Chapter Eight- "Calm" Before The Storm

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TW: Panic Attack

—-The doors of the building burst open as Donatello ran as fast as his legs could take him. He didn't care about stealth and the only thing that he wanted to do right this moment was to get away from that building as far as he could so that he could be alone. Finally, Donatello stopped running and sat down on the rooftop of one of the buildings. He tried to calm his breathing as he thought over what he had just seen. He couldn't create any thoughts aside from seeing the results over and over again in his mind's eye. He didn't even know what to think.

"What do you mean 'disappeared'?" Splinter asked his sons, worried.

"We tried to contact him, but he wouldn't answer! We couldn't track his T-phone either!" Raph responded, confused and worried.

Splinter looked over his three sons and saw their worried expressions. He feared as he thought to himself. 'Is that why I was so anxious lately? Did something happen? Is Donatello alright?'

"Did you look for him?" Splinter asked.

"We tried. It's as if he doesn't want to be found!" Leo said as he tried calling Donatello again.

"He doesn't even answer our calls!" Mikey said with tears in his eyes as Raph tried to calm him down by patting his shell.

"It will be alright, Michelangelo. We will find him." Splinter said as he put his hand on his head and tried to put on a gentle smile to try and calm him down.

'Did Donatello get captured? Did he get injured? Maybe he simply didn't want to be found and ran away by himself?' Thoughts flooded Splinter's mind as he tried to figure out what could have happened.

His thoughts were cut short as he suddenly sensed someone entering the lair.

All of their gazes moved to the opening of the lair as they suddenly saw Donatello entering the lair.

"Donnie!" All of the three brothers called out together as he simply walked past them.

He wore a weak but serious expression as he stood in front of Splinter.

Splinter couldn't react from the shock of seeing Donatello's state. He was very pale and looked as if he had just seen a ghost.

"Donatello? Are you-" Splinter was about to express his worries as Donatello cut him short.

"Sensei. We need to talk. Privately." Donatello said as his cold expression didn't change.

'I need to figure out what is going on, and I'll get the answers that I want right now.' Donatello thought to himself as he tried to keep his cold expression from faltering, and to hide the fact that he was actually "scared as shell".

—-And this is it for this chapter! The next episode will be the final of the first season. Get ready! :D