Understandably, Donatello was not having a good day. He and his brothers had been having a normal afternoon in their lair and suddenly found themselves pulled into a void of light and then once he had finished falling, he had landed several miles outside of New York city and had been forced to walk back along the long road to find his family.
"I hope Leo, Raph and Mikey didn't land miles away from the city either..." he muttered dryly to himself, walking through several empty streets and corners, seeing no reason to hide in the shadows if there were no humans around. However, once he heard the sound of several heavy footsteps close, he quickly darted into a gap in one of the walls and scurried up an old rusty ladder that led to the rooftop.
Looking over the edge, he let out a tiny sigh of relief when hulking great robots marched past his previous hiding spot, appearing to be scanning the entire area but for what reason was beyond the turtle's thoughts as he moved away from the edge and turned on his heel to head towards the central part of- Wait. A chill ran down Donnie's shell as he looked at the massive skyscrapers in the distance and he clutched his arms in dread at the various symbols of the Foot Clan which were displayed on billboards, neon signs and even huge symbols on the buildings.
"What the heck..." he muttered, his earlier relief cast aside as he suddenly realised the potential threat and danger he and his brothers were in if his suspicions were correct about this world. Silently, Donnie began to count the several names who were affiliated with the clan who had a vendetta against his family. We can scratch Karai and possibly Storkman off the list, he thought dryly to himself.
A sudden loud screech of metal against the ground startled Donnie enough for him to jump to his feet with his hand on his Bo staff, ready to defend himself if he had to, however he was soon stopped when an explosion erupted from the next street over from where he was standing. Quickly dropping his hand, he leaped over the rooftops and sprinted towards the heavy trail smoke and the red flicker of flames.
Peeking over at the mess on the tarmac, he squinted at several shiny objects embedded in the thick metal and with a sigh at his own curiosity, he jumped down and cautiously made his way over to the blazing metal. Carefully pulling one of the shiny blades from the metal and rubbing it on his hand to clean it from the smoke stains, his heart began to thud hopefully when the recognisable symbol of his family crest was carved on it.
"CITIZEN STATE YOUR IDENTIFICATION CODE!" a robotic voice commanded from behind the purple clad turtle, startling him greatly as he dropped the Hamato shuriken. Blinking at the design of the robot, he stared in utter confusion as it looked like a metal version of Splinter's biological daughter...
"Karai?!" Donnie exclaimed, his hand once again moving to snatch his Bo staff from his harness.
"STATE YOUR IDENTIFICATION CODE OR BE DESTROYED!"
"Crap..." Donnie muttered, watching as the robot pointed a blaster-like hand at him and began charging up to attack. As soon as the bullets let loose, he quickly began to dodge them while attempting to find a way to get away. Glancing at the wooden staff in his hand, he made his decision and sheathed it, quickly turning on his heel and fleeing the scene. Although he mentally ridiculed himself for being a coward, he reminded himself he needed to find his family before leaping into a situation that might possibly get him killed.
Before Donatello could make a move to head in the opposite direction of the crazed robots on their killing spree, a familiar large reptilian form charged at the mechanical drones which fell down like bowling pins. With one loud roar, the creature used their large mouth to snap limbs and heads off of the Karai-bots.
"L-L-" Donnie stammered, watching the creature's destruction nervously. "Leatherhead?!"
The mutant paused, breathing heavily before turning to face the smaller reptile with a look of bloodlust in his narrowed eyes. Donnie quickly noted the withered scales on Leatherhead's body along with the heavy panting and many scars scattered across his body. "You..." the alligator snarled, his tail flicking around aggressively. "DONATELLO!" he roared, his eyes glossed over as he launched himself at the the terrified turtle.
Donnie gulped and weakly tried to fend off the furious mutant with his Bo staff, using the wooden pole to vault over the giant alligator in an attempt to get to higher ground, only Leatherhead snatched the weapon in his hand and applied enough force to turn it to splinters, causing Donnie to lose his footing and fall down onto the streets below, thudding painfully plastron-first.
Groaning softly at being winded from the fall, Donnie lay still focusing on stilling his breathing despite the fear within him, Leatherhead hadn't acted so hostile to him or his family in ages...so why was he trying to crack his shell open?
With another groan, Donnie forced himself to crawl into the darkness of the alley, half tempted to crawl into his shell when he heard the enraged bellow of the mutant alligator above the building alley he was currently hiding in. "I don't know what to do..." he murmured to himself, shutting his eyes tightly as he leaned his shell against a dumpster.
"You've got some nerve comin' round these parts of the city," a gruff voice from the darkness grunted, starting the purple clad turtle and causing him to fumble around his belt and harness in an attempt to find his shell-shaped cell phone.
"Who...Who's there?" Donnie stuttered, grabbing his t-phone and switching it on, the device lighting up the darkness slightly so he could see his near surroundings. He almost dropped his phone when the large form of his immediate older brother turned around and revealed his face, one emerald eye glowing in the darkness while the other eye-hole had been sewn shut. Donnie let out a gasp and his face paled as he stared at the figure, "R-Raph?"