Chapter 25

Questions

1987

"Marsha!" Donatello shouted as he made it to the first floor, brushing past Vernon.

"Hey, you!" he called. Donatello ignored him and rushed out the door, looking around to see where Marsha ran off to.

"Marsha..."


"Wonder if Marsha and Don got along all right..." Mike murmured.

"Well, there's your answer," Raph pointed out as Marsha brushed past them. The red-cladded turtle grabbed the she-kat by the arm and held her back. "Whoa, whoa, little missy. Just where do you think you're running off to? You have no where else to go here!"

Marsha turned to glare at him. "I just need to be alone for awhile!" She closed her eyes upon hearing Don's voice.

"Marsha, please, let's just talk about this!" he pleaded.

"You already know how I feel, why do we have to talk about it?" she whispered. "Please, just...leave me alone for awhile." With that said, the she-kat took off.

Don started after her when April grabbed his arm. "Donny, you heard what she said. Just let her cool down for a few minutes. She'll come back."

"Yeah, what did you do to her, Don?" Raph spoke up.

"I...I didn't do anything!" Don turned to face them and sighed. "She told me her feelings: she's fallen in love with me, you guys...I..." he was cut short when Mike patted him on the shoulder, a huge smile on his face.

"All right, bro! Donnie's found some love, guys!" Mike paused, a sheepish smile on his face. "So, if you two do that...ya know...that thing...she'll be like our sister!"

Don let out another sigh. You guys don't get it...I just need to find her and talk to her... "I'll...see you guys at home, okay?"

Raph, Leo, Mikey and April watched him take off. "Ahh, there he goes," Leo sighed.


Don ran until he came to an old warehouse. He let out a sigh and looked inside through one of the broken windows. Darkness... Great...where else could she have gone? Huh?

Marsha blinked in surprise and backed away upon seeing Donatello. "Marsha, please, let me talk to you," he pleaded, stepping inside the warehouse and taking a few steps closer towards her.

"There's nothing to talk about, Donatello," she mumbled, crossing her arms, looking away from him.

"I think there is. Tell me a little more about this other dimension."

Marsha raised her green eyes to look at him. "Why? So you can locate the coordinates and send me back home? Is that the reason?"

"No, that's not the reason, Marsha. Please, believe me on this. I just like to know about things, ya know?" He was just inches from her now.

"I guess I should know that by now, shouldn't I?" she let out a sigh and began to tell him all that she'd been through and her alternate dimension. "And, even though I've only been in this dimension for one day, it's...it's just begun to grow on me," she finished.

"But your friends...you're just going to leave all of that behind you? What about...HIM? The father of your child? You really wanna leave him? Don't you love him?" he asked, silently hoping he wasn't imposing too much.

Marsha sighed heavily, ears drooping a bit. "I do love him. But, lately he's been...too possessive. I STILL love him, but now that I've met you," she let out another sigh. "Donny, you're so carefree, I just wish my Donny would be more like you. I guess what I'm saying is that I love the both of you."

Don reached up to rub the back of his head. "I see..." So, this was what this was all about? Possessiveness? He shook his head and placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, you don't have to go back home if you don't want to. You can stay with us as long as you want to, okay?"

A huge smile crossed her face and hugged him tightly. "Thank you, Donny. I really appreciate this," she whispered. Once she pulled away, she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Uh...no problem. I mean, you're welcome," he mumbled.

Marsha giggled at his embarrassment and gave him another kiss. "Let's head back home, Donny."