I don't own TMNT or UY. Also I'm no programmer so excuse my lack of tech-savvy XD;

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I gave a sigh, arching my back and stretching my arms above my head. I could feel my wrists were starting to cramp with early signs of carpal tunnel syndrome. I gave them a shake as I stared at the wall of text on the screen in front of me. I'd finally finished coding my program and now I took the time to sit back and observe my work, as an artist would his painting or sculpture. Ha, I guess it's rather ironic if you think about it that way, considering my namesake.

I found myself yawning and I turned to check the time on my computer. It was nearly 2 in the morning. Not really that late by my standards but my lack of sleep was starting to affect me. I was anxious to let the others know I'd finished the virus so that we could discuss what we were going to do next, but they were probably all asleep by now, especially considering the rather upsetting day we had.

Usagi had come into the room having heard our entire argument, followed by Master Splinter who wanted to know what was going on. I needed to get away from all the hostility so I excused myself and left, knowing Leo would sort it out. Usually I took it upon myself to try and mediate arguments between my brothers if I saw it was needed but this one had been too deep rooted and too explosive. I felt drained by the end of it. I had gone to my computer simply because I knew if I was sitting down in front of it the others would leave me alone, so even if I was unable to focus and get work done I could at the very least just get some peace and quiet. However Master Splinter had followed me and I knew if he wanted to talk to me I couldn't just brush him off.

He'd wanted to know what had happened between us. At first I was a little confused as to why he didn't ask Leo to give him the details but I realised since Leo had been the one who'd been yelling the loudest he probably wanted to hear it from some-one less involved in the fight. Also, Leo was probably talking to Usagi. If anything I hope seeing Usagi dismayed at our fighting would get the two of them talking openly again. Anyway, I told Master Splinter how Leo and Raph had riled each other up in the kitchen before we discovered Mikey's condition. I must admit I kinda downplayed how Mikey looked when we saw him, I didn't want Sensei to get overly worried, especially not since I had the unpleasant task of telling our father what his youngest son had done. Even with me downplaying how messed up Mikey was I could clearly see the horror on Sensei's face at the news. I made damn sure to reassure him that if Mikey was feeling well enough to yell back he can't be hurt that badly. It seemed to help a little but he still looked heavily concerned. He then excused himself and left, probably to go check on Mikey himself.

I started work on my virus after that. I suppose it was quite a while later when Leo came into the room, I hadn't really been watching the time. At first I was apprehensive about speaking to him but when I saw he had a slight smile on his face I relaxed. I didn't ask him what was happening with the others but I could tell he'd managed to patch up the fight. I was impressed, he was getting better and faster at keeping the peace between us.

I was kinda touched when he asked me if I was upset by what had happened. True I felt a little unsettled but it didn't really bother me more than it should, but I still appreciated Leonardo's concern. He asked me about my virus and I was happy to try and give him a watered down summary of my progress but sadly, he seemed to get a little overwhelmed by the technicalities of it. Eventually I had to settle for 'it's coming along fine and I should be finished either today or tomorrow'. He seemed really happy about this and left me to my work. It felt good to see him so energised by my progress. It's what I live for.

Not much to tell after that. Just a lot of programming, a bag of Doritos and a large amount of coffee.

And here I was now; my program completed and no-one to praise me for my hard work. I sighed, standing up and cracking my hip bones back into place. I should get some sleep now that I was done. The others will probably want to spring into action pretty quickly once they heard I was done and I'd need to keep my wits about me when we start discussing how we're going to implant this into Bishop's system. I wasn't too sure about that part yet.

I picked up my mug and the empty chip bag and left my workstation to clean up before I went to bed. I wondered if I could get into bed without waking Leo. I could use it as an opportunity to test my ninja skills, but I doubt I could slip past him undetected. Poor guy. He's really been trying to to cope with a lot, he deserved some sleep.

I entered the main room and was about to go into the kitchen when I spotted the white ears by the couch. I blinked, surprised to see Usagi was up. Feeling a little concerned, I walked over to him instead, carrying my mug and bag with me.

"Usagi-san?"

He sat up straighter and turned to look at me.

"Oh, Donatello-san. I did not know any-one else was awake." I was relieved when he gave me a friendly smile. "Konbanwa." He bid me good evening.

"More like ohayou." I corrected him, stating how it was already morning.

He gave a slight chuckle at this. I smiled, relieved beyond belief to hear him laugh. I came closer though, still concerned as to why he was awake.

"There's still some time before sunrise. Shouldn't you be getting some rest?"

His smile stayed but he gave me a rather embarrassed look. "I have had difficulty sleeping as of late and I am afraid it seems to have caught up with me, I slept through most of the day." He pulled a face almost like a sulk which I couldn't help but grin at. "I think Leonardo-san must have taken amusement in this because he did not think to wake me."

I sat down on the couch's arm-rest, unable to keep down a laugh. "Nah. He's worried about you. He probably just wanted you to get some rest."

"Hmm." He mused at this. "I am starting to feel like some sickly old woman. Every-one is meeting my needs and I have done very little so far. It is not how I usually handle situations."

I smiled more sympathetically. "Yeah, but to be fair we haven't really done anything you'd be able to help with."

He sighed restlessly but he seemed to agree. "I do not fully understand what it is we are waiting for, but I am anxious to do something practical."

I nodded in understanding. I thought for a moment before I slid down the arm-rest and onto the couch itself. "Well ya know, I just finished my virus so tomorrow we're probably gonna decide how we'll go about getting it into Bishop's network." I smiled brightly at him.

He gave me a blank stare.

I blinked back before I realised he had no idea what I was talking about. Oh boy. How do you even begin to explain the mere concept behind computers to a 16th century samurai?

"Uhm... ok." I tried to get my thoughts in order. How the shell am I gonna word this? "I've finished creating the uhm... thing, which will gather information for us directly from Bishop's building. So tomorrow we just have to figure out how to get it inside."

Well he understood that because I saw him perk up and nod eagerly. "So you have made progress?"

"Yeah. Once we know where Jotaro is and how Bishop's building is set up we can go in and start doing some damage!" I gave him a grin.

"And that is what this device you have built will tell us?" He asked.

I nodded, glad to have an audience. "If everything goes the way it's suppose to, which I made sure it will! Even if Bishop's internal Virus scanners track it and destroy it, it should get enough info for us to make a move."

Usagi was still smiling. "I do not fully understand but I am still very glad to hear it."

I laughed again. It always makes me feel good when I feel I've really done something to help. I was also really happy that my progress was improving Usagi's mood, even if he didn't get everything I was saying.

His smile fell a little though and he became thoughtful. I watched him for a little, not sure whether I should leave and let him think. Just as I was about to get up he spoke.

"Donatello-san."

I settled down again. "What's up?"

"This person you and your brothers are familiar with. This 'Bishop'. What type of enemy is he?"

My heart did a double beat before it calmed down again.

"He is very dangerous." I said truthfully. "He's obsessed with protecting our world from outside invaders. So much so that he doesn't care who he has to step on, as long as it benefits 'the greater good'. He doesn't do it in a noble manner either. He's not trying to protect the people of this world or the leaders of this world, in fact he'd be willing to put them in danger if it means it'll help his cause of protecting the world itself."

Usagi made a noise. "That does not make sense."

I gave a hollow laugh. "I know."

Usagi shook his head. "But what does this have to do with us? We have never shown any hostility towards your world. Every time Gen and I have visited we have always been discrete." He paused for a moment, remembering Gennosuke's little adventure last time they were both here. "Or at least we have never done anything openly aggressive that might paint us a threat."

I sighed and nodded. "I have no idea Usagi. Inter-dimensional travel isn't exactly Bishop's area of expertise. It's a complete mystery to me."

Usagi merely nodded, sinking slightly. "What would he want with an innocent child?"

I sunk a little myself. "I don't know."

We said nothing for a few moments.

"Will he harm him Donatello-san?"

He turned to stare at me, but it wasn't the stare he'd given me last time he'd asked me a question I wish I had a better answer for. He wasn't demanding a truthful response with an officer's glare, it was the softer, more desperate stare that I'd seen Master Splinter give me on several occasions in the past. I didn't know what to tell him. I couldn't tell him what Bishop had tried to do to us when he caught us. I couldn't tell him what Bishop had done to our friend Leatherhead when he had the croc in captivity. I couldn't tell him about what Bishop had indirectly done to me not so long ago. None of it was comforting, and all it would do was take years off the samurai's life. But I couldn't lie. He deserved more than that.

"I don't know Usagi." I said yet again. "I've never heard of him using a child in his schemes. I've also never heard of him harming a child to further his own plans." I sighed. "But I don't want to give you false hope."

Usagi gave me an appreciative smile sadly. "It is alright my friend. I was merely hoping you could give me an unbridled 'no' if possible."

I nodded, but I was unhappy that I couldn't put his fears to rest.

He shook his head slightly. "But now I am merely keeping you from sleep. I apologise."

"Don't worry about it. I'm not really tired." I lied.

He seemed almost relieved at this. "Then I am grateful for your company."

I shifted and sat up a little. "Since we're on the topic, what's Jotaro like?" I felt a little silly asking when he tilted his head at the question. "If.. if you don't mind." I added, giving him a sheepish smile.

Usagi however gave a slight laugh at this. "He is a terrific child."

There was something complex in his smile that followed. "He was raised very well."

I couldn't help smiling again myself. "Tell me."

Perhaps it wasn't smart of me to ask Usagi about his son when the boy was still in danger, but he seemed pretty open to talk and told me a little about Jotaro. He didn't go into the sensitive details regarding the boy's mother and I didn't ask. I enjoyed hearing him talk about the kid with clear affection in his voice. So much so that I was alarmed when Mikey walked into the room and I realised it was already morning. He seemed just as surprised to see us as I was to see him.

I turned to face him over the top of the couch a little better.

"Hey." I greeted him gently.

He frowned a little, looking kinda self-conscious. "G'morning."

He looked a lot better. Being clean and rested had a lot to do with it I guess. The cut on his face looked less angry and without the dirt and grime he didn't seem to be as badly bruised as I thought he was. Still...

"Sleep well?" I asked, giving him a smile.

"Yeah." He said as he walked past us, heading for the kitchen.

"Making breakfast?" I called after him.

"Yeah." The simple reply came back.

I pulled a slight face and sighed, turning back to Usagi and giving a shrug.

The samurai wasn't looking at me though. He was staring at the room behind us with a very confused and perhaps even slightly alarmed expression.

I blinked. "Hey. You ok?" I asked, suddenly concerned.

"What is that?" He said, nodding towards the room.

I frowned and turned to see what he was talking about. I spotted the small orange ball of fur that had followed Mikey out his room and was busy trotting after him to the kitchen hungrily.

I turned back to Usagi, confused. "That's Klunk."

Usagi kept his eyes locked on the little guy.

"....It is a cat." He said blankly.

I frowned and nodded. "Yeah?"

Usagi stared at him before turning to the front again with a disbelieving sigh and leaned his head against the back of the couch. "This is the strangest place I have ever been to in my life."

I was really puzzled by this until I realised that the only cats Usagi knew were anthropomorphic. In fact I believed some of his friends were, in fact, cats.

I couldn't help but laugh

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A little while later, Every-one had woken up and we'd assembled in the kitchen for some breakfast. Mikey hadn't really gone all out today I noticed, merely settling for heating up some Eggo, but then I couldn't blame him for not putting his full attention into the food. He seemed a little off kilter, I figured he must be a little sore from yesterday. I made a mental note to make sure he takes some Tylenol or something later.

While we ate I informed my family about the completion of my virus and how now all we needed to do was get it into Bishop's computer network and it should open a 'back door' as it were so that I could hack in and get a hold of the files we needed.

"So wait a minute." Leo said. "You need this virus because you can't hack into Bishop's network on your own right?"

I rolled my eyes and nodded. "It's a government agency Leo, they're a little more up to date than your average computer owner."

Leo frowned at me. "Then how are you planning to get the virus into his network if you can't access it?"

"Well, I was kinda hoping you'd help me with that part." I gave him a apologetic smile.

Usagi made a noise and shook his head slightly. "I am confused." He complained, clearly aggravated by the whole conversation.

"Donny needs ta get into the building so he can leave his computer-thingy which'll tell us how ta get into the building." Raph translated, rather accurately I must say.

Usagi pulled a face. "That does not sound promising."

"No it don't." Raph said. He didn't mean it quite the way it sounded but it irritated me all the same.

"Donatello." Master Splinter spoke up.

He was sitting beside Michelangelo. I had a sneaking suspicion that under the table he'd curled his tail around Mikey's chair protectively.

"Is there any way for you to plant your program without physically entering the building?"

I thought about this for a few moments. "Well, I myself won't be able to enter the building at all. I'll need to be at my computer to hack once the virus takes effect. But as for getting the virus into the system I'm not really sure, I mean it's not like I can just e-mail it to him."

"What about April? Can't she-" Mikey started.

"No!" I blurted out a little too urgently.

Luckily Leo had said the same thing just as I did, deflecting some of the attention I would've gotten from my outburst. Even so I felt my cheeks warm slightly.

"I don't want April and Casey to get involved in this." Leo said. "I don't want them within 40 feet of anything Bishop's involved with. Besides, Bishop knows who they are. It'll be just as risky for them to get in the building as it would be for us."

I merely nodded, agreeing.

Mikey sulked slightly at having his suggestion shot down but said nothing else.

"What about a turtle-bot?" Leo said. "They're small and mobile. Can you modify one into something we could use?"

"Hmm." I thought about this. It was actually a pretty good idea. "I could configure one with a USB drive and make it upload the virus into Bishop's system via remote control." I said, giving Leo an appreciative smile. "Shouldn't take me more than 5 minutes."

Leo smiled back and gave a purposeful nod. "Then we're making our move tonight. Nothing big. We're delivering Don's robot and we're keeping watch till he's done getting what he needs. How much time do you need Don?"

I did a quick calculation. "With the virus in place I'll be able to get in quickly but chances are Bishop's got some kind of internal protection program which'll nullify my virus after a few minutes. Including the time it'll take to get over to a computer via turtle-bot I'd say... maybe 2 hours. More if you plan to retrieve the little guy once its done its job." I would've preferred not to lose one of my machines but I knew that if it was too risky I couldn't ask my brothers to try and get the little robot back for me.

Leo nodded and turned to the others.

"Eto...." Usagi 'uhm'ed hesitantly. "I am still not really sure what it is we are doing."

"We're going to Bishop's building to drop off one of Donny's machines which'll then retrieve the information we need by itself while we wait." Leo interpreted for him patiently.

Usagi gave a slight grumble. "Waiting waiting nothing but waiting!"

I felt a little uneasy and glanced at Leo, but I was very relieved when he gave Usagi an understanding smile.

"Last step before we go on the offensive Usagi-san." he said.

"But by tonight I'll be able to tell you if Jotaro's ok or not for sure." I added, smiling at him.

He cheered up at this considerably and gave me a nod. "Thank you Donatello-san."

I smiled back at him, glad to be of help, but I could see Raph in the corner of my eye looking less than optimistic, and Mikey staring at the half-eaten waffle in his plate with a disheartened expression.

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I've fallen ill so I might be a little slow with my chapter updates till I get better (like.. they'll probably be updated every second day and not every day or something XDD). However, again I want to report I've just finished writing chapter 17... and it was awesome to write 8DD

Note: For those who have not read any Usagi Yojimbo comics. In Usagi's universe the only "true" animals are birds, fish, the tokage lizards and horses (this might inculde other hoofed animals but I'm not sure). Every-one else is anthropomorphic. Just thought I'd point that out.