Donnie thought it best if he started Digital up on therapy and counceling, just for extra help on getting her mind back to the way it used to be. Well, if that was even possible.

Mikey had come into their room that morning, ready to take Digital out into the kitchen for her breakfast,
but she began to scream before he could even touch her.

"Daddy, don't let him take me away from you! Please, daddy, please!" Digital screamed as she latched onto Donnie's waist. "Please, daddy, please!"

Donnie hugged her back tightly, completely confused by her actions. "Sh, Digital. It's ok. You're not going anywhere. Sh, everythings ok." He rubbed the back of his sobbing child.

Mikey cocked an eyebrow at Donnie, and Donnie mouthed back to him, 'I have no idea what's going on'. Mikey gently rubbed Digital's back.

"Digi, you know I'd never do anything to hurt you. Why are you so terrified of me?" Mikey asked softly as he sat on the bed next to his niece and brother.

She sniffed lightly. "I-I don't wanna leave daddy. If I leave him someone may take him away from me again."

Donnie kissed Digital's head gently. "Baby, we talked about this. I'm not going anywhere and neither are you. Don't you want to see uncle Leo, uncle Raph, uncle Casey, aunt April, grandpa Splinter, and uncle Mikey?"

Digital snuggled closer to her father. "I don't wanna leave you, daddy. The mean man will take you away. He followed us back. He's in my dreams."

Donnie stroked Digital's hair lightly. "Those are just nightmares, baby. He's not here. He won't take me away, and he won't take you away. The others want to see you."

"No, daddy, no!" Digital screamed loud enough to be heard across all of the sewers of New York. "Don't leave me daddy!" She began to kick and hit, not at Donnie, just at the air. Donnie gripped her in a tight hug and held her close to his plastron.

"Sh, Digital. I'm not going anywhere." Donnie said as he pet her long black hair. He looked at Mikey, fear written in his eyes. Mikey watched the scene with sad and concerned eyes. Digital sobbed into Donnie's shoulder as Donnie rocked her gently, and she slowly fell asleep.

Mikey gently drug his finger down Digital's cheek. "That was crazy, D."

Donnie sighed. "I know. She's traumatized. It's not much of a surprise though. She was just captured and tortured. This is to be expected."

"You seem to be handling everything quite well."

Donnie sighed. "Can I be honest with you?"

Mikey nodded.

"My mind was tortured last night. Though I may not appear all that tortured, I barely got a wink of sleep last night. Digital had constant nightmares, but she only woke up that one time. I had to make sure I could comfort her if she had one. Plus, each time I did fall asleep I had some nasty nightmares."

Mikey sighed as he leaned his head against his brother's shoulder gently. "Oh, D, I'm so sorry that this happened. It's not fair for you and Digital to have gone through such torture."

"I don't care about me, Mikey. I care about what Digital went through. Whatever it was, it had to be traumatizing. She's never acted like this before."

"Yeah, but she's never been captured before, either." Mikey pointed out.

Donnie sighed and kissed Digital's forehead, not hard enough to wake her up. "I know, Mike. But what's she going to do when she has to sleep in her own bed again? I don't think it's going to be easy to get her to do that. But she'll have to at some point."

Mikey sighed. "D, that's going to be one tough bridge to cross. There's going to be tears galore. I don't want to hurt her like that. She's been through enough."

"Well, we don't have many other options, Mikey. She can't do this forever. If one is traumatized, giving in to their tantrums like this will only make their trauma worse. I'll giver her a few weeks, but soon she'll have to sleep by herself."

Mikey sighed. "I get it. Allowing her to do this hurts her more than it helps her," Mikey's gaze turned towards Digital. "But it's still painful to watch."

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A week had passed, and Digital hadn't shown many signs of getting over her separation anxiety. She'd go to her room a few times, but only if Donnie was with her, which was hard on Donnie considering his leg. Her eyes always gained a sorry expression when she thought she was causing pain to her father, but she honestly couldn't help her feelings. Any time her father wasn't within sight range, she was afraid that she'd never see him again.

Right now, she sat on her bed, Donnie in a rocking chair nearby in her room. She sat on her bed, combing her doll's hair. She made little braids and would often ask Donnie's opinion of hairstyles. Donnie would give his opinion and a few suggestions of hairstyles to try on the doll.

He sighed after twenty-five minutes and his expression and tone turned serious. "Digital, we need to talk."

Digital heard the seriousness in her father's tone and stopped brushing her doll's hair. "What's wrong,
dad?"

Donnie sighed. "Baby, we need to talk about you sleeping with me."

Digital's eyes saddened slightly. "Do you not want me to? Was I a bad girl?"

Donnie's eyes widened. "No, baby, that's not it!" He sighed and motioned for Digital to come his way. She hopped down from her bed and walked over to her father, standing directly in front of him. He gripped his daughter's arms in his hands, but his grip was gentle. "Baby, you can't always sleep with me. If you keep doing this your mind is going to be messed up when you're older. You won't be able to sleep alone or leave or do anything on your own. Do you understand why you can't sleep with me all the time, baby?"
Donnie asked gently.

Digital pouted, tears peeking her eyes. "But I don't want you to leave, Daddy." She said as her lip quivered.

Donnie sighed and wrapped his daughter up in his arms. He kissed her forehead and rested his chin on top of her head. "Baby, you know I'm not going to leave you. I'm here to stay."

"But what happened at the mean man's scary lab! You could have died, Daddy!" Digital cried in her father's arms.

Donnie rubbed his hands against his daughter's back. "Sh, Digi. I could have died, but I didn't. Your uncle Mikey made sure of that."

Tears ran down Digital's face, and Donnie could feel them hit his skin. "I just don't wanna lose you, Daddy."

Donnie kissed Digital's head. "You're not going to lose me, Digital. I promise. I'm right here, and I'm here to stay. I'm afraid you're stuck with me until further notice." Donnie joked, earning a small chuckle from Digital.

Digital sniffed gently. "When do I have to get out of your room?"

Donnie clicked his tongue. "We're doing this in steps, baby. Tonight, I'll allow you to stay with me again.
Tomorrow, you will sleep in my room, but you'll sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor, or the chair in my room. We'll do that until you're ready to move to your room. When that comes you will move to your room and I will sleep on the floor. After a while, I'll go back to my room, and you'll be on your own for sleeping once more."

Digital looked into Donnie's eyes with big, teary eyes. "Do you think I can do it, Daddy?"

Donnie smiled gently and kissed Digital's nose, causing her to scrunch her nose. "I know you can, baby. You're the strongest, smartest, prettiest, and most determined girl I have ever met. If you set your mind to it, I believe you can do anything, baby."

Digital smiled gently, though she was terrified of not being able to sleep with father. She remembered not feeling so terrified all the time, but it feels so long ago. She wanted to make sure he wasn't taken again. She was terrified of the Shredder coming back to kill her and her family.

Suddenly Digital stiffened up. Her arm muscles tensed as well as every other part of her body. Her breathing quickened and voices echoed in her ears.

Donnie noticed the fear stricken expression on her face, and her excelerating breathing rate. His face turned fearful, but not too much so he didn't terrify Digital. "Digital, you need to calm down. Calm your breathing. In and out. In and out. C'mon, Digital, you can do it. Calm down."

But she couldn't do so. And those were the last words she heard before her vision was filled with white and finally, darkness.

Man, I can't believe how long it's been since I updated this story. Sorry, guys. I've been kind of stressed out. My friend will be moving, so I'm still trying to get over that. So sorry if updates come later. I get a lot of one-shot ideas when I'm stressed out like this. In fact, I just wrote one and it will be posted as soon as this is uploaded. So I'm sorry for the delay. Did you like it, love it, hate it? Let me know. Your opinion matters. :)