Ok I decided to have the 2k3 turtles do a little dimension hopping into this world. This means the story's gonna be a little dark until, well if I say anything I'll give it away. Ok, I'm imagining this story in the 2k3 design, before Fast Forward. I just prefer they all appear almost the same age. Oh, and I want to clear this now, the original TMNT will go by their full names, my turtles will go by the nicknames. Ok, so here's chapter two.
I don't own TMNT.
Still dreaming through.
"Where the shell are we now?" Raphael grumbled as he straitened his mask.
"Who knows," Leonardo mumbled as he gazed around.
A sudden crack of thunder had Michelangelo jumping at every little sound.
"I want to know why this only seems to happen to us," Donatello said as he climbed to his feet.
"Do you think we're in another Turtle Dimension?" Michelangelo asked.
"Maybe, maybe not," Donatello muttered while staring up as rain started pelting down on them.
"Let's find some shelter," Leonardo said and lead them to a greenhouse on top of a building.
"Hmm," Leonardo breathed as he gazed out at the rain.
"What is it bro?" Raphael asked, noticing the look his oldest brother wore.
"This place seems familiar," the blue banded turtle mumbled.
"Familiar?" Michelangelo asked, "I don't recognize it."
"I don't see anything unusual around," Donatello added.
"No you guys wouldn't recognize it, if this place is the place I'm thinking of."
"Why wouldn't we recognize it?" Donatello asked.
"Because if the this is-"
"AHHHH!"
"What the shell was that!?" Raphael asked as he drew his sais.
"We better go find out," Leonardo said as they ran out into the storm.
"Wait a minute," Donatello mumbled, "This storm looks awfully familiar to the one when-"
"AHHHHHH!"
Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello froze but Leonardo kept running on. They eventually shook of the fear that was slowly climbing up their necks and continued to follow their big brother into the dark night. When they caught up they found someone in the distance was fighting with, well, a lot of people.
"I know gangs don't fight on rooftops," Raphael mumbled.
A flickering light a few buildings over came on and suddenly the fight was illuminated for a short second. They knew the form of a fellow ninja turtle when they saw it. Every turtle's hands went to their weapons for a second until all the ninja surrounding the turtle were thrown back.
"He's good," Donatello whispered.
"But which one of us is he?" Michelangelo asked.
"Let's follow him," Raphael said, "In case there's more Foot out tonight."
"I don't know," Leonardo mumbled.
"Stop being such a hypocrite," Raphael snarled.
They all looked back up to find their fellow turtle was buildings away.
"Let's go," Raphael said and shot off.
Leonardo sighed but lead the others after him.
"AHHHHHHH!"
Suddenly, Raphael stopped ahead of them.
"What's wrong?" Donatello asked as they skidded to a halt.
Michelangelo and Donatello went as wide-eyed as Raphael already was while Leonardo narrowed his eyes.
"It's what I thought," Leonardo mumbled, "This is when I was ambushed by the Foot."
His brothers weren't paying attention though, they were looking at the katana wielding shadow that was their eldest brother's counterpart. He was on his hands and knees, the Foot Elite stood around him and there was blood, lots of blood. Seeing the aftermath of the ambush was one thing but to see it actually happening before their eyes chilled them beneath their bones.
Then, it was like a miracle to the three younger turtles for this dimension's Leo jumped right up again and continued fighting. It was only a harsh reminder to the eldest though, for he knew what was coming. Then came the whimpers their highly trained ears picked up on. Then, the turtle group could only watch as an Elite's spear entered the lone turtle's side, then as the ax wielding Elite brought his weapon down on the turtle's shoulder and finally as the triton flew right towards and met the turtle's throat.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" the turtle screamed as he fell back and his katanas were sent flopping down uselessly at the Elite's feet.
Leonardo reached out and pulled all his brothers back, "There's nothing we can do, there are too many."
Then came the voice they all cringed away from.
"Ah, so exceptional that you will fall at my hands vile turtle, you should have joined me when you had the chance."
The group of turtles looked back and found their old enemy, the Shredder, looming over their fallen brother. Raphael was ready to jump in and skin every Foot ninja out there but Leonardo held him back.
"Let me go! He's going gonna pay for this! I'm gonna gut every last one of them!"
Leonardo knew what was coming next so he reached out and turned each of his brother's masks to the side.
"What the shell is this for?!" Raphael yelled.
"My brothers, please try not to let what you hear next bother you," Leonardo said.
"Oh don't worry turtle, you're still of some use to me. I need you to deliver a message to your pathetic brood. Be happy, you'll be the first to die. I'll make sure to kill them each very slowly," the Shredder said with venom running through his every word.
Michelangelo began shaking, "What's going to happen now?"
Leonardo slapped his brothers hands away from turning their masks back, "Not yet, you don't want to see this."
Raphael growled and turned his mask back anyways only to see the Shredder drive his gauntlet into the suffering turtle's chest.
"NO!" Raphael yelled.
Michelangelo and Donatello turned their masks back in time to see the gauntlet be driven across to the turtle's arm. Maybe they could've handled the images if it wasn't for the turtle screaming. The three fear filled turtles froze and cringed at each scream.
"AHHH!"
Each scream was filled with horror and terror and allowed a ghost to press upon each of their minds.
Then once the Shredder raised his gauntlet again Leonardo pulled all his brothers to him.
"What-?" Raphael started but was cut off as another scream echoed through the air, this one was so sharp it cut through the clouds, the sky, the city and very air itself.
Pain, a call of pain unlike any other, shot out like a bullet and cut through the very atmosphere like wet tissue paper.
"!!!!!!"
The scream of a shattering soul.
The three youngest turtles froze as they heard it.
Crack…Snap…Shatter
Donatello cringed into Leonardo's hold as did Michelangelo but Raphael froze. They all knew the sound too well and had seen the outcome.
Breaking bones…A shattering plate of armor
Leonardo frowned and took a deep breath. There was nothing they could've done besides, the night would end the same. Everything would be ok. Well, at least that was what the blue banded turtle was telling himself.
"I'm going to kill them!" Raphael shouted and tore away only to be struck back in horror at the sight of the blood and the shadowed figure lying on the roof.
"This was," he thought and looked back at his older brother.
Leonardo met his eyes and he found himself frozen to the spot, breathing through a suddenly dried out throat. Neither looked away not even as Leonardo reached out and pulled his immediate little brother back to him.
"I'm sorry my brothers, I never thought you'd have to see this," Leonardo whispered.
They all cringed as the next scream rang out and the next one, the next one, the next one and the next one. All with the voice of their eldest brother. Finally, it grew quiet and Leonardo remembered the time, for he had been too tired and sore to scream any longer as the Shredder continued to tear into him. Minutes later, the Foot ninja melted away as the Foot Elite scooped up the turtle and jumped to the next rooftop.
"If you guys want any revenge you should take it now," Leonardo said as he stepped back.
He drew his swords and ran after the ninja. The Elite they could handle, but the Shredder and 3,000 Foot soldiers were another story. In no time at all they had their fallen counterpart in their arms and were far from the Foot ninja in an alleyway across town.
"Uh guys," Michelangelo said in the darkness, "I found his katanas but-"
"But what?" Donatello asked.
"They're different," Michelangelo responded.
"How?" Raphael asked still itching to bust a few skulls in after that.
Michelangelo held them out into an overhanging light, all of them were shocked to find they were wrapped in red.
"That's weird, since when does Fearless here like red?"
Leonardo went to speak up when a voice called out over the distance.
"LEO! LEO WHERE ARE YOU!? LEO!!!"
"That sounds like you," Michelangelo said to Raphael.
Ok, I see a hot fudge sundae in my future. See ya! Make sure to review cause I just LOVE THEM!!! ^_^
~Moonsetta