Chapter 12: Searching again

A/n: A new chapter arrived. It will be a bit about guilt and it will be a bit sad, so prepare yourself. I hope I make up for the size of it by posting it on the same day as the previous chapter. Even though it's a bit sad, have fun reading!

Mikey walked though some streets towards the section he had marked at the map, acting like he was searching for Donnie (which he actually was, but not as hard). "Donnie!", he shouted, "Donnie, are you here? Come out, bro. It's me, Mikey." Then, when the oldest 2 brothers didn't expect it, Mikey suddenly took a quick turn right and then left. He went in several streets and on several roofs. His brothers tried to keep up, but they took a wrong turn and lost Mikey. "Now to find Donnie", the youngest brother thought, "Maybe he is at the docks again. Or perhaps he was in the old warehouse." Mikey knew it wouldn't take much time to find a way out of his maze, so he had to decide quickly. He chose the docks.

On the docks Mikey started searching. "Let's see", he said to himself, "Where did I see Donnie last time?" He looked around and he saw something move in the shadows. "Donnie, is that you?" The figure stood up and stepped into the light and Mikey saw Donnie's face. It was partly wet, like he had been crying. "I'm sorry" he said to Mikey. He could hear from Donnie's voice that he had cried and he was trying to keep in the tears now. "I... I didn't want to get you in this mess. Now you and the others are fighting. And it's all my fault." "It's okay, bro" Mikey said. He had never seen Donnie cry before. "I've chosen for you myself. Since the day you left. I even slept in your lab some days, so I wouldn't forget you." "Really? But why?" "I knew you wouldn't do this without a reason. I just wanted to know what the reason was." "Then you must have been very happy when I gave you those papers." "I was, until Leo and Raph found out about it. They took it and scanned it for weaknesses. When they didn't find any, they destroyed the papers." "Oh", Donnie said, "So now you still don't know the story?" "No, but maybe you can just tell me, if you want to." Donnie wasn't sure. "You really wanna know?" "Yes. I want to know why you left and why your mask is half black and what you've been doing all this time. Please, tell me." Donnie sighed. "All right. I'll tell you. Let's start from the day I met Shadow."

A/n: Sorry for the short chapter, but I thought this would be the perfect place to end the chapter. As you all can guess, the next chapter is a flashback chapter. See you next time. And keep reviewing. It really keeps me going.