Paradox - a TMNT fanfic

by DenymBear

Inspired by events in Mirage comics 8, 42, 46, 47. Splinter and his 13yr old Turtles are going to see the 4th of July fireworks. But they are caught in a city-wide calamity before they even leave the sewers. An injured Leo is rescued by a vast, mysterious power, and finds himself amongst the Time-Folk. With his friend Renet, he must travel time and find a way to save his family!

1. Foreword

PARADOX - a TMNT fan-fic

Foreword:

A note from Sue:

Wow - it's been a long time! So - just a bit of explanation . After a couple of decades (yikes!) of hiatus, I have managed to free up some time in my life to get back into a few mothballed creative endeavors concerning my all time fave heroes - the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - and since I am having SO much fun reconnecting, not just with the fictitious Dudes, but with the real-life forever friends, whom I'd met only because of the TMNT, way back in the pre-internet early 90's - and by the way, who are worth every single second spent on the frivolities of fan-fiction! (with Mega Thanks to Eastman and Laird for the idea of the Dudes in the first place!)

Having recently - with Ria-angelo's invaluable and much appreciated assistance - gotten my original TMNT fan-fic True Forces re-posted online, Ria and I did some further digging in our files, and have also unearthed synopses for those multiple and as yet unwritten tales, and a scanned copy of another - this particular one - Paradox - which would still be languishing unfinished as well, had it not been for a dedicated few friends/fans who liked the concept so much they jumped in to assist me in getting the tale down on cyber-paper! I am forever grateful to them! Kim Garvin was the driving force in this project, and she recruited Dee and Wendy to see the tale come completely to life!

Ladies, you have my undying gratitude! I was Very Happy with the finished project!

And as Paradox has also now been resurrected, and tweaked over - here it is again for those who may find some small fraction of the enjoyment that those of us involved had in doing it!

Enjoy!

Yours in Green always!

Sue Sitler

October 2018

PS - verbatim from the synopsis notes I have: This tale is based on characters and events presented in the Mirage comics, issues 8, 42, 46 and 47. anyone knowing their stuff will immediately guess that this one is all about the Turtles, and Renet, and the Scepter of the Scared Sands of Time. and I include this information now, in the event anyone with said comics, might want to re-read them before jumping into the story! (and FYI, I couldn't possibly have told anyone any of that after so many years, if I hadn't found my notes...)

~o~

AND...additionally, for purposes of full historical disclosure and credit, here is Kim Garvin's original introduction to Paradox, included when the story was originally posted online in April 1998!

Paradox - a TMNT fan-fic

Conceived and begun by Sue Sitler

Finished by Kim Garvin

1912 section done by Dee

1953 section done by Wendy Peabody

First posted 4/19/1998, but years in the writing!

The Story behind the Story:

Back in the early 90's, Sue wrote the synopsis and several scenes for this story. Other important things calling her away, she was unable to finish it. Of several TMNT fan-fics she started, only True Forces was completed (started after the first movie, and finished shortly after the second one.)

In late '94, Sue loaned me a copy of Paradox. With my reaction to it, she offered to let me complete it. (If anyone can't tell the difference in writing styles, and want to know what Sue did, email me and I'll be happy to tell you just what her sections are.)

Even with her plot synopsis, which I stayed fairly close to, it was never an easy story to finish. Time travel headaches and stuck points that I wanted better than cliché outcomes kept making road blocks. Then, I would end up on another of my fan-fics around and in between bursts of inspiration for Paradox. It did seem like it was never going to be finished!

Then Dee's interest in Titanic got me to ask if she'd like to help write that section. I had to laugh that when Sue did the synopsis, the Titanic movie wasn't even in pre-production! Talk about time going by! Dee took what little I had done on this part and completed it with a twist I hadn't thought of!

And having worked with Wendy on Chapter 13 of her Seth story, it was only natural to ask for help on my stuck spots with Paradox. I finally convinced her to the 1953 section. I may have done some plot planning with her, but what she did made me delete my pitiful start on that part!

And a 'thank you' to Ria, who, as always, saw this thing take shape along the way, and let me bounce ideas off her.

Thanks Sue for letting me run with your idea!

Kim Garvin - April 1998