Lost bond

Chapter 4 : something broken...

The morning sun that was starting to show up ended up waking up Donnie who had spent the night on the roof. He could already hear the voices of his teammates and brothers who seemed to be awake for some time already. We could clearly see an argument taking place in the small room used as a bedroom, a habit for the 4 brothers....

However, he took the time to stretch properly, his limbs and his back still being slightly numb, he passed a hand mechanically over his neck, feeling the relief of this awful red mark. one night he had forgotten her presence, that she had been able to disappear as if by magic...

Donnie concentrated on his breathing, pushing those painful memories out of his head. He had no right to let himself go! he had to stay strong, not show pain or compassion! These things that had been repeated to him constantly throughout his childhood, like a melody that was impregnated in his already too full head.

Once these thoughts were chased away, he joined the rest of their group inside passing from the calm and the slight freshness outside to the hubbub and the heat and body odors of everyone... A regret was quickly felt by the purple turtle while he tried to understand the reason for this morning conflict.

Raphael was arguing with Sea over a path to follow, which for one was too long, and for the other far too free to ambush. The others watched them silently, not wanting to get into a fight so soon... some were barely awake and weren't planning to take sides.

It is Leo who ends up separating them, retrieving the map in order to find a potential additional path and allow a compromise. Mikey joined his older brother, staring intently at the card he couldn't even read a third of the names on.

Finally a tiny path... or even rather a small path was a few kilometers from their current location, it allowed them to access a much larger neighboring town.

Leo just hoped that they would find there a more practical, faster means of transport that would directly reach the region in which their goal was located...

He sighed a great sigh, as if to give himself strength and above all to prepare himself to raise his voice in order to be heard by all, between certain groans and remarks by others.

- Good ! we still have a long way to go before our destination, we will have to walk for a while to the next town a few kilometers from here!I know it's painful in the morning but that's how it is! you can't be exposed among humans, it would risk being carried to the ears of those cursed golden Dragons...

Mikey nodded at the slightest words that came out of his brother's mouth, just looking forward to getting to town and discovering new landscapes.

Raph, still on edge, nodded gently, not trying to argue with Leo, preferring to get out of here as quickly as possible.

The others listened to him attentively (at least those sufficiently awake), preferring to leave the job of leader to Leo, which hardly any more to Sea, who was all the more annoyed to see his own teammates listening to the apple green turtle without any objections.

- How are we supposed to be sure that this trail will keep us out of trouble? It is even longer than the one I proposed....

- I am well aware of that.... But it's the only one that diverts the small villages and allows us to go through the forest!

- So we should follow you for that? tsssss... need I remind you that we provided the jet, that it was I who saved us from certain death and who provided us with a place to sleep at night?

- And it's your fault if we almost stayed there... if you hadn't taken us on board in your luxurious delirium!

- As if you had disliked it....