The one with a frozen heart
A/N:PLEASE READ THIS! Okay, first I am really sorry for being late, but I caught a really annoying cold and was too tired and sick to write, and what was really annoying was that I knew what I wanted to write and then I forgot about it since I forgot to write it down, but I'm fine now and I wish you haven't abandoned this story. And my own internet connection in my room has been down for a few days so so I had to borrow my dad's laptop, so you better thank me for an update. Really, you better thank me, because I have a few last projects to do before graduation in about a week!
And like I promised I have put in more action in this chapter, but not so much Shredder. But in next chapter he will be more active, I promise. And I have a song where Donnie doesn't sing(not much anyway) and hope you will like it. And again, if you have any ideas on songs, don't be afraid to ask me if I can try to fit them in. Hope you like the chapter and please review. Please? I could use some kinds words from you right now. Hope you enjoy it and happy reading!
Chapter 4, Shredder's orders
(Donnie's P.O.V)
I ran as fast as I could through the city to the cinema Leo had told me to go to. I had gone to the lair first and grabbed my weapon and was now on my way to the cinema. Leo's call had been short, but I caught the hurry and the 'hurry and get over here and help us quick' tone in his voice. I guess he was worried about April and Casey and I was too. I looked down on the ground and saw more foot-bots heading towards the cinema.
"Good, now I can just follow you to the fight." I thought and started to run after the robots, who didn't seem to notice me. And I didn't have to go far before I heard a fight just ahead. So I started running towards the fight and in an alley only a few roof tops away from the cinema I saw my brothers, April and Casey fight against Rahzar, Fishface and their freaky foot-bots! Well, not theirs, technically it's Shredder's foot-bots but you get the point. I didn't waste any more time, I just pulled out of staff and jumped down to the ground. I barely had time to take breath before I had to kick away a foot-bot and it slammed into the one Mikey was fighting. Mikey, at first looked surprised, then he looked at me a gave me thumbs up with a smile.
"Hope you don't mind if I join you guys?" I smiled at them before slamming the blade of my naginata into one of the robots head and kicked it off the staff. Leo shook his head with a smile and then sliced a robot in two before turning back to me.
"No, of course not. Feel free to drop in when you feel like it." He said before slicing another robot in two and kicked it into the wall. Raph just growled like he always did and pierced a robots head with his sai and then another one.
"Less talking, more fighting!" He yelled and ran head first at a bunch of robots with his signature battle cry. April and Casey may not have been trained for as long as we had, but I have to admit that they did good against the robots. I saw that April's ninja skills had improved a bit and it was only fair to admit that even Casey did a good job, for being a beginner-vigilante and not a skilled warrior or ninja. But Rahzar and Fishface was still kinda out of their league though so Leo and Raph tried to hold them back from the rest of us who fought the robots.
"Give it up turtles, Shredder wants your brother's powers and will do anything to get them! Make it easy for you and hand him over to us, now!" Ah, so that's what he wanted. Rahzar, Fishface and Karai must have sung like birds for Shredder. But if he wanted me, he had to come and get me himself. But I'd rather if he didn't. Leo swung his katana at Rahzar's head and kicked him in the chest.
"If you want him you will have go through us first you ugly wolf!" He yelled and blocked one of Rahzar's attacks with his swords. Raph was busy dodging Fishface's attacks and tried to land a hit when he was trying to dodge those big mechanical feet and legs. But all of a sudden Fishface stopped attacking Raph and ran for... me. I barely had time to dodge his flying kick that was supposed to land a hit on my temple. But I barely had time to react before he grabbed me by my elbows and tried to drag me with him. I tried to pull my arms away from his hands, but his grip was strong and his feet and legs was stronger than me too. I saw Leo trying to run to my aid but Raph held him back.
"Whoa, Leo cool down. If we keep helping him with every fight he's never gonna know what he can do on his own. Let's just see how he is doing and then try to help him if he needs us, okay?" Leo looked like he wanted to answer but reluctantly had to think of other things as Rahzar tried to throw him into a wall and started to fight back.
I was actually glad that Raph had told Leo to not help me. Both Raph and Leo had told me I was improving in our ninja training and I wanted to see if I could handle these sort of situations on my own, and not having my big brothers come and help me out all the time. I guess that is what April feels when we always has to help her.
So I fought back and kicked and pulled on my arms and even tried to bite Fishface's arm,(Yuck by the way, I am not a fan of sushi) but none of it worked. He just smirked at me when my teeth dug into his arm and faked an attempt to bite me with his venomous teeth, and laughed at me when I flinched away. Then I remembered Splinter's words the day after 'The big blizzard' had been thawed when we had training.
Five weeks ago
Master Splinter stood in front of us as we sat beside each other in a line, looking up and our sensei. He looked at each of us but instead of his usual unreadable expression we could see that he was happy to see the four of us and not just three. Though I had to admit it felt weird to be back in the dojo after all these months of hiding in my lab, but I had gone through katas in the lab though very carefully and slowly so I wasn't in any way rusty, but still.
Master Splinter sighed and kept his eyes on all of us, but (and could just have been my imagination or something) I felt as if he was looking directly at me and not the others too. I snapped out of my thoughts as Master Splinter began to talk.
"It feels good to see my sons together again. And to see them get along so well after all that has happened." I thought he was referring to last night's 'brother night' when we all had played video games and ate pizza together. We all looked at each other with smiles and then looked back at Splinter, but kept our smiles. Splinter smiled back but then he looked at me again.
"How do you feel about this my son? Are you feeling alright about this?" I thought the question over before answering, I decided to stick to the truth and not try to dance around it and brush of the concern my father had for me.
"Honestly I still feel a little nervous. It has been a while since I trained in the dojo and even been out of the lab, and I'm still a little scared about my curs... I mean my powers." Mikey placed a hand on my knee and smiled at me reassuringly and I couldn't help but smile back. Master Splinter stroke his beard and seemed to think my answer over. Then he looked back at me.
"Do you still have those gloves, my son?" I nodded and felt the feeling of being held back and restrained returning. But I knew that whatever Splinter was planning was for mine and my brothers own good. He gestured at me to stand up, which I obeyed to. Master Splinter placed his hand on my shoulder and looked me deep in the eyes.
"Donatello, can you promise me something, and swear on your honor to keep it at any cost?" I nodded and felt as confused as I probably looked. "Can you promise me to wear your gloves in training, every training session! And that you will only use your abilities in combat if it's absolutely necessary?" I thought the promise over. I hated the gloves, but a few trainings a day I could live with them I guess. And I suppose it wouldn't be so hard to use my powers only when necessary. So I met Master Splinter's eyes and nodded.
"I promise I will wear the gloves and only use my powers only when it's necessary in a fight. And I promise to keep it at any cost." He seemed to be pleased with the answer and nodded at me. Then he sent me back to the lab to get the gloves, before training started.
I remembered his words and thought over the situation. A big mutant fish was trying to drag me with him and bring me to the Shredder, our mortal enemy who wanted nothing more than to destroy us and our Master. Yeah, I'm pretty sure this qualifies to be absolutely necessary.
So I stomped with my foot as hard as I could and immediately the ice started to cover the ground in the alley. And while Fishface was staring at what happened I kicked him under his chin, so he lost his grip on my arms. And as he was too shocked to understand what happened I grabbed his arm and threw him into the wall next to us and ran away to fight the robots instead. I didn't want to fight that overgrown tuna right now. But he grabbed on to my wrist and tried to pull me back, but I formed an ice ball in my hand and threw it in his face and ran again.
"Stay away from me, you ugly tuna salad!" That made him really angry and aimed a new kick at my head, but I had the time to dodge and I gave him a spin kick right in the jaw and then swiped at his legs and as he fell and punched him so he slipped on the ice and I gave him a new punch and he flew backwards and into Rahzar who only stood a few feet away! I couldn't help but smirk with pride. And looked at the others who had fought the foot-bots and saw they had all been destroyed. Mikey looked at me and gave me thumbs up again.
"You go, bro!" He said and smiled widely at me. I smiled back at felt rather good with myself. Leo also looked impressed and Raph elbowed him in the side and had the smug 'I told you so' look on his face. He then winked at me and gave me a thumbs up too.
"I told you, you were improving in training." He said and patted my shoulder lightly. I smiled widely as his words made its way through my brain. I turned around to see that both Rahzar and Fishface had fled and I felt a little proud. But then my concern took over and looked at all of my brothers and friends to try to see any scars or wounds.
"Are you guys okay?" Leo nodded, Mikey just smiled widely and Raph only grunted as response. April and Casey seemed fine too, maybe a few bruises but nothing too severe. April picked up her Tessen from the ground and then looked at the watch on her T-phone while speaking.
"Yeah, we're fine. Thanks for coming and... Oh my god, Casey we have to go! Our movie starts in fifteen minutes!" Casey also hurried and gathered his stuff and placed his bag on his back and took April's hand as they ran to the cinema, but April yelled something over her shoulder before they were out of sight.
"Thanks for the help guys! See ya tomorrow!" We all stood there a little dumbfounded for a few minutes before Raph crossed his arms over his chest and looked after our friends with a frown.
"Yeah, go ahead and run away like that. It's not like we just helped you live for another day." He said and walked over to the manhole in the alley and looked at the rest of us.
"You guys coming?" But I wasn't listening, I was looking after April and Casey with eyes that wasn't seeing and thoughts that were far out in outer space. Leo saw that and looked back at Mikey and Raph.
"You guys go ahead. We'll catch up in a few minutes." Raph shrugged and he and Mikey jumped down the manhole and placed the cover back on. Leo turned back to me and walked over to my side and placed a hand on my shoulder, making me snap out of my thoughts.
(Leo's P.O.V)
As I placed a hand on Donnie's shoulder I felt him jump a little. I guess he had been in deep thought before I interfered with his thoughts.
"Donnie are you okay?" He sighed and let his head fall forward and then looked at me with big sad eyes. I didn't even know the problem was and I already felt sympathy for him. He sighed again before answering me.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just" He sighed again before sitting down on the ground against a wall and I sat down beside him and looked at him with concern. "I know that I don't really stand a chance against Casey, I know that somewhere inside me, so why do I keep trying? Why can't I just let go and let her go with him?" I placed an arm around his shoulders and pulled his face into my shoulder as he let go of his tears.
"It's okay. Just let it out, it'll make you feel better."He just nodded as he sobbed into my shoulder. It wasn't many times I had seen him cry, at least not since we were kids when Raph had been a bully or something. Donnie eventually calmed down and pulled away from my shoulder and dried his eyes. But I kept my arm around his shoulders.
"Okay, maybe Casey is human and has other things we don't have, but you have some things he doesn't have. And as for April, well let's say she didn't choose you she still likes you. You two are best friends, and she loves to hang out with you too. And" I placed a hand under his chin and made him meet my eyes. "You have us. You don't need her love to be whole." He sighed and leaned his head on my shoulder.
"I know, but it still hurts." I felt a pang of sympathy and tried to think of a way to turn that frown upside down. Then I thought of something. I moved a little so I sat a little closer to him and squeezed his shoulders a little more.
"As you go through life, you'll see, there is so much that we don't understand." Donnie looked up from my shoulder and looked at me with still wet eyes. I smiled at him and leaned my head against his.
"And the only thing we know is things don't always go the way we planned." I lightly pushed him away so I could stand up and then offered him my hand to take. He hesitated at first before smiling and grabbing it, letting me pull him to his feet.
"But you'll see every day, that we'll never turn away. When it seems all your dreams come undone, we will stand by your side filled with hope and filled with pride" Donnie smiled slightly and I took his hand and led him over to the manhole.
"We are more than we are, we are one" We jumped down to the sewer, but I decided to take another a little longer way back to the lair. I looked at him with a 'keep up if you think you can' look in my eyes before starting to run down the tunnels, and I heard Donnie right behind me. But after a while I heard him slowing down a little a gazed down at a little puddle on the tunnel floor.
"If there's so much I must be, can I still just be me, the way I am?" He looked down at his reflection and then kicked the puddle, making him look rather blurred.
"Can I trust in my own heart, or am I just one part of some big plan?" Donnie looked into the ground and I placed a hand on his shoulder and put my chin on his shoulder, so he would look at me.
"Even those who are gone are with us as we go on. Our journey has only begun." I placed my arm around him, holding him in a one-armed hug.
"Tears of pain, tears of joy, one thing nothing can destroy, is our pride, deep inside we are one." I took his hand and started to run again, and after a little while I let go of his hand and we ran through the tunnels, racing each other back to the lair.
"We are one, you and I, we are like the earth and sky. One family under the sun." I glanced over my shoulder and saw Donnie smile widely and not a single tear in his eyes or a frown on his face. It didn't take long before we came to the turnstiles.
"All the wisdom to lead, all the courage that you need. You will find when you see, we are one" We stopped just before the turnstiles to catch our breaths. Both Donnie and I smiled at each other, before we embraced each other.
"Thank you Leo." He whispered and tightened his grip around my shoulders. I smiled into his shoulder before letting go of him.
"Anytime, bro." And with that we walked into the lair. But I couldn't help but shake the feeling of something was wrong, in some other place.
(Karai's P.O.V)
I felt rather bored as Bradford and Xever walked in through the doors and up to Shredder's throne and both of them bowed down in front on him. Shredder didn't even move when he saw them.
"I hope you have brought me some information that I can use in our war against the turtles." He said as he eyed the two freaks that kneeled down on the floor in front of him. Bradford lifted his head and called a foot-bot over to him.
"One of our foot-bots managed to get a footage of Donatello's ice powers when we fought the turtles. So you can watch if it pleases you and it does prove that what we spoke of before is true." Shredder didn't say anything at first but gave his orders.
"Show me this footage. If he has such powers, they could be useful for our clan." Rahzar bowed his head and walked over the foot-bot and plugged him into a Kraang device as pressed a button, making a screen appear. He then pressed another button and a fight with foot-bots, Bradford and Xever against the turtles, April O'Neil and the new kid Jones. And when Xever actually managed to get a grip on Donatello he got hit with ice and flew into Bradford. I also saw that he had gotten better at fighting too. My father didn't say anything at first, but a few minutes he started talking.
"So, it was true after all. He has powers?" Bradford, Xever and I nodded and Shredder stood up from the throne and walked over to the window and looked out over the city. "If he is so powerful that he can freeze an entire city, than he can be very useful to us." He turned around and looked at me.
"Karai, I want you to get the Kraang to get the foot-bots ready. Tomorrow night you will find the turtles and bring me this Donatello to me. Unharmed." I nodded and bowed to him before I left the room to tell the Kraang Shredder's orders.
"I hope for your own sake that you really have improved your fighting skills turtle, you're going to need every once of fighting skill you have."
A/N: And that's a wrap! I really hope you enjoyed this chapter and I promise I will update soon! On May 28th I have an essay to leave in, and June 4th the grades will be set. So all in all, not too much school, giving me more time to write. As for the song, I had the idea that Splinter sing this one, but the song was sung by Cam Clarke, and for those who don't know he was the original Leonardo in the 1980's cartoon, so I felt it was a Leo song. And did any catch the fish refrence from the 1980's cartoons? Hope you liked the chapter, and again please leave reviews! I could use some kind words from someone.
Song for the chapter: We are one – Cam Clarke (Lion King 2)
