That night there was an uncomfortable air amongst Donnie and Ariel, they were both agitated at each other. Mikey leaned over to Donnie, "Dude. You and Ariel cool?" Donnie shook his head, "We kind of had a small argument outside earlier..." Mikey frowned, "Aw man. Dude that's not cool. You two should talk it out. She's a cool chick Donnie- she reminds me a lot like April." Donnie snorted, "She isn't ANYTHING like April." Ariel was standing by the door way, arms folded and Mikey happened to glance back, a face of terror rush over him as he saw her expression. "Oh...h-hey Ariel." Donnie jumped some and whipped around. Ariel furrowed her brow and him and sighed before walking away. Mikey scoffed, "Good going dude. Only the second day she's here and you upset her. Dude she's going through a lot according to Raph. She can't remember anything of her past just us for some reason." Donnie sighed and got up, "I didn't mean to upset her. It's just for some reason she seems so against me liking April." Raph walked in at that point, "Well I don't blame her. We all don't like that. And it's not because we don't want you two together it's just-" "Yes! yes I know! I'm a mutant. A nasty terrible, hooorrible mutant! And she's..." Donnie sighed, "...I'm going out to my lab." He turned and walked away from his brothers as April and Casey walked in, "Hey Donnie we're going to go get fo-" "Yea have fun." April blinked as Donnie walked outside. She looked over at Raph and Mikey, "What's wrong with him?" They just shrugged, not wanting to get into it. April decided not to go after him and Casey and April left. Ariel saw them get into the van from where she was sitting. "Heh...getting food again?" She rolled her eyes as they drove off and slowly followed them with her eyes. Ariel looked over to the shed where she saw Donnie go into a few seconds before Casey and April left. "Ohhh Donnie...What are we gonna do with ya."
A strong wind blew through the trees and she glanced up, seeing clouds rolling in. She thought she smelled rain before. Her stomach started to hurt which made her realize it was a bad storm. She usually had really bad stomach aches when bad storms were approaching. Ariel sighed an climbed down from the tree. From the side something flashed past her and she turned, "Hello?" No reply. She saw further back into the woods the shadow again and she folded her arms; they weren't alone. Ariel glanced back before deciding to go out on her own to look which was dumb of her. The shadow kept going deeper into the woods as the storm was rolling in. A flash of lightening lit up the sky and she jumped against a tree. She gasped and looked up as the clouds quickly grew darker. What was that shadow? She looked past the tree only to see it go deeper into the woods. "How far back does this go?" Ariel continued to follow the shadow, pushed past thick bushes and branches. She gasped as the shadow flashed past her side and she whipped around, tripping over a root that had uprooting and fell back,her foot getting stuck in between two roots. "Ugh! Crap..." She glanced around quickly not seeing the shadow anywhere but rain started to fall. Ariel looked up and frowned. The trees weren't going to shield her at all. Lightening lit up the sky and she gasped, covering her ears as the thunder ripped through air.
About thirty minutes later April and Casey returned and the four brothers were in the living room watching TV, "Oh good you two are back. There's a bad storm coming our way." Casey looked about the room, "Where's Ariel?" The four froze and looked up, "Aw man...I just realized she hasn't come back." Leo stood up,"You don't think she's outside still?" Donnie looked up at Leo, "But where would she of gone?" April shrugged, "The woods maybe? That's really the only place, that or the pond but that's past the woods." Thunder shook the house and they all jumped. Raph sighed loudly, "Well someone has to go find her! This storm is gonna get bad. If she's outside we need to go look." They nodded and Donnie looked over at Mikey who gave him a 'you should go look dude' type face. Donnie sighed and stood up, "I'll go look for her." April frowned, "Are you sure? Why don't I g-" "No I'd rather you stay safe inside. I'll go find her and be right back." Ariel whined loudly as she tried to get her food unstuck as the ran started to come down harder; she was terrified of storms. Lightening struck at the sky angrily as thunder replied back only seconds after. Ariel covered her ears, her foot was stuck and now bleeding from her frantic pulling. She could feel her eyes welling up. "Stupid stupid stupid." She tried to pull her foot free again and grunted loudly at the pain. "STUPID!" She knew she shouldn't have come out. She could barely see in front of her the rain was so thick. Ariel could feel herself begin to panic.
Donnie slowly made his way through the woods, wind blowing him about some as rain pelted against his shell and face. "how do we even know she's out here? I should of checked my lab first. Or maybe she even came back in with out us noticing." He glanced back at the house. If he went back now and said he couldn't find her maybe she was there? But. He looked ahead of him again as he heard a strange noise. No. She was out here. Donnie tried to hurry as the thunder and lightening showed no mercy to the sky. He looked about wondering what direction he should take. "Damn...I don't even know where to go..." He pondered for a minute before closing his eyes and cupping his mouth, "ARIEL?!" There was silence, well at least no response. He sighed and kept moving. After a few more minutes he tried again only to be interrupted by thunder. He sucked his teeth and glared up at the sky. This was a nasty storm. Panic was really setting into her. She was tearing at the root, skin bleeding on her fingers now as well as the spot around her foot which was swollen now. She felt her body shake violently as she let out a harsh cry. Donnie bolted up right, "ARIEL?!" He looked about franticly yelling her name again. Ariel gasped hearing her name but couldn't make out who it was. "HELP PLEASE!" She hated being weak but storms unfortunately for her were one of her biggest weakness. She noticed a shadow- that damn fucking shadow! It was its fault! She heard her name again. No. It wasn't the shadow it was Donnie.
"Ariel?! Are you okay?" She shook her head and wiped her face, "No I think I messed up my ankle bad" Donnie looked down and saw the blood from her ankle and hands. The wind shoved him back some and he grunted, trying to keep his ground. "I'm gonna try and get you out!" Ariel felt a sharp pain as something hit her head and she gasped loudly, reaching back. He looked at her and she stared at him. It was hailing. Donnie pulled a knife that was from his shell and started cutting at the root that was keeping her foot from freedom. She covered the back of her head and leaned forward, panting softly to try and calm herself but she couldn't. "Ariel it's gonna be okay! I'm gonna get you back to the house okay!?" Donnie had to yell over all the noise as she looked up at him. Donnie froze. She looked terrified. He could tell she had been crying, eyes red and cheeks stained with tears, not rain. Donnie frowned and cut faster at the root. The ground was almost covered in hail now, a few places on Ariel's shoulders and neck were bruised as well as her hands from it. Donnie finally got the root cut an freed her from it. She tried to stand up but her foot wouldn't allow her to, making her fall to her knees. Donnie wasted no time and scooped her up, slowly making his way back to the house. A few seconds past and the rain slowly died as well as the hail. But Ariel looked up and noticed the sky. She gripped ahold of Donnie, "Y-You gotta hurry." It air was still and it was silent. Only for a few seconds. Suddenly a loud noise sounded through the woods and Ariel felt her eyes water up again, "DONNIE HURRY!" Donnie looked down at Ariel. He had this strong need to protect her suddenly, but not only because of the storm. He furrowed his brow and looked forward again, seeing to his left clouds starting to swirl. He grit his teeth and ran.
And Chapter five. Do they make it back? Ahhh noooooo. Don't worry they'll be fine but lets see how close they were ;)
I'll post another chapter later. Dinners ready over here! Hope you guys enjoy it! :D