Chapter 2! Thanks to everyone who's reviewed so far, and to those who have put this under favorite or alert lists. You people are awesome! :D To further elaborate on something in last chapters author's note; I am very busy this summer, with summer camp and marching band things. So, updates won't be regular, and there may be a week or two were I don't post at all. Don't fret, I'm still here, just really busy. :) So, let's figure out what happened, shall we?

Still don't own TMNT. Unless I win the lottery, that isn't going to change.


Ah man...My head hurts...What the heck happened?

Leo slowly got up, rubbing his head slightly. As he began to look around the room, dread filled him. The place was deserted, and it looked like it had been that way for a long time. But that didn't make sense. The TCRI building wasn't that old, and hadn't he been just fighting in it? But, there was no sign of life anywhere.

No sign of life... "Raph! Mikey! Donnie!" Leo called out in fear. Where were his brothers? And Donnie had been injured...

"G-guys! Where are you?" But it was no use. Leo was completely alone; even the Kraang where gone.

He looked up at the portal and was shocked at the state it was in. The three ray guns where all in various forms of disarray; one had fallen apart completely. The whole room was dark and empty. He slowly began walking out, only to trip again. He looked at what he tripped over, and nearly puked.

It was an old, rusted Kraang droid, with the rotting remains of a Kraang still inside. Leo backed away quickly, only to run into another one. Leo got up and walked away quickly, watching the floor to avoid tripping over others. He continued to scan the room. His eyes found the controls, which looked burnt. Pulling out his swords just to make himself feel more comfortable, he ran over to them.

The lightning strike had done some serious damage to the controls. They were covered in scorch marks and many of the buttons had fallen off. Leo touched the surface, and came away with dust. Evidently time had been a factor too, but Leo couldn't figure out how. Just a few minutes ago, he was fighting his way through scores of living Kraang in this very room with his brothers. Now he was alone, his only company scores of dead Kraang, in a room that looked like it hadn't been used in years. What had happened?

Leo saw that most of the windows had been blown out, and that nobody had felt like patching the holes. He made his way through the window and saw the New York skyline. It was daytime, though overcast, and at first everything looked normal. Then, he turned to his right and saw something that nearly made him fall off the TCRI building.

It was one of those large, electronic billboards that one would expect to find in Times Square, not out in the middle of office buildings and apartments. But it wasn't the billboard itself that was shocking; it was what was on it. It was a large picture of Shredder, blown up to at least twice his size. Captioned below it were the words "Your Leader".

No...

Leo leapt off the building and onto a nearby roof. His heart was pumping. How did Shredder come into power? What was going on? It felt as though the world was spinning much faster than it should be. Leo placed his hand to his head and sat down on the roof and tried to collect his thoughts.

He began to meditate; Splinter always told them that meditation helped clear the mind and opened your mind to new possibilities and ideas. He began to breathe in a rhythmic pace and he felt his mind clear.

And then the sound of chopper blades brought him right back. Leo, slightly annoyed, looked up, and felt the annoyance turn to dread. A helicopter with the Foot Clan seal on its side was inspecting the TCRI roof that he had just left. He could see Foot Clan ninjas leaving the helicopter and into the building. And then – his heart skipped a beat – Karai followed them.

Leo knew he had to get out of there. They must have had something to do with the state TCRI was in, and they must have set up silent alarms in case anyone went in there. And once they realized that the person who tripped those alarms had escaped, they'd start checking the surrounding area. He had to get underground.

He began to run, using the shadows to prevent being seen. And thank goodness he did. Foot owned choppers where everywhere in the sky, and he could see patrol cars and vans on the streets. And even more eerie, the streets had only a few people walking them, wearing dark clothes and keeping their heads down. Something was seriously wrong.

Leo saw a newspaper stand that no one was watching, so he snuck down and took one of the papers. The headlines seemed to be nothing more than Foot propaganda, something about how wonderful Shredder was. Then, his eyes fell on the date. The month and day were correct, but the year wasn't. He scanned it again. According to this, he was ten years in the future!

Leo dropped the paper in shock. How is this possible? What's going on here? Where is everybody? How did this happen?

Then, he remembered what had happened back in TCRI before things went weird. He had tripped into the portal, then lightning had struck the controls, then the colors changed...and here he was. The strike of the lightning had somehow changed the portal from traveling to Dimension X to the future. That, or some wigged out other dimension. That was alien technology; the Earth lightning must have messed with it in a way that not even the Kraang could have predicted. And the place was in shambles and was now crawling with Foot Clan. He was stuck here for a while.

Leo wished that Donnie was with him. He would've known what was going on, or at least could have provided better insight.

I need to get underground. The others might be there, and they might be able to help me. Though, if I did time travel, they haven't seen me in ten years. This might get weird...or, well, weirder.

Leo found manhole cover, moved it, and climbed into the sewers, being careful to put the cover back perfectly.

He dropped into the sewers and began walking. For the first time, he found himself in familiar surroundings. Evidently, ten years hadn't changed the sewers much, and he was grateful for that. Not only was it calming, but he was able to find his way around easier, and in no time at all he found himself at the lair.

He pushed his way through the old turntables and began to look around. He felt his face fall as he did so. Everything looked different, darker, and almost cleaner. The TV looked like it hadn't been touched in ages, and Mikey's skateboard, Donnie's laptop, and Raph's comic books where nowhere to be seen. He walked in slowly, and noticed that his collection of Space Heroes DVD's where still there, lying in the same place he'd left them, yet they were free of dust. In fact, despite looking different, the lair still looked like it was lived in.

He picked up one of the DVD's when he sensed something coming towards his head. He instinctively ducked, and heard something stick to the wall behind him. He looked and saw a metal fan stuck in the wall. Then he felt someone punch his face. He grabbed the arm, and twisted it expertly, flipping his attacker to the ground. At this, a gasp left his attackers throat; a gasp that sounded very familiar...

"April!" Leo exclaimed, and he looked down at the floor. Sure enough, there was April, slowly getting up. She was a bit taller and defiantly older looking. She had a grey sweatshirt and old jeans on, but her hair was still in its normal ponytail-and-yellow-headband, though a bit longer.

She looked up at him and her eyes widened in shock. "L-Leo?" She asked, breathless, and Leo nodded. April suddenly gave him a large hug.

"We haven't seen you in years! Sensei and I thought you were dead!" She said, sounding like she was trying to hold back sobs.

"I'm fine, I'm fine. I just time traveled is all," April pulled away, and gave him a questioning look. "Long story. What happened here? Why is Shredder in charge?"

"That is also a long story," Leo and April turned to the gravelly voice behind them. Leo's eyes couldn't help but well up with tears at seeing Master Splinter. He still looked like he always did, but Leo could see the grayer patches of fur, the way he leaned on his staff more. His Sensei was getting older. But, Leo also saw the happiness in Splinter's eyes as he laid eyes on his missing son.

"Sensei!" Leo cried, and he ran over, embracing him tightly.

"I have missed you, my son," Splinter said, returning the hug.

"Okay, not that I'm not glad to see Leo again, but what's going on here?" April said from behind them.

"I was going to ask the same thing," Leo said.

"We need to go the dojo and exchange stories. We all have many questions that must be answered."

Leo followed Splinter into the dojo and sighed with relief in seeing that it still looked like it always had.

"It's familiar, huh?" April said from behind him. "I love it too. It's the one place I can forget the horrors of today and remember how much fun we used to have."

"It does not do well to dwell on the past, April," Splinter said, sitting down in front of the large tree. "Though it seems as if the past is dwelling on us," He added, looking at Leo.

"Wait, where are the others?" Leo asked. "Where are Raph, Donnie, and Mikey? Won't they want to hear about what's going on?"

Both April and Splinter tensed. Leo looked at his Sensei and his best friend in confusion. "Where are my brothers?"

April looked at Splinter as he took a shaky breath and looked Leo dead in the eyes. "Leonardo, you have missed so much. I have not seen your brothers, my sons, in almost the same amount of time that I have not seen you."