Chapter 11

Don and Scarlet ran out of the alley and down the empty street, they stopped and caught their breath. Don shot quick glances at Scarlet, still a little uneasy about what happened, or..What he saw.

"That was a close one" Scarlet said

"Yeah no thanks to you" Don said softly as he sat on a nearby bench

"Look Don, I don't know what you saw or what happened, but I never shut that door on you" Scarlet said loudly

"Then what exactly did I see huh? Explain that to me" Don said

"I don't know...But don't you think if I were to close the door on you, that I would do it to lock you in with the zombies, why would I open it again and let you out?" Scarlet said

Don stared at her, scenarios running through his mind. What if she was telling the truth, and she really did want to find Mikey. Or what if she's lying, that she did really close that door and she knew something about Mikey.

Don stood up, " Why do you want to help me anyway? You don't even know me…or my brothers"

Scarlet gave him a confused look, "What are you saying?"

"It just seems a little sketchy that I happen to run into you in this world, saying that you've met my little brother and now you're looking for him to" Don said

Scarlet gave him a dirty look.

"Mikey couldn't have done something to gain you're trust so quickly, so why the hell are you worried about him huh? Tell me"

"BECAUSE HE FOUND ME…I've been stuck in the god damn world for three years and he was the first one to even talk to me"

Don continued to stare at her, out of anger, shock, and even a little fear.

"Once he stepped through those doors, I felt an instant connection, I finally felt that I wasn't alone for once, and now he's missing…and I have to make it up to him…with…or without you" Scarlet said

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"It means if you don't want me here…then I will walk away now and never turn back, but I won't give up on Mikey" Scarlet said

Don thought about it, he knew that his task would be slightly impossible alone. He didn't trust her, and he knew that she knew that. Does she trust him, he didn't know. But he'd risk it for Mikey.

"We'd better start moving…I hear the undead" Don said, turned around and started walking down the street, he wasn't sure if Scarlet was following him. He didn't want to turn around and look, that would just make him seem weird. He didn't know why, but it seemed weird.

He continued to walk, still unsure about Scarlet.

"Fine" He heard her say, "But one request"

Don stopped and turned around, he saw she was close to him. He guess she did follow him.

"What?" He said

"Follow me" She said, passing him and walking in front of him.

"You're not going to lead me somewhere dangerous are you?" Don said

"Why would I stick around if I wanted to kill you" Scarlet said

She's been making good points lately, about her closing the door and then opening it again, and about her with Mikey. He still didn't know, or keep his guard down. But he followed her. He watched the way she walk, her walk seemed normal enough. Her combat boots, tops hidden beneath her navy green cargo pants, white tang top, slightly torn, with her long red hair tied in a pony tail. Don hated to say it, but she was actually attractive, he still didn't trust her.

She stopped suddenly, which made Don bump into her. He quickly recovered and looked at her. She pointed her hand toward the store and Don looked at it.

"I don't think so" Don said

"Donatello…we're going to need them" Scarlet said

Don stared up at the sign that hung above the store, 'Sal's armory'

"I don't.. I have my-" He reached for his bo staff, but felt nothing but his shell. He forgot, everything he brought with him, didn't travel with him, "Uhm…never mind…I still don't like guns"

"What happened if you're surrounded by those things and all you have is a gun" Scarlet asked

Don sighed, "Ok but just for emergencies only" Don said

"Fine by me…but I'm getting me some hardware" Scarlet said walking into the store.

Don exhaled and followed her into the store, there were guns everywhere. He saw big guns, small guns, knives, he even saw a sword, which made him think of Leo and Raph. He hoped they were doing ok.

Scarlet walked over to the counter, leaped over the counter and knelt down, picked up a machine gun and set it on the counter, knelt down again and picked up two shotguns and laid them on the counter.

"You're kidding right?" Don said

"Nope…oh…wait a sec" Scarlet said

She knelt down for second, then came back up with a pistol, cocked it and held the handle out toward Don.

"I don't know about this" Don said

"Come on…Just for emergencies" Scarlet said

Don stared at the gun, then grabbed it and examined it.

"Here" She said

Don looked and she gave him a box of bullets.

"You might want to load it…you know…'Just in case' " Scarlet said adding air quotes around the last part

Don set the gun and bullets down on the table, he un loaded the gun and began putting bullets into the cartridge. He glanced over at Scarlet, who was shoving cartridges and ammo packs into a back pack.

"I think you're going a little too far" He said shoving a bullet into the slot

"You can never go too far my friend" Scarlet said, cocking the shotgun.

"Whatever" He inserted the cartridge into the gun and cocked the pistol and looked down his sights.

"Do you even know how to use that thing?" Scarlet asked

"Hence that fact that I didn't want to use one in the first place" Don said, "and I've seen enough movies and I've watched Mikey play some games, shouldn't be that hard"

"Movies are completely inaccurate…come over here" She said

Don sighed and followed her into the back where he saw a firing range. She stopped by the counter and turned around.

"Shoot the target" She said

Don stared at her for a second, sighed then aimed at the paper, looking down his sights. He pulled the trigger. The pull back was stronger than he expected.

"See…It's not as easy as you think" She said

He stared at the bullet hole he made, it didn't even hit the man drawn on the poster.

"Here's some tips, When aiming down your sights…take your time, take deep breaths, then when you exhale, take the shot"

Don nodded and aimed his gun down at the poster.

He took a deep breath, exhaled and took the shot.

This time he was ready for the pull back, but the bullet shot at the man's arm.

"You'll get the hang of it, now let's finished up" She said

Don followed Scarlet back to the counter , he unloaded his gun and replaced it with two bullets, loaded it back into the gun and cocked it.

"Here" Scarlet handed Don a ammo belt with a gun holster

"Do I have to?" Don said

"If you want to carry around a gun with no ammo then go ahead" Scarlet said

Don sighed and grabbed the belt, fastened it tightly around his waist and stuck the gun into the holster. He grabbed four cartridges and placed them in his belt. He took the rest of the cartridges and gave them it Scarlet to put in the back pack.

Scarlet placed the two shot guns into the back pack and zipped it up and much as she could, the two shotguns still stuck out but she didn't care. She held the machine gun in her hands and looked at Don.

"Now where ready to take on the undead" Scarlet said

"Whatever you way" Don said