Hey guys it's time for chapter 3! (Lol i just realised that i have tipp-ex on my face!)

Spirits, Machines and other things

Chapter 3

Leo was the first to wake up that morning he walked to the door and listened out for anything coming to attack him and his brothers, I really should have kept watch last night... poor Donnie I can't believe Splinter said that to him... Leo thought as he watched Raph wake up,

'Mornin' bro ' Raph said as he sleepily walked up and sat next to Leo,

'Morning' Leo was staring at Donnie, he was worried about him,

'Worried about Don huh?' Raph looked at Donnie too 'Leo, we're gonna have to keep an eye on him...'

'I know' Leo replied, He saw that Donnie was waking up,

'Oh hey guys' Donnie said sleepily as he tried to sit up but found he couldn't because Mikey was holding on tightly around his waist,

'Well looks like I'm stuck over here' Donnie laughed, Leo and Raph smiled down at Mikey, they hated to admit it but they thought it was cute. They sat around for a while yawning when Raph went to the back of the dojo,

'What you up to Raph?' Leo asked suspiciously,

'I'm hungry, do you guys want anything?' Raph asked looking at Donnie knowing that if he did want something he couldn't get it himself.

'I'm fine' Leo replied,

'Same' Donnie said sadly, Leo and Raph knew that he was still upset about what had happened last night,

'Don... that wasn't our father' Leo said softly,

'Yea, he would never say anything like that' Raph agreed,

'I know but... Ii's still my fault that he died...' Don said quietly as he stared at the ground, he was trying to keep the tears from spilling,

'What do you mean?' Leo asked, It was usually him that felt guilty but this time he was too focused on keeping his brothers safe.

'I built those machines, it was my clumsiness that made that... thing attack us!'

'WHAT!?' Raph shouted, Mikey moved in his sleep but still didn't wake,

'I took a sample of that stuff on the ceiling and accidentally dropped it on the main cables for the lair and when i came back to clean up... it had gone' Donnie felt extremely guilty, he had put his brothers in danger.

'And you didn't think to tell us?' Leo complained angrily, Donnie was about to answer when the door flew open, one of Donnie robots had opened the door and was walking into the dojo,

'Oh my god! NOT THE BATTLE-BOT!' shouted Donnie as he and his awake brother jumped in front of the sleeping Mikey who had still not woken up,

'You built a battle-bot?' Leo looked at Donnie in confusion and concern, His little brother was building machines that could possibly kill someone... weird. The Robot started shooting at them with the same kind of lasers as the Krang used,

'IT HAS LASERS!?' Raph shouted at Donnie,

'Yea obviously, what good it a Battle-bot without lasers' Donnie said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

'Great, just great' Leo said as he and his brothers backed up into the corner,

'BOOYAKASHAAAAAA!' Shouted Mikey as he grabbed the robot around the neck from behind and attempted to distract it. He leapt off and stuck his tongue out at the robot, It turned around and through powder down on to the floor and in a matter of seconds the room was filled with black smoke,

'DONNIE, RAPH, MIKEY WHERE ARE YOU?' shouted Leo in his attempt to find his brothers,

'we're here bro' Raph said as he grabbed Leo's hand, 'well at least me and Donnie are'

'AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH GUYS HELP!' came Mikey's voice as the smoke started to clear to reveal Mikey being pulled by the ankle out of the dojo and towards the livingroom where all the Machines were waiting to kill their prey.

'NOOO MIKEY!' the three brothers shouted as they ran towards him to help,

'Leo, Raph help Mikey and distract the robot, I'll go behind him and cut the circuit' Donnie shouted to his brothers,

'will that work?' Raph asked,

'No circuit, no electricity' Donnie replied simply as the split into two,

'Hold on bro' Raph said as he grabbed Mikeys hands and tried to pull him away from the robot while Leo sliced at the metal head, it wasn't even making a mark,

'Donnie how do you defeat this thing?' He shouted as he started to sweat,

'It's supposed to be unbeatable' Donnie replied as he looked at the wires in the back of the head, hmmm... which wires do i pull?...only one option. Donnie grabbed all the wires in his fist and shouted, 'STAND BACK!' He watched as the pulled Mikey out of the robots grip and backed away,

'WAIT DONNIE!' Leo shouted as he saw that Don was clearly in the danger zone, But Donnie didn't care, He pulled at the wires the robot started to shake and spark then suddenly the robot had electricity running all over its body and Donatello was being slowly electrocuted, But he wouldn't give up. He kept pulling at the wires as he yelled in pain, He closed his eyes tight and gave one last almighty pull and the robot fell down on to the floor in a heap, Donnie stood back and held himself in pain, His body felt burned and his blood felt boiled, He kneeled on the floor and gasped for air.

'Donnie' Leo said softly as he kneeled next to him, 'Will you be alright?'

'Y-yea just... give me a minute' Donnie replied in a weak voice,

'You shouldn't have done tha' Raph said quietly to his purple masked brother as he watched him gasp in pain,

'Thanks Don... for saving us' Donnie looked up to see his brother baby blue eyes staring into his, they were filled with tears. Mikey hated to see a brother in pain but watching Donnie being electrocuted while trying to save them... and not giving up no matter how much it hurt, had frightened Mikey and quite frankly it had scared Leo and Raph too. They could see that Donnie would do anything to set right what had happened because of his machines.

'You'd think I'd be used to it by now' Donnie said with a shaky laugh,

'What do you mean?' asked Mikey confused, as far as he knew this was the first time Donnie had been electrocuted,

'You know, Getting hurt, burned or nearly killed by one of my inventions or experiments' Donnie replied as he stopped shaking, now he looked exhausted and pale and very sore, Donnie was all of these things.

'Maybe you should lie down' Leo said and Donnie nodded,

'And maybe you should stop inventing Battle-bots' Raph added with a grin. Mikey laughed as he lay down next to Donnie.

'Don' He whispered into his brothers ear,

'Yea Mike?' Donnie just wanted to sleep,

'I don't want you to die' Donnie looked at his brother when he said this and saw tears in his eyes,

'What do you mean Mikey?'

'You said that sometimes you are nearly killed by your experiments and inventions... I don't want to come into the lab after hearing a strange noise to see you dead' Mikey had tears sliding down his face,

'Don't worry Mikey, I'm not going anywhere until you guys don't need me' Don said to him firmly,

'But we'll always need you Donnie' Mikey said as more tears slid down his face, Donnie put an arm around him and held him close,

'Then i will never leave' He replied with a soft smile,

'Thanks Donnie' Mikey snuggled into Dons chest and they fell asleep together, with their protective big brothers watching over them until the morning.

Finally got the Tipp-ex off my face it really strong even the soap couldn't beat it, i had to use a nail brush and now my cheek is all red! Please review xx