Chapter three: Changes
Authors note: Thank you for reading my story, this took a while to write and edit, I am really pleased with how it has turned out and I'm looking forward to writing the next one, I have nothing left to say except have an enjoyable time and see you at the end.
Five minutes earlier
"See all better, now I'm goanna go wash my face off, I'll meet you back at the dojo", Mikey nodded and they walked off into different directions. Donnie headed to the bathroom, he placed his hand on the door and looked back as Mikey walked into the dojo, Donnie twisted the handle and pushed the door open, he walked into the bathroom and locked the door behind him; the room was quiet and the tap was dripping, he placed both his hands on the edge of the sink and stared into the mirror, sweat drippled down his face, he wiped his fore head with his wrist as he continued to stare into the mirror.
He noticed he looked paler and his eyes had changed colour, his eyes had gone from a maroon to a light red, he started to move his face round, examining every spot and imperfection he had.
(Was that there before, I swear this mark on my neck wasn't here, could this be where the pain keeps coming from, why does it look weird)?
Questions that couldn't be answered, he had his thoughts run around in his mind as he kept staring at himself, memorising every spot and mark he had; the mark on his neck kept grabbing his attention, he swore it was never there, he needed to investigate it, starting with how sensitive it was, he poked the mark once and only got a small zingy feeling down the side of his neck.
"That's odd, what is this mark, where did I get it"?
He poked it again, this time it felt like someone had jabbed him in the neck, his stomach turned in on itself as a sickening feeling squeezed his insides, a headache had crept its way to his head as well and a throbbing pain started just like before. Things were starting to accelerate as his health decreased, he stared down into the sink, more sweat falling from his face, he listened as they fell, he closed his eyes as the pain grew worse, it felt like he had been punched multiple times in every part of his body, his body was aching, he opened his eyes and saw blood in the sink, more followed; one after another the blood came faster and faster, was he hallucinating; how Is this happening, where is this blood coming from, Donnie looked back at the mirror. It was his mouth, it was bleeding; had he cut himself when he cut Mikey, was that the reason it was bleeding; more blood fell into the sink, he gasped as he felt his airways become tight and hot.
To Donnie this was the first night all over again, the same things were happening for the same reason, blood started to fill his mouth, his teeth and the sink stained red with his blood, he leaned his head down and allowed the blood to flow out of his mouth and into the sink, he thought he would be able to breathe this way, but the blood wasn't the problem, he just couldn't breathe altogether, his airways wouldn't allow air past them, breathing became harder and harder as every second passed. With every minute more blood would slowly make its way to his mouth. Donnie started to panic, he had to get help, he needed his brothers; as Donnie slowly walked to the door he was at the point of fainting, but he managed to keep himself conscious.
Donnie got to the door and placed his hand on the door knob, his knee's buckled under the pressure of his body, his body went stiff as he fell to the floor, he couldn't move anything but his right arm, as he fell he reached for the sink and grabbed it with his one arm, he lowered himself to the floor and managed to flip himself onto his plastron.
(What the shell is going on, what's happening, calm down, I need to move, I need to get to my brothers and I need to be quick or I could die of blood loss, I might only have a few minute or maybe I could drown or I could just suffocate, I need to move)!
Donnie became weak as every second passed, with his one working arm he started to bang violently on the door but even his working arm was weak, Donnie laid on the floor as he struggled to get air past his throat and into his burning lungs, his vision was fading into darkness when the door swung open and nearly hit him in the face, Donnie looked in horror, his eyes winded and fear consumed him, there stood the little girl holding a knife, she smiled darkly at him as she approached him with the knife raised.
"You know locks are meant to keep people out, so what's the point if you can unlock them from the outside", the girl's smile widened, "This is going to be fun", she kneeled down next to Donnie and started to run the knife gently down his leg, Donnie started to pull himself out the door with his one arm, he was slow and wasn't really going anywhere but he didn't want to stick around, the girl liked his commitment but just grabbed Donnie violently by his mask and pulled him back to the other side of the bathroom, she threw him onto his back and sat him up, she stared him in the face. She looked crazy, no crazy wasn't the word insane is more like it, a look crossed her face, it was that look a psychopath got when they stabbed or killed someone, sadistic PLEASURE.
Donnie still couldn't breathe, darkness started to creep it's way to the side of his eye, his lungs were starting to burn more as they awaited some air to enter, "I thought you wanted to play Donatello, don't you want to play, I promise it will be fun, maybe not for you but definitely for me", the girl examined her knife as she ran it down her pants, she began to laugh a sadistic laugh as she stared at him with wide eyes.
"mmmhhhhhhhAHAHAHAHAHAHA"!
Donnie started to crawl with all the energy he had left, at this point he was forcing himself to stay awake, however the girl didn't appreciate him leaving.
"So you don't want to play, Pathetic".
She stood from her spot and stepped on his leg, she raised the knife behind her head and stabbed the knife right into his calf like it was nothing.
Blood hit the girls face and she pulled away in disgust.
"AAAAHHHHGGGGGG"! His scream was bloodcurdling, it echoed through the lair as he totally collapsed.
The pain from the knife had stopped the blood in his mouth, but how was this any better, the girl wiped her face and took hold of the knife again, she seemed angry, she twisted the knife around slowly in his leg and whispered into his ear.
"The master doesn't want you dead, he want's you for other things and just know it's not long before you're his".
The girl ripped the knife from his leg as he let out another painful scream, Donnie clenched his teeth as he watched the girl run out of the bathroom and to the exit of the lair, she glared at him and disappeared around the corner. Donnie had no energy to use, all he could do was close his eyes and fall asleep and so he did.
Current moment
Mikey stared out the dojo and to the bathroom Donnie had walked into, it had been at least 5 minutes since Donnie had gone to wash his face, did it really take that long?
"What the shell was that".
"DONNIE".
The three brothers ran out the dojo, their master staying behind, the brothers looked around for their missing brother, they couldn't see him anywhere, the lair was silent.
"Okay split up, Raph you check his room, Mikey get Donnie's lab, I'll check the kitchen".
"But Leo Donnie would be…".
"Mikey not now just go check the lab".
"But Leo".
"That's an order Mikey, go".
All three brothers ran off to their ordered area and searched every inch. Raph arrived at his brothers room and cracked his door open a smidge. Raph looked around and saw no one, he swung the door open fully and saw Donnie had an extremely neat room.
His bed was made, his bo staff was hung up, his spare masks were folded into a pile under his night stand, no rubbish was on the floor, he had his books piled neatly on a small bookshelf that hung on the wall next to the door and his gadgets where placed around the room in order from smallest to biggest. Everything was dusty and hadn't been used in a very long time, yet Raph's eye's still widened in amazement.
"Woah, it's been so long since I've been in here, when did it become so neat, Don's room use to be worse than Mikey's".
Mikey arrived at the lab, he stood in front of the open doors, the lab was silent and there was no movement, he looked around before he entered, after a quick sweep of the room he entered with his numb chucks drawn.
"Donnie are you in here, Donnie"?
Mikey searched every cupboard and large space Donnie could fit into, Donnie was the tallest sibling so he couldn't fit into too small of a place, Mikey came to the end of his search, he didn't find him, but he did find a cool looking gadget.
"ohhhh, what's that, it looks like a Gameboy, Donnie won't mind if I take it".
A smile slid across his face as he put the gadget into his belt. Little did Mikey know that the gadget he took wasn't a game boy, it was something much worse.
Leo came to the kitchen entrance, he moved the cloth aside as he stepped in, he looked around, Donnie wasn't there, it didn't take much looking to know he wasn't here, where could he hide, the fridge.
All three brothers met near the tv, they stood in a small circle and awaited for someone to talk.
"He isn't in his room".
"He isn't in the lab bro's I checked every inch of that place".
"Well he isn't in the kitchen"?
Donnie was still laying on the floor with his wound bleeding out, the whole floor had been stained red from all the blood, It looked like a murder scene, Donnie awoke and remembered what had happened, he still had no energy to move, he was in too much pain and was tired, he wanted his brothers to find him, he wanted to be helped, but all he could do was lay in his own blood, Donnie's eye landed on his brothers, they were arguing, no words came out, he wanted to scream their names so badly, but he couldn't form the words, there was no air left, just pitch darkness as Donnie's eyes closed, his mouth and tongue were failing him as he fell asleep, the last thing he saw was Mikey pointing at him and gasping as he saw him lying on the floor covered in blood.
A warm feeling took over Donnie as he opened his eyes, his vision was blurry and the light hurt his eyes, he squinted at the pain; he had to blink a few times to clear his vision and his muscles were screaming every time he moved an inch, he looked around the lair and saw he was on the couch with an ivy drip in his arm and a breathing mask over his face, he had multiple blankets on and could feel bandages around his leg. Donnie stared around the room, where were his brothers?
He stopped at his three brothers sitting watching tv, they were watching a new show he had never seen before; they were laughing and arguing all at the same time, movement from the kitchen caught his attention, April walked out of the kitchen with a plate full of pizza, except she looked different, her hair was longer, she was more tan and now that he thought about it his brothers looked different too, Raph had gotten more muscle, Mikey was also more fit.
But what put Donnie off was the fact that Leo hadn't said a word, he had been silent the whole time, he didn't move once, he didn't talk, he didn't laugh and was that a new bandana, it looked untouched and the colour of blue was darker, he watched as April sat next Leo and handed out the pizza, Leo was the only one that didn't touch it and to Donnie's surprise Mikey only took two pieces, he wouldn't take anymore. Usually he would have a whole pizza to himself, what the shell was going on?
(Guys, how long was I asleep, why has everything changed so much, wait? The lair looks better, cleaner, more organised, what is going on)?
Donnie tried to sit up but his body wouldn't allow it, he tried to speak but he couldn't do that either. He couldn't do anything, he was incapable; Donnie felt like jelly, he laid on the couch and stared up at the celling, he had no feeling in his body what so ever, it must be pain killers he thought to himself, how many did they give him; it feels like they gave him the whole dam bottle.
(Guys, can you hear me, please answer me; why can't I move, I know I'm hurt but why can't I move, guys help please)!
Donnie was trapped in his thoughts, he started to think back to the girl and how she must not have cut an artery, he would have been dead if she did and plus she would have been dead if she killed him, apparently he was needed, Donnie trailed off but came right back to his brothers, sure his brothers know to apply pressure around a wounded area but that's pretty much it, woah that's a scary thought, what if one of his brothers get really hurt and he's not there, they could die.
(woah, I need to teach them more first aid, but not now, I have questions)!
"Thanks April you the best".
"All good Mikey, but I think the pizza seemed a little off".
"No problem April, I'm not fussy".
Mikey looked back at Donnie with a sad expression, he started to get a gathering of tears but just wiped them away, could he not see Donnie was awake, his eyes were clearly open?
(Mikey, yes; help me, Mikey no don't turn around).
Mikey was clueless, he just continued to stare at Donnie like he was a painting or a tv screen, Mikey sighed and spun back round.
(Mikey no, come back help me, why can't I….)
Donnie's thoughts were interrupted as Mikey spoke, his voice had gotten quieter and he sounded sad.
"Dudes do you think Donnie will ever wake up"?
"Mikey I'm sure he's fine", Raph snapped at Mikey as he continued to look at the tv.
"Gezz dude just asking", Raph looked over at Mikey with a stern expression.
"Well I don't want to hear it".
"Why are you angry"?
"Because Mikey, you won't shut up"!
"Don't yell at me Raph, I'm sick of this".
"Sick of what, being annoying".
Both brothers stood up and glared at each other, Leo finally moved but only to shake his head in disappointment.
"Why are you always like this Raph".
"Like what, I'm trying to watch tv and you bring up Donnie again"?
(Again, what do they mean again, how long have I been asleep)?
"Because I'm worried Raph, what if he never wakes up".
"Mikey SHUT UP"!
"DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT". Mikey became enraged and went to punch Raph in his gut but Raph dodged his punch and became angry too.
"MIKEY DO YOU WANT ME TO HURT YOU, BECAUSE I WILL"!
Donnie stared at April, she was GLOWING?, April stood up and clenched her hand into a fist, she then glared at both Mikey and Raph.
"EEEENNNNNNNOOOOUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH"!
Raph and Mikey went flying into the wall as April's Force hit them.
"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP, STOP TALKING, JUST SIT DOWN AND WATCH THE MOVIE, PLEASE FOR HEAVENS SAKE, STOP YELLING AT EACH OTHER LIKE A BUNCH OF WINEY CHILDREN"!
The three were dumb founded, they had no words, all they could do was stare at April as she stopped glowing and sat back down into her spot.
"Woah, April that was scary"! April stared at Mikey with rage still visible, Mikey looked away and the two brothers sat back in their spot's and didn't say another word, sure the brothers got scared but they had no idea how Donnie felt.
(WHAT WAS THAT)!
But then he remembered that she had yelled before but it was because of him and Casey arguing about who would sit next to her during Movie night, but it wasn't anything like that, not even close.
Flash back
Casey and Donnie returned to the lounge with popcorn and soda in hand, three soda's and three medium sized popcorn's, Donnie handed one popcorn to April and placed the other two down onto the coffee table, Casey did the same and they both walked towards April with the intent to sit next to her, they both clashed heads as they went to sit.
"Casey what are you doing"?
"Sitting, what are you doing"?
"what do you mean that's my spot".
"Oh really I don't see your name on it".
Casey goes to sit again but Donnie pushes him back.
"What the heck just let me sit down dude".
"Don't dude me dude and plus, IT'S MY SPOT".
April slammed her soda and popcorn onto the floor and stood up between both of them, she placed her hands on both their chests and pushed both of them back.
"BOTH OF YOU STOP IT, YOUR LITTLE CHILDREN, GET OVER YOURSELVES".
April sat back down in her spot and crossed her arms.
"NOW ONE OF YOU SIT DOWN AND THE OTHER SIT ON THE OTHER COUCH".
Donnie smirked at Casey as he remembered something he had planned two months in advance.
"Hey Casey, why don't you lift up the couch pillow".
Casey stared at Donnie and lifted up the pillow slowly, as the pillow was taken from the couch a piece of paper fell onto the floor, Casey picked up the paper and flipped it over, on the paper there was a name, that name was Donatello.
"Looks like the spot has my name on it after all".
Donnie snatched the pillow out of Casey's hand and sat right next to April, Casey walked over to the other couch and started to mumble to himself, he wasn't happy that the girl he liked was with another boy; even though he didn't deserve her. As they got half way through the movie April leaned on Donnie as she got comfortable, her head was resting on his shoulder. Donnie was freaking out, was April really leaning on him, dam this day is going great, he wanted to try something but he knew he might mess this up, he planned every way this could go wrong and thought it was worth it, Donnie raised his arm and slipped it over Aprils shoulder, he pulled her closer, Donnie was tense as he waited for her to flick his arm off, but she didn't, she just scooted in and hugged his waist as she smiled, Donnie smiled too as April fell asleep in his arms, but if she didn't like him why would she scoot in, this girl is confusing.
Donnie didn't move once the rest of the movie and once the movie was coming to an end he whispered to himself.
"Best day ever"!
Flash back end
A smile crossed his face as he remembered all the happy days, Donnie laid there still and unmoved, he looked back at his brothers and noticed Mikey was staring at him again, Mikey was squinting at Donnie, it was as if he was trying to see through a mask.
(I'm awake, help me, help me please).
All was quiet except for the tv, Raph grabbed the remote and shut the tv off.
"Dude that's my show, why did you turn it off"
"Because were sitting here while that man is out there probably causing problems and we still haven't found that girl yet, where's she at, Leo please bro tell us to do something, please".
"Dude how are we meant to find him, we need Donnie for that, so calm down dude".
Raph sat back down and frowned, yet again Leo said nothing, Raph spun around at Donnie, he did just as Mikey did, sighed and turned around, but Raph spun back around and squinted at him.
(OMS, IS DONNIE AWAKE, OMS HE IS, DONNIE)!
"Guys look", Raph pointed at Donnie and they all turned around and to their surprise there was Donnie wide awake, they all jumped to their feet and ran over to him, they knelt at his side as they stared in amazement.
"DONNIE"!
Mikey squeezed Donnie into a hug and started crying.
"Owwwww, Mikey that hurts", wait how can he talk, just a second ago he couldn't move or do anything, weird?
Donnie ignored his thoughts as he looked down to see Mikey was leaning on his wound, his knee was digging in, Leo noticed Donnie's eye movement and pulled Mikey off, he placed a hand on Donnie's shoulder.
"Hey Donnie, how ya feeling".
Mikey, Raph and April stared gobbed smacked at Leo, they were amazed and yet confused.
"Leo"?
"Dude, it's been so long, did you always sound like that"?
Both brothers were shocked, but why were they shocked, what is going on!
At first Donnie didn't speak, he was still confused, why were they saying these thing, what did they mean by it's been so long, some body tell him.
"Yeah I'm fine, I don't think I need the mask any more, I can breathe fine".
Raph grabbed the mask and slid it off Donnie's face, there was an indent from where the mask had been sitting, Raph turned the air for the mask off and wheeled it back to the lair. The other two brothers sat Donnie up slowly, as Donnie sat up the blanket fell to the floor and the bandage was clearly shown, there was no blood on the bandage.
"I don't think I need the bandage on anymore, there's no blood on the bandage so I'm guessing the white blood cells have already clotted the blood and stopped the bleeding, I might change the bandage over because it would still be healing".
Leo smiled, it had been ages since he heard some brainy stuff, but at the same time he frowned at what Donnie had said, he smiled nervously as he removed the bandage, Donnie stared in horror, his leg was completely healed and a giant scar was visible.
"WHAT THE SHELL, why is there a giant scar and how is my leg fully healed, just a minute ago it was an open wound".
"You were stabbed remember, there would have been a scar, right"?
"I remember but, it wouldn't be this visible if you used the right cleaning agent and bandage, there wouldn't be a giant scar, at least not this visible, it's only been a few minutes, how can it be fully healed, what is going on, why do you all look so different, some body answer me please"!
"Woah D calm down, give yourself some time to wake up bro, you've been out for a while". Raph returned and sat on the other side of Donnie, he put an arm around his shoulder and pulled him in close.
Donnie closed his eyes and took in a deep breath, he couldn't let his mind get to frantic.
"I feel I'm going to regret this but, how long was I out for, because I'm starting to think it's longer than I think".
Everyone stared and winced at the question, they stared at him and winced again, they all looked away and the room went silent.
"I'll tell you later, when you get settled and get back into training".
Donnie sighed again as he removed Raph's arm from his shoulder, he sat up straight and asked again.
"why would I need to settle back in and get into training if it's only been a few minutes, how long was I asleep, tell me, I won't ask again".
Leo looked at Raph and then at Donnie, he sighed and sat next to Donnie, he didn't know how to put it, how could he put it, it's been so long, should he be quick about it or say it slowly, either way Donnie would have the same reaction.
"Donnie I don't know how to put this but trust me you haven't been out that long".
Leo smiled as if that answer was going to be good enough to satisfy Donnie, Donnie frowned and tried to stand up but his muscles just kept screaming.
"Leo, do you really think that's what I meant, HOW LONG WAS I ASLEEP, answer me and it's pretty clear I have been out for a while since you all keep SAYING SO, I'M NOT STUPID LEO, ANSWER ME"!
Donnie was becoming frustrated, his brothers always did this, they would drag out an answer instead of just saying it to his face, they did this as kids too, whenever something happened they would spend an hours saying, "OHHHH IT'S REALLY BAD", "OHHHHH YOU MISSED IT", "CAN'T BELIVE YOU WEREN'T HERE WHEN IT HAPPENED". Why couldn't they just tell him, sure he isn't good with bad news and often over reacts but he was tired of it.
"Leo, for shell sakes just tell me".
"Okay, okay, listen you can't freak out, Promise".
"I can't promise, you know that, but I'll try".
Leo sighed and put a hand on Donnie's shoulder.
"It's been….."
Mmmwwwwhahahahaha; I am truly evil, you must be forced to wait, the suspense, it's funny because even though I know what happens the suspense is still killing me too, why, I don't know. I promise I won't do that every chapter but I felt it needed it and I wanted to be evil, I was thinking of not having this cliff hanger but I added it, you let me know what you think. Thanks for reading this chapter and have a nice day, until next time.