Chapter One- Hidden Knowledge

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—-I have been suspecting my father of hiding something from me since I was a child. Whenever I questioned our origin and asked my father about it I could see him slightly flinch. It was well known in my family, and certainly to those around us that I was very smart and hard to fool. I guess that our father is worried that whatever secret he may be hiding, I would probably be the first one to tell. I kind of let it go, thinking that maybe the story of the day that we were mutated is a bad experience for him that he would rather forget, which is probably why he looks stressed out whenever I ask him about it.

I am now sixteen, and although our situation isn't the best, we are still living as a happy family.

Our father, friends, Mikey, Leo, Raph, and me- Donatello.

I sighed as I put my pencil down. As usual, I overworked myself in my lab to the point where I don't even know if I should take a break or just continue working. I got my answer right after this thought.

"Donnieeee…"

I turned around as I gave my answer.

"Yes, Mikey?"

"You have been here for hours! Can't you come out once in a while and show us that you are alive?"

I sighed. Mikey would always pull me out of my lab in the middle of my work to spend time together. I guess that I could use a break.

"Alright, let's go." I said, putting on a smile.

In the Foot's HQ

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The Shredder sat on the throne, inspecting the files that were given to him.

The clan have fought the turtles for months. However, finally, two days ago they finally managed to acquire a piece of DNA from each of the turtles. And today was finally the day that they have gotten results. The Shredder suspected the origin of each of the turtle's DNA, given that they all have different appearances and probably got the DNA that made them look like this from the last thing that they have touched. Oroku Saki wanted to explore their DNA, since it might give him important information. As Saki suspected, their DNA was from workers in the pet store that they were in, which was confirmed in the files that he was inspecting right this moment, and could see by the information on each file that each person that gave them their DNA was a worker in the same pet store. Saki smirked as he thought about how they were originally only little and pathetic turtles. He suddenly flinched in surprise.

"What is this?! Bradford!" He called out.

"W- what is it, master?" Bradford asked in fear.

"Why is there no information on Donatello's DNA?" Saki asked, irritated.

"W-well master, we checked their DNA based on the humans that could have touched them, which are pet shop workers. But…"

"But what? You've been squirming in your place since I have gotten these files. Is there something that you would like to tell me?" Saki asked, irritated.

"Yes, I have been wanting to tell you something about Donatello's information…" He said, looking on the floor.

"What is it?" Saki asked, suspicious.

"Their DNA shows turtle DNA, which was then mixed with human DNA." Bradford said.

"And? Out with it!" The Shredder said in anger.

"It's backwards." He replied simply.

"...What?" Saki asked, dumbfounded.

"Donatello's. It's backwards."

—-And off we go with the story! Do tell me if you like it and please check out my artworks on my instagram account that is mentioned at the top! I hope that you will enjoy the story and leave a follow :D