Each Turtles are referred to with their year after their names except the Primes. The 2007 CGI movie is counted as a sequel to the first 3 live action movies.
I do not own TMNT or the story. The story idea is by TMNT Fan.
Chapter 11: Critical Points
The Battle Shell arrives at the lair, just as both Donatello's on board finished treating everyone's bruises during the fight, which is nothing compared to Don12's spraint left leg.
"Once we're back at the lair I'm going to do a proper check on your leg just in case I missed something," informs Don03 as Leo03 parks the vehicle in the garage.
Don12 just nodded and tries to get up, only to stumble slightly as his injured leg sends a wave of pain flowing all over him. Don12 frowned out of irritation as Don03 helped him lean against the side of the Battle Shell. Raph87 noticed this and quickly leaves the Battle Shell right towards the lab, confusing the others slightly.
"Now what's up with him?" asked MikePrime, but got his answer when Raph87 came back with a foldable wheelchair.
Unfolding it in front of the two Donatello's, Raph87 grinned and asked, "Need a lift?"
Don12 smiled in thanks as he eased himself into the wheelchair with both Don03 and Raph87's help. Once Don12's settled in properly, Leo03 then place a hand on Raph87's shoulder, getting the pudgy Turtle's attention.
"Was there anyone in the lab when you were there?" asked Leo03.
Raph87 shook his head before saying, "But I did hear their voices outside of the lab door."
"Guess they must have finished treating their wounds before we arrived," said MikePrime in relief.
"But wait a minute," Mike07 said suddenly, "don't you think it's weird how the team that went against Sh'Okanabo and possibly my Leonardo to come out of the fight without any serious injuries?"
"You're right, it does," agreed Don03.
There was a moment of silence before Leo03 suddenly gasps in realization, "Masaka!"
Don03, upon hearing his dimensional brother using Japanese, gasp and look up in shock since the only time Leo03 had ever used Japanese unintentionally is when something REALLY shock or set him off badly. It wasn't long before Leo03 suddenly sprint away from the group, heading right towards where Raph87 went off to earlier.
"Wha- Leo?!" called out MikePrime as the remaining five Turtles quickly followed him into the lair.
Leo03 enters the lab that's recently placed to be connected to the garage just in case anyone got seriously hurt and needs immediate medical attention from a mission before bursting out towards the living room with a loud slam, startling the eight Turtles located there.
"Leo, is something the matter?! Is one of you badly hurt from fighting Sh'Okanabo and or tall Leo?!" Don87 asked in panic.
Leo03 didn't answer immediately as he look over the Turtles before him, taking note that the only serious injury is Raph12's left eye that's bandaged up carefully, and the tall Turtle the Turtle Prime team faced is Don07, NOT Leo07!
"What's up with you Leo?" Raph87 asked as the remaining five Turtles finally catch up to Leo03, "Don't run off like… that…" Raph87's voice trails off once he notices the eight Turtles in the living room.
"Wait, Donnie?" asked Mike07 as he laid eyes on which of his brothers is sitting next to Raph07.
"Mikey? Is that you?" Don07 asked, unable to believe who he's seeing before him.
"Who else could it be?" Mike07 asked in annoyance.
"He didn't meant it like that," reassures Raph07, "it's just that we were hoping it'll be Leo we would see coming back with the team in this dimension."
"Well we were hoping to see that Leo when we return to the lair," admitted MikePrime, "but it doesn't look like that's the case."
"Which means," Don87 gasp in realization, "he's in the square Turtle's dimension!"
Raph07 sees Raph12 tense up a bit and place a hand on his counterpart's shoulder, saying, "I know you want to go and save your brother now, but it's a little too late since they should be done right about now."
"Well, at least we don't have to worry about Sh'Okanabo since he's already been defeated, right?" asked Mike03.
"Wrong," said LeoPrime, who's leaning against the wall in thought, getting everyone's attention, "it's just a feeling I've been having for a while now that Sh'Okanabo isn't where we all thought he's been."
"Same here," Leo03 admitted, "though I only started taking notice of it when I heard that you guys aren't seriously hurt."
"Maybe Sh'Okanabo is just not in his full strength, which means that team's injuries couldn't be THAT serious," said RaphPrime.
"No," said Leo87, who's looking down at the floor completely tensed, "it has to be very serious."
"Leonardo, what do you mean?" asked Raph87.
"Remember how I was suddenly up and together with tall Raph on watching this dimension's team train instead of sleeping in the lab?" Leo87 asked, earning a nod from the Turtles who were with him before continuing, "Well, I couldn't really sleep since I keep seeing snippets of some sort that involves one of the teams getting badly hurt by Sh'Okanabo, with one of them in a more serious position. So,"
"You decided to watch us train so that we would prevent something like that from happening," concluded MikePrime.
"But it has to be not real since this dimension's team is fine after fighting Sh'Okanabo," pointed out Mike03, making the group that just arrived at the lair to look at him in confusion saved for Leo03.
"I think you meant when you guys were fighting Sh'Okanabo in Turtle Prime," corrected MikePrime.
"We didn't go up against him," admitted Don87.
"Neither do we," said Don12.
There was a moment of silence before everyone gasp in realization. But before anyone could say anything, a portal opens up right in front of them, making all of the Turtles present look at it in a mix of eagerness and worry for what's about to come out of the portal.
A faint screaming could be heard coming from within the portal before it becomes louder until Raph03 came crashing out of it covered in dirt and blood!
"RAPH!" gasps Leo03, Don03 and Mike03 as they quickly rush up to help their hotheaded brother.
"Raph, are you okay?" Leo03 asked as he holds Raph03 carefully in his arms.
"What happened?" demanded Don03, "Where is the wound?"
"It's not mine," Raph03 replied weakly, "got drenched."
"Then who's blood is this?!" asked/demanded Mike03 in clear panic.
But before Raph03 could answer, the portal then spits out DonPrime and Mike87, both looking almost as bad as Raph03 himself, with the biggest difference is the amount of blood on them; The only blood visible on DonPrime is on his hands, which are red so that means it's not his blood, while Mike87 only has a small patch of blood right at his head, but their bodies are still covered in multiple cuts and bruises.
"DONNIE!/MICHELANGELO!" The three Primes and 1987 Turtles gasp and rush over to their respective dimensional brother, just as one last figure jumped out of the portal before it closes.
"Agh," the figure groans as he drop to his knees panting hard while keeping the figure he's holding in his arms close to his chest and another securely on his shell. This figure is none other than Leo07 and the one on his shell is an unconscious mask-less Leo12 with Mike12 being the one the tall Turtle's holding in his arms.
"LEO!" gasps Raph07 as he rushes over to Leo07's side, "What happened?!"
"Later," whispers Leo07, not taking his eyes off of Mike12 as he continues to hold onto the Turtle close to his chest, "he needs medical attention."
Raph07's confused as to what Leo07 meant and looks at Mike12, only to gasp in horror at what he sees.
"MIKEY!" gasps both Raph12 and Don12, also seeing the condition their little brother's in.
Mike12's covered in multiple scratches all over his body, blood patches could be seen on him from head to toe along with some dirt patches as well. But what REALLY horrifies everyone is the badly wounded left arm that's tied up with Leo12's missing mask, that's now a deep crimson from being soaked by blood coming out of it, with more blood STILL flowing out of it!
"So THAT'S where the blood came from!" Mike03 pointed out.
"I can't believe I didn't open the portal AT the lab like I wanted," cursed DonPrime as he tries to get up, only to winch slightly in pain before he's steadied by his dimensional brothers.
"At least you're close," pointed out Don07 as he carefully take Mike12 into his arms before looking at his other counterparts with a determined look on his face, "Little Don, you stay out here and look after the others injuries while the remaining three of us Donatello's will take care of square Mike."
"Wait, why me?" asked Don12 since he know he's one of the three Don07's referring to, "I can't even get up from this wheelchair let alone able to stand and help."
"I'm aware of that," said Don07, "but out of the five of us, you and I are the only two who have the most medical knowledge to do any kind of surgery. Plus, only this dimension's Donnie knows how to use the technology we have here that might save your brother's life."
"Don't worry, I can lower the operating table so that you can help without straining your leg even more," reassures Don03 as the three Turtles quickly rush into the lab to begin treating Mike12 up.
"So what's up with him?" RaphPrime asked pointing at the unconscious Turtle on Leo07's back.
"Had to knock him out before entering the portal," admitted Leo07, looking over his shoulder to his counterpart, "Let's hope he stays like this until the Donatello's are done."
That causes those that weren't in the 2012 Dimension earlier to look at one another in confusion, but decided to not push the topic further. Instead, Don87 takes out the first-aid kit and begins treating the just returned Turtles injuries which, fortunately, aren't as bad as everyone thought it was, but Leo07 suggest looking over Leo12 last for a reason he'll reveal either when the surgery's over or when Leo12 awakens.
/ (In the lab,)
Don07 carefully place Mike12 on the infirmary bed before slowly removing the mask tied up around the wound. Once he got the mask off, Don07 sighs upon taking a good look at the injury.
"Luckily, whatever it is that caused the wound didn't damage to bone badly, but if we don't treat it now there will be a chance of it being seriously infected." The tall turtle then turn to look at Don03 and asked, "Do you have some Utrom technology of a kind that can help with this problem?"
"Well I do have one device that I've used for the past five years that can help," Don03 replied as he starts roaming through the many devices he has there to find the device he's talking about.
Don12 on the other hand remain close to Don07 and had to fight to urge to look away from Mike12's nearly detached arm that he has to treat, his face ashen. The youngest of the Brainiacs was knocked out of his daze when he felt someone place a hand on his shoulder, making Don12 look up to meet a concern Don07.
"You know, I could take over if you're not up to it," suggested Don07.
"No," Don12 shook his head in protest, "I HAVE to do this! This is MY brother we're treating! It's the least I could do to set things right! I'm just terrified I'll make things worse! I've never done this before!"
Don07 silently listen to the youngster ramble in fear and worry, giving a few reassuring squeeze on the shoulder when it's necessary.
"I've got it!" Don03's voice could be heard as the local dimensional Turtle walks up to his two counterparts with a tool that looks a bit futuristic before placing it in Don07's free hand, "It's a Surgical Suturing Machine. I've already set it to reconnect arteries and blood vessels so all you have to do now is to hold the device over the wound. Once you do, just press that button and the tiny machines in it would start working on repairing it."
"This is the device you mentioned that uses nanotechnology right?" asked Don07, earning a nod from Don03 before both of them turn their attention to the youngest of the three.
Don12 took a few shaky breaths before saying, "I'm ready."
Don07 pass the machine to Don12 as Don03 slowly lowers the bed so that the youngster could reach the wound. Once that's done, Don12 begins working the machine on the wound with the other two nearby to give some assistance when necessary.
"What is an Utrom anyway?" asked Don12 as the nanobots start working on the task.
"My brothers and I became alliance with a race of aliens called the Utroms, whom were also responsible for our mutations since they were the ones that created the mutagen at the first place," answered Don03, "Basically, the Kraang you and your brothers faced are the evil versions of them."
/ (Back in the living room,)
As soon as Don87 finished looking over DonPrime, the monochrome genius helps his pudgy counterpart with looking over the other Turtles injuries, with Leo07 place Leo12 on the sofa before DonPrime's looking over his.
"It's been a while since they've been in there," said Mike87, looking at the lab door while Don87's wrapping his shoulder with some bandages, "I'm getting worried."
"I'm sure Mr. Wizard and the other two are doing their best to help him," reassures Don87 as he place a hand onto Mike87's good shoulder, "Don't' worry about it."
A small moan coming from the couch draws everyone's attention to Le012, who's showing signs of waking up.
"Leo?" Raph12 called as he quickly rushes over to his brother's side.
Leo12's eyes open up, but Raph12 gasp upon noticing something for the first time since the square leader in blue returned from the rescue mission.
"Wh-wha-where am I?" asked Leo12, slightly panicking, "Why is it so dark? What's going on?!"
"Oh no, not now," cursed Raph03 as he leaves the room towards the kitchen.
"What happened…?" mumbled Leo12 before he gasps in shock and realization, "Mikey! What happened to Mikey?! The attack! Mikey's scream! It's my fault! My fault! My fault!"
A slapping sound could be heard afterwards, making everyone stare at Leo07 in an agonizing silence since the Tall Turtle just slapped his counterpart right at the face.
"Now you listen here and you listen well, it's NOT your fault!" stated Leo07 as he grabs a hold of Leo12's shoulder, "What happened back then is Sh'Okanabo's and no one else is to blame, especially not you."
Leo12 doesn't look convinced as he starts to tremble slightly, "B-But if I wasn't in that situation at the first place"
"You were even IN that situation because of Sh'Okanabo's attack!" Raph03 voice could be heard, as he walks up to them with a cup of tea in his hands before kneeling next to Leo07. "Here, our sensei always made this blend whenever he wants to calm us down."
Nodding in thanks, Leo07 takes the cup and blows at it to cool it down slightly before slowly helping Leo12 drink the tea.
"Well now that he's up, I'd better go and get what I need to treat his problem," DonPrime said as he makes his leave towards the lab.
"M-Mikey?" asked/called Leo12 after finishing his tea, which seems to calm him down a bit, "H-How's Mikey?"
"Don't worry Leo," reassures Raph03, taking a seat next to Leo12, "three of the Donatello's are looking after him. He's in good hands."
/ (Back in the lab,)
Both Don03 and Don07 watch Don12 work intensely as the youngest of the group sweats a bit and sticks his tongue out in concentration. Don03 helps by monitoring Mike12's heartrate while Don07 constantly wipes the sweat away and helps make sure Don12's arms are stable to hold the gadget he's using.
"Blood flow has been re-established," Don12 sighs as he lowers his arms, "Now to handle the muscle tissues."
"Let me set the Suturing machine for you," Don03 offers, gently taking the device away from Don12's shaky hands, "It shouldn't take too long."
As Don03 fumbles with the gadget, Don07 ease his square counterpart so that Don12 is leaning against the wheelchair. It wasn't long later there was a knock on the lab door.
"We're not done with the operation yet!" said Don07 as he turned to look at the door.
"I just need to take something quick," the voice from the other side said which Don07 recognize it to be DonPrime.
"Oh Don, I thought you were someone else," Don07 said as he opens the door to let the monochrome Turtle in.
"I won't be long," DonPrime said as he went through the gadgets before finding the one he's looking for, which Don07 noticed is the Eye Gene Regeneration device he used himself to treat Raph12's left eye earlier.
"Why do you need that?" Don03 asked as he now notices the Prime in the room.
DonPrime remains silent as he walked towards the lab door. But before he leaves, he said, "Square Leo's gone blind."
And with that, the door was re-closed, leaving the three Turtles in the room in shock.
"B-Blind?" gasps Don03, starting to shake slightly.
Seeing this, Don07 immediately place a hand on Don03's shoulder, getting the other Turtle's attention.
"Now's not a good time for you to go in a full on panic attack," said Don07, "Right now we need to focus on treating Mikey here. I'm sure the Prime knows what he's doing since both of your dimensions have quite a number of similarities with one another."
It took a while, but Don03 finally nodded his head in agreement before passing the Suturing device back to Don12.
"Just do exactly like what you did earlier," instructed Don07, "But this will take longer than the last one judging by the damage it's got. We'll switch once in a while so that there wouldn't be any mishaps in the process."
Don12 nodded and points the device back to the position it was in, starting the final surgical process needed to re-established Mike12's arm.
/
It's been a full hour since the three Donatello's started operating Mike12's arm, everyone else decided to do something to ease the tension of waiting for when it would be done. Quite a number of them went to the kitchen to get something to eat, though the situation they're facing is making their appetites lessen. Both Leo03 and LeoPrime are meditating in the dojo, trying to calm their minds with little to no success. The only ones still in the living room is DonPrime, who's using the Eye Gene Regeneration device to treat Leo12's sights, with Leo07 offering support to his counterpart by sitting nearby.
"That should do it," DonPrime said as he rumbles through the first-aid kit next to him, pulling out a roll of bandages to cover Leo12's eyes so that the recovery could take place at a faster rate.
"How long will it take for him to see again?" asked Leo07.
"About a week if we keep his eyes treated," replied DonPrime
Leo12, who remained silent throughout the whole process, sighs and whispers, "Mikey…"
Both of the remaining Turtles look at one another in a knowing look as to what's in Leo12's mind. But before anyone of them could say something to give a sort of comfort,
"YOU HAVE TO LET ME DO IT!" Don12's voice could be heard screaming from within the lab.
"IT'S TOO RISKY!" Don03's voice boomed out, "IF YOU WEREN'T INJURED MAYBE I MIGHT EVEN CONSIDER IT!"
"BUT I'M THE ONLY ONE OF MY BROTHERS THAT'S A MATCH!" screamed Don12, "PLUS IT'S EVEN RISKIER IF WE TRIED TO DO IT WITH SOMEONE NOT FROM THE SAME DIMENSION AS MIKEY!"
"What the shell's that about?!" asked/demanded Raph03 as he and the other Turtles stop what they were doing to know what the commotion is all about.
"Little Don, let's find out," said DonPrime, making eye contact with Don87, who nodded in reply before the two of them quickly rush towards the lab.
"Guys, what's going on?!" asked/demanded Don87, but gasp upon seeing the scene before him.
Both Don03 and Don12 are arguing with one another at one corner of the lab, but that's not what surprise Don87. It's that Don07's performing CPR on Mike12 whose heartrate IS SLOWLY DROPPING!
"Mikey!" gasps the two just arrives Turtles as they quickly rush over to Don07's side.
"STOP FIGHTING ALREADY!" shouted Don07, unable to take the tension anymore, which somehow startled the other Donatello's as even those that know him had NEVER seen him so angry before, even when Don07 argues with Raph07 during Leo07's absence, "MIKEY'S DYING RIGHT NOW AND YOUR ARGUMENT ISN'T HELPING! SQUARE DONNIE; JUST GET OVER HERE SO I CAN PERFORN THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION TO SAVE HIS LIFE ALREADY!"
"But he's injured," argues Don03.
"I KNOW THAT!" shouted/argues Don07, "But like he said, he's the only match out of all of his brothers and it's even riskier if we tried the process with a different dimensional plane blood line."
"Um guys," called out Don87, "I hate to interrupt but Mikey's heartrate's dropping faster by the minute!"
There was a moment of silence as Don03 looks at the pleading look on Don12 and Don87's face as well as the serious ones on Don07 and DonPrime's before he sighs in defeat, "Alright then."
That's all they need to hear before Don07 practically dragged Don12 out of his wheelchair onto another infirmary bed DonPrime quickly placed next to the one Mike12's on. Don03 decided to take over and perform CPR on Mike12 while the others are preparing for the transfusion as Don87 maintains near the heart monitor.
Once Don07 injected a needle into Don12's arm and gives the square counterpart the ball to squeeze every few seconds to get the blood pumping, the tall Turtle turn to look at the Prime and asked, "Blood pressure?"
"Rising," DonPrime bit out, "I thought the surgery went well! What happened?"
"The arm is fused back in place like we wanted," started Don03 as he continues to push onto Mike12's plastron, "but Mikey already loss too much blood that he's already in serious risk of dying."
Don07 place a breathing mask onto Mike12 before he and DonPrime help Don03 keep Mike12 breathing. Don12 looked sadly at Mike12's pale face as he keep pumping his blood into his baby brother, with only the beating noise coming from the heart monitor reassuring him that Mike12's still hanging in there.
But then, all of them heard a noise they dread hearing,
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
"HIS HEART STOPPED!" Don87 shouted in panic.
"MIKEY!" cried out Don12, tears starting to form in his eyes.
DonPrime cursed silently as he quickly rush to find something as Don03 continues to perform CPR and Don07 removing the needle from Don12's arm. It wasn't long later when DonPrime rushed back with the defibrillation pads and passing it to Don07, who rubbed them together to get the machine working.
"Hurry up, will ya!" Don03 breathed impatiently as he continues to do the CPR on Mike12.
"STOP PRESSURING ME!" shouted Don07 as the machine starts to beep, "MOVE!"
Don03 moves his hands out of the way as Don07 pressed against Mike12's plastron, "CLEAR!" Mike12's body arching as a shock was sent through him.
"Still flat!" informs Don87 from the heart monitor.
"Charge it to 200 watts now!" instructed Don07, which DonPrime does that before charging the machine again. "CLEAR!"
Another shock went through Mike12, but the line's still flat! This continues for a couple more tries, with the same result coming out!
"Come on, Mikey, come on," Don07 breathed, continuing to rub the defibrillation pads together before he's pushed away from them by an eager Don12.
"Donnie what are you doing?!" asked/demanded Don03, noticing how the youngest of the geniuses pushed DonPrime away from the machine to set the pads to 500 watts!
"WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?! I'M SAVING MY BROTHER!" stated Don12 as the machine lets out a beep. "CLEAR!"
Another shock went through Mike12's body, but still the same results! Don12 sees this and instantly set the machine to 600 watts now!
"Donnie, you're going to make the consequences worse if you keep this up!" pointed out DonPrime.
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES! I JUST WANT MY BROTHER BACK!" said Don12, the tears in his eyes started to fall as the machine lets out another beep. "CLEAR!"
/ (Some time later,)
The lab door opens to reveal both DonPrime and Don03 walking out of it, both looking down slightly which got the other's attention.
"Well? What happened?" asked Raph12.
Both Donatello's look at one another before Don03 turns to look back and said, "We lost him earlier…" They gasped but never got a chance to voice out anything as DonPrime then said, "But we managed to bring him back."
"How is he then?" Leo87 asked after a moment of silence.
"His left arm is in a sling for about another week, pretty much the same as how long his dimensional brothers would be with their own condition," stated DonPrime.
"Can we see him?" asked Leo03.
"No," Don87 said, as the remaining three Donatello's walk out of the lab, with Don12 looking down slightly as tears roll down his cheeks, "Mikey's out of possibly falling into a coma, but before he went to sleep, he said he doesn't want to see any one of his brothers or their counterparts except for Mr. Wizard to treat him."
"That means only the Michelangelo's could be near him," Don07 said, making eye contact with his own dimensional baby brother, "and he wants at least you to be with him at all times during the treatment since he trust you the most now."
"And besides, tall Mikey's the only one out of all of us that could get him back to his normal self, even if it is only for a while," Don03 pointed out as Mike07 thinks this over.
"I understand," Mike07 nodded before turning his attention to Mike03, "Is it alright if we let him stay in your room until he's ready to see his brothers again?"
"Sure thing," said Mike03, "He can take my bed; I can sleep on the floor."
"But before you could move him," started Raph87 before turning his attention to Raph03, DonPrime, Mike87, and both Leo07 and Leo12, "I believe we all deserve to know what happened back in the other dimension now."
The five Turtles whom experienced the event tense up a bit before four of them turn their attention to Leo12, who's being held close by Leo07.
"Do you want to sit out of this, or do you want to stay?" Leo07 asked, giving Leo12 a comforting rub on the shoulder.
"I-I-I'll stay," answered Leo12, "I-I want to know the full truth."
"But I thought you already do," pointed out RaphPrime.
"No," said Raph03, "he didn't know about what happened during that attack."
Leo07 noted that his youngest counterpart's trembling slightly and whispers to him, "If you want to leave, don't hesitate to tell me."
Leo12 just nodded as everyone else find a comfortable spot to sit since they figured this story might take a while to finish be told.
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Things are now getting tense between the Turtles now. We'll find out what happened back in the 2012 Dimension in the next chapter.
Until next time, see ya!