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Chapter 11

Creation

"Please work," Donny whispered with his eyes closed as he pressed the button. He heard the machine whirl to life but that didn't mean anything, he knew that the power supply was working fine. It was everything else that was giving him problems. He was constantly getting nothing but an image of the brick wall. He was starting to lose hope.

Tilting his head towards the portal door, Donny opened his eyes. A smile spread across his face as he took in the image in front of him. He could see the prime world in all of its black and white glory. "I did it!" he jumped up from his seat to stand in front of the portal. Months of work had finally paid off. "I did it!"

"Did what, my love?" Leatherhead asked as he walked into the lab with Snow in his arms.

"Look, Kroki," Don smiled, pointing to the portal. "I did it. I created a portal into the multiverse."

"That's what you've been working on?" Leatherhead asked as he stepped toward the portal. "Your personal project was a portal device. Why?"

"Research," Donny said, telling Leatherhead a half truth. The answer, 'Because I wanted to prove that I was as smart as my counterpart,' didn't sound as good. He then turned to his computer. "I can even set it up to find anyone within the world, so long as they exist there. Let's see if you were part of Turtle prime." Typing in the code, Don chuckled lightly. "Well, I guess we are also testing if I programmed this thing right."

They watched as the portal shifted to reveal the image of Leatherhead's counterpart, slumbering by a pool of water in the sewers. Pride swelled inside of Donatello as he looked at the image through the portal. He had managed to pull it off.

"Can he see us?" Leatherhead asked.

"I don't know," Don admitted. "I haven't actually tested to see if the portal worked beyond viewing. I am fairly certain that it is a one way device. I'll see if I can put my hand through it."

"Change it to someone else before you do," Leatherhead requested. "We don't know the mental stability of this Leatherhead or the extent of the portal yet. I don't want him coming through in a fit of rage."

"Alright," Donny nodded and turned back to his computer. "Let's see what April is doing."

She appeared in the portal and Don noticed how different she looked from the April he knew. She had dark curly hair and tan skin. She was sitting at a small kitchen table in an apartment while sipping what looked to be coffee. The most noticeable difference was the small child playing on the floor just a few feet away. The April and Casey he knew hadn't had a child yet.

Based off the looks of the little girl, it was obvious that she was not April's child. Maybe she was babysitting. Casey soon joined the scene, saying something about fixing the garbage disposal in another apartment then changing the locks on yet another. April nodded and lifted her head as Casey bent down for a kiss. Casey then made his way out of the apartment, stopping to kiss the little girl on the head before leaving.

"This is so cool." Donny walked back up to the portal and placed his hand on it. "It tingles."

April and the little girl didn't seem to notice.

"Maybe I should do this where no one is around," Don thought out loud. "I don't want to freak anyone out with a disembodied hand. I'm sure this April has had her fair share of near heart attacks as it is."

"Good call," Leatherhead agreed.

Once again, Don returned to the computer and typed in the code to move the portal to a place that was unoccupied. This time when he touched his hand to the screen Don pushed his hand through. There was a bit of resistance but not much. He then quickly pulled it back out. "It seems that it works."

"It appears so," Leatherhead walked up to Don. "Now, what are you going to do with it?"

"I want to study the multiverse." Don answered. "I want to see how we live in other worlds. The ones we've already met were so different and yet… the same." He keyed in another code and a new world appeared. "This is the other world we have already experienced.

"It's kind of comical." A sly smile spread across Don's face. "Let's see what you look like in this one." He keyed in the code and nearly choked on his laughter when Leatherhead's counterpart appeared in the portal.

Leatherhead, however, was more befuddled than amused. "What is he wearing?"

The other world Leatherhead had on a hunter's hat, blue pants, boots, and a torn up yellow vest. He was traipsing through what looked like a swamp. When the croc spoke it only caused Donatello to lose his control over his laughter.

"I don't know," Donatello chuckled, shaking his head. "Judging by his appearance and the way he speaks, I'm going to guess that he is living in Louisiana and isn't half the genius that you are."

"I am glad that you are finding this to be so humorous," Leatherhead chuckled.

It took a few moments for Donatello to stop laughing. He was so over joyed that his devise was functional that the smallest things were able to set him off into another fit of laughter. He couldn't remember the last time he was so happy.

Don took deep breaths to calm himself. "I wanna see more in this world." He looked for Casey and once again nearly lost himself in laughter. It was contagious and Leatherhead soon joined him in the merriment.

"What's going on in here?" Raph asked as he walked in to the lab. "What's so funny? Am I missing something with Snow?"

Donny could only point at the portal as he wiped the tears from his eyes. Leatherhead was more in control of himself so he was able to answer. "Donatello managed to create a portal and is looking at our counterparts from other worlds. He finds it… humorous. I think it also has something to do with the fact that he hasn't had a lot of sleep."

"Look at Casey," Donatello choked out before sucking in a breath and returned to laughing.

Raph looked through the portal and couldn't help but chuckle. "And here I thought our Casey had a poor sense of fashion. This guy looks like a bad eighties movie punk. It seems to fit with those wacked out turtles." He looked over at Don, "Speaking of which, what are our counterparts up to?"

Donatello managed to work the keys well enough to have the system look for Raph's counterpart.

After a few seconds Raph blurted out, "What the hell?" silencing Don's laughter. Wondering what had managed to upset his brother, Don looked at the portal. He saw Raph's counterpart kissing a mutated lizard woman. "That geek has a girlfriend? Why does he get a girlfriend?"

Don shrugged, "The mutagen was readily available in that dimension so it's fair to assume that there are quite a few mutants. Some of them were bound to be female."

"Fair? Lucky bastard," Raph mumbled. "I wouldn't mind a mutant lizard girlfriend. "I could deal with the hair and breasts."

"How about we find you in another dimension," Don offered as he pressed the buttons.

When the new image came up, Raph chuckled slightly. "That's not much better." At least he was able to find some humor in the situation. The actions on the other side of the portal were similar to the ones before, though this time he was making out with a fox woman. "I think I liked the lizard better. All that fur would get annoying. Cleaning up after was Splinter sheds is bad enough."

"At least you know that you get some action in other dimensions. Let's try another," Donny chuckled.

"Oh fuck," Raph burst out laughing at the image of his and Don's counterparts in the process of some intense sex. Raph squinted his eyes, "You have a human like penis coming out of your plastron."

"I'm not very fond of this one," Leatherhead stated in a flat tone. "And Snow doesn't really need to be seeing it."

"I'm typing as fast as I can," Don said as his fingers flew over the keyboard.

The portal shifted again and Raph tilted his head as he considered the image. "I'm dressed as a cowboy."

"It appears that you are," Donny agreed.

"Do another," Raph grinned. "This is actually kinda fun."

They spent the next hour looking at different dimensions through the portal. Some were just like their world. Others were vastly different. A few had them near hysterics with laughter. The strangest ones for Don were the ones where their counterparts were human.

They watched one where one turtle showed up when Don searched for both Leo and Raph and another showed up when Don searched for himself and Mikey. The world was flooded with mutants. The parts that were most different were the fact that they were raised by Baxter Stockman and Splinter was nowhere to be found. He wrote down the information needed to return to the dimension later. It was fascinating and he wanted to know more.

In another dimension Raph and Mikey were angels where Don and Leo were demons. It was a little unnerving for Don to see himself as a demon. The creature seemed to enjoy hurting others. And Leo's counterpart in that world was obsessed with Mikey.

For the most part the worlds were the same as theirs; four Turtles, living in the sewers with their rat master. He even found a few where there was a fifth turtle who was female.

"She has boobs," Raph said shaking his head. "How does that work."

"They wouldn't be functional," Don said. "Or soft." She wasn't the first mutant turtle they had seen in their search. They had come across a few female turtles with breasts that varied in size. Some were painfully large. "I don't see how they can fight with those in the way. And they would cause back problems."

In the worlds that were most similar it was only a few everyday things that differed from world to world. There were several where they had girlfriends who varied from humans to mutants of all kinds. There were a few where they had boyfriends. They also came across a few more where they were with each other. It brought a smile to Don's face whenever he came across another dimension where he was with Leatherhead.

Raph stood in front of the portal, crossing his arms as he considered it. "What happens if you go through it?"

Don shrugged, "We would be in that world."

"Yeah, but," Raph looked over at Don. "How would you get back?"

"Um…." Don shook his head. "I don't really know."

Raph took a step back from the portal, "So if something were to happen while this thing was functional and I fell through the portal, I would be stuck in whatever dimension it was on?"

"I never intended to go through it," Don said. As he slowly stood, his mind raced with possibilities and then it went to worst case scenarios.

Memories from his trip to the future flashed through his mind. He had vanished. What if he had vanished through a portal and was stuck in another dimension? What if that future was still possible? Maybe Shredder wasn't dead.

Panic filled him. He hadn't thought about the possibility of going through the portal. He just wanted to look through it, to prove that he could build one, nothing more. His hands trembled as he pressed the buttons to turn the portal off. He stuck his hand through it. What if it had sucked him through?

"Don, you okay?" Raph asked, stepping close. "You look like you are about to be sick."

"How could I be so stupid?" Don whispered to himself.

Leatherhead passed Snow to Raph and then rushed over to Donny. "What is it, my love?"

"I could have… that future… I watched them all die. It's my fault." Don rambled, unable to gather his thoughts. "I almost made it happen. I never considered. It was so… depressing. I was so focused on getting it done… I didn't think…."

Leatherhead soothed Donatello, pulling him close. "Hush now, my love. Nothing happened. Everything is going to be alright."

"I'll leave the two of you alone," Raph said, turning for the door.

"He just needs some sleep," Leatherhead said as he guided Don to the bed. "I'll stay with him to make sure he sleeps well."

"I'll take care of Snow," Raph nodded, closing the door behind him.