Casey's P.O.V.

Ch. 8

Oh boy. All eyes are on me now. I start to sweat a bit since, this type of pressure isn't what I enjoy. But looking over at Donnie, unconscious on the couch still… I have no choice but to give into the pressure from everyone's eyes. Especially Raph… I can tell he's trying not to break down.

Leo's got his arm around Mikey, trying to comfort him. I sigh as I walk over to Donnie. I stayed standing as I began with a… short story since I didn't spend that much time alone with him.

Rubbing the back of my neck, I began my little story, "Hey Donnie. It's Casey Jones. Listen pal… remember the time we bumped heads and my bike exploded?"

~flashback~

Whoo-hoo! Yeah! Alright! My bike is tearing up these streets like there's nothing to it. This is great! Something didn't seem right when I turned down to the docks.

I hid to the side of a crate before hearing some fighting. Hmph, I'll bet its Raph letting off steam. Pulling my hockey mask down over my face as I grabbed a hold of my baseball bat. Creeping in closer, I'm surprised.

It's Donnie fighting Foot goons… alone? He gets blind sighted and his head connects with mine. "Ow!"

"Aw, that hurt. Huh? Casey?" Donnie asks, noticing me while rubbing his head. I rubbed my head too. Man that smarts. Bonking heads with a turtle really hurts.

"I thought you were Raph when I heard the fighting," I told him, standing up.

"Yeah, well… I'll explain later," Donnie says, standing up sharply while turning around; he sent three Foot goons straight into a stack of crates.

I joined in the fight since nearly a hundred to one isn't a fair fight. And knowing Donnie, he had to have called the others. I asked him anyway.

"Yes, but a little after Leo picked up, these guys broke my shell cell. And that was fifteen minutes ago," he told me, blocking a punch.

I whacked some Foot goons out cold as more appeared. Aw man, where are all of them coming from? We fought for what seemed like hours.

"Donnie, this isn't looking so hot."

"I know. There is one chance to single the others. But you're not going to like it. Hey!"

"Donnie!" Those Foot goons grabbed him and held him firmly. He couldn't get out of this alone. I go to help him but I got grabbed as well.

These guys took us inside a metal ship. This is not what I had in mind to spend my night. I tried struggling free but it was no use.

These creeps chained us to the wall of the control room across from each other. They took Don's bag and my golf bag. Something doesn't feel right.

"Well, well, well. What have we here?" snickered a voice I'll never forget. Looking over at the door… Hun. That muscle bound ape.

He goes over to Donnie and slugs him across the face. "Hey! Leave him alone ya overgrown gorilla!" I shout but he didn't seem to take my insult.

"Where is that transmitter you stole from me, freak?" Hun hissed.

"I'd make it explode right now if I were you," Don groaned. "I re-wired it to transmit a single to my brothers. Hidden in Casey's motorcycle."

"What?!" He did what?! No wait. I would've known this by now. A way to single the others is to have these guys blow up my bike. Yeah, I don't like it, but what other choice is there? After a little while there was an explosion outside the window. They blew it up. My bike… those guys better have seen it. Otherwise… we're toast.

I couldn't do anything as Hun punched Donnie more. All I could do was shout nasty insults that he didn't take at all. He whispered something to him that, yeah I couldn't catch. The others crashed through the window just as Hun grabbed a sword.

"It's about damn time you got here," Don said, looking over at his brothers. Raph chuckled, then punched on Hun. The guys knocked out the Foot goons but Hun didn't go down easily.

"Leo, get Don and Casey. Mikey and I will keep Mr. Sunshine busy!" Raph shouts over to Leo.

"You got it. Hey, aren't I supposed to give the orders?" Leo asked sounding peeved.

"Just do it, Leo! You can chew me out at home," Raph tells him. Leo runs over to Donnie and cuts the chains off his wrists and ankles. Donnie collapsed to the floor, grabbing his left arm.

"Don," Leo sounds word. And I don't blame him, I am too.

"I'm okay. Just a sprain," Donnie said, standing up without a struggle.

"We've got to do something about this Foot ship," Leo says.

"Easy rig to blow up," Don says.

"Great."

"Get Casey," Don says again rushing over to his bag, then over to the controls. Leo jumps over to me, slashing the chains off me. My heart nearly jumped out of my chest when he came down.

"Geez!" I gasped. Leo went straight into the fight since Hun was overpowering the other two. Looking over at Donnie… he can't rig this thing to blow if Foot goons are jumping him. They're creeping up on him.

"Goongala!" I shouted my battle cry as I whacked the goons away from him. "I got ya covered Donnie!" I whacked another few goons away.

"Thanks, Casey," Donnie said, getting back to work on getting this thing to blow. Every so often, I'd hear a painful groan. Knowing it's Donne… "We gotta go! Now guys!" he shouts.

"Alright! Let's go boys!" Leo says, kicking Hun in the head with RAph and Mikey. Hun went flying into the wall.

We made a break for the deck. We jumped into the water as the ship exploded sky high! Once we got to the surface, we swam for shore and went directly into the sewers.

~end flashback~

"We might've been toast if you didn't convince those goons to destroy my bike like that," I finished. Yeah, he made me a new bike once his sprained arm healed up. He had a lot of projects going. Heh, doesn't he always? "Donnie?"

"Come on, bro. Come back to us," Leo pleaded, coming back over to the couch.

"Donnie," Mikey said softly, coming over.

"Donnie, come on. You may not be as strong as me physically… but you're stronger than all of us combined mentally," Raph says, coming over as well. "Please, Donnie. Say something."

Whoa, did I hear Raph right? He just said 'please'! Now that's a shocker, for me. That little kitty stood up and licked Donnie's cheek as a tear fell from her eye.

"Sa…ya…" that weak voice made us all gasp and look at the injured turtle. He was smiling and weakly giggled since the kitty continued to lick his cheek.

"Donnie!" we all exclaimed, happily.

"Heh," Donnie chuckled weakly.

"My son, rest and recover your strength," Master Splinter tells him softly. Donnie gives a soft nod and even though his eyes are still closed, I can tell he fell asleep… with a smile as the little kitty curled back up, also falling asleep.

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Whoa, it took that many stories but he's conscious. Don't go anywhere for the final chapter