Mᴜᴛᴀɴᴛ Aᴘᴏᴄᴀʟʏᴘsᴇ 6: Tʜᴇ Vᴀʟʟᴇʏ

03 || 𝐈𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑

𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝗼𝐫'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕
𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝟻𝚝𝚑, 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟾

Donatello woke up in the early morning, finding that Osa and the rest of the roommates are still asleep, snoring away like a bunch of bears. In his opinion, he thought this would be the perfect time to sneak out. He carefully got up from the mattress on the floor, doing what he can to not wake up his girlfriend and grabbed his bag, check his watch, and saw the time.

- 𝟺:𝟶𝟷 𝙰𝙼 -

The mutant carried his bag out of the room, shutting the door silently behind him. It's quiet in the school hallways, not a soul to be seen or heard. Many people really needed their sleep-- so did Donnie but he is eager to find a ring for the shapeshifter that changed him for the better.

He strapped the bag onto his shell as he walked down the stairs, but he stopped the moment he made it to the bottom of the stairs. "Donnie?" It was Duke standing at the top of the stairs, rubbing his eyes roughly. "What are you doing?"

Donatello looks up at his friend. "Duke, go back to bed. I'll be back later."

"Where are you going?" He asked, walking down the stairs.

"I'll be back later." Don said, trying to aim for the door.

"I'll come with you," Duke said, getting to the bottom of the stairs and meeting Donnie near the exit.

Don shook his head. "No, man. Stay here with Vv and the baby."

"Can you at least tell me where you're going?" Duke questioned. He asked just in case something happened and someone could go after Donnie.

Donnie doesn't know the area very well and even if he told Duke where he was going, his tone would sound uncertain. "I...uh..."

Duke rolled his eyes at Donnie. "I'm coming with you. That's final." He turned around, ran up the stairs to retrieve his bag. The mutant turtle couldn't believe this. Don thought that he was going to get a solo adventure this morning but Duke somehow felt a disturbance in the school. After about two minutes, Duke ran down the stairs with his gun and backpack sitting on his shoulders, giving Donnie a single nod, indicating that he is ready for a duo trip.

"I can't with this." Don said, pushing one of the double doors gently with Duke behind him, and entering the outside. It's still somewhat dark-- if he looked close enough over the hill, he could see a small glimmer of light.

"What?" Duke says, gripping the straps of his backpack. "Don't want any help?"

Don says nothing at first, he kept on walking with Duke next to him. "You're a father, Duke." Donnie stopped on a patch of grass, looking down at his human friend. "I think you should stay here."

"I know, but you need my help." Duke told him. "We don't know this city and you want to go out there alone?"

"I've done this before!" Don suddenly got aggressive with his tone, but he caught him. "Look... I'll let you come with me for today, alright?"

"For today. Got it." Duke agreed, looking toward the soccer field that is behind the school. He saw the female black horse walking toward them. "Is she coming along?"

"What?" Don says, turning his head in the direction of Kharoma. Her hoofbeats clicked and lacked evenly and she is approaching Donnie and Duke next to the gymnasium. "Kharoma, is there something wrong?" He asked her.

The horse shook her head. "No," Says the horse. "I figured you'd both need some help getting around."

Immediately, Donnie chuckled at her. "No thanks, Kharoma. Duke and I will be just fine on foot."