But the sound never came. Instead, she heard the sound of metal chains contacting the saw blade. She smelled smoke and the whirring of the saw blade ceased. She looked up, her blue eyes looking around the room. What she saw amazed her. Her normally laid back, easy going uncle's chain to his kusarigami had jammed and broke the saw blade. He had an angry and determined look glistening in his eyes.
She smiled. "Uncle Mikey!" She shouted in glee, her voice squeaking on her uncle's name. Mikey smiled at her, and his brothers stared at him in shock. He was well aware that he wouldn't be able to use that kusarigami again, but he could use one for the time being. A door opened from the wooden and fenced cage, the machine itself believing it had done its job.
Mikey ran in without delay and ran up to Digital while Leo went to Donnie.
"Oh my gosh, Digital." Mikey said as he cried, unlatching the clamps from her wrists and ankles. He picked his niece up in his arms and hugged her tightly, one hand on the back of her head, and the other holding her up. "I thought we would lose you two."
Leo unlatched his little brother and put one of Donnie's arms around his shoulder for support. Donnie began to walk, but immediately hissed in pain at such little movement. "Damn, Shredder." He mumbled under his breath, not loud enough for Digital to hear.
Leo looked at his brother in concern. "Are you ok, Don?"
Donnie shook his head. "I think, Shredder broke my leg." He confessed. Leo looked at his brother's leg and cringed. How had they not noticed its mangled state before? His leg looked twisted and its bone even showed.
"It looks bad, Don. I think April's going to have to operate on it." Leo admitted. Donnie sighed. Operation meant less time to spend with his daughter, and right now he just needed to be with her. The room opened to reveal tons of Foot Bots and even Digital's parents. Raph looked at his brothers and father.
"Another time." He said as he took out a smoke bomb and threw it on the ground, sending them to the Shell Razor. Digital sighed, feeling content for the first time in two weeks.
Suddenly, Leo looked back at the Kranng base. "Wait, Karai!" Donnie winced at Leo's movement and he yelped in pain as Leo accidently let Donnie put more weight on his bad leg. Leo sighed at his doing before smiling sadly at Raph. "Another time."
Raph nodded with a sad smile. "We'll come back, Leo, I promise. But right now, we need to get Donnie and Digital the medical attention they need."
Leo nodded. Leo gently helped Donnie into the Shell Razor with Raph's help. Donnie sat on a stretcher that April had brought and propped his mangled leg up. As soon as Donnie was in sight range for Digital,
she reached her arms out, tears falling from her eyes. Donnie immediately took his daughter in his arms and craddled her.
"Sh, Digi. I'm here. I won't let you go again. I promise. Shredder won't touch you again." Donnie promised.
Digital sobbed as she curled into her father's chest. "Th-They took me away from you. I-I was scared,
d-d-daddy." Digital sobbed as she buried her face in her father's plastron, her black framed glasses cracked at the lenses.
Donnie rocked his daughter. "Sh, Digi. When we get home I'll patch you up, I'll get done what needs to be done, and you can go to sleep-"
"Can I sleep with you, daddy?" The question was so innocent, and broken he couldn't suppress the tears in his eyes any longer, and he kissed his daughter's forehead.
"Yeah, baby. You can sleep with me for as long as you need to." Digital began to sob roughly in her dad's chest.
"Daddy, I don't want to go topside anymore! People are scary and mean! They hurt me!" Digital sobbed in fear and tears.
Donnie could feel his heart break as could his family. He gripped Digital tighter in his arms. "Sh, Digi. Don't think about what just happened. Just think about how we're all together now and happy."
Digital sobbed harder in her father's arms. "Daddy, I hurt!"
Donnie loosened his grip slightly. "Where at baby?"
"M-M-My throat h-h-hurts, a-a-and my head. My l-legs hurt a-and my arm hurts." She sobbed. Donnie could tell that her legs were fine, but cut from the whip, but he took a closer look at Digital's arm. Her wrist looked swollen and cut. He knew it was fractured, but it wasn't broken.
"Baby, your wrist is fractured." He said as he kissed Digital's forehead.
Digital sobbed. "M-M-Make the p-p-pain go away, d-d-daddy!"
Donnie sighed. He knew that tonight was going to be a long night.
The Shell Razor arrived at the lair, and Donnie was helped out of the van as Mikey carried Digital into the lab. Donnie sat down in a chair next to the sick bed, and began to inspect Digital's wrist more closely. He was positive it was a fracture.
"Ok, baby, I need to put a cast on your wrist. What color do you want?" It didn't take long for Digital to sob out her color of choice.
"Purple." Donnie smiled at his daughter and kissed her forehead again. He asked Leo to bring him the supplies he needed to cast Digital's arm, and Leo brought it. Donnie wrapped the hard cast around Digital's wrist, tightening it and setting her wrist into place. She winced a few times, but nothing too major. After he was done, he grabbed out a sharpie and wrote on her cast.
'Get well soon, Digi. Love, daddy.' And he drew a little heart under his words.
Digital smiled tearfully at her father's words and hugged him tightly. "Thank you, daddy." Donnie shined a light in her eyes, making sure she didn't have a concussion. She didn't. He cleaned up the gashes near her eye, throat, and stomach and stitched them up with cautiousness.
"Ok, baby. Auntie April is going to have to patch me up, so why don't you let Mikey go give you bath?" Donnie asked with a gentle smile.
Digital's eyes flew wide open and she began to scream. "No, daddy! Don't leave me, daddy! Please, daddy! Please!" She screamed as she threw her arms around Donnie. Donnie sighed as he hugged his daughter around the waist. He was afraid of this.
"Baby, April needs to operate on my leg, so it doesn't get infected. Can you let her do that?"
"No, I wanna stay here with you! Please, daddy! Please!" Digital cried.
Donnie sighed. "Digital, no one's going to get you. I promise. Mikey's going to give you a bath, and April's going to patch me up. The faster we let this get done, the faster we can spend time with each other. Understand?"
Digital reluctantly nodded. Donnie pulled away gently and smiled, wiping tears away from Digital's eyes. "That's my brave daughter."
Mikey came in and picked Digital up, grabbing a bag that Donnie gave him to put over her cast in the bath tub, so it doesn't get wet. He carried Digital to the bathroom and began to run warm water in the tub. He put in a lavendar soap that made lavendar bubbles. They were Digital's favorite.
Digital looked at the familiar bubbles with a look of rememberance. It hadn't been too long since she had disappeared, but it had been long enough for the lair to feel like she hadn't been there in years. Mikey smiled at Digital's curious eyes. "Remember your favorite bubbles?"
Digital nodded. "It feels like forever ago, though."
Mikey sighed as he gently hugged Digital to his chest. "It feels like forever to me, too." He pulled her away from his chest and striped her clothing off of her gently, being mindful of her wounds. He looked at the various whip marks that danced along her body and growled. Shredder had no right to do this to her!
He gently placed the bag on Digital's casted wrist and picked her up and placed her in the water. She gasped at first, as if she had never been in water before, before slowly relaxing and playing with her rubber ducky. She played with it as it squeaked and sucked up water.
"Uncle Mikey." She said innocently. Mikey turned to face her only to be squirted in the face with water from the rubber ducky. Mikey spit and sputtered as he grinned at Digital.
"Really, dudette?" He said in a laugh. She laughed and nodded. After an hour of soaking, Digital finally decided that she was ready to get out. Mikey wrapped a towel around her thinned frame and dried her off. He put her favorite nightgown on her and walked her to the kitchen.
He sat her down on the counter next to where he stood. He grabbed out a can of chicken noodle soup, and put it in a bowl. He heated up the soup in the microwave and nodded in satisfaction when it was warm enough. He sat Digital down in a chair at the table and sat next to her. He began to spoon feed her the soup.
Though her stomach was screaming in hunger, she could only stomach about one quarter of the soup. Mikey frowned at her lack of appetite, but brushed it off for now. It could be from shock or from her fever.
April came out of the lab, still in scrubs, and smiled at Digital.
"Do you want to come see your dad?" She asked, already knowing the answer. Digital nodded violently as she held her arms out to April for her to pick her up. April giggled at her niece's enthusiasm. April picked up her niece and walked her to the lab. Her dad lied on the bed, blinking his eyes wearily. April sat Digital on the bed with her father, and Digital gently drug her fingers against her father's skin.
"Hey, baby. How do you feel?" Donnie asked wearily with a yawn.
Digital smiled lightly. "A little sore, but I'll be ok. You ok, daddy?"
Donnie smiled. "I will be until the pain killers wear off. Then I'll be in a heap of pain, but I'll manage."
Digital smiled and yawned wearily. Donnie smiled at this. "You ready for bed, baby?" Donnie took note of how fear quickly fled into Digital's eyes. "Digital, you can sleep with me, ok?" Donnie reasoned.
Digital nodded. "O-Ok."
Donnie looked to April. "Can we lie down in my bed, so Digital doesn't get spooked out in the lab?" April nodded reluctantly as she handed Donnie a pair of crutches. Donnie took them thankfully, handing Digital to April. April carried Digital to Donnie's room, staying close to Donnie in case something happened. He made sure his injured leg didn't move much as he neared the room with struggle, but he didn't dare give up. His daughter needed him too much right now for him to give up.
Donnie carefully sat on his bed and propped his leg up and took Digital in his arms. She snuggled into his side as April turned off the light and left the room. A small nightlight lit up the room, due to Digital asking that there always be one in her dad's room in case she wanted to sleep with him.
She snuggled into Donnie's side. "Daddy?"
Donnie smiled wearily as his eyes stayed shut. "Yes?"
"You won't let the mean man get me again, will you?" Digital asked in a whispered voice.
Donnie sighed and kissed her forehead. "No, Digital. I won't let him get you again."
Digital sighed, feeling slightly content, but not entirely. "You won't get hurt again, will you, daddy?"
Donnie sighed again. "I can't promise you that, Digital. I'm an adult ninja who fights people like the Shredder and Kranng so others don't get hurt. Getting hurt is just part of the job. Speaking of ninjitsu, your training will have to be postponed until your wrist heals."
Digital looked at her wrist. "I know," She looked into Donnie's reddish-brown eyes. "You won't get captured again, will you?"
Donnie kissed Digital's forehead. "Digital, I can't promise that, either. It's all part of the job. But, if I do, I know my family will come and search for me."
Digital sighed as she snuggled closer to Donnie as her eye lids began to close. "I love you, daddy."
Donnie kissed Digital's head as he noticed her about to fall asleep. "I love you too, Digital. More than you will ever imagine."
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Digital found herself back in the room with the saw blade. It was the exact same scene before Mikey saved the two.
"This can't be real! It can't be real! It can't be! Please no!" She screamed just like at the real scene. This time, Digital expected for Mikey to save them just like he had in real life.
He didn't.
Instead, Digital watched as the saw blade tore at her father's abdomen. It tore his plastron and eventually hit skin. Then at the end it sliced through his shell causing his cut half to fall to the floor, intestines gushing out of his severed abdomen.
Digital screamed. She looked at her father's severed half as it lied on the floor. The saw blade straight ripped through Donnie's middle!
"Daddy! Daddy, wake up! Please, wake up! This isn't funny! Wake up, daddy! Wake up!" Digital screamed as tears cascaded down her face.
Mikey had tears in his eyes as he got Digital down from the lab table. "C'mon, Digi, we have to go."
Leo and Raph grabbed Donnie's severed corpse as Digital continued to scream. "No! Daddy, wake up! You're not dead! You're not dead! You're not dead!"
"You're not dead!" Digital screamed in her sleep.
Donnie's eyes snapped open as he looked at his screaming and kicking daughter. He shook her by the shoulders just enough to wake her up. "Digital, wake up!"
Digital's eyes snapped open and she sat upright as she screamed, "Daddy!".
Donnie gripped her in a tight hug. "I'm right here, baby."
Digital sobbed into Donnie's chest. "Y-Y-You died, d-d-daddy!" She screamed.
Donnie rocked her back and forth gently as he shushed her soothingly. "Sh, Digital. I'm alive. I didn't die.
Mikey saved me. I'm alive. I promise."
Digital sobbed into Donnie's chest. "P-P-Please don't leave me again, please!" Digital screamed. Donnie knew their family was on the other side of the door, wondering if everything was ok with the two injured physically and mentally patients.
"Sh, baby, I won't. I won't. I promise." Donnie soothed. It took an hour, but slowly Digital finally fell back asleep. As soon as she did, three other mutant turtles entered the room. Donnie smiled up at his brothers who smiled back sadly.
"She's really messed up isn't she?" Mikey asked sadly as he looked at his sleeping niece.
Donnie sighed. "Yeah. But that's to be expected. That was extremely traumatic. Especially for someone her age."
"Will she ever be the same again?" Leo asked.
"If so, it would be a miracle."
"Shredder is dead next time we see him." Raph growled in a whisper.
"I agree with you. But right now she just needs rest." Donnie said as he leaned back into the pillows, Digital curling into his side.
Leo smiled sadly at his brother. "So do you. Get some rest, D." And with that the three brothers left the room. Donnie sighed as he relaxed in the pillows. The fight would be hard, but he and Digital could regain all that they had lost, and they could fight their nightmares and health issues.
It wouldn't be easy, but they'd get there.
Haha! Who thought Donnie was a goner? I'm looking at you Julie, and you Mark! Did you like it, love it, hate it? Let me know. Your opinion matters. :)