Chapter 14
Mikey walked through the sewers in sorrow. He didn't find a single clue where his brother could be. His head was low and he dragged his feet across the floor. He missed his brother, even if he did beat the shell out of him before he ran odd, he still loved and missed him. He just wished there would have been a single sign of where he could be.
He fiddled with the small orange gem he found uptop. He was hopping that once he found Donnie, he could tell him what it was. But his hope were too high. He could feel the hot tears, beginning to sting his eyes, he didn't even try to keep them from falling. He didn't care anymore, all he wanted was his brother back.
Rapid footsteps were heard and he swore his name was called out a few times. He looked up to see two silhouettes, running towards him. He heard his name again and the voice sounded like Raphael's.
"Raph?" He questionably called out.
"Mikey!" Another voice was heard, quite similar to Leonardo's. The two figures came closer and they were indeed Leonardo and Raphael.
"Mikey, what are you doing here?" Raph questioned.
"I was looking for Donnie." The young turtle replied sadly. Leo and Raph looked at eachother.
"Everything's ok Mikey, April and I found him. He's back at the lair." Leo said. Mikey's eyes almost shot out of his head. His arms quickly raised in delight.
"REALLY!" He exclaimed. After his happy attack the orange gem flew out of his hand. It bounced off the ground before Leo picked it up.
"Mikey where did you find this?" He asked.
"I found it on one of the buildings when I was topside." He explained. Leo looked to Raph.
"Does this look familiar to you?" He asked his slightly younger brother.
"That's weird, I think I have seen something like that." Raph said squinting at the crystal.
"C'mon, let's get back to the lair." Leo said with his two brothers following his lead.
April and Casey watched for any signs of Donatello waking up. Ever since Leo and April brought him back to the lair, he hasn't moved since. He didn't even look like he was sleeping. April constantly checked his pulse, thankfully it stayed the same, sadly it was extremely weak. April always worried when she thought it chest didn't rise, but after her panic she was slightly relieved to watched it rise and fall slowly.
Right now April sat on another side of the couch, watching t.v with Casey, every five seconds or so looking up to watch Donnie. Casey sat beside her, not really paying attention to Donnie at all.
"Hey Red, ya think when this is over, you wanna catch a movie or something?" He asked. April looked at him and scoffed.
"Really Casey, something's wrong with Donnie and Mikey's missing and all you can think about is dating me!" She glared at him.
"So, that's a 'no'?" He asked. April was about to reply but the three turtles came into the lair.
"We're back guys, Mikey don't drop that." Leo said.
"I won't dude jeez." Mikey said.
"Don't drop what?" April asked quickly standing up to get away from Casey.
"Mikey found something while he was topside. Leo thinks he knows what's up with Don." Raph said. Mikey and Leo walked over to the couch and looked over Donatello.
"See, I thought something was off when we brought him back." Leo said snatching the crystal from Mikey's hands and setting it in the top middle of Donnie's plastron. After a couple of seconds Donnie quickly sat up as if he was just awakening from a terrible nightmare. He quickly inspected his surroundings, when he realised he was in the lair he almost make it off the couch and tried to run away again, but Raph grabbed his arm before he could and practically threw him onto the couch again.
"Donnie everything's fine." Leo said placing his hand on Donnie's shoulder to keep him from moving. Casey was sitting on the other couch laughing.
"I can watch this all day." He said. Donnie stopped struggling and sighed dropping his head. April got onto his knees so she could see Donnie's face. His eyes were closed. She placed a hand on his knee pad.
"Donnie what's wrong?" She asked him. He didn't answer. She turned to the guys. "Could you all give us a couple of seconds?" She asked. The turtles and Casey retreated to the dojo and April looked back to Donnie. His eyes were open and he looked like he was about to cry. "Donnie?" she said.
"I don't want to be here." He said honestly and sadly. April wrapped him in a hug and Donnie gratefully returned it. April didn't know what was wrong with Donnie, but she was about to find out.
"Donnie, what's wrong?" She asked him. It took a little bit for him to reply.
"I'm scared April." He said. "I don't want to be forced to hurt Mikey again, I don't want to be forced to hurt anyone!" He said, hugging April a little tighter. "I'm a threat to everyone like this." He said and she knew tears were beginning to fall from the sound of his voice. April dubbed what part of his shell that wasn't covered in metal.
"You're not a threat Donnie. And you're not going to hurt anyone, we'll find a way to fix you, I promise." She said to him.
"I just want to go back to normal." He said. She pulled away to see that the left side of his mask was wet from tears.
"We'll find a way to make that happen." She said.
"Maybe Leatherhead might know what to do?" Mikey's voice said, causing Donnie's eyes to to turn onto full circles.
Sorry for the short chapter, I honestly had no idea what to do. At least I posted something.