Mutant World
Leonardo had tried to sleep, but with the lingering fear of both his sister missing and he in this strange world, it was hopeless. So instead he pushed himself off the couch he had been laying down on and headed to the dojo to train, this always put his mind at ease.
Surprisingly, Raphael was also there, going through several movements with his sai's.
"Nice movements." Leonardo said by a way of greeting.
Raphael barely looked in his direction before nodding in acknowledgement and moving on to the punching bag. Leonardo moved to hold the bag still while Raphael punched.
"So, you lived down here your entire life?" Leonardo asked in curiosity.
"Yep, home sweet home." He grunted
"I'm sorry about all of this, I had no idea this was going to happen."
Raphael sighed "This isn't your fault, it's those More freak things, i'm just… tired of this happening to us."
"Yeah, I can understand that." Leonardo admitted as Raphael hit the bag hard enough to send Leonardo backwards.
Catching himself, Leonardo returned to the bag and held it still once again as Raphael started kicking. "So, you've been going on and on about this crowning ceremony, why is it so important? If Karai- Miwa sorry, if she was kidnapped, surely they could just reschedule it for another date?" He asked
Leonardo shook his head "No, see, the crowning ceremony only happens on the night the shining comet passes through the sky, which only happens once every two hundred years, but also, the crowning ceremony isn't just about passing down the crown. Eons ago- in our world- darkness ruled our earth, monsters from nightmares- worse than the morfrans- would roam the earth. Then one day a small clan of warriors banded together to free the earth, they succeeded, but at a cost. The creatures were locked away in a prison, a prison made of infinite space. The price was that in order to keep the monsters locked away, someone had to control the prison. A warrior was chosen and soon the band became the Hamato clan. And the key to the prison was passed from parent to eldest child. But that meant the keeper of the prison also had all those dark creatures swarming around in their head, whispering dark deeds and horrible thoughts. So the eldest child must train against that they're whole lives until they come of age to accept it. If Miwa isn't there for the crowning ceremony… my father won't be able to keep the prison stable for another two hundred years, even the best of warriors cannot contain the darkness that long. And… the monsters will once again shatter our earth."
"Wow thats… a lot of responsibility." Raphael breathed heavily as he finished his rounds, now holding the bag for Leonardo who started his punches as Raphael continued "And no one else could take on this responsibility?"
"Nope, otherwise I would have taken the responsibility so it wouldn't burden my sister, but laws are ancient that way. Its why the other sibling or family members rule the other parts of the kingdom so it doesn't burden the high king/queen so much."
"What about the 'right hand' thing? To your sister when she's crowned."
"Yes, my sister is to chose a 'second in command' for the ceremony, I will be in charge of ruling the kingdom in case she must escape to take care of something in the prison, which could take weeks or even months. Saki was actually my father's second. Anyways, me and Raphael fought over that position for years, until a few weeks ago when Miwa decided it was me who was to be her second."
Raphael chuckled "Sounds familiar."
They were silent for the next few minutes as Leonardo finished own rounds of punches and kicks, they were about to start sparring when Donnie came in "Its finished."
A few minutes later everyone was in the living area "Alright, lets get started."
Donnie started messing with a few knobs on a round spherical metal object "This goes here… and we should be…. Good. Alright, other Leo, stand right there, yep, ok, so, when I press this button its going to open the portal, all you need to do walk through. We will follow, get our own brother back and return to our own world. The portal will only be open for 36 hours so we need to act fast."
Leonardo nodded in understanding and did as Donnie said, Mikey and Raph followed behind him. Donnie took a deep breath and pressed the button, the sphere responded immediately by shaking and whizzing.
All of a sudden the sphere started to smoke blue and white smoke, as well as making thirty different sounds. "Is that supposed to happen?" Raph asked.
"It's not in the programming…. DUCK." All four of them jumped behind the couch as the sphere made a single high pitched note before exploding.
Poking their heads out above the couch Leo asked "Was that supposed to happen?"
"No, it wasn't" Donnie sighed "I must have switched the wrong wires, give me a few hours, I think I can fix this." With that he disappeared into his laboratory.
"Hours? I don't have hours. I have minutes. No, scratch that I have milliseconds." Leo started to pace again.
"Oh great not this again." Raph growled "Trust Don, he knows what he's doing."
"I know I know but… ugh alright I'm going to meditate." Leo left the room towards the dojo.
"Come on Bro, let's go train." Raph told Mikey.
"BUT I haven't finished Robo ex-cons yet! The final boss is only three levels away!" Mikey pouted.
Raph rolled his eyes and grabbed Mikey by the shell, "Lets go."
{1 hour later}
Mikey dodged Raph's sai and attempted to hit him with his nunchucks before Raph blocked the hit and lunged. This dance continued as they fought around Leonardo who sat with his eyes closed in a meditating state.
Mikey tried dodging Raphs move but ended up almost running into Leonardo, having to quickly backflip to avoid running into him.
Without opening his eyes Leonardo stood and started to go into a crane pose "My father always said that to be a ninja you should be able to fight around a fellow ninja and yet still leave him undisturbed."
He started to move in other yoga-type positions as the others fought around him. "Your worse that our Leo dude." Mikey pouted
Leo's mouth twitched upwards "And you my friend, are exactly like my little brother."
"Annoying and Weird?" Said a third voice leaning against the door frame.
"Hey Karaii." Raph responded
Leonardo peeked through his eyes to see his Karaii smirking at him, she looked so much like his sister that it hurt. "Good morning, or evening, it's hard to tell time down here."
"Tell me about it. So, you're the magical king from another dimension?" She asked out of curiosity.
"I am, though Leo is just fine. I never got to thank you for saving me. I owe you my life."
"You can pay me back by going back home, another alien species in this city is not helping anyone." She told him
"Were trying, but last time Donnies machine blew up in our face, literally." Raph said
"Well, sooner the better." She growled "Well, I came down here for a reason, I just received word that there is a man meeting with the Shredder tomorrow afternoon, I think he's a hitman."
"Don't worry, we can take whoever that loser sends our way." Raph smirked cracking his knuckles.
"Oh I didn't say it was for you, it's actually for this idiot over here." She nodded in Leo's direction "Apparently Shredders not a big fan of being called uncle. He wants you taken care of before you become a 'problem like the turtle freaks.' His words not mine."
"Well, I will be leaving here soon so I don't believe I have much to fear, but thank you for the warning." said Leo as he walked away from the dojo and towards the kitchen for a glass of water.
"So, what's it like in your world?" Karaii asked
Shutting the fridge and unscrewing the bottle top and taking a large gulp before answering "Well, from what i can tell so far, creatures such as the turtles aren't of the norm."
She smirked as she sat on one of the chairs, propping her crossed legs onto the counter. "Yeah trust me, it's not the normal over here either, but you get used to it." She said with a wink in Raphs direction as he and his brother followed and sat on the edge of the couch.
"Ur, my family-" At those words Mikey and Raph started to try and silently get Leo's attention by swiping their hands across their throats as if to cut him off and waving their hands in the air.
Leonardo looked confused but continued "Lives in the Hamato Kingdom, my sister, or another version of you I suppose, is the soon to be queen."
She smiled "A queen? I like the sound of that."
Leo rolled his eyes but had a smile on his face "You say that but in my world you're actually terrified of it, in fact a few weeks ago you asked mom if you could-"
She straightened so fast Leonardo stopped and raised an eyebrow, behind Karaii the turtles facepalmed. "My… mom? She… she's alive in your world?"
Leonardo sighed, for a king he could be such an idiot at times. "Yes, I'm sorry I forgot about that I…"
"So she…." She stopped, unable to finish, "I need some air." She breathed before leaving.
"I didn't realize. I'm sorry." Leonardo called after her
"Its no use, she's pobaly going to be upset for a few hours, or just attack Shredder to blow off steam. She'll be back." said Raph.
"It must be hard for her, to have lost so much." Leo asked, though it wasn't much of a question.
"It is, and honestly i'm not a hundred percent sure which side she's on sometimes but… she's family."
Leonardo washed and put the glass away, "I will have to speak with her later, make sure she is fine." He decided "Now, what else is there to do on this earth?"
Raphael opened his mouth but Mikey pushed him to the floor and said "Dude, I have a game for you, its called escape."
Smiling at his enthusiasm Leo asked "Escape?"
"If it will keep him from asking me to play, go ahead." Raph growled.
"Dudes, it's a new game where one character is tied up and the others- the prison guards- has to keep them in line while the prisoner tries to escape. It's the best thing ever!"
"I've experienced this game many times in my life, except it wasn't a game as much as it was a real life and death situation." leonardo stated with flat sarcasm.
"So you'll be great at it then!" Mikey smiled.
Leonardo opened his mouth to say no, but Mikey gave a pouty little-brother look that reminded Leo a little too much of his own brother "Alright why not?"
{30 minutes later}
Leo sighed against the very poorly tied ropes as he sat in the chair in the middle of the living room. "So what am I supposed to do now-"
"Be quiet prisoner." Mikey shouted as he paced with a fake gun in his hand, his eyes covered by pitch black sunglasses.
Raphael sat on the couch feeding his turtle. Mikey turned on the flashlight and pointed it at Leo's eyes, causing him to squint "Now tell me Mr. Van Chicken, where did you hide the gummy bears?"
Snorting Leonardo said "I don't know what you're talking about but… I have a few benjamins that might change your mind about this interrogation."
"Trying to bribe me now?" Mikey argued, "Well it won't work buster, hand over the gummy bears now or else I will do things you will regret."
Leo faked a devastated expression "oh you broke me! I have a partner!" He howled
Mikey breathed in as if surprised "A partner! Who! Where is her!?
"His name… is Tickles Von Pig, he wears a red bandana."
"I knew it! That thieving- Hey what's that?" Mikey asked as a red Macaw suddenly flew into the lair.
"Uhh, is that a normal?" Leo asked as he watched it fly onto Leos shoulder, the talons sinking into his flesh. "Ow hey!."
"No, actually of all things that are normal in this world, this isn't." Said Raph as he hid his turtle friend under the couch and grabbed his sai's.
"Aw, its just a cute little-" Mikey tried to pet the Macaw but the bird bit his hand hard enough to draw blood. "OW" The bird lunged at Mikeys face, and Leos thought his eyes were playing tricks on him because he thought he saw the bird grow as it attacked Mikey.
No, it was growing and changing at the same time. The feathers became tan skin, its claws became feet, the wings became arms, the bird became a human person covered in black. It threw Mikey across the room faster than anyone could realize what had happened.
"Hey! Don't touch my brother!" Raph yelled at the mysterious cloaked stranger.
He charged but the stranger was ready to attack, however so was Leonardo. He kicked the stranger in the back so hard he was sent straight into the concrete chair, the impact causing the concrete to crack. Leonardo stood from the chair and ran to the masked figure summoning some water from a water bottle and formed it around the strangers wrists to create a pair of icy handcuffs.
The stranger groaned in pain, and Raph was at his brother's side in an instant as Leo took care of the stranger. Mikey groaned
"Mikey are you ok?" Raph asked
"Raph… I need…."
"What is it? Tell me!"
"Pizza, with extra pizza on top." He said happily.
Leonardo heard a slapping sound before Raph grumbled "Yeah, he's fine. Though maybe not for long."
"Alright, you're lucky on that part stranger, who are you and what do you-" He pulled back the hood of the stranger and gasped.
The black hair, the brown eyes, "Miwa?!" Leo gasped
"Brother?!" She groaned in confusion
Before Leonardo could say anything else a dark cloud swept through the room engulfing the light, Leo jumped back in surprise and was in a fighting position as the cloud reformed to become a single person. This time it was a man leo had seen a few times before. He held one hand over Miwa and one with a sword pointed towards Leo's throat. "Touch her and I will rip you apart piece by piece" he snarled.
"Prince Thornswood, I should have known your kind was behind this" Leo snarled back
Without looking towards her the dark haired prince waved a hand in her direction that instantly made the handcuffs disappear. Leonardo made his move summoning all the water in the general area to slam into the prince so hard he hit the other wall.
Leonardo held the water to keep the prince sprawled on the wall. The water moved to his face, a move made to drown him. "You messed with the wrong family pal." Leonardo growled as his eyes started glowing.
"STOP" Miwa screamed as she rushed in front of Leonardo. "Leonardo! I demand you to release him!"
Hearing her voice Leonardo did as she said and released the prince, though unhappily. "You take this monster's side sister?" He snapped
Miwa was at the prince's side, holding his head in her lap before snarling "He is not a monster, he… he's my link."
Leonardo took a step back in horror as the prince shook off the water, straightened and kissed Miwa and her kissing back.
Authors Note: Hey I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please stick around for more, I'd like to thank 'Guest' for the review/comment. The next chapter will be uploaded on 7/24/14 so stay tuned!