From The Shadows || TMNT 2012 FanFiction (BOOK 1)

Chapter 20. The Man in the Hood

     "Get her out of here, Donnie," Leo mumbles.

     Donnie glances around the room. No other exits. He sighs, knowing his only option is to attempt to leave the way they entered.

     As soon as Donnie began running, the fighting began. Karai and the rest of the mutants were being held back by Raph and Leo, but they could only do so much. Unfortunately, there was no way for them to contain Baxter. Donnie needed to climb, which meant Carrie needed to hold on, but that was found to be exceptionally hard with a fly mutant flying after them.

     "You're going to have to hold on tight," Donnie says. "And don't pass out."

     Carrie nods in response. Donatello begins the climb. He has to move faster so as not to get caught by the fly, but also not too fast as to lose footing. He must keep a steady pace so Carrie also doesn't pass out on their way out. That would be really unfortunate.

     As Donnie ascended the lab, Carrie watched as the other two turtles battled below. She glanced over at her father. He was smiling at her. She offered a smile back.

     The happiness and relief only lasted a brief moment. Baxter had caught up to them. The fly knocked into Donatello, resulting in the turtle losing his balance and almost falling. He held tightly onto one of the pipelines that ran across the walls but Carrie also lost her grip. Before she could fall, Donnie quickly reached down and grasped her wrist. With one hand the turtle held the pipe and with the other, he held the girl.

     "Well this is unfortunate," Donnie groans.

     "He's coming back, Donnie!" Carrie shouts frantically.

     The turtle attempts to hoist Carrie up but only ends up almost slipping. Carrie screams, taking her other hand to grab Donnie's wrist. She tries to lift herself. Instead of succeeding, she becomes dizzy and stops trying.

     "I'm going to try to swing you and-"

     "No!" Carrie yells. "I will pass out."

     "We don't have many options!"

     Carrie looks to the fighting below. Her eyes glance at Baxter who was quickly flying right towards her. She looks back at Donnie. "Get ready!"

     "For what?!"

     Carrie lets go of Donnie's wrist. "Let go!" She shouts.

     "No way!"

     "Please!"

     Donnie's eyes flicker from Baxter to Carrie. He knew what she was thinking and he didn't like it one bit. But, it was just as he said: he didn't have many options.

     He sighs. "Ready?!"

     Carrie nods and holds her breath. The turtle releases her. For a moment she's free-falling through the air. Baxter catches her quickly. Donnie, however, climbs to the ledge just above him. He takes his bo staff and begins running along the ledge towards Baxter. When Donnie gets as close as he can, he takes a leap of faith.

     The turtle lands on top of Baxter, causing the fly to struggle in his flight. Donnie places his weapon in front of Baxter's neck. The turtle was able to angle the fly towards the ground. At the last minute, Donnie twists his staff so that Baxter flips upside down so that the turtle hits the ground first, not Carrie.

     Carrie crawls out of Baxter's arms and Donnie kicks the fly off of him, leaving Baxter unconscious on the floor.

     "I think I'm going to throw up," Carrie says, holding a hand up to her mouth.