Always Be There

Foolish

"DONNIE!!" I heard someone scream. I wanted to move, to find who the culprit was, to answer. But I couldn't. Why couldn't I? Why couldn't I move? Why was everything so muffled? Am I sick? Did I just wake up? Is this a dream?

"DONNIE!!!" The voice screamed again. I could recognize it this time. It was Casey. Why was he creaming my name? Was something wrong? Where were the others?
"Donnie please wake up!" I heard the boy's voice crack with every other word. I hated it. But I was awake? Wasn't I? What is happening. . ? Why-

Oh. That's why.

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Casey shook the turtle lightly, he was desperately attempting to wake him. Shit shit shit! Wake up! His head hurt, and the rest of his body wasn't much better. He still had glass inside of his legs and arms from something. He wasn't sure what, but he knew it involved a window, since he saw the shattered window beside his spot when he awoke earlier.

"Donnie c'mon man- please—" His voice cracked, tears threatening to spill from his eyes as he held back the urge to sob. He was absolutely heartbroken when he realized the turtle hadn't so much as flinched. He gently lifted his upper body so it could rest in his lap, instantly stopping as he felt the terrapins shell.

It was cracked.

His heart dropped further. He gently set him back down, turning him on his side so he could look at the damage. He gasped, cupping a hand over his mouth in horror as he spotted a large but shallow dent-like crack in the upper middle of his shell, a web of cracks surrounding it. Blood was splattered all over the poor mutant, and now, Casey. Oh- oh god- was all he could think. He didn't know what to do. He knew he couldn't leave him resting on his back, or he would harm his shell even further. But he knew he couldn't rest on his stomach or side due to the wounds.

What did she do to you. . ? A large stream of hot tears ran down his face, collecting at his chin and dripping onto the floor in large droplets.
He's hurt. He's hurt and it's all my fault- Why couldn't I just have defended myself better from Red? Why didn't I just hide instead of arguing? Everything would have been okay if I hadn't been so fucking stupid and just hid! What is wrong with me I'm such an idiot!! He began to sob, hunching over and pressing the heels of his hands into his eyes in an attempt to stop the tears from continuing.

He heard three familiar footsteps from behind him, but didn't move. He just ended up sobbing harder. They're all gonna be so pissed at me!
Raph was the first to step up, cutting Leo off and standing behind Casey. He quickly tensed up, eyes widening in shock and a hint of terror.
Leo was confused, same with Mikey. They both walked up to the other two, standing beside them and freezing up as well.
It was silent, deathly silent. Too silent for a busy city like this.

Leo was the first to break the silence, this time. "I- Donnie- Donatello wake up- you can't be-"
"H- he's not- yet- but- but I dunno what t- to do- H- he's hurt bad- W- what do we do-? What do we do?!" Casey panicked.
"Yeah, fearless, what do we do?" Raph turned to the stunned older.
"I- I don't know- I honestly don't know. . ." The blue-masked leader shook his head in dismay.
"Dudes. . How are we gonna get him home-?" The orange-themed one suddenly spoke.
Everyone looked at him.
"We kinda can't carry him without hurting his shell- clearly. But- you guys may also wanna look at this-"

They all went to look at what he was talking about, their expressions only growing worse.
The purple ones mouth was bleeding. And it continued to bleed relentlessly. Blood poured out of it, surrounding his head in it and about a foot farther.
"We need to get him sitting up, now-" Leo suddenly said.
"What if he chokes on his blood?!" Raph snapped, more worried than anything.
"What if he bleeds out?" Leo countered, then kneeled down and gently hooked his hands under the younger's arms, carefully lifting him up into a sitting position and holding him up.