A.N.: I'm baack! Lol. About time too, eh? Hehe. Well, here's the next chapter. It explains the newest chapter in "Understanding Brother" a bit better. Enjoy!

Donatello and Dawnatella were playing a silly game of dominoes, when Dawnatella suddenly decided she wanted to go exploring.

"Donnie!" Dawnatella said, and pointed towards the lair door. "S'plore?" (explore)

"Sure Dawna," Donatello smiled. He was the only one who could call her 'Dawna'. "We gotta put the dominoes away first though, Munchkin."

Dawnatella grinned, then helped him to clean up their mess. Once the mess had been cleaned up, she grabbed hold of his hand, and her purple dog, and excitedly began to drag him towards the entrance to the lair.

"Hold on Dawna," Donatello told her. "I have to tell Splinter where we're going." He left her there momentarily, to go and find their Sensei. He finally found him in the dojo with Leonardo, doing katas. "Sensei?" He began, after bowing quickly and respectively. "Dawna and I are gonna go exploring, okay?"

"Yes. But do not wander far, my son. I believe there may be some danger lurking nearby and do not wish for any of you to be harmed," Master Splinter told him. "And please keep your sister safe and out of trouble as best you can."

"Hai, Sensei," Donatello answered, bowing once more. He then ran back to where he'd left Dawnatella. "C'mon Dawna! Splinter says we can go."

Dawnatella smiled, and grabbed hold on his hand again, her stuffed purple dog clutched in her free hand. She then allowed him to lead her out of the safety of their home.

Donatello listens to her babble endlessly as they wander about the sewer tunnels that Master Splinter had okayed for them to play in and explore. He nodded every so often to show her that he was indeed listening.

After having walked in familiar tunnels for a while, Donatello decided to explore one tunnel in particular that had always held his interest. Ok, normally they didn't travel down this particular tunnel, as Master Splinter had declared it off limits, unless it was an absolute dire emergency. But, today, Donatello decided to do what Raphael and Michaelangelo always did, and that was 'to explore the forbidden'. He led Dawnatella down the tunnel a ways, before he though he heard a strange noise. He pulled his sister close to him and shushed her as he let himself blend back into the shadows of the forbidden tunnel.

Needless to say, blending in with the shadows didn't do them much good, especially since Dawnatella just HAD to sneeze. It was in that instant, that they were ambushed by numerous Foot Soldiers.

Dawnatella screamed when she saw the Foot Soldiers, as she sensed that these new people before them were bad. She clung to her brother desperately, now scared of these intruders.

"Ah, perfect," a deep, menacing, voice stated. "We've two of the lil' freaks cornered. Get the littlest one, and be rid of the other."

"Why can't we keep both, Master?" One Foot soldier asked.

"The older one has already been trained and will prove to be difficult," the menacing voice replied. "The younger one shall be easier to train and manipulate."

Donatello set Dawnatella down behind him and told her to stay hidden best she could. He then got into a fighting stance, and prepared to fight in order to protect his little sister.

Dawnatella shrunk back into the darkness of the shadows, afraid of what these mean people might do to her beloved brother.

The Foot attacked then, totally outnumbering poor Donatello. While the Foot Soldiers beat the crap out of Donatello, their Master approached Dawnatella and scooped the terrified turtle child up into his arms.

Dawnatella screamed and struggled once she'd been picked up by someone other than her brother. She was terrified beyond belief. But, much to her dismay, she couldn't break free of this evil man's grip. And them ore he struggled, the angrier he seemed to get.

Shredder was NOT at all pleased, when the small turtle child had begun to scream and struggle. He whacked her diapered buttocks, in hopes of shutting her up and getting the struggle out of her.

Dawnatella wailed even louder when she felt the hand strike her bottom, like her father's had once before. Only, her father had been a whole lot more gentle with her, than this man was being. "Donnie!" She screamed.

Donatello heard his sister's cries, and knew immediately that someone had indeed gotten to her. "Dawna!" He yelled, as he was tackled and beaten by more Foot Soldiers. "Dawna!"

Dawnatella kicked and screamed, as the evil man carried her further and further away from her brother. She wailed loudest when she couldn't hear her beloved Donatello calling her name anymore, thus receiving another whack on her diapered backside.

"You SHALL obey me, and ONLY me!" Shredder snapped. "If not, you SHALL suffer the consequences. And from this point on, you shall NOT be known as Dawnatella, but as Gabriella instead. Understood?"

Dawnatella whimpered.

"UNDERSTOOD?" Shredder bellowed.

Dawnatella hiccupped as she jumped slightly, but nodded in hopes of him being nicer to her if she obeyed.

Meanwhile, back at the lair, Raphael was bored and in a mischievous mood. Without telling his father where he was going, he snuck out of the lair and into the sewer tunnels. He knew well enough to ask permission to leave their home before doing so, but figured he wouldn't be missed, as Master Splinter was busy making dinner and his two brothers were playing with their sisters.

Raphael walked along the sewers, and was extra cautious when he thought he heard a groan coming from the forbidden tunnel they didn't normally travel. He quietly crept into the tunnel and made his way towards the groaning figure on the ground. Needless to say, he was quite shocked to find his brother in purple lying there beaten – bruised, and bloodied.

"Donnie?"

"R-aph..." Donatello managed.

Raphael rushed to his brother's side. "What happened? Who did this to you?"

Donatello passed out again then, leaving his brother in red in a panic.

"Donnie? Donnie? Donnie!" Raphael shouted slightly, as he shook his brother violently. When his brother didn't wake up, he grabbed him under his arms and began to drag him back to the lair. Once at the lair, Raphael dragged his brother into the den, then yelled for their father. "MASTER SPLINTER!!!!"

Master Splinter came scurrying out of the kitchen to see what he sound was yelling about. He was quite shocked to find his son in red, kneeling above his brother in purple in tears – it was not often that Raphael cried, nor was it often that Donatello was the one who got hurt.

"My son," Master Splinter began, as he knelt next to the two. "What happened to your brother?"

"I dunno," Raphael mumbled, worry evident in his voice. "I-I found him in the-the tunnel you said to-to stay outta."

Master Splinter nodded, then scooped his injured son up, and carried him into his study to be cared for. He laid Donatello down on the cot that was in his study, and began to patch him up, after having had to usher Raphael from the room. Once done, he was not surprised to find Raphael anxiously waiting for him out in the den. The young turtle in red was covered with small female turtles, but wasn't paying them any mind, as his mind was on his brother in purple.

"Sensei?" Raphael said softly, once he'd spotted him. "Is he - ?"

"He shall be all right, Raphael," Master Splinter assured him, and went over to pat his head. "Your brother just needs to rest, that is all. We shall find out what happened once he awakes."

Raphael just nodded, and didn't dare ask as to where Dawnatella was. He'd seen her leave with Donatello, but hadn't thought to look for her, upon finding his brother practically unconscious in the sewer.

Donatello slept for two whole days, before finally awakening long enough to tell his Sensei all that had happened.

Master Splinter entered his study, only to find his son lying there in tears. "My son, what is wrong?" He asked worriedly.

"Dawna...." Donatello said softly. "You–You didn't find her – did you?"

Master Splinter shook his head sadly. "No my son. I am afraid, I did not."

Donatello reached a hand up to wipe his tears away. "She's gone... They did take her..."

"Who Donatello?"

"The-The Foot, Sensei," Donatello answered quietly. "An'-An' some mean man that-that was telling 'em what to do. They-they took Dawna."

"Did they say why they wanted your sister?"

"To-To train..." Donatello whispered. "They-They were to-to kill-kill me...I-I faked it an'-an' they left me alone..." his eyes welled up with even more tears.

"Why were you in that tunnel, my son?"

"I-I wanted to-to explore...Like-like Raph an' Mikey do... I'm sorry Sensei!"

"Donatello, not all is your fault. True, you should not have gone in that tunnel, knowing it was off limits. But I do believe you did your very best to make sure they did not take your sister. You were greatly outnumbered by the looks of it, and could do nothing to stop them – not by yourself."

"But-But if I-I had've listened...Dawna would still be here!" Donatello cried.

Master Splinter ran his hand over his son's bald head. "My son, I do not blame you, so please do not blame yourself. I sensed there was danger yet still let you go out when I should not have done so. It is not you who is at fault."

"But-But you didn't know either," Donatello insisted.

"True. I did not know danger was that close by," Master Splinter agreed. "But it is I who am responsible for all of you. But, what is done is done. I shall look for your sister myself and see if she can indeed be found. If not, please do not feel horrible. No one shall blame you. I shall make sure of it."

Donatello nodded slightly. "O-Okay..."

"Now, rest my son," Master Splinter told him softly.

Two more days later, Donatello was allowed to get up and roam around a little bit, long as he didn't roam too far. His siblings had also been told to take it easy on him, and were all forbidden to leave the lair, until given the go-ahead from Master Splinter.

It was during this first day of freedom from the cot, that Donatello disobeyed and wandered out of the lair. He went back to the forbidden tunnel – where he had lost his little sister. He searched in the shadows, hoping to find some sort of trace of her, but wasn't having much luck. Just as he had given up hope, he tripped over something soft. He looked down to see what it was that he had tripped over, and felt tears well up in his eyes, when he spotted the stuffed purple dog he'd given her the week before. He knew she didn't go ANY where without that dog – not since he'd given it to her. He picked it up and hugged it to his plastron, as he began to cry. Once he'd calmed down, he hobbled back to the lair, and was able to re-enter their home unnoticed, which in itself was truly amazing. After he was sure no one had noticed he'd been missing, he hurried to his room as fast as he possibly could. Upon reaching his room, he closed and locked the door, then pulled an old empty shoebox out of his closet – he'd been saving it to build something. He found a soft piece of material he had lying upon his floor, and stuck it inside, then he carefully placed the stuffed dog in.

"I'll NEVER forget you Dawna," Donatello whispered softly, as he kissed the dog's head, then covered him up with the material he had found. He wiped his lone tears away, as he placed the shoebox in the bottom of his closet under a bunch of other things he kept in there. He knew no one would ever find the dog, as NO one was allowed in his closet – if anyone did go in there, they would be punished for invasion of privacy.

In the weeks that followed the horrible incident, Master Splinter searched high and low in all the places he could think of, for Dawnatella. But, sadly, she could not be found anywhere. It was as though she'd fallen off the face of the Earth and had never even existed at all.

A.N.: Well, hope y'all enjoyed this chapter! Sorry it took me so damn long to write it. Had writer's block for so long, and now that I'm sick, my head's kinda fogged up-lol. But, hey, look at it this way - two updates in one day. Pretty good, huh? Lol. Also, I had this idea LONG before Ramica ever did that story about Shredder having Rama and turning her against the turtles. I just couldn't figure out how to write it all up until now. Also, as to whether or not they eventually meet up with Dawnatella again, I haven't decided. Input would be nice. Lol. Plus, I've still a few other people I promised chapters to, so hopefully I can write those up and post 'em soon. Oh, and for those of you who haven't seen me on MSN for awhile, it because I CAN'T get into Hotmail OR MSN AT ALL now! & I haven't the slightest clue as to why. So, if y'all wanna contact me through email (Ziptango!), PLEASE email me at: lenoresdreamboys@yahoo.com Thanx! KTBSPA & KTNTPA & KTRSPA & KTCAPA & KTACPA & KTJTTPA & KTKCPA & KTCPA & KTBKPA & KTKILPA!!!!! P.S. Thanks to Ramica, for letting me know I'd the wrong person find Donnie in the original chapter for this story. Major props to you gal. Peace!