A/N: Evenin' all :'3 Next Chapter will be up tomorrow evening! ^^ :'3 I have the weekend off from work so I have a lot of spare time to practice drawing with my tablet and also writing new chapters :D
The entire control room was in chaos as the security screens were filled with the now-dead bodies of the twelve soldiers who had gone to protect the base. When the tape was rewinded, it was shown that a familiar skeletal-dog had thrown some kind of explosive device that blew up the railtrack in the subway.
"Angel, get back to your room, now!" April scolded, as older Raphael gently supported the stubborn woman's shoulders.
"April, you need help! I can fight, I swear!" Angel protested, her tone almost pleading. "This time I'll help you, Red! I owe you that much!"
"You don't owe me anything, Angel," April's tone softened. "We saved you because we're all friends and we care about each other. What happened in the past was a dishonourable act and it will never be forgiven."
"B-But April-"
"Angel," Older Raph's tone was surprisingly calm yet firm as he gripped the woman's shoulders tightly. "It's alright."
"R-Raph..." Angel's eyes suddenly began to fill with tears as her mouth trembled. "You heard what she said..."
"I know," his voice soothed as he pulled her into another tight hug. "But it's going to okay. We're going to be okay, I swear to you."
"They're coming," older Michelangelo's voice was completely emotionless as he watched from the security screens where footbots were running down the secret stairway. As April stood beside the orange-clad turtle, older Raphael nodded at younger Mikey who gently lead Angel out of the room while his younger-self stayed with them to help fight the enemy.
"We'll be ready for them," April said boldy, unfolding her tessen and standing in a straight line beside younger Raphael. Before she followed everybody else's movements to get into a fighting stance, she glanced over her shoulder to look at the security screens. "Leonardo..." she muttered under her breath. "You better be okay."
Rahzar gave his orders to the large army of footbots inside of the base and then went straight down the hallway, following the instructions on the written signs on the walls. "Recovery area..." he read before following the small arrow that pointed down another corridor.
Meanwhile, Donatello had managed to get himself out of his own bed and had just finished changing into his gear, tightening the wrappings on his wrists and feet before reaching for his Bo staff. He stopped himself from picking up his weapon when he heard the sound of footsteps stopping outside of the door.
"Mikey?" he called hopefully, taking a step forward to greet his younger brother as the door slowly opened. However, the person behind the door was not either a human or a mutant turtle but instead a skeletal dog, gleefully smirking right at him.
"Found you," Rahzar growled, continuing to smirk as the purple-clad turtle took a step back and weakly attempted to grab for his Bo staff. Before Donnie could touch his weapon, Rahzar let out a loud roar and pounced.
Younger Leo moaned softly, his cheek pressed against the ground as he lay under several trees that shadowed the mutant turtle's vision blurred as his stirred from unconsciousness, groaning, he placed his hand on his head and shut them tightly again at the blinding sunset.
"Seriously Leonardo," a voice huffed, causing Leo to look up with his eyes half open at a woman sitting with her legs crossed and arms folded on an old, half-eaten log. "You've always said, 'I can take care of it' yet I always end up saving your ass."
The woman stuck out her chin and scowled at the older Leonardo who was hunched up against another tree and was scowling back at her without saying a single word.
"K-Karai?" younger Leo whispered, standing himself up and dusting the dry mud from his arms and plastron.
"See?" she gestured to the younger Leo angrily. "If Xever was able to destroy Little Leo, you'd vanish, idiot!"
"I had everything under control," older Leo grumbled. "Get over it. We have more important things to deal with right now."
"Yeah you do," Karai nodded sternly before turning to the patheway that lead to the subway. "Bradford got into the hideout," she put her hands up before older Leo could speak. "Don't say a word. Like I could stop two mutants and hundreds of footbots on my own."
"We should get back to the base to help everybody," future Leonardo suddenly announced, not in the mood for arguing and simply turning to face Karai, "and by we, I mean the three of us."
