I've been enjoying the RP blogs on tumblr, and for a while, there was a serious shortage of Leos. I kind of got talked into joining up for a while, but because I can't do things by halves, I decided that if I was going to do it, it was going to have to be a story about Falling!Leo in an alternate reality. And then the rest of the family wanted to talk about how they were reacting to Leo being gone. So while this is out of canon with the rest of Falling, it turned out to be really fun, and I wanted to collect the ficlets there.

Also, please don't panic. Just because I'm doing that doesn't mean I'm not working on Falling, too. The new chapter is coming soon, I promise. The research is just making it slow going.

All he wanted was to watch Space Heroes. Was that too much to ask? But he'd just sat down, suppressing a giggle of delight when he saw that it was "The Arena of Nebuzar" again, and was considering calling April out of Donnie's lab, when a rumble shook the floor beneath him and a cry of "…that's NOT supposed to happen!" echoed from the lab.

Leo was on his feet in an instant, bolting for the doorway. When he made it inside, he noticed two things right away. First, that the room was WAY more full of smoke than usual, and second, that there was a large glowing crack in the wall next to April.

Leo made his way over to her quickly as Donnie, coughing through the smoke, started attacking the large, humming machine in the middle of the room with a wrench.

"You okay?" he asked, placing a concerned hand on her shoulder.

"Yeah, I'm fine," she said, waving him off. "But check this out!" she gestured at the glowing crack.

Leo took a closer look. As he neared the crack, he could see something through it. It looked… exactly like Donnie's lab.

"Whoa…" he breathed. Then he turned, hands on his hips. "Donatello, did you just rip a hole in the fabric of space-time?"

"No!" Donnie said. The machine behind him emitted a shower of sparks, and he cringed. "…maybe?"

Leo turned to look at the hole again, when the machine gave an ominous rumble and erupted in a cloud of smoke.

"Donatello!" came Splinter's angry shout from the room beyond. "Why is our house exploding?"

"Sorry, sensei!" Donnie called. But as he turned his back, the machine shook, and the entire side panel blasted clear, heading straight for April.

Leo's eyes widened. "April! Look out!" Without stopping to think, he leaped toward her, throwing her clear. In another second, the panel struck him, flinging him toward the crack. The world dissolved in a haze of glowing light, and then…

Nothing. He was sitting in the middle of Donnie's lab.

But there was no sign of Donnie and April.

"Umm…" he looked around uneasily. It looked like Donnie's lab, but something felt… different. "Hello?"

And then it hit him. He'd been thrown through the crack into a parallel reality.

He rose to his feet and brushed himself off. He wasn't really worried. Donnie would figure out a way to get him home. Eventually. Until then, he may as well see if there was anyone else here. There may even be another him.

He paused at the thought, and grinned. He might finally have someone who would truly understand his love of Space Heroes! Feeling much better, he left the room.