(A/N: NOOO WAYYYY!! Haha, I am updating this story TWICE! IN A DAY! Yay me! Yay you! Yay EVERYONE!)

…When all hope is gone and you feel like giving up…

Don POV

Every day is growing shorter. Every day I am growing weaker. Every day I am a step closer to death.

I have a new caretaker now. April finally told her new fiancé about us… I mean me. She and he have been coming down every day since Mike died. April gave me one of her family members' old wheelchairs. If I don't want to lie on the couch all day, April will wheel me around. I can't feed myself anymore and I can barely even grip anything.

Today, April is helping me gather things. Her and Ted (Her fiancé) are taking me up to a rooftop overlooking all of New York in a few minutes. I have something to take care of. We gathered scissors, a small tray that can fit in my lap, and a lighter. I also brought something to make what I am doing whole.

We arrived at the top and I sat, with all the equipment besides my special part in my lap, and I gazed over the city I was born and raised in with all of my non-living brothers. I was at the ledge, and I was overcome with memories of my brothers on this very rooftop just over a year ago. Just weeks before the first death, Master Splinter. Our whole family was here, gazing at our city.

I shook the memory from my head and took out a family photo. This one, coincidentally, has us all in the order of our deaths. First, our father, next Leonardo, then Raphael, after him Michelangelo, and me at the end. I saw the smiles on all of our faces and I felt tears run down my face. It is time for what I came to do.

"My family… You have left me in this world… Last of our kind. I cannot blame you all fully, for none of you meant to die. First it was you, Master Splinter." I stated, slowly cutting our sensei from the picture with the scissors. "I will always miss you. I thank you for the lessons you gave us… We would have not known how to live if it weren't for you. After you, Leonardo." I cut my oldest brother from the picture and his image floated down and settled beside the other cut out. "You left after all you have lived through. You died honorable, my brother… After you, Raphael." I cut my second oldest brother out of the picture. His picture fell beside Leonardo's. "You were my opposite. But you knew how to live your own way, and I admired your individuality. After you, Michelangelo." I paused and shut my eyes tightly. I cut his image from the picture and he settled beside Raphael. "You left me alone. You made me last. But you lived your life to the fullest and I wish I did…" I still had my picture in my hand and I set it far from the others on the tray. I picked up the lighter and the other pictures.

"You all died, and I survive. Our actions impacted our city… Maybe even our world forever. But our lives… Our lives don't last forever." I lit the pictures and saw the faces disappear in the flames. I blew out the fire when the paper was now ashes. "But our souls… They will survive this. They will be among the people every day, even when they don't know about it. So goodbye my brothers, my father. My family. I love you, and I always will. I hope to join you soon." With that, I blew the ashes over the ledge of the roof top. I gazed over the city and saw the ashes quickly break apart and blow in the wind. I heard April crying. I turn and see Ted staring off and April hugging herself crying.

"April." I call to her. I see her head shoot up and she hurries to me. "Promise me, when I die, you will do the same thing I just did and blow the ashes of my picture over this ledge. Please." I hold the photo out. She gently grabs it and hugs me.

"I promise." She whispers.

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I am lying in bed that same night, a feeling coming me. Warmth. Tonight is the night. I am dying. I will be with my family. Breathing becomes a harder task, I cannot move, except to smile. Finally. I won't suffer anymore…

I welcome the darkness when it comes, knowing what is next.

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April POV

Don died the night I promised him I would blow the ashes of his picture over the city. Ted buried him, I do not know where, but I know he was well taken care of. We made a small memorial in a field outside of New York. We placed five crosses in the grass. One cross had a blue bandanna hanging from it, with the name 'Leonardo'. The second had a red bandanna, with the name 'Raphael'. The third had an orange bandanna, with the name 'Michelangelo'. The fourth had a purple bandanna, with the name 'Donatello'. The final had nothing hanging from it, but had a walking stick set against it, with the name 'Splinter'.

Ted and I locked the Lair from anyone but us. Everything will remain untouched until the area would have to be done with.

This all took three days, and I still had to fulfill my promise to Don. I stood at the ledge with Ted beside me. I took a deep breath.

"Donatello, I promised you I would do this for you. But I have a few words." I held in a few tears. "My child will be coming in a few months time. I promise that my child will know all there is to know about you and your brothers. And I hope all your guys' stories will live on from all generations to come." I sigh but continue. "I can't believe you thought you were alone after Mike died, Donnie. You have never, ever been alone in this world. You always had and will have your brothers… And me." I let the tears escape now. "You are gone, but not only will the Mutant Ninja Turtles live on in the memories of New York, but they will live on in my heart. Goodbye Donnie, I'll miss you…" I burned the picture and blew out the flames when they were ashes. I looked over the city once more. I blew the ashes into the sky and they disappeared into the wind.

I smiled, knowing I will never be alone… And I will always be watched over.

…Remember the ones who help you to live because you are never alone…

(A/N: Kind of corny ending, but emotional. I hope you liked this story… I liked typing it.)