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Casey when I get to the other side close the portal.
What?
What?
Donatello stared down at his twin, who was beaten and bruised beyond belief. The twin he almost lost. He could feel the hole in his heart. As though something was brutally ripped away from it.
And Now Donatello stared at the very object causing such emotional stress from him. His eyes wide and tear freely flowing down his purple mask, causing it to dampen.
How could he let this happen? They were kids, Leo and Donatello Just shared their sweet sixteen.
“Dee?” A voice broke him out of his thoughts, and he sluggishly turned his head to look Leo in his eyes.
“Donnie, are you okay?” No, no he wasn’t. Opening his mouth Donnie found he couldn’t speak, only small, panicked breaths were released.
“Donatello?” Ralph's mother hen voice drifted over to him, but Don could care less.
Everything felt too much, the debilitating pain radiating from his shell caused his legs to tremble even with the amount of adrenaline that was pumping through his veins. He could still feel the krangs tentacles all over his shell, imbedding themselves in the leathery surface. The ground beneath his feet was too much, his thoughts were too much, everything was too much.
Trying once more to speak, Donnie started coughing and spat blood onto the dark asphalt. His eyes widening as he stared at it. His breathing picked up and Donnie Screamed.
The pure agony in his voice scared his brothers as they all, even Leo, scrambled over to him as he just kept screaming.
“DONNIE?!” Leo’s voice cut him, it cut him to his very core but he just kept screaming, now sobbing his heart out as he doubled over from pain, clutching his head begging and pleading his mind to shut up. He can’t do this.
HE CAN”T DO THIS
Donnies screams quieted into sobs clutching his head as his mystic battle shell flickered out of existence, showing the pure mess his shell was. Distantly he could hear his brothers gasps as he just curled in on himself.
He needed to get up. GetupgetupgetupGETUP
As if a switch flipped in his brain donnie shot up looking leo in the eyes and the wave of pure emotions flooded out of him as he sobbed.
“Lee-Lee” Donnie cried softly, throwing himself on his older twin.
“Hey don-bon” Leo smiled softly as he weakly returned the hug and allowed his little twin to cry in his shoulder
“You haven’t used that nickname in awhile babes” Leo affectionately ran his fingers over the edges of donnies shell
“You leeftt” Donnie slurred, his vision starting to blacken.
“Shit, raph did you-”
“Splints and April are on their way” Raph confirmed Leo's question before he could even ask. Leo called it big brother powers
“I need you to find some sort of rag donnie is bleeding bad, He might-” Leo cut himself off as he curled around his twin protectively.
“On it, Mikey stay here, you are already in pain because of your arms”
“Sure thing bossman!” Mikey chirped shuffling closer to the twins
“Leon is he..is he gonna be okay? Are you okay??” Mikey fired the two questions in rapid succession
“I dunno mikester, and yes I’ll be fine just some small fractures in my plasteron and my knee’s pretty fucked but! Besides that I’m good” Leo chirped, causing Donnie to release one of his own.
“Aww dee” Leo cooed which caused Donnie to hmph and cling tighter to leon.
“Raph found this jacket!” Raph came running back and pressed the jacket to his brothers shell causing him to let out a weak cry of pain.
“I know I know, Raphies got ya” Raph tried to soothe donnie by gently rubbing his shoulder.
All of a sudden raph stopped feeling donnie breath and his heart dropped
“Leo is he still breathing?!” Raph called frantically
“SHit no pulse either shjit shit come one dee dont do this” Leo laid donnie down breathing through the pain as he started compressions on donnies chest.
Where am I? Donnie wandered through a dark abyss, he felt so unbelievably cold. Why was he so cold?
Hello my child
Gram gram? Donnie turned around to see a crowd of his ancestors smiling somberly at him.
I would say it isn’t quite your time yet donatello
Did…did I die..?
No but you are very close
I need you to know Anatawa Hitorijanai please donatello do not give up my child
Karai gently held donatellos face in her hands pressing her forehead to his
You are too young and it is not your time, go be with your brothers for I fear if I allowed you to pass that blue twin of yours would burn the world down
Karai laughed softly gently wiping away donnies tears
We miss you gram gram.
I miss you too my child, now, go.
Donnie gasped sitting up, his arms flailing,
“Oh god dee!!” Mikey cried as he wrapped his arms around donnie. And donnie just blinked for a second before whirling around to leo.
“YOU FUCKING IDIOT” Donnie started hitting(gently) Leo on the head screaming obscenities at him growling and clicking angrily.
“Wha- WHAT I JUST SAVED YOUR LIFE” leo said through his laughter as he smiled, tears streaming down his cheeks.
“Gave us a real scare there dee” Leo scrubbed at his eyes
“You’re one to talk you sacrificial idiot” Donnie cried flailing his arms about
“Dee dee, I’m okay” Leo smiles, before laying back as he groaned
“I am however in a shit ton of pain, and wait-” leo looked around
“OH GROSS ARE WE ON STATEN ISLAND?!”
Anatawa Hitorijanai
You are never alone