Donnie blinked in shock and pain. "D-Don't you remember me? I-I'm your father."

Her eyes stayed crunched in confusion, and she shook her head. "You can't be my dad. I look nothing like you," Suddenly her eyes turned to a look of fear. "D-Did you kidnap me?! Where are my real parents?! Seriously, who are you guys?! Wh-What are you guys?!" She asked frantically as her head snapped back and forth between all four mutants.

Donnie held up his hands gently as if a sign to halt. "Woah, calm down, baby girl," He looked to his brothers with sad eyes before returning his gaze back to his daughter. "Um, I don't know how to say this,
Digital, but your biological parents were abusive to you and your brother, Cameron."

Digital's eyes perked up slightly. "I have a brother?" She moved in her bed to look out the lab doors. "Where is he?"

Donnie's eyes saddened even more, and he took his daughter by the hands, looking her in the eyes. "I...I,
um...I'm sorry to say this...but your brother was killed by your biological parents."

Digital's eyes fell, and she stopped moving. "Oh," She looked around at the four turtles. "So, how did I end up in your custody? You can't go to a court because you're not human, so how did you get rights over me?"

Donnie's eyes froze. He turned to look at his brothers, pleading for help with his eyes. Unfortunately, they had nothing as well. Donnie turned his gaze back to his amnesic daughter. "Well, when you were two years old, I found your parents about to shoot you until your brother intervened. He was shot by your parents, and then they left for some odd reason. I took you before you could starve to death, and we've all protected you, ever since."

Digital froze slightly. "So...you did steal me?"

Donnie turned fearful eyes towards his big brother. Leo looked back at his brother then to Digital. He looked into her light blue eyes with ocean colored ones of his own. "Well, legally, yes. But he did it so he you wouldn't die. If he wouldn't have taken you, you would have died."

Digital seemed to be processing it all. It was much to take in all at once, but none of it triggered any memory for her. "So, you're," She pointed at Donatello, "my father?"

Donnie nodded gently. "Yes, I am."

"So what are they?" She asked, motioning towards the other three mutants.

Donnie smiled gently, seeing how his daughter was still very inquisitive. "They're your uncles. The one with the orange mask," Donnie motioned towards Mikey, "is your uncle, Mikey. The one with the blue mask," Donnie motioned towards Leo, "is your uncle, Leo. The one in the red mask," Donnie motioned towards Raph, "is your uncle Raph. In a room connected to the dojo is your grandpa, Splinter."

Digital groaned lightly and fell back onto her pillows. "I'll never be able to remember that!"

Donnie sighed and gently stroked Digital's head. "You'll remember in time, baby."

Digital curled up gently into a ball. "I-I know this may sound rude, b-but can I just be alone, p-please?"

Donnie sighed and kissed his daughter's forehead. "Yeah, we'll leave you alone for a bit." Donnie motioned for his brothers to exit along with him. The three other brothers stood, giving one final look to Digital, before leaving the lab. Donnie made a move to the lab door, and stood in the doorway, watching his daughter for a bit. He didn't stay long, but he watched his daughter with sad eyes before finally moving away from the door, sliding the door shut quietly.

Donnie leaned his shell against the lab door. He closed his eyes gently in dispair. It finally dawned on him that his daughter didn't know who he, her father, was. He who took care of her for the past eight years. The one who stayed awake while she slept when she was sick. The one who knew her every allergy, like,
and dislike. Donnie felt a hand on his shoulder, and he slowly opened his eyes to find ocean blue ones staring back at him.

"She'll remember, Don. Just give her some time." Leo said gently.

Donnie took in a shaky breath. "I-I knew amnesia w-was a side effect of trauma...b-but I didn't expect her to..." Donnie trailed off as a lump grew in his throat. He couldn't continue. He couldn't speak. Tears would fall from his eyes if he spoke. He knew that.

Mikey's heart broke when he saw his brother like this. He approached his brother slowly. "D, don't cry. She'll remember if we give her time."

Donnie took in a shaky breath. "That time couldn't come any faster." Donnie walked away from the lab door and sat on the couch in the den. He sat his crutches next to him, leaning them upright against the couch. Leo walked over to Donnie, Mikey and Raph following close behind.

Leo sat next to Donnie, Mikey and Raph standing behind the couch. "So, uh, this may be a bad time to ask, but what's the chance she gets her memory back?"

Donnie looked into Leo's coean blue eyes. "Her chances are good, but it may take a while for her memory to restore, if it does at all."

"So we haven't much to worry about." Leo tried.

"There's still that chance that her memory won't restore though. And if it does, what memories will come back first? The one where you and her were playing in the living room? The one where Raph was training her on her birthday? The one where she and Mikey danced? The one where I found her? One with her brother, or," Donnie gulped, "what if the first memory that restores is one where she's at Shredder's lair?
That would make her so paranoid around us. Or it could worsen her trauma."

"Don, we can't think about the what ifs," Mikey said as he leaned against the back of the couch. "We just have to think about how we can speed up her good memories instead of her bad ones. Maybe she has some sort of trigger?" Mikey offered.

Raph shrugged. "Chucklehead's gotta point. Maybe there's something that can trigger her good memories rather than the bad."

Donnie sighed as he stood from the couch. "Perhaps, but we won't know until we find that trigger," Donnie moved to the lab door and knocked on it, his brothers staying behind in the den. "Princess, are you awake?"

After a while, a shaky, "Yes." was his reply.

"Can I come in?" He asked gently.

"Yes."

Donnie slowly turned the knob of the lab door and entered the infirmary portion of the lab. He walked to his daughter's bedside where she was sitting upright. "How are you feeling, Princess?"

She rubbed her eyes. "Confused," She looked into her father's reddish-brown eyes with her own bright blues. "Do you know anything about my brother or birth parents?"

Donnie sighed. "Well, no, I don't know much other than your parents were abusive and your brother took care of you until he was killed, and I stepped in."

"What did he look like?"

Donnie looked to the heart locket around Digital's neck and took it off. He opened the heart and showed her the pictures inside. "That's what he looked like. He had the same blue eyes as yourself and the same black hair."

She laughed lightly. "He looks nice."

Donnie smiled gently as he wrapped an arm around his daughter, looking at the picture himself. "From the stories you used to tell me, he used to be a nice boy. But when you turned seven, that's when the memories of you and him began receding from your mind."

She smiled gently as she took the locket into her hand for herself. She then closed the small heart locket and began to read the engraved words on the front. Digital Shy Harmony, it read. "So my full name is Digital Shy Harmony?" She inquired.

Donnie shook his head. "Not anymore. When you reached age four, you no longer wanted the last name Harmony. Instead you changed it to a second middle name so you could take our last name. Now your full name is Digital Shy Harmony Hamato." Donnie answered.

She nodded gently. She then looked into her fahter's eyes. "Could we go to my room? Maybe something will trigger my memories."

Donnie chuckled lightly, but no happiness was behind it. "Yeah, sure. We can go check it out." Donnie stood from the bed and helped Digital on shaky legs stand from the bed as well. Donnie looked at Digital with warm eyes before the two began to walk down the hallway towards her room, hoping anything at all would trigger her memory.

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