Donettello swore he was going to have a breakdown that night. He just wanted to lay down and have his heart stop beating. He remembered asking himself the question, can I live without Emily? Now he knew the answer. No. He just couldn't live without her. Even now, he was about to go mad with all the thoughts going through his head; where could she be? What could be happening to her? Is she even still alive?
"Don, Don?" Donny looked to the side to see Leo with his hand on his shoulder. Don hadn't even felt Leo touch him. "Hm...?" Don mumbled, blinking away the despair. "Mikey's taken a couple blows to the head, we need to get him home!" Don nodded, and jogged over to Mikey, who was lying on the ground unconsious. "Oh, geez Mikey..." Donny groaned as he examined the large gash in the side of Michaelangelo's head. "I don't have my bag with me!" he relised, and looked up at Raph. "Raph, can I use your bandanna to stop Mike's cut from bleeding?" Raph gave him the red bandanna, and Don wrapped it around Mikey's head and over the gash. "Raph, can you carry Mikey home?" Raph nodded, and bent down to lift Mike up and begin to carry him out of the out door theatre.
Leo smiled at Don as he stood up. "We'll try to find Emily in the morning, alright Don?" Donny nodded, and smiled faintly back at him. "Don," said Josh, walking up to them, " we'll come over in the morning too. We want to help you find our sister." Don grinned now. "Great, guys. Now, let's go home before Splinter comes out looking for us." "One more thing Don. Maybe, you should skip patrol tonight? You know... to cool down a little..." suggested Leo. Don smiled, relieved, at him, and nodded. "Thanks..."
Minutes later, Donny walked into the lair with everyone in front of him. They passed Master Splinter on the way to the infirmary/lab. "Master Splinter, Mikey-he's-" "I know. I sensed something was wrong." Splinter said to Raph, and he nodded and carryed Mike the rest of the way into the room. He lay Mike gently onto the elevated cot in the middle of the room. Donny rushed in right behind him, and began shuffling around the counter for the correct supplies.
About an hour later, Donettello was finally done cleaning out and stitching and patching Mikey's head, and he stared at him sadly as he slept with a look of pain on his face. Well, this night sucked. First, his girlfriend was taken to who knows where, and now his little brother may have a concussion. Donny stormed out of the room, too miserable to look at it all anymore. Nobody made any move to stop him.
Don sat on his bed in his room hours after the guys had left for patrol. He held the picture of him and Emily in his hand. He watched tears fall onto the glass above Emily's shining face in the picture, and he felt his stomache plummet, if possible, farther than it already had. He couldn't believe how hopeless his situation was. There was almost no way they were going to find Emily. How could they know where to start? How could they know if, maybe, their search would be in vain? Donny felt sick as this thought occured to him, and he whimpered. Emily may be dead.
Then, he heard a yell from outside, and a loud bang as something was knocked over. Donny leapt up and ran out to the entrance to the lair, where the sound had come from. Well, one thing was for sure. The guys were home.
Almost the entire family was outside the entrance to the lair, circled around something. Don approached the crowd to see what it was they were standing around. He felt his jaw drop as he saw who it was. It was Usagi, the rabbit samurai that he and Leo had met about three years ago. What he was doing here, Don could only guess.
Usagi looked up, and was obviously suprised to see more than four turtles around him. "Uh... sorry... portals aren't my best subject..." he said nervously. "Raphie, there's a bunny rabbit in here!" Victoria exclaimed, staring at Usagi with big eyes. Usagi looked at her and smiled. Leo bent down and helped him up. "One question, Usagi. What the shell are you doing here? How'd you...why?" Usagi brushed himself off and sighed. "It's a very long story. But, to make it short, I have news as to where your Emily may be." He looked at Don as he drew in a sharp gasp. "You do?" Donny asked, and then started to shake Usagi. "Where! Where is she!" Leo put a hand on his shoulder, and Don turned red. "Um... sorry." Usagi smiled again, and brushed himself off. "Anyway, as to where Emily is... she is with the Dameiyo's son, at the Battle Nexus." Don stared at him. "It's started again?" "So THAT'S where Master Splinter has been all night! He's left for the Battle Nexus!" exclaimed Leo, and Usagi nodded. "I myself have entered again. I was walking past the Dameiyo's throne room, when I heard the Dameiyo's son's voice. The Damieyo is gone. His son must have gotten rid of him. He is holding Emily captive inside of the throne room, I heard him telling her that he was going to finish you," he looked at Don, " if she didn't do what he told her. He says that in order for him to rule in his father's place, he needs a wife. I don't know why he chose Emily, but she's the one. She tried to escape, but her efforts were in vain. The guards had knocked her unconsious when I left to find you." Donny could feel that his eyes were wider than they were supposed to widen. "We have to find her," he mumbled furiously, "We have to. I will NOT let the Dameiyo's son use her for that! I'm going to the Battle Nexus!" Leo nodded. "We're coming too, Don. Emily is as much a part of our family as you are." "I have to come," said Josh," she's my sister. We're in, right guys?" The rest of Josh's family nodded, and Don smiled. "Thanks guys." "Hey, what's family for?" Raph said, smiling. Don looked at Mike, who he just now relised was standing up! "Mike, what-" "I want to come Don. I'm not dizzy anymore, it just needs to heal. I'm okay Don, I want to help." Don looked usurly at him, and then gave in. Mike could take care of himself, right?
"All right," said Leo, standing in front of everybody, "Now if we're all going to go as this big a group, we have to split up into parties for stealth. Now, me and Nicole will be one party. Then, Raph and Katie, Mike and Kris, and Don can be with Usagi. Lin and Josh will go together, okay Josh?" "Fine with me." said Josh, nodding. Leo continued," With Lin and Josh will be Sasha. Then, Jen, Chris and Vicky. Kara, Derik, and Jill. Erica, Hannah and Gary. I'll call Angel and have her babysit Nat. Everyone got it?" All of the turtles and rabbit nodded, and Leo went to call Angel. He came back minutes later to tell them Angel was on her way.
"Can we go yet! Anything could be happening to her!" exclaimed Don five minutes later, and Leo grimaced at him. "Sorry Don, but we can't leave until Angel gets here." Don growled loudly with worry and frustration, and sank back into the couch. Finally, Angel arrived. "Guys, what's going on? Why do you need me to babysit?" asked Angel, with a confused look on her face. "Emily's gone, and we need you to watch Nat while we're gone." explained Don. "Well, then can I bring her to my house? You guys will definantly be gone for more than two hours." asked Angel, and Leo nodded. "Whatever Ang, just watch her and make sure NOBODY except your grandmother sees her!" "Okay, Lee, chill!" exclaimed Angel, and Leo scowled a little. "Don't call me Lee." he mumbled, and Angel smirked at him.
"Okay, so, last time we went to the Battle Nexus there were markings on a wall in an alley that opened the portal, right?" said Mike, and Don nodded. "Yea, and I think Leo knows the chant." Leo nodded, and Don checked his bag to make sure he had his light, and a piece of chalk. The others listened to the four boys confusedly. Don said, "Alright, let's go. Does anyone remember exactly what alley it was?" Mike nodded. "I think so. Follow me!"
They all left the lair in a hurry, Angel wishing them good luck. Mike shoved off the sewer cover, and ran down the side walk, everyone following him at different times, some on the roofs of smaller buildings, and some on the ground. They followed Mikey for about three minutes until he turned sharply into an alley. They all filed into the alley one by one, and crowded around the wall. "Okay, let's see here..." said Don, taking out his light and shining it onto the wall. The markings that Splinter must have made only hours ago appeared faintly on the wall, and Mikey held the light for Don as he traced them out. When he was finished, Donny and Mike stood back as Leo tried his best to remember the chant. The water puddle that was in front of the wall rose up to form a portal. Don put his arm through it first, to make sure it was safe. When he felt nothing, he motioned for Usagi to follow him in. Leo stopped him. "Hang on a sec, Don. Now, me, Nicky, and Sash are going to follow you in in about ten minutes. If we want to keep our cover, then we can't all go running in at once. Same for the rest of you guys," he looked at his fellow male turtles behind him," take your groups in at ten minute intervals. Now you can go Don." Don nodded, and went the rest of the way into the portal. When he stepped out, his foot didn't meet any surface, and he fell, feeling like he had left his stomache floating in the air above. He met the ground with a loud thud and a jolt of pain to his forehead as it hit the ground as well. Then, he heard Usagi's yell of, "AAAAAAAAAHOUCH!" as he landed on the ground as well.
"Ow..." grumbled Usagi, and Don massaged his forehead as he stood up. He saw the Dameiyo's temple not too far away from where he and Usagi had landed. He grabbed Usagi's arm and pulled him up so they could get a move on, and after Usagi had dusted himself off, they sprinted for the temple.
When they finally reached it, Donettello went first, and jogged to a nearby wall, hiding behind it. He waved his arm at Usagi, and the young Samurai ran to him and backed up against the wall behind him. "All right, now I think I see a door right there." said Don, pointed to the other side of the wall their backs were against. "Let's move along the wall and see what's behind there, shall we?" suggested Usagi, and Don nodded and started to slide down the wall. He and Usagi had nearly reached the door, when it opened. Both of the young warrior's hearts jumped, and they ducked down into the shadows. A couple of guards strode out of the opened door, and one of them closed it again. The both of them took positions on either side of the door. "Well, this complicates things a little..." admitted Usagi, and Don leaned twords him. " Okay, here's what we'll do..."
Don waited quietly, still crouched down as Usagi climbed the flat wall as best he could. Usagi crouched down too once he was on top of the wall, and slowly made his way across it until he was right on top of the guards in front of the door. Out of his pocket he took a sleeping bomb, and chucked it downward at the guards. "What the-" was all one of the guards could say before the bomb blew up and the two of them fell to the ground. Usagi did a front flip off the wall, and Donny ran to meet him. "Nice one Usagi." Don complimented, and tried the door. "Crap! It's locked!" He looked down at the guards, and bent down. He went through their pockets, and eventually found a strangly shaped key with a feather tied to the end. "This should work..." assured Donny, and stuck the key in the lock and turned it. The lock clicked, and he opened the door.
Usagi followed him as he sprinted down the hallway, and turned the corner sharply. He skidded to a stop as he saw the guard in front of the stairway. "Oh, shell!" Don hissed, and the guard yelled and aimed a nice wack to Donny's head with his large staff. Donny ducked, and then performed a Round House Kick and hit the guard right in the jaw. He fell to floor like the others had, and Donettello stepped over him and made his way up the stairs, followed by Usagi.
There was a long hallway at the foot of the stairs, and Donny ran down it. He skidded to a stop though when he heard voices from inside a very large door. He opened the door quietly, and heard Usagi jogging up behind him. Don put a finger to his lips, and let Usagi in in front of him before closing the door without a sound. "Donettello, look!" Don heard Usagi's whisper, and ducked behind the wall where Usagi was hiding. The Dameiyo's son was sitting in a big throne in the middle of the room, and beside him was a very large pillow, and yet another guard. Then, the door on the other side of the throne room opened suddenly, and still more guards filed in. Or, more like struggled. It seemed something was struggling with them as well. They threw whatever it was that was giving them such a hard time onto the pillow beside the throne. It lifted it's head, and it turned out to be a young woman with curly sandy colored hair and green eyes. And, she was turtle. "Emily..." whispered Don, and Usagi put a hand on his shoulder to stop him from leaping up.
Emily's hands were tied behind her back, and she struggled with her bindings as the Dameiyo stood up and postitioned himself in front of her. "Well, how is my beautiful flower today?" he asked her, and carressed her face with one of his hands. Emily jerked away from him, and Don felt his hands shaking. If he touched her one more time... Emily glared at the Dameiyo's son with hateful eyes, and he smiled. "Now, now, let's not be a bad girl, Emily." He bent over, and kissed Emily's kneck. Don growled, and nearly stood up. "No, Donettello! Stay calm!" hissed Usagi, and Don sat back down, shaking with anger.
Emily bit the Dameiyo's son's ear sharply, and he drew away from her. Suddenly, he threw his hands around her throught, and lifted her into the air. She kicked and gasped, struggling with the bindings on her hands again. "Do you want me to hurt you! Do you WANT me to kill you! Because I WILL AND I WON'T LOSE A NIGHT OF SLEEP ON IT!" Emily whimpered and struggled. "No...no!" she gasped, and Don litterally put a crack in the brick from gripping it so hard. "IF YOU DO NOT DO AS I SAY THEN I WILL GO AFTER YOUR PRECIOUS DONETTELLO AND FINISH HIM FOR GOOD! DO YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT!" Emily's eyes went round, and she shook her head violantly and gasped, "No! P-please...!" The Dameiyo's son finally let go of her throat and threw her to the floor. "Then I suggest you follow orders! Now, get up!" Emily still lay on the floor gasping for breath, and the Dameiyo's son kicked her side sharply. "UP! NOW!" Emily scrambled up, and he gripped her arm tightly, so tightly she whimpered again. "Now, Donettello." whispered Usagi, and Don didn't need telling twice.
He leapt up and tackeled the Dameiyo's son to the floor from behind. Emily whipped round, and stared as the two of them fought with each other on the floor. "Don!" she exclaimed, and he stood in front of her. "GO! GO WITH USAGI! N-" He felt a sharp pain on the back of his head, and he sank to his knees, clutching his head. The room started spinning and got all foggy. He heard echoing voices that seemed to get softer and softer... "Donny! Donny!"
A/N: ooooooo suspense! i'm so sorry for the long wait! please read and review!