Summary: Don has a feeling he can't understand and it's stressing him out, things get worse when he saves the life of a strange being and is repaid with a shell kicking. Who is this creature and what exactly is she?
Note: This story introduces my OC and takes place somewhere in 2003 season 2.
Disclaimer: I do not own TMNT or any of the characters. Loop is the only character I own.
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PART I
"I'm gonna kill you hard Mikey!!" A pink stained Raphael screamed as he chased Michelangelo throughout the lair.
"That wasn't meant for you Raph, honest it wasn't!" Mikey said as he continued running for his life.
Donatello was trying to work on a new upgrade for the BattleShell, but he couldn't concentrate due to his two brothers trying to kill each other. Come to think of it, he hadn't been able to fully concentrate on anything the past few days.
Don felt as though there was something that should be a part of his life, but he didn't know what, and it was starting to rattle him down to his last nerve. A sudden crash and a scream made the purple-clad turtle cringe and squeeze a mechanical part so hard that it broke in his hand.
Raph had finally caught Mikey and was trying to strangle the younger turtle with his mask. At that split second, Leonardo showed up and pried Raph away from Mikey.
"What the shell is your problem Raph?!" The blue-clad leader snapped at his brother.
Master Splinter appeared and approached the red-clad turtle.
"What is the meaning of this Raphael?" The elderly rat said, his voice clearly hinting he was angry.
"The Joker in a half-shell here put pink paint in the freakin' shower nozzle!" Raph said angrily, pointing at Mikey.
"That was for Don, I had no idea you'd use the shower." The orange-clad turtle replied.
"I hardly think Donny's stupid enough to walk into a tampered shower! Ain't that right Don?"
The purple masked turtle didn't reply.
"You're right Raph, he's not. Only a complete idiot would fall for that, and I'm looking at said idiot right now." Mikey said without thinking.
Raph snapped and once more pounced on his brother, flames of fury and scoldings followed at that point. Don slouched on the table and covered his ears, all those sounds began ringing in his head like a screaming banshee and was becoming unbearable.
He finally couldn't take it anymore, he slammed his open palms on the table and shot straight up causing his chair to tip and fall, this brought the attention of the creatures to Don just as he spun around and faced them with a glare that read murder.
"GOD DAMN IT!!! WILL YOU GUYS JUST SHUT THE HELL UP?!!! YOU'RE DRIVING ME UP THE WALL!!!!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.
Leo, Raph, and Mikey were completely shocked by their brother's sudden outburst that they were left speechless, even Splinter was shocked.
After a few deep breaths, a shocked expression appeared on Don's face after realizing what he just said, he then darted into his room and shut the door with a hard slam. The entire lair was soundless for about half a minute before Mikey broke the silence.
"Ok……that was scary."
"I don't think I've ever heard Donny use that kind of language before." Raph said still stunned.
Leo still didn't say a word, he just stood with his arms crossed over his chest wearing a serious expression like he usually did.
"I sense Donatello is frustrated." Master Splinter said.
"About what sensei?" Mikey asked.
"He has come across a question of which he can not understand, a question of which life eventually gives you."
"What not to do when you're driving?"
At that moment, Raph smacked Mikey upside his head.
"Ow! Hey!"
"I'll talk to him." Leo finally spoke.
He went to Don's door and knocked.
"It's unlocked." Don called from the other side.
Leo opened the door and found Don sitting cross-legged on his bed twirling one of the tails of his bandana around his finger looking guilty, he was obviously ashamed of what he had done.
"Hey Don? Got a minute?" The leader asked.
"What for?" Don questioned.
"Just to talk…I understand you sort of lost your cool back there."
"I-I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me, it just sort of came out."
"You don't have to be sorry, it's just that you haven't really been on your game lately and we're all concerned. Is there something bothering you?"
"As a matter of fact, there is. Lately I've been getting this feeling that…something should be a part of my life, but I don't know what it is. I've been trying to figure out why I'm having this feeling, but there seems to be no answer at this point."
Leo leaned against the doorframe listening to every word he said, it was clear that his brother was distressed by whatever was on his mind. Suddenly Don got off the bed and headed out passing Leo by.
"Where're you going Don?"
"I'm going topside for a while, I need to clear my head." Don said.
"Just remember to come back before our training session starts." Leo said.
"Don't worry, I will." The purple masked turtle replied as he made his way to the mystic elevator.
Meanwhile on the surface somewhere downtown, trouble was about to break loose. Near a home theater store window stood a figure wrapped in a cloak made out of discarded cloth and oddly had horns sticking out from the top of the head, it was watching the news on the TVs displayed in the window.
"In other news, local authorities have finally called off the search for Alyssa O'Brielly who has been missing since June 5th of last year. Alyssa disappeared after leaving her junior prom and hasn't been seen or heard from since that night, police asked the friends of the 16-year-old girl if they knew anything that happened before she disappeared."
The figure hung its head in sadness as the newswoman continued her report. Then out of nowhere, nine men dressed in black and red jumped down from the store's roof and cornered the cloaked figure who was now trembling with fear.
"Subject double zero one located, commence capture now!" One of the men said.
The cloaked figure attacked one of the men and dashed off into the alleys with the strange men following close behind. Somewhere nearby, Don looked from the rooftops out onto the city streets as the moon shined brightly in the night sky.
He saw a bunch of young couples holding hands, walking side-by-side, and kissing. He also saw a bunch of stores with decorations shaped like hearts in the window. According to the calendar, tomorrow after tonight was Valentines Day.
Don didn't understand why, but as he looked at all those couples, he got this feeling that he felt…left out. A sudden scream got his attention and decided to investigate, he followed the noise right to an alley closed off by a chain link fence just in time to see the cloaked figure trying to ditch the men that were chasing it.
One of them grabbed hold of the corner of the cloak and it ripped off the figure, revealing its true identity. Don couldn't see it clearly, but the figure didn't seem quite human. The creature tried to escape over the fence, but one of the men caught it with a taser hook, the creature screamed in pain and fell to the ground unconscious.
Don had just about enough, he drew his bo and jumped from the ledge and landed on one of the men, knocking him unconscious. The others turned to face a shadowed turtle like figure armed with a six-foot long stick.
"What the hell is that?"
"Is that one of Dr. Z's?"
"I don't think so."
Don had no idea who these men were, but they were clearly not Foot soldiers, nor were they friendly considering they started to attack him. The men came at him left, right, behind, and dead ahead, but Don's ninjutsu skills and intellect proved that he wouldn't be taken down that easily.
"Code Orange I repeat, we have a Code Orange! Retreat immediately!" One of the men called out.
Another threw a few smoke pellets on the ground and released a thick cloud of smog, when it cleared, all the men were gone without a trace. Don turned his attention to the creature now starting to come around, the moon was right over the alley so the light made it easy to see the creature clearly.
To the turtle's utter surprise, his eyes didn't deceive him, the creature was defiantly not so human. Judging by the slender curvy build and the breasts, it was most defiantly female, however the identity of the female was most interesting yet bizarre to Don.
The female seem to have body parts of different animals, legs of a Red Kangaroo, feet of an Emperor Penguin, front limbs of a Black Panther, head and hide of a Grey Seal, ears of a cat, Gemsbok horns about a foot long, and a tail from a Red Squirrel.
She still however had the basics of a human such as figure, hand functions, standing, and round shape of the eyes. She had waist-length brown hair, wore a ragged torn t-shirt, torn shorts and no shoes, and was a little taller than the ninja. Don didn't hear it quite clearly, but he could've sworn he heard the creature utter a vulgar word.
He silently stepped out of the shadows and tried to inspect her up close, the creature obviously heard him and pounced on him. She bit into his shoulder causing the turtle to yell out in pain, Don pushed her off and got to his feet holding his now bleeding shoulder.
The creature snarled viciously and her blue eyes flared showing dangerous rage. She charged to bite again, but Don protected himself by holding his bo in front of him so she'd bite it instead of him.
But the creature yanked the bo out of his hands and broke it in half with her razor sharp teeth and slashed Don across the chest leaving three scratches about three inches deep.
"I WON'T GO BACK THERE!!!!" The creature shrieked.
"What do you mean?!" Don asked.
"Don't play fucking stupid!! You know damn well what I mean!! I'm not letting you take me back so your sick bastard boss can do more damage to me than he already has!!!"
Don was completely confused. What was this girl talking about? Then it hit him like a ton of bricks, she must think he's one of those men.
"Wait! It's not what you think! I'm not one of them!"
The creature obviously did not want to hear what he had to say, she just continued to bite and scratch him viciously in a blind rage. Don had to do something but he didn't want to harm the female, all he could do right now was defend himself, and that didn't help him much.
He soon began to slow down due to the intense pain and blood loss, he couldn't keep this up any longer. The creature threw him into the brick wall, stood on her tail, repeatedly kicked him in the chest then hit him in the head with a trashcan. After that, she climbed over the fence and made a break for it.
"Wait!" Don called to her.
He tried to pursue, but he was heavily injured and too weak to do so. Don slumped against the wall bleeding profusely and barely clinging to his life.
END OF PART I
Sorry for the cliffhanger, but don't worry, Donnie will live. Part 2 coming soon.