The last gift from me, to you.

How it started (2)

(Donatello Pov)

Leo leads the way through piles of destruction caused by the Kraang. I want to take the lead. I don't want him to be in more danger than I've put him in. I lied to him about the survival rate to give him hope this suicide mission is going to be successful. The chances were 0-5%. We would have higher chances if Leo had brought the photo we got to take with the family after April graduated with her undergraduate degree in journalism before the world ended but as I look at the rate now, I can assume he didn't end up bringing the photo. It's a 3% right now. He makes a left turn and it goes down to a 2%.

"Go right." He looks at me confused because the way he's going looks clearer. "Higher odds." I explain. He shrugs his shoulders and turns around to the right. It goes back up to a 3%. Good.
We walk farther ahead and I'm instructing him on which ways will keep us at 3%.

"What is one thing you miss the most from the pre-Kraang days?" He turns his head and smiles at me.

"Just one thing? My lab. It was so beautiful!" I sigh remembering the beautiful lab. Wall to wall with all my tech I've ever made. It was amazing but now it's gone. I have a bigger lab but nothing, besides more storage, could beat the first lab.

"Personally, I miss pizza. Ugh Señor Hueso's pineapple was something else!"

"Speak for yourself! That was the worst pizza choice ever!" I make a face remembering when he made me eat it as a way to apologize for a fight we had. I can't remember what the fight was even about.

"Well if a pizza appeared in front of us right now, what would it be?"

"Hands down would be chicken, mushrooms, green peppers and some Roma tomatoes. My favorite!" I can taste the flavors of the warm pizza on my tongue. It's very nostalgic.

Leo laughs. "Of course. That was always so expensive though!"

"And your olive, mushroom, green pepper and onion pizza wasn't? You had bad breath for days after you ate that stuff!" I roll my eyes. Raph and Mikey would have competitions to see who could last longest with Leo's onion breath. Mikey would be crying but would never tap out. Except for the time he threw up. That was funny.

Leo stops moving. He motions that we're here. I check the rate again and it still says it's at a 3%. Still better odds than 0%. We're at the place where the Kraang were released ten years ago. Leo thinks if we can get the key that opened the portal for the Kraang, we can destroy it and destroy the alien species that have taken control of our home planet. It was the same idea Raph had. It went so well until we got inside. Then the good luck vanished.

"You ready?" He asks. His eyes look sad and old. I think he's as ready as me.

"As I'll ever be." I say. Neither of us want this to happen but it has too. We're too far now to stop.

He looks around and finds a sewer grate. "Ready to go home?" He jokes as he opens the sewer.

"Only if we do it Lair Games style." I put my hand out.

He looks at my arm then me confused. He understands and smirks. "Deal." He grabs my arm firmly and throws me in the sewer. I quickly retreat into my shellI didn't expect that, I meant we just slide down it like we would on our skateboards but he thought I meant bowling! Either way works. I can hear him follow me in and slide closer to me. "I bet i can beat you down!" He taunts.

"You wish!" I move my shell in front of his and push my feet out and start using them to ouch me down the tube. I get to the bottom first. "Good thing you didn't bet your room again." I pull myself out fully and walk to the side.

"God it was one time! You won one time and you always rub it in!" He jokes while pulling himself out.

"Sounds familiar though, no?"

"Oh shut up!" He slaps my back smiling and giggling.

We walk through the purple and magenta vines that were created by the Kraang. I get in front of him and check my monitor and it says we have a 1% chance. Better do this fast then.

We keep walking and see the light glow of the portal. Leo lightens up and grabs his sword and tries walking in front of me but I grab his arm. He looks at me quizzically and I point out the alien dogs walking by the portal room. He shrugs it off and motions the idea that we can fight them off. I shake my head and tell him they could call for help. He stares at me blankly then rolls his eyes. We agree to take a different route but my monitor goes off. It flashes red and blue with a blaring alarm.

Leo looks between me, the monitor, and the dogs. We start rushing out of the hallway when he realizes the dogs are chasing us. We make it back to the sewer gate when another dog jumps at him and bites into his harm. I wack it off and we run into the sewer.

We make it out of danger but my monitor is still going off.

"What the hell Donatello?!" He grips his arm where the dog attacked it.

"I'm sorry! I just wanted to give you hope! Remember what Raph would say?! 'Hope is a ninja's greatest weapon'?!"

His face twists like he just ate something sour. "I remember."

"I'm sorry Leo. We need to head back. We have no chance of survival!"

"Not yet."

"Leo! Listen to me! We won't survive if we try to go back! We will die! We can't just leave Mikey alone! We can't leave Casey and Cassandra or April! What if something happens to them but we couldn't stop it because we died on a suicide mission?!"

"WHO'S FAULT IS IT THAT WE'RE HERE IN THR FIRST PLACE?!" He snaps.

"YOURS LEO. IT'S YOUR FAULT BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO SHOW OFF! THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF YOU!" I throw my hand to my mouth and feel my eyes burning.

He looks at me stunned. Even I can't believe what I've said. "Dee, I-" he stops and looks behind me and pushes me down. A dog sails over our heads and falls when it lands on the ground.

"Leo, I'm sorry I didn't mean to say that I promise!"

"I know Dee but you're right."

"No, Leo. I'm not right! I'm just angry that this is happening."

"No not about that! We have to get out of here!"

"Oh yeah that too."

He grabs me and we start running.