Hello my wonderful readers! As you have probably guessed, I am in a good mood. The reason why, is because it is a half day at school! YAY! I apologise for not updating sooner, but I hope you enjoy this chapter! xx

Donatello's Point Of View

How many times must our family be ripped apart? How many times must one of us suffer, even if it is to try and heal one of our own?

Bella had gone out to find Leo, and a few minutes later I realised our grave mistake. It was raining outside, just like the first time we had nearly lost Leo.

When the glass had smashed, and he had come tumbling through, landing on the carpet with a crash, all of had been horrified. We had all feared for his life, all feared that out big brother would not return, and that his spirit had been crushed.

Though we had fought out best, the sheer numbers and the grief had simply been too much. We had been cornered into a small storage cupboard of sorts and been forced to make a cowards escape. Though it had been necessary, it went against our honour.

We watched the shop burn, and listened to our brothers laboured breathing.

If that wasn't enough for Bella to deal with, she had always been afraid of fire, though none of us are quite sure why. Master Splinter has tried to coax her into confiding in him, but it had been a failed attempt. She had refused to share, and after that we have respected her privacy, that there are just something's that are hers alone to shoulder.

You can imagine the guilt that she was feeling, and the terror.

I can't tell you what the Cullen family have done to her either. I know that she had nearly died due to a hunter, but we have never met them. We of course know what they are, and it had taken Master Splinter locking us in the lair for a week to stop us from dragging her back home.

I have never been one to pray to god, preferring to choose my own path, but now I can't help but pray. Pray that my sister and brother will come home safely.

"What's wrong Don?" April asked, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"I don't think we should have sent Bella to find Leo" I say, still looking out the window, trying to see more than a few feet ahead.

"I know she's still healing Don, but she seems okay."

"Physically yes, but even before the fight she has seemed different. Sharper, for lack of a better word. I don't know what those Cullen's did to her, as she won't talk about it, but it has changed her for the worse.

"We saw them, Splinter Casey and I. The Cullen's. They were there when we picked her up."

"How did they seem?" I asked, curious to have something that might let me help my sister.

"I can't really tell you much. All of them seemed like kind people. They were also very beautiful, just like Bella described them. Many of the people gave them a wide birth, even if they didn't realise it." She said, cocking her head to the side as she relayed the information.

"Did you talk to any of them?"

"No, it seems like Bella said everything she needed to say to them, as she climbed in the van without a further word directed towards them."

I sigh, while this was interesting, it didn't answer any of the questions buzzing around inside my mind.

"I'm worried about her. She's had so much to deal with in the last few months. I don't know what happened between her and the Cullen's. Charlie told us that they had left. He wouldn't tell us anymore than that she was crushed by it. Apparently she started training more than ever, not listening to him."

"And that's when she got called back to New York" April stated, only now was it dawning upon her. We hadn't told her everything that had happened, out of respect for our sister, but I feel that now she deserves to fully understand the situation.

"Yes. Although Master Splinter had been reluctant to call her back, he knew that we needed her. It would have also been unfair to keep her apart from it. We are her only family, imagine how devastated she would have been if we had died and she be left behind" I added when April looked like she might object to what I said.

"You know how the fight went. We nearly lost out lives. But instead of staying here and healing, Bella insisted on going back to Forks and tying up loose ends. She said that she never wanted to go back there again, and by getting a story straight she would never have to. Then the Cullen's showed up again, and she gets dragged off to Italy to face a load of blood thirsty Vampires while weak and wounded." suppressed rage had slowly seeped into my voice, and now I was glaring at the floor.

"I know Don, but she's home now, she's safe. We can focus on getting you back to strength." She soothed, rubbing my shell.

"She's not healing though. While she is slowly regaining her physical strength, I fear that spiritually and mentally she has never been weaker. Bella spends her time looking after us, just as father trained her to do. But it affects her, seeing us battered and scarred." I let out a breath, feeling tired, but relieved that I could share my worries with someone.

"We can get through this. We are family, we support each other. If I know anything about you guys, its that you never let one of your own down. You'll always catch each other when you fall." April gives my shell one last pat as she moves towards the kettle, preparing to make her self a mug of coffee by the looks of it.

"I suppose your right, but this isn't going to be easy." I say as I look back out the window. Still no sign of either of them.

"You should rest Don, you can still look out for them at the kitchen table." She tells me as she sits down her self.

I sigh once again as I settle myself down opposite her. We talk about anything and everything. Inventions that I'm hoping to start on soon, how the shop is keeping, even how Casey's motor bike. Through all of this, I keep an eye on the window, searching for a sign of my siblings, but there is none. Rain continues to poor down, hitting the window and thrashing against the ground.

Just as I am about to get up and search for my father, to request permission to search for our missing members, I see two figures stumble out of the woods. Though the details are blurred from the distance between us and the rain, the outline clearly tells me that its Leo and Bella.

I jump up from my seat, registering that it falls backwards and hit's the tiled floor, and rush from the room. I run out the front door, not caring that it was now thundering and that I would probably catch a cold after this. I run to them, and latch on to my brother as he stumbles. I look at his face and see the pained and distressed look upon it. I then look down to see the slim form of my sister balanced in his arms, pale with lips a light shade of blue.

I rush them towards the house, April ushering them in as we go.

"What happened?" I ask as I take Bella in my arms and speed towards the sofa, gently placing her down and grabbing blankets to place on top of her.

"I don't know. I was returning home when she crashed into me. She fell so I caught her. She said something, and then she passed out. I kept trying to get her to respond to me, but she just wouldn't. So I carried her back." Leo relayed to me, standing over her head with a panicked expression. He knelt by her head and started to run his hand over her hair, saying things that I could not hear. Not that I was focussing on him enough to be bothered about it.

Bella was alarmingly cold, but that could be cured. She just need hot fluids and a warm surrounding. I checked her wounds, and they were all still clean and bandaged. The main concern was getting her to wake up again.

By now the rest had integrated into the room, waiting for me to say something while I worked silently. Finally I rested my head over her.

"April. Make some soup and hot drinks, and get me some medicine. Casey, get me some more blankets. Raph stock the fire and get it going as much as you can. Master Splinter I need your help." I reeled off, watching as everyone set about their appointed task.

"What do you need my son?" He asked as he knelt by my side. He reached out a paw and placed it over Bella.

"She should be fine, but I need her to wake up. Can you try and reach her? See if you can't get her to wake up long enough for me to get her some medicine and hot fluids."

"I'll try. She will be fine if I can manage this?" He asked as he prepared himself to meditate.

"If you can get her to wake up, then I'm positive that she will be healthy in a matter of days." I assure him as I accept the required things from April and Casey. By now Raph, with the help of Mikey had managed to get a fire going.

As Master Splinter sank deeper into meditation, I draped more blankets over Bella. I turned to Leo.

"You need to warm up too, and take some pain killers." I tell him, but he shakes his head.

"I'm fine" is all he says.

"Leo, the reason this has happened is because we have all been unwilling to accept help from others, some more so" I give him a pointed look as I say this. "We all need to take care of each other and ourselves. So please, do as I say." I finish, looking briefly at our father and Bella to see if there is any change. None so far.

I looked back to see a torn expression on Leo's face. Whatever he was battling with before, it was loosing to the side of him which wanted to protect his family and do what I said. After a couple of tense moments he gave in, accepting the blanket that April was offering him. He lowered himself to the wooden floor, sitting close to the fire but so he could see Master Splinter and Bella perfectly. April handed him a hot drink, I don't know what, and what I presume to be painkillers. He took them quickly, settling himself in for what I hoped wouldn't be a long wait.

Master splinter wasn't moving, accept for the steady rise and fall of his chest. I hated to put this on him, as he was so tired as of late, but he was the only one able to connect with us on a mystical plane. Bella was slowly starting to gain some colour, though she still looked pale. Though I hope that this can be remedied once she has woken up.

Raph had moved and was sitting besides Leo, resting as I'm sure that his ribs were bothering him. Mikey was sitting down on one of the available chairs in the room, scratching his legs when he thought that April wasn't paying attention. April and Casey were standing together, holding hands. We were all in the room, all offering as much support as we could, although silent.

I don't know why, but I felt that this was a step in the right direction to healing our family.

Right, I hope you enjoyed that, I know that I enjoyed writing it. I'm afraid that you still don't know how Bella is, but you do know that she is safe. I'll try and update as soon as I can! Please review, I turned 14 last month, so think of it as a late birthday present!
Pingu xx