Lifeline
Donnie came out of his lab baffled.
"She has no medical records. At all. Literally none exist. Not here or from Pennsylvania." Donnie joined the other brothers who had now started a very early morning.
"But she's doing okay, right?" Mikey asked,
"As fine as someone who was living in her condition I guess." Donnie muttered, "For now, all I can tell is that she has a raging fever. Her body is probably getting used to this new environment."
"So we made her sick?" Raphael asked blankly, "By forcing her to come down here?"
"I wouldn't rule it out."
The turtles attentions went to April and Casey who were running in with a pharmacy bag.
"We brought just what the doctor ordered." Casey said, handing Donatello the bag.
"How is she doing?" April asked,
"Well, it's hard to say. Her temperature is high and she seems a bit delirious. She's been in and out of sleep. I have to take a sample of her blood to see if she's up to date on vaccinations and- there's so much-"
Donatello, for the record, usually was not like this. He was usually quite calm and put out a joke that would land sometimes but above all, he was smart.
But it would go down hill if basic background information just didn't exist. It was something to fall on. Something that could make a reliable prognosis.
"Meanwhile, we found where Jake is." Leonardo said, "We were going to announce it this morning but I don't think we'll be doing this anytime soon."
"Why not?" April asked,
"Yeah, why not?" Raph said, "We go get her brother and Don stays here and makes sure she is okay."
"Raph, it's the kraang."
"You say that like we haven't whooped their asses a million times."
"And we wouldn't have been successful if it wasn't for Donatello. He knows their tech."
Donatello looked back at his lab and at his two brothers arguing. He looked like a child when their two parents were arguing, not knowing which one to go to.
"He's needed here and you know that." Leonardo said,
"How did you know Y/N was having a fever anyway?" Mikey asked,
"We were just talking-"
"Yeah. In the middle of the night." Leonardo said,
"Hey, don't talk to me like you're any better."
"Awe, Raph," April looked like she could squeal, "That is so sweet!"
"So Raph, is she your girlfriend~" Mikey said teasingly,
"She's not my girlfriend!"
"This was complicated enough when I took a swab from her cheek, Raph!" Donatello scolded, "Now I have to worry if it's your saliva from making out!"
"What, we weren't! And Don, you know that doesn't make sense."
"What is going on here?" Splinter scolded, coming in the room.
"Sensei," Leonardo began, "We know where Y/Ns brother is."
"I assume that is not all, seeing that you all are arguing right now."
"Well, we need Donatello for the mission but Y/N has a very bad fever."
"Ah, so Donatello is needed in two places at once?" He looked at Donatello, "Feels good to be needed?"
"Stressful is more like it." Donatello said,
"Go with them, Donatello." Master Splinter said, "Casey, April and I will stay here."
"Hai, Sensei."
...
"So how did you find Jake?" Mikey asked Leonardo as the brothers ran on the rooftops.
"I found the facility," Donatello said, "It's actually near Jersey."
"Do you know what they want Jake for?" Raphael asked,
"No clue. But I took a hair strand for Y/N's bed a few days ago and logged it into a computer. Found one close enough to it here."
"Wait-" Leonardo said, "I thought you said we found him."
"If we did find him. This is him. This is the closest match, if not..."
"Then he's gone." Raphael concluded,
"Dang," Mikey said,
"How do we even know what this guy looks like?" Raphael said,
"Well- the study of DNA has actually come very far-"
"Or we could've literally asked his sister." Raphael said,
"Not cool, Raph." Mikey said, "She's like totally conscience."
"I meant before." Raphael groaned, punching his brother a bit,
"Well we just gotta hope that he looks a lot like Y/N." Leonardo said,
They continued on, reaching the facility.
"This is the place." Donatello said,
"A hospital?" Leonardo asked, "It looks so average."
A couple with their newborn were coming out the front door. A few nurses were on the side of the building having a smoke break. A police car was visible.
Donatello looked at his sensor.
"This is definitely the place." He spoke warily,
"How the hell are we supposed to get in?" Raphael asked, "A bunch of these people are probably normal human beings, we can't let them see us."
Mikey saw a guy dumping out old robes right next to the building they were on top of. He hopped down while his brothers continued talking.
"Plus, there's no guarantee Jake is actually in there." Leonardo added,
"Hey, any chance is better than no chance at all." Raphael argued,
"If you weren't getting all goo-goo with her, you would be saying the same thing I am, Raph. And you know it." Leonardo spat,
"Ladies- ladies, please, we're all beautiful-" Donnie stammered,
"Gentlemen!" Mikey called,
They stopped, looking in wide eyes at Mikey. He was wearing scrubs, a hair net and a mask.
"Oh, I think I'm going to be sick!" Donatello groaned, "You fished that out of the dumpster didn't you!?"
"Hey, it works." Leonardo said, taking an outfit from Mikey.
"Yeah," Raph agreed, "This actually looks pretty good on me."
"Do you have any idea what kind of bacteria could have been encountered-"
"Dude we leave in a sewer." Raphael deadpanned,
"Raphael- you have a-" Donatello's disgust then turned to fascination. He notices in the wrinkle of the scrubs was a string looking thing that was a mix of purple, brown and red.
"The lifeline of mammal's to their young." He said,
"An embillicle cord!" Leonardo exclaimed,
"A what now?!" Raphael yelled,
"Dude it's a sign!" Mikey squealed, "I'm going to be a uncle!"
"You guys are sick. Literally sick." Raphael denounced.
It wasn't that having a child or something to care for freaked Raphael out, it was more of how would he ever go about making one with someone else? It wasn't possible and he could imagine if he asked Donatello, he would say the same.
Raphael could remember the exact moment Donatello laid eyes on April and how immediately he was head over heels for her. Raphael never felt that way about anyone. And he imagined if he ever got the feeling he would immediately push it away and avoid pursuing it. Nothing good would come out of it anyway. It would be best to avoid all together.
So he made a small note to himself that if he felt his face heat up around Y/N, to keep in mind it was just the comfort that made him feel loved.
He wasn't really loved. He was just imagining it.
It couldn't be possible that Y/N would want to be with him.
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