"So this cream after rubbing it on your arms will slowly make the cuts go away but you need to put this on you on a regular basis" Donatello explained to Jas as he walked over to her with what looked like to be a sealed cup with the cream inside of it before she nods back to him as she understood what she had to do with it to help her scars of her past leave for good right now. After taking her to his lab since they all now knew about her Leatherhead and his awful actions on her, the genius turtle brought her to his lab and give her a cream he had perfected for these kinds of things and in hopes of helping her heal further, Donatello simply nodded back to her before helping her to start putting the cream on her arms for the first time as he had already warn her that it would sting at first each times she puts it on her cuts but would stop later on making her still want to use it to make it all go away from her right now.
Leo came over asking for his help making Jas put the cream on her own, but Raph came in to get a wrench for his shell cycle as it needed a good old tune up just as she was about to get more cream for her arm making him stop and walk over to her and help "Need help?" he asked her but he knew she wouldn't say yes since she and Mikey had always worked on their own with no help from anyone making him and his two brothers furious at their brothers and friends for doing this to them, he took the chair his smart brother used before leaving to sit on and help her put the cream while she stared at his work making him feel something grow deep inside his stomach as he glanced at her slowly before quickly looking back to what he was doing.
"R-Raphie!" she jumped lightly as he placed a little too much pressure on one of her cuts making her say that nickname which made her cover up her mouth to silence herself and muffle an apology to him which confused him completely "Why do that? Because ya said Raphie?" he asked her gently as she trembled while looking up to him "H-he never really liked I-it when w-w-we said it m-m-my Raph I mean, s-s-so he r-r-runs a-a-after us a-and starts h-h-hitting m-m-me or M-Mikey. B-but when it's m-m-m-me he would s-s-say that I-I-I'm worthless or w-weak" she explained to him as he growled at the words her Raphael called her as she went back to covering her face with her hands and sob in them making him feel a stab to the heart from the sight he had of her right now "Hey. Look at me" he said in a very soft tone in his voice making her hiccup as she looks over her hands to him which he slowly moved away for her to look at him better "I-I would never do that ever to any of my bros, yeah I chase Mikey and Jas sometimes but never hit them or say things like that alright?" he said gently as he hoped that she would understand what he was telling her right now.
Still hiccupping she nodded to him at what he had said while still trying to get over everything that had happened to her in the past by her brothers this whole time, she knew these three, their father and their friends wouldn't dare harm her or Mikey but she still felt this feeling of fear from them making the red masked turtle feel even more pain for her as he could see how hard it was for her and her brother to trust even them right now. There had to be something he and his other friends and family could do to help them feel better about all of them right now even for just one little day really or it might just be over and these two would be lost forever, when there little brother was still alive he would always tell them that when something happens or even someone who might be dead here comes from another world, it mostly is fate because they needed help and right now there little brother and big sister were both dead, a Jasmine and Michelangelo from another world landed here, both of them were not well treated and were braking and it was up to them to help them get better.
But the next thing he did was not something he had hoped to do to help.
Eyes closed while Jas had hers actually opened wide at him as he kissed her soft lips as she was surprised from his sudden move on her as she had no idea of what to do next right now as he leaned closer to her as his eyes opened only to widen and move back before running out of the lab in a panic while almost hurting Donnie and Leo who went over to see how she was while Don went after Raph as Mikey was resting in his room right now. Leo had no idea what had happened in the lab for Raph to run out, but he and Donnie could feel the waves of fear, confusion, hate, depression and of pain off of him making them need to do something about it as they had no idea of what went on in there "Don, you go see Raph in his room to see what happened while I go in the lab to see Jas" Leo explained as their smart brother nodded and went on to see their short tempered brother while he went to see Jas in the lab.
Leo's point of view
Jasmine was still seated on the cot since the last he saw her in there as she was still putting the cream on her wrists right now making him sigh as he sat down in front of her to help her put the cream on before wrapping them up "Raph almost ran into me and Donnie. What happened?" he asked as she looked down to her wrists "He came in and helped me put the cream before I called him Raphie, then we talked a bit before he kissed me" she said as his eyes widen slightly as he was still wrapping her wrists "I see" he said making her look up to him "I think you should try to talk to him about this" he started before looking up to her "But he left me here and it doesn't make any sense on why he would do something like that, while I felt like Leatherhead was here right now doing it to me again like before" she said making him nod slowly.
"Trust in his words and you might just find the answers you're looking for in all of this. And Donnie is with him so I'm sure he would be more than happy to try and make sense to you about all of this when Raph tries too hard to make sense to you about it all" he said to her as she slowly nodded back to him "But just remember that were not like anyone you know, we're never gonna hurt you or Mikey in any way possible to make you feel like that's all you do really" he then explained to her "There, all done with the wrappings" he said making her look at them before looking back at him as he walked to the entrance of the lab "You can relax now if you want" he said before walking out the lab to the dojo and meditate leaving her alone with her thoughts on what she should do next. When he got there, there father was waiting for him already "Is there something wrong my sons?" he asked as the turtle sat down near him to meditate before telling him what he was told to his father "I see, I could feel something else broken deep inside her soul that was hidden well, I tried to find out more but it started to break more as I got closer. But I believe that your brothers can fix it" he said before they started meditating.
Donnie's point of view
He knew very well that Raph would be in his room in the hammock he has in his room because he heard the sound of his door almost slamming closed until it was done in a gentler manner to respect Mikey who was sleeping right now, once he got to his door he knocked three times lightly before opening it and walking in to see Raph's shell in his hammock "G'way Donnie" he grumbled to him as Donnie went over to him. Raph really wasn't in such a good mood right now, but that's what he wanted to know about, what made him like this while he was with Leo? Did something happen in the lab with Jas? He wanted to no he NEEDED to know "Please Raph, tell me what's wrong" he said making the hothead brother lightly turn to look at him before telling him everything that happened in the lab while he was with Leo which the genius brother listened to the whole time while thinking about all of this right now.
"Raphael" his voice sounded deep and focused making even Raph tremble on his full name being used by the smart turtle right now as when he did say it like that it was mostly for medical reasons meaning he was in his doctor Don mode which was quite impossible to get away from or stop until he was done with taking care of them meaning he wasn't going to either eat or sleep "You need to talk to her about this, I and Leo weren't there to watch and Mikey was sleeping the whole time you were there with her meaning only she could tell you what she thought about this right now" he said "Besides maybe she won't try to do anything crazy" he added making the emerald green turtle sit up and smirk at the lame joke his brother said to him "Yeah yer right. But what if she ain't happy about what I did I mean, I just wanted her ta stop crying" he said, making his brother nod before sighing.
It was the hardest on Raph when their sister was killed because he would go often out top to fight on his own and sometimes with Casey by luck who calls him to say what happened that night and if he couldn't go up there he would train with the punching bag until he starts to bleed, but the worst part was that he started drinking and smoking in his room and hid it from the others. It was hard on Donnie because he and Jasmine were very close to him and he could smell the tobacco and alcohol off of him even after he brushes and uses mouthwash five times before coming around to them, but it was hard on him too because of the many hours he stayed working in his lab while drinking tons of coffee just to stay up long enough to work on a few things before losing the effect it had on him and going to bed for a few hours and then going back to work later on "An' I feel like a huge dick right now because of what I did an' with her Leatherhead it might have brought back bad memories about it" he then said making Donnie snap back to reality as the sound of the bedroom door opened making them turn to look at the intruder.
Jassie's point of view
She didn't think long enough on what she should do about this but he needed to know sooner or later and soon was for the best really, so after Leo walked out of the lab she took one last look at her wrists before getting out of the lab herself and went to Raph's room where she heard Donnie talking to him right now making her wait slowly and with patience before walking inside as they turned to look at her as she started to close the door and walk over to them with slow and uneven steps to them. She was nervous after each step she took closer to them but just looking at them as their features soften little by little made her feel calm as she got to Raph's side and started to hoist herself into his hammock to then sit while facing him "I hope I didn't make you feel bad or anything Raph. You only surprised me and left without telling me anything about it" she said to him as he didn't even look at her straight in the eyes to listen to her.
She wanted to sound serious as she spoke those words but sadly, she sounded more broken than ever because she thought back to her brothers before coming here making her start to cry and it made the two turtles do their best to help calm her down from her crying right now as they both hated the sight of those tears really "Is something wrong?" Donnie had asked her as she refused to look at either of them right now which made Don lift her chin and turn her to face him right now making her shiver from the stare he was giving her right now. She wanted to tell them, say what happened long ago "I can't say" she simply said to them "What can't you say?" he then asked her to shake her head again to him and Raph. She had no way of telling them about this but they kept going "I'm not allowed to say it" "Why" Raph asked her "They said to never speak of it again" she replied "Who? Who told you to never speak of 'it' again?" this time it had been Donnie who spoke to her "D-Donnie and Raph" she answered him.
As she turned to face Donatello the two froze in shock and yet confusion hatched into their faces "What happened?" he then asked her as she lifts her head to look at the purple masked turtle, her dark brown eyes were telling him everything and what she was feeling right now as she spoke to them right now about all of this "You confessed to them your feelings" he said for her as she instead shook her head no making them confused while she tried to hold in her tears as best she could before she starts to stutter "Raph went in my room one day, I guess to get me for something? When I got back at some point Don asked for me in the lab so I went in and Raph threw my diary at me. They started yelling at me about how disgusting I was right now about this since we were siblings and told me to never speak of it ever again to anyone" she simply explained before the tears took over and she sobbed her heart out making Raph take her in his arms as she cried.
This made their hearts clench as she cried, the feeling of being rejected even before telling their feelings made them feel pain for her and anger at those two turtles for not even letting her talk or give her a chance with them, with slow movement Donnie went to her and landed a slow, loving and gentle kiss to her lips making her stop in a heartbeat her crying making him slowly rub her sides and hips while Raph did her arms and shoulders making her sigh as she relaxed from the touch they were giving her before Donnie pulled back from her to look over at the door where she saw Leo looking at her as he walked over to her with this look saying he felt bad for her and he wanted to help her with it.
He first moved to kiss her forehead lightly making her earn herself a nuzzle from him as she giggled, a gentle and loving kiss on the lips to Don making her jump without any of them noticing it and a sensual one with Raph making her worried in what they were doing with her as he then walked out of them room. Donatello went back to kissing her on the lips but this time she panicked making him move back "Ya need ta relax Jas" Raph whispered into her ear as he place a slight amount of pressure in his treatment making her twitch from the feeling "But?" she started saying as she was confused at their reason for sudden change "Let us make it right" he then told her as her eyes looked up to him in confusion.
"W-what?" she asked in confusion while Raph gently placed a finger under her chin to turn her head to face him "Let us fix what your Raph and Don did to you, let us make it right" he said before leaning in to kiss her as she tried to squirm away "B-but L-Leo would-" she tried to say more but she gasped at the feeling of Donnie's lips sucking her neck "It's alright. We're all open. He wouldn't mind" he then said. The simple word 'open' confused her as she never it before in a sentence like that which didn't escape Donnie's eyes as he chuckled before looking at her with his chocolate brown orbs as he took her chin and made her look at him "It means that the three of us are in a relationship, none of us have a single lover, we do favor someone more than another but were all open about this" he explained to her. As the explanation sunk into her mind her muscles started to loosen up enough to please Raph of her reaction which made him work a little harder and more on making her even more relaxed then she is now, he knew that what they were about to do wasn't to pleasure themselves from something they missed for some time now but to help her with a heart break the she was given from her two younger brothers who didn't even let her say anything but insult and yell at her about all of this.
Donnie started to lick her neck as he rubbed her hips making her sigh before he went under her shirt to pull it off of her body to suck and lick more of her bare skin right now making her shudder from the feeling she was having right now from all of this, she was quite surprised when the feeling of the cold touching her made her look down to the floor where her dark pink fighting t-shirt was now on the ground while she still wore her purple bra with lace as a decoration making the purple masked turtle chuckle at the color "My favorite color" he said before the sound of unclasping the item came to her ears as Raph removed it and tossed it with the top before warming up her hips with her arms and shoulders. Donnie had moved his tongue from her neck to collarbone to her chest to her right nipple while his finger's fumbled with the left one "Oh god!" she gasped at the new sensation given to her, it was making Donnie go further into his administration to hear more from her that made him feel his member harden even further then it was in its protective pouch that made him look at her face to be surprised at her facial expression.
Raph was also getting turned on but he knew that he had to be slow and gentle with her if he wanted this to happen again, he started to touch the top of her shorts and slowly got his fingers inside to pull them down as on instinct she lifted herself slowly and not too high if she wanted Donnie to keep going right now. As he pulled it to her knees he saw that she wore black panties with lace on the top making him chuckle "Black lace looks nice on ya" he said before pulling the shorts were off and moving his hands slowly back up to the panties to turn her on for them right now making her gasp to the feeling as her legs became lead making her lower herself some more as they got to work once again on her.
Her mind was racing in a pool of white and fuzziness as she had no idea on how to react to any of this right now, all she knew was that whatever they were doing to her right now was making her feel funny in a good way and she didn't want it to stop right now, Raph started to pull off her panties while he was making her lie flat on her stomach to his plastron right now making her confused and worried at what would happen next. When Raph took her chin and lifted it up she could see his calming smile of assurance heaving into her as she relaxed before he gently kissed her, when the feeling of fingers on her intimate parts were felt she almost jumped out of the hammock to make it go away but Raph's arms made her hold still as he spoke gently "It's alright, just Donnie" he said making her relax more into the touch, but it didn't last long when she felt something wet touching her making her tremble to the feeling as she clung to Raph from it as she wanted it to stop, but that thought didn't stay very long for she then started to want more from it as Donnie was licking her slowly and in a steady rhythm for her to relax.
She simply whined when the feeling left her and a gentle kiss was placed on her before being lifted and turned to face Donnie who was now kissing her while Raph kissed her shoulder blades making her moan into the kiss. But her eyes snapped open as a sharp pain came to her derriere making her gasp in pain as Donnie went to her ear "It's alright Jas, only Raph now just focus on our kisses" he explained to her as she tried her best to do so right now making tears stream down her face which Don used his fingers to wipe them away as he whispers more comforting words as Raph tried to distract her with kisses while getting her ready for him right now.
She started to relax once again from how good she was feeling right now from all those kisses she was given from the two as her mind raced again in pleasure, as Raph pulled out he sensed something from her that was making her tremble as Donnie pulled away making her whimper from the lack of touches. She had something to tell them but the feeling of fear from being rejected was making her worry on if she should even tell them or not "D-D-Donnie, R-R-Raphie I-I-I-I" it wasn't coming out and she was scared on if she should tell them or not right now. The feeling of Donnie's gentle lips on hers made her go silent while Raph pulled her head to face him and force her to kiss him making her gasp from it, the feeling of being hated and reject left her as she got lost into the kiss before it pulled away from her "I l-l-love you both" she said in a whisper as she didn't dare to look at the next face they would make after being surprised from her confession but it left her as their faces soften and pulled her into two more gentle kisses making her moan in them as Raph got back to work after his turn.
She whined when Raph's fingers left her body making him nuzzle her neck with his beak a little before he lifts her slightly into his lap until she felt something poking her anal entrance making her gasp and her eyes widen from it as she started to tremble a little from fear making Donnie nuzzle her this time with his beak "It's alright will go slow with you at first and will go along with what you want" he explained but it went the other way as she started to kiss him and didn't want it to stop for something in the pit of her stomach was telling her to do this right now. She let go of him when her lungs were screaming for air before she turned to Raph and he did it for less time before going over to Donnie "I think she's imprinted on me" he said making her look at him with hooded eyes "She obviously likes the three of us or else she wouldn't have been so positive with all of us with her to kiss and maybe even with Mikey, but I think she senses me as the strongest and likes me the most and you after, meaning she wants me right now" he explained as he then spoke again "I think she wants to keep going" making Raph smile before moving his beak to her ear "Is that it? Ya wanna keep goin?" he asked her without waiting for an answer from her.
Lifting her again he made sure to keep her calm as he made her back touch his plastron while Donnie climbed on her for now making her worry a little about all of this but she calmed down when he looked at her with soothing eyes making her breath in and out just long enough to calm her down so he could get to it right now making him look at Raph who nodded at him before he slowly slipped into her right now. She gasped as she bit her lower lip from the sharp pain that was given to her from the penetration Donnie was making her feel him right now as he slowly pushed into her right now making her hold onto Raph's arms as her nails dug into his emerald skin making him bleed slightly right now but he didn't care at all right now as she needed him for this more than ever right now. It was hurting so much as he pushed into her that she wanted to scream right now, but the feeling of Raph's gentle lips on hers made her stop and try to focus on his lips instead of the pain right now but the faint sound of something dripping made her flinch as she was scared of what that sound was right now for she wanted it to stop as she tries to find it, it only made her look to the floor as it was coming from her as she was bleeding making her try to make it stop, but Raph made it to hold her to make her stop from trying to hurt herself right now.
"Jas calm down, this is very normal right now so just relax and the pain will stop soon" Don said to her as best he could without moving around inside of her while he still almost fully breached into her but needed to wait until she told him to keep going, once she felt him fully inside with Raph's help she was able to slowly move around into a more comfortable position before taking a deep breath right before nodding to Don who gently went to lift her to his lap making sure she held him. He rubbed her back while Raph simply butterfly kissed her shoulders getting her distracted from the pain she was still in right now "Ya doin' ok?" he asked her as she had shaded tears in her eyes as she opened them slightly as she looked at him "Uh huh" she nodded as she spoke but only a short nod before placing her face into Donnie's neck with her eyes closed, Raph simply nodded before looking over to his brother who nodded but uneasy for he still believed that they should wait just a little longer before moving on from this step they were at right now.
To their joy she sighed when she was ready to move as Raph leaned in closer to her left ear "Look when I prepped ya in the second hole it was fer me ta use on ya, an' it's gonna hurt but, I'm gonna go real slow ta get ya used to it alright?" he explained, she shivered in fear at first because this was going to be a new sensation right now to her that she was going to experience with them, but if it meant she had to feel pain to earn it all the way then so be it! She nodded to him as she then looked at Donnie with eyes filled with the need of his lips who saw her request and leaned in closer to feel her lips on his right now making Raph churr out in pleasure of the sight he laid eyes upon right now, but the moment the purple banded turtle looked at him he snapped out of it and went to his task of getting himself into her right now for his turn with her making her try to focus on Donnie's lips right now.
Raph's point of view
His heart was beating so fast that he was certain that it would explode at any moment right now making him breath to calm him down a little right now making him close his eyes before opening them again to join her and Don right now, getting into place he slowly pushed himself into her as she tightened herself around Donnie as to not let Raph stop making her do her best to relax right now from his size. He decided to push in as slowly as he could right now as to not hurt her, but the sound of her whimpering made him think it wasn't going to work that well as she clamped down on him from the intrusion making him try to hold out for a little while longer until she wanted him to keep going right now, looking up to Donnie his genius brother went to try and make her focus a little more on him and his lips then on Raph and what he was doing to her right now.
He went back to slowly pushing into her as he watched her face from time to time to see if she was getting uncomfortable from him but he got all in and still nothing from her making him now wait for her to adjust to his length right now before he and Don could move inside her right now, when he saw his brother gasp while still kissing Jas it was the only hint he got to let them know from Jas to move right now making him nod to Don and pull out while only leaving the head inside making her inhale deeply as she moved away from Donnie's lips before they pushed back in making her gasp each time they trusted into her slowly as they wanted her to adjust a little more to their length right now, her face was red while her mouth was opened almost completely wide as she drools but no words came out of her so far.
"F-faster" she whispered out but lucky for Raph he heard and so did Donnie making them move faster just for her with Raph leaning further to her while she moaned out "Harder!" making Raph move harder for Donnie wasn't too much with the idea of hurting her right now but then "MORE!" she yelled out making them move even deeper into her hitting the wall deep inside of her making her gasp and moan in pleasure from the feeling. Now Raph was almost on top of her from how much movement he was doing making Jas get closer to Don as she held onto him right now as they move inside of her right now, he noticed that the genius turtle was no longer moving and was simply holding Jas making Raph realize that he was moving so much that it was making her move letting Don stay in place as they move for him right now, he went into her even faster than before right now as she looked to be enjoying it right now from the look on her face making him move his hand to her vagina and to her clit to pinch and play with it while Don suckled her nipples making her voice scream out "STOP...DONNIE...RAPHIE IT'S...TOO MUCH!" before they came together into her.
Jassie's point of view
Her body started to twitch as the two turtles pulled out of her while her body stopped working making her tip back and quickly get caught in Raph's arms as she panted from how tired she was right now from all of this "Come on Don" he said while picking her up bridal style with his brother to get to her room, they gently got her into bed before each placing a gentle kiss on her forehead making her confuse from the sudden action until her eyes felt heavy and closed due to her being tired making her fall asleep to them saying "Goodnight Jas" and falling asleep.
Meanwhile in 2012 lair
"YOU WANT US TO DO WHAT EXACTLY?!" Leo turned after hearing those words, looking at Raphael who had just spoken loudly making his voice almost echo in the room they were in right now, before turning to look at Donnie who sighed softly. After a moment Donnie opened his mouth to speak once more to them only to be cut off by Casey who he, April, Leatherhead and Slash had come over to help them out right now in their situation "You want us to break into the main kraang facility and steal two of their door generators?" across from them Donnie nodded. "Yes Casey. That's EXACTLY what I NEED us to do" seeing that he was about to speak again Leo raised his hand, making him fall silent. After a few moments April spoke "Donnie…explain why we need to do this. We already have a door generator. Why do we need more?"
Donnie sighed again. "Because the one we have is broken. The internal components are for the most part overloaded. And its systems have gone into a kind of lock down. It'll only open a portal to the last place it ever dialed, which is fine because that's where we want to go. The problem is that it's so messed up, I can't turn it on without the risk that it'll blow up" April nodded slowly "So you want us to steal more doors?" Donnie nodded to the short explanation that the blue masked turtle had given "Yes. Once we have two more, I can plug in the coordinates for the dimension that Mikey and Jas got pulled into, and then we can go and get him" Leo nodded, as Raph then spoke "But why TWO doors?"
Donnie shifted to look at Raph. "Because the doors only work in one direction. You can only go through them; you can't go back through them. It's like a door that will only open inwards and it doesn't have a handle on the inside. You need an entirely different door to get back out" Leo nodded slowly "So it's kind of like a one-way street?" Donnie nodded once again "Something like that. If we don't want to be stuck in that other dimension, we'll need another door that's calibrated to take us back to this dimension" From his spot on the couch Raphael sighed exasperatedly "All that is fine and dandy except for one teensy-tiny little problem. We're grounded remember? Splinter said we can't leave the lair until we find both Jas AND Mikey. So how do you expect us to get to the kraang facility?"
Leo watched as Donnie's nostrils flared, obviously annoyed with Raphael's words. Speaking up before Donnie had a chance to respond Leo did his best to calm his brothers "I'll speak with Splinter and explain the situation. Ok?" For a few seconds his brothers just looked at him. After a moment Raphael spoke out "Whatever" A moment later Raphael, Slash and Casey got up before turning and walking away from them. Watching his red banded brother for a few moments before April and Leatherhead did the same to get into the lab to try and figure something out about the door Leo then turned back to Donnie, only to freeze slightly. Something about Donnie seemed off, the normally vibrant brown eyes seemed slightly hollow and empty, with large bangs hanging under them.
Taking a small step forward Leo spoke up "Donnie…are you ok?" It seemed to take Donnie great effort to respond to Leo's simple words. As Donnie turned to look at him Leo noted that Donnie's arms were hanging limply at his sides. His skin had become pale and it seemed to take an unusual amount of effort for Donnie to look at him "I'm fine Leo. I'm just…tired…" Moving forward Leo spoke "When was the last time you slept?" Donnie had shrugged an action that seemed to throw him slightly off-balance making Leo almost go over to steady him from falling down "Last night. I crashed for a few hours and then I got back to work. I don't know why I'm so t-"
But the rest of Donnie's words were cut off by his stomach which gave out a loud rumbling growl that seemed to make Donnie's entire body shake. A moment later Leo's eyes widened in a mixture of shock and horror as something occurred to him "Donnie, when did you last eat?" Donnie looked at him in silence. Leo watched his brother carefully, he could see the wheels in Donnie's mind working; but at the same time, he could tell something was not quite right. He watched as Donnie's forehead wrinkled slightly, as his brother struggled to recall the answer to the question "Well…. I….um…. I ate when we had the last of the left-over pizza" Leo's eyes went wide from the answer that was given to him just now; for that had been their meal from 3 days ago. Had Donnie truly not eaten anything since then? Moving forward Leo touched Donnie's shoulder, noting that Donnie's skin felt oddly cool to the touch; not a good sign in reptiles for they were to be warm at all times right now "Donnie…that was 3 days ago. Are you telling me you haven't eaten since then?"
He watched as Donnie looked up at him, his brown eyes seemingly blank "I…Um…. I guess not?" Sighing softly Leo moved, pulling Donnie along as he moved towards the kitchen; pausing long enough to push Donnie into a seat. Turning towards the kitchen Leo moved, pulling down the loaf of bread they kept in the cupboard before dropping two slices into the toaster and setting them to medium heat. Turning back to Donnie Leo found that his genius brother was slumped forward in his chair, his forehead resting on the kitchen counter. Moving in closer Leo spoke "Donnie…. are you ok? Do you feel sick?" Weakly Donnie shook his head "No…. I'm just…. I feel empty. Like I haven't eaten in…. days" Leo frowned at his sudden words that the genius brother spoke out to him, could he have already forgotten the answer he had given him when he told their leader he only ate 3 days ago? "Donnie. You just said you hadn't eaten in 3 days"
Slowly Donnie moved, struggling to lift his head up and look at Leo, a kind of dazed expression covering his face "Who…. what? I did? I…. I don't remember…." A moment later Donnie's head dipped back down, coming back to rest against the counter "God…so hungry" Biting his lip Leo turned, pulling open the fridge and grabbing a bottle of water before opening it and pushing it in front of Donnie who slowly looked up at him "Drink" He watched as slowly Donnie moved, his hands shaking as he reached out to pick up the bottle before slowly bringing it to his lips. Leo watched as Donnie took a small sip, swallowing the small amount of water before taking another sip, then another, and another. Leo watched as each sip became bigger and bigger until Donnie no longer removed the bottle from his lips, instead filling his mouth completely with water before swallowing it down. He watched as slowly the bottle began to collapse in on itself, crinkling and compressing until the last of the water was gone; only then did Donnie release his hold on the bottle. Leo winced slightly as the plastic bottle cracked and wrinkled back to its original shape.
In front of him Donnie gasped for air because he had only drunk the water and hadn't stopped to breathe for a single second, before looking at him "M…. more…." Nodding Leo practically threw himself at the fridge grabbing another water bottle before opening it and handing it to Donnie; who snapped the bottle out of his hands aggressively. He watched as Donnie began to drink, each mouthful of water Donnie drank made him feel a little better. He turned as the sound of the toaster going off met his ears. Turning Leo grabbed the hot bread, smeared butter over it and dropped it onto a plate. Turning back to Donnie Leo pushed the plate of toast in front of the half-starved turtle. The effect was instantly Donnie dropped the bottle he was drinking from before throwing himself at the hot bread. Leo watched as Donnie shoved the bread into his mouth, not even bothering to take bites. Biting his lip Leo turned, putting more bread into the toaster before turning back to Donnie. He watched as Donnie swallowed the last bite of toast before slowly leaning down so his head was against the counter again.
After several moments of silence Leo heard Donnie speak. "Think…. I messed up….my fault…." Moving forward cautiously Leo spoke "Donnie? What are you talking about?" He watched as Donnie shifted, his head slowly tilting upwards to look at him. Donnie's eyes had changed, a faint glimmer of life had come back to them; a sign that the bread and water had helped "I always forget….to eat when I get busy…. they…. Mikey and Jas bring me food all the time when this happens. Tells me I need to eat or I'll starve…." Leo bit his lip. It was true; Donnie was notorious for getting wrapped up in his work. Was this what he was seeing? Was this what happened when Donnie forgot to eat for several days? Against his will another thought popped into his head. Had this happened before? Was this why Mikey and Jas were so vigilant in keeping Donnie fed? Had Jas and Mikey walked into the lab one day and found Donnie like this; half conscious and barely able to speak? If so, Mikey or Jas had never said anything to Leo about it.
Doing his best to push those thoughts away Leo spoke out to him "Are you feeling any better?" Donnie nodded but did not lift his head off the counter "Yeah…. a bit…. can I have more?" Leo nodded, more to himself than to anyone else as he spun around and set about making more toast. As he waited for the toast to pop Leo heard Donnie speak "Leo….do you think…. Jas and Mikey's still alive?" The quest made Leo freeze. In truth he hadn't thought about it much, but now that it was here; presented in front of him "I…. I don't know" It was true, for the last 6 days he'd meditated and done his best to remain calm about the situation. He hoped that Mikey and Jas were capable of surviving on his own if need be. But at the same time…. he could not stop his mind from occasionally creating a scene that featured Mikey and Jas alone, beaten and bloody desperately trying to hold off some enemy all on his own.
A moment later he felt it; a sharp twisting clenching feeling coming from his heart. He couldn't help it. The mental image of Mikey or Jas alone, scared, beaten, in pain, or possibly…dead….it….it… Leo shook his head to remove the thought. No, these thoughts were pointless right now at all for him and the others. Right now, there was nothing he could do to help Mikey and Jas even if he were in such a situation. If they wanted to help Jas and Mikey, they needed to get a working door generator. And in order to do that they needed Donnie back and 100%. Turning around Leo pushed the plate of slightly cooled bread in front of Donnie "Eat" Donnie did as he was told, his hands shakily reaching out to pick up the slices of bread. As Donnie slowly ate Leo spoke up again "I want you to keep eating while I talk with Splinter. For every plate of toast, you make, I want you to drink half a bottle of water. Got it?"
Donnie nodded slowly and a small wave of relief washed through Leo. In truth the moment Donnie had said he hadn't eaten in days Leo had begun to panic slightly from the news he had just been given for he was the leader, he had to make sure that they were all in shape for every mission and patrol. In the wild turtles ate food that was high in water content; which meant that when they stopped eating not only did they starve but they also became dehydrated. And judging by how desperately Donnie had drained the bottles of water he was certainly dehydrated. Setting more bread into the toaster once again Leo spoke while not looking just yet over to his brother "Donnie are you going to be ok if I leave you for a moment?" Donnie nodded. "Yes…I'll be ok" Leo smiled softly but he was still a little worried for him "Ok Donnie, I'll go get Raph and have him keep making you toast. Ok?" Donnie nodded, before taking a bite out of another slice of toast.
Pausing to watch Donnie chew the bite of toast Leo had made for him while he made sure Donnie had swallowed the mouthful of bread before he moved; leaving the kitchen area before making his way down the hallway that led towards Master Splinter's bedroom while making sure that Casey was in the lab with April and Leatherhead right now. Veering sideways after nodding to himself, Leo came to a stop in front of Raphael's door. As he had done so many times before Leo knocked on the thick wooden door but did not wait for a response to open it. Inside his room Raphael had his back towards Leo, busily hammering and pounding the old punching bag that hung in the corner of his room; but he looked up as Leo entered the room. "What?" Pausing for a moment Leo scanned his brother. Almost at once his gaze zeroed in on Raph's knuckles, they were bright red and puffy; and in several places looked as though they were almost to the point of bleeding. The next thing that drew Leo's attention was Raph's eyes, or more specifically the dark bags that had formed under them; a clear sign that Raphael had not slept soundly for several days. But lastly what caught his attention were Raphael's eyes themselves. Something inside them had changed; had become…confused…. almost scared. Biting his lip Leo spoke softly "Raph…are you ok? You don't look so good"
Raph shrugged "I feel fine. Just anxious to get going you know how much I hate standing around. There's kraang to smash. Now what do you want Leo?" As Raphael spoke Leo noted mentally the whole time that his brother shifted, turning his knuckles so Leo could no longer see them making him understand that he didn't want him to see them right now so he made sure to not let him see so he could look like he could come with them. Sighing again Leo spoke to him while keeping in him the need to talk to him in his leader tone to make him rest and get them looked at right now "Can you go and keep an eye on Donnie while I talk with Splinter?" Raphael frowned "Why? What's wrong?" Leo remained silent for a moment, noting that when Raphael spoke his voice held a badly hidden tone of concern. After a few moments of silence Leo spoke "He's been pushing himself so hard for the last few days he forgot to eat"
Raphael stared at him for a moment before responding "Are we sure he's a genius? What kind of idiot forgets to eat at all at times like these?" Leo raised an eye ridge "Says the turtle who stays out all night even though he's got training in the morning and then bitches about how tired he is the next morning for no reason but doing that the next night after saying it won't happen again" Raphael's eyes narrowed slightly at his response for it was rare that Leo swore ever due to him being perfect and all that. For a moment they both remained silent, continuing to look at each other for several seconds before Raphael spoke "Fine. I'll go babysit the nerd" As Raphael got to his feet Leo sighed "Raph…. Can you try to be a little nicer to Donnie? He's been working really hard to try and fix all this" Raphael shrugged "It's his fault in the first place"
Again, Leo sighed "Don't you think that's WHY he's been pushing himself so hard?" He watched as Raphael sighed "Fine. I'll be polite to him. But if he says something smartass to me, I'm gunna hit him. Got it?" Raphael didn't wait for a response as he walked forward, passed Leo and down the hallway towards the kitchen. Sighing to himself took a deep breath before moving, closing the door to Raph's room behind him before turning and moving towards Splinter's room at the end of the hallway. Moving forward Leo raised his hand, readying himself to knock on his father's door, only to freeze as Splinter's voice spoke from within "ENTER LEONARDO."
Swallowing slightly from the voice booming from the room, Leo slid the door out of his way and stepped into his father's room before closing the door behind him. Turning around Leo found Splinter was sitting in the middle of his room; the old rat's eyes were closed and Leo could tell he was in deep meditation. Taking a deep breath Leo spoke "I…Um…." again his will he felt himself becoming anxious as Splinter's eyes opened and turned to look at him "…. we think we might have a way to find Mikey and Jas" Splinter remained silent for a moment before moving; gesturing to the spot on the floor in front of him "Explain now" Doing as he'd been told Leo moved, kneeling down in front of Splinter before continuing to speak. Splinter listened silently, nodding on occasion as Leo explained all that Donnie had said. After several minutes Splinter raised a hand, signaling Leo to stop. Falling silent Leo watched as Splinter closed his eyes, his raised hand coming to stroke his beard in thought "Allow me be sure I understand what you have said. Donatello believes the accident in his lab caused Michelangelo and Jasmine to be pulled into another dimension?"
Leo nodded "Yes master Splinter" Splinter nodded in response "And you 7 wish to be allowed to leave the lair, so you can break into a kraang facility and steal more of the devices the kraang use to open their portals?" Again, Leo nodded to him this time doing his very best to not ramble in fear from his father's tone of voice right now "Yes" Splinter remained silent for a moment longer before nodding "Very well. You may go…however…. I sense…. uncertainty within you Leonardo. What is troubling you my son?" Biting his lip for it was so very easy for their father to sense all of these things from all of them when they come to speak to him, Leo spoke "It's…about Donnie…. he's been so wrapped up in his work that hasn't eaten in the last 3 days. I'm worried that…. that he might not be well healthy enough to go on this mission"
Splinter nodded "Very well. Do either yourself, your friends or Raphael possess the skills needed to take Donatello's position on this mission?" Leo shook his head "No…I don't think so" for even if Leatherhead was mutated by them, he was never really able to use their technology at all, Splinter nodded again "Then I fail to see how you can complete the mission without bringing Donatello" Leo nodded "I know…I was…hoping to maybe hold off for a little while. Give Donnie a chance to recover before we go on the mission" In front of him Splinter remained silent for several moments before speaking "Leonardo, every minute you, your friends and your brothers remain down here is another minute the Shredder is able to consolidate and solidify his grip on the surface. Therefore, it is imperative that you find Jasmine and Michelangelo and resume your protection and patrols of the city. I made you leader of the squad because you are able to make tough decisions. But I will remind you; I am still head of this family. My word is law…." Leo shuddered as he found a note of faint anger had seeped into Splinter's voice "…. now, go. And do not return until you have what Donatello requires to find and rescue your brother. Is that clear?"
Nodding Leo stood up, pausing just long enough to bow to Splinter before leaving the room and moving back towards the kitchen. As he neared the end of the hallway the sounds of coughing and gagging met his ears, making him run the last few feet before emerging into the living room. Across from him he could see Donnie hunched over the kitchen sink with Raph being held by Casey and Leatherhead while April was next to him with her hands-on Donnie's shell moving in small circles to sooth him. Opening his mouth Leo had been about to ask when was wrong only to have his words die in his throat. He watched as a kind of shudder rippled through Donnie's body, followed seconds later by a sickening splattering sound that echoed from the kitchen sink. Rushing forward Leo spoke "What happened?"
Raph looked at him for a moment before responding "The idiot ate too much too fast and made himself sick. JUST LIKE I SAID YOU WOULD" Towards the end Raphael raised his voice so he could talk over the sounds of Donnie vomiting again making the human teen and mutant croc need to pull him back some more so as to not make him try to kill his brother right now. Looking to Donnie Leo felt a wave of apprehension wash over him. Donnie had stopped vomiting, but his arms shook as he slowly straightened up, still clinging to the sink for support. As Donnie continued to straighten up his and Leo's eyes met for a brief moment "I'm fine…. I promise" Biting his lip Leo struggled with himself as April did her best to aid him in every way possible right now. On one hand Splinter had given him his orders. He was to take his friends and brothers and get what they needed. But on the other hand, anyone with a brain could see that Donnie was still not at 100% which could endanger them on the mission.
"So, what did Splinter say?" Pulled from his thoughts Leo turned to look at Casey who'd spoken. After a moment he responded "He wants us to go right now and get what we need" In front of him Raph nodded "Then let's go" A moment later Casey let the red masked turtle go and walked off, heading in the direction of the dojo where they kept the weapons and gear with Raph not to far behind but the teen came out in a few seconds with his things and April's tessen which he tossed over to her which she caught with ease. As his brother vanished beyond the dojo door, Leo turned back to Donnie before moving in, reaching up to touch Donnie's shoulder gently "Are you ok?" Donnie nodded "Yeah…. I just ate too fast. I'm…fine" Sighing softly Leo pulled open a nearby drawer and grabbed 2 granola bars before pushing them into Donnie's hands "I want you to eat these by the time we reach the TCRI building. I don't care if we have to camp out on the rooftop across the street while you eat them. But we won't go inside until they're BOTH gone. Ok?"
Donnie nodded "Ok Leo. I'll eat then while we travel there. I promise" Sighing again Leo nodded "Ok then…let's go get ready" He watched as Donnie nodded. Moving to follow Raph's earlier path Leo and Donnie moved into the dojo and headed towards the wall of gear that hung on the far side of the room. In front of them Raphael had already pulled several shuriken and throwing stars off the wall, but as they neared their brother Leo noted that Raphael seemed to be examining the shuriken closely "What's wrong?" Raph looked up at them "They're…dusty" A moment later Raph moved, reaching his hand out to offer the shuriken to Leo; who took the weapon and turned it over in his hand. Sure, enough the dark metal weapon was covered in a thin layer of dust just thick enough to make it feel…off.
Looking up at Raph, Leo's face twisted into a scowl "It's your job to clean the weapons Raph" In front of him Raph rolled his eyes "Don't look at me. I always make Jas or Mike…." A moment later Raph's voice died in his throat. He'd been about to say he'd always made Mikey or Jas clean the weapons; which was true. More often than not, whenever Leo would get on his case about cleaning the gear, he'd go find the rag, throw it at Mikey or at Jas and tell him or her to get to work. Now though… Raph bit his lip as he picked up another shuriken. They had always been so clean. Each and every time they'd ever needed them all of their gear had been spotless and perfectly clean. Now though, every piece of gear had dust clinging to its surface. Against his will Raph's head moved, tilting up to look at the wall of gear in front of him. Something inside him clenched; something deep inside him that made his heart quiver and his stomach lurch sickeningly.
Biting his lip harder Raphael pushed past the feeling. He couldn't focus on how he felt right now. Not when they were going on a mission; one that would hopefully bring Mikey and Jas back. Taking his emotions Raph stuffed them down, shoving them as deep inside himself as he could before be locking them away; just as master Splinter had taught him how to do. Despite this however, he could not stop his hands from shaking slightly as he grabbed several more shuriken from the wall, the feeling of twisting worming cold guilt struggling against its bindings in his chest.
