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DESTINATION- NYC (2012)

TIME- 6:45PM

PLANET INFECTION RATE- 35%

It was a normal, yet boring night in the new York sewers for Leo and his brothers. Raph was in his room drumming with the new drumset he salvaged from the back of an rundown shop, Donnie was in his laboratory doing who knows what, while Leo was in the doho with master Splinter, working on the new tricks master Splinter had taught him.

Mikey had left the lair not to long ago with Mondo gecko, to skate around a bit, as they said they'd be back in less then a hour (which was clearly a lie).

About half an hour later, Leo had just finished his training, as he as ended from the dojo, trained and ready to relax with the little time he had left before Mikey and his friend came back.

Leo sighed as he slipped down in the couch, his face submerged into the couch cushions, as he reached out for the TV remote before putting on whatever channel came up first. As Leo laid out in the couch, a yawn managed to escape his lips, as he slowly stretched out his arms before getting up to go see how Donnie was doing, simply because he was bored. Once outside his little brother's lab, he softly knocked on the metal doors, until Donnie answered, a tired expression on his face as he spoke.

"Yeah?"

A simple, soft smile already on Leo's face as he looked up at his brothers. Leo was definitely used to Donnies snappy attitude when distracted from his work.

"Good to see you to, mind if I come in?" Leo replied.

Donnie stared down at Leo for about a minute, as if not sure wether or not he should let his brother know, but eventually Donnie opened the doors wider, allowing Leo to come in.

Donnie's Lab was like his own little word, away from the rest of the world around him, as their where tons of scattered papers, blueprints, and a few old somewhat clean machine, and other weird looking technology that was enough to make Donnie look like the mad scientist of which he is. Leo walked a bit further into his brother lab, his eyes landing on a nearby table here Donnie had a few pieces of metal, flamethrowers and...other tools Leo couldn't quit describe, but it seemed like Donnie was working on something before Leo came in. 

Leo didn't really pay attention to it as he looked around the jab for a second more before looking back over at Donnie.

"I see you're pretty busy in here, as always."

Donnie let out a him in response to Leo's comment, before responding.

"Yeah, I was just working on a new weapon for the turtle tank. So did you like..need me for something?"

Leo slowly walked over to one of Donnies chairs, taking a seat as he leaned back against it. He took a moment before responding.

"Nothing in particular. I was actually just looking for someone to talk to. I was getting bored just sitting on the couch by myself."

Donnie raised an invisible eyebrow as Leo's statement, a small smile appearing on his face, as he went over to the desk Leo saw earlier, where he stared working on the weapon he mentioned.

"Oh, really? And I always thought space heroes or the dojo would keep you company" He teased.

Leo rolled his eyes, although slightly amused by Donnies words. Leo folded his arms across his plastron as he spoke.

"Don't give me that. I'm allowed to relax and enjoy myself in other ways you know."

Time Skip: 2 hours later

it was now 10:34 at night. Leo was sitting back on the couch, with Donnie sitting a few inches from him, on his computer doing some research, until a sudden noise broke through the silence. Leo and Donnie immediately jumped in their spots on the couch. 

It wasn't all that often that they got visitors, unless it was April or Casey, but their boy would have shot out a text in advance.

So the sudden noise immediately peaked their interest, as the both looked over towards the lair's entrance. The footsteps seemed to have been getting closer and closer, until finally Mikey and Mondo appeared from the dark tunnel.

Leo's expression quickly soften as he lowered his guard once he realized it was just his brother and Mondo. Donnie stood up from his spot on that couch as he liked towards Mikey and Mondo, who where securing their way in.

"Took you long enough to get back."

Leo rolled his eyes at Donnies words, before looking over at his youngest brother and friend.

"Where have you two been all this time?" 

Mikey slide over towards the couch, as he pooped his elf down next to Donnie, wrapping his arm around his older brother as he spoke.

"Dudes, you literally won't believe what we saw!"

Both Leo and Donnie exchanged a look before they liked eyes on Mikey, already knowing that what we he wa about to say was going to be some crazy, unbelievable story judging by the excited tone in his voice.

"Oh yeah? What did you guys see out there?"

Before Mikey could even begin, Mondo hopped down onto the couch, accidently sending Mikey a few inches into the air and into the floor with a "thud"

"My bad Mike! But anyway, me and Mike where hanging around goofing on some roof right? And then all the sudden we see these big, purple robot looking things, in he alley below us, it looked like they where up to something, so me and Mike where about to jump the dudes, but once he made it down, they where already gone!

Then we found this weird glowing thing on the ground. We thought it could be some kind of mutagen."

Mondo spoke, before taking a wide tube shaped vile from his backpack, the vile was filled with a strange blue and pink, colored liquid.

Both Leo and Donnie looked at the vile in Mondo's hands, as they both seemed rather confused as to what they were looking at. For about 3 minutes of silence, Donnie was the first one to speak.

"That is strange. Where exactually was this alley you two saw these robots in?"

Mikey lifted himself off the floor as he spoke.

"That's the thing dude, they where in the far side of town, somewhere near the Shredders old lair"

Mikey explained, the very name nearly sending a shiver down his spine.

Both Leo and Donnie's eyes widened upon hearing "Shredder", their faces immediately gardening into more concerned and serious expressions. Shredder was a name that brought shivers down everyone who hears it spines. Shredder was an evil, power hungry man, who had once been their primary enemy for years before his death.

Just hearing and thinking about Shredder put them on edge.

Donnie closed his computer before standing up, taking the vile from Mondo and examined it.

"It might just be some sort of mutagen, Shredder had stored away, I'll take it to my lab for further examination."

Leo nodded in agreement, still focused on what Michealgelo had said about the robots being near Shredder old lair.

After Donnie has left, Master Splinter exited the dojo, the tall rat, grabbed onto his wooden cane, as he looked down at his two sons of Mondo a neutral expression on his face as he stepped over towards Mondo as he welcomed him.

"Good evening Mondo, what was all that commotion about?"

Mikey, Leo, and Mondo all liked uk at Splinter, as he approached them. Mikey was the first to speak, still rubbing his back from the fall he had sustained earlier.

"Hey Sensei! Me and MJ do where topside, when we suddenly had this interesting encounter with these robots near Shredders old lair."

Splinter expression quickly hardened when his to heat son mentioned being near Shredders old lair, a look of concern and anger already on his face a she spoke.

"what on earth where you two doing near the Shredders lair!?"

Mikey and Mondo shifted nervously as they both took a step back, the two already knew they where in for an intense lecture from Master Splinter, and yet Mikey was the one who decided to speak up again.

"We where just messing around, y'know? Then we saw some purple robots down in an alley, but before we could jump them, they where already gone! All except for that stuff we found" Mikey explained, while pointing towards Donnies Lab, where the vile was now in Donnie's possession.

Splinter simply hummed in response, as he walked over to Donnies Lab, carefully knocking on the metal doors.

"Donatello, may I come in?"

The sound of shuffling could be heard on the other side, before finally the doors opened, revaknn Donnie, who seemed like he was caught off guard by Splinters sudden appearance.

"..yes Sensei?" Donnie asked nervously.

"Your brother told me about this vile him and Mondo found. I was wondering if I could take a look at it."

Donnie nodded, stepping aside to let his father in. Kncd inside, they where greeted by the variety of machines, tech, and other unique looking inventions. Donnie walked over to his desk, picking up the vial, as he spoke.

Sure, I haven't really done a full examintion yet, but so far I can tell it's definitely some sort of mutagen" Donnie explained.

Right when Master Splinter was about to ask more questions, the ground shook below them for a few seconds, causing multiple things in Donnie's lab to shake, as multiple glass cases and bottles to fall to the floor with a 'clash!' just then outside of Donnies Lab, Raph's voice rang through the lair.

"What the hell is going on!?"

The sudden shaking managed tj startle everyone in the lair, including Leo, Mikey and Mondo, who where still in the main part of the lair. They all looked around, trying to figure out what was causing such an intense shift of the earth, assuming it was just an earthquake.

Leo looked over at Raph who was gripping onto the kitchen counter so he wouldn't fall.

"I have no idea, it must be some kind of earthquake!" Leo replied.

The "earthquake" lasted for about 6 minutes until it finally stopped, but their was a loud 'BOOM!' coming from the city streets above them, then came the sounds of sirens.

Raph: "...something's not right.."

The sounds of muffled commotion above ground only heightened everyone's sense of anxiety. Leo looked around at everyone with a serious and concerned expression on his face.

"Raph's right, something's definitely not right. We need to see what's going on out there"

As chaos rained from above, a huge mini swirl suddenly appeared right Infront of Leo's face, causing Leo to instantly back up. The swirl seems to be getting bigger and bigger,as it starts creating  magnetic force, causing the 4 brothers and their rat father to be slowly pulled towards it. Everyone's eyes went wide with shock and horror as the massive swirling vortex grew larger in the center of the lair,. They all tried to fight against being pulled in, but the powerful force was just to strong.

Everyone clutched into anything they could find that was stationary, their eyes fixed on the vortex with fear.

"What the shell is that thing!?" Mikey yelled, his voice filled with panic.

Donnie tried using all his strength to reach for something skkdi, anything that could keep him grounded.

"It's some sort of magnetic field! But it's far more powerful than any portal I've ever seen!" Donnie yelled.

As they all continued to struggle against the intense pulling force of the portal, Leo and Raih kicked glances, silently communicating their worry and determination. Until Roach finally spoke up, his voice shouting over the howling winds.

"We've gotta keep going guys! We can't let that thing suck us in!"

The portal started spinning more and more rapidly, as if it was trying everything it could to pull them all in. Everyone was silent as they tried desperately to keep themselves from being pulled in, until Mikeys voice boomed through the intense atmosphere.

"Guys! I'm staring to lose my grip!"

"Me to dude!" Said Mondo.

Leo looked over at Mikey and Mondo, seeing the two struggle to maintain their grip. Leo gritted his teeth, knowing their ass nothing he could really do to help, a she shouted over the roaring vortex.

"Don't let go, guys! We're going to get through this!"

Eventually the force became too strong for the gang, as they all stres to be pulled in one by one. Each member cried out as they were instantly pulled into the vortex, heir bodied being lifted up off the ground, before being pulled into the swirling portal.

Master Splinter was the first to be sucked in, his fingers barely holding into the pipe before he was pulled in. Mikey and Mondo where soon next, their grips already weakening with each passing seconds, they managed to hold onto one another, but it wasn't enough and only added to the weight, as they were both shocked away. 

Donnie tried holding on as long as he could, but the pull was just too strong. He grasped at the nearest pipe, using all of the rets of his strength to resist the vortex' intense pulling, as he spoke, in a quite stranded voice.

"I can't..hold on much longer."

Leo watched as his brothers, Mondo and Master Splinter where one by June drawn into the vortex, their cries ringing out in his ears. Leo could feel the pull of the vortex growing stronger, tugging at him, trying to suck him in too. Eventually Leo was finally pulled in after his arm finally gave out in him. As Leo was sucked into the portal, the world around him instantly blurred into a whirlwind of colors, the noise of the portal howled in his head, as he felt his body being flung around against his will. Leo tried to steady himself, but whatever force was dealing him in, was too strong to fight against. After what felt like an eternity inside the portal,  Leo woke up strapped down to a wooden table in a dimly lit room.

Leo immediately tried getting out of the restraints around his wrist and ankles until an unfamiliar voice sounded from all around the room.

???: "Good, your not dead."

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                         Destination: ???

                         Time: ???

                         Infection Rate: ???%  

Leo's body quickly stiffened, as he heard the voice echo throughout the room, he tried to pull off the restraints around his wrist, but what we these things were made of they sure were good. Eventually Leo gave in, clearly there wasn't a way for him to break free at the moment.

???: "I apologize for you having to be tied down. I just can't take any chances, I'm sure you understand."

Leo's eyes narrowed as he heard the voice again. Leo tried to Crane his head around to see who it was speaking to him, but the bounds around him kept him firmly against the table. With one, finally breath of frustration, Leo spoke, his voice hoarse from earlier.

Leo: "Who are you!? Where am I!? And where is my family!?"

???: "...right, where are my manners?"

Leo winced as the lights in the room were finally turned on, he blinked a few times to steady his vision. Once Leo was able to look around, he immediately looked towards the exit door, his heart immediately stopped, as their standing Infront of the door, was a tall mutant turtle, wearing advanced gear, and a shield on his shell, but what really caught him off guard was that they were wearing a purple bandana with cut up tails at the ends.

???: "My name is Donatello. Or, so you don't get me confused with yours, you can call me D18."

Leo's eyes never left D18's, he was still stuck on the fact he was looking at another mutant turtle, that for some reason looked similar to Donnie.

Leo: "What...what the hell is going on?"

(2018) Donnie: "I know, all of this must be confusing for you, but just know, that by me pulling you and your family through that portal saved all of your lives."

Confusion, fear, and a hint of anger mixed in Leo's expression. He wanted answers and he expected them now.

Leo: "Saved us? How!? By pulling us through that swirling, raging portal to some strange-...that doesn't make any sense! I'm only gonna ask this once, where are my brothers, my father, and why do you look so much like Donnie!?"

(2018) Donnie: "Well get to your brothers in a minute. And also, i'm from an alternative dimension."

Leo: "...an... alternative dimension? You seriously expect me to believe that!? Who are you, really? And what do you mean you "saved us" saved us from what?"

(2018) Donnie: "I'll explain whatever questions you may have, but first."

Leo watched as D18 took off the straps around his wrist and ankles, so he was finally able to sit up. Leo swung his legs over the side of the table, now facing D18.

Leo: "Thanks. Now start explaining."

(2018) Donnie: "Of course, since you asked so nicely. just look over at that screen."

Leo slowly looked over towards the far side of the room, where a wide TV screen hung on the wall. Leo didn't see anything at first until D18 pulled out a remote and turned it on. The screen flashed a bit, before showing a live image of Earth, except there were tons of mini red dots all over certain areas, along with all sorts of data Leo really didn't understand.

(2018) Donnie: "What you see In front of you, is my live feed of your home planet, or as I call it E12. All those tiny red dots you see, are already infected areas."

Leo scanned over the screen In front of him, his eyes widened as he tried counting the amount of dots.

Leo: "How....how many dots are there?"

D18 thought for a second, as if calculating the amount in his head.

(2018) Donnie: "According to my most recent recordings, there are about 32,654 thousand infected areas, and 12,243 thousand infected by the virus."

The number hit Leo like a freight train. 54,234 people was an astronomical number. And the numbers probably doubled a lot more by now.

Leo's heart skipped a beat as he imagined the chaos and destruction that must be taking place on his planet.

Leo: "That's...that's.."

(2018) Donnie: "It's a lot, and it's not just your dimension. It's all of them."

Leo watched as D18 changed the screen, showing other worlds that looked exactly like earth, they all had the same red dots around them, some had more then others, and one looked like the entire planet was infected with this "virus"

(2018) Donnie: "After I found out about this virus, and how it was infecting the multiverse, I immediately started working on a portal that could break through the barrier space, and dimensions. After a while of research, testing, and... volunteers, I was finally able to use my portal to save all our counterparts including you and your family, and brought them all here."

Leo listened intently as D18 explained the situation, his mind struggling to process the scale of this disaster.

Leo: "So...you've been traveling through dimensions, rescuing us..."

Leo paused.

Leo: "What...what exactly is this virus?"

(2018) Donnie: "Due to time, I can't tell you everything. But during my travels, I've managed to get a few blood samples from infected specimens off Earth 2007, and found some rather strange results mixed within."

Leo leaned forward, hanging onto D18's every word. He was desperate for more answers, and to understand what they were really dealing with.

Leo: "...what did you find?"

(2018) Donnie: "Again, due to time, I can't tell you. But for right now, I'm gonna take you to your brothers. Based on my security footage, they're all really worried about you."

Leo quickly hopped off the table, finding his balance, after sitting for so long. Despite that, Leo couldn't help but feel a sense of relief wash over him, knowing that he was about to see his brothers again.

Leo: "Lead the way."

Leo watched as D18 unlocked and opened the metal door to the room, allowing Leo to walk out first before guiding him down the wide and long hallway.

As they walked, Leo would occasionally slow down to take in his surroundings, before finally a thought came to mind.

Leo: "Just out of curiosity, how many other versions of us are there?"

(2018) Donnie: "...around 6 or 7."

Leo's eyes widened at the number, just thinking about that many versions of himself and his family all in one place was....

Leo: "That's...quite a few..."

He mused, before another thought came to mind.

Leo: "Are there any....interesting versions?"

(2018) Donnie: "You have no idea…"

Leo: "Interesting in what way exactly?"

Leo couldn't help but pry, for more info. The idea of meeting these other versions of his elf and his family was too intriguing to let go.

2018 Donnie looked over at Leo, as they turned a corner.

(2018) Donnie: "You'll see soon."

Leo didn't know how to take 2018 Donnies response, but he decided not to say anything as they entered a more lit up part of the base, and from there Leo could finally see just how big this place was, the ceilings where a whole lot higher then expected, and the walls where lined with all sorts of charts, diagrams, and other things Leo couldn't call out.

Leo kept pace with 2018 Donnie as they walked, the silence thickening, until Leo finally broke through it with another question.

Leo: "So...what's the story here? Where are we exactly?"

(2018) Donnie: "For starters, this is my dimension, and this is my custom made laboratory, that I made so that I could work on my more advanced, dangerous, projects, without being interrupted by my brothers. I never really used it, until I found out about this virus, and how it was infecting the multiverse, I immediately started working on my portal. After some recalibrations, test runs, and research, i was able to use the portal to pull in our counterparts  here. After me and my brothers made the place more Liveable."

Leo listened intently as 2018 Donnie explained the history and purpose to this massive place.

He was impressed by the amount of effort the other Donnie and his family put into making this. Especially the portal. That must have taken a long time to do. But if it took this Donnie so long to make the portal, then how long has this virus been in effect.

Leo nodded in understanding as the explanation came to an end, before another thought came to his mind.

Leo: "Liveable? So you're saying there's a place for us to eat, sleep, and all that?"

(2018) Donnie: "Yes. I suppose you could imagine this place as your own lair, just over 10x bigger.

As 2018 Donnie explained the layout of the base, Leo couldn't help but feel a pang of homesickness. But he quickly pushed the feeling aside, reminding himself that they were most likely not going home for a while. At least not while they were stuck in a different dimension, and a dangerous virus was infecting their world.

He forced a smile.

Leo: "Sounds like quite the place."

They continued through the hallway for a while, before finally stopping inside of a large empty room, with another, open metal door on the other side. A few minutes after they entered the room, Leo started to look around, the comforting blue and purple string lights, where an interesting touch to the empty ears, but before Leo could ask D18 what the room was even for, a series of high-pitched voices hit his ears, as three familiar figures came rushing towards him.

Mikey: "Leo!"

 As Mikey rushed over to his older brother, a sense of relief instantly washed over Leo. Despite being in a different dimension, surrounded by uncertainty, Leo couldn't hell but feel a surge of relief at the sight of his brother.

Leo: "Mikey!"

Leo's voice was a mix of surprise and relief as he stepped forward, opening his arms expecting a hug, which Mikey immediately gave, as he launched himself into his brothers arms, holding onto his brother for about 3 minutes before pulling away, grabbing Leo by his shoulders as he spoke.

Mikey: "We were worried sick about you!"

As Mikey's grip on Leo's shoulders tightened, Leo could tell his brother was extra worried, which immediately made him guilty.

Leo: "Hey, I'm fine, I promise."

Mikey looked up at his brother, his eyes slightly watery, as he released his grip from Leo.

Mikey: "We all woke up in some room, with a bunch of cameras! But you, dad, and Mondo were missing!"

Before Leo could even respond, two familiar voices called out to him.

Raph: "Leo!"

Donnie: "Your aliv- I mean...your okay!"

Leo glanced over to see Roach and Donnie racing towards him, concern clearly etched on their faces.

Leo: "Hey, gu-"

Before Leo could finish, he was immediately pulled into a tight group hug. Raph's strong arms practically squeezed Leo's organs.

Raph: "We thought you were gone for good, man!"

Donnie: "We were so worried! Where were you anyway!? And where's Master spli-"

Mikey: "Who's that?"

Everyone's eyes immediately fell on Mikey, who was pointing behind them all, where 2018 Donnie was leaning against the metal door, watching the reunion from afar, a bored look in his face until he noticed Mikey pointing to him.

Once Roach and Donnie finally got off of him, Leo looked over to where Mikey was pointing, just now remembering that 2018 Donnie was there.

Leo: "Right, that other Donnie. He's the one that pulled us through that portal."

The others' jaws instantly dropped as they stared and observed that taller, more technologically advanced version of Donnie. Everyone was silent for a bit, seeming lost in what they were really looking at until Donnie finally broke the silence.

Donnie: "What!? So you're the one that pulled us through that THING of a portal!? Who are you, really? Cause you don't look anything like me! And what's with the shell shield!?"

 2018 Donnie, didn't seem bothered by Donnie's words, since he was already used to being bombarded by questions, and the reactions of all the others he had pulled through his portal.

(2018) Donnie: "Yes. I was the one that pulled you through that THING of a portal. My name is Donatello, but you and everyone else will be calling me D18. And I don't look like you, simply because I am a different species, as well as from a different dimension from yours. I'm a softshell, so I made this "shield" to protect myself from any and all threats."

Meanwhile, Leo and Mikey watched the exchange between D18 and Donnie off to the side, while Raph, was still invested in D18's looks, and how they seemed so different compared to him and his brothers, or really any mutant he's ever seen. After about 4 minutes of observing, Raph finally spoke up, his voice breaking between the conversation between Donnie and D18.

Raph: "Not gonna lie...you look like you can kick some serious ass, dude."

Leo softly punched Raph's arm, a silent gesture for his brother to watch what he says.

(2018) Donnie: "For your information, I have indeed had my winnings in most battles."

???: "Oh, yeah, none of you wanna be around this guy when he's angry. Especially not in the morning when he hasn't had his coffee."

The 2012 boys immediately jumped, as a voice suddenly spread from behind them. They instantly turned to see who it was, and they were all shocked to see yet another mutant turtle standing just a few feet from them. Based on the new turtles bandana color and how similar he looked to D18, they could only assume that this new guy was D18's, Leo.

2018 Leo could sense the shock and surprise within the 2012 boys, as he slowly walked a bit closer as he spoke in an apologetic tone.

(2018) Leo: "My bad, didn't mean to scare you all."

Before any of the 2012 boys could even respond, 2018 Donnie butted in, an annoyed and upset look in his face as he walked towards 2018 Leo.

(2018) Donnie: "I thought I told you to watch the others!"

2018 Leo only shrugged in response, a nonchalant gesture.

(2018) Leo: "I got bored, so I decided to take a break and stretch my legs a bit."

2012 Raph scowled at 2018 Leo's attitude towards 2018 Donnie, for a Leo, Raph wasn't expecting him to be so chill and laid back.

(2018) Donnie: "So you left ALL of our counterparts in the Con room, by themselves!?"

2018 Leo rolled his eyes, clearly u bothered by the scolding from his twin.

(2018) Leo: "Relax, Don. I'm sure they're not doing anything bad. It's not like they're about to blow up the place."

(2018) Donnie: ".....I swear, if ANYTHING bad happened in there, I'm holding YOU responsible! Now come on."

2018 Leo tried to hold back a laugh as he stepped to the side, allowing 2018 Donnie and the 2012 boys to pass by, before following along with them, as they headed towards the already open doors to yet another hallway.

As they walked down the long and wide halls, the 2012 boys kept taking glances at 2018 Leo, especially Mikey, who was practicing attached to 2018 Leo, showering him with question after question, which shocking key to Leo, Raph, and Donnie, 2018 Leo didn't mind having or answering.

But as they came to a stop in front of yet another pair of metal double doors, they all watched as D18 pressed his hand on top of the handprint scanner, making the doors slowly open up, where on the other side, laid a sight I like anything the 2012 boys have ever seen before. There, on the other side of the door, laid all sorts of different versions of themselves, some taller than others, but they were all unique in all sorts of ways, in gear, color, looks, and personalities.

Mikey's jaw instantly dropped once he saw the many groups of him selves and his brothers, his body momentarily paralyzed as he stared.

(2018) Donnie: "You guys are gonna be staying here for a bit. Just until we get some things together."

The 2012 boys didn't even hear what 2018 Donnie had said, as they were all still in shock at what they were all seeing.

2018 Donnie slowly lifted his arm behind 2018 Leo, while he was distracted, grabbing a hold of his brother's bandana tails, before pulling him towards the metal door, as it slowly closed behind them.

(2018) Leo: "Hey, hey! Slow down a bit will you!?"

2018 Donnie ignored 2018 Leo's constant complaining, as he yanked Leo's bandana tails, causing Leo's head to jerk back. 

2018 Donnie didn't even try to hide his enjoyment as he heard 2018 Leo complain, as they turned a corner, disappearing into another section of the base.

Meanwhile, back with the 2012 boys, they still hadn't moved from their spots. Their eyes moving in each direction, trying to take in all of what they were seeing. The silence between them seemed to never end, until finally Mikey broke through it, voicing his usual curious thoughts.

Mikey: "So...which one of them do you guys think is the coolest?"

Raph: "...what!? After all of this, THAT'S what you're wondering!?"

Mikey shrugged, unfazed by Raph's response.

Mikey: "What? It's a good ques-"

???: "Hi!"

They all jumped at the unfamiliar voice, as they all immediately turned seeing yet another mutant turtle standing in front of them. They had been so absorbed in Raph and Mikey's conversation, that they didn't even see the new guy approach.

Mikey's eyes instantly went wide with excitement, a wide grin already plastered on his face.

Mikey: "Hey dude!"

Raph and Leo took weird glances at the new unannounced Donnie, taking in the differences between this Donnie compared to theirs (2012 Donnie).

(2007) Donnie: "I'm Donatello. Or...D07...you guys are new here, right?"

Mikey, who had been captivated by 2007 Donnie's cool demeanor, nodded excitedly in response.

Mikey: "Yeah! We actually just got he-"

Raph chimed in, his arms crossed as he continued scrutinizing the new guy previously announced as 2007 Donnie.

Raph: " How long have you guys been here for? You seem...okay with all of this."

2007 Donnie looked over at Raph, observing him for about a few seconds before responding.

(2007) Donnie: "I think most of us have been here for about 3 weeks, last time I checked that is.."

The 2012 boys exchanged a brief look of surprise amongst themselves at the amount of time their counterparts have been here.

Leo: "....Three weeks?

Donnie: "At least you guys have had some time to get used to all this, it's only just started for us."

(2007) Donnie: "You'll be fine, I'm sure of it. How about I show you guys around for a bit?"

They all looked to one another, neither of them knowing whether or not they should agree, until Mikey decides to answer.

Mikey: "Sure! lead the way!"

Mikey quickly followed after 2007 Donnie, his natural eagerness to explore, taking over as he stuck closely to 2007 Donnie.

As 2007 Donnie continued giving the 2012 boys a brief tour of the base, Leo rewind the conversation him and 2018 Donnie had about this virus that was spreading through multiple worlds, including the one they were in now.

Leo's thoughts began to swirl, the weight of the situation they were in pressing down hard upon him. He couldn't shake the feeling of guilt and worry about their home planet, and the friends they had no choice but to leave behind.

Meanwhile the others continued to follow 2007 Donnie, distracted by the tour to notice Leo slowly falling behind.

As they continued down a hall, Donnie just so happened to notice Leo falling behind as he stopped to see why.

Donnie: "Leo? You doing alright?"

Leo snapped out of his thoughts as he heard Donnie's voice call out to him. Taking a deep breath, he tried to brush his worries to the side, forcing a smile as he spoke.

Leo: "Yeah, I'm fine..just had something on my mind is all.."

Donnie wasn't entirely satisfied by Leo's answer, he wanted to ask what exactly Leo was thinking so hard about, until they heard Mikey let out a huge gasp from upfront.

Mikey: "Dudes, get over here! You gotta see this!"

All eyes turned towards Mikey, intrigued by his sudden put burst. Even Leo for a brief moment forgot about his worries as he caught up with his brothers.

Raph was the first to make it over to Mikey as he closed the distance between them.

Raph: "What is it?"

Donnie's curiosity piqued as well, walking up beside Raph as they approached Mikey, who was standing in front of a large glass window, below it, laid a massive training room, that was filled with various equipment. It truly was a sight to behold

Donnie: "Whoa...that's some serious space for training."

(2007) Donnie: "Oh, yeah. That's the basement dojo."

The 2012 turtles' jaws dropped simultaneously at the mention of their even being a downstairs.

Raph: "Downstairs dojo!? You mean this place has a downstairs!? And they're more than just one dojo!?"

Meanwhile with Donnie, still somewhat in awe from the size of the base, didn't even attempt to hide his astonishment.

Donnie: "Wow...I'm envious of the amount of space you guys have here..."

(2007) Donnie: "Yeah, we still don't know why we need all this, but apparently this is gonna be one of the most important places here....according to D18 that is."

The 2012 boys were even more baffled by the answer. Why on earth would this place need and have so much?

And what were all these other "important places" in the base.

All of them were about to start asking more, until a low, tired, and sarcastic voice interrupted.

(2018) Donnie: "You guys done sightseeing yet?"

They all whipped their heads towards 2018 Donnie, they all locked eyes with the imposing figure behind them, looking as stoic and unamused as ever.

Leo, despite his surprise, composed himself, putting on a confident, nonchalant expression as he faced 2018 Donnie.

Leo: "Just checking out the space, is that a problem?"

(2018) Donnie: "What? No, but I need to bring you all to sector A, so that I can make sure you're all accounted for, and that no one is missing. And one  that's complete, we can start our discussion on what's going on, and why you're all here."

Leo nodded in understanding, knowing that whatever 2018 Donnie had planned would require their full attention if they wanted to know more about this virus and why they were all here.

Leo: "Alright. Lead the way then."

The 2012 boys including 2007 Donnie, followed 2018 Donnie through the winding halls of the enormous base once again.

Each step they took echoed throughout the halls, the only sound they could make until they eventually found themselves at the designated Sector B.

They all watched as 2018 Donnie placed his hand over the hand print scanner next to the entrance, causing the metal doors to open, revealing the spacious room within. 

On the other side there were 3 rows of round tables with laved note cards on top of each of them. At the back of the room, was a wide, and tall stage with a stand in the center with a mic.

(2018) Donnie: "Your table should have a card labeled "E12". Once you find your table, take a seat and stay there.

They all stared at the mysterious room, their curiosity piqued but also slightly wary by the lack of information about what was about to happen next.

Raph: "And what exactly is this room for anyway?"

(2018) Donnie: "I don't have time to explain, so for right now, please just go find your table and stay there."

They all watched 2018 Donnie left, leaving them to find their way to their respective tables. The ceiling lights were off, so the only light in the room was from the small thick glass windows, giving the room an eerie feel to it.

Once the 2012 boys found their table, they all sat beside each other, waiting in anticipation for whatever 2018 Donnie had in store for them.

Once everyone (All the other turtles) was at their tables, the lights at the front where the stage was finally turned on, pointing towards the stand in the center of the stage, where 2018 Donnie was standing, holding a clipboard in his hands, looking up and down from it, seemingly taking count of

them all, to make sure everyone was accounted for.3The 2012 boys sat in silence, their gazed following 2018 Donnie as he took a silent roll call of some sort. They couldn't make out exactly what he was reading, but it was obvious that he was checking to make sure no one was missing.

After a few minutes, 2018 Donnie appeared satisfied, his gaze finally locking with the crowds.

The room once again fell silent, which continued for what felt like 3 minutes, the tension in the room thickening like fog.

The atmosphere was heavy with anticipation and uncertainty, the 2012 boys figured in their seats, growing more antsy by the second, their own curiosity driving them crazy.

Finally, after what felt like forever, 2018 Donnie finally spoke up.

(2018) Donnie: "Alright, now that I've made sure everyone's here, we can finally start discussing why you're all here, and what's going on. But before we can get into this virus situation. I'd like to start off with some of the rules. That I expect you all to have no problem following."

The 2012 boys leaned forward a bit in their seats, their interest piqued, eager to hear about what "rules" they had to follow here.

Mikey's fingers drummed against the surface of the table, while Raph, Leo, and Donnie watched 2018 Donnie intently, who stared down at the clipboard in his hands, waiting for him to continue.

(2018) Donnie: "Now, on with the rules...first one, there will be no "wandering". Meaning no venturing into places that are specifically not available to you. There are some areas and rooms in this place that I don't want you to see or go in. I'm not keeping any secrets, it's simply because I don't want you in there. Second rule is...no fighting, arguing, blah blah blah, and that's pretty much it--any questions before we really begin?"

The various turtles exchanged glances at the mention of them having any questions. Not a lot of them were expecting the authority figure to be so cooperative.

There seemed to be no one wanting to ask anything, until (1987) Raph quickly raised his hand, breaking the silence that the others had fallen into.

(1987) Raph: "How long is this gonna take exactly? Are we gonna  be able to go back to our home dimensions soon?"

2018 Donnie let out a slightly annoyed sigh, clearly exasperated. He was expecting them all to have concerns of when they would be able to go back to their home dimensions, but he didn't know how to answer how long it would take until then.

(2018) Donnie: "....hopefully not long. The more you all cooperate, the sooner we can eliminate this threat and you can all go back home."

(1987) Raph lowered his raised hand, as he leaned back in his chair. He expected a more complex answer, or a more detailed one, not such a vague answer of "Hopefully not long"

Meanwhile (1987) Leo, who had been mostly silent up until this point, raised his hand before speaking.

(1987) Leo: "Can you elaborate more on the whole "no wandering" rule? What if we accidentally go inside one of these places?"

(2018) Donnie: "....good question..and that's exactly why all areas, and rooms you're not allowed to go in, are securely locked up with a hand print scanner, and id scanner. So you shouldn't have to worry about accidentally going into one of those...no more questions for now, because we're gonna get started on what really matters. If you could all please look up at the projector above me, as I walk you through our current situation, and why I brought you here."

The turtles' gazes automatically lifted towards the blank projector screen above D18. The screen eventually showed a live video of a planet, labeled "E07"

The planet was almost covered with red dots, the exact same dots Leo had seen back when he first met D18.

(2018) Donnie: "As you can see here, this is an example of what is happening to each and every single one of your home dimensional planets. Which at an increasing speed, is being succumbed to an unknown virus of which I've decided to call Rabicica. Any questions so far?"

The turtles were momentarily stunned at the screen, their eyes darting between the projection of E07 (Earth 2007), that was rabidly getting overwhelmed by the ominous Rabicica virus.

Leo's grip on the table suddenly tightened slightly, his mind racing to process the information.

Raph and Mikey shared a quick concerned glance, their own unease growing.

(2003) Leo, after a while of sitting in silence, slowly raised his hand, a sense of determination in his voice as he asked.

4(2003) Leo: "What exactly is this "Rabicica" virus? How did it even start? Is there any way for us to stop it from spreading any further?"

(2018) Donnie: "Rabicica is extremely contagious, and once it's made its way inside of a host, it starts to fester all over, until it's taken full control of said host. Eventually the host starts to show signs of a common fever. They'll start to feel hot, have a loss in appetite, less energy, etc. 

Their limbs will soon start to 

Grow longer and thinner, exposing their bones. This transformation continues

until they reach the final stage, where they completely lose control of themselves, and become extremely aggressive, hungry, and unbalanced. Here is one of my earlier analysis on the stages I've mentioned."

They all watched as D18 pulled out a remote from the stand he was behind, pointing it up towards the projector, making it project another image, except this one made everyone's stomachs churn as they took in the unsettling sight. The image displayed above showed multiple different images of a person, the first image was labeled as "stage 1" which was a picture of what looked to be a normal human, while in "stage 2" the human looked a lot more sick, and pale, and in "stage 3" they didn't even look like a person anymore. Their body was so thin that they could see almost every detail of their insides. The sight was severely disgusting. By "Stage 4" aka the final stage, the person had finally turned into what looked like a whole other creature unlike anything they've seen. The once normal person had now transformed into a terrifying, mortifying, thing.

After a long moment of silence, 2003 Donnie spoke up, his expression hardened, his fist clenched tightly as he tried to keep his fear in check.

(2003) Donnie: "How did this virus start? This couldn't be just some random mutation, right? Someone or something had to have created this."

All the others liked at 2003 Donnie, grateful that someone had finally spoken up, saying what they had all been thinking.

2018 Donnie's eyes narrowed slightly as he continued his explanation.

(2018) Donnie: "I can't say for certain who or what made this virus. But what I do know, is that this virus is spreading faster by the second, and the more it spreads, the more it mutates, and the more it mutates, the harder it'll be for us to figure out how to stop it without us getting infected by it."

The turtles all listened intensely, their unease growing with each detail revealed by D18. The mention of the virus mutating nearly sent shivers down everyone's spines.

Once again, 2003 Donnie was the first to  real the silence, his voice stationed as he asked another question.

(2003) Donnie: "You mean this virus is....it's getting worse?"

(2018) Donnie: "Correct. The virus is starting to grow worse, which means we need to act fast before the situation completely spirals out of control. That's one of the main reasons I brought you all here, so that we can all work together in order to figure out a way on how to stop this virus before it engulfs every one of our dimensions.

That's all the information I have for you all tonight, so if you could all please follow my brother back to "Sector B" which is where all of you will be sleeping in your own separate dorms from now on, any and all other questions will have to wait until morning."

All the turtles reluctantly stood from their chairs, their eyes starting back and forth between each other as they prepared to make their way to their new "dorms"

The air was thick with tension, the unease and worry still gnawing at them.

The 2012 boys didn't really know what to do, so they just followed the others, their eyes automatically wandering over at the others, still In shock that they were actually walking besides the other versions of themselves.

As they followed 2018 Leo, down the winding paths of the enormous base, the silence between them all was palpable.

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Everyone gathered around the kitchen table, ready to talk about what they all knew so far about the situation, based on what they were told and or heard.

With everyone gathered around the kitchen table, the room was filled with a mix of tension and curiosity as they waited to exchange information. The atmosphere was serious, as they all sat in a quiet anticipation.

Raph was the first to speak up, his voice cutting through the silence.

Raph: "So, where to start?"

Donnie: "Well...we were at that meeting that....other me gave, and it didn't really answer as much as I thought it would, like why we are here..."

Leo: "We'll have to ask him more when we see him again."

Raph: "Why the hell would you even want to be NEAR that dude? He basically kidnapped us."

Mikey: "Now wait a minute, didn't you hear what other Donnie said? That there's a virus going on in our dimension. So technically if you think about it, he saved us!"

April chimed in, her eyes narrowed as she listened to the others talk amongst themselves.

April: "I think Mikey might be right. But then again, how do we know if this whole 'virus' thing is even true? For all we know, this other Donnie you guys mentioned could have just made it all up."

Leo: "....other Donnie showed me some recent footage of our world, including a whole bunch of other worlds from different dimensions, and...they were all covered in these little red dots. I think he told me that each dot represented how much of that area that the virus has infected. At first I thought it was fake, until he zoomed in one of the dot covered areas of our world and it showed the live hidden camera feed of a street I think somewhere downtown, and it showed a few newyorkers walking kinda strangely, and when he zoomed in some more on one of there faces, they looked like they where...melting? I don't know how to explain it fully, but....they looked insane..."

The room was silent as Leo finished explaining his experience with 2018 Donnie. Raph's expression immediately fell as he listened to his brothers words, a sense of dread filled the air as the gravity of the situation sunk in.

Raph: "So...it's real? This virus thing?"

Donnie's mind was racing, processing this new information.

He was trying to come up with some logical explanation to make sense of all this.

The room once again fell silent, until a dinging sounded from the front of the dorm they where in. Immediately watching everyone's attention.

Mikey: "...we have a doorbell?"

April: "Should we go answer it?"

A collective uneasiness washed over the entire room, as April's question hung in the air for a moment, before finally Leo slowly stood up from his stool, a look of resolution is eyes.

Leo: "I'll go check it out."

With a firm nod from everyone, Leo quietly made his way to the front of the dorm. His footsteps were cautious, his senses on high alert as he approached the mysterious sound.

The silence was deafening as he moved through the hall, the sound of the doorbell being the only thing that broke through it.

Eventually, Leo reached the front area, his gaze fixed on the handle to the front door, as he slowly reached out and grasped the handle, preparing to open it.

As Leo began sliding the door open, he felt the door start to move on its own, causing him to back up, allowing whatever that was on the other side to come in.

The others had followed Leo, as they all took a step back when the figure that came into the room was yet another turtle, that had almost the same colored mask as Mikeys, expect of course he looked much different. This guy had stickers on the front of his shell, and a warm, oddly welcoming smile on his face as he spoke.

(2018) Mikey: "Hey! I'm Mikey, I hope you all are starting to like your new home! You all can call me 'M18'."
The sight of the other turtle caused a collective wave of surprise and intrigue to wash over the group, as they looked at the new arrival.

Mikey's eyes widened in awe, his mouth falling wide, as he stared at the new turtle standing before them.

Mikey: "Another me!? And he even has the same bandana color as-"

Mikey was met with a smack on the back of his head by Raph, who gave a look that said "are you serious right now?"

Meanwhile Donnie broke the two apart as he walked up to the the other Michealangelo with a curios yet hesitant look in his eyes.

Donnie: "What are you doing here? And where's your Donatello at?" He asked.

(2018) Mikey: "He's busy working on some things right now. And Im just here to check on how you guys were settling in!"

The others all watched as M18 explained his sudden arrival.

Donnie had a thoughtful expression on his face as he listened to M18.

Donnie: "We're...settling in just fine..I guess. Though it's strange being somewhere this.... unfamiliar."

(2018) Mikey: "Yeah, you'll get used to it. Tru thinking of it as a vacation! A forced vacation...anyways, I didn't just come here to check on you guys. I also came to give you all these tech-bracelets, that can show you a virtual hologram layout of this WHOLE base. Mostly so you don't get lost, and can know where you're going."

Donnies expression slightly softened as he heard M18 mention 'tech-bracelets', meanwhile Mikey's eyes widened once again in winder as he saw his alternative self take out a large duffle bag full of said bracelets.

Mikey: "Woah, those look so cool! Do we all get one?"

(2018) Mikey: "Of course everyone gets one! Here-"

Mikey watched as his other self reached into the bag, grabbing one of the many advanced looking bracelets, before tossing one to everyone in the room, waiting for everyone to put theirs one.

Leo was the first to catch his tech-bracelet, as he looked down at the strange device in his hands, marveling at the level of technology.
One by one, all the others caught their tech-bracelet, and after everyone had put theirs on, M18 walked towards the front door, sliding and holding it open before looking back at the group behind him.

(2018) Mikey: "Since it's not that late, how about I give you guys a quick extra tour?"

The group just looked at M18 as he offered to give them a quick extra tour of the base. Before anyone could react, Mikey had already started walking up to M18 a smile on his face, clearly to invested in getting to explore more of the place.

M18 led the way, as he guided them all through the halls, passing through all the other dorms, until they stopped, reaching the metal doors that led out into the rest of the base.

M18 grabbed the id lanyard that was around his neck, using it to open the metal doors by scanning his Id across the scanner next to the doors. Once the doors were fully open,they all slowly followed M18 out into the wide empty metal hallway.

As they walked through the hall, they passed by a few different doors that led to other rooms or possibly other much wider sections of the base. While they walked through the halls, Donnie had been observing the advanced looking lock pads and different mechanical locks on each door, as he couldn't help but wonder why each door has a certain type of lock.
Donnie: "So, do you guys need an ID to get into every room here?"
He asked as he stopped in front of another door, looking at the small scanning device.
Donnie's question has caught the attention of everyone including M18, who turned to look at Donnie before walking over to him.

(2018) Mikey: "Yeah, but we only need them to get into the more "important" parts of this base, like the infirmary, the pharmacy closet, the security room, the list goes on really. But the room you guys can go into, all you need to do is use your hand, by putting it on the hand print scanner next to the door you're trying to go through!" He explained.

M18's last statement rang in everyone's heads as they got closer to the door Donnie stood In front of.

Donnie: "....hand print scanners?"

Donnie whispered, as he looked down at the scanner he was looking at prier.

(2018) Donnie: "Yep, wana give it a try?"

Without another word, Donnie reached out his hand, pressing it against the hand print scanner that was on the wall, beside the door.
There was a small flash of light, and then a soft beep as the hand print scanner slowly glowed a bright yellow. The door then slowly opened up, revealing a vast and spacious room behind it.

Mikey: ".....that was so....cool!!"

Donnie: "Mikey- wait!"

But it was too late. Mikey had already ran inside the room, a look of awe and shock clear on his face, as he looked around.

Meanwhile, shortly after Mikey and the others had gone in, Leo stepped in, his eyes fixed all around the room. April was standing close to M18, watching as the others walked around.

April: "What is this place" she asked.

M18 looked over at April for a second when she spoke to him, before keeping his attention on the other version of himself, to make sure he didn't get into anything or do something dangerous as he spoke.

(2018) Mikey: "This is the training station. Basically a dojo."

Leo, having heard their conversation, looked over, finding interest in M18's words.

(2018) Mikey: "It's a little empty right now, since we just got started on this space. But there should be more stuff here later. You guys can come here whenever you like, just not during after hours." He calmly explained.

Donnie stopped looking around at M18s last statement, quickly turning to face the three standing behind him.

Donnie: "After hours? What's that?"

(2018) Mikey: "Oh, nothing really, it's just when none of our counterparts are allowed to be outside their sector at a certain time. Simply so that we know where you all are, while we make sure the security cameras all work, while doing other...more boring things." He trailed off.

Everyone has a confused confused look on their face as they listened to M18s explaination. Before Donnie could question M18 further, Leo interrupted him.

Leo: "So basically, is and are..."counterparts" are confined to our dorms once it's "lights out"?"

Donnie's expression softened as he listens to M18 explain the situation.

Donnie: "If we're all to stay in our rooms once "lights out" happens, then what are we supposed to do? Stay there all night?"

(2018) Mikey: "No, of course not, you all just stay in your designated area or as we call it, Sector "A" until 12:00 in the morning, where you're all free to roam about the base to do pretty much whatever."

Donnie: "Mhm...so at 12:00 we're allowed to walk around the entire base again?"

Meanwhile, Leo looked down at his tech-bracelet, for a moment, looking at the map that showed the holographic image of the base, letting out a sigh as he thought about the information that was being spoken from M18.

(2018) Mikey: "Yeah, and speaking of it, you guys have about 40 more minutes to get around some more. I have to go check on some things."
They all nodded in response to M18s words, watching as he gave them all a quick wave goodbye before heading out the door.

Time Skip: Cause I'm laazzyyy
The time was now 9:36 when the group decided they were all done looking around. April recently found out from her map, that the base was much bigger than they thought, but due to the time there was no way they were gonna be able to explore the rest of it, before 10:00, so instead they started heading back to "Sector A".

Once they were back in their designated dorm, they all sat around in the living room, to somehow relax.

"What a day....and I've thought we've seen it all..."
Donnie spoke as he leaned back against the couch cushions, looking up at the ceiling m, letting a yawn escape from him

April: "Everything just feels so...unreal..."

Leo: "I agree. It's still a little hard to fully wrap my head around this whole multiverse virus thing that's happening...it's a lot to process."
Leo spoke as he looked over at Casey, a tired look on his face from all that they had experienced today.

They all sat in silence for several minutes, letting the thoughts of the last events of yesterday go through their heads.
However, Mikey suddenly spoke up, his gaze looking up at the ceiling.

Mikey: "...I wonder how the Shredder and the foot clan are handling the virus..."

Donnie's tired eyes snapped open, as Mikey spoke. The thought of the Shredder and the Foot Clan had clearly escaped everyone's minds for a moment as he replied.

Donnie: "..I guess we were so occupied by everything that happened, that we forgot about them....! We don't even know what the virus could be doing to them right now..."

Leo: "...from what we already know about this virus, and somewhat of how it's affecting our world, I don't think Shredder and the Foot stand a chance against it."

The thought that the Shredder and the Foot Clan could be infected by the virus almost sent shivers down everyone's spine.

After a few minutes of silence, Donnie spoke up again, having a thought.

Donnie: "But, hey...maybe they'll find a cure for it."

The room remained silent after Donnie spoke, until Raph finally broke out laughing, nearly falling out of the chair he was sitting on.

Raph: "Are you serious!?" He questioned, nearly being able to contain his laughter as he spoke.

Raph: "You seriously think Shredder and his goons could find a cure for THIS!? That's BEYOND stupid!" He added.

Raph's laughing only lasted a few seconds, until a loud bang rang in the room, shutting Raph up completely as he sat up, facing Master Splinter who was standing behind the couch, holding his staff firmly in his hand, looking over at Raph with a sterna and serious glance.

Master Splinter: "That's enough, Raphael. It's getting late, so we should all get some rest. I've decided that it would be best for us all to sleep in one room tonight to ensure our safety." Master Splinter spike, his tone soft but firm.

"Now, come on, all of you. We have more to do tomorrow." He added.

They all nodded as Master Splinter finished speaking. Raph huffed in annoyance as he got up from the chair he was on, following the others as they went to the room they were all gonna be sleeping in tonight.

As they all entered the room, they started to get comfortable in their spots on the floor, Leo was the first one to break the silence.

Leo: "I'm going to the bathroom real quick, I'll be back in a few minutes."
Leo announced as he rose to his foot, heading for the door, turning the handle before walking out.

Mikey: "Tell me if there's a tub!" Mikey shouted as Leo left, receiving an exhausted laugh that faded.

However after about an hour of waiting, Leo hasn't returned to the room yet.

Casey: "....okay, maybe it's just me but...it feels like Leo's taking a LONG time in the bathroom."

April stopped fiddling with the tag she saw on the mattress she was laying on for a second, as she responded.

April: "Maybe he's using the tub."

Raph rolled his eyes at April's words, giving a small scoff as he sat down on his mattress, facing the door to the hallway.

Raph: "Yeah right, there's no way he's spending all this time taking a soak. Hss probably just looking around or something."
Mikey shit up from his spin on the floor, as he raised his hand before speaking.

Mikey: "I volunteer to go check on him!"

Raph's eye twitched as Mikey suddenly jumped up, a small groan escaping from him as he did.

He was about to say something in response to hi,m until Leo's voice rang out from the door before he could.

Leo: "There's no need. I'm right here."

Leo spoke as he entered the room, closing the door behind him.

Raph: "What took you so long!?"

Leo: "Sorry, I just wanted to mess around with my t-..tech bracelet?" Leo spoke, still confused on how to pronounce the device name.

Leo: "Anyway, April was right, this place is a LOT bigger than we thought, there's even a few rooms that seem-"

Leo was cut short by Mikey, interrupting him completely.

Mikey: "Did you see a tub?"

Leo sighed as Mikey's words once again interrupted his own. He thought Mikey was joking when he mentioned a tub before he left, but apparently he was serious.

Leo: "Yes, I-"

Mikey: "Good, that's all I need to know."
Mikey spoke as he closed his eyes, falling back onto the mattress he was laying on.

Leo: "You're only excited about the tub and NOTHING el-"

Mikey: "Night, guys."
Mikey added as he finally started to drift off to sleep.

Leo could hear the soft muffled snickering of someone in the room, but it slowly died down, as the group finally started to fall asleep.

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The next morning, Leo woke up to the sound of the same beeping they heard yesterday, meaning someone was at the front door. Leo sighed as he got up from where he was resting, cringing at the uncomfortable feeling in his neck. Leo quietly left the room, closing the door behind him before walking down the hall to the front door.

Once Leo reached the door, he wrapped his hand around the handle, pulling it open, taking a step back as the door opened the rest of the way, revealing M18 waiting on the other side already wide awake and clearly well-rested.

(2018) Mikey: "Morning! Just so you know, it's 5:00 right now, and breakfast starts at 6:00 in the dining hall. Oh, but on your map it should say Sector D." He quickly explained.

Leo: "....I'll keep that in mind...how come you're up so early?" Leo asked, honestly confused as to why this alternative version of his brother would be up so early.

(2018) Mikey: "I have to be up at a certain time to get a head start on cooking."

Leo: "...you cook for the entire base? Impressive." He praised.

(2018) Mikey: "Thanks!"

Leo's grin grew wider as he talked with M18. To Leo, M18 seemed to keep a strong sense of joy within him, which Leo appreciated.

With the last sentence said, Leo watched as M18 turned and walked down the dimly lit hallway. Leo stood there for a few seconds watching M18 go to the 2003 turtles door, before slowly heading back inside, to go try and wake up the others.

As Leo walked down the hall, he started to wonder about how they were all about to be in the same room with a bunch of other versions of himself and his brothers, although the thought did seem interesting.

As Leo re-entered the room, he looked down and saw the rest of his family still fast asleep.

Leo took a moment to take in the sight of all of them resting, before he softly shook Raph's shoulder, trying to nudge him awake, of course Leo received a small grumble from Raph as he slowly opened his eyes, before sitting up.

Raph: "What the hell-..what is it, Leo?"

Leo took a moment to think about what he was gonna say, knowing his brother wasn't gonna be all that pleased about how early they all had to leave.

Leo: "Other Mikey came by to let me know about the morning routine. Apparently breakfast is in an hour, so we should start waking up the others."

Raph let out a groan as Leo finished up his sentence, his eyes slightly narrowing as he spoke.

Raph: "Are you serious?" Raph asked, his annoyance growing even larger.

Raph: "Why the hell does breakfast start at 6:00."

Raph was about to continue on, but was interrupted by sleepy mumbling from a different part of the room.

Donnie: "Why are you guys awake already?"

Leo let out a sigh as he looked over at Donnie, crossing his arms as he responded to him.

Leo: "M18 stopped  by and told me breakfast was gonna start at 6, so we should start getting-"

Before Leo could finish, Donnie immediately straightened up, a look of surprise etched on his tired face.

Donnie: "What!? Why does it start so early!?"

Before Leo could even say anything, Splinter finally was awoken, slowly sitting up from his spot on the ground, looking over at his three sons as he spoke in a tired but firm tone.

Master Splinter: "Enough, none of us should be questioning the rules and schedules here, at least not now. It is important that we follow it as best we can, so no more arguing you three."

They all nodded, knowing their sensei was right, that they shouldn't question this place's way of order.
Raph looked as if he was about to say something, but ended up keeping his mouth shut.

Splinter let out an almost silent sigh as he fully got up, dusting off his rob before speaking again.
Splinter: "You three go ahead, I'll stay and wake up Michealangelo and the others."

Leo nodded before looking down at Roah and Donnie, silently signalling for them to follow as they left the room.

Once everyone was awake and ready to leave, Leo was the one to open the doors to their dorm, peeking his head out to see that everything was quiet and all the other doors were closed, meaning that the others either didn't leave yet, or that they already did.

April led the way, since he knew how to follow the map better than anyone else did.

Unsure of which way to go, Donnie reluctantly pulled out his tech-bracelet, pressing the "on" button, making the holographic map of the base pop up. Donnie, still a bit frustrated at having trouble with using the tech-bracelet, began to lead his family down the halls, following the map that was displayed on the hologram.

The others simply followed behind in silence each of them looking around as they passed.

Eventually, after a good 14 minutes of walking, the group finally managed to reach a pair of doors that had a sign above that said in bold letters: "Sector D"

Leo paused outside the door, looking at it for a moment in silence before hesitantly grabbing the handles and opening the large doors, walking in along with the rest of his family.

The dining hall was much bigger than they all had thought, which at this point wasn't really much of a surprise.

Inside lay rows of tables draped with clean cloth sheets, while on the far side of the room was a medium sized window, showing the kitchen on the other side, where Leo thought he saw someone moving around inside, assuming it was M18 finishing up on whatever he was making.

Once they found their table, somewhere far back in the corner, the table remained silent for a while, until Mikey looked over his shoulder, his eyes instantly spotting the familiar face of 2007 Donnie (D07).
Mikey quickly stood from the table, a smile quickly spread over his face as he called out.

Mikey: "Hey other Donnie!"
He waved.

The others were immediately torn from their tired states at Mikey's voice.

"Mikey!" Raph growled as he looked over at his brother.

Mikey: "What? He's a friend!" Mikey replied,
Not fully caring about his brother's clear annoyance, as he confused waving D07 over.

Casey: "Hold on dude, we don't even know him, you sure we should be calling him over here?" He asked.

Master Splinter: "Since we will be sharing this base for some time, it would be best if we got to know the others."

Soon after Splinter was done speaking, the table once again went silent as D07 walked over.

D07 stood next to the table, giving a short polite wave.

(2007)Donnie: "um...hi.' he spoke quietly, seemingly a bit nervous and even a bit awkward.

The group all looked at D07 as he greeted them, a little awkward silence filling the air.

Splinter was the first to break the silence by clearing his throat, speaking in a calm and kind tone.

Master Splinter:
"Good morning, you must be Donatello from earth 2007."

D07's nervousness slightly seemed to fade as he heard 2012 Splinter speak to him, so he nodded in return.

(2007) Donnie:
"Yes, I am. It's a pleasure to meet all of you."

Leo gave D07 a small smile as he started talking, trying to make him feel more comfortable.

Leo:
"It's great to see you again. You can sit down if you'd like."

D07 looked over at Leo as he gestures towards the empty chair next to him, but before he could say or do anything, he felt an arm wrap around his neck.

(2007) Mikey: "Dude! You met other us' and didn't tell me?"

D07 sighed as his brother continued to hang on him.

(2007) Donnie:
"Sorry, it must've slipped my mind.."

Everyone around the table (minus Casey, because he had fallen asleep), watched the twins interact, which Donnie soon noticed the difference in their relationship compared to him and Mikeys.

Donnie: "You two seem pretty close.."

Donnie spoke, as he couldn't help but comment on how close 2007 him and Mikey were to each other.

2007 Mikey looked up at Donnie and smiled, as he finally put his arm off of 2007 Donnie's neck.

(2007) Mikey:
"yeah, me and Donnie may yell and fight with each other a bit, but that doesn't mean we don't love each other! Now ain't that right D?"

D07 only crossed his arms, muttering a small "Whatever you say" which M07 replied.

(2007)Mikey:
"It is whatever I say. But anyways, it was nice meeting you all, I'm gonna go back to playing with M03's cat!"

M07 squealed as he was just about ready to run off, only to be stopped by (2012) Mikey, who had stairs souring in his eyes at the mention of a cat.

(2012) Mikey:
"Did you say cat?" He asked, wanting to confirm that what he heard was true.

M07 stopped and turned to face the shorter him, a look of confusion, hurt, and shock appeared on his face.

(2007) Mikey:
"You haven't met M03's cat!?" He yelled, earning him a quick slap on his shell from his brother, who stood behind him.

(2007) Mikey:
"I think the cat's name is Trunk, or..Punk-I can't remember, but you should totally come see it with me!"

(2012) Mikey felt as though he was gonna explode with joy and excitement, as without even asking his brothers or sensei if it was okay, Mikey was already following after M07.

(@012) Leo sighed as he watched the two quickly speed off, before shifting his attention to D07, who still stood at the table.

(2012) Master Splinter:
"Please, take a seat Donatello."
Splinter spoke, giving D07 a warm smile, gesturing towards the  empty chair next to (2012) Leo.

D07 thought for a second, before nodding, gently pulling the chair out, a small sigh escaped from him as he sat down.

(2012) April noticed the sign that escaped D07, so she cleared her throat a bit, trying her best to start up a conversation.

(2012) April:
"You ok?"

Before (2012) April could finish her sentence, (2012) Mikey had suddenly come up behind D07 and swung his arm over his shoulder with a wide grin on his face.

(2012) Raph:
"That was fast."

D07 jumped a bit as (2012) Mikey came up behind him, but quickly relaxed and put on a small smile, looking over at him.

(2012) Leo however didn't seem pleased about how his little brother popped up on D07, looking over towards (2012) Mikey.

(2012) Leo:
"Mikey, you shouldn't just sneak up on people like that-"

(2012) Mikey: "My bad, but oh my gosh guys, M0...uh...his cat was so freaking cute! I think he said the cat's name is Klunk, and he kinda reminds me of ice cream ki-..."

(2012) Mikey suddenly froze, his eyes wide as realization and fear settled everywhere inside him, remembering how they left ice cream Kitty all alone in their dimension with nobody to help her. Meanwhile, everyone else just looked up at (2012) Mikey, confused as to why he had stopped talking until (2012) Donnie realized what was wrong, his eyes widening as he spoke, trying to be gentle with his words.

(2012) Donnie:
"Mikey...I'm sorry but, you know there wasn't any way for us to get her."

Everyone else's confused expression quickly changed to concern as (2012) Mikey's silence grew louder, and his body stiff, a blank and almost empty look on his face.

(2012) April:
"...Mikey?"

April called out to the dead silent turtle, but (2012) Mikey remained silent, still processing the thought that his beloved friend was left in a world overrun by monsters, with no one but herself.

(2012) Mikey remained silent the whole rest of the time they were in "Sector D", an uncomfortable silence racked the entire table.

D07 had been pulled away by one of his brothers, saying that they were gonna head out, so after they finished eating, they all started walking around the base just so they could move around some more, but (2012) Mikey walked slower than all the rest, his eyes fixated on the ground below him as he slowly followed his family down the halls.

(2012) Casey Was the first to notice (2012 Mikey's lack of speed, but decided not to say anything, knowing how much pain his friend must be going through, (2012) Mikey had lost someone important to him, just like (2012) Casey did.

After about 23 minutes of walking around, (2012) Mikey fell back a little bit more before pulling up his tech-bracelets holographic map, an idea popping in his head on how he could possibly get his friend back, if not maybe everyone else they left behind also.

Later on into the day, (2012) Mikey managed to see seperate himself from the group without them noticing, making his way down to the "meeting room", peeking his head inside, relived to see D18 sitting at one of the empty tables, with a laptop stationed on his lap.
Upon hearing someone come in, D18 slowly looked up, a bit surprised to see M12 standing In front of him as he spoke, shutting down his laptop.

(2018) Donnie:
"Yes?"

(2012) Mikey let out a nervous sigh as he fully entered the room, and slowly walked over to D18, stopping about halfway to him, leaning against the table.

(2012) Mikey:
"I have a question...two actually."

D18 didn't respond for a bit, instead he just stared into (2012) Mikeys eyes, as if he when the trying to search for any hidden meaning behind his words, but soon he must have found none, as he finally responded.

(2018) Donnie:
"Go on..."

(2012) Mikey fiddled with his fingers nervously for a few seconds before speaking, his voice quiet and hesitant.

(2012) Mikey:
"This place...you can bring anyone here...right?"

He asked, his foot tapping slightly against the hard floor, which D18 immediately noticed, and with a questionable gaze responded.

(2018) Donnie:
"Yes...why do you ask?"

(2012 Mikey then really started to get nervous, until he saw D18's key card and what looked like an id attached to the bottom latch of his battle shell, and right after seeing that, (2012) Mikey quickly forced himself to relax.

(2012) Mikey cleared his throat, acting as if he didn't just get nervous, as he continued with the conversation.

(2012) Mikey:
"Well, uh..you see..I have a friend..well, more like a pet that i-"

(2012 Mikey was cut off by D18, who now was standing, and with a serious look on his face he spoke.

(2018" Donnie:
"If you're about to try and ask me to make a portal to your world to save your pet, then unfortunately my answer is no."

D18 firmly spoke, before grabbing his laptop and walking off, not looking back as he exited the room.

(2012) Mikey waited a few minutes, letting out a quiet sigh, following along by a snicker as he pulled out D18's key card and id card.

When D18 was about to pass by him, (2012) Mikey had snatched both cards off of the tall turtle without him realizing.

(2012) Mikey quickly pocketed the two items, silently thanking himself for being so great at stealing.

As (2012) Mikey left, the sound of the metal doors closing behind him echoed out through the hallway, and once (2012" Mikey found his way back to the others, he was instantly asked bunch of questions about where he was and why he hadn't kept up with all of them, which (2012) Mikey only replied saying that he left to go find a bathroom, which was a clear lie, but no one seemed to care to ask questions on it.

(2012) Leo could see right through his little brother's lie, but he didn't say anything of it either, instead he asked his little brother if he was okay, which (2012) Mikey quickly nodded.
The day seemed to have finally come to an end, as it suddenly got late, that's when everyone's tech-bracelet started to go off, and audio recording sounded out, letting them know what time it was and that they all had to start heading back to their dorm. Skipping to when they finally got back to their dorm, everyone instantly collapsed either onto the floor or on the couch exhausted from all the intense walking they did, meanwhile Splinter went to a separate room to do some much needed meditation. While everyone was taking their time to relax and cool off, (2012) Mikey took the opportunity to once again separate himself from the rest, sneaking his way into an empty bedroom, where he closed and locked the door before going onto his tech-bracelets holographic map of the base, using it top find out what room would most likely have the portal generator inside.

(2012) Mikeys plan was to first steal the key card either from D18 or from one of D18's brothers, then his next step was to somehow find out what room would have the portal generator inside, then find a strategic way of sneaking out and making his way to the portal generator room without being spotted.

The main front room was silent for a while, everyone either asleep or close to falling asleep, until a loud yawn coming from (2012) Raph shattered through the once silent atmosphere, followed with him getting up from the couch.

(2012) Raph:
"Im going to bed."

He announced before walking down towards the hall that led to their rooms.

(2012) Raph:
"If you need me, don't."
With that, (2012) Raph left the room, the quiet coming back once more.

(2012) Mikey listened through the crack of his door as (2012) Raph walked by, and once the coast was clear, and everything went perfectly silent, he slowly walked down the hall and towards the front door, struggling as he quietly snuck past the heavy metal door, before making his way over to the sector exit, using D18's I'd to unlock the doors, (2012) Mikey soon found himself in the dimly lit halls, as he began following the maps direction to the heavily locked room Mikey assumed the generator would be in.

After walking around for a bit, sneaking past multiple security cameras, (2012) Mikey finally was able to find the door, as he quickly took out both cards, using them to unlock the door with ease which turns out, D18's I'd was the only way to deactivate the last few systems. And just when (2012) Mikey was about to open the door, he felt a hand land on his shoulder startling him as he quickly turned around, only to find out it was his brothers, April, and Casey.

(2012) Leo was the one in front, as well as the one who had his hand on Mikeys shoulder as he aggressively whispered.

(2012) Leo:
"Mikey, what are you doing out here?!"

(2012) Mikey instantly felt himself freeze after he heard his name being called, and he quickly let out a small nervous giggle as he spoke, trying to keep his voice down but hearable.

(2012) Mikey:
"Hey dues...what are you doing up?"

(2012) Raph:
"What are we doing up!? Mikey, why are you sneaking into locked rooms!?"

(2012) Mikey kept up with his nervous smile as he spoke, looking at both his brothers with an awkward expression.

(2012) Mikey:
"Oh, I was just...going on a late night walk cause I uh....couldn't sleep..."

(2012) Raph:
"...that literally answered nothing I just said."
(2012) Raph spoke defeatedly.

(2012) Casey:
"You mind letting ALL of us in on what you're really doing here dude?"

(2012) Mikey sighed as he realized he wouldn't be able to get away with such a terrible excuse.

(2012) Mikey:
"I was trying to get to the portal generator.."

Everybody's eyes instantly went wide when (2012) Mikey revealed his reason for being up, a wave of disappointment hitting him as he was suddenly grabbed by (2012) Raph.

(2012) Raph:
"Don't tell me you're actually gonna try and use their generator. Mikey you're crazy if you think we can just start that thing up and leave."

(2012) Leo stepped back in, separating the two before things could get heated.

(2012) Leo:
"Ook, we all are already here, so...if we don't find a way to turn the portal on, then we all head back, alright?"

Without even getting a final answer, (2012) Mikey wrenched open the heavy metal door and went inside, soon being followed by the others.

On the other side lay a bunch of different machines and thick long tubes that stretched all around the walls and even parts of the floor, with tables that had complicated looking blueprints and papers written formulas that not even (2012) Donnie could understand.

Hey all walked through the dimly lit room, looking around the room in awe and confusion, until (2012) Donnie broke the silence, speaking with a hint of his own confusion.

(2012) Donnie:
"All of this looks...really advanced...almost to the point where it doesn't even look like our usual technology..."

(2012) Casey walked over to (2012) Donnie, holding a random object that had wires sticking out the top...assuming it was the top

(2012) Casey:
"Well, can you figure out a way to turn it on?"

He asked as he looked over at the tall, circular, powered down machine.

(2012) Donnie sighed, his arms crossing as he continued to look at the machine.

(2012) Donnie:
"Unfortunately, I can't do anything until I take a good look at the hardware itself. Everything here is too advanced, and none of these blueprints, formulas, and notes are making sense to me..."

(2012) Raph:
"Well get to it Einstein, we ain't got all night!"

(2012) Raph shouted as he pushed (2012) Donnie over to the powered down machine, tossing over a wrench he had found on a nearby table.

(2012) Donnie stumbled a bit as he was pushed and barely caught the wrench that his brother threw at him, glaring at the hot headed turtle as he sighed, getting close up to the machine, kneeling down next to it, snatching up the flashlight that someone kicked over to him, turning it on before shining it into the machine to get a clearer look inside.

(2012) Raph crossed his arms as he silently watched (2012) Donnie do his thing for a couple minutes, having nothing else to do until (2012) Casey spoke up.

(2012) Casey:
"How long is this gonna take exactly?"

(2012) Casey's question was quickly silenced as (2012) Donnie shushed him, still looking at the inside of the machine, trying to figure out how to turn it on as best as he could.

(2012) April sighed as she took a seat at one of the tables, as (2012) Donnie figured out how to turn on the machine, (2012) Leo peeked outside the room, making sure they wouldn't possibly get caught, soon letting out a sigh of relief when he saw no one coming down the hall.
Meanwhile, (2012) Raph couldn't help but get  little impatient as he tapped his foot on the floor, getting a bit agitated the longer they waited.

(2012) Raph:
"How much longer are you gonna take, huh?"

(2012) Donnie once again shushed (2012) Raph, getting a low growl from his older brother, but he was completely ignored as (2012) Donnie continued to tinker with the machine.

Finally, (2012) Donnie was finished tinkering with the machine, standing up from where he was kneeling, dusting off his hands.

He coughed a bit to get the others attention, which made them all look at him in anticipation for what he would say next.

(2012) Donnie:
"I'm done..."

Everyone looked towards the machine, which hasn't done anything since the moment they first walked in, and before anyone could point that out, the machine suddenly made a loud noise, and started to shake, small bits of electrify forming inside the metal hoop that was the generator, until eventually a giant flash of light filled the room, blinding them.

The entire group recoiled instinctively from the bright light, squinting their eyes and shielding them with their arm. Once the light had died down, the group opened their eyes, which soon went wide as they realized that a portal had been made, and was now open.

Nobody said anything for a while, just looking at the spinning portal in awe until (2012) Casey finally spoke up.

(2012) Casey:
"Damn, I didn't think it would actually work."

(2012) Donnie's neck snapped towards (2012) Casey when he heard the gapped toothed human speak, a look of annoyance and anger.

(2012) Donnie:
"What do you mean by-"

(2012) Donnie was cut off as he felt something run past him, which that something was actually (2012) Mikey, who ran right up to the portal, and before anybody could get the chance to stop him, he dove right into the portal.

The group was silent once again after(2012) Mikey disappeared into the portal, everybody had a look of shock and fear, until (2012) Raph snapped out of his shock, and anger settled in.

(2012) Raph:
"Dang it Mikey. He's gonna get himself killed!"
Without thinking, (2012) Raph ran for the portal.

(2012) Leo:
"Donnie, why didn't you grab Mikey!?"

(2012) Leo yelled frantically as he tried to hold (2012) Raph back from jumping inside the still spinning portal.

(2012) Donnie:
"It all happened too fast!"
(2012) Donnie yelled back, clearly feeling guilty and overwhelmed.

Eventually, (2012) Raph was able to break free from (2012) Leo's hold, jumping straight into the portal to retrieve their youngest, and soon after (2012) Raph had went in, (2012) Casey, and April went in to, leaving only (2012) Leo and Donnie.

The two looked at each other, and then at the portal, which started to decrease in size.2012)
(2012) Donnie:
"Do we....follow them in?"

(2012) Leo:
"....yes...we do."
(2012) Leo confidently answered, turning towards the portal, and taking a step forward, only to be stopped by (2012) Donnie, who grabbed his arm.

(2012) Donnie:
"Wait.."
(2012) Donnie quickly grabbed the portal remote that he had found moments after fixing the generator, knowing the device was their only way in making a portal back to this dimension. And after making sure the remote was alright, they jumped in.

Once inside the portal, they saw that they were thrown into an alley somewhere in downtown New York, as they got up, they saw the silhouettes of (2012) Raph, Mikey, April, and Casey up ahead, who were all looking at something ahead of them.

Both (2012) Leo and Donnie were confused as to what they were all looking at, but once they walked closer to where the others were all standing, the sight before them was mortifying. Everything around them was destroyed and on fire, as the streets were littered and stained with blood and the torn bodies of what used to be New York citizens.

The two were taken back by the horrific scene, while (2012) Leo could barely speak, his eyes remained fixated on the horrifying scene.

(2012) Leo:
"What the hell...."

Just then, the ground seemed to shart shaking, and a loud growl sounded from somewhere in the streets. (2012) Leo saw the cover of a manhole hidden underneath a dead mans body, which (2012) Leo quickly drew everyone's attention to, hesitantly kicking away the dead body, stuttering out an apology afterwards, and after lifting up the cover with the help of (2012) Casey, everyone hopped inside.

Once everyone was in, and the cover was put back on, everyone remained silent, as they waited for whatever threat that was above them to pass by, and as soon as it did, everyone took the time to catch their breath.

(2012) Raph:
"He...he really was telling the truth..."

(2012) Raph whispered, his hands falling to his knees as he tried to regain focus.

(2012) Donnie:
"There's so many of them...and that was just one street..."

The entire group went silent again, still trying to process what exactly they had just witnessed. That's when (2012) April broke the silence.

(2012) April:
"This....this can't be real.."
(2012) April gasped, as he stared down at the cement floor of the sewer they where in, thinking deeply about her dad and what awful fate must have came to him while they where gone.

(2012) Leo:
"Guys, we cant stay here. We need to start heading to the lair before anything else can happen."

(2012) Leo spoke, trying to sound strong for the sake of his team, but on the inside he was just as terrified as them.

The rest of the group was silent. All five of them felt that (2012) Leo was right, but nobody could move or make a sound, they where all just frozen in fear and shocked from what they saw.

(2012) Leo:
"Come on, we have to move."

Finally everyone managed to snap out of their recent shock, as they stared following (2012) Leo to the lair, comeing to find the inside completely dirty and extremly unkept.

As they all walked inside, everyone pulled out their weapons, ready to defend themselves in case anything decided to pop up and attack.

While everyone went on their own search around the lair, (2012) Mikey quickly went to the kitchen, now facing the fridge, and with shaking hands, he pulled open the freezer door, his heart dropping when he saw nothing inside, but the small splattered remains of ice cream, which (2012) Mikey knew where pieces of his friend.

(2012) Mikeys hands balled up into fist as he tried to keep calm, until he felt someones hand on his shoulder, turning around to see that it was (2012) Donnie.

(2012) Mikey quickly was about to wipe away the tears from his face, until he felt himself being pulled into a hug.

(2012) Mikey allowed the hug to go on for a few minutes before finally breaking away, looking down at the dusty floor with watery eyes.

(2012) Mikey:
"I...I thought I could save her..."

(2012) Donnie:
"It's...it's okay Mikey...you tried your best..."

(2012) Donnie said to his little brother, trying to comfort him as best he could. Meanwhile, (2012) Raph discovered the same thing, as when he checked his dust filled room, there was no sign of his pet Chompy anywhere.

(2012) Raph sighed, but soon it was followed by a frustrated growl as he quickly left, unable to stay in the room any longer.

(2012) Leo made his way to the dojo entrance, struggling a little in opening the sliding door, but once it finally did slide open, (2012) Leo peeked his head inside, seeing just how dark and dirty it was even in the dark.

(2012) Leo grabbed the flashlight he had hooked onto his katana strap, using it to see as he walked inside, and up to the tall shelf, that held their family pictures.

(2012) Leo thought for a second, knowing that they shouldn't be bringing anything with them, but the thought of these pictures being one day forgotten and destroyed was crushing to him, so instead of leaving the photos framed memories behind, (2012) Leo found a random bag sitting on the wall in the far end of the dojo, using it to store the two framed pictures of (2012) Master Splinters old family, and their families photo book, that was still hidden underneath the tall shelf.

(2012) Leo closed the bag after everything was packed inside, swinging it over his shoulder and heading out the dojo, and towards the main room, finding his brothers as well as (2012) April and Casey standing in the middle waiting for him, as (2012) Leo got closer, he saw the way his youngest brothers eyes had dulled, and the way his gaze hung low, and when he looked over at (2012) Donnie who has his hand on (2012) Mikeys soulder only shook his head.

(2012) Leo:
"......we should get going. There's nothing else left for us here."

(2012) April:
"Maybe we should try finding the others, like Karai or the Might Mutanimals"

(2012) April suggested.

(2012) Leo thought for a moment , then nodded, although he knew it would be dnagous for them to venture out now knowing what they heard about thier dimension was right, but (2012) Leo also knew that they couldn't just leave without at least trying to find their friends.

(2012) Leo:
"That's a good idea, but...where would we even begin?"

(2012) Raph:
"They could be at the old warehouse on West Street...assuming it's still even there."

(2012) Leo gave (2012) Raph a skeptical look at first, but he soon nodded, knowing that was their best choice at the time.

(2012) Leo:
"Alright then...let's get going."

Meanwhile, back on planet E18, hours after the 2012 group had left through the portal to their homes dimension, M18 woke up to the sound of an alarm going off, slowly rising up from his bed to see his tech-bracelet going crazy while somehow being on the floor. After a quick stretch, M18 stood up and lazily picked up the device, his eyes growing sensitive to the glowing red light, as he quickly went to press the screen to make it stop, and once he pressed it, an automatic voice recording alerted him about an unknown specimen being detected inside one of the high security rooms.

After hearing that, M18 quickly went through his drawer, until he found his Id and key card, soon after finding those two items, he went straight to the security room to check the hall cameras from last night, but even after he switched to night vision mode, he saw nothing, as there was no one being spotted inside the halls.

Thinking that it must be some kind of glitch, M18 went to the same room that the alert came from, absolutely terrified to see that the metal doors security systems were deactivated and shut down, and the door itself was unlocked and slightly open.

M18 went up on the door, pressing on the id scanner screen, switching over to its history scans to see who it was that entered, knowing that it had to be his brothers, who were the only ones with accessible cards to get into these kind of rooms, which turned out to be
D18, which was weird because M18 knew his brother would never in a trillion years leave such a room unlocked and accessible.

So, with shaky hands, M18 opened the door, where on the other side he saw the place was absolutely trashed, papers and other items just all over, but when M18 got closer to the portal generator in the far center of the room, he was mortified to see that the machine was powered on, and based off the state of the room, and the heat that still radiated off the machine, it had definitely been used.

M18's hands instantly started to shake as he quickly went over to one of the computers, using his id to unlock and get into the rooms security cameras, rewatching to see what had happened, and immediately his eyes winded when he saw the 2012 group enter the room and soon after they turned the generator on they started jumping inside, once they where all gone, the intense electricity stuck the camera, causing it to power down.

After watching that, M18 quickly got up and was about to go find his brothers and tell them what he just saw, but stopped himself, instead he thought it was better for him to go alone. He knew that Earth 2012 wasn't all that dangerous, so retrieving the missing group shouldn't be too hard.

So instead of doing what he should have done, M18 restarted the machine, crunching his brain to remember what D18 did to create a portal, until finally he was successfully able to revive the machine and created a portal to Earth/dimension 2012.

After getting everything he would need, M18 strapped on his oxygen mask helmet, taking a slow breath to ease himself, before walking inside the portal, once M18 entered E12 he found himself in a random alley somewhere in New York, the same alley that the 2012 group where just at a moment ago.

M18 looked around for a moment before pressing a button that was on the side of his helmet, making a map project on the ground in front of him, where little green dots showed the exact location of missing 2012 group, and soon after figuring out where he was, M18 turned a medium sized dial that was at the bottom corner of his helmet, using it to connect with one of the turtles' tech-bracelets, now being able to hear everything that they where saying.

As he began to follow the group with his map, M18 tried to remain unnoticed, especially since he wasn't wearing any protective gear other than his hetet, so if he were to get caught by something, he would have trouble getting himself out without causing even more of a scene.

Eventually M18 was finally able to find the group, watching from atop a nearby building as they entered an old warehouse, M18 waited a few seconds after they went in before quietly following behind, and once inside, M18 quickly hid behind a bunch of empty crates, listening as they all started calling out the words Leather head, "weird" he thought.

Meanwhile, the 2012 group didn't notice
M18 was in the same room as them, as they all started walking deeper into the warehouse to try and find their friends, and soon after a few minutes of looking around, they began to think there was no one there, until a loud creak was heard from somewhere on the second floor, and a familiar deep voice called out to them.

(2012) Leather Head:
"My friends...is it really you?"

The brothers, along with April and Casey all froze at what they were doing, as they all just stared up in shock and disbelief.

(2012) Mikey:
"Leatherhead!"
Mikey yelled as he immediately rushed up to his friend, hugging him , but his arms barely reached around the large mutant alligator's waist.

(2012) Leatherheads smiled down as his friend  hugged him, returning the gesture with a hug also.

(2012) Leather Head:Michealangelo. And all of you as well."

(2012) Leatherhead smiled at the rest of them.

(2012) April:
"We're glad to see your alive Leatyher Head."
(2012) April spoke, a soft smile appearing on her face, then (2012) Leo took over, walking up to (2012) Leather Head.

(2012) Leo:
"Where are the others?"

(2012) Leo asked, but before he could get a response, a single feather fwell from above him, and when they looked up, there sitting on a wooden pole was (2012) Pigeon Pete, and (2012) Professor Rockwell.

M18 was surprised at the sight of them all, but he had to keep quiet, as he watched the two mutants jump down from the roof.

(2012) Casey:
"...so were they just sitting up there waiting to get noticed?"
Casey chuckled, but topped when he felt (2012) Raph stomp on his foot.

(2012) Casey:
"Ow! What!?"

(2012) Raph:
"Not the time Casey!"

M18 watched from behind the crates as they all interacted with one another, seemingly glad to see each of them alive and back together, until the moment was broken by Leo coming to realize something.

(2012) Leo:
"Wait...where's Karai? Is she here too?"

The mighty Mutanimals all went silent at (2012) Leos question. Their smiles slowly fading as they all exchanged solemn looks between each other.

Finally (2012) Leather Head let out a sigh before he spoke.

(2012) Leather Head:
"Unfortunately she is not...we don't know where she is."

(2012) Raph:
"...!..what about Mona!?"

(2012) Raph asked with realization. The room once again fell silent, this time it lasted longer, as everyone exchanged looks, until once again (2012) Leather Haad answered.

(2012) Leather Head:
"No...she isn't here either..."

(2012) Rockwell:
"She was taken back to her home planet when this  all started, we didn't go with her only because we didn't know where you all were."

The brothers all looked away for  second, falling stiff as the news settled in.

Even (2012) Casey and April seemed to have been affected.

(2012) Leo:
"...at least we know she's safe."

As the room remained silent, (2012) Leather Head rembeded that there was still someone missing from this moment, as he walked over to the far end of the floor they where on, lifting up a familiar red cooler, bringing it back over to (2012) Mikey, who took the cooler, but just stared down at it confused.

(2012) Leather Head:
"You should open it" He urged, which Mikey listened, opening the small cooler lid, and the small head of Ice cream Kitty soon popped out, and with a happy and excited meow, Ice cream Kitty extended her back out the cooler, licking (2012) Mikeys nose.

(2012) Mikey's eyes went wide with shock as he tried to understand what was happening, while everyone watched with happiness and relief.

Every except for (2012) Raph that is, watching from afar, his mind rewinding back to his empty room, with no sign of his friend in sight...

Taking a quiet breath, (2012) Raph shut his eyes to try and block out the upsetting memory, until he heard a soft "chirp!" from behind him, looking back he saw Chompy safe and uninjured in (2012) Rockwell's hands.

(2012) Rockwell:
"We also found this little guy when we went searching through your lair."

Upon hearing (2012) Rockwell's words, (2012) Raph quickly rushed over to him, a huge weight suddenly lifted from him, just seeing his pet safe and sound.

(2012) Raph:
"Chompy!"

(2012) Raph said, taking Chompy from (2012) Rockwell, holding him close while scratching the little guy's head.

M18 continued to watch from behind the crates, trying to figure out what he should do, knowing he couldn't just hide the entire time, but just as he took out his mini portal disk, he heard the sound of hissing, and before he could react, the crates he was hiding behind came crashing down, where on the other side stood the ones he had been spying on.

As soon as he was spotted by the tall alligator, he felt himself being lifted from the ground.

(2012) Leatherhead:
"Who are you!?"

(2012) Leatherhead yelled, shaking the spotted turtle back and forth, but he was quickly stopped by (2012) Mikey, who tried to explain to his friend that M18 wasn't a threat.

(2012) Mikey:
"Leatherhed chill! He's not dangerous, I promise! He's a friend!"

After a moment, (2012) Leatherhead listened and put the turtle back down, M18 landing on his feet as he rubbed his arms, trying to get the tingling sensation to go away.

(2012) Leatherhead looked directly at M18, trying to study the new turtle In front of him.

(2012) Leatherhead:
"Where did you come from?" He asked, never taking his eyes off the stranger.

(2018) Mikey:
"Uh...I'm actually from a different dimension."

The three mutants eyes instantly grew in surprise, the room once again fell silent.

(2012) Rockwell:
"You....you're from another dimension?"

(2012) Donnie:
"It was actually his dimensions donatello that took us." He explained, which the 3 Mutanimals stared at him confused.

(2012) Rockwell looked over at (2012) Leo, confusion written all over his face as he spoke.

(2012) Leo:
"Yeah, uh...we actually snuck a portal back here to find you guys...which, I'm guessing is the reason why you're here?"

(2012) Leo finished, looking over at M18,

(2018) Mikey:
"Yep...and now that you've found your friends, I can take you all back with me!"
He said, taking out his mini portal disk, but before he could activate it, the weird eyed monkey grabbed his arm.

(2012) Rockwell:
"Wait...does anybody else hear that?"

Everyone fell silent as they tried listening for whatever it was that (2012) Rockwell was hearing, but after a while or hearing nothing but the usual creaks and groans of the warehouse and nothing but, (2012) Raph looked over at the bug eyed monkey with a judgy look.

(2012) Raph:
"Maybe what you're hearing are the gears in your head getting old and rusted." He joked.

The insult seemed to have struck (2012) Rockwell, but before either of them could exchange any words, a loud boom sounded through the warehouse, and right after, a huge wave of heat struck each of them ,seeing them all crashing through the far end of the warehouse.

Once they landed outside, everyone quickly got up and backed away from the now burning building, the smoke slowly filling their lungs.

Once they where somewhat far from the warehouses flames, they all took a minute to breath.

(2012) Raph:
"What..the hell...was that!?"
He spoke while coughing.

(2012) Donnie:
"We have to get away from here...before those things show up!"
Everyone quickly agreed as they started to run off, but once they were more farther from the smoke, and where able to see more fully, (2012) Leo realized that M187 wasn't with them.

(2012) Leo:
"Guys, wait! Wheres M18!?"

The whole group stopped in their tracks, looking back to where the warehouse used to be, trying to see through the black smoke to see if M18 was there.

(2012) April:
"I can't see anything!"

(2012) Mikey:
"We have to go back for him!"

(2012) Casey:
"Mikey, are you crazy!? Its way to dangerous to go back there!"

Just then, as if to prove (2012) Casey right, another huge, explosion came from the warehouse, sending huge chunks of wood flying in all directions, the heavy sounding noise, instantly caught the attention of every creature around.

Having no other choice, (2012) Donnie took out the remote and quickly tried creating a portal back, while the others did everything they could to fend off the terrifying and disgustingly distorted creatures, one eventually grabbed (2012) Mikey, and started dragging him away.

(2012) Raph:
"Mikey!"

(2012) Raph immediately ran after the monster, jumping onto its face, stabbing straight through the creature's skull with his sai, making the creature drop (2012) Mikey in the process.

(2012) Raph quickly grabbed (2012) Mikey and ran off with the others, but their speed was nothing compared to that of their pursuers.

(2012) Casey:
"Guys, we might wanna try running faster!"

Everyone tried desperately pushing themselves to their limits, but soon enough they were all surrounded with a bunch of the creatures in every corner.

(2012) Casey:
"This..really isn't good..."

(2012) April:
"Now would be a good time to get that portal going Donnie!"

(2012) April yelled over her shoulder at (2012) Donnie, who was trying to work the controls on the remote.

(2012) Donnie:
"I'm working on it!"
(2012) Donnie yelled, continuing to mess with the controls, doing his best to focus while under all the pressure he was in.

Every second felt like minutes, and before they all knew it, a portal had finally opened, soon closing after they all jumped through it.

Chapter Text

Destination: New York
Dimension Code: E12
Time: 6:37 am
Infection Rate: 79%

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(2012) Shredders POV:

The skies had turned a dark palish grey ever since the turtles and their human allies had disappeared. New York, if not the entire world was nothing but filled with the terrorized screams of civilians, and the barking alarms of sirens, since the beginning of these...monster attacks.

The two idiots that have been following my order to a decent degree where Bebop and Rocksteady, they where in charge of capturing whatever creatures they can find out on the streets and bring them to the flies lab for studying, except on one of their most recent heist, the larger one ending up falling ill....perfect, yet another Receive and Capture gone into flames.

The smatter one, known as Baxter Stockman, like the weakling that he is, tried escaping away me, in hopes of leaving New York, but of course the freak didn't get too far due to the high level security, once built by the genius himself.

Now thanks to his idiotic decision Baxter is now sitting behind a cell, which in personal opinion, was LONG overdue.

Even though the turtles, their father, and their 2 human allies were gone, I still get word from Bebop and Tigerclaw about them seeing those that call themselves, the "Might Mutanimals".

Not my problem.

They are all weak, and I have much bigger things to keep my focus on, like what the hell is going on in the world. Almost half the planet is being attacked by a new virus, that's infecting thousands of humans, and animals.

There might come a time where I'll have to move myself and my research to a safer area, due to how high New York infection rate was getting.

While I sat atop my throne, watching my foot ninjas battle for my amusement, I put them all on hold as the doors on the far opposite side of me were opened.

Where on the other side came in my two failures and one success, Bebop, Rocksteady, and Tigerclaw.

"Well? Where is my new specimen?" I spoke, my voice firm and demanding, leaving no room for a disappointing response.

The warthog and overgrown cat bickered between themselves, debating on who was gonna tell me about what I assumed, their failure.

"Enough!"
The constant whispers quickly got to me as I stood from my throne. Soon afterwards, Tigerclaw stepped forward, his usual cold expression remained as he kneeled, clearing his throat before speaking to me.

"Master Shredder, I'm afraid we were unable to capture any creature. They have grown much stronger."
....I felt my eye twitch, and my jaw tightened as Tigerclaw finished his sentence. How long will it be until I get some actual servants!

"Then find a different way to capture them!" I yelled, the annoyance was clear in my voice.

"if these things really are getting stronger, then I want one chained down in my underground lab for testing, is that understood?"

I watched as Tigerclaw slowly got up from his kneeling position.

"Will do, master."

No one's POV:

"It's the end of the world...and yet we still on pickup duty!"

Bebop complained, his voice booming through the destroyed city streets.

"Keep your voice down, comrade Bebop." Rocksteady whispered.

"The creatures are starting to get the better at hearing, so we must be silent as the mouse."

Rocksteady reminded, as they continued walking through the destroyed city streets, eventually stopping by a nearby alley. While taking a few sips of water from their water the sound of cans dusting caught their attention. Quickly they both whipped out their fully loaded dart guns, slowly walking towards the sound.

"Uhm....yo, Rock...maybe we should start heading back out..."
Bebop whispered as he slowed down to a stop, the dart gun he had in his hands started to shake.

Rocksteady stopped as well as he looked over at Bebop, with an also worried but determined look.

"We must capture at least ONE creature for Master Shredder. We have tool to do so, yeah? So stop worrying and come on."

With those being his final words, Rocksteady surged forward, his dart gun readied as he got closer.
Bebop soon followed after Rocksteady, the noise slowly fading until finally, there wasn't any noise at all, but only a barely audible groan from behind a closed dumpster.

".... yeah, you got that Rock."
Bebop quickly spoke as he took a major step back, watching Rocksteady with a careful eye, his grip getting tight around his gun handle.

Finally, with a burst of unnecessary strength, Rocksteady grabbed the dumpster by it's rusted handle before tossing it aside, creating a shockwave of sound, that echoed loudly from the alley they were in.

"Rock! What are you doing!?" Bebop yelled, now that there was no point now in whispering.

"Ready yourself comrade!"

Rocksteady spoke as he quickly pointed his gun towards the moving lump in front of them.

With one final pull of the trigger, Rocksteady shot the creature but once it collapsed onto the ground, Bebop looked over, seeing that the "creature" that Rocksteady just shot, was actually just a homeless old woman.

"What....all this only to find some old human!? Oh, Shredder ain't gonna believe this one yo!"

Bebop spoke, his voice growing a high pitch as he put his hands on his head, after walking in a full circle, Bebop turned to the old woman, yanking the dart out of her shoulder, looking over at Rocksteady, who looked just as disappointed.

"We gotta start heading back. We don't have enough darts to take down anymore old ladies tonight."

Rocksteady reached his arm in front of Bebop, stopping him from exiting the alley.

"Wait...do you hear that?" He asked, received a confused look from Bebop, as he stopped and listened.

After a moment of hearing absolutely nothing but silence, Bebop was about to tell Rocksteady for them to get going, convinced that the giant rhino was heading things until the ground started to rumble and shake, suddenly a bright flash of blue and purple appeared out of somewhere down the street. Almost instantly, both Bebop and Rocksteady wanted to peek out to see what it was, hiding against the brick wall of the alley.

Before either of them made an attempt to actually look, Bebop looked over at Rocksteady.

"you sure you wanna go through with this?"
He asked, genuinely unsure on what they should do in this situation.

"of course I'm not sure! But we need to bring back something for Master Shredder, whether it be infected old women, or mystery glow thing."

Despite Bebop's strong will to run off, he knew Rocksteady was right, Shredder wasn't gonna be too pleased to hear that they came up once again empty handed....so with no other choice, Bebop stuck his head out of the alley and looked to where the light was coming from, shocked to see a medium sized portal just floating in the middle of the road.

"What is it?"
Rocksteady whispered, which Bebop couldn't quite answer at the time, as he just stared at the glowing portal.

"I-...I think it might be the Krang."

Bebop finally spoke, his answer a shock to Rocksteady's ears as he looked out from over Bebop to see what his partner was seeing.

There in the middle of the road, Rocksteady saw the glowing portal that seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, as if nothing was about to come through.

"Maybe we should head back to base."
Rocksteady spoke, as he slowly started to back out of the alley, but he was stopped by Bebop, who had grabbed him by his wrist.

"Hold up, we gotta record this for Shredder gang!"

Bebop spoke as he quickly flipped down his goggles, pressing a small button located by is lenses, switching the settling to "record".

Both Bebop and Rocksteady remained silent as the portal started to spin faster, it's glow eventually becoming to much to look at, but once the brightness went down, and they where able to see, what they saw come out of the portal made Bebop and Rocksteady's mouths drop down to their knees.
Bebop had to switch off is lenses just to make sure what he was seeing was actually real, which turns out it was.

What came out of the portal wasn't at all what Bebop or Rocksteady expected, as instead of a flock of Krang walking through the portal, it was the turtles and their two human allies.

"I.Be.Damned."

Bebop whispered as he switched his lenses back on, using them to zoom in closer to the scene before him, getting a clear view of what they were witnessing.

"Yo, Rock, you seeing this right?"
He asked.

"I believe so comrade, but how? The turtles have been missing for months."

Bebop only shrugged watching the turtles, Casey, and April as they looked around the destroyed remains of the city, which was...weird unless...they weren't here when everything went wild, but that still didn't make sense. This was happening almost everywhere in the world so there was no way the turtles just didn't know about this.

Everything was silent when Bebop saw Rocksteady try and go after the turtles, quickly putting a stop to that.

"Now wait a sec Rock. We should go tell Shredder about this first before we do anything."

Bebop quietly spoke, as he took off his goggles, extracting a small card from the back that had all the recorded footage.

"But what if the turtles escape through mystery portal?"

Bebop thought for a second, wondering if Rocksteady was right...maybe they should follow the turtles just to see what they were up to.....nah.

They started heading back to Shredders base, and as soon as they stepped foot into the Shredders throne room, they were pressed by Tiger Claw, who had stopped the two before they could even take another step.

Sitting menacingly in his throne, Shredder was just getting done talking with Baxter Stockman, shooing the fly mutant away when he saw the pair.

"Let them pass."

That of which Tigerclaw complied, letting out a low growl as he stepped to the side, allowing Bebop and Rocksteady to walk past.

Shredder rested his arms on the sides of his stone built throne, looking down at Bebop and Rocksteady with an intense stare that burned through both their scalps.

"...do you have any new information about the creatures?"

Shredder spoke, his eyes striking more deeply into Bebop and Rocksteady's bowed heads.

Bebop reached into his pants pocket, slowly standing up as he pulled out the small disk that he took from his goggles earlier.

"Nope, but we got something even better!"

He said while taking a step up toward Shredder, carefully placing the disk into the mans cold outstretched hand.

Shredder held the disk between two fingers as he examined it, carelessly tossing it to Baxter Stockman, who struggled to catch the small card.

"Watch it, and report back to me what you saw."

Shredder demanded, which the fly mutant quickly nodded, stuttering a quiet "yes master" before taking off.

As the doors reclosed, Shredders gaze fell back onto the two mustangs before him, his eyes squinted as he watched the two shudder under his gaze.

"I take that whatever Stockman will find isn't gonna help my research?"

Shredder spoke, his voice low and unsurprised.

"Trust me boss, what ol' boy is about to come tell you will be waaayy better than some dumb cannibal monster DNA."

Shredders eyes narrowed in response.

Only after a few minutes of mostly silent waiting, Baxter burst through the doors in a frantic hurry, going straight up to Shredder.

"Maasster!"

The fly buzzed as he flew over to Shredder, holding a tablet in his thin, long hands.

"I t-took a look a th-the recorddiingg. You're gonnnnna wanna s-see this for yourself.."

The fly buzzed as he shakily offered the tablet for his master to take, which he did.

The screen showed the paused video feed from Bebop's goggles, and what Shredder saw after playing the video made his entire world feel like It had stopped spinning.

Meanwhile, Tigerclaw watched in confusion to his masters suddenly surprised reaction. Surely whatever they found wasn't that crazy. He thought.

"Master Shredder, is something wrong?" He asked.

"There....there back.."
Shredder finally spoke, in complete disbelief. With shaking hands, Shredder broke the device's screen with his intense grip, dropping the shattered device to the floor before looking up to face Bebop and Rocksteady, who looked back at him worriedly.

"Go and find them. See what they are up to, and capture them!" He yelled, now standing up from his throne.

"Yep, you got it boss!"
Bebop  said with a salute before taking off with Rocksteady, who had to practically chase after him, his giant feet pounding against the hard flooring as they left.

Soon after the two had left, Shredder assigned Tigerclaw to go with them. Knowing he couldn't possibly trust the two to go alone on such an important task.

Outside in the cold empty streets of the city, Bebop was using his nose to try and find the turtles, only because Tigerclaw lost his strong sense of smell after an accident..not that he needed the reminder.

After around 40 minutes of none-stop movement, Tigerclaw's patience ran loose.

"Do you have any idea where we are going!?""
The cat yelled, his hands balling into fist as he looked over at Bebop, who was standing over the building edge, sniffing the air.

"Of course I know where I'm going!"

Bebop spoke after taking a pause.

I swear, if I had my senses we would have found the turtles in seconds!"

The cat growled, punishing Bebop to the side, taking his place at the edge of the building they were currently on, reaching down to his tool belt, Tigerclaw pulled out a pair of binoculars, lifting them up to his face as he looked around.

Rocksteady caught Bebop when he got shoved, the pig quickly stood on his own, crossing his arms as he watched the clearly annoyed cat search for their targets.

Of course, after an extra 15 minutes of Tigerclaw taking charge in searching, he got irritated.

"Damn it, when has it ever taken this long to find them!?"

The two behind him only snickered as the cat started heaving, which of course only ignited the anger inside Tigerclaw, but when he looked back to yell for the two to shut up, their was the sound of a loud BOOM from afar, and a large gust of wind came after, quickly knocking the three down to their knees.

After the heavy wind started to die down, Rocksteady was the first to get up, snatching up the binoculars that Tigerclaw dropped, lifting the tiny tool up to his face, searching to see where the explosion could had come from, which of course wasn't hard because there in the distance, he saw a huge cloud of black smoke surrounding the air, and the source was a small warehouse completely covered in flames, the entire area was surrounded with hungry looking creatures, with even more on the way.

"Uh...I think I know where turtles went."

Rocksteady spoke, the binoculars quickly getting taken by Bebop, who used them to also see.

Tigerclaw perched himself back on the building ledge, seeing just how far the warehouse was, assuming it was around a mile from them, they hurriedly went to it, jumping from one rooftop to the next.

It wasn't until they nearly approached the building when Bebop's legs started to grow tired, as he stopped to catch his breath. In front of him, Tigerclaw and Rocksteady kept going. It wasn't until they were 2 buildings ahead when Rocksteady looked back and saw his friend was falling behind.

"You must hurry Bebop!" He shouted, now starting to slow down.

"Leave him you fool! If we end up losing the turtles, it'll be your fault!"
Tigerclaw yelled, his pace unwavering.

Eventually Bebop was able to catch up, and once they finally got to where the burning warehouse was, the pig collapsed onto the floor, his snout pointed up into the smoke filled air, as he struggled to catch his breath.

Tigerclaw wasted no time as he got out his freshly sharpened blades and got into action, carelessly jumping down from the building, leaving the two exhausted mutants behind to watch.

As soon as Tigerclaw made contact with the ground, he drew the attention of at least 5 creatures, who snarled and snapped their jaws at him as they began coming at him.

With minimum effort, Tigerclaw was able to down the creatures in seconds. Before the creature's bodies had even hit the ground, Tigerclaw had already caught his way to the front of the burnt up warehouse.

Getting in through a broken window, Tigerclaw's lungs immediately started to take in that awful smoke, his eyes welling up with tears as the smoke made its way to him.

Quickly Tigerclaw wrapped his scarf around the bottom half of his face, the thick material doing a well enough job at filtering out the heavy smoke.

Walking through the burning remains of the warehouse, Tigerclaw soon found himself at the very back of the warehouse, where a large hole waited at the end. Most likely caused by the huge explosion, Tigerclaw ignored it and started searching for any signs of the turtles and their allies, but the smoke kept getting in the way of his vision, and it wasn't long before Tigerclaw could no longer take it.

The giant cat growled as he began heading towards the giant hole to escape, disappointed and frustrated at himself for letting the turtles get away, but while passing by some burnt, fallen wooden pillars, Tigerclaw's ears twitched upon hearing the sound of coughing from below him, but when he looked down to see what it was, he didn't see anything due to all the black smoke.

But instead of walking away, Tigerclaw stood and listened, his ears twitching as he carefully tried to focus on the sound...

Finally when tigerclaw heard the same coughing, this time he knew exactly where it was coming from, rushing towards a burning pile of heavy wooden poles and other rubbish, Tigerclaw was now able to hear the sound of heavy wheezing.

Tigerclaw instantly went to lift up each piece of wood, his scarf slowly coming loose as he continued pushing and lifting each piece of heavy material away, until finally he saw what was trapped underneath.

At the same time, Bebop and Rocksteady came crashing down from the already weakened ceiling of the warehouse.

"Sorry were late TC, you alright?"

Bebop spoke, dusting off the dust from his loose clothes.

Tigerclaw only groaned when he heard Bebop speak to him, completely ignoring the two as he went back to digging. Bebop and Rocksteady carefully started heading up the lump of rubbish that Tigerclaw was on top of, wanting to see what the cat was trying to dig up.

"Not to be rude or anything, but...should we be going back to looking for the turtles?"

Bebop asked, slowly leaning more forward.
That's when Tigerclaw finally stood, seemingly finished digging up whatever it was he saw.

"No." He said while heaving. Clearly out of breath from inhaling so much smoke.

"I think what I've just found is all we need."

Tigerclaw spoke with a grin, taking a step back, allowing Bebop and Rocksteady to see what it was he found, shock and disbelief was written all over their faces when they saw what it was.

"It's one of the turtles!"

Rocksteady yelled in disbelief.

"What!? No, he looks nothing like the turtles!" Bebop corrected. Looking up at Rocksteady as if he were looking at the dumbest thing imaginable.

"Enough!" Tigerclaw chimed, catching the duos attention instantly.

"Now, help me get him out, we will take him back to Master Shredder." He added, twitching his head over to the buried unconscious turtle.

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Getting the turtle out wasn't an easy task, the walls around them were starting to grow weaker as the fire grew larger, it wasn't gonna be long before the creatures who were waiting outside were able to come in. With the last piece of heavy metal tossed to the side, Rocksteady was able to grab the turtle from the wreckage, swinging him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes as they left through the giant hole at the back of the warehouse.

It took a while, but once they got back to Shredders lair, taking the old staircase to their bosses grand throne room, they were soon able to see the man himself, still sitting atop his stone throne, his helmet sat comfortably on his thrones armrest, being carefully polished by two foot soldiers.

The look on the Shredders face when the three came in was....something.

He didn't think they would actually be able to accomplish such a task.

"Master Shredder."
Tigerclaw called out as him and Bebop stepped further into the room. Rocksteady coming in last with the new turtle.

"We... unfortunately lost the turtles,"

ShOcKiNg!!

"But we found something else we think you'll find useful."

The large cat spoke before gesturing over to Rocksteady, who slowly walked over, taking the turtle from his shoulder before dropping him to the hard floor, a small groan escaped through the creatures bloody lips.

"What shall we do with him?"

Shredder just stared down at the strange looking turtle, clearly he wasn't the same as the ones he remembered, but perhaps from a different place....

Thats when Shredders gaze went to the device strapped to the turtles wrist. A possible tracking device?

"take him to Stockman's Lab. There his injuries will get treated, then toss him in a cell. He could indeed prove useful once he awakens."

Shredders menacingly spoke.

Without needing to be told again, Rocksteady lifted the injured turtle back up, throwing him over his shoulder before walking off.

END OF PART 1

Chapter Text

Before Rocksteady entered, (2012) Baxter Stickman was working on one of the cannibalistic creatures (2012) Shredder had given him to experiment on.

Just when (2012) Baxter was trying to get a blood sample, the doors to his lab swung open, startling the scientist so much to where he almost messed up the entire sample.

Anger instantly started bubbling up inside (2012) Stockman as he turned to face who it was that had entered, seeing that it was (2012) Rocksteady, Baxters irritation grew as he flew over to the giant Rhino, at first he thought what the Rhino was carrying was just another creature for him to mutilate, but once (2012) Rocksteady actually put it down, (2012) BAxter was surprised to see that it was one of the turtles....except it wasn't.

With a confused look, (2012) Baxter looked over at (2012) Rocksteady as he set the turtle down on one of his examination tables.

"What issss this?"

The humanoid fly asked, his gaze transferring over to the unconscious spotted turtle on his table.

"It is turtle from different dimension of some kind. Boss wants you to heal it's injuries before putting him in cell."

(2012) Baxter only nodded in understanding, shooing (2012) Rocksteady out of his lab before putting his attention back to the turtle on the examination table.

(2012) Baxter quickly went to his research desk, pulling out some of his strongest cuffs, using them to chain his new patient down to the table In case they woke up and tried to escape.

While the fly was gathering his medical supplies from a far away cabinet, (2018) Mikey slowly started to wake up, his eyes slowly opened up, expecting to be somewhere in his room, but when (2018) Mikey went to sit up, it didn't long for him to realize that he was hand cuffed to a cold metal table.

Fear and Confusion quickly filled (2018) Mikey's mind as he realized he had been taken, now fully remembering what had happened at the warehouse, and while (2018) Mikey struggled to break out of the cuffs, a sharp, throbbing pain suddenly went through his body, making him feel entirely weak and sore.

Just then, (2018) Mikey heard the sound of buzzing, and when he looked over, he saw a flying mutant hovering over a large set of medical equipment.

(2018) Mikey didn't recognize the mutant at all, but judging on how he had him tied down on a stiff metal table, he could assume the flying bug wasn't all the way friendly.

When (2018) Mikey saw the fly mutant turn around, he quickly went to pretend he was still asleep, keeping his breathing slow despite the increasing pace of his heart.

"Unfortunately I don't have enough anestheticsssss to give you....you should be finnnee though, nothing a little resssst won't fix."

(2018) Mikey could hear the mutant whispering to himself, his breath caught in his throat as he listened to the fly mutants words, not knowing what to do, (2018) Mikey continued to fake sleep.

Unfortunately, (2018) Mikeys attempts in faking where in vain, because as soon as he felt the flys freaky thin fingers brush against his sensitive skin, he couldn't help but flinch, the sudden movement came as a shock to the other mutant, as he quickly backed away.

"Where you awakkee thisss whole timmmee!?"

The fly man asked, his gang head coming back to hover above (2018) Mikey's face.

"....where...where am I?" He asked, his voice barely above a whisper.

"Uh.."
(2012) Baxter awkwardly muttered a "Be right back" as he quickly took off flying over to the call button that was by his lab exit doors, using it to summon his master.

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About 20 minutes past until (2012) Shredder walked into (2012) Baxters lab, being followed by a team of half broken foot soldiers.

"The reason you called for my attention better involve information on the turtle."

(2012) Shredders voice boomed throughout the hallow lab, causing the fly to almost drop the cardboard box he was holding.

Setting down the box, (2012) Baxter quickly turned, facing his master.

"Yess, master, the new creature you brought in is now awake, and I've alreaddyy bandaged him up. He recentlyyy asked me quiesstions on where he was. I don't think he can rememberrrr much on how he got here"

The mutant fly explained.

(2012) Shredder let out a low hum, his gaze falling over to the now mummified turtle, who was now sitting atop the examination table, a distant and pained look on his face.

"...he's lying."
(2012) Shredder spoke, his eyes crinkling as he stared at the turtle a few away from him.

"He knows more than the lies he says, and I want to know what."

(2012) Shredders eyes snapped back onto (2012) Baxter Stockman's, who instantly flinched under the intense, and serious gaze.

"Your new task is to get the turtle talking, I don't care how, I want to know where he's from, where his brothers are, and how he got on this planet to begin with."

(2012) Shredder spoke, before slowly walking away, his foot bots following shortly after.

"Yess master.."

(2012) Stockman calmly replied, closing his lab doors, his large bug eyes landing on the orange spotted turtle he had sitting patiently on the examination table.

Flying over to him, (2012) Stockman whipped out a pen and notepad, deciding to first try a good approach in getting the turtle in front of him to speak.

"Could you tell meee your name?"

Hearing the mutant fly speak, (2018) Mikey didn't even try to respond, instead he took the time to think, knowing that the fly was gonna try and start asking him personal questions, but for now he decided to just play along.

"...Mikey."

He responded.

The fly instantly started writing in his notepad, most likely creating more questions he planned on asking.

"Perfect, perfect....now, where are you from?"

The mutant buzzed.

"..."

Based on his silence, (2012) Baxter knew that he wasn't gonna be getting an immediate answer, but again, before going straight into using force, the fly tried again.

"In case you didn't hear me, I asked where you were from."

Even after repeating himself, (2018) Mikey still wouldn't talk, so, after setting down the pen and notepad, (2012) Baxter called for a group of foot soldiers, ordering for them to grab (2018) Mikey and keep him still.

With (2018) Mikey's injuries, it was hard for him to fight off the weirdly dressed robots as they lifted him up and held him against a cement wall, where he was forced to stand perfectly still as the fly mutant began coming closer to him, holding a not so clean looking syringe.

"D-dont worry, thisss wont hurt at all."

The bug lied before finally sticking the needle into (2018) Mikey's neck, taking a step back after injecting him with the liquid, watching as the turtle fell limp in the foot bots' hold.

In seconds (2018) Mikey was fully knocked-out, the effects of the sedative had quickly kicked in.

"Taaake him to the North cellars, and tell me when he regains ccconciousness."

The fly order.

The foot bots simply nodded, their gears creaked in response as they lifted (2018) Mikey up into the air, marching out of the genius insects lab, following his orders exactly.

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When (2018) Mikey finally woke back up, he felt tired and groggy, after taking about two minutes to gain his grounding, the first thing he did was try to stand, and that's exactly what he did, but only after a few seconds of standing on his wobbly legs, he lost balance and fell back onto the cold floor.

While wincing in pain, (2018) Mikey soon realized that his ankles were cuffed, a heavy metal chain binding them to the back wall of the cell.

Laying on the floor, (2018) Mikey took in his surroundings. He definitely was no longer stuck in the flys lab, strapped to a table, but rather placed in some kind of dungeon.

After a few more minutes of laying on the floor, (2018) Mikey finally tried to prop himself up, using the dark colored brick walls to help get him back on his feet, eventually succeeding.

"Ugh...my head.." He muttered, as he leaned against the wall for support.

Once (2018) Mikey felt his headache start to ease up, he took a small step towards the steel bars to his cell, taking a slow look around at the dungeon he was in.

The only source of light was from the rows of short lit candles, their little flames flickering side to side with the small gushes of wind.

(2018) Mikey quickly stopped when he heard the sound of a door creaking open, he immediately turned his head in the direction that the sound had come from, watching as the tiny candles jumped, and their flames flicker as the footsteps started getting closer.

Despite his headache, (2018) Mikey leaning more closer into the steel bars, wanting to get a closer look at who was coming down the long corridor.

(2018) Mikey waited patiently, and after a few more seconds, the same armored man from before walked out from the faint shadows of the corridor, into the faint glow of the lit candles.

"I see you're awake"

(2012) Shredder spoke, (2018) Mikey felt a shiver go down his spine from how deep the man's voice sounded.

"I have some questions to ask you. My only hope is that you answer all of them truthfully. Or else."

Hearing that last bit (2018) Mikey had to admit, he was a little shaken up, his injuries from what this man did to him before still raw, fresh, and tender to the touch, but he couldn't afford to let that fear show of course, so he did his best to play it cool despite the situation he was in.

"...depends on what you're asking" he replied, but his response wasn't what (2012) Shredder wanted to hear as he got closer to the steel bars that separated him and (2018) Mikey.

"You are going to answer no matter what it is I ask. Now tell me, where are your brothers?"
He asked, the cruelty in his voice getting more noticeable.

Wait.

Why did this dude want to know about them?

"I can't tell you that." He spoke.

(2018) Mike couldn't tell how the man was feeling, due to the dark shadows that covered most of his face, but eventually (2018) Mikey saw the mans hand twitch, watching as (2012) shredder reached behind himself, before pulling out a brown sac, dumping whatever was inside onto his metal clawed hand.

"I-is that?"

(2018) Mikey gasped when he saw, sitting in the man's hand was his helmet.

(2018) Mikey remembered it falling off back when the warehouse had exploded.

Nervously, (2018) Mikey looked up at the man, not knowing what to say.

"I see...so this is yours?"
The man asked, clearly he already knew but despite that he still asked. His grip tightened around the helmet as he waited for his prisoner to answer.

"...yeah." (2018) Mikey whispered.

"Then you should have no problem telling me what it does. I know it's not just any normal helmet, so don't bother lying to me."

At this point (2018) Mikey's nerves were on high alert, his eyes wide, his wavering firm expression changed to a look of pure worry.

"I-...i-.." he tried to say something, but the words just stopped coming out.

"You should know that I'm running low on patience."

Hearing this, (2018) Mikey knew the guy was getting more annoyed by him and his silence, but he also wasn't just gonna let his capturer scare him into talking.

"...I'm not telling you ANYTHING." He said  finally, his voice low and shaky.

"...you don't know who I am, do you?"
The man didn't seem to react at first, but (2018) Mikey flinched when the man suddenly grabbed his wrist through the bars, yanking his injured body forward, until his body was roughly pressed against the cold bars,  the force causing a fresh wave of pain to go through his severely beaten body.

"If you don't answer me when I tell you to, then you, wretched child, will learn why they call me The Shredder."

The room seemed to have froze, now (2018) Mikey was able to see the man's face, and it was horrifying.

"What?" He thought.

(2018) Mikey knew that there was gonna be a Shredder in this dimension, but he didn't think he was actually gonna see him, less of all that he was gonna be captured by him!

Now he seriously had to find a way out of here before-

"You seem surprised. Now that you know who I am, I'm more than glad to show you more of what I'm capable of."

With no more than a snap of his gloved fingers, (2012) Shredder spawned in five foot bots, who opened the door to (2018) Mikey's cell, releasing him from the heavy metal chains so they could drag him out the cell, and just like last time, they pressed (2018) Mikey against a wall.

"Let go of me!"
He yelled.

"I'll give you one last chance to tell me about this helmet of yours. If you do, then I'll be sure to let you go."

(2018) Mikey already knew (2012) Shredder was lying, and even if he wasn't, (2018) Mikey wasn't gonna tell him anything.

"Very well then.."

Without saying another word, the foot bots already started dragging (2018) Mikey away, taking him further into the darkness of the dungeon, until they reached a different room or area, which was much larger than the right cell he was in earlier.

There, (2018) Mikey saw a variety of different machines, some looked like they hadn't been used in decades, but that was probably gonna change very soon.

(2018) Mikey struggled as the foot bots forced him onto yet another cold metal table, located in the far center of the room, he was strapped down with thick leather strapped that were bolted down to the metal table, restricting his movements completely.

Now shit was starting to get too serious, because across from him, (2018) Mikey saw the man enter the room, more lights started to flicker on, revealing more of the Shredders build, the lights reflected off of the mans freshly polished armor, nearly making (2018) Mikey's eyes squint as he got closer.

All (2018) Mikey could do was stare at (2012) shredder as he walked closer to him, his steps slow and measured.

"What...are you doing?"

(2018) Mikey nervously asked, his voice low and anxious.

"Nothing that won't be your fault."

(2012) Shredder quietly spoke, slowly he lifted up his right arm, the sound of a sharp swish echoed in the room, two long sharp metal talons shot from the ends of (2012) Shredders fisted hands.

Seeing the two sharp blades sprout In front of him, (2018) Mikey immediately started to get more on edge.

His eyes now darting between (2012) Shredder and his metal claw, all the while he struggled against his restraints.

Before (2018) Mikey had any time to even react, (2012) Shredder aimed his bladed fist at the bounded turtles head.

Fear clouded (2018) Mikey's mind as he closed his eyes, preparing himself both mentally and physically for whatever pain was coming is way, but instead of feeling a nearly 9 inched blade go through his skull, he felt a heavy, short gust of wind hit his face.

When (2018) Mikey opened his eyes, he saw that neither of the blades actually hit him, instead they were perfectly aligned on the outsides of his neck, the blades were lodged deep into the metal table.

"Now that I've shown whose life is in danger, you better tell me what I want to know."

Again, (2018) Mikey was silent.

This time he didn't look away, but he didn't make direct eye contact with (2012) Shredder as he simply shook his head, silently refusing to tell the man anything.

Deep down (2018) Mikey knew he was walking on thin ice, but he'd be damned to let himself spill his knowledge to such a dangerous enemy.

As the silence went on, (2012) Shredder's expression changed, his eyebrows furrowed, his eyes crinkled into dangerous slits as he looked down at the stubborn, silent turtle.

"Fine."

He spat coldly, looking straight down at (2018) Mikey.

"If you wont tell me willingly what this helmet does, then I'll just have to make you."

He said before turning around, walking towards the exit door.

Worry quickly started to spread inside (2018) Mikey's gut , his chest started to rise and fall at a more quickening pace as he watched a ton of foot bots file in.

(2018) Mikey wanted to ask one of them what was going on, but no words could come out as he saw the doors swinging open, followed along by a loud obnoxious BANG!

Coming into the room, (2018) Mikey saw (2012) Shredder, behind him was (2012) Baxter Stockman, in the fly mutants hands, he held a large plate of scary looking instruments.

(2018) Mikey instantly started to shake when he saw the dangerous looking tools that they held, watching with wide, terrified eyes as the scientist approached him, laying out the tools on a small padded table that the foot bots had set up prior to their arrival.

"You d-don't plan on using any of those on ME right?" He stuttered, the fear becoming much more evident in his voice.

No one answered, instead the foot bots stood tall and alert at their bosses side, while the fly just started hooking (2018) Mikey up to different machines.

"What are you doing?" He softly asked, knowing he wasn't gonna get an answer.

"Everything isss ready, master"

The fly quickly announced after activating the machines, receiving nothing but a small nod from the man.

(2018) Mikey felt as though his heart was gonna break through his chest when he saw (2012) Shredder walk over to him, his eyes searching over the nicely displayed array of tools, until his eyes landed on a freshly sharpened Tanto.

(2018) Mikey only stared at the blade as it got picked up, the air in his lungs tightening as his heart began beating so fast it was the only thing (2018) Mikey could hear.

Meanwhile, (2012) Shredder just glared down at the trapped turtle before him, feeling the intense waves of fear that radiated from him like heat from a  fire., and for the first time in a long time, (2012) Shredder felt powerful, a wicked grin spreading across his covered face.

By this point, (2018) Mikey had practically melted into a puddle, his eyes never leaving the shape blade that (2012) Shredder held.

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The torture went on for hours.
Each time the sharp tip of a blade pierced through (2018) Mikey's skin, cries of pain and agony would echo off the steel walls, a never ending soundtrack that sounded like music to (2012) Shredders ears.

Despite the never ending pain, and the overflow of tears, (2018) Mikey refused to utter a single word to the man above him.

With a growl of pure annoyance and frustration, (2012) Shredder tossed the blood covered dagger he was holding aside, the metal stained blade clattering as it jumped across the hard floor.

"You..pathetic creature.."
The man huffed, clearly being out of breath.

"You're strong..I'll give you that, but I will find a way to break you. And once I do, you will tell me more about these gadgets of yours."

Despite the intense pain that radiated off his body, (2018) Mikey still managed to listen to every word (2012) shredder said, he knew the sick bastard was telling some what of the truth, that he was willing to do whatever it took to "break" him. But still, while coughing up bits of blood, (2018) Mikey laughed, a small cocky smile appearing on his bruised, blood covered mouth.

"Don't get your hopes up."

He managed to whisper out, his voice muffled from all the blood in his mouth.

(2018) Mikey watched as (2012) Shredder turned to leave, his smile slowly growing weak from the pain, which was now starting to become more unbearable.

Meanwhile, back in the laboratory, (2012) Baxter Stickman was working on the DNA samples he collected from previous test subjects, carefully he was about to drip a tiny bit of mixture into one of the samples, only to be stopped by the sound of his lab doors swinging open.

A gasp escaped the fly genius' mouth as he snapped his giant head back to see who it was that had come in, seeing his master standing right in front of him.

"M-master Shredder!"

The fly mutant stuttered, receiving a cold intimidating glare from his master before being tossed at a helmet.

Find out what this helmet does, and report back to me whatever you find out."

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The man strictly ordered before walking out, leaving (2012) Baxter, who quickly set down the helmet, putting all of his attention into it, carefully examining the gear, turning it around until his gaze fixated on a small button sticking out of the bottom side of the helmet. Intrigued, (2012) Baxter reached out his thin finger, hesitantly pressing the button. Which soon started to glow to life.

A mix of curiosity and excitement filled the fly scientist as he watched the technology in his hands glow, but before the fly could get too excited, he was interrupted by the sound of groaning coming from behind him, a clear sign of (2018) Mikey's suffering.

Turning around, (2012) Baxter saw a group of foot bots wheeling in a long metal table, strapped to it was of course (2018) Mikey, who had dried blood all over his body, his gaze low and unfocused as he was brought in.

Confusion rose within (2012) Baxter as the foot bots brought the hanging turtle to the empty corner of his lab, leaving him upright like a decorative statue.

When (2012) Baxter went to ask why the creature was brought back to him, he heard the sound of loud heavy footsteps similar to Master Shredders, and soon enough, the tall figure of (2012) Tigerclaw stepped in, his giant, fuzzy hands held behind his back as he approached the fly genius.

The moment (2012) Baxter saw the cat enter his lab, he immediately felt all his confidence fade, feeling small as usual next to the feline.

"Oh, umm...T-tigerclaw, what b-bringsss you here?"

He buzzed, trying his best to hide the nervousness in his voice.

(2012) Tigerclaw's eyes turned into slits as he listened to the fly's annoying stutters.

"Master Shredder wants the turtle here with you. He trusts that you won't let him out of your sight while you figure out more on the helmet...which shouldn't be too hard for a freakish bug such as yourself."

The insult of course went right through (2012) Baxter like air through grass, as he had grown used to the constant insults on his mutated form.

"...whatever..." He muttered as (2012) Tigerclaw and the footbots left.

Closing the doors to his lab, (2012) Baxter let out a sigh, loosening up now that the pesky feline was gone.

So then, (2012) Baxter turned around, and looked over at (2018) Mikey,who was still strapped to the metal table, blood smeared all over parts of the table like an art piece.

"You didn't make thisssss easy for yourself, d-did you?"

The fly buzzed, looking up at the turtle with an unamused expression.

Knowing he wasn't gonna get a response back, (2012) Baxter decided to put his focus on the task he was assigned.

"Well then...guess it's t-time to get to work on tthisss."

The scientist mumbled under his breath, walking himself back over to the workbench.

As the fly got to work on dismantling the helmet, (2018) Mikey just stayed where he was, not having any other choice of course.

Each twitch from his muscles sent shockwaves of pain all over his body, while each breath he took brought in little to no air.

The bright lights of the lab stung (2018) Mikey's eyes each time he tried to open them, but eventually when he was able to adjust to the lighting, (2018) Mikey looked over across from him, seeing the fly mutant tinkering with his helmet, and it wasn't to hard to see that beside the fly scientist laid his tech-bracelet.

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Hours of working went b, but they all felt like eternity to (2012) Baxter, who could barely keep his concentration. Nothing was going right for him in this situation. His task was complicated, and to top it off, he had a turtle strapped to a stainless steel table drilling holes in the back of his head with his stares, making (2012) Baxter feel uncomfortable, and even more uneasy.

"Will you ssstop staring at me!" He yelled.

"It's unsettlllling!" The fly finally snapped, making him drop the box of tools that were on the edge of his table.

Once (2018) Mikey heard the fly yell at him, he quickly chose to make eye contact on the ground, his tired and half opened eyes struggled as he took smaller looks up at (2012)
Baxter as the mutant groaned while angrily picking up his fallen tools.

It seemed like forever, but soon (2012) Baxter finally was able to finish picking everything up, setting the box full of his tools down, this time pushing it far back so it wouldn't fall, before taking a seat leaning back in his chair before letting out a sigh of both annoyance and exhaustion.

"Thissss is pointless!" He pointed out.

"I've found nnnothing!"

Hearing that, (2018) Mikey couldn't help but form a smirk, happy to know that these idiots didn't get what they wanted.

But his smirk faded quickly when (2012) Baxter turned to face him, an irritated buzz radiated through him as he tripped the armrest of his chair.

"You think this is funny, turtle?" He asked, now looking directly into (2018) Mikey's eyes.

At the sound of the fly mutant irritated voice, (2018) Mikey turned his gaze away from him, focusing on a random spot on the wall....though he could still feel the fly's hundreds of statred right on him.

With another sigh of frustration, (2012) Baxter pushed th4e helmet aside, deciding to take a short break before getting back to it.

But as (2012) Baxter tried to relax and calm his mind, he coul;d hear the muffled coughs and groans of the hanging tutlrtle behind him, it being the only sound he did hear besides his own breathing.

A few minutes had passed before (2012) BAxter finally decided to look over at his new prisoner, seeing how pale the turtles skin had grown, most likely due to the amount of blood he had lost, the exhaustion, dehydration....oh well, his break was over now, so (2012) Baxter quickly got back to working, this time trying a different method.

As the fly contuied working, growing tired through each passing hour, he heard soft beeps come from behind him, instantly reelizimg it was coming from the turtles high teched bracelet thing.

This was definitely a new discovery for (2012) Baxter, sense he's never seen it do anything from the very moment it was brought to him.

Upon hearing the constant beeping, (2018) Mikey slowly re-opened his eyes, struggling as he piucked his head up to see what as causing it, his eyes landing on the4 glowing screen of his tech-bracelet.

(2018) Mikey could only watch as (2012) BAxter slowly picked up his tech-bracelet, the fly taking his time examining the blaring device in his thin hands, before snapping his head arpoud to face (2018) Mikey.

"What issss this?" He asked, now getting closer to (2018) Mikey.

It was difficult, but (2018) Mikey slowly looked up at (2012) Baxter, is tired eyes quickly looking down at his tech-bracelet, a glint of realization shown in his eyes, quickly forcing it away before looking back up at the giant fly with a small smirk.

Despite his situation, (2018) Mikey was still glad to know that (2012) BAxter had no clue about his gadgets, that he still had no other source of information besides him.

"Why...should I tell...you?" He quietly whispered.

"..because, if you d-ddon't, i'll have nnno choice but to tell my mmmaster...." The fly answered, clearly referring to (2012) Shredder.

"And you know what hhe'll do t-to youuu."
He buzzed.

Hearing that threat alone managed to get (2018) Mikey's smile to fade as he looked down at the ground in worry, deep down, (2018) Mikey knew he wouldnt be able to live through another "session" with (2012) Shredder and his rage, so the last thing he wanted was for him to return and possibly ruin his chance of surviving this hell and returning back to his family.

"...i-...I'm not telling."

The fly again for the 300th time, huffed in annoyance, of course he couldn't call in his Master, if anything it'd be HIM getting into trouble instead of the turtle.

"Fine. I'll ffigure it out myself..."

The fly muttered, having no choice but to go back into working.

As the munt got to work, (2018) Mikey felt satisfied with his monetary win, another this time much smaller smirk found it's way in as (2012) Baxter continued too struggle.

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Hours went by in the lab, at this point maybe days, (2012) Baxter sat at his bench, playing around with the tech-bracelet and the helmet as even more time passed by.

(2018) Mikey's eyes slowly started to grown heavy, and with each minute it became increasingly harder for him to stay awake, his head slowly dropping every so often.

By this point, (2018) Mikey had nearly passed out from exhaustion, every part of his body aches, the pin constantly lingering, his mind cloudy and unfocused, but despite all that he managed to stay somewhat conscious

As (2018) Mikey grew more and more weak, staying awake became nearly impossible, and he soon started to close his eyes for just a bit of rest, his head starting to drop down until suddenly--

"WAKE UP!"

A loud voice rang out, making (2018) Mikey's body tense up in pain and shock, his eyes snapped open as he lift his head up, banging the back of it against the hard metal surface, the pain instantly snapping him back into his new reality.

End Of Chapter 5...