Chapter 8

Dark. Everything was dark. Donnie could not see anything. He felt cut and briused. He soon realized that a lot of matal, glass, and papers were covering him. He started grabbing at the debris and soon light flooded in, blinding him. Donnie climbed out of the debris and sat up, looking around him. For blocks he could see debris and broken Kraangdroids and Foot bots.

But where were his brothers?

Donnie frantically looked around searching for his brothers. He heard a groan and looked behind him to see Raph lying on his stomach. Donnie ran over to him and helped him sit up.

"Donnie..." Raph's voice cracked as he spoke.

"You ok Raph?" Donnie asked looking him over.

"I'm fine." Raph stood up and looked at the disaster before him.

"Hey guys!" The two looked around and saw Mikey and Leo approaching them.

"Great! You guys are ok!" Donnie said in relief. But his smile turned to a frown when he relized that one turtle was missing. Rina.

"Rina! Rina!" Donnie shrieked when he relized his friend was missing.

"Donnie..." Leo layed a hand on his brother's shoulder in sadness, "She's gone."

"No... No!" Donnie ran back to the building's core, "I won't believe it! I won't!" He yelled. He started digging up debris in all different places. Leo gave in and began searching too, a little afraid at what he might find.

Suddenly Mikey heard a groan and he whipped around to see a single pink bandana tail. He gasped and shuffled through the debris to his sister's mask. He dug until his hands bled and he choked when he saw her. She was alive!

"I found her!" Mikey cried and within seconds, Donnie was there knocking him out of the way.

"Rina? Rina?" Donnie lifted her up and besides the long gashes that covered her body she was alive.

"We have to get her home." Leo declared as he led the way to the nearest manhole cover. Donnie followed close behind, "Don't worry Rina. You'll be ok."

When they got to the lair Leo went to find Master Splinter and Donnie sprinted to the lab. He ordered Mikey to get food and water for him and Rina and he told Raph to go to the dojo.

"Why do I have to go to the dojo?" Raph asked gruffly.

"Because you're not badly injured and I don't need you in the way of my work!" Donnie snapped. He was losing his patience because his health was deterioating and he was worried for Rina.

Raph looked shocked at the usual shy turtle's tone, "Fine." He grumbled and stomped towards the dojo. Soon after Donnie heard a wall being punched, just as he had predicted.

Donnie turned his full attention to Rina amd began working, 'Hold on Rina. Hold on!'


She felt alone. comepletely alone. After the bomb had gone off everything had gone silent. The world dissapeared. She was not dead, just lost. And she tried to find her way back home. She jerked awake at the soft touch of a warm hand. Her eyelids cracked open and she weakly looked up and saw Donatello's gap-toothed smile. She smiled at him. He smiled back and hugged her. She happliy hugged him back and sobbed into his plastron. The strange thing was, she couldn't hear her sobs. Rina wondered why Donnie wasn't speaking to her.

"Oh Donnie, I'm so glad you're alive." Rina gasped as she found she couldn't speak, 'What happened to me? I can't talk!'

Donnie pulled her back and looked at her. That's when her blood ran cold. Rina froze. His mouth moved but no sound came out. A worried expression formed on his face. His mouth moved again. She broke down and cried. She could speak but couldn't hear. Knowing Donnie could hear her she wailed, "I can't hear you Donnie! I can't hear you!" She howled.

Raph, Mikey, Leo, and Master Splinter ran in to the sound of Rina's screams and sobs. Over and over she repeated, "Donnie, I can't hear you! I can't hear you! Donnie!"

Donnie looked at his brothers and father, "Guys, Rina's deaf." He whipered.