Raph felt the ground crumble beneath his feet. If I move, it breaks faster he thought but if I stay here, I'll surely be a goner in a couple of minutes. After an internal debate, he decided to call Leo. He always had a plan, probably even for this kind of situations. When he wanted to grab his shell-cell, he realised it wasn't there. That's when he remembered: he had given it to Don to fix the screen because he had dropped it the night before. 'O, Come on!' Raph said frustrated 'You have to be kidding me!'

Only a couple of tunnels away, the three turtles and their sensei met up again. 'Where is this tunnel, Donatello?' Master Splinter asked 'We must get there fast' 'I…think…it's… that…way…' Don said between gasps. It isn't easy to run on crutches. Also his brothers saw that. 'Mikey, take Don's crutches' Leo ordered 'Don, get on my back'
Don looked at him with a bewildered expression '…are you sure? I'll just slow you down… Go ahead, I'll catch up later or I'll just wait for you guys over here'
Leo looked at him with a stern look 'Don, we're brothers and we always stick together, no matter what!' Don smiled at this, but that didn't last very long. They heard something cracking. 'I think that's the tunnel!' Mikey said. Don hopped onto Leo's back and Leo started running, quickly followed by his father and younger brother.
Don somehow liked the point that Leo had made him come along. It showed that they cared for him, even if it's just because he can fix things easily.

When they arrived at the tunnel, they saw Raph standing somewhere near the middle of the tunnel. Everywhere around him, the floor was falling apart piece by piece. But also the ceiling was starting to crack. 'Raph!' Mikey shouted. Raph turned around and saw his father and brothers. He had never been so happy to see them. 'Guys!' he yelled back 'Get me out of here!'
In the meantime, Don had slid from Leo's back and gotten his crutches back from Mikey. He was observing the situation and the places the floor was gone, trying to come up with a plan. 'Don, please tell me you've got an idea' Leo asked with a hopeful look in his eyes. 'I'm not sure if it will work' Don said slowly 'It might work, or it might make everything collapse even faster' 'Don, come on man!' Raph yelled suddenly 'You're the genius of the family! It's your job to find solutions for situations. So, find one!' Don looked at Raph, he saw the anger and fear in his eyes.
But he also saw something else while looking at his older brother.

'Raph!' Don yelled 'Look out! Above you!' Raph looked up and still saw a flash of a dark rock that fell down where he was standing. Raph jumped backwards and the rock missed him by an inch. But the floor couldn't stand the impact and collapsed… with Raph still on it. Raph tried to grab on to something, but it didn't change anything. He fell down together with the floor into a dark pit.

'NO!' his entire family yelled at the same time. 'We have to do something!' Leo panicked 'We have to get him out of there!' 'But what if the ceiling breaks?' Mikey asked 'Than we're all dead!'
'We have to at least try to remain calm' Master Splinter said, although everyone could hear the panic in his voice.

Don just stood there and looked at the place where he had last seen his brother. He couldn't move or speak, he could barely even think. Then, he started running towards the pit where Raph had disappeared in. It took a moment before the others noticed what he was doing. But once they noticed, they went after him, trying to convince him to stop and think before acting. Only master Splinter didn't say a thing. He trusted his son and he knew that he wouldn't do anything without a reason.

When Don arrived at the pit, he tried to see even a small piece of red fabric or green turtle. But he couldn't see a thing, except for rocks and dirt. He tried to guess the depth of the pit. Probably something around 7 ft deep. Good enough Don thought. He dropped his crutches and jumped into the pit. The landing hurt, but he didn't care. His brother was more important now. He started to pull away rocks in a desperate search for his lost brother.

By the time, the others had arrived Don was already moving rocks. 'Don is crazy!' Leo said to his father 'What if the ceiling collapses now? Or what if the floor crumbles even more? Or what if…' His father interrupted him 'What if, what if… You should trust your brother and help him instead of worrying about him. You taught him that, now it's time to follow your own advice' Leo smiled at his sensei and joined Donnie in the search.
Also Mikey jumped into the pit now.

His father stayed on top, to keep an overview. Then , he saw something. 'Donatello, on your left!'
Donnie turned and then saw the muscled arm of his brother lying under a pile of rocks. 'Guys, I found him!' he yelled while trying to clear some space. The two others joined him and it didn't take long before Raph was released. But he didn't react. Don kneeled next to him and shook his shoulder, but still… no reaction at all. Also Mikey and Leo were pushing and shaking Raph now. But no avail, he stayed deadly still…
Master Splinter was watching the entire situation with tears in his eyes.

'Come on, bro…' Mikey begged on the verge of crying 'don't do this to me! I need you, man!'
'We all need you' Leo added 'You can't leave us! You're way too strong for that!' Also he was almost crying, but he was trying to stay strong for his brothers.
Don could barely hold back the tears.'…You told me that you needed me as your technician. But even if that's all I am to you, I need you as my brother… You can't leave us…'

But also this was no use, Raph still laid still.
Mikey couldn't hold it anymore and burst out in tears in Donnie's arms. Also Donnie couldn't keep his eyes dry and started sobbing on Mikey's shoulder. Leo joined them a second later while crying silently.
Also master Splinter was letting his tears go. He couldn't believe that his second oldest son was dead.
He fell to his knees while the tears ran freely over his face.

Author's note: Thank you everyone for reading and reviewing :D
I know, this is a very depressing and sad chapter... But trust me, I'll make it up.
Keep reading, the story will get better :)

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