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“MYSTICCC HANDDSSS!!” Mikey yelled, arms extended out before him. The krang subway car shrieked above them, Donnie saw it raise a claw to attack his little brother and pushed him down. The monster struck.
“DONNIE!! MIKEY!!” Leo could be heard screaming their names in the distance.
Clang. “Oh no…Donnie!” Mikey opened his eyes to see his brother's battle shell in pieces around them, turning his head he saw Donnie on top of him.
Donnie winced in pain, moving off Mikey he held his shell over his shoulder. “You’re exposed!” Mikey exclaimed, growing more and more concerned. Donnie held his eyes closed tight as he felt sharp waves of pain pierce his back. They shot open and he yelled once the creature was readying another attack.
“WE GOTTA FIND SHELTER!” Mikey took Donnie by the hand helping him up, they ran for the turtle tank. Donnie slipped and Mikey was quick to help him back up. They barely made it into the tank, cutting off a krang tentacle when they shut the door. An eye landed on Donnie's face, making him wanna throw up, “Oh, oh- Keep it down vomitello-” his arms clenched around his plastron. “Keep it down,,Daddy!” It slid off his face and the tank began to shake, sending them into the air. The alien growth was wrapping around and overtaking it with pink tentacles and
eyes. It was crushing the tank.
Donnie fell to the floor, Mikey right beside him. The pain in his shell was only getting worse the more he was thrown around. There must be pieces of his battle shell in his actual shell. He tried to stand and failed ending up back on his knees again, “Shit-” This drew Mikey's attention, He looked over Donnie frantically, the red lights of the tank growing around him. His eyes landed on his older brother's shell. A shallow gasp escaped his mouth when he saw the damage, and the small pool of color forming on the floor. “Donnie!!” He quickly rushed closer to his side. “You’re hurt- You’re hurt bad-” Mikey's breath became panicked, he took Donnie's hands.
“Micheal-”
“Your bleeding! Your shell its- its-”
“MICHEAL LISTEN”
He stopped Mikey's rambling. “I need you to help me up.” the chaos was only growing around them. “But- But you-”
“Mikey.” He maintained eye contact, giving him a serious look. “We don't have much time” his voice cracked.
Mikey forced himself to slow his breathing. “Ok..Okay.” He stood up keeping Donnie's hands in a tight grip, he helped him up. A shock was sent up his spine, Donnie winced and fell into Mikey.
“Donnie?” the box turtle asked worry filling his voice.
“M’okay. I-I’m okay.” Donnie steadied himself, standing upward,
“DON–IE COME—N WHER—----WE GO? DONN—COME I-” April's voice sounded through the coms.
“WE’RE- TRAPPED!” He spoke back. “We are trapped, in the subway under metro tower, The tank is running under emergency power and is covered in some kind of krang bio growth!” A metal arm grabbed a spare battle shell out of the wall and placed it on donnies back. Donnie shrieked as the shards were being pushed further into his squishy shell. “I-I Repeat-” Suddenly Mikey took dons arm and yelled into it. “APRIL COME QUICK!! WE’RE GETTING SQUISHED!” He cried. “We’re on our way.” April said back before severing the connection. She heard his scream, which made her concern only grow.
Donnie took a deep breath before collapsing. Sitting on the floor he brought his knees to his chest and wrapped his arms around them. Mikey sat down right next to his brother. He fought the urge to keep questioning his injury, there was so much running through his mind but Donnie’s health was screaming loudest. Right along with getting out of there alive..
“Hull integrity, 4% Breach imminent. Good luck.” The tanks system spoke.
“Phew, Good! We have imminent amount of time.” Mikey said hoping it meant something good.
“Imminent means soon Mikey!” Mikey shrank down into his shell a little, he was freaked out, and saw how donnie was too. He stood. “Don’t worry! I’ll save us with my mystic hands!” He spun around and held his hands out again. He groaned as he tried to use magic that wasn't there. He was grasping at straws. Looking down at his hands once he realized nothing was happening he spoke. “Casey must have been wrong about me..” he hunched over in defeat.
CLANG, PBHF, The tank was beginning to cave. Donnie was tearing up, He wasn't ready to go. He didn’t want to die here. He didn't want his little brother to die here. Just then his orange masked brother took him by the shoulders, “This is it donnie! WE’RE GONNA GET CRUSHED!!” As the walls around them began shrinking closer they held each other tight and yelled.
“Knock knock!”
“April?!” Mikey said upon hearing their best friend's voice. Donnie remained hugging his younger sibling eyes squeezed shut.
“Anyone order a rescue?” She shouted, and they could be heard fighting outside the tank. “Boom goes the herbicide!!” she threw the vials at the tank disintegrating the krangs hold on it. It fell to the ground and the door burst open. Mikey immediately got up and to the door, While donnie fell behind in standing. He held his battle shell's shoulder strap. The pulses of pain were only worsening, but he couldn’t worry about that now. He couldn’t worry about himself. He had to focus on stopping the krang, and saving his brother. With one last deep breath, which hurt more than the impact earlier, he stood up. And made his way to the doorway sluggishly. Mikey had already run out to greet April and their dad. “April!!” Mikey tackled her with a hug. The sight of his family before him gave him strength to keep moving. They were okay, they made it out, And they aren't alone anymore. “You saved us!” Mikey said the three of them in a hug. Donnie was walking up to them when splinters tail wrapped him in with them. God that hurt. But he had to keep up appearances. “Uncomfortable- with- emotion-” Sure the hug was uncomfortable and he didn't really know how to handle it, but as soon as it was over he felt comforted by his family's presence.
“Where is leo? And uh, future boy?” splinter asked. “Somewhere in there..” mikey pointed down a hallway laced in krang organism, at the end of it was a lot of ruble.
Donnie gently pulled from the hug, splinter released his son. He sighed. "Donnie, in the chaos back there I heard-"
"I'm fine." Donatello immediately retaliated, she couldn't know. It would be a distraction.
"You sure? You're not hurt?" Mikey probably would have chimed in and told her what happened if he wasn't busy talking with splinter. "No, I'm okay."
“FASTER! THEIR THIS WAY.” A all too familiar voice sounded from behind them. “I CAN SMELL THEM.”
They shuddered, “She found us!” April said, turning and starting to run. “We gotta move, now!” Mikey and splinter followed. donnie was right behind, moving much slower than the rest of them.
“Donnie mikey do you read me?” Leo spoke through coms, “Come in Leo, Come in leo,” Donnie responded. “Donnie! Donnie where are you?”
“We’ve extracted ourselves from the subway and are ascending a staircase.” the others were in front of him and got to the top first, Due to how slow he was running. “I’m getting a lot of interference but if you hold still-” He continued to ramble.
“Uh, donnie?” Casey lifted a hand up, but leo pushed it back down. “Almosttt almost!”
“AHEM” their father cleared his throat.
“Awww. I never get to use my algorithm.” he turned.
“Man, I am so glad you guys aren't dead!” leo said walking over and hugging mikey. “Ditto” Mikey said. Leo wrapped an arm around donnie, keeping one around mikey. He couldn’t hold back a wince at the sudden pressure on his battle shell. But anyone who saw it took it as him just not liking the hug. Its donnie after all.
“Okay, Before this gets too mushy we need to locate raph. Donnie can you tell me if he's still in the building?” he released his brothers. “Bet your momma’s subatomic particles I can.” he tapped the locator on his gauntlet. “Got him! He’s close. He's almost on top of us. Wait- he is on top of us.” A drop of goo landed on his hologram glitching it out. He turned his head in horror to see the oldest of them stuck in some sphere.. “RAPH!” they all exclaimed.
“Quick! Cut him down, get him out of there!” Leo ordered, Casey ran forward and severed the support beams on the floor. They all ran to get raph out of that..thing. They clawed at the orb and casey readied his saw to cut him free when leo drew his sword, slicing it open he dragged his brother out of the goo. “Hang on big brother we got you, almost there.” Leo held his shoulder and head, “Raph?” the red ones hand balled into a fist and in a second leo was flung across the room. Mikey tried to stop raph and got shoved to the floor, same with donnie. He fell right on his shell. He was trembling, body begging to rest. He struggled to get up and almost couldn't. He sat up and his vision adjusted to see raph being overtaken by krang mutation. He stumbled to his feet and stared in shock. Raph roared, and it set in. Raph..wasn't raph anymore..He charged for and attacked april splinter and casey, they had the key. Donnie rushed over to help april, only to turn and see Raph picking up the key, A wall opened up behind him, and out came a krang. It laughed, “Suprise~”
“WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY BROTHER?” Mikey shouted. “Improved him” the krang responded. Leo reached for his sword, but as he did the floor began to crack. And the subway car that had so brutally hurt donnie before burst through, along with the mutated foot and another krang. There must have been hundreds of mutated foot soldiers and humans.”Thank you for this, we will be putting it to good use.” the krang said and his minion handed him the key to his prison. “Come, the world awaits destruction”
“TEAR THEM APART!” the sister spoke before following the others through the doorway. The subway car shreaked, april took her bat and hit her bookbag into it. The vials exploded. “We, gotta move.” she said running. Donnie, now carrying Mikey ran along with her. His body was threatening to give out on him at any second. But he kept moving. He couldn’t worry about that. “LEO MOVE!” Casey grabbed Leo, he was still staring in shock. “NO!” Splinter ran in front of everyone and threw a smoke bomb. Allowing them to disappear through the fog.
They stood on a rooftop not too far from the building they just escaped. “What do we do now?” mikey asked. “I fear we are lost..” splinter said. “The krang are too powerful..”
Donnie stood an arm around mikey, looking out at the mess of a city. He drew his arm back and held his battle shell. It stung.
“Maybe we could change the future..some other way?” mikey offered. “Guys..its time to face facts..we cant change the future.” caseys mask lifted. “Says who?” mikey retaliated. “Says the grandfather paradox. Says the physical determinism, Says the space time continuum!” Donnie counted on his fingers. “Look I didn't want it to be true but-..” Donnie sighed, he gripped his battle shell tighter from his side. “..Science.” He thought he was right, I mean, he’s always right! Except this time it was a bad thing..this meant the end..for all of them, for the world..
“THAT'S IT!” Leo slid into the convo, “Donnie’s wrong!!”
“The world is ending, yet the barbs continue.” Donnie crossed his arms. Mikey looked about ready to cry.
“Don’t you remember? We already did change the future! Raph never got kidnapped and turned into a krang zombie in your time, right casey?”
“No, He didn’t.” Casey put a hand out.
“That means we did change the future! We’re just in a different uhh whuhh-”
“Bifurcated time branch?” Donnie helped finish his sentence,
“Yes, yes, yes, that nerd thing! You know what that means right? We still have hope!”
“...A ninja's greatest weapon!” Casey said remembering what his sensei taught him.
“Hey i like that!” Leo sighed. “Look, I’m done thinking i have al the answers. I don’t know how to beat the krang, but i do know our future isn’t written until we write it. As a team. So what do we got?”
“Maybe..Maybe! We don’t have to beat them! Can’t we just send them back to the prison dimension?” April spoke up.
“Theres an idea! Donnie, what do those big beautiful eyebrows have to say?”
“If we got control of their ship, We could send it back through the portal!”
“Yes! Yes! Now we’re cooking! Who else?” Leo looked to casey.
“If someone on the ground can get to that key..” casey started, “we can close the doorway! Splinter finished.
“And then byebye crang forever baby!” Mikey threw a fist in the air. “Exactly,” leo said. “What do you say donnie, you ready to fly a spaceship?”
“Literally the greatest question I have ever been asked.” He was so ready to live out one of his fantasy dreams.
“All right team! Looks like we have a plan. Lets go save the world!”
“Wait..what about raph?” Mikey stepped forward. Everyone looked solem as they remembered the events that transpired only moments ago.
Leo put his hand on mikeys shoulder. “That big jerk may be covered in goop and half alien, but he’s still out brother, And I’m not giving up on him.” He drew his swords turning around to face the tower. “I’m not leaving him behind.”
Donnie swung his bo to his side. With narrowed eyes he readied himself for the fight to come. He just had to make to the ship. Stay alert and persevere through the pain long enough for them to stop the krang. He could handle that. He was sure.
—--
Leo, Mikey and donnie jumped across ruble in the sky.
“I wish my tech was working! Usually, my cardio is jetpack assisted! Ugh-” he landed hard on one of the slabs on concrete. “Ouh I’m not getting credit for any of these steps!” He was trying his best to ignore how much it was jostling his shell around. They jumped again and got sucked toward the ship, Leo landed first. And sliced an opening in the drone for them to enter, “Eugh,” Donnie shook slime off his hand. Gross. “Hey, Question, Is it too late to join aprils team?” he smiled sheepishly.
“Sh” Leo shushed him. Donnie wiped more slime off his face and crawled over to his twin.”okay, you two figure out how to hijack this ship. I’m gonna find raph.” Donnie nodded, and mikey, covered in slime slid over with a thumbs up. Leo turned and walked off.
“So how do we hack this thing?” Mikey asked, “Uhh best guess, main console?” Donnie replied. “Unfortunately its ocupado.” he pointed down at it. A shadow cast over his arm, squelching heard behind them their eyes grew wide. The tentacle raised up and slammed the bridge they were on sending them crashing down. Mikey looked up first, they landed right next to the krang controlling the ship,
“Owww.” Donnie lifted himself up. Shell throbbing. “Uhh new plan,” he heard mikey say drawing his attention. “RUNNN!!” and boy did they. They ran avoiding the giant tentacles striking and slamming down attacking them. Mikey jumped, popping into his shell causing the krang to hit himself with the strike, knocking it out completely. Mikey fell down and landed on his feet. “Bravo, mikey!” donnie said, running up to the control panel. Mikey behind him. “Huh, there's no buttons or computers or anything. Just a lot of drippy ooey gooey disgustingness..I don’t know how to hack in-” his face scrunched up as the realization hit on what he needed to do. “Oh god..I know what i have to do..” he said staring into the distance. “What?” mikey asked. “Heugh- gh- No- No I don't think i can do this-” he turned away from it. “What are you talking about?” mikey asked, again. He looked to the ‘panel’ of goo and back to donnie “Oh no-” connecting the dots. “Thats- Egh-” he held his own stomach at the thought. “So gross!”
“I can’t do it-” he looked at Micheal. “I Believe in you-!” Mikey said still equally disgusted. “No, its my worst nightmare.”
“I know!”
“I’m doing it! I’m doing it!” He inched over and stuck his hands into the organ like goo panel. It wrapped up and around his arms like vines. “Ghh—” he groaned, it felt so wrong. “Its not working!” the thing powered down. “I need more of a connection.” He thought about it. His shell. He needed to take off his battle shell. But hell that was probably the only thing keeping him from bleeding out right now…But did he have a choice? It was him or the world, or his family, he had to make this choice. this was so much bigger than himself. “Mikey, Take off my battle shell.” he looked over his shoulder. “No! You’re too vulnerable with just your soft shell!” he denied. And remembered what had happened an hour prior. “And- Oh god donnie your still hurt!! I can’t-” Suddenly the krang and its armor began to shake under a small pile of ruble. It was waking up. “There's no time hurry!” Donnie leaned back so he could take it off. Reluctantly, mikey placed his hands on the sides of the shell and pressed the release button. It came off easy, but not without a shreik of pain from dee. He hunched over. Blood dripped off the battle shell, and his soft shell, down his legs. Mikey stared in shock as he saw many shards were completely logged into donnies shell, blood and bruises around them. Mikey couldn't even form words. It was so bad. He thought of stopping him from giving himself to the ship, but Donnie was already turned around and falling. He held the battle shell tight to his chest. The vines grew up and attached to donnie's shell, sending a shock through his body. It was unnerving how warm they were. It hurt and one had latched on inside a wound. “AGH-” he was lifted up and dragged down into the ship. “...Donnie?” mikey leaned over looking into the gooeyness.
He yelled almost dropping the shell when he heard the rumbling again. The krang emerged from the pile and charged at mikey, but was punched away by one of the same vines it had just been using to attack them with. It hit the wall and was caged by orange vines. “Mikey, I am- A SPACE SHIP!” a giant version of donnies head appeared above him. “whoa…" mikey looked up, if he hadn't just saw how injured his brother was he would probably be more amazed. “Finally! Man and machine! Entwixed in perfect bionic synergy!” Suddenly the ship's roof opened up shining light into the room below. They looked up, greeted by a massive eyeball staring down at them. Along with another krang.
“HOW DARE YOU DESECRATE KRANG’S SHIP!” it clenched its fist and vine like goo shot down and took mikey, and another reached into the panel and grabbed donnie, he screamed through his giant head before being torn completely from the technodrome. Dammit. For a minute, while he was in there, he felt none of the physical pain in his body. His head melted back down into the heart and the ship began flying back outside the portal.
“GHHAA-” Donnie struggled to escape the grasp of the goo, pulling at his eyes and mouth. His tech. His shell. He couldn’t tell what was goo and what was blood, dripping down his back and legs.
“DONNIE! MIKEY!” Leo shouted seeing the two suspended in the air. Raph took leo by his arm and slammed him into the ground, setting him back from getting to his brothers. He walked up to him, Seeing the sight of his brothers captured by the krang and one mutated..
“I don’t wanna fight anymore.” he stood up. “I was fighting you because I didn’t understand you, But now i get it.”
Raph roared attacking again, Leo dodged his hits almost falling over on one. “I always figured you were mad because you didn’t like the way I did things.” Raph stuck again causing leo to duck, he hit again and he fell to the floor. Raph’s tentacle arm wrapped around Leo's neck and he lifted him up. Leo struggled, hands on raph’s, feet kicking. “Agh- But- when i see whats happening to you, And whats happening to them-” he looked at his siblings. “I realized it wasn’t about me, you didn’t yell because you were mad. You yelled because you were scared.” Raph readied his sai on his fist. “Its scary to be responsible for the lives you protect. Your team. Your family,”
Mikey cried. And donnie forced his eyes shut in fear of what would happen next. “But we do it anyway because that’s what it means to be a hero. If this is it- I want you to know I finally understand.” He released his hands from raph. “And I’m sorry..”
Leo fell to the floor, his brother held his head in his hand. “Raph! Raph there you are! Come back! Your family needs you!”
“...Leo?”
“Yes!” He ran to raph but was hit by the krang before he could reach him. Now covered in that same stuff as mikey and donnie. “MIKEY DONNIE! WE CAN FIGHT THIS.” he strained as the black good took over him as well. “RAPHS DOING IT FOR US SO WE DO IT FOR HIM. THAT ALIEN JERK FACE THINKS WE’RE WEAK. BECAUSE HE HASN'T SEEN WHAT WE CAN DO.”
Donnie clenched his fist and opened his eyes. He felt ready to pass out.
“WHEN WE FIGHT TOGETHER.”
There mystic energy shot around them, they pulled away from the black goo with all their strength. Beginning to break free. “It's pointless to resist krang! Give up! You will be consumed like everyone else on this pathetic planet!”
“Fat chance” Leo freed an arm. “We’re not like everyone else on this planet. We are.”
“The teenage!” mikey shouted.
“Mutant!” Donnie yelled.
“Ninja!” Raph followed, pulling off the krang eye from his own.
“TURTLES!” Leo finished, He drew his sword and threw it at the krang, stabbing him in the arm. The markings on it began to glow, and leo appeared hand on it. He opened a portal behind him, and raph came through in his glowing red form. Punching the crang up, mikeys chains wrapped around it. Swinging him around and into multiple walls. “HAH!” Donnie’s hands glew and massive purple guns formed around him. One eye closed as he fired them at the krang. He was conscious, for now. They regrouped, “If this isin’t the poster shot, someone’s getting fired.” Leo commented. Donnies battle shell latched around his shoulders. “Gah-” he hunched over holding his shell over his side. “Shi-” He caught the attention of all his brothers. “Donnie- Your shell!” Mikey was the first to speak, he saw the injury himself. He knew. “Your bleeding-” Leo said eyes wide, seeing a mix of dried and fresh blood littering donnie's body. “What happen-” before raph could finish, the ground shook underneath them. Donnie straightened up and turned around. “Oh we are not done yet.” krang had appeared behind them.
—--
Chaos ensued as they fought through the air, Mikeys chains wrapped around a building and launched it at the krang, sending him flying through it. He burst out splitting the building in half, Raph jumped up, “Okay, Donnie!” Donnie landed on top of raph’s magic form, spinning his bo, it phased into a jetpack. “Cowabunga!” Mikey was next. His chains wrapped around Raph’s arm. “Flip-o-Rama!!” Raph’s fist flamed. Leo portaled ontop of raph as well. “Lets roll.” He threw a sword forward. Landing it right with the krang, they teleported in front of him. “HOTTTTT SOUPPPP!!!” they collectively shouted as raph’s fist charged at the krang. It flicked its fingers, and deflected them all, mikey and donnie landed on a separate building than the others. Donnie gasped as the krang had shot right in front of them. He stood as fast as possible, twirling his bo he made a shield in front of him and Mikey. But it wasn't enough. It shattered and the krangs punch sent them flying. He was too weak. He couldn’t protect him.
“RAPH GO!” Leo said tears in his eyes as he opened a portal. “ON IT!” he stumbled but got up and charged through for them. He flew tword them and yelled. “DON’T WORRY DONNIE! THIS IS NOT A HUG! ITS A RESCUE!” In his magic form he held them tight. Bracing for impact. It shattered once they hit but they made it fine. “Where are we? Staten island?” Mikey popped out of his shell, and donnie hoisted himself up of the ground. “Oh gross. So how would everyone rate that rescue experience, unsatisfied, very unsatisfied, wish Donnie would have done it,” he counted on his fingers. “Mhm,” he collapsed again. “Mph-” “Donnie-...” Raph tried to stand, but ended up on his knee. “Leos still up there.” Donnie’s eyes glided to the side, where he looked up at the portal. His eyes drooped. he was tired. Just lying there he felt like he was gonna pass out. Donnie tried to sit up, “Mgh..” It was like he saw stars, everything was spinning and blurry “Whokay not..doing that…” Donnie laid back down. Squeeing his eyes shut. White spots filled the darkness in his head. Man, it was cold, his heart was racing too. I mean, after what happened you’d expect it too right? But it felt like his heart was going so fast it could explode. “Donnie?” Mikey tore his eyes away from the sky and knelt next to the softshell. “Donnie?!” he shook his unresponsive older bro. “Hm?” Donnie turned his head opening his eyes drearily. “You’re breathing really fast dee. And you’re still hurt-” Mikey grew concerned.
“You’re hurt?” Raph now next to Mikey, recalled seeing a lot of blood. “Wai- Donnie earlier you-”
“I’m okay.” Donnie interrupted. “I’m fine. Just needed a-” He sat up, breathing fast and short. “Rest..” he said in between huffs. “Rest?! Donatello you’re covered in blood! What the hell happened?!” Raph wasn’t going to take the usual ‘I’m fine’ bullshit. “I Just got a little banged up I-” Donnie stopped as leo was heard from raphs wrist,,
“Casey! Casey come in!” even though donnie was clearly not fine they had to focus on leo. He was still up there, with the krang. “Sensei, I’m here. And I’ve got eyes on the key.”
—-
Raph had stood up, and walked a few feet away. “We tried everything, case. This is the only way.” Raph looked from his wrist to the others. Donnie lying half down with mikey helping him up. Raph grabbed his arm. “Leo, Please don’t do this! LEO!” Leo chuckled through the mic. “You’re one to talk, Big bro. Hero moves are totally your style.” Raph looked back to the sky.
A few minutes pass. “Leo, please! I can't lose you again!” Casey begged. “Hey, Future me would be real proud of you. I’m proud of you.”
—-
Grunting and cracking came through. “CASEY CLOSE THE PORTAL, NOW.”
“WHAT?” the krang exclaimed.
Casey gripped the key, tears streamed down his face. He hesitated.
“CASEY- PLEASE!” Leo shouted.
He did it. He pulled the key off its pedestal and ran. Shocks shot up and the portal closed, exploding the technodrone with it. Raph, Donnie, and Mikey all stood in shock, tears pooling in each of their eyes. Raph fell to his hands and knees, fist to the ground.
Donnie stood in disbelief. A warm feeling drifted down his cheek. blood? He put a hand to his face wiping it off and looking at it, No...He was crying…another shed down his face. He shook his head with a whimper.
His brother was gone. Leo was gone. That Idiot just had to sacrifice himself, didn’t he? The world around him faded into static, and his chest swelled. What was this feeling? It hurt worse than the time he fell and embarrassed himself in front of his brothers when he was little, worse than when he and April had their first fight. Worse than the physical pain he was in now.
“Mikey, it's over.” Raph broke his silence. Donnie blinked and turned his head to see Mikey, with his hands out. Trying his hardest to summon a portal. “Leo never gave up on us, I’m not giving up on him.” Mikey said in tears. He grit his teeth, a flash of yellow appeared. Blowing wind around it as it tore the fabric of space. “Whoa, Mikey whatever you’re doing-” Raph stood, “Don’t stop!” He rushed over to the youngest. Donnie, stumbled trying to reach him as well. It was only a few feet and he had struggled so hard to get there. Hunched over he stood on Mikey's left side.
Cracks formed up the box turtles' arms, it hurt. Raph placed his hand on his brother's shoulder and Donnie followed. “We’re here Mikey, Together.” The cracks spread up the other two's arms. Donnie held his other arm out in front of him, shielding himself. Their eyes locked, and they could feel their mystic powers being drained to open the portal now in front of them.
Tears once again formed in the corners of Donnie's eyes as they saw their brother fade into view. “...Took you guys long enough.” Leo smiled. Raph reached through with his magic, forming a hand it took Leo by his. The krang appeared behind Leo. Donnie used the last of his strength to form a drill, and fire it at it. The krang pulled it off, Donnie was behind Raph pulling in Leo. Once they had him through Donnie fell to the floor where they had set Leo. His vision was blurry but he kept his eyes open. More worried about Leo than himself. He had been trapped in there with the krang, who knows how badly he could be hurt- Mikey rushed soon to join them by his side. “Leo?” Raph spoke. “Hey.” He responded, smiling. “EWW! Are we in Staten island?” He threw his hands up.
Yep. That was leo. Sure, he’d seen better days but he was back. He was safe. “Come here!” Raph said, and along with Mikey joined for a hug around Leo. Donnie would have too, in fact for once he actually wanted to hug him. But he felt like his limbs were on fire, like if he moved he would shatter. His smile faded, he twitched his hand in an attempt to move. But that's as far as he got. The world around him started to get dark, eyes drooping. The krang are gone, his brother was safe. He could rest.
Donnie’s head fell forward landing on leo’s shoulder, Who was still squished in a hug with the other two. He exhaled, feeling his body shutting down and starting to breathe slower and shorter.
“This the closest I’m gonna get to a hug dee?” Leo said jokingly, wrapping an arm around Donnie's battle shell. There was no response from him. Not a single movement or sound. When they all grew silent, they could hear wheezing in his breath.
“Donnie?” Raph pulled out of the hug. Once again, coming back to and remembering what he’d seen.
Given another minute, Leo spotted the blood just like the others. He had barely remembered seeing it earlier before they were wrapped into battle.
Mikey wiped the tears clouding his vision, “Oh no..” his hands lowered, eyes growing wider as he stared at Donnie's purple mask. Head turned away from them all. His heart dropped. The shards, His softshell, All the blood he lost, Was he-
The pure shock on Mikey's face was enough to tell Leo how bad it was. He put his left hand on Donnie's shoulder, “Donnie?” Nothing. He turned his body, putting his other hand On Donnie's shoulder. Lifting him up. Leo could see his face, His skin was pale, and he could see the bags under his brother's eyes through his tear-stained mask. Leo shook him gently. “Donnie!?!” His head nodded back and forth.
And again..Nothing.