Leo stared out the door, "Leo we need to get to the basement! NOW!" Raph grabbed his arm and yanked him down into the basement. "But Donnie and Ariel are still o-" "Dude we can't wait for them look!" He pointed out to the twister. "We gotta go!" They rushed down into the basement and shut the door, moving under the stairs. Back in the cave, the fall ended up hurting Ariel's ankle worse than earlier. Donnie gasped softly and Ariel shut her eyes tightly, "D-Donnie?" She searched slowly with her hands. It was so dark even with her eyes open she couldn't see. "Donnie?" She heard a groan and moved towards the noise. "Donnie are you okay?" Donnie shifted, the sound of shell scrapping the ground, "Yea...I'm okay. How are you?" She touched her ankle and winced, "I think I sprained my ankle in the fall..." He sighed and buried his face into his hands; though she couldn't see.
"I can't hear anything from above...you think it passed?" Donnie inhaled loudly, "Possibly. But I don't have my T-phone or anything to contact the others. We have no way of knowing...or even knowing how far down we are for that matter." Ariel hugged herself and pulled her knee up, "I'm sorry.." She couldn't see Donnie turn towards her, "For what?" Ariel sighed, "For running off. For you having to come find my stupid ass. For saying what I did." Donnie shut his eyes and furrowed his brow. "You were right though. All of you guys are. I'm just a mutant and Aprils human." He sighed again and rubbed his eyes, "I just wish...wished maybe I'd have a small...small chance with her." Ariel frowned softly, "Donnie..."
Ariel moved over to where she could now barely see him now and wrapped her arms around him, hugging him tightly. Donnie froze and almost started to push her away but stopped when she started to talk. "Donnie...you're a great guy okay? Someone will accept you for you. It might not be April but...you know your first love is your hardest." He furrowed his brow, "I know it's not easy. But nothing in life is easy and the reward wouldn't be as great." His look softened and only then did he hug her back. Ariel jerked softly when he did but smiled. "Donnie it's gonna be okay. You're gonna be okay." Donnie bit his lip and shut his eyes tightly, "It just really sucks. I really like her..." Ariel frowned and moved back a little to look up at him, "Donnie I know. First loves are always the hardest. It hits you hard, tears you apart. You wanna be with them all the time and do anything and everything for them." She noticed he was tearing up and she frowned, "Donnie please.."
The storm had passed them now. Luckily the house didn't take a lot of damage. Some of the roof had been ripped away and would need repairs, gutters torn off and hanging but the house was still standing. Leo huffed loudly as he stormed up the steps, "Now! We gotta go find them!" Everyone agreed and set out with flashlights to find the two. Donnie was crying by now, holding onto Ariel as she tried her best to comfort him, "It's unfair to you Donnie. What she does. I know." She rubbed the back of his shell some and he sniffed looking down. "What do you mean." She wasn't sure how to explain it and sighed. Should she make up a lie again or tell the truth? No. Not in this moment. Donnie was already upset, hearing he's not even real wouldn't help him at all cause- right now he was real. This wasn't part of the show. He was real. Ariel stared up at him, "She plays with your feelings. You know that." Donnie looked aside then at her again. "What makes you so sure that someone will like me for me? Ever?"
Ariel looked down at his chest plate, "Donnie...any girl who would not be able to look past what you look like is not worth your time." She gently placed a hand against his chest plate and he looked down, "I mean you're incredible." Ariel looked back up and saw Donnie was blushing. "...Do you seriously mean that..?" She nodded, "Yea I do." Donnie looked away and she could slowly feel his heart rate increase so she decided to pull her hand away. "Just try to give April space. If...she really does like you she'll come to you. If not...you need to move on." Donnie rubbed his eyes again and nodded. "Seriously though Donnie, you'll find someone." She rubbed his arm gently and he smiled at her, "Thanks..." They both jumped when they heard voices from above. "you think they went into this cave?" Ariel gasped, "That sounded like Mikey!" Donnie nodded and got up quickly, "GUYS WE'RE DOWN HERE!" The voices soon came back and they saw flashlights. A light shined down and they covered their eyes, "Ariel! Are you okay?" Raph looked down at them and she nodded, "Yea thanks to Donnie." Donnie glanced at her and smiled softly, "It's a far drop! Do you have anything. "I got you two covered!" Mikey yelled as he tossed down the long end of his nunchaku.
Donnie got it tied around him snug and looked back at Ariel, "You're gonna have to get on my back..." She nodded and he hoisted her up. Donnie blinked at how much lighter she was then April, which made him blush for some reason. "Hold on okay..?" She nodded as she wrapped her arms snug around his neck and he slowly climbed the slick wall back up to the guys who were struggling to hold the other end. Finally they made it up and Mikey and Raph helped Ariel out of the cave. Once back Ariel was sitting on the couch with her foot propped up and Donnie walked in, "Hey how's your foot?" She looked down, "Well I think Mikey and Raph were babying me the whole way so..." He laughed softly and pointed to the couch, "Mind if I sit?" She shook her head and moved a bit, "Nah go ahead.." He moved around and sat down onto the couch.
"I'm gonna try and do what you said. I'm gonna leave it alone and if she likes me then...she'll come to me." Ariel grinned widely , "That's great Donnie. It might actually take some stress off of you." He nodded as she leaned back against the couch, "God I'm exhausted..." he gave another soft nod, "Yea ditto...I might go ahead and go to bed." Ariel yawned and moved down a bit to where she was laying on the couch, "Yea sounds good Donnie..." He looked over at her and slowly got up, taking the blanket on the back of the couch and draped it over her. "Good Night Ariel.." She looked up at him and smiled softly, "Good Night Donnie.." She shut her eyes and sighed, Donnie standing there for a second before walking away. He stood by the doorframe next to the stairs out of view and exhaled softly. "...Donnie you dumb ass...you fall way too easily..." He furrowed his brow and made his way up to his room and Ariel drifted off to sleep.
Alright Chapter 6 everyone! Hey guys leave me reviews on what you think of if you guys have anything you want me to add! I added a cave part for someone who mentioned it! But please reviews help :)
I'll try to add more later tonight. Enjoy!