Chapter 17: Searching once again
A/n: As promised I will post more chapters right now to finish the story as quickly as possible (to make sure I don't forget it again). So without further ado, here it is. Have fun reading!
At six o'clock, the turtles and April regrouped back at the lair. "And?" Raph asked. "No sign of him. It's like he has just vanished." "Same here, but we haven't searched the whole sewer system yet." "Donnie has a map of the sewers somewhere around here. If you can point out where you've been, we can split the rest up and search further." Leo said, already walking towards the genius turtle's lab. "Guys", April started carefully, "I have to get home soon. I have a big test tomorrow and my dad is probably getting worried." She looked like she wanted to stay, so Mikey put a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay April. We'll text you when we find him" he said. Leo found the map and laid it out on the table in the kitchen. Raph pointed out where he and April have searched and Leo did the same for him and Mikey. Together they divided the rest into individual parts and they all headed out.
They were a few minutes in on their search and Mikey wandered his assigned part of the sewers, when he thought he saw something move. Hopeful, he walked closer and warily called out. "Donnie? Is that you?" Getting closer a rat scurried past him, notifying him of what he saw. Just a rat. Dejectedly he walked further down the tunnel he was in, when he spotted something green. Not wanting to get his hopes up again, he came closer to see what it was he spotting in the corner of a side tunnel. When he saw the purple mask, he exclaimed "DONNIE" and sprinted the rest of the distance between them. His immediate big brother was curled up in a ball and shaking. Mikey went to touch his brother to get his attention, but recoiled when he felt the warmth radiating off him. Donnie had a pretty bad fever. He called his other brothers to tell them his location and tried to get his brother up on his shell. Not strong enough, he didn't get far before his oldest brothers arrived. Both of them looked shocked at the state their genius brother was in. Leo recovered from the shock first and took charge. "We need to get Donnie back to the lair as quick as possible. Raph, grab his arms. I'll get the legs. Mikey, I need you to support his back." Not wasting any time, Raph got behind his immediate brother and grabbed him underneath his arms. Leo picked up the legs and Mikey helped support him in the middle.
Once they arrived back at the lair, they put him down on the couch and Leo gave them all new assignments to try and help their unconscious brother. "Mikey, grab some towels and cool water. See if you can cool him down a bit." The youngest brother darted to their makeshift bathroom, getting the requested items, eager to help his big bro. "Raph, call April. See if she's still awake and fill her in on what happened. I'm gonna take a look at Don's manual to see if I can make a start with that antidote." Raph nodded and got his shell cell out to call their human friend. Leo made his way to the lab, fearful about their purple clad brother's health.
A/n: There it is, another chapter. I will post some more today, with a few little tweaks to the original way I wrote it, seeing how I'm a little better at writing than when I originally wrote the story. The chapters will still be pretty short sadly, but it is still better than an unfinished story in my opinion. Hope you like it, review and let me know if you do. It would mean a lot to me, seeing how I'm not sure if people still read this after not updating in 2.5 years.