Noises were all around me, voices, movements, sounds I didn't recognize. I groaned slightly, prying my eyes open and looking around to see what was going on. I certainly wasn't expecting myself to be in an unfamiliar room, hearing unfamiliar voices below me. My eyes widened slightly, scrambling towards the door, almost tripping in the process before desperately searching for a switch.

But before the light was even on, realization dawned down on me.

The Kraang accident, me being sucked into the portal and ending up with other turtles, who were apparently our counterparts. A low gasp escapes my mouth, images flying through my head as a lightning bolt. All the memories from yesterday suddenly freshly imprinted in my brain.

I want to go home. Was the first sentence that filled my brain, slowly sliding down the wall until I was sitting down with my shell against the hard wall. Fresh tears bubbled up in my eyes, desperately trying to push away the faces of my bros, my real bros. Not these version, not the ones that were filled with scars, not the ones that threatened to kill me

I want to go home.

"Hey Mikey, you awake? We heard noises" Someone suddenly askes, knocking on the door a few times. It took me a few seconds to actually recognize the voice as Leo, a name I didn't actually want to give him. I stifle a sob that is threatening to get past my lips, quickly wiping away my tears. Hide it, like I've always done. They don't need to know, they have enough problems already.

"I'm awake, just lemme get my mask" I hurriedly said, ignoring the pins and needles that were capturing my legs as I stood up. I hadn't even bothered to take off my gear, but my mask had apparently fallen off while I was asleep, another reminder why Splinter always taught us to take them off while we slept. I quickly tied the bandana around my face, already feeling a bit better with the familiar fabric around my head, and walked to the door.

"Good morning." Leo said ones I emerged from my room.

"Morning Leo." I said with a smile, trying to ignore the numerous scars that were still littering his body.

"Sorry to wake you, but we thought you might me hungry." He continued, jumping down to the base floor with ease. Without actually questing it I followed him. It was still very weird, but I wasn't really surprised actually, this was a house of ninjas after all, not to mention a sewer. It actually makes me realize how lucky we were to get such a nice place in the sewer.

"That's okay, I wasn't sleeping anymore." I answered him as we walked into the kitchen. I stopped for a second, surprised to see Don and Raph sitting around the table. "We're having a….family breakfast?" The words sounded unfamiliar, rolling off my tongue like that.

Sure it wasn't something we did every single day, but most of the time we ate together, that wasn't the cause of my confusion, it was just that I hadn't expected them to eat like a.. well a family.

"Those scars don't mean that we ain't a family anymore" Raph said, glancing at Donnie as he said so, the latter deliberately ignoring the other.

"Sorry, I didn't want to offend you guys.. it's just.." I said, struggling to find the right words. Next to me Leo shook his head with a slightly amused smile, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Don't worry about it Mikey, we know what you mean. Just sit down for now. Training will be in 10 minutes" Leo said kindly, leading me to an empty seat, one of the four seats I might add. Leo took the last seat. Breakfast wasn't much, but it was enough for my growling stomach for now, and I quickly ate all of it, preparing myself for training.

TMNT

During breakfast I had briefly wondered where Mikey was.. the other Mikey that is, but once I entered the dojo I found that that question was actually quite obvious, and I wasn't even surprised to see my counterpart, Michelangelo, already doing some basic kata's. I was however surprised by the way he moved, even if I had seen him yesterday.

His movements were just so fast, even if he obviously wasn't giving everything he had.

"Ohayou" Leo said as he entered the dojo as well. The reaction was immediate. Michelangelo stopped his kata mid-way and straightened up.

"Ohayou Gozaimasu" He grumbled back, but unlike Leo's good morning, his wasn't sincere. And it quite surprised me that he responded this way. Ohayou was an informal way to greet someone, while Ohayou Gozaimasu was a way to great someone who was above you, like a teacher. Sure Leo was our leader, but we never acknowledged him like that.

He was still our brother, we were still a family.

"You know Japanese don't know Mikey?" Leo suddenly asked as we all sat down in a row, me keeping as much distance between the others as I could without causing any suspicion. Raph was next to me, then Donnie, and on the other side was Michelangelo.

"I do, we were raised Japanese. But once dad began to teach us ninjutsu, he taught us English as well since we were in New York" I explained, ignoring the glances I was getting from Raph and Donnie. Leo nodded his head slightly, glancing at his brothers.

"Good" He said, not really pressing the issue. "Okay Mikey.. since you are here right now, I want you to spar one of us, to see how well your ninjutsu is" He told me, welcoming me to stand up. I reluctantly stood up, walking towards the middle of the dojo. I really didn't want to fight any of them. In the end it was Raphael who stood up, standing in front of me.

I gulped, casting my glance towards Leo.

"Uhm Leo, are you sure? You guys are older.. and probably better and…." I stuttered, shutting my mouth when Leo held up his hand, an unreadable expression on his face. I could feel myself shaking slightly as I reached for my nun chucks. Raph did the same, reaching for his sais and drawing them. I could see Don, Leo and Michelangelo watching us from the sideline, But I tried to ignore those stares as I bowed.

"Onegai shimasu" We both said before actually starting the match.

Not even a second after we both ended our sentence Raph shot forwards, going straight for me, just like my Raph would do. I barely had time to duck away, and I could feel Raph's sai barely missing my arm. I squeaked slightly and rolled away, getting up again within a split-second. Raph wasn't allowing me to regain my posture however, immediately running towards me again.

I quickly dodged his attack again, now finally getting a chance to spin my nun chucks.

"Is that all you got?" I laughed, a smile forming on my face. Even though he was way taller and muscular than my Raph, it was still Raph. And he acted exactly the same, but obviously holding back.

"Not by a long shot kid" Raph responded with a rough voice, barely a hint of laughter present in his voice. He twirled his sais and charged towards me again, this time I charged in as well, ducking under his legs, and smiling inwards for me being so small here, and dealing a hard blow to his shell. Raph growled in response, turning around within a second and stabbing with his sai, effectively trapping the point of his weapon in the space between the chain.

"Gotcha squirt" He huffed with a short laughter, ripping the nun chuck from my grip. My arm jerked forwards due to the force and Raph took advantage of that by reaching for my wrist and flipping me over his shell. I landed harshly on my shell, and before I could get up again, I felt something heavy on top of my plastron, the figure soon identified as Raph.

Despite the fact that I had lost, a huge grin spread on my face, after all I often didn't intend to win. And by the look on Raph's face, my plan had worked. A pleased look was present on his face, as well as a grin.

"Yer quite fast" He said, getting off of me and holding out a hand, helping me to stand up. Apart from the faint ache in my wrist and my beating heart, I wasn't off that bad, which actually only proved how skilled they were. He had managed to get the upper-hand so fast, even if he obviously wasn't fighting serious at the beginning, that is until I managed to hit his shell, then he managed to kick my ass in a few seconds.

But before I could say anything in return I suddenly lost contact with Raph's hand, and before I knew what was happening, a strong force connects with my jaw.

I hardly register falling onto the ground, the only thing that fills my mind now is the instinct to run, to fight.

"YAME!" Leo's voice bellowed through the dojo, but my ears were still ringing loudly from the blow that I couldn't really focus on his voice.

"Damare daitan futekina rīdā" Michelangelo growled back. Honestly if I weren't being attacked right now, I would've laughed. Even in this world Leo had the same nickname 'fearless leader'. I would've laughed if it wasn't for the nun chuck going straight for my face. I let out a yell before I could stop myself and rolled out of the way, wincing inwards as a loud crack sounded through the dojo, the wood splintering in tiny pieces.

Where my head had been just seconds ago.

"You think this is a fucking joke?!" Michelangelo yelled, anger and venom dripping from his voice, swinging his chuck at me again. It was so fast, and before I could even blink I felt the chuck barely scraping my plastron, not hurting me but making me realize that I was in serious trouble right now. While nun chucks were hard to master, and didn't look very deadly, they were, and they could easily crack the hard shell or plastron that was protecting me and my bros.

Michelangelo gave me absolutely no time to react, no time to regain myself and sent a powerful kick, hitting my arm, hard. I cried out in surprised pain and fell to the ground, barely managing to roll out of the way and avoid having a tanto imbedded in my skin. I experienced that once, and I certainly do not wish to experience it again, thank you very much.

But Michelangelo wasn't really agreeing with my statement, continuously stabbing the floor, and me barely rolling away in time. I didn't even want to know how the dojo was looking right now, not like I had any time to check it out.

A growl came, and again I wanted to roll away but found myself unable to do so. My eyes widened, quickly rolling backwards again, seeing the tanto imbedded in my wrist guard, making it impossible to roll away. There was slight stinging pain in my wrist but that wasn't my biggest problem.

"What, yer not laughing anymore?!" Michelangelo sneered above me, stepping on top of my hand before I could pull the tanto out. I bit back a scream, watching him with fearful eyes. "I warned ya idiot, this isn't a fucking game. You better not hurt them, and that includes not interrupting our training with those fucking smiles of yours"

With that he lifted his foot and hit my stomach, hard. I choked on a sob and curled into a fetus position, wrapping my free arm around my stomach, whimpering slightly.

"Mikey! Are you alright?" A concerned voice suddenly yelled, pulling at my arm, wanting to uncurl me but I harshly shook my head, trying to hold back the tears that wanted to escape my eyes.

"Mikey, please, let Don take a look. We need to see if you're injured" Leo inquired, a little calmer than his previous sentence. An extra hand was placed on my arm, softly tugging at it, wanting me to uncurl. The tanto was taken out of my wrist guard and with a soft whimper I rolled onto my shell, looking up with teary eyes.

Not because of the pain, but because of the want, the need, to go home.

Home.

"How's he Don?" Raph asked, keeping his distance slightly.

"The kick was hard, maybe even hard enough to bother him for a while. I just don't know how his plastron differ from ours, but he didn't break or bruise anything." Don said, picking up my hand up instead, completing shutting out the outside world. I frowned slightly at his behavior, I saw how he acted yesterday, and yet he was acting so differently..

Like my Don would. Calm and kind.

"Your hand isn't broken, but the cut needs a few stitches unfortunately. Can you walk to the infirmary?" He asks me, releasing my hand and standing up himself. I nod to him, not really feeling like talking and clumsily getting to my feet, feeling a slightly throbbing pain in my cheek, hand and stomach, but I also knew that it wasn't that bad, and I considered myself lucky by the force into the attacks.

I sheepishly followed Don as he walked out of the dojo, holding my injured arm to protect it. There was some blood from the cut in my arm but it wasn't that bad, Don probably wanted to stitch it up to avoid a large scar. Something they haven't been able to prevent.

I expected to see a large lab like we had but instead Don led me, and Leo and Raph, to some kind of subway car. It was cut out in many places, acting like some sort of door, and the windows were taken out. Chemicals and different science-y stuff, that I had no knowledge of, were all around the subway car, and in the corner was a table filled with medical stuff.

I quietly sat down on the table, still shaking a bit from the fear and ignoring the looks Leo and Raph were giving me, only watching how Don was pulling out a large kid and opening it next to me. I was already squirming slightly at the prospect of having a needle pierce my skin. I never liked it, and I will never will. I hated how the thread was pulled through, it made my skin crawl. The trembling in my fingers and my whole body died down a bit, didn't mean my heart wasn't still racing.

"Here, press this against your cheek, it'll help against the swelling" Leo suddenly said, handing me an icepack. Seriously, when did he grab that? I winced slightly as the cold pack was pressed against my cheek, the area burning slightly from the hit but relaxed after a moment.

"Your arm only needs two stitches okay?" Don stated as he readied the thread and needle after cleaning my arm. It definitely wasn't a deep cut, it wasn't even hurting anymore. Though to be honest, I hadn't really felt anything with the adrenaline cursing through my blood, too busy to avoid getting killed by my own counterpart.

I nodded quickly as I noticed Don was still waiting for an answer.

Donnie immediately set to work, grabbing my arm and piercing the skin for the first stitch. Raph and Leo were cautiously watching, but I could only focus on Donnie, watching him as he worked on my arm. How could someone change so quickly? How weren't the others freaked out by Donnie's behavior? Not to mention how Leo was fully prepared to kill me less than 24 hours ago.

"Y'know, if you're still mad about what happened, please just say it. Just don't ignore me" Don whispered in a calm tone as he pierced my skin for the second stitch, and I could swear I saw a flash of hurt in his eyes when he said that.

"Dude, I'm not mad.." I say, keeping my voice low but Don interrupts me before I can continue.

"I see how you look at me Mikey, and I understand. I can see what I've done to you" Don retorted, gesturing to my wrist. The bruising wasn't bad, barely visible anymore, and I hadn't thought about it since I woke up, or much at all for that matter but that didn't take away the fact that it did happen.

"Look Don.. I'm not mad, turtle honor. I'm just.. I just want to know.. y'know ..what happened' I said lowly. "But I get that you might not want to talk about it dudes! I mean, who am I to ask something like that?" I chuckled forcefully, addressing all three of them, the four of them. I definitely didn't want them to tell me anything if they didn't want it.

"He is right, kid deserves to know" Raph mutters, standing there with his arms over each other. Both Leo and Donnie look up. I immediately feel bad when true fear spreads on Don's face. He only looks for a second, then immediately turning his attention to my arm again, finishing it while completely ignoring the comment of Raph.

"Don?" Leo cautiously asks, doing a step forwards, to comfort him.

"Tell him Leo.. okay? Raph's right, he'll be here for a while, he needs to know" Donnie speaks in a dull voice, wrapping a bandage around my arm and using one hand to gently part the icepack from my cheek. He prods his fingers on my cheek for a few seconds and then moves my arm back, so the icepack is touching my cheek again.

Then he turns his shell towards me and walks out of the subway car, Raph following him with a second of hesitation. Leo eventually turns towards me, taking a breath and hopping onto another table, not even looking. Like he was able to see anything.

"Look dude, you really don't have to tell me if you don't want to y'know. It's your secret" I try, not wanting Leo to tell anything against his will but Leo holds up his hand again for a second.

"I want to, and Donnie is fine with it as well. He just don't want to hear the story." He assures me. "He and Mikey were affected the most by everything that had happened back then. Well you saw what happened to Mikey.. Donnie remained somewhat the same, but he .. things happen when he remembers"

My fingers curl around the edge of the table, feeling my heart thumb in my chest.

"It all happened three years ago…"

TMNT

Next chapter we'll find out what happened back then :3 and why Don acts like that.

Damare – shut up

Daitain futekina rīdā – fearless leader.