Hey, let's see how the 2k3 turtles react, in this chapter you'll find out a small detail that separates my Leo and Raph from the 2k3 Raph and Leo.
Ok chapter dedicated to:
Pinguin1993: I love that you quoted from the chapter. That's the first time I ever got a review like that. You're awesome!
randomperson: Considering you said you don't usually review a big thanks goes out to you. You rule!
Payton01: Thanks, I don't get many genius comments. Thanks a bunch.
Now the rest of you will get the next chapter dedicated to you so stay tuned and keep reading.
I don't own TMNT. (Why do I feel I'm going to misspell that soon?)
Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo all stared with gaping mouths, for under the glow of the light they found their counterparts were not what they expected. A dark green skinned, sai wielding, blue banded turtle was supporting a pale green, red banded turtle, whose swords were lying just a few feet away from them.
"Whoa," Michelangelo said, naturally being the first to speak after a long silence.
Raph opened his mouth to say something but an armored vehicle slid into the alleyway. The group of four watched in shock as two more turtles jumped from the front seats and ran to the others under the bright light.
"LEO!" they both called and dropped to their knees by him.
Donny slid his medical bag off his shoulder and handed out gauzes to the others who both placed them on Leo's wounds, applying pressure to stop the bleeding. Donny rapidly bandaged every wound in sight and then took out two syringes.
"This is just antibiotics Leo," Donny said to the red banded injured turtle although he seemed to be the calmest one at that moment.
Donny grabbed the second, "This is a muscle relaxant, it'll probably make you fall asleep but it should numb the pain."
Leo nodded his consent and Donny, with a visibly shaking hand, injected the relaxant into his bloodstream.
"We should get out of here," Donny mumbled as he began putting everything away.
"Whew, at least we have the same colors," a voice said across the alley.
Donny and Mikey shot to their feet and drew their weapons. Raphael, long itching for a fight, stepped forward. Raph stood up and put himself between them.
"Bros no, they're not the ones who hurt Leo and they're not working for the Foot."
"What?! Why the shell would we work for the Foot?" Raphael yelled back.
"I told you guys, we stumbled into another turtle-verse!" someone shouted and then Donny and Mikey were shocked when the light that had illuminated the area slightly, brightened once again.
A humanoid ninja turtle that almost matched Mikey perfectly stepped forward with a wide smile, although his eyes held a little anger and he seemed a bit older than them.
Raph saw that and immediately apologized, "I'm sorry."
Donatello's mouth fell open, "The hotheaded turtle apologizing for something? When did that happen?"
"I just thought you were the ones who had hurt my brother, once again, I'm sorry."
Forgiveness was immediately lit in Michelangelo's eyes as he bounded forward, "Hey no problem dude, my eldest brother is not one to hold a grudge. I'm Michelangelo, nice to meet you."
He held out an inviting hand and Raph took it, "Nice to meet you too. Now do you mind telling me what's happening here?"
"It's a long story," Donatello said.
"All right, let's postpone said conversation until later," Donny said, "Leo needs help."
"So does our Leo," Donatello said as he helped said turtle to his feet.
"Donatello, I'm fine," the blue banded katana wielding turtle said holding a hand to a wound on his side.
"All right, everyone in!" Mikey shouted while opening the doors of the Battle Shell.
The youngest orange banded turtle ushered them all inside. Raph took the wheel at first but his worry for his older brother had him looking back at said turtle every few seconds. He kept trying to focus on driving but he couldn't. Mikey saw that and said he'd take over.
"Is that such a good idea?" Donatello asked, a little fear enlacing itself in his voice.
"Of course it is, Mikey's the safest driver of all of us," Donny said as he turned to the older blue banded turtle.
"Why don't we get better acquainted while I take care of that injury?" Donny asked while taking out a gauze and bandages from his medical bag.
Donny moved slowly as he notably watched the other team's red banded turtle walking towards them.
"Thank you," Leonardo said before introducing himself and his brothers to them.
When Donny pulled the bandage a bit too tight Raphael growled and was ready to pounce.
"Raphael calm down," Leonardo said as Donny readjusted the bandages so they were just right.
Raphael scoffed and turned away from them. He quickly scanned over the others. Donatello was looking at a screen and typing on a keyboard, he appeared very fascinated with it.
"Guess it's a geek thing," Raphael thought.
He tried to focus on the youngest orange banded turtles, who were both sitting in the front seats, but Raphael lost interest when they started talking about some hero named Arachnid-Lad. He wasn't sure really what to think of the others. It was so strange, he could never imagine his Leonardo in red, but his counterpart was lying three feet away with a mask of red surrounding his still closed eyes. Of course, it was even stranger to learn that his counterpart wore the blue Raphael had always saw on his older brother.
He would have to admit that the blue banded turtle was his counterpart though. Raphael could remember every time Leonardo had been injured because he was always right there beside him, waiting for him to wake up. Raph was doing the same, sitting by his older brother's side and waiting for him to wake up.
"Hey Raph do you think we should head back to April's?" Mikey asked.
Raph tore his eyes away from his older brother's unconscious form and answered, "No, the Foot may have found out we were staying there."
"Ok, so temp shelter 4?"
"Head to 5, it's further away and has more medical supplies. In case Leo needs something."
"Gotcha boss!"
"I better call Casey," Donny mumbled and flipped open his shellcell, "He can call April and we'll meet up with them tomorrow night."
"So do ya mind telling us what the shell is going on!?" Raphael asked.
Mikey was focused half on the road and half on he and Michelangelo's conversation. Raph seemed completely determined to stay by Leo's side and to not move his eyes from him.
Donny hung up his shellcell, "I'm guessing you've done some dimension hoping?"
"How'd you know?" Donatello asked, turning away from the computer he continued to type on.
"We've had our own adventures with different dimensions."
"And other TMNT like us," Mikey said before turning back to a conversation of a comic book.
Leo stood up and he never missed the sudden jerk movement Raphael made. For now the eldest ignored it and turned to Donny.
"You said you're going to meet with April and Casey later and the four of you are here so…"
Leo trailed off, wondering if the question he was about to ask was appropriate at this time.
"What?" Donny asked.
Raph, in a rare moment, overheard the exchange and spoke up, "He wants to know about Master Splinter."
"Oh," Donny said and frowned, "Well um…"
Donny trailed off as, well, a few bad memories rushed through his mind.
"Well?" Raphael asked.
Neither Mikey nor Donny answered. Raphael growled, ready to hit something and yell when Raph spoke up and knocked out all the anger in Raphael with his one sentence.
"Master Splinter died last year," he said with a calm voice.
"Oh, I'm sorry for asking," Leo murmured.
Donny took a deep breath, "It's ok technically you never did ask. Raph's just good at anticipating questions."
A sudden blast tilted the Battle Shell sideways and Mikey slammed on the breaks.
"What was that?" Donatello asked, tearing away from the computer.
"Bros, we got trouble!" Michelangelo yelled.
"What?" everyone but Leo and Raph asked.
Mikey and Michelangelo jumped out of the truck and the others, excluding the injured Leo and worried Raph, followed them to find a large building on fire!
"Now that could cook a lot of popcorn!" Mikey said.
"Totally," Michelangelo agreed.
"Mikey!" they all shouted.
Mikey and Michelangelo grinned sheepishly.
A sudden scream from inside had them all rushing in. They had to tear down flaming boards and debris but eventually they found the source, a small six year old girl hiding in a closet. In the distance the brothers could hear the girl's mother calling out for her as fireman screamed. Leonardo was the first one by her side, lifting the girl into his arms he said he was going to get her out and back to her mother safely.
The others stayed around him as they ran back outside, knocking away falling debris. Mikey bent a bit so a flaming board bounced off his shell.
"I love being a turtle!" Michelangelo and Mikey both shouted.
They got back outside and Leonardo sat the girl down, telling her to run to her mother. They went back to the Battle Shell to find it was empty.
"LEO!!!" a shout echoed from a near rooftop.
They followed the scream to find Raph on top of a building fighting Foot ninja and shouting out for Leo, who in turn was being dragged off by other Foot ninja. The group jumped in with no second thoughts and sent all the Foot ninja scattering.
"These things are like freaking cockroaches," Raphael said as he kicked the body of an unconscious Foot soldier.
"LEO!" Raph called and ran to Leo's side.
The red banded Leo was trying and succeeding in sitting up for a few seconds but his arms gave out and he fell back onto the asphalt rooftop.
"Leo…" Raph said breathlessly as he helped his older brother sit up, lying his head on his shoulder.
"We better get back, that is unless the Foot have put a bomb in the Battle Shell," Mikey said.
Boom!
"MIKEY!"
"What, I didn't do it! It was the Foot!"
Donny rushed to the side and found indeed the Battle Shell was in pieces.
"That's it I'm going to cut open their skulls and scrape out those under-used organs they call brains!" Donny yelled.
Everyone stared and blinked twice.
"Don't ask," Mikey said, "Take it from me, it's better just to go with the flow."
Ok the inspiration for switching the colors of Leo's and Raph's masks came from two episodes.
In the very first episode, "Things Change," if you pause and look closely around 4:50 to 4:52 you'll notice the wrappings on Raph's sais have turned blue. Also in episode "Notes from the Underground Part three," if you pause and look closely from around 20:14 to 20:17 you'll notice that at Mikey's side Leo's mask has turned red and so have the wrappings on his swords.
So that's what made this crazy idea pop out of nowhere.
Oh, I'm so excited for chapter seven. I know it's some time away but trust me you will love it. It's so cute!
~Moonsetta