A/N: Sorry this took so long

A/N: Sorry this took so long. I got this chappie betaed though. Thanks Matt! Re-edit here folks. Sorry but my computer is the source that is all evil!

Chapter Two: Welcome Home… Or Not:

The reunion Donnie pictured in his mind was a mixture of both joy and blame,
but he never expected this. April took him to his brothers. They were buried
right next to their master in the park. The grief that over took Donnie
brought him to his knees.

"No!" he cried. "How? When?!"

April hated to answer that question because it really wasn't that long
ago… "A year…" she answered.

Donnie couldn't believe it. He was a year too late. April slowly explained to him what happened. The truth was that she didn't know how to. It was very confusing, even for her. She did the best she could. "Your past self came to our time stream. Mikey found him before anyone else did. He was actually able to reunite our family Donnie." April continued, walking up to him, and placing a comforting hand on his shoulder. "But don't worry Donnie, their death wasn't in vain. They got the Shredder. It's all over."

Donnie sobbed for his brothers, and his father. "How could you say their death wasn't in vain?" he asked her tearfully. "They're gone and they're not coming back and it's all thanks to me!"

"No, not you… Well, in a matter of speaking anyway."

"It doesn't matter!" he yelled angrily. "I'm me, no matter what
time frame you put me in!"

Then Don spotted another grave with them. The grief was far from over.
"Casey?" he asked her. "He's gone too?"

April walked over to her husband's grave. "Yes, it happened during one
of our earlier raids on the Shredder's headquarters."

"April, I'm so sorry." Donnie tried to apologize but he knew no
apology could ease this kind of loss.

"It's okay… Well, it's not okay, but I'm learning to cope
with it one day at a time." She assured him with a smile.

Donnie stood up. "Who else remains?" Donnie asked curiously.

"Angel is still around, and some members of our rebellion." April informed him. "We destroyed the Shredder now it's time for clean up control." She said proudly. "We're going to rebuild this city Don, make it better, much better then it's ever been."

"I got a better idea." He stated.

April saw his mind rolling through his eyes. "Don, what are you
thinking?"

"Do you still have your uncle's artifact?" Donnie asked her.

April knew what he was thinking. He was planning to use that thing again.
"I'm sorry, but that thing got destroyed some time ago. I've been
trying to work on it, but I've come up short. The thing is useless."

"No, I refuse to believe that." Donnie retorted. "Do you think you can
take me to it?" he asked. "I just have a feeling if I can get my hands
on that artifact, I can turn things around."

April was a little hesitant about that part of the idea. "I don't know
about that Donnie, time warping saved us once, do you think it's too risky
trying again?"

"Anything is worth a try if I can bring our family back." Donnie
replied.

"Please Ape, I've got to try."

"All right," April gave in. "Follow me."

April went ahead. Don remained behind, just for a moment. "Don't worry
guys, I promise. It won't end this way." Then he turned to follow April
back to the old den.

When they arrived Donnie could see that the old den wasn't the same one he
remembered. You could see it had been damaged over the years. It wasn't
the warm home he'd remembered. He shivered a bit because of the cold and the
feeling of emptiness that over whelmed him.

"Welcome home Donnie." April said once they were in. She tried to give
the best smile she could but it really didn't matter. No smile could bring
him welcome that he really wanted: his brothers, and his father.

Still, Donnie was polite enough to return April's greeting. "Thanks."

"Ape, is that you?" a familiar voice asked in the shadows of the den.

"That's not…?" he asked her.

April smiled. "Yup, Angie, look who I found."

Angel came out of the darkness. She wasn't as old as April was, she still
had her youth to her. She came up to him, Donnie tried to hide his upper
body from her but it useless. No matter how he tried, it couldn't hide his
deformation.

"No way!" Angel declared happily. "Get out of dodge! Donnie?!"

Donnie was taken aback when Angel greeted him with one hell of a hug. It
seemed his distorted figure made no difference to her either. He was
thankful for that. He returned her embrace. It was so good to be back in familiar
arms.

"Where the shell have you been?!" she asked him once they parted.

"Everywhere." He answered. "The list is way too long…"

"Meh," She shrugged it off. "Don't want to hear it, I'm just glad
you're back!" Angel turned to April. "Now, we can really paint this
town red… or purple." Angel added quickly with a giggle.

Donnie laughed too. It hurt a bit, but he ignored it. He forgotten the last
time he really laughed. However, their laughter was short lived.

"What's with all the laughing?" a new voice came to Don's ear.

"Oh no," Angel said. She looked towards April for help on this one. It
was just a matter of time before all hell broke lose.

Donnie didn't know this new voice but he was soon about to come face to
face. "YOU!" The person the voice belonged to spotted him. He didn't have
time to blink before she charged right at him.

TBC…