Chapter 18: Wounded
A/n: 2 chapters to go. I hope you all still like reading this. If you do, please review. It shows me if it's a good idea to post more stories online. Have fun reading!
After a few weeks, Donnie opened his eyes. He tried to get up, but he was too weak and he had to fall back. That wasn't unnoticed. One of the scientists had left the room immediately. A few seconds later he came back, followed by Shadow. "Hey", she said softly, "How are you?" "It hurts everywhere" he answered. "You gave us quite a scare." "I know. I'm sorry Zillah." "It's okay. There are some other people who want to see you." "Are? Plural?" "Yeah. I'll get them for you. They are waiting in your room." Shadow left the room. Later the door opened and Mikey came in. Short after Leo and Raph followed. Shadow was last and she stood next to the door. "Donnie", Mikey said happy, "I'm so glad you're awake. We almost thought you wouldn't make it." "It's okay, Mikey. You don't have to worry anymore." Mikey gave Donnie a big hug, which hurt Donnie a bit. Then Leo stepped forward. Donnie got loose from Mikey's hug and looked at Leo. "Donnie?" Leo said. "Yes, Leo?" "I'm sorry. I really thought you had gone evil. I didn't know what was going on and the reason why you left. I thought you didn't care for us anymore. But when you took that hit for me, I realised you did care all this time. You just needed some time for yourself." "It's okay. It didn't help that I attacked you the first time we saw each other again" Donnie said with a smile. Leo stared at the ground. You could see he felt guilty. "Come. Give your brother a hug" Donnie said jokingly. Mikey was already hugging him and Leo joined them, but Raph didn't move. "You too, Raph" Donnie said. Then Raph joined the group hug. They all had tears in their eyes. Raph's hug was a little too hard though. "Raph, you're squishing me" Donnie said. "Sorry" Raph answered and he let him go. "I see the brothers are back together." It was Shadow. "Thanks for everything, Zillah" Donnie said. Leo heard that and looked confused. "Zillah?", Leo repeated him, "But you're name is Shadow, right?" "My real name is Zillah. You may call me that too if you wish to. My friends call me Zillah, the rest calls me Shadow. Zillah means shadow in Israel." "There is one thing that I still can't figure out" Donnie said. "What is it?" Zillah asked. "How did I survive that blast?" Zillah and Mikey looked at each other. "Leo and Raph watched over you, while I used your T-phone to call Shadow. I mean: Zillah. She brought her scientists and doctors. They brought you here" Mikey told him. Then there was a long silence. Donnie tried to get up again. "Donnie, don't force yourself", Leo said with his usual caring voice, "You must rest and heal first. You may have survived the blast, but it left some marks. We'll go away so you can rest." He signed the others to go and they left the room. Donnie relaxed and fell asleep, knowing that the war between brothers was over.
A/n: this is it. The next chapter will be a bit of a "this was how things went on", so it will be short.