Lost Genius

Chapter 2: Within the Grasp of Safety

A/N: Thanks for all the comments everyone. Here's more.

Disclaim: Own no one who belongs with the TMNT series.

I looked at my mud/blood covered hands. The blood was from Shian and the mud was from the roughly made grave I had dug for Shian. It had started to rain a little while ago and I had found a hollow tree to wait the rain out. I had to find this Leonardo Shian had talked about.

"Donatello," I said, contemplating on what to do. "Donatello."

It has a nice ring to it but I wish it would get rid of this mind block. A concussion I think it was called.

I blinked. I looked around the small hole I was in before leaning back, a smile on my face.

I'm smart. That's good to know. If only I could get out of this situation.

Something vibrated against me underneath my belt. Shocked, I pulled something that looked like a turtle's shell. It vibrated again, opening to reveal buttons.

"A cell phone!" I yell, shocked yet not shocked.

"No du brainy," a voice yelled through the receiver. I placed the receiver to my ear. "Where are you?"

"I-I don't know," I said, a little scared.

"So the great brains is lost of words, fascinating," the same voice said.

"Give me that," a gentle yet harsh voice said in the background. "Donnie, are you ok?"

"Just a little battered and shaken," I said before I could stop myself. The voices were familiar and I was comfortable talking to them but I couldn't figure out why.

"Donnie, stay where you are," the voice said.

"K," I said and a click came from the other end. I closed the oddly yet familiar shaped cell phone and leaned back again. A strange sense of peace fell over me as hope of safety was within my grasp.

Beep, beep, beep.

I looked at the phone but that was it. A red light was flashing and I got the sense that it was something like a tracking device.

Beep, beep, beep.

That beeping is kind of soothing now that I think about it.

Beep, beep, beep.

I close my eyes and I concentrate on the beeping.

Beep, beep, beep.

Soon I was asleep.

"Donnie. Donnie, please wake up."

"Hu-what?" I asked, rubbing my eyes.

"Hey bro, glad to see ya finally woke up."

I looked around, a little dazed. I was sitting on the floor in the back of what appeared to be an armored vain from the inside. To my left was a mutant turtle with a blue bandana and two swords strapped to his back and he had his left hand on my shoulder.

Katanas. The swords are katanas.

The one in front of me had a red bandana and two pitchfork like things strapped to him by a brown belt. He had his arms crossed.

Sais. The pitchfork like things got to be sais.

I shook my head and looked at the last on who was sitting to my right. He had an orange bandana and a pair of two pieces of wood connected together by a chain strapped to him like the sais were to the red bandana turtle.

Numbchucks. You know what they are and they are numbchucks.

"You ok Donnie?"

I looked at the blue bandana turtle who had just talked. I shook my head clear and nodded.

"Just a little dazed, that's all."

"Good, cause you're driving," the red bandana turtle said.

"Raph," the one to my right said. "He's in no better condition you were in. We're lucky that he doesn't have a concussion."

"Um," I said biting my lip.

"Oh great," the red bandana one said. "Just great. The brainy one can't remember a thing."

"What can you remember Don?" the blue bandana one asked after glaring at the red bandana one. "Tell us from the beginning."

"Well," I said, "I remember trying to breathe. My chest was heavy and all of the sudden I was breathing easily. Then I tried moving my head, which was probably a bad idea. Pain had shot through my body like---"

"Short story Donnie," The red bandana one said.

"Ok," I said, a little shocked but not really. "I woke up, movement brought pain, found that stick attached to my back, found this girl badly wounded who was blind and only talked through mind contact and she gave me a message for someone named Leonardo."

The blue bandana turtle tensed when I had begun to mention Shian. I looked at him but he just smiled.

"What did she say?" he asked.

"She said…" I tried top swallow the lump forming in my throat and swallow the unbinding tears. "She said to tell him, 'Shian has moved on'."

The blue bandana turtle tensed even more and stood up. He moved to face the back door and leaned against his left arm against the door. Tears fell to the floor.

"I am sorry," I said. "When we had met, she had called me friend. When we parted, we called each other friend."

"You knew her Donnie, but how and who she was can wait," the blue bandana turtle said. "Please continue."

"Then I made her a grave and it began to rain so I found shelter in a hollow tree trunk. Then you called me and after you hung up, I fell asleep."

"I had scouted the area to see what had happened, Leo, and the place was worse. I was actually surprised that Donnie isn't…"

"Yeah, I am too."

"What had happened?" I asked, pleading that one would tell me.

"After we get home," the blue bandana turtle said.

A/N: Sorry bout the wait.