Chapter 7: The search for answers
A/n: Hey turtle fans. I've got a new chapter for you guys. I've been sick at home for the past 3 days, which means I have time to spare to update. I want to thank everyone who is supporting me. It really means a lot, since I'm insecure sometimes. Have fun reading.
Back at the lair, Mikey ran to Donnie's lab to get the pictures Donnie had left behind months ago. The picture of April and Donnie at the swings and the pictures with his brothers. Those pictures kept the memories of Donnie alive. He seems so happy on them. "Why did he do this? This wasn't like Donnie at all.", Mikey thought, "I want answers. And there's only one person who can give them to me. I have to find Donnie."
In Shadow's lair Donnie went to his room and stayed there for about 10 minutes. It was quiet the whole time, which got Shadow and the others people in the lair worried. When he came out, he was as calm as normally and he acted like nothing happen. "Are you okay?" Shadow asked. "I'm fine." "You sure? It's not nothing to see your brother after all this time and you attacked him." "He now knows I'm not one of them anymore." "Well, alright then. If you want to, you can get out whenever you like, but always take your weapon and maybe some of my men, just in case you encounter them again, okay?" "Fine" Donnie said and he went to his last project and started working on it. When no one was looking, he sneaked out and went to the docks. That was one of his favourite places. Only one person caught him sneaking away and decided to follow him.
In the mean time, Mikey had packed some stuff and he started his search for Donnie, not telling his brothers where he was going. First, he went to the swings where the picture of him and April was taken. After that, he crossed the rooftops and then he headed to the docks. There he saw Donnie. Sitting calmly and staring at the water, deep in his thoughts. Just like the Donnie he knows. But just as he wanted to walk to him, Shadow jumps between them. "Where do you think you're going, Mikey?" she said. "How do you know my name? I don't even know you. I just wanna go to my brother." "I'm Shadow. Donnie is with me now and he is not your brother anymore. Now, go away!" "Not before I talked to him. Let me through!" "I'm afraid I can't let you", Shadow told him and she grabbed her chigiriki, "Stay away from him!" Mikey grabbed his nunchucks and the fight started. Shadow hit Mikey a few times and he landed on his knees. "Enough!" It was Donnie. The fight snapped him out of his thoughts and he saw the whole fight and thought this went far enough. He walked towards Mikey and said "Get up." When Mikey did so, Donnie grabbed his arms and asked "Are you okay? What are you doing here?" Mikey shook himself loose from Donnie's grip and said "I'm fine. I came looking for you." "Why would you? I can do the same to you now as I did to Leo, you know?" Those words scared Mikey. "What happened to you, Donnie?", Mikey asked with tears in his eyes, "Why did you leave us?" Donnie saw the desperation in Mikey's eyes. He knew his little brother won't give up until he gets answers. He sighed and said "You really wanna know? Come tomorrow at midnight to the old warehouse around the corner of Murakami's. Don't tell Leo, Raph or master Splinter, you must come alone. Then I'll tell you the whole story. No weapons, no henchmen, no brothers. Just you and me, understood?" Mikey nodded. "I'll be there."
A/n: Well, that was the chapter. I'm so sorry if I make mistakes in it, but as I have told you: I'm not English from origin. So I'm doing this with the knowledge I have and some luck.