Chapter 10

Ooh ok so I hope the last chapter was good and long, and I also hope that this one is even better. ENJOY!

Donatello watched the faces of his brothers and dear friend. Their expressions weren't the ones he was looking for, especially April's face. What ever happened to Mikey and him must not have been good.

"Razar attacked Mikey when he tried to rescue you. Raph heard him scream from the top floor." Leo explained. Donnie turned his face to Raph, he looked at if he was in a deep abis. Raph didn't look like he was paying attention after hearing about Mikey.

"Oh." Was all Donnie could muster out. He was at a loss of words. He knew Shredder's mutants were out to capture them and take them to Shredder, but from the look on Raph's face, it looked as if he almost experienced death happen in front of him.

"An you-.

"Donatello!" A voice was heard. Donnie turned his head to see his sensei, who he missed just as much as his brothers as April.

"Sensei!" Donnie said. His father came towards him and wrapped him in a hug, which he gratefully returned. Donnie had missed his father very dearly, and Splint missed his son just as much. The mutant rat pulled away and placed a hand on top of Donnie's head that wasn't covered with metal.

"How are you feeling my son?" He asked, grateful to see his son awake.

"I've been better." He responded truthfully with a small gap tooth smile, which Splinter could tell that Donatello was truly happy to see him.

"Good, I am glad to see you awake Donatello." Splinter said, patting his second youngest son's head.

"I'm glad too Master Splinter." Donnie replied with a closed mouth smile. Splinter returned the smile, along with a tired sigh.

"Leonardo, make Donatello something to eat." Splinter ordered his eldest son, only for the one he was trying to help bud in.

"No sensei, I'm fine." Donnie said, shaking his head.

"You will need to eat to regain your strength my son. Hiding from us is never the answer." Splinter said, as if he read his mind. Donnie sighed and nodded, he was actually starving, he couldn't remember if he ever ate or drank anything when he was captured. All Donnie could remember was the pain he went through. The shocking, near drowning, beating, and what ever happened to turn him into some half turtle half cyborg thing, which he wasn't enjoying at all.

"Hai sensei." Donnie replied lowly. His father smiled at him and then left back for the dojo. Donnie sighed once again and hung his head low. He hated having to be treated by his brothers. He already knew he was physically weak, so he didn't like showing it, it made it worse when it happened when April was around.

Donnie felt a small hand place itself on his right shoulder shoulder. He looked up slightly to see April with a smile on her face, sitting very close, right next to him. A blush crept up on his face but from the angle she was looking at him with it couldn't be seen from the metal.

"It's good to have you back Donnie." She said and brought him in for a hug, which Donnie hesitated to return but did. She pulled away bit, not before giving him a small kiss in his non metal covered cheek.

"Alright you love birds why don't ya go do that somewhere else!" Raph said oddly loud to irritate them, mostly Donnie though. April got off the couch and stood next to Donnie, giving him a 'come on look' wanting him to stand up and go to the kitchen.

"Hey Donnie! You wanting some soup or just some of your pizza?" Leo called out to him from the kitchen.

"What kind of soup?" Donnie asked.

"Uhh, vegetable or potato." Leo responded. Donnie waited a minute to think. If he wanted to get off this couch anytime soon, he should eat something with some vitamins.

"I think I'm good with the vegetable soup with a slice of pizza." Donnie said, scooting up a little higher on the couch. He couldn't resist his pizza, he just got home, he was going to eat.

"Alright Don." Leo said.

"Thanks Leo." Donnie replied in a soft tone. He looked down at himself again. Metal completely covered his arms, and pink Kraang wires made a jigsaw like puzzle on his chest, which was half covered in metal as well, along with his left leg, which felt like it fell asleep. Donatello sighed silently to himself and wondered if Master Splinter and the guys would ever treat him the same way. Not only was he a freak before, now he's a Kraang freak, a turtle droid! How was he ever going to impress April now!

"Hey D?" His little brother called to him. Donnie shook his head, forgetting about everything his was thinking and put all his attention on his little brother.

"Yeah Mikey what's up?" Donnie asked.

"Can you stand?" He asked him. Donnie looked down at himself once again. He didn't know if he could. If he could it would be a lot harder to walk because he's got about 20 to 30 more pounds added to him. Until he gets used to the extra weight, Leo and sensei may not let him go on missions any time soon. He looked back to his brother who had hopeful eyes.

"I don't know Mikey. Let's see." He said wanting to stand himself so he could get off this couch. April who previously stood beside him, was now ready to help him with whatever he needed.
Donnie was able to get his one leg off the couch, but his other leg was completely covered in metal, it felt as if he was trying to lift one of Raph's weights with it, but he eventually managed to get it to the floor, a quiet klang came from it when it hit the stone floor. Donnie winced when pain shot through it, but kept any noises to himself.

He lifted himself off the couch to a standing position, only to fall back onto the couch. He lifted his hand to give everyone and 'I'm ok' then tried again. Same as last time, he lifted himself off the couch and this time stayed on his feet. Mikey and April stood closer to Donnie, just in case if he was unable to walk, but Donnie refused their helping hands. He took a step forward with the light foot, only to be weighed down my his other, he almost toppled forward if is wasn't for Mikey grabbing the top lip of his shell. He pulled him back to his feet, and Donnie sighed in annoyance.

"Ok, this is going to be harder than I though." Donnie said. He felt a hand placed on his shoulder. He looked over to see that it belonged to his little brother.

"Dude, you haven't walked in a long time, you're a turtle-droid now, you need to let yourself adjust." Mikey explained.

"Did you just call him a turtle droid?" Raph asked from behind the three of them.

"Yeah, please don't call me that." Donnie begged, not liking Mikey's new nickname for him. He didn't even like the way he looked, he didn't want a name to go with it. He'd much rather have people scream in terror of seeing his regular self and scream 'freak' and 'monster' while running. "But you are right. I'm probably going to need help walking for a few days to get used to... this." He said motioning to his entire body.

"Don't worry, we'll help you every step of the way." April said with a sympathetic tone, the tone that always made Donnie smile, the tone that was another reason why he loves her. And with that, Donnie allowed April and Mikey's helpfulness.

Baxter bowed along with Razar and Fish face in front of the Shredder. Stockman had just finished telling Shredder his plan on what he was still able to do with Donatello.

"All I need mazzter Shredder, izz a better zzignal with the zzatellitezz, then Donatello will be under you control with no problem. You can dezztroy the turtlezz once and for all." Stockman-fly said to his master.

"Good. Xever and Bradford will go with you to look for another lab." Shredder said, earning groans from the mutant fish and skeleton dog. "Is that a problem?" Shredder said quickly getting annoyed.

"Eh, no master Shredder." Fish face said.

"Of course not master." Razar replied.

"Now, go." Shredder said with a wave of his hand, and the three mutants left the room in search for a better lab.

"Thanks for the food Leo." Donnie said as he gave is eldest brother his dishes.

"No problem Donnie." Leonardo replied. Donnie sat at the kitchen bar, his arms resting one it, his mind searching for a way to get this metal off of him. It was obviously a stronger alloy than what the actual Kraang bots were made of, so it couldn't be taken apart piece by piece. And not to mention that he has a Kraang tube that's connecting to him with a pink liquid running though it, which could possible be inside his DNA, which probably isn't a good thing.

Do you guys think you can help me to my lab?" Donnie asked, looking back at his most favorite room. April and his brothers thought against it in their heads. Their brother just got home from being tortured and all kinds of other stuff, and just want's to automatically go back to as if nothing happened, not even talk about it?

"Donnie, it may not be the best of ideas for you to go to your lab right now." Leo told him.

"I'm not going to work on any experiments other than myself. If I figure out what kind of metal alloy this is, there might be a way to take it off." Donnie said looking down at one of his arms.

"Maybe I could just tear it off of ya." Raph suggested stepping towards his brother.

"I'd much rather live through the process Raph, thank's for trying though." Donnie joked getting a few laughs out of everyone.

"All right Donnie, only for a little bit, then you're getting some sleep, along with the rest of us." Leo said and wrapped Donnie right arm over his shoulder.

Master Splinter over heard the conversation his sons were having in the kitchen. He smiled at Donatello's eagerness to get to his lab. He himself is eager to get that metal off of his son, though he hated himself for it, he did not fully trust his, now half robotic, son. This may not be his era of technology, but he picks up a thing or two from his son, Donatello.

He feared from what he saw in his dream, could happen to his son. Slash and Rockwell have been controlled by something from what his sons say, so he feared the same thing could happen to his son Donatello, but he knew that his son's, April, and Casey would do anything they could to protect him. He just had to hope that nothing would happen.