"'Come Home April,' huh," Michelangelo leaned forward so that the LED screen hurt his eyes. He blinked hard and then turned to a pale-looking Future April. "What does that even mean?"

"I have no idea, Mikey," Future April whispered. "But I t-think the guys back home are trying to communicate with me," her eyes suddenly widened as she jumped off of her seat and began to pace around the lab.

"They must have traced the portal somehow...Unless," her eyebrows knotted together, "the Shredder is toying with me."

"Why would he send a message like that?" Raphael asked, his voice flat. "Why not something like, 'Argh! I will get you next time, April O'Neil' or something?"

"Dude, she comes from a totally uncool future, I think Shred-Head would say something a lot more threatening and 'evil' than that," Mikey stated, shrugging his shoulders and giving Raph a sarcastic grin.

"Alright, point one; that's W-A-Y too cliche, even for Shredder," Future April smirked. "Point two; he can't hack; Stockman does all that stuff for him. Shredder's not really a technology person."

"So you're saying the message is coming from the future?" Leonardo asked doubtfully, glancing at the screen with the flashing message.

"If Donatello could call you from the future, Leo, I'd say it's possible to send an email as well."

"Fair point. What do we do now?"

"I've been thinking about it for a while now," Future April explained, walking over to the orb and watching the patterns on the sphere glow. "From what we gathered on the Kraang data systems, I think this orb responded to it opening from the future, which was why your Donatello was pulled through."

"But why Donnie?" Raph asked, looking over at at Master Splinter. "Sensei told us earlier that it may have needed Donnie. Who was the one that opened the portal the first time?"

"The Shredder," Future April suddenly gasped out, her heart beating fast in panic. She steadied herself by grabbing the corner of one of the work-tables before clearing her throat, "He must have been the one to have opened it. He stole our communication orb from the lair a while ago so something must have gone wrong during the transportation, otherwise Donatello would have landed in front of Shredder," her expression hardened. "That would have been very, very bad."

"Does Donnie dying have something to do with it?" Younger April spoke up, startling everybody with the almost-angry tone of her voice. She glared at her older self and folded her arms, waiting for an answer.

"I think it might," Future April answered sadly. "Shredder must have tried to take your Donatello from this universe, believing he knew the secrets that our Donatello knew."

"Secrets?" Master Splinter tightened his grip on his staff. "What secrets, Miss O'Neil?"

"Portals," Future April admitted, her voice cracking. "Shredder wanted to conquer the dimensions after we got rid of the Kraang. Donatello was the only person who knew how to open them, seeing as he was the one who shut them all down."

"Sensei, we need to get Donnie back now!" Leo said anxiously.

"That's right!" Raph added angrily, clenching his hands into tight fists. "We can't let tin-face hurt our brother!"

"All well and good with the tough talk guys," Casey called, raising his eyebrows up at the three brothers, "but how are you supposed to stop the Shredder when you're here and Donnie's in the future?"

"Did you not hear what April just said, Jones?!"

"I can go back," Future April announced quickly before an argument started. She had realised what she had to do in order to return to her world, though she originally didn't want to say anything so fast. "I think I know how to do this. I need to go back to where I landed with the Kraang orb, here. I've touched it so it'll react in my universe too and send me back to where I was before I left."

"Then you can help Donnie?" Mikey asked happily, smiling even more when Future April nodded in response. "Then let's go, dudes!"

The walk back to her previous arrival seemed to go too fast for Future April's liking, even though she was happy that everybody had accompanied her back through the streets to where she had first appeared, April knew that she'd never see the happy faces of her beloved loved-ones in the future. She bit her lip and shakily handed the orb to Casey as she took several steps back in front of the now-newly replaced glass window that she'd previous broken. She removed the now-tattered and frayed cape from her shoulders and folded it outside of the doors of the shop before smiling boldly at the others.

"Before I go," Future April announced, keeping her voice steady and clear to hide the tears that threatened to leak from her eyes. "I just want to say to all of you...Stay safe and be there for each other," a tear slid down her cheek which was wiped away quickly before she turned to Leonardo. "Leo, be careful when fighting enemies and watch out for facial-blows."

Future April turned to Raphael and Michelangelo, "Mikey, keep being your fun, happy-go-lucky self. As for you, Raph," she chuckled. "I know Mikey's question about girlfriends' bothered you earlier but don't worry; in the future, you meet a girl who's crazy about you, though she'd never admit it," these words earned a surprised look from everybody, especially Raph who began to blush violently.

"Casey!" Future April called, grinning at him before giving him a 'thumbs-up'. "While out protecting the city, stay safe and stay clear of bad habits, you hear me?"

"Master Splinter," her expression softened as she ducked her head at him. "Thank you for teaching me so much, please take care of yourself."

"Little me," April turned to face her younger self and walked over, bending down and placing her hands on younger April's shoulder. "You've got good friends, April. Cherish them and always believe in your abilities."

Before younger April could reply, Future April stepped back and gave a confident smile as Casey held out the orb in her direction. A strong wind began to appear from out of nowhere as the familiar bright purple triangular portal appeared and began to increase in size. "See ya' around guys," Future April called, turning on her heel and walking towards the portal. As soon as she stepped into it, she felt a heavy weight on her back and the last thing she heard was Master Splinter screaming;

"Leonardo! Raphael! Michelangelo!"

A/N: Aaaand there we are :'3 This story is over and now it's time to finish Chapter One of the final story. I've decided to call it: Refine Destiny and you can probably guess what it's going to be about XD Thanks for all the support with this story, everybody! *huge hugs to everybody*