The turtles were staring at the girls, their jaws practically on the floor. Lily fidgeted, her face heating up as it was mostly her they stared at. She had been the one to explain everything, after all. "This...logically shouldn't be possible." Donatello finally spoke, though his voice was just above a whisper. "You're telling us." Kat said, leaning back against the couch. "Where we're from you're fudging fictional, so I'm pretty sure we're all freaking out here, aND I'M STILL BEING MAGICALLY CENSORED!" This made the other girls laugh, and the boys looked confused again. Leonardo sighed, running a hand down his face. "Mickey, call up April and tell her to come over. Donnie, start with, um...it was Lily, right?" Lily nodded, and Leo looked relieved. "Start taking care of Lily's arm." "Wait, why does Mickey get to call-" Donnie started to yell, and the girls giggled, knowing he was jealous and wanted to call April. However, he had trailed off and glanced at Lily, then at her arm. "Right. Um, please follow me to my lab, Lily. I'll get that arm of yours taken care of." "Sure thing, Don!" Lily hopped up and followed him out of the living room, but paused in the doorway. "Real talk, Aiden, if you are about to have a asthma attack, use your new inhaler or I will kill you." "Not if I kill myself with an asthma attack first!" Aiden shot back, and got shoved by Kat. "If I have to accept that I'm lactose intolerant, then you have to accept you have asthma!" "But I also refuse to accept that I'm lactose intolerant too!" Aiden cried, and Lily rolled her eyes. "Then stop with the milkshakes, and use. your. inhaler!" "Ugh, fine mooooom!" The girls laughed and Lily turned to follow Donatello, and nearly ran into him. He stared down at her, at least two whole heads taller. Lily scratched the back of her head with her good hand. "Hehe, sorry. I just had to..." "No, it's okay." Donnie smiled awkwardly. "You guys have been stolen from your home, and well...you need someone to make sure everyone is okay. I guess that's just...your job?" That was...sort of a compliment. Still, Lily smiled. "I Guess? We all just sort of take care of each other." She thought back to a month ago. Lily had had a total break down and had skyped the girls, trying to remain as quiet as possible so her parents wouldn't hear her sobbing. They wouldn't have understood. They were a part of the problem. "Yeah, we...we take care of each other. We always have. Anyway, let's go get my stupid arm taken care of." She waved her arm and then winced, realizing it was a bad idea. Donatello gently took her good arm and led her back into his lab. "Can, uh, can you sit down on that table there. I'm going to take a better look at your arm if that's okay?" He asked, and Lily nodded, going over and sitting on the table. Donatello was digging through a pile in the room and came back with a few things, like a sling and a towel. "You must be cold, so, here. Sorry, you'll have to wait until April gets here to have clean, dry clothes." "It's okay. You guys don't really wear clothes, so it's fine. Thanks."
Donatello was actually very gentle, first lifting Lily's hand. She winced and he frowned. "Well, your wrist is sprained. That isn't the only thing, but yeah, it's sprained." "Diddly dangit." Lily grumble. Donatello stared and then brought his arm up higher. Once he reached her shoulder Lily hissed in pain and pulled away. Donatello stared and then frowned deeply. "It's been dislocated." "You're joking." Lily groaned, tears stinging her eyes. "Man, this hurts...what a cruddy way to spend my birthday." His eyes widened slightly. "It's..your birthday?" "It's all of our birthdays." Lily replied. "It's one of the reasons we became friends. We're all turning 14 today." She ran her good hand through her hair and scowled slightly when she saw the blonde. Donatello was silent for a moment. "I..uh...Sorry. That this is how you had to spend your birthday." "Huh? Oh..OH! No, It's fine! Well..for me. Actually, in retrospect we were all having pretty awful birthdays so.." She trailed off, thinking. "I mean..heh, knowing Aiden, she would rather be stuck in, like, Soul Eater or something, but still, at least for me? Being here with you guys is probably the coolest thing to have happened on my birthday. Plus, I get to spend it with my girls! So, I'm pretty content for now." And Lily was. So long as they could find a way home later, then she didn't mind spending her birthday with her best friends and THE teenage mutant ninja turtles. Donatello flushed slightly. "Alright well...I'm going to need to put your shoulder back in place, and it's going to hurt. a lot." Honestly was the best policy. However, the panic that crossed Lily's face concerned him. "It's..it's going to be okay. I'll be sure to-" "N-No..no, it's alright. I just..like I said, I've never had something like this happen before and it's just..." She shook her head and took a deep breath. "Do what you have to. I know I'm in good hands. I trust you."
I know I'm in good hands.
I trust you.
That threw Donatello for a bit of a loop, and he stared at Lily for a moment in surprise. all she did was smile back at him, and he felt his face heat up. Yes, she was from a world where she knew who he was. Shell, she was even a fan, but...that was still a surprising thing to hear from a stranger. Lily had said it with absolute certainty, she knew he was going to do everything he could to take care of her wound. Even Mickey through a fit whenever Donnie had to do something like this. "A-Alright..I'm going to need you to lie down comfortably." "Okie dokie, Doctor Don." Lily did as she was told and Donnie sighed internally. He had some pain killers, but nothing like anesthesia. He felt really bad for what he was going to have to do, but, well, he was going to have to do it. "Good. I'm going to need you to take a few minutes to totally relax, okay? This is very important. so, um.." He paused, thinking. Talking usually helped people to relax. "Poison, huh? What got you interested in that?" 'Oh, well...I'm actually interested in anything that involves death, really..." Lily admitted, a little embarrassed. Most people took that the wrong way. Donatello, though, became very interested. "Death? as in, like..." He tried to coax her into telling him more. "I dunno...everything? Different ways to die, the affects pm the body, the history of killers, survivors, and how death is treated in different cultures. I...have toyed with the idea of being a forensic anthropologist." "Oh, I've read a bit on that subject. It's actually pretty cool, and um...if it is a career you decide to follow then I commend you." Donnie smiled and then sighed. "Anyway, back to your shoulder. I'm going to move your arm up over your head. This shouldn't hurt too much, okay?" Lily nodded and took a deep breath, letting Donnie slowly move her arm out to the side and then over her head. "Okay. I know your wrist is sprained, so this may hurt, but I need you to rotate your hand behind your head." "S-sure, no problemo." Lily winced as she put her hand behind her head. "Good. Now, slowly reach for your opposite shoulder. I'll be helping you, okay?" Donnie spoke softly, trying to ease any worries Lily had. Lily was silent as she did what he told her to do. She suddenly felt a pop and the pain somewhat subsided. Donnie smiled, helping her to sit up. "And there you go. Easier than you thought, huh?" "Yeah! That was actually really cool, thanks Donstar!" Immediately, her face turned red.
Oh no.
She had called him a nickname from a fanfiction she had once read.
Donatello was blushing too. "uh...Don..star?" "It's..um...a name a few people use for you, back in my world. I use it because it just seems..you. But if you don't like it, I can stop!" "No, no, it's fine! Really! I'm..I'm flattered you have a nickname for me." He gave her that gap toothed grin. Oh, he was too cute. "N-now, I should make that sling for you. The worst of it is over." Donatello smiled and turned away, getting the sling ready. A nickname. A girl had given him a nickname! A smart girl, who was a fan of him! He could just die.
AND WE AR BACK IN ACTION, BABY!
