."

They ran to the emergency exit from which they would jump to the nearest building. Donatello jumped first, finding Raph and Mikey waiting for them. "What took you, jerks, so long?" After a worried glance behind Donnie he asked "Where's Leo?!"

"What do you mean whe-"

"Guys, look!" Mikey shouted, pointing towards the emergency exit. Leo was fighting two Kraangdroids, while time was running out for him.

"... Four seconds..."

His brothers yelled for him to hurry up.

"... Three seconds..."

He took out the first bot.

"... Two seconds..."

Threw the other one off the building.

"... One second."

He jumped.

Too late.

The force of the explosion threw him on the brick wall of the opposite building, from which he fell before he could grasp anything to stay where we was. He landed in an allay, after tumbling down the stairs of the emergency exit of the building. His blood could be seen everywhere.

Some plan they had.

A/N So, what do you think? This is the first fic I've uploaded here. I have a plan on how to continue with this story, but I need to see if you have any comments. Please review and help me become better!