Chapter 10:

“I found him!” Donatello says loudly. All the turtles and Master Splinter turn towards him. Dark Leo says: “Where?”. “It looks like he is in the south west part of town, right here” *points at the map* “Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go!” Dark Raph says and walks away from the group. 

“Wait, Raphael” Master Splinter speaks up “We need a plan, he knows we are going to try and stop him, but how are we to do this? We do not wish to harm your brother or mate, but we do wish for answers as to why he did what he did.”. 

“He is right, we need a plan… We need your help as well to stop our brother, but I won’t allow him to get hurt” Dark Leo says while looking at the other Leonardo. “He hurt both our mates, and believe me, I am angry that he did so, but it might be something else causing his behavior… The thing I’m worried about is that he isn’t doing this on purpose…” “What are you saying Leo? You… You think someone hurt Donnie?” Dark Mikey says. “It could be… Mikey think, did you and Donnie get separated during the mission? Before… You know what?” Dark Leo looks at his mate. 

Dark Michelangelo tries to think back at the day of the mission. “We were at the warehouse, we got inside together… Donnie told me to go to the second floor, because that’s where the boxes were…   we went up the stairs together… No, wait… Donnie wanted to look what was downstairs… I went upstairs alone… If something happened, it must’ve happened downstairs…And then… Then he…”. “Shh, it’s okay Mikey, it’s okay…” Dark Leo comforts his mate by putting his hand on Dark Mikey’s cheek. Dark Mikey leans into his hand and put his hand on top of Dark Leo’s. They nod at each other, showing they are alright. 

Then Dark Leo turns towards the others, saying: “We need to figure out if something happened on that first floor… Leonardo, I suggest you and your family go back and protect your mate. If we find anything we will let you know…”. “No” Leo responds. “We need to work together, if we split up now, the same thing that might have happened to your Donatello, might happen to you too. Do you want to risk that?” Dark Leo responds: “No, I don’t want that to happen, but right now, it is the best chance we got. Listen to me… Please”.

Master Splinter puts a hand on Leonardo’s shoulder. “It may be best to go back and check on Michelangelo. He might be in need of our comfort.” Leo looks at his master and then nods. “Alright Sensei… *looks back at the Dark version of him* “We will do what you want, be careful”.

Donatello walks up to the Dark Leonardo. He hands out a shell-cell. “Here, take this… If you need us, you can call us through here…”. “Thank you”. Dark Leo accepts the shell-cell and puts it in his belt. Donatello nods and then walks towards his family. The Hamato clan leaves the dark turtles lair and go back to Cody’s apartment.

“Okay, Mikey, show us the way to the warehouse, and let’s figure out what happened to our brother”. The dark turtles nod at their leader and together they walk towards the sewer entrance.

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The Hamato family is walking down the streets, Leo looks back at Donnie: “Does it work?”. Donnie takes out his shell-cell and hands it to his brother. You can hear beeping coming from the shell-cell. “They’re going North-East.” Leo says. “Let’s go then” Raph says. The turtles and their master change direction and follow the dark turtles.

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Time changed to night. The dark turtles are standing outside of a warehouse. The other turtles and their master are looking at them from across the street. “Alright, fearless leader, what do you want to do?”. Raphael asks. “We wait for them to go inside. Donnie, can you activate the shell-cell microphone for us to hear what’s going on inside?”. Leo says. “Yep, give me a second”. Donnie responds.

Raphael looks at his master, and says: “I’m curious though as to what happened to their Donnie.”. “I am too Raphael. But for now we have to wait and respect the other turtles wishes to let them figure it out. If they need help, we will hear it through the device, isn’t that right Donatello?”. “Hai, Sensei, activating the microphone… Now”. Donatello pushes a button on his shell-cell and then we hear the Dark turtles talking to each other. 

They hear Dark Leonardo talking first: “Alright, Mikey, you stay with me… Raph, think you can go to the second floor and see if you can find anything?”. Dark Raphael responds: “Sure”. “Okay, if you need us or find anything, contact us through your watch. We’ll do the same. Come on Mikey, let’s go”. 

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Dark Leonardo and Dark Michelangelo walk together through the hallway. There are rooms on both their sides, on the door it says what is inside the rooms. Locker rooms, changing rooms, a bathroom, 2 toilets, 2 meeting rooms, an elevator and a dining room. On the other end of the hallway, near the entrance is a staircase. Some of the doors, are closed, some are partly opened, you can see rubble laying inside, cobwebs on corners of the partly open doors and in the corners. Some occupied by spiders, others empty. Cans, bottles and boxes are in the hallway, a big coat of dust on the floor and a musky smell filling the whole hallway.

Both of the turtles are on their guard. Weapons in hand, they move slowly and carefully, trying not to make a lot of sound. They check every room, one by one, slowly opening the door, looking inside for any clue of a disturbance. As they near the dining room, Mikey suddenly stops and speaks up: “Leo… Look… *points at the door* You see that?”. The door of the dining room and the corners around the elevator are covered in a purple slime. “None of the other rooms had that.” Dark Leo responds. “What is it? Besides nasty of course” Dark Mikey pokes it with his weapon. “Iew, bleh” He sticks his overly large tongue out and shakes his head, showing his discomfort. “I don’t know, but try not to let it touch your skin… I got a bad feeling about this… Let me try to reach Raph and see if he found this slime as well”. 

Dark Leo raises his watch and pushes a button, holding it close to his mouth, he starts speaking into the microphone: “Raph, come in”. “What is it, Leo?” “Mikey and I found something. It looks like purple slime. We never seen it before, but I don’t trust it one bit. Did you see it upstairs?”. “Not yet, but I keep an eye out.”. Dark Raphael responds. “Good, just don’t let it touch you. Okay?”. “Yeah yeah… If I find something I’ll call you”.

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Dark Raphael breaks off the conversation and goes back exploring the second floor of the warehouse. There is also a central hallway leading to different rooms, only they are further apart due to the fact that they are storage rooms within the warehouse. There are a total of 3 storage rooms, 2 meeting rooms, a bathroom, 2 toilets, another dining area and the elevator. Rubbish and boxes piled up within each room. 

Dark Raphael slowly opens the door to the first storage. At first he only sees boxes, dust and a musky scent is invading his nose. He sneezes and coughs twice before he is able to look back into the room.  The room is dark, there are only 3 windows at the top of the walls in the storage, but they are covered in dust and cobwebs. Other than the hallway, the storage looks neatly packed. There are boxes all around in a near order, some boxes and crates with books and vials. Some of the bigger boxes are either of wood or metal. 

Dark Raphael looks at the crates and pries some of them open to look inside. In one of the boxes there is lab equipment. Microscopes, a centrifuge, some disks and bottles, most of them empty. In one of the metal boxes there is a full science set. “Huh, this stuff looks expensive… Why would anyone leave it in this shit pile of a warehouse?” He walks back to the door and closes it.

When Dark Raphael is on the hallway again he tries to call his brother: “Leo? Come in… I think I found something interesting”. No respond. He tries again: “Leo? Come in” Again silence at the other end. Before Dark Raphael can try again, he hears a voice behind him. “Raph?” 

Dark Raphael turns around and he comes face-to-face with his mate. “Donnie?”
