Fifteen Minutes Earlier
Donatello sat up rather slowly. His head hurt from all the crying he did last night. Wincing against the light shining through the open door, he noticed his brothers were still there in front of the door.
Sighing sadly, he wondered what he should do.
That's when his stomach made it known it was hungry. Remembering that the last time he ate was lunch yesterday and those few sips of cocoa last night.
He once again snuck past his brothers, pausing briefly to cover Raph back up, and made his way to the kitchen.
Keeping his eyes on the floor, he didn't even notice Splinter was in the kitchen until he spoke.
"Good morning Donatello"
Donnie jerked a little when he heard his father speak. Knowing that he was gonna get punished for leaving the lair yesterday, he didn't look up.
He heard Splinter's chair being moved backwards and could feel his father draw near.
"Donatello" Splinter tried again. He knelt down in front of his son. Donatello had yet to speak or look at him.
"I am truly sorry my son. There is no excuse for us to give you that can make this better. I hope that you will be able to forgive this old rat and your brothers as well."
Donnie kept his gaze on the floor. Waiting for Splinter to continue onto his punishment.
"I wish you would say something my son."
Ever so slowly Don raised his head to look at his father. His eyes were once again bright with tears as he spoke,
"Aren't you gonna…(sniff) punish me for leaving the…(sniff) lair yesterday?"
Splinter quickly gathered his son in his arms and hugged him tight.
"Donatello, you will not be punished this time because I do not think it is right to punish you after the events of yesterday." Splinter said as he felt Donatello finally hug him back, "But remember that this will be a one time exception."
He felt Donatello nod against his chest.
"Now then, I am guessing you are hungry?"
"Yeah"
"We will forgo training today and we will discuss how we all can make this up to you. So Donatello, what would you like for breakfast"
Donnie smiled at Splinter as he crawled up onto his chair, "Pancakes, please"
"Mikey! Mikey! Wake up!" Raph yelled.
Mikey sat up slowly, rubbing his eyes in the process.
"Mikey help us look for Donnie." Leo said.
That woke Mikey up. He remembered his dream from last night and quickly took off for Splinter's room.
While Mike went to get Splinter, Leo and Raph checked everywhere in the room that a turtle could hide, before joining Mikey in Splinter's room.
"Master Splinter! Master Splinter!" three voiced yelled as they ran for their father's room.
Upon reaching their father's room, they found it empty. Mikey clung to Leo when they saw the room was empty.
"My sons, what is the matter?" They heard Splinter say from behind them.
"Master Splinter Donnie's missing". "Donnie's Gone" Leo and Raph cried as Mikey clung to his father's robe with tears running down his face.
"My sons calm yourselves. Donatello is not gone."
"But he wasn't in hes bed and…" Raphael tried to explain but stopped himself when Splinter put a hand on his head.
"Please follow me my sons"
The boys followed slowly behind their father as he walked into the kitchen.
"Donatello, your brothers are… Donatello?" they heard Splinter say as they entered the kitchen.
The kitchen was empty. Donatello's dirty dishes were on the counter, Donatello was no where to be seen.
'Where did he go' Splinter thought.
"Splinter, where's Donnie?" he heard a small voice say. Looking down, he saw Michelangelo eyes were once again full of tears.
Before he could answer, Splinter heard the sound of running water. Realizing where his missing son had gone, he smiled down at his other sons.
"Donatello will be here momentarily" he replied.
It was then they heard the running water. Worried that Donnie was gonna leave again, Mikey broke away from his father and brothers and raced out of the room. Spotting Donatello coming out of the bathroom. Mikey rushed at him.
"DONNIE!"
Donatello barely had time to look for the source that had screamed his name before he was tackled to the ground.
Mikey hugged him for all he was worth. He wasn't gonna let go until he was sure that Donnie wasn't goin anywhere and that he forgave him for being such a bad brother.
Leo and Raph ran over to the two turtles on the floor. After pulling a sobbing Mikey off Donnie and helping him stand, Donnie was soon crushed in the middle of a group hug. Leo, Raph, and Mikey were all saying how sorry they were and begging him ot forgive them.
Donatello simply wrapped each of his brothers in a hug and told them,
"It's ok. I forgive you."
Not sure about this chapter, what do you guys think? One more chapter to go.
