#injured Donnie

[phoebepheebsphibs]

Ok so

Earlier this last year (right around when I posted the Raph carrying Mikey art) I got into a jokey angst battle with someone on TikTok. They said it was so sad. He was correct in that observation. They said they'd strike me with lightning, I retaliated with the threat to draw angst of his favourite turt. He threatened to sick Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades on me. Hahah, so much fun! So silly!

Only issue is…. I took it seriously. Aaaand drew some heart-wrenching angst for the guy. Aaaaaaaaaaand only after I finished it did I realize I misread the situation, and he was only joking and thought I was only joking and prolly would see my friendly fire of art as something not so friendly. So. Uh. I didn’t post it on TikTok.

Anyways have a sketch...

CW major injury, blood (black and white cuz it’s a sketch), and death

Why do I hurt the ones I love the most…?

[butterflyscribbles]

More medic Leo💙

[excali8ur]

It's a shame Raph and April didn't spend more time hanging out in the show tbh. I figure their dynamic would be something like this

[turtleblogatlast]

AU starts here!

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Coming face to face with an inevitability you’ve been avoiding for so long is a harrowing thing.

[funfetticandle]

ROTTMNT x INJURED READER HCS

(Angst)

Who: rise!boys x gn! reader (romantic)

what: you, the reader, gets severely injured during a battle with the kraang. Featuring how the boys would react.

when: during the bad timeline, where the kraang is still ruling the apocalypse.

warnings: blood, injury, mentions of needles, cursing, death, slight hint of unaliving, reader almost dies 😔✋

Pierced

You cursed as you were thrown across the demolished rubble of what was once a sidewalk, promptly slamming into the wall of the building behind you. You immediately got back up, despite your legs protests, and stared in horror as the tentacles of the Kraang infection rose up menacingly. Luckily, you snapped out of it, only narrowly dodging a strike from the tall, messy figure as you dove the other way.

You called (turtle of choice) ‘s name, eyes frantically searching the battlefield before deep brown eyes met (e/c) ‘s. He was pressed up against a wall as he fought off multiple of the infected, a determined look shining on his face. But, even his skills couldn’t hold enough of them back, as he was slowly being closed in.

You felt your heart drop. Nonononono. You couldn’t lose him, not now, not ever.

Blinking yourself out of your eternal panic, you felt a wave of somewhat urgency as you frantically searched through your satchel, dodging and jumping from the tentacle’s strikes. You hesitated as you saw the faint blue glow from the bottom of the bag, but shook it off as you snatched it quickly and threw the bottle of ooze towards the infected surrounding (turtle of choice).

Soon, the effects kicked in, shrieks of pain coming from the hoard of zombies as they were slowly disintegrated, leaving nothing but a molten mess around (turtle of choice). He had a look of slight confusion on his face, but as the realization dawned on him as he made eye contact with you, a bright grin creeping onto his mouth as he slowly set his weapon down.

You breathed a sigh of relief, smiling as exhaustion took over your body. You looked around at the aftermath of the fight, gaze roaming over the broken buildings and, now dead, bodies that used to house the streets of New York. The apocalypse had took so much from you, and yet, with your group of friends, they made it seem like so little.

You paused as you felt slight rumbling from behind you. You looked up confusedly, only to be met with a look of terror from (turtle of choice)’s face as he got his weapon out once again.

“(Name)! Behind you!”

You froze as a loud squelch echoed across the street—

And then all you felt was pain.

It was if it happened in slow motion. You stayed still, so very still, as your eyes widened and looked down.

A Kraang tentacle was jutting out of your chest at an unnatural angle, it’s veins throbbing as the sound of your blood dripping onto the sidewalk slowly began to become faint. Drip, drip, drip.

You felt nauseous, the extreme pain in your chest becoming too much to bare. You didn’t even realize blood was pouring out of your mouth before you felt the warm, metallic liquid trickle down your neck and onto your chest, spreading out on the pink arm. Somehow, the colours went well together.

You heard your name being called, the voice unknown as your ears went silent, as if being distanced from everyone else.

Then you passed out.

Leo felt his heart drop along with your body as you collapsed to the sidewalk.

I mean, why wouldn’t it? He literally just watched his s/o get gravely injured and then pass out

He ran over to your body, calling out your name

He hovered over you, panic setting in as he called for Donnie

Once he knew you were getting help, he beat the absolute shit out of that Kraang cluster

Like, so bad you would think it was just a limp pile of ooze

Poor mans was so scared

Especially if it was during when he was the only brother left

He just can’t afford to lose you

Like all the others, gets ptsd from it

Becomes overprotective of you even after you recover (despite your protests)

If you did die, though, he’d never forgive himself for it

Worst thing was, he couldn’t even mourn for too long, since he needed to go back to his leader role soon

He lost the one and only thing keeping him sane in this goddamn apocalypse, with no way to get it back.

You were gone.

Shitshitshitshit

This was not how this was supposed to go

As he watched you pass out, blood pouring form your mouth, his eyes widened with fear as he rushed over, praying you were alright.

“Shelldon!” He practically screamed, putting as much pressure on your wound as possible to stop the bleeding as the robot assistant sped over.

Giving orders to Shelldon to get you to safety, he got up, watching as the drone did as asked.

And uh, yeah, he really demolished that Kraang cluster

Just absolutely obliterated it, adding in a few lasers for good measure

Afterwards, he went back to base, relieved to hear you were okay

Spent a lot of time with you in the infirmary, swapping out bandages daily, making sure you take medicine, etc, etc.

Though, if you did manage to die, he would probably just about go crazy

Lock himself in his lab, go into a spiralling depression as he mourned your death.

Donnie wasn’t the type to believe in heaven and hell, but.

He was on the verge of ending it just to see you.

Saying he was terrified would be an understatement.

Mikey gets really protective of people he’s close too, even if they’re villains (cough cough Draxum cough)

So, to see you limp on the sidewalk? Unmoving and possibly dead? He was absolutely horrified.

Unlike the others, he didn’t want to waste time in making the Kraang feel pain. He just wanted to make sure you were okay.

(But he did use his magic to quickly disintegrate the tentacles into dust, I’ll give you that)

Felt a HUGGGEEEE wave of relief when he heard you were gonna make it

Like Donnie, he spent a lot of time with you during your recovery, making sure you didn’t get bored and always had someone to talk to.

But, if you didn’t make it, he would be in so much denial it’s not even funny.

Would refuse to accept you were dead, no matter what the others would say, though deep down, he knew.

He missed you so, so much.

He was reallll angry, once the fear and shock wore off in the moment.

As he ran over to you, cradling you in his arms, a sickly feeling in his stomach.

He looked back at the rising tentacles behind you two, and he just snapped

Handing you to Donnie, he beat the Kraang cluster to a bloody. Pulp.

He was so mad you couldn’t even imagine

Once he knew you were okay, he let himself calm down

Switched to Mama Bear mode real fast

Made sure you were getting enough nutrients, that’s your bandages weren’t too tight, everything

If you passed away, though, he would be so hard on himself

Would become really depressed and gloomy (can you blame him?) and would become much, much more protective of his brothers.

He couldn’t lose another one.

—————

Everything hurt.

You groaned, shifting on the soft mattress underneath your fragile frame. Opening your eyes, you fought the urge to snap them back shut, the bright light glazed over the room becoming too much for your vision.

Glancing around, you found you were in the infirmary, an IV needle stuck in your arm. The faint beep beep beep of the machine beside you becoming more and more clear (and annoyingly loud) as you regained your consciousness.

Looking to your left, you blinked as you saw him. He was seated on a stool, eyes closed with his head in his hands.

You whispered his name, now realizing how hoarse your voice felt. He snapped up to attention, eyes widening as as they laid gaze on your figure, confused and limp.

“What’s going on- fuck!” You hissed as a sharp pain in your torso shot through your body in a attempt to lift your arm. His eyes softened as he guided you into a sitting position, handing you a glass of water.

Water had never tasted so good in your life.

You opened your mouth to ask once again, but he only shushed you as he took your arm and began to unwrap the bandages.

You stared in horror once he was done. Your arm was bloody and bruised, but the part that really freaked you out was the pink, fleshy blob of the Kraang infection pulsing lightly on your forearm.

“What?” You whispered, brows furrowing as you looked up to meet his eyes.

“They got to you,” he said as he rummaged through a drawer, your arm still in his hands. “You were pierced through the chest by an arm.”

He motioned towards the bandages tightly wrapped around your body. “Too tight?” He asked. You shook your head.

“Don’t worry, this is practically harmless,” he reassured, poking the pink blob with a needle. “Im just gonna inject this to kill it, alright?”

You nodded, watching as he stabbed it, pushing the ooze filled needle down. He then took a paper towel, picking up the residue and chucking it into a nearby trash can.

A deafening silence spread between the two of you, the only sound in the air being the slight creak of the bed you were currently on. Inhaling suddenly, he plopped his head down on the mattress, arms cradling his forehead.

“I was so scared,” he sighed. “I thought you were dead.”

You smiled gently. “I’m right here,” you said softly, placing a hand on his shoulder.

“Good,” he hummed, exhaling.

“Good,” you repeated back, giving a gentle peck on his forehead.

[apritellointeractive]

Chapter 2: Alternate Routes

Hey y’all!

Doing another post where I detail the potential alternate routes this story could have taken for Chapter Two! As I stated in the post for Chapter One, reading this post is NOT REQUIRED for the enjoyment of the story. This is just a fun selection of what-ifs you can entertain yourself on. These what-ifs are also “half-baked” in the sense that I didn’t have any concrete plans for them. Just rough ideas of where I could take the story if a certain option won.

End of Chapter 1: If you recall the end of Chapter 1, you were deciding what the cave looked like and what goodies April would find! Unfortunately, I cannot detail the second option with the mysterious chest (the option that tied with Option Three), as there is an element in that option that will now show up in Chapter Three. HOWEVER, I can detail that Option One would have established the cave as one of the entrances to the official Foot Clans base! So Donnie and April would have been forced to really hit the ground running to escape their enemy! So it’s a good thing the other two options ended up tied lol.

Part One: This one also ended in a tie and had to be decided by a tie-breaker, but the option that lost was the option to avoid the path and trek through the forest. And you, my dear readers, thwarted my first attempt to injure Donnie this chapter! If you had decided to go off the beaten path, Donnie and April would be navigating down a particularly rough patch of the mountain with a lot of sharp boulders. At some point, Donnie and April would have been attacked (by either a stray Foot Clan soldier or a wild animal, I hadn’t decided at the time), and Donnie would have taken a tumble and injured the back of his shell. This would have affected the conversation the two had later that evening—Donnie would not give April his backstory, but you would still learn about April’s less-than-stellar life back home. The story would just be a lot more self-deprecating and tearful. 

Part Two: This was another attempt to maim Donnie that y’all thwarted. If April had thrown the rock, it would have temporarily distracted the Foot goons, but they would have eventually noticed the two attempting to sneak away. If the second option won, April would have ignored Donnie’s attempts to escalate the situation and charged at the Foot soldiers. Both of these options would have resulted in an injured Donnie, but they would have been able to escape in the end. A similar convo would have taken place as detailed in Part One.

Part Three: I feel like these three options were kind of obvious. If Donnie had asked, "Why were you cold to Prince Raph?” you would not have gotten Donnie’s backstory and I would have jumped to April explaining why she acted the way she did during her visit. If our knight had asked, "Why do you not care what your father thinks?," the result would have been similar to the previous question, but instead the focus would have started on April’s treatment back home. 

Part Four: This was just an option for a perspective switch. The story would have proceeded the same regardless. 

Part Five: For this poll, the first two options were pretty similar. If Donnie didn’t ask April what was wrong, then April would have kept sobbing until she stopped, and then the uncomfortable silence would have prompted her to explain herself. If our knight suggested that April should get some sleep, April’s backstory would have been completely bypassed for the chapter at this point. 

Part Six: Since this part involves the setup of Chapter 3, I will leave this poll alone for now.

[its-wabby-stuff]

Perhaps it’s just my feed, but I see so much of Donnie, Leo and Raph going through the horrors. What about Mikey? What if we let Mikey see the horrors?

[fletcherwilbury]

@sicktember Day 6: Sick and Injured

Warning for injury, joint dislocation, mention of broken bones, arguing, physical violence, illness

[mushroommortem]

Happy birthday to my little bro lmao

[trentsambuccus]

Imma start drawin’ and writing some of deez. Gotta start practicing the fools one way or another. Uhh, put in a ask and you shall receive👍.

dialogue prompts for ~injury~

!!please credit/tag me!!

“Shit. Shit, shit, shit, c’mere.”

“Someone get the medic. Get the medic!”

“Hey, hey, shhhh. Shhhh. You’re okay.”

“You did so good. Don’t worry, you-you did so good.”

“Here, lean on me. I can carry you.”

“We’re gonna fix you up, brand new. I promise.”

“No. No, stop. Stop talking like that. You’re gonna be fine.”

“Okay. Okay, here’s what we’re gonna do—fuck.”

“I know, I know it hurts.”

"I don't care. I'm not leaving you."

“I’m going to lift you up, okay? Tell me if it hurts.”

“Where are they? Where are they?!”

"I would believe that you're fine, but you have a goddamn knife sticking out of your leg, so."

"You just watched them die."

"This is going to hurt, okay?"

"God, I'm so sorry, it'll be over soon, I promise."

"How many fingers am I holding up? ... I don't have six fingers."

"Stop. No. Wake up. Wake up! I said wake up!"

"I came as soon as I heard."

“Get away! You’re hurting them!”

“Please be okay. Please be okay, please be okay—”

“Shit. Shit, that’s a lot of blood.”

“You dumbass. Don’t do that. Ever again.”

"Help them! Please!"

"You scared us all back there. I... Including me."

"[name]? [name], this isn't funny. Stop... please..."

"Breathe... breathe. Look at the stars, kid."

"It was supposed to be me... please, no, [name], please..."

"Tell me where it hurts, and be specific."

“You’ll be fine.” *silence* “You’ll be fine. Hey! Wake up! Please. Please wake up…”

“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.”

[awzominator]

Day 13 Scars

the amount of effort I had to put into these and they still don’t look how I want is frustrating but alas time is not on my side

ramblings under the cut

Mikey: Gave Mikey Lichen Burns from that one time he got disintegrated and then reanimated via electricity. He died n got better and honestly it is one of the most violent injuries that I recall for him. Like he plays it off so easily cuz he has super powers and all that jazz but that’s so messed up. Also Raph yelling for him OOOFFFFF will never forget how filled w rage and hurt that dude was. He was ready to kill ❤️ Such a wild episode and I love how Mikey was so depended on in order for the plan to succeed. It was Mikey’s turn for the Self sacrificing bit and he crushed it

Leo: Get Shreddered idiot!!! The fucked up knee and throat from when he got beat up and thrown thru the window. This is def my fav event to happen which is a wild thing to say. It’s the most obvious thing to go for but I personally loved the farmhouse arc and Leo’s need for recovery. That dude is still not well and is repressing stuff but they don’t have time to heal. Their lives are too chaotic, too much is on the line, and Leo can’t afford to take the time to heal 100% none of them can tbh. I know a lot of ppl hate how 12 handled his knee injury but I loved it Bc it’s obviously not better but he’s a stubborn idiot who chooses to push everything down and out. He is the healthiest turtle for sure. I’m pretty sure in later episodes his knee gives out a few times don’t quote me tho it’s been a few years aha

Raph: His broken shell! After watching Lone Rat and Cubs and seeing where it came from, I always wondered if Splinter looks at it with loads of regret. A physical sign of his short comings that one time they almost got caught by the Kraang. A warning and a constant reminder they’ll never be safe, that splinter wont always be able to protect his babies no matter how hard he fights. I also like to HC he becomes the most hovering and overprotective of Raph while he’s still recovering Bc that shell broke so easy. Honestly seeing screen shots of close ups of Raphs shell is awesome to see both shell and plastron are broken.

Donnie: UGHHH THIS DUDEEEE !!!!! Literally had the hardest time Bc he goes thru a lot also but it’s more emotional and mental dude is fuked up in the head fr. I asked several ppl for help Bc I didn’t want to do another lichen burn thing from Karai’s trap. In the end I played around w the suggestions to see what would look most appealing to me. The scars on arm are from Slash (such a good episode thank you for the suggestion 🙌) as his arm was injured and in a sling at the end of the episode. The head scar def a big creative liberty Bc he does get injured there a lot ahah. I was thinking of Fourtrap again which lead to thinking about the time that Leo blew him up accidentally during is emo phase XD

[kathaynesart]

As a Raph enthusiast, I would love to hear more fun facts about Replica!Raph! If you want to give them of course :]

I DO enjoy talking about Raph! I feel bad because he doesn’t get nearly as much screen time in Replica but he will still have a big part to play in it, especially in the upcoming chapter. Have a few fun tidbits about him under the cut:

Raph was badly injured when the Krang attacked their lair shortly after the fall of the Hidden City. Donnie was forced to basically keep him on life support that he created with his own Ninpo (which he could only keep up for so long). It was one of the major reasons Leo decided to reach out to the Central Park Colony for help.

You may notice Raph no longer has his iconic "x" bandages on his chest. They were removed back when he was first brought in to the Central Park colony because the doctors assumed he had been injured underneath. It was tossed out along with the other bloody bandages and Raph is still a little sad about it since I always head-canon that it was a wound his father dressed when he was little.

Raph became Uncle 1 to Casey Junior after his birth, though all of them are basically like uncles to him. Sadly he did not get to spend much time with CJ before the fall of the Central Park colony, maybe a few years.

Raph Ninpo definitely became more powerful but he was more focused on helping Leo lead rather than advancing his skills. What's more Raph's training tended to focus more on increasing his own physical strength rather than his mystic abilities.

He has however, advanced his Ninpo where he can use his "alternate copies" across vast distances and use them for reconnaissance or communication with his brothers (though it's usually not necessary since Donnie has communication covered).

He also can make a lot of copies of himself now. Like... A LOT. We're talking Naruto levels of cloning ninjutsu. Though it does take a lot out of him (which is why he trained so hard in increasing his stamina). Raph is a "work harder" rather than "work smarter" kind of guy even in adulthood.

Note: I'll be going more in depth with some of these details and include accompanying art once I get the patreon up and running after the Special is done! Soon...

[risestarkiss]

Strength

Rise Ramblings #565

While watching the show, I realized that we don’t really get to see the boys’ true strength very often. Yes, we see their Ninpo at work, especially towards the end of the series, but I believe that outside of their Ninpo there is so much more to these boys than meets the eye.  

When thinking about raw strength, it’s easy to say something like “Yeah, Raph is the strongest.” And for good reason...

He is the one that works out the most.

His build is the largest and the most intimidating.

Often times we see him picking up, carrying, or tossing his brothers around, no problem.

And that’s why this big guy gives the best hugs.

But the main reason why he's seen as the strongest is because he’s the one generally seen picking up the most impossibly heavy objects.

Although, he does have his limits.

Yes, Raph is the strongest, but that does not negate the strength of the rest of the bros.

The physical abilities of the other three are nothing to sneeze at, especially since they were all originally created to be weapons. (See “What Was Meant To Be” for more on that subject.)

Take Mikey for instance.

Of all of the boys, you wouldn’t think of Mikey as particularly strong, but here he is shoulder pressing one of his brothers for fun.

And flinging the boy in plum.

What about Leo? Sure, we never really see him exert himself, especially when it comes to weightlifting or exercise, but I can’t help but notice how much he tends to carry his little brother.

Furthermore, Leo doesn't just carry Mikey, but throws him around as well.

But I believe the one that low key shows off his strength the most is Purple.

(It might have something to do with his overall lack of restraint, but I digress.)

He easily carries his brother when he needs to.

And more impressively, he throws Mikey like nobody’s business using his bow staff and his own brawn.

Speaking of his staff, if this is true:

Then what do we make of this instance?

Yes, the staff was already semi-broken, but does he go on to completely demolish the titanium staff in frustration with his bare hands? (Kudos to @theaphaeon for pointing this out!)

You be the judge.

Nonetheless, for me, what really proves Donatello’s strength are these scenes:

Donnie doesn’t just carry out this feat once, but twice!

Not only does Donnie hold up the combined weight of ALL of his brothers, but he does it via one leg. For a normal person, if all of that weight was put on one leg they would be severely injured. But for Donnie, this is just a silly mode of travel with his beloved bros. Meanwhile, his jet pack is struggling under the combined weight of all four turtles...

All-in-all, I just wanted to really highlight the turtles' physical strength and remind myself that strength is not just a Raphie thing, but something that stems across all of the turtle teens.

Do you guys have any more examples of the boys being the powerful weapons they were created to be without using their Hamato Ninpo?

All comments and reblogs are welcome! 💜

[meggalice]

30. Do Donnie and injured Leo

"You'll be fine." *silence* "You'll be fine. Hey!

Wake up! Please. Please wake up..."

[cupcakeslushie]

have the boys ever had to restrain Donnie to keep him from hurting himself?

There’s a lot of days where Donnie is just, half present and he gives in very easily to all those harmful, intrusive thoughts. On those days, the brothers try not to leave Donnie alone, so they can watch him. Most of the time it’s just small scale things—like Donnie picking and scratching too hard. Other days it’s bad. To keep Donnie from hurting himself, the brothers have to use some controlled restraint. They let go the second that he comes back to himself, but most times, Donnie doesn’t mind remaining in the tight holds. They feel secure.

But there are some episodes that come on too quickly and quietly, and they can’t stop Donnie from hurting himself. The family just have to patch him up, and try to once again explain why it’s harmful. Sometimes the talks go well, and sometimes they don’t make any headway. They know Donnie can’t help it, but it hurts them when Donnie just can’t grasp the concept that they don’t want him to be in pain….

Most damage done would be days when he’s in his lab and has ample sharp tools around to really injure himself with. Days when the family thinks he’s fine, and want to give him his space, but Donnie hides how bad off he is. These days don’t happen often, because Donnie is more honest with updating his family than not, but there are times he lets those thoughts cloud his better judgment.

Draxum never cared, and the level of self-harm was much worse when he had less people watching out for him. The goyles tried to keep an eye out, but couldn’t be there all the time—same with Venus. Still, Draxum would at least notice the worst ones, and demand Three properly dress them, so the danger of infection didn’t set in. Three’s immune system is pretty strong though—Draxum designed him that way himself, so sadly he wasn’t ever truly that insistent.

[abbeyofcyn]

@abbeyofcyn's Leo (And donnie in the background) hanging out with papa Leo and the kids

Way to go Leo, scare lil Annie /j

I love The Blueberry duo they're so good