"What is it Master?" younger Leo asked as their sensei suddenly clutched his head during their meditation. Raph and Mikey looked worried for Master Splinter as Leo placed his hands on Splinter's shoulders for support.
"W-We are not..." Splinter croaked, sitting up while still holding his head. "I fear something has happened to Donatello."
"WHAT?" Mikey squeaked.
"What's happening, Sensei?" Raph asked, the look in his eye demanding an answer. "What's happening to Donnie?"
"I sense no sign of your brother," Splinter answered, panting. "It's hard to explain-"
"Is he hurt?" the fear in Raph's loud voice stopped Leonardo from lecturing his brother on the way he had interrupted their sensei.
"I do not think so, Raphael..." Splinter's voice trailed off as they heard footsteps coming from the entrance of the lair.
"Hey guys?" a female voice called. "Anybody home?"
"It's April," Leo stated, causing Raph to roll his eyes.
"Good one, Sherlock," he said sarcastically, earning a glare from Leonardo. Raph turned to his younger brother, "Mikey, take care of April. We'll stay here with Master Splinter-"
"No," Splinter said, closing his eyes. "Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo; I wish to meditate alone, for now."
All three turtles bowed and left the training room, Leo glanced back at their father before closing the doors and walking down to where the others were standing. April looked at the faces of all three turtles and bit her lip as she unfolded her arms.
"What's up guys?" she asked, looking around. "Where's Donnie?"
Mikey let out a little gasp, Raph looked away and Leo hung his head. "April..." his voice thick. "Donnie's gone missing."
"Through a creepy Kraang portal!" Mikey added, making a strangle whoo-sh sound.
"He won't be there for any longer," Raph stated, folding his arms. "We're going to bring him back no matter what."
"Then I want to help," April said with a determined expression. "If it was a Kraang portal that took Donnie, then what can we do?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Raph grinned. "We go and find those Kraang chumps and get them to reverse the portal. How does that sound, Fearless Leader?"
"I say we go for it," Leo announced, surprising everybody. "Raph's right. We find a Kraang droid and get it to help us."
"Dude! Leo and Raph are agreeing on something! This is messed up!" Mikey said, looking over at April who nodded at his comment. Without another word, the team departed the lair and headed to the surface to start their search.
Master Splinter sat in the training room and smiled to himself "Good luck, my sons."
"I'm going to find Raphael," seemed to echo around the entire control room. Everybody stopped talking after hearing Donnie speak these words and some even shook their heads and looked uncomfortably.
"That is a bad idea," Mikey grumbled, slouching in his seat. "For one; Raph lives alone because he broke contact with us all. Secondly, if the enemy see you, the younger version of Donatello, they will report it back and you'll be walking straight into the Shredder's waiting claws."
"What exactly would Shredder gain from knowing about me?" Donnie asked, his tone irritable. He scowled as everybody in the control laughed, except Mikey and April who simply gave pitying looks.
"They're not laughing at what you just said, Donnie," Mikey looked away and glared at them, "it's why you just said it."
"What Mikey is trying to say," April cut in, shooting Mikey a warning glare. "Is that the Shredder always wanted the four of you dead. However, we discovered from his files that he had a secret interest in one turtle in particular."
"One turtle..." Donnie's voice faded as he took the hint straight away and clenched his hands into fists. He lowered his head so that his mask tails hung over his shoulder, "What kind of interests, exactly?"
"Don't any of you dare to answer that," a familiar voice ordered. Donnie, April and Mikey turned and saw Leonardo walking towards them, stopping beside Donnie. "If you're going to find Raph, count me in."
"Now wait just a minute-" Mikey stood up, slamming his hands on the ground. He was stopped from talking by April who held her hands out in front of him.
"Think," Leo growled, cocking his head in Mikey's direction. "The more allies you have with you, the better. Raph will react to us but he wouldn't lay a hand on Donnie, especially his younger self. Even if he does, we can keep Raph away from this Donnie without anybody getting hurt."
"Mikey," April gave Mikey a kind smile and patted said-turtle on the back. "Leo's right and you know it."
Mikey said nothing before sighing heavily, folding his arms and looking away. "Fine," he said stubbornly with a rare, mischievous smile. "When do we leave?"
Apologies on another short chapter but yay for teamwork! :D Thanks for reading, reviewing, favouriting and following everybody :)