"Guys, stop it!" Mikey yelled, running into the kitchen where younger Leonardo and Raphael were fighting each other with their weapons while the three older turtles stood watching from the background. Angel looked as if she'd given up on trying to stop the fight as she leaned against the doorframe with her arms folded while April continued to yell at the two teenagers.

April took a few steps back as Mikey rushed over to the two turtles and stood in the middle, causing the both of them to freeze. "Stop fighting!" Mikey shouted at the two. "We're here in the middle of nowhere while Donnie's with the Shredder! We should be making a plan to go back but all you're doing is fighting," he pointed a finger accusingly at the three older turtles. "Same goes for you three!"

"Just be quiet, Mikey," younger Leo muttered, tensing as younger Raph suddenly shoved Mikey violently out of the way.

"Exactly. Nobody cares," Raph added, glaring at Leo. "We were in the middle of making a plan and then someone had to constantly complain about everything we said. Blame Leo for this."

Mikey opened his mouth to respond but quickly shut it again, knowing full well he couldn't think of anything to say back to his older brothers. Without a single word, Mikey turned around and left the room, the others hearing the creaking of the staircase as Mikey ran up them. "You guys do what you want," he scowled, running into one of the bedrooms and pushing the windows wide open. He climbed onto the ledge and jumped down into the garden, quickly running into the forest before anybody noticed him. "I'll go back to New York myself!"

As the turtle journeyed deeper into the forest, he began to notice the sun setting over the trees which meant that in a few minutes, it'd be hard to see in the shadowed parts of the woodland. Before he moved to walk, he heard a quiet hissing sound behind him, followed by loud rustling of the bushes close to his feet.

His eyes widened as a large figure rose from behind the large group of plants as he let out a small squeak and ran as fast as he could. As he got close to a small pond, he stood gasping for air and sighing in relief as there was no sign of the creature from earlier. His shoulders tensed as he heard the hissing sound again, causing him to breathe out and begin to run again, the shadowed areas of the forest soon causing him to trip over his own feet and fall face first into the dirt.

Laughing stirred him out of his thoughts as a woman stepped into the small light of the trees. Mikey looked up at her and bit his lip, "Karai?" he called out, the woman smiling and walking over to him with her hands on her hips.

"You know," she raised an eyebrow up as she looked down at the turtle before offering her hand to Mikey, which he took and allowed her to help him to his feet. "I honestly don't know whether what you're doing is brave or stupid."

"The others were fighting, so I-"

"So you decided to try and make your own way back into New York City which, may I add, is incredibly dangerous for a young boy, like you."

"Well, yeah," Mikey awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck and grinned up at Karai, whose eyes seemed to shine in the moonlight. His expression twisted into one where he tried to look stern. "Don't try to stop me, Karai."

"I'm not going to stop you," Karai folded her arms and smirked at the orange-clad turtle. "In fact, I was going to come with you. You need help, Mikey."

"But Leo-"

"Oh, him," Karai waved her hand out. "Screw whatever he thinks. I'm my own person, thank you very much."

Mikey didn't reply but gratefully smiled at the woman as they began to walk together. "Hey...Karai," Mikey piped up in a tiny voice. "Do you think...Do you know the whole story about this world? I mean...With my brothers and stuff."

"Sure I do," Karai kept her eyes forward as she felt the ground turn softer as she and Mikey headed into a small meadow. "O'Neil probably told you guys part of the story but there is more to it."

"Raph, the older one, said something about older Donnie and Shredder," Mikey stopped talking when Karai inhaled sharply.

"Listen, Mikey," Karai narrowed her eyes as she placed her hands on Mikey's shoulders and stared straight into his eyes. "I can tell you everything...At the time, I was spying on the Foot."

"I can't believe him!" younger Raph roared, pacing around the living room impatiently. "Why would he run off when we're in a completely different world to our own?"

"We weren't helping, Raph," younger Leo snapped. "He didn't run off to annoy us! He's going to find Donnie."

"Then he's an idiot," future Leonardo muttered, causing the two younger turtles to turn around and glare at him.

"Don't call our brother an idiot," younger Raph warned, tempted to reach for his sai.

"Right. Shut it all of you," April shouted, stomping into the room with Angel following behind her. "You're all acting like children! Well..." she glanced at younger Leo and Raph, "some of us still are but you know what I mean!" she added, throwing her arms up in the air.

"Listen, guys," Angel stared at the two young turtles and glanced at April for help. "Chances are that Mikey's probably gotten himself lost in the forest. New York is a long way on foot."

"I called Karai," April quickly added. "She's probably searching for him right now. Heck, she might have even found him already."

April took out her cracked T-phone and glanced at the message Karai had sent her days ago; TELL THEM THE TRUTH.

"Leo, Raph," April inhaled air and softly breathed out, trying to ignore the fierceness of her beating heart. "You guys need to know the entire story of why we're all here now. This time, everything that happened up to these last few days."

A/N: Okay, so the next chapter -or chapters-, will be a large flashback. It's going to get dark now because it's going to have the death of a major character soo yeah ^^' Just a heads up! Thanks for all of the lovely comments! It truly means a lot :'3