When Leo and Mikey got back to the lair, they were both hoping that Donnie had just went for a walk or run and was now just tinkering in his lab.
But the hopefull look on Raph's face when he saw them, said enough. "Nothing?", Raph asked.
"Nope!", Mikey answered as he sat down on the couch "Nothing! Zero! Nada! Niente!"
"We get it!", Leo and Raph replied simultaneously.
"Can't we try to trace his T-phone?", Leo asked.
"I tried", Raph answered "but it just isn't giving any signal. It's like his phone is broken."
"But he loves that phone!", Mikey exclaimed "He would never let anything happen to it!"
Raph nodded: "I know. So, there are two explanations left. Either he got ambushed and captured or…"
"Or he turned the signal of himself", Leo finished the sentence "He made it, he knows everything about it."
Mikey stood up and faced his oldest brothers: "But that means… he doesn't want us to find him?"
"Indeed Mikey", Raph agreed "We can try to call April and Casey and ask them if they've seen him, but I doubt it."
Leo thought about this: "Raph, call Casey. Mikey, you call April. I'll try to trace his phone once again."
"And if we don't find him?", the youngest said. Leo and Raph both looked at Mikey without knowing what to say.
Finally, Leo took a deep breath and tried to control the quiver in his voice: "If we don't find him, than that's his way of saying that he's done with us…"
With Donnie
Donnie's POV
I kept walking without knowing where I was going. I could still hear Leo's words in my head.
Too much of a coward, they will blow up, worst ninja imaginable…
I let his words get to me, even though I knew deep inside he wasn't thinking straight at that moment. He was in the middle of a fight with Raph. They always pushed each other to their limits.
I slapped my oldest brother! How could I do that?! Me! The calm, friendly, peace loving turtle!
Raph had been right, I always try to get out of something without violence.
And even in a word fight, I kept my cool. But not this time. He had crossed the line!
He even said my inventions could kill almost the entire population of New York! Ok, so maybe there had been some minor explosions, but nothing serious! Nobody had gotten hurt… except my pride maybe.
I thought about were I could go now.
April or Casey? No way, they would search there first!
I had already heard them calling my name.
With every cry, I could hear their voices grow more anxious.
But I couldn't face them now. Maybe never again. I even turned of the tracing signal on my T-phone.
But both me and Leo had crossed the line. And I needed time to think.
Then, I had an idea. I had found a huge place in the sewers a couple of weeks ago. My brothers knew nothing about it.
It was extremely close to the junkyard I regularly went to. I used it to test some of my more dangerous inventions or to just let off some steam (you can really scream there and nobody would hear you!).
I even had a matras, power and a coffee machine there. What more can a turtle need?
When I got there and sat down on the ground, I looked around and thought. What would my brothers be doing right now? Probably looking for me.
Because I knew how Mikey hated it when I wasn't at home for a couple of hours, so I had a feeling I would have some explaining to do when I got back.
IF I got back…
Because at that moment, I didn't feel like ever returning. Not because I didn't love them, of course not! I still cared about them! I just doubted if they felt the same.
I always say that when you're angry, you say the first thing that comes into your mind.
But in my opinion, you don't say those things if you've never thought about them.
And neither Raph nor Mikey had stopped Leo or had backed me up.
Someday, I would go back. But at that very moment, I was done with them…
Author's note: Hi! Sorry for another late update. I was a little busy... Anyway, hope you like it! :D And thanks to all of you who are reading my stories! :) It means a lot to me!