Disclaimer: I do not own 2012 tmnt or 2003 tmnt. Also I'll refer to 2k3 Don (who is in 2k12 Don's body) as Don and 2k12 Don (who is in 2k3 Don's body) as Donnie. If you're still confused let me know. Also if you want me to make versions with the other turtles, please tell me.
Meanwhile in the 2k3 world, Donnie just woke up. He sat up in the bed and rubbed his face to help wake him up. Then he became completely confused. He didn't recognize anything. It was obviously a bedroom, but who's?
Donnie looked around and found a purple mask. It looked just like the one he wore. But it was different somehow. The eye holes were way too narrow for his eyes. Right? Something told Donnie that he wasn't exactly himself at the moment.
So he looked himself over and yelped in surprise. This was not his body! Not at all. Donnie had to take deep breaths to keep him from panicking. The strangest thing is that his shell wasn't connected at the sides. And his belt didn't have a strap attached. How was he going to hold his bo staff?
"Don? You awake? You were in your lab pretty late last night. But you know that isn't an excuse to sleep in. You'll be late for training." Leo said. Donnie opened the door.
"Of course Leo. I'll be right there after I use the bathroom." Donnie said. He was surprised at how his voice sounded. It was soft and gentle, comforting in a way.
"Alright then. I'm going to go drag Raph's shell out of that hammock of his. Don't take too long." Leo said. Donnie watched and waited for that Leo to leave into another room.
Donnie then put on the mask and grabbed the bo staff that was next to the bed. Then he left the room and searched until he found the bathroom. It took a little while since their lair was set up way differently then his own was. It was pretty disorienting. But he found it relatively quickly.
Donnie thought about things as he looked at his reflection through the mirror. That Leo was much different from his. For one thing, they were the same height. He hasn't been the same height as Leo since a few years back. And this Leo looked so, serious and kind of intimidating. It scared him just a bit.
Donnie then sighed and stared at the olive skinned turtle in the mirror. He wasn't sure how he was going to fix this. If there isn't something in this Donatello's lab that could help, then he would have to create something. That might take a while. All he had was questions and no answers.
Donnie then went over to the toilet. He cringed as he thought about what he was about to do. He knew his counterpart wouldn't mind too much. It was necessary to do in order to stay alive. So while keeping his eyes closed, he dropped down.
He couldn't help but take a little peek. He was surprised at the darker olive green tone color of it. It wasn't as big as his, but that's because he was taller. It was still a third of his height as all of theirs were. And it had a similar shape, maybe slightly more human like. But just slightly.
Donnie quickly finished up, put his bo staff in place on his shell, and headed for the dojo. He had slight trouble finding it. But he found it just in time. Donnie didn't say anything as he went to stand in place next to his other dimension brothers.
"Looks like someone else is late to training besides me for once! Master Splinter is going to chew you out this time! Not me!" Mikey said with a laugh.
"Oh yeah it's so funny. I'm sorry I woke up late. I didn't sleep well." Donnie said, slightly annoyed. No matter what universe it is, Mikey is still Mikey.
"Shell Don. Ya musn't have gotten a good night's sleep. Ya have an attitude today." Raph commented, noticing his brother's strange behavior.
"Raph's right. This isn't usually like you. Are you getting worked up on a project again?" Leo asked, noticing the strange behavior as well.
"Uh, yeah. I have a really big and important project I need to complete as soon as possible. I'm sorry. I'm just stressed over it." Donnie said, reprimanding himself for his quick temper.
"Well it better not interfere with your ninja duties. You are a ninja first and a scientist second Don." Leo said.
"Yeah yeah, Don knows that Leo. You say that to him every single time he has a project." Mikey commented.
"Alright, quiet know everyone. Master Splinter is waiting for us to be ready for training." Leo said. His brothers then got quiet and stood ready for their sensei.
"Mother hen." Raph mumbled right before Splinter stepped out of his room to greet his sons. Leo gave a quick glare at Raph.
"Good morning my sons. We seem to be starting training a little later than usual." Splinter greeted.
Donnie was looking up but then had to look down to see Splinter. He was so small and frail looking. And gray too. This was their Master Splinter? Donnie is not going to get used to that. He then noticed that everyone was looking at him. Oh yeah, he was the one late.
"I'm sorry Master Splinter. I didn't even realize that I slept in. I have a really important project I have to get done. I guess time just got the better of me. It won't happen again." Donnie explained with a half truth.
"This new project is of the highest necessity and up-most importance?" Splinter asked.
"Oh yeah sensei. It needs to get done as soon as it possibly can. It's so important I can't even begin to explain it." Donnie answered again with a half truth.
"Alright then. You are excused for today. But I expect you to be on time tomorrow. Am I understood?" Splinter said.
"Yes sensei, I understand perfectly." Donnie responded.
"Alright. Let's get to morning training." Splinter said. And then they began training finally.
Donnie adapted pretty well with training. He saw that he surprised his brothers a few times when he used a move in a more creative way. Thank you Mikey of his world for that lesson. At one point when sparring with Raph, he tried to push the button that made the blade pop out of the staff. But there was no blade. That split second of figuring out this Donatello's bo staff was just an ordinary one, caused Raph to win the match.
Raph laughed when the match was done. "I got ya brainiac! As usual, I mean it ain't no surprise there. Maybe if ya spent more time workin out and less in yer lab, then just maybe you could beat me. But then again, probably not." Raph gloated.
Donnie had his arms crossed over his plastron, annoyed at both himself and the bo staff. After Raph was done gloating, Donnie began poking at his plastron. "I was this close to beating you Raph! Only a split second caused you to win! I so had you! You meathead! And this stupid stick!" Donnie fumed. He was so fed up with loosing to Raph all the time. He threw the staff at the ground and stomped out of the dojo and to the lab.
"Where did that come from?" Mikey asked out loud.
"I'm not sure Mikey. But I think all the emotions Don holds in finally all came out at once. We should probably let him calm down before going to talk to him." Leo answered anyways.
"He called me a meathead. He never said that before." Raph said, in a state of shock from the sudden outburst. Mikey snickered a bit.
"You are a meathead Raph." Mikey said, pointing at Raph. Raph narrowed his eyes at Mikey and then hit the back of his head. Mikey let out an "ow" and rubbed his new sore spot.
In the lab, Donnie was trying to calm down. He needed to calm down and work on trying to get home. There has to be something in here that could help. Knowing himself, his counterpart probably has everything categorized on the computer.
