Pairings: none

A/N: Hi, guys! Thanks to all of you who have reviewed for all of my stories. I promise I'll try to update more. But, school will get in the way. Oh, and I'm starting a new story if you want to check it out. I haven't posted it yet, but I'll keep you updated on it. This is just a random idea I got while thinking of the first episode of the turtles. Donnie's going to attempt to take them all up to the surface!

Chapter 10: Field Trip

POV: Donnie's

"Kids, wake up! We're going up topside!" I yelled into the dark lair, where the kids were trying to sleep, but now was the best time to go. And I would totally keep them safe. I'm responsible enough. I can watch seven children by myself. I've been doing it for a while now. Man, it's getting close to half a year now. Time sure does fly by quickly.

Mikey was the first one to wake up and come running down the stairs, although it's close to impossible to wake him up otherwise. "Where is topside?" Mikey asked me excitedly. I smirked.

"You know the place where all the normal humans are?" I questioned. "The place I go to get your things?" He nodded rapidly. "That's where we're going."

"Yay!" Mikey squealed. I rubbed his head as we waited for the rest of them to wake up. Maybe I wasn't loud enough. I ran upstairs, going to Raph and Casey's room first. I slammed the door open, which got Casey up. Well, that was easy. I went up to Raph's bed and crouched down so my mouth was right by his head.

"Hey, Raph! Time to get up!" I shouted and Raph woke up, groaning as he swung his fist towards my head. I did a flip backwards, avoiding it with ease.

"What the heck was that for?" Raph demanded, sitting up.

"It's time to get up. We're going somewhere new," I said smugly as I skipped out of the room cheerily. I did the same to everyone else. The only one who actually tried to yell back at me before I could get away was April. And it was the cutest thing in the world.

I got April and Timothy dressed while Casey attempted to dress himself. It was a disaster. Lucky for me, Leo is a good brother and he helped Casey so I had less work to do. I gave Splinter his kimono, since he loved to wear it around. He preferred to stay dressed, while the turtles like to just go around with no clothes on, me as well.

"Now, hmm. How am I going to get you guys out of the lair without any of you setting off any alarms?" I asked them and myself, looking at them. The humans were sitting down, all three of them not wanting to stand any more.

"How about you carry us out two at a time since you know how to get passed them?" Leo suggested, thinking of the idea before I could.

"You're a genius," I said, scooping up Timothy and April. April smiled at me and I kissed her forehead, which she always loved. None of the others appreciated it when I did that. So I only did it for April.

I walked out of the lair, stepping over the trip wires. I still haven't gotten a better security system set up. I could set up my robot to attack intruders, but I didn't have time now. We had three hours.

When I got past all of them, I sat them down on the ground. "You guys have to stay here. I will return with your brothers in just a bit. Just wait here, okay?" I checked.

"Yes, Donnie," they both said. I smiled at them before heading back, careful of every movement, but still quick.

I only really had to carry Casey and Mikey. Splinter, Leo, and Raph were training to be ninjas, so this was the perfect time to practice. They actually managed to get across just fine, which was good for me. I didn't have to go back and disarm the alarm for now.

We all walked through the tunnels, trying to find the nearest manhole to go up out of. Well, we passed several of them, but I was waiting for them to find one. It shouldn't take long for them to figure out that in the sewers, they're on the ceiling, but it's an important life lesson for them to eventually find this out.

"There aren't any manholes down this tunnel," Mikey eventually whined. We'd been walking for an hour now. They still haven't found any yet.

"Actually, there have been precisely twenty-seven of them that we've passed. You guys just aren't looking in the right place," I said simply, smiling smugly.

"What?" they all demanded, stopping and looking back at me. I smiled innocently.

"I was waiting for you guys to figure out that the manholes are on the ceiling of the tunnels," I chuckled and they all looked up. Guess what? They stopped right beneath one. Oh, the odds are in my favor. I smiled at all of them again.

I helped all of them up before I came up myself, glad I was tall. This one didn't have a ladder, like most of them. I closed the manhole and stood up, looking down at them. "So, what do you guys want to do?" I wondered. They all shrugged. "Do you guys have a preference on what you want to do?"

"Can we get pizza?" Mikey asked quickly.

"No. I don't have a disguise on me," I sighed. "I was hoping you would come up on something to do that doesn't involve interacting with people up here."

We eventually all came to an agreement that we would just walk around, avoiding people. But one person spotted us before we could hide.

"Hello, sir," the woman said and I was almost certain right off the bat that she was blind.

"Hello," I responded politely, looking at the kids who were hiding behind me.

"May I ask what you are doing out this late at night? You should be asleep," she said while a part of me wondered how she knew I was walking around if she was blind. I mean, if she wasn't, she would've run away screaming. But, how did she know?

"I would ask you the same question," I murmured.

"I like to walk around at night. It relaxes me," she sighed happily.

"Well, I was just walking around with my kids. They're interested in the city," I told her, sounding like the proud father I was. I wanted to laugh at that idea.

"You have children?" she asked me, interested.

"Yeah. Seven of them," I cleared. She smiled at me.

"What are their names?" she wondered.

"Uh, my oldest son's name is Timothy. Then, my next oldest son's name is Splinter," I started, intent on answering this woman's questions. I don't get out to interact with people often aside from the ones I'm raising. I only really connect with the people who can't see me, because I can just be myself, no disguises. I looked back at Leo and he gave me an odd face.

"What are you doing?" he mouthed. "It's a human!"

"She's okay. She's blind. She can't see us," I mouthed back, looking back at the nice woman. I could see Leo nod behind me and I smiled. Speaking up, I continued. "My only daughter's name is April. Then, there's Casey, Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo."

"Such unique names," she murmured.

"What's your name?" I asked her.

"My name's May," she told me.

"Cool. My name's Donatello, but you can call me Donnie if you want to," I explained. "The person who raised me, who was not necessarily my father or mother, apparently really liked the renaissance artist, but I can't remember his full name. But I really like renaissance art, so I named three of them after some artists I knew."

"I love renaissance art," she said. I smiled.

"Me, too. Hey, do you want me to walk you home? There's a lot of gang activity in New York and it would be awful if something bad happened to you," I pointed out, trying to be polite.

"That would be very polite of you," she chuckled and I held out my hand, not thinking about it. I probably would never know how she knew exactly where my hand was, but she took it and she smiled when she felt it. "You have interesting skin."

"Yeah," I agreed. "Okay, guys. We're going to walk May home now, then we'll go home ourselves." All of them nodded in agreement, and I could tell April was excited to finally meet another female-mutant or human. I turned back to May. "Lead the way."

Then I realized that it was a stupid thing to say to a blind person. I didn't get a chance to say anything else to her before she started walking forward. Then I supposed that if she was alone, she must know where home is.

The walk to May's house wasn't all that long, and we passed the time by the kids talking around us. Leo was talking about a bunch of stuff he knew already, and Raph and Casey talked about their toys, as did Mikey and Timothy. Splinter talked about what he knew, and April stayed quiet. May noticed this.

"April?" she eventually asked when we were about a block from May's apartment.

"Yes?" April questioned almost immediately.

"Is there anything you feel like sharing?" May wondered.

"I don't talk much," April murmured.

"Yeah. She's really shy," I agreed. "Hey, April, you should tell her about what you know about your name."

"Oh, yeah. I learned from Donnie that my name is also the name of a month, and that it's one of the months in spring. It's also one of the months when all the flowers bloom," April chatted.

"What's your favorite kind of flower, April?" May asked, glad that April was talking. And I had to admit, I love it when April talks to people. She has such a pretty voice.

"My favorite flower is a sakura," April said proudly. May looked confused.

"It's another name for a Japanese cherry blossom. I lived in Japan for four years, and I have a few at my house. April really loves them," I explained.

"I bet they must be really beautiful," May sighed.

"They are. I should bring you a few sometime," I murmured.

I saw the blood rush to May's cheeks and I realized what I just said. But I wasn't going to take it back and offend her. Almost all of my kids' eyes grew wide when they looked at me. Well, who cares now?

We arrived at May's apartment and she pulled out her key. She unlocked the door and I held the door open for her. "Would you all like to come in and have a cup of tea before you head out?" May asked us politely.

"We actually really need to be getting back home. I woke them up so they could come out and not be judged by people who see them, but it's getting really late and I'm sure they're all tired," I sighed, really wishing I could take up her offer. But, I remember how to get here. I could always come back. Maybe by myself next time.

"Oh. Well, I wish you a good night," she said.

"Goodnight," we all chorused. She giggled a bit before she shut the door behind her.

"Someone's got a crush," Raph, Casey, and Mikey said dramatically.

"Since when do you three know the first thing about crushes and relationships?" I questioned, looking at them with a sarcastic look.

That shut them up. Because quite honestly, they didn't know about anything relating the topic of dating. But, I took them all home and tucked them in before heading off to bed myself, thinking about May…