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Chapter #39

Sunday June 7th, about 3:00p.m. Still in Venezuela, about to depart back to New York

It took Donnie about 20 minutes to track a route that lead to an airport where the group could secretly board another cargo plane. It was the sketchiest thing the group had ever done since they were basically traveling and boarding the plane in broad daylight. They found some tarp and covered themselves as Donnie, being the quickest, ran over to an abandoned cart the workers drove to transport extra luggage to the plane. The group boarded the cart under the tarp as Donnie quickly drove towards a plane he knew was leaving for New York (he knew this by hacking into the airports computer system and tracked which planes were leaving for where and when). Mikey continued to carry a paralyzed Sam, though she was slowly gaining back her ability to move, but it was extremely slow.
It wasn't until 2 hours after the plane took off, about 5p.m. when Sam could officially move again. She thought this would be a reason for the boys to be happy, but this actually ended up causing more tension. Once she was able to move again the four brothers began arguing with one another, each brother blaming the other for something they did wrong during the mission whether it be something general or something in regards to Sam's safety.
The arguing went on for what seemed like forever. It was now 7:30p.m. and the brothers were still arguing with each other. They were all so focused on their harsh words towards one another that no one had picked up on how weak Sam had become despite gaining back her ability to move.

"You think standing on the sidelines makes you some kind of hero?" Raph bellowed towards his youngest brother as they stood towards the further back section of the crowded plane.
Sam had walked over and was about to lean on Raph's arm because of how weak she felt, only for him to walk away right before she did so. He was so furious with his youngest brother that he didn't even notice how weak his female friend looked as she stumbled and managed to catch her balance as she awkwardly leaned on the wall.
"You can't just push past me like that bro!"
"You were being a nitwit! You were gonna lose that thing!"
"I wasn't!"
"Yes you were!"
"No I WASN'T!"
The two continued to yell back and forth at each other, getting closer and closer as they both moved their arms and hands to convey just how upset they were with the others words. The only thing that got the two to stop was when they heard Donnie shouting even louder than they were.
"I had it in my hand! I had it right in my hand and you acted as if I wasn't even there!" he shouted at his oldest brother who was sitting ahead of him. Just like his other brothers, Donnie was very physical as he verbally announced his frustration. And then just like him, Leo communicated the same way.
Leo shook his head as he spoke.
"It's not my job to make your presence known, alright? Get out of your head and communicate" Leo announced roughly to his brother, punching his fist in his hand as a sign of how frustrating it was for him that Donnie acted the way his brain told him to but without letting the others know what exactly he was doing (in this case, specifically telling Leo what it was he was doing before the two collided in the water).
Donnie rolled his eyes and walked away and sat down as he crossed his arms across his chest. He was so annoyed with his older brother's words that he didn't notice that Sam had slowly made her way over towards where he was standing and went to lean on his shoulder before he moved away. Sam stumbled down onto the box below her, but landed so that it looked like she had meant for the landing to be so clumsy. Leo was so annoyed that he didn't notice how weak Sam looked and also overlooked her clumsy seating.
Raph huffed from the back.
"Well what do you expect? He's all logic and no skills."
Mikey scowled at his red bearing brother.
"Coming from the guys who's all instinct and no restraint" he said, swinging his arms in front of him to diss his brother.
Leo waved his arm as he stood up and stormed past Mikey.
"What do you know about anything? You're all heart and no brains!"
Sam had been walking over towards Leo, but he had already stood up and stormed off towards the other side of the plane (attempting to sit away from his brothers but failing because of how tightly packed this plane was compared to the other). Sam just stood there. Her back was to the guys so none of them noticed, but her eyes began to close. She wasn't blacking out because of her powers, but because her body had just pushed itself to great limits that day in general. She was about to fall backwards when Mikey caught her. He was the only one who had noticed her stumbles and as he held Sam now he carefully pulled her with him so that she was sitting next to him. He put his arm around her and nestled her in so that her head was resting on his shoulder.

Meanwhile, the rest of the brothers were still arguing.
"How could you?" Donnie asked in a gasp. "You may know a lot about strategy but you know nothing about feelings."
Raph scoffed as he turned around.
Leo bit his lip before turning to face the rest of his brothers.
"Fair enough. You wanna know what I'm feeling?" he asked as he turned so that each brother met his gaze at least once, "we may be brothers, but we are NOT a team."
Mikey rolled his eyes and then looked back down at Sam.
"Whatever man. If you're gonna insult us some more then at least keep your voice down. Sam's trying to sleep" Mikey bit back in a low voice.
This caught Donnie's attention and he darted his gaze towards the girl leaning on his brother.
"She's not sleeping Mikey she passed out. Sam!"
Donnie said as he quickly walked over and kneeled down in front of the duo, snapping his fingers in hopes that Sam really was just sleeping and that he was being paranoid.
Leo's glare had softened into a concerned gaze as he watched Donnie start checking for Sam's pulse and pull out his flashlight to check her eyes.
Raph, who had been angrily pacing in the back, now stood completely still as he also watched his brother look after Sam.
Donnie moved back and sighed as he clicked the mini flashlight off.
"I don't think she has a concussion or head trauma or anything serious like that. Her body's probably just so exhausted it clocked out on her."
"She shouldn't have been part of this" Leo and Raph oddly said at the exact same time.
Donnie was extremely upset at hearing this, and he could tell that Mikey felt the same way based on the glare he had aimed at the floor in front of him.
"We're dropping this now" Donnie said in a cold tone. His voice wasn't high, but it wasn't a whisper. The neutral tone told the oldest two that now was not the time to share their complaints, and the fact that Donatello had switched from pouting to this bitter tone signaled how upset he truly was.

After this, the rest of the plane ride had been quiet. This was mainly because the boys were all furious with each other and were trying to remain calm after literally arguing for over a couple hours, but it was also because they were waiting for Sam to show signs that she was okay and wake up. It was mere minutes to 9:00 when the plane would be landing when Sam finally woke back up. She stirred slowly and was shocked to see the boys sitting silently and still like statues. This, plus Michelangelo's soft and kind expression when she woke up, made her think that the storm of hateful words had passed. Little did she know, what happened earlier was just a short preview of what was to come later on.

After the plane landed, the group caught a break to dash to their truck's hiding spot. They finally arrived back at the lair at about 9:40p.m. This was where the real "fun" began. Sam was feeling rejuvenated as she traveled back to the lair with the guys, but the voice she heard made her sick to her stomach from nerves.
As the group made their way into the central part of the lair, sitting on the couch drinking tea with Splinter was Jay.
As soon as the two sets of human eyes connected, the tea cup was set down and Jay was fuming as he rushed over to his sister.
"Where THE HELL have you been!? Oh sorry Sensei" Jay said as he quickly bowed to the wise rat.
"At ease my child" Splinter said with a kind smile. "I'll let you handle this amongst my sons. I'm going to go to meditate" he stated as he walked towards his room. He wanted to allow this time for Jay to complete his "parenting" on his own.
"What's going on?" Leo asked in confusion since Sam had stated she called Jay and let him know what she was doing.
"Sam where's your phone?" Jay asked sternly.
"Uhhhh-it's in this backpack" she said, pointing to the bag on her back, "it's dead though-"
"WHY?!"
"Because I used the chargers for Donnie's machines."
She turned to see Donatello staring wide-eyed at her, not happy with this answer.
Jay covered his mouth with both of his hands and closed his eyes as he sighed.
"Do you have any idea how many times I called you?"
"Well I just said-"
"11 TIMES. 11 times Sam. I've been calling you for hours. What the hell is this about breaking into police headquarters? A-and-and flying to Brazil?! What the hell have you been up to?! Where have you been?!"
"Oh you gotta be kidding me" Raph scoffed out loud as he turned wide-eyed towards Sam (all his brothers looked at Sam this way now).
Sam gulped.
"Oh now you're worried huh?!" Jay shouted in frustrated excitement. "Tell them Sam. I want you to tell them right now."
Sam looked down at her feet as she talked.
"So, I did call Jay and I told him about what I was doing…over voicemail" she said, muttering the last part.
"OH MY GOD"
"WOOOOOOOW"
The four turtles were saying one or the other of these two phrases as they all threw their hands up in the air.
"Sam" Jay said softly.
"Yes?" Sam muttered.
"You're grounded."
Sam groaned.
"For two weeks."
"What?!"
"Absolutely no friend contact. That means no sports, no dance, and definitely no lair" Jay said as he violently shook his head.
"Well that's unfair because that's just punishing these guys" Sam said in a cocky tone. She assumed at least Mikey would back her up, but this did not happen.
"We're cool with it" he said calmly as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Dude?!" Sam said as she glared at her best friend.
This set the turtle off.
"You LIED to us Sam! You lied to me! Straight to my face!" Mikey began shouting as he jabbed his finger between himself and the girl in front of him.
"I called Jay-"
"And it went to voicemail! Which he didn't get until after we left! You never told us that and you know the deal!"
"Oh you mean the baby deal that I don't get a say in?"
"Are you serious right now? Do you hear yourself?" Raph roughly cut in. "Are you seriously getting upset because people care about you?"
"Let her act that way" Leo cut in, "She's staying back next time, regardless of what anyone else says."
This last comment was aimed towards Donnie who had gone against Leo's orders in having Sam stay back in the first place, and like the genius he was, Donnie picked up on this instantly.
He slammed his hand down on the table.
"You wanna play this game? Alright, tell us how you really feel Leo. Since you're so perfect and can't mess anything up. LET'S GO!"
"You said she could help and then you totally took advantage of her" Leo bit back.
"HOW?!"
"You kept making her do things that pushed her over her limits. Like why the hell was she under the plane?"
"To help push it up!" Donatello acted out his actions as he spoke. "To keep it in the air! To prevent us from dying! And she did a freaking awesome job hence us still being alive!"

At this point Jay was sitting back and watching the brothers argue. He wanted Sam to see how much turmoil the brothers were in because of her decisions, but he was also curious as to where this argument was heading and what would be revealed.
"So what, you couldn't solve the problem on your own?" Leo barked at his brother.
"Are you seriously blaming me for not finding a way to stop gravity? Then again, I'm nothing but brains and no skill" Donnie said as he glared at Raph before glaring back at Leo, "so I guess I'm supposed to just alter how all physics works. Because that's all I'm good for, right?"
"Dudes cut it out!" Mikey shouted. "Sam was fine when she helped with the plane. The real problem was her 3 blackouts."
"Dude you don't have the right to say anything since you didn't help anyone ever" Raph said as he pushed Mikey to the side. "And those blackouts never would have occurred if we hadn't jumped out of a plane" he said, again, using his words to jab at Donatello.
"Well if you would have jumped when I said to then Sam wouldn't have had to save your wimpy ass!" Donnie barked back. "And if you hate my plan so much then complain to Leo! He's our perfect leader so next time let him make every decision! I mean his is the only one that counts, right?"
"I'm the leader! I figure out strategies and decide who's intel works best and when-"
"TOTAL BULL!" Mikey shouted. "You do what you want, whenever it pops into your head! You can't call Donnie out on not communicating when you're the exact same way! You think of one strategy and then boom-bye Leo! See you later!"
"At least I move and do something! Every time I looked back you were goofing around! You couldn't even hold onto the device for 2 seconds before it popped out of your hands" Leo scolded.
"That's no fair! We were all being thrown around!"
"Well you need to learn to defend yourself you dork!" Raph shouted. "You're such a dimwit you couldn't even warn me that a box was heading my way before I almost fell out of the plane."
"I was looking for Sam!"
"Great, so now we have to worry about you being distracted worrying about her" Raph said with an annoyed laugh.
"Well you should be able to worry about yourself" Donnie snapped at Raph. "You should be on alert mode regardless of who's around you."
"Not the point! Mikey shouldn't have needed to worry about Sam being in danger in the first place! That's why next time she's staying home!" Leo bellowed.
"Cut the bull!" Mikey "we need her-"
"What we need is to keep her safe, which you failed at doing when you let her head smash against the wall-"
"Oh and you did such a great job keeping her safe when you and Raph landed on her and crashed into the floor! Yeah I saw that!"
"Well then that's even more reason that she shouldn't have been there. If we can't even take care of ourselves and we're the ones hurting Sam-"
"Ummmm no!" Donnie cut in, "Mikey and I brought Sam to safety at the rapids, you're the one who went off on your own without a word!"
"Because it's not my job to babysit Sam when we push her so far that she passes out!"
"We're a team!" Mikey bellowed, "we all help each other out!"
"Oh yeah because you totally helped Mikey! What exactly did you do again? Besides sit back and goof off I mean" Raph snarled. "Sam was weak as hell and she did more than you! She was on the sidelines and still helped me reach Donnie in time to protect him. You were next to him and didn't do shit!"
"What I'm hearing is that for a 5th time Sam saved one or all of us" Donnie said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"And that she was safe on the sidelines!" Mikey chipped in.
"Yeah, until she made the decision to throw herself into danger!" Raph barked back.
"So what I'm hearing is that we can't trust Sam" Leo said, mimicking Donnie's tone as he stared at him.
"WHAT?!" Donnie and Mikey hollered.
"She was in a safe spot and then purposefully went over her already shortened limit and put herself in danger by attacking and gaining the attention of Bebop and Rocksteady! If she can't fight then she should be in hiding, and if she can't voluntarily hide and protect herself then we leave her home!" Leo argued.
"How can you not see that Sam easily could have died?!" Raph added in furry.
"How do you not see that without her we all could have died?!" Mikey fought back.
"It has nothing to do with her, it's about us!" Donnie added to the argument. "We don't communicate and then it leads to chaos. You know, Sam and I talked before she saved Mikey, we talked before she kept the plane in the air, and she talked to Raph before he saved me!"
"Great" Leo said as sarcastically as possible, "so that means we're a team that can't communicate with each other which results in us taking advantage of our most vulnerable member, and we make her do everything else for us because we can't work together and take care of ourselves."
"How are we supposed to protect her when we can't even take care of ourselves?" Raph asked in disappointment.
Leo waved his arm in front of him. "Add that to the list of reasons why next time she's not-"
"ENOUGH!"

Sam's eyes lit up and huge wind gusts flew from her body. Jay was grateful that Raph was so close to him as he lunged and held onto Jay before the winds flew him back against the wall. The other brothers stood their ground as best as they could until the winds died down. None of them, not even Jay (being so caught up in the brothers argument), had realized that Sam was losing her cool as she heard the brother's arguing about her. She was hurt for so many reasons. She hated to see them arguing like this in general, but knowing that she was a main cause for it hurt her even more. She hated herself for not being able to help out more, she hated that she knew little to nothing about her powers, she hated that the brothers were blaming each other for not keeping her safe, and she loathed that she had no self-control in her body attacking Bebop and Rocksteady. And she knew that admitting this would just make matters worse, but for now the only thing on her mind was getting the guys to stop arguing the way they were.

"YOU!" she shouted as she stared at Leo, who in return was staring at her with a shocked expression. He definitely was not expecting this outburst, though he felt that at this point he shouldn't be so surprised.
"Stop blaming Donnie like he scripted for everything to go the way it did! You're lucky he formed any plan where the plane didn't fall right out of the sky. I didn't see anyone else up there trying to fix it. And last time I checked you didn't communicate and say what you were doing when you went for the device in the water either! And if you EVER tell Mikey he has no brains again I will literally kick your ass!"
"And YOU!" she shouted as she now turned and faced towards Raph, "Stop hating on your younger brothers! At least they have faith in me that I can help, which I DID SAVE YOUR ASS! So stop acting like I'm just a nuisance! Same with you!" she said, pointing back to Leo before she continued to verbally attack Raph. "And I'll kick your ass if you ever tell Donnie he has no skill ever again! HE'S SENSITIVE!"
"And YOU!" she said as she now faced Donatello, "Leo didn't communicate in the water but neither did you! Yeah that's what happens when you bench me, I see everything! So no you didn't have it right in your hand, you didn't even touch it! Technically he did, you both were close but you idiots don't talk! Maybe if you guys would try to understand each other rather than just yell at each other than you would know how he really feels. The reason he's a total ass to all of you is because he cares!"
"And you" Sam said in a low bitter tone towards Michelangelo, (in fact, this low tone sounded more pissed than the way she yelled at the others) "First of all, I'm flattered you worry about me, but you still have to worry about these dorks!" she said, rapidly pointing to the other three brothers. "Thank god Raph was okay, but worse things could have happened if he had fallen from the plane at a higher level, so pay better attention! And THANKS for having my back in regards to me being grounded. Like, okay yeah I know I broke the rules, but this was to retrieve ooze from the police so that it was held somewhere safe and couldn't harm people, and then Brazil was to retrieve a device so that we could PROTECT. THE. WORLD! I mean hey" she said in a sarcastic comical tone "I thought saving the world came first over calling my brother and getting permission, but obviously my thoughts don't matter. As long as I'm following the rules, right?"
All the brothers, mutant and human, looked down or away from Sam. They agreed with her words and they all realized that had been harsh towards both her and the other brothers.
Sam's verbal rampage was not over just yet though.
"And hey" she announced as she faced all four mutant brothers, "if you have a problem with me, how about telling me about it instead of arguing about it while I'm standing right here. Oh, or would you rather me just sit on the sidelines and listen to you verbally attack each other and me not help? Because god forbid I get my feelings hurt or something. Or god forbid my powers take over again and try to keep you guys safe! Because that's freaking horrible!"

At that very moment, something clicked in Donnie's mind.
"Sam"
"WHAT?!" she shouted, obviously not ready to end her rant just yet.
"What's going through your mind right now?" Donnie asked cautiously.
"I just said it! Like, I literally just said a lot! Be more specific."
"What are you most angry about right now, at this very moment. Of everything you just said, what upsets you the most?" he asked calmly, even though his friend was shouting at him.
"Gee I don't know. Maybe the fact that you're all arguing because I couldn't control myself" she replied sourly, "I mean forgive me for thinking you guys could die and me just reacting without even realizing what I was doing" she said, waving her arms in front of her, moving with the anger inside her.
Her words however now caught all the turtles attention.
"Wait, what?" Leo asked. "When were we gonna die?"
"When you went over the waterfall."
"But, we're turtles" Leo stated, confused at what had concerned his friend so much that she went ballistic and threw herself in danger afterwards.
"Yeah but you didn't know how high it was, or what was at the drop, you didn't know if you'd be safe or not."
Wheels were spinning in Donnie's head as he walked forward and grabbed Sam's hand.
"Come with me, right now." He needed to get her to the med wing right away and test to see if his theory was correct.
"Not yet!" Sam yelled as she pulled away, "I'm not done bitching!"
Donnie then grabbed her other arm and basically starting pulling Sam, like he was dragging a child who didn't want to leave the park.
"Perfect" he replied, "keep talking as we walk."
This got Sam to stop and she finally started walking with him towards the med wing outside the lair.
Leo and Raph exchanged glances for a split second and then chased after their brother, with Jay and Mikey right on their tail.

They entered the med wing to see Donnie sitting and typing away on a computer while Sam had a helmet with some patches hooked up to her head.
The remaining four boys just stood and listened outside the doorway, watching to see what exactly was happening and what Donnie was thinking.
"When was the last time your powers took over?" Donnie asked as he paused his typing.
"Ummmm, I wanna say police headquarters."
"Why?"
"…I don't wanna say" Sam mumbled, a bit embarrassed.
"Tell him or its three weeks" Jay stated.
Sam groaned. "I was pissed."
"Why?" Donnie asked gently.
"Because they called you monsters. That upset Mikey, and then that upset me. And then I thought how the rest of you were feeling, both how you guys actually felt and then how you were probably also pissed because that guy upset Mikey. The next thing I knew, Raph was carrying me out of headquarters and you guys were checking on me."
Sam's eyes were now glued to the floor. Because of this, she didn't see the concern on the faces of the brothers in the doorway. Donnie would have had the exact same expression on his face, but right now he was masking these thoughts as he typed away on his computer.
"Okay, when did they go off before that?"
"Uhhhhh, oh, when Leo benched Raph and Mikey."
Brows rose when they heard this.
"When was this?" Donnie asked. He didn't remember hearing about this.
"I felt them kicking in when Leo said his opinion was the only one that mattered. It was weird, like I could actually sense my powers kicking in and I was able to control them. But then they started getting stronger. It was the first time I actually felt them rising up before they took over."
"You said an enemy was attacking" Raph added softly.
Sam looked over at the group in the door way and stared at Raphael, her eyes stating that she wanted him to keep talking.
"You said an enemy was attacking, that he was hurting me and bringing chaos into the family. I said that it was just Leo being a prick" (to which Leo pursed his lips and looked away, starting to get a bit flustered at constantly being called names like this). "I told you I had no injuries and you went back to normal."
"Wait, so what was the exact reason your powers starting going off?" Donnie asked.
Sam paused, remembering the situation for herself.
"Raph got hurt…in a sense. That's the last thing I remember."
"When did they go off before that? Can you remember?"
Sam took a minute to generate her answer.
"When I met Casey. I sensed someone had attacked Sensei and I thought he was in danger. Then Leo was holding me and Mikey's hands were on my shoulders. Apparently I had tried to hurt Casey because he was the first unknown face I saw and I thought he was an enemy trying to hurt Splinter."
"How far does this go?" Jay asked. "These all sound recent."
"The last one I can remember is when Donnie shocked Mikey. At least that's what Raph told me had happened and apparently I snapped."
Donnie's eyes went wide for a second since he had no clue what she was talking about.
"When was this?" he asked.
"In the jumbotron. April called and Mikey was being a dork and apparently you shocked him and then that set me off."
"Do you remember why?"
"Mikey got hurt" Sam said bluntly.
At this point all the boys were beginning to sense a pattern.

"It's based on emotions" Leo stated. "Right?"
A small printer in the corner was now printing out colorful photos. The pictures displayed a cranial figure representing Sam's brain and which parts were lit up during the conversation. There was only one main chunk where a huge area was lit up in the picture.
"That's the temporal lobe" Donnie stated as he looked over the scans that were taken throughout the conversation. "We finally have an idea as to how your powers work."
"Sooooooooo what's happening?" Mikey asked, having no idea what was going on.
Donnie turned around to face the rest of the group.
"The temporal lobe handles multiple tasks, including those involving memory and emotions. There's the hippocampus which deals with long term memory, there's the limbic system which carries out the experience of emotions, there's the amygdala which deals with memory, decision making, and emotional reactions, there's the locus coeruleus which deals with physiological responses to stress and panic, there's-"
"Spit it out Donnie" Leo urged.
"I always thought Sam was set off specifically based on what she saw and heard alone, but it's not just her senses, it's how she processes them."
"So, it's every time she's upset?" Raph asked.
"Not just upset, specifically when she feels someone she cares about is being harmed. Her powers have gone off…8 times."
"What?!" Jay asked. "List them. Now!"
"The first time was when she was with me in my lab. I burned myself and she literally demolished the device that caused the burn. The second time was when she caught Raph chasing Mikey. The third time was when she caught Leo and Raph arguing and butting heads. Fourth time was me shocking Mikey. Fifth time was when she thought Casey was hurting Splinter. Sixth time was when Leo yelled at Raph right before we left for the museum. Seventh time was at police headquarters. The eighth and final time was when she saw us heading for the waterfall. Each time she thought someone was in danger and she felt a need to protect them. Her powers could even be connecting to past memories of needing to protect us and it just takes over and goes Hulk until someone calms her down."
"Wait, hold up" Raph cut in, "that all makes sense BUT why would she freak out when I chased Mikey? She's seen that AND me and Leo arguing tons of times, but she only went crazy once for each situation."
"It was out of context" Leo cut in, his eyes wide as the wheels in his head began to turn as well.
"Sam was meditating with me when you were chasing Mikey. She didn't know what caused the argument. We were literally leaving my room and you two ran by us. And then when we were arguing-"
"She was with Donnie in the med wing. She's always there when the fights start, but those times she wasn't" Raph said, now truly understanding how all this worked.
"Plus this explains why she never freaks out during trainings" Mikey said with wide eyes, officially catching on to what his brothers were getting at. "She sees us sparring and knows we're not in any danger."
"Has this been a normal thing?!" Jay announced. "Why have I not known about this?!"
All eyes were now on Sam who was twiddling her thumbs.
"I was going to tell you…but it either slips my mind or its bad timing."
"How is your life bad timing?" Jay asked, fuming the entire time.
"Dude, you're getting married and have a job while also advocating for the Foot Survivors organization. You have a million things to worry about, I'm not going to make them worse!"

Hearing this, Leo and Raph had to leave the room. They both walked back to their designated rooms, knowing that if they continued to stay that they would just start arguing again like they had earlier. They wanted nothing more than to keep their sister safe, but they couldn't fathom Sam's thoughts of hiding information. Maybe later they could try to talk to her about it, but they both knew that now was not the best time.

Mikey sighed with a saddened expression on his face. He was also worrying about his sister and best friend's behaviors and mindset as of late. He sensed that now was a good time to let Sam and Jay talk, so he also walked back to his room.

Donnie wore the same expression as his younger brother. He felt the same way and decided to let the human siblings share their moment. This was the perfect spot for them to talk since it was not located inside the lair but was still nearby. He pat Sam on the shoulder as he walked out of the room.

That just left the human siblings to share their moment in peace.