Sorry this is a late update. I got my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday and I couldn't really think clearly. Hopefully, I'll be back to my usual daily updates. :)

Chapter 21

"Hey Alexa!" Mikey yelled and his smile took up literally his whole face.

I laughed. "Hey Mike." I sat at the table then spotted April cooking with Michelangelo. "Let me guess scrambled eggs?"

Michelangelo pouted and stuck his tongue out at me. "No…April's cooking the eggs."

I stood up and gave his arm a light squeeze. "Practice makes perfect."

He rolled his eyes. I went back to my seat and tried to get Kiyo to sit still.

"Kiyomi." Leo warned and she stopped.

I looked at him. How? He just smirked at me and April and Michelangelo started passing out plates filled with eggs, bacon, and toast. I'm usually not a fan of eggs, but these were amazing! They tasted like the ones my grandmother made. She would drown out the egg taste with ingredients like cheese.

"April, these eggs are amazing!" Michelangelo said with food in his mouth and eggs went flying across the table.

"Thanks." April made a face at Mikey.

Splinter shot a look at Michelangelo.

"And that is why you do not talk with food in your mouth. You give everyone a food shower." The little ones started laughing.

Then my phone rang. I jumped and checked to see if everyone was here. The only people who had my number in this dimension was April, Casey, Splinter, and all of the turtles. I got up and walked over to my phone. The screen just said incoming call; nothing else. I took a breath and answered.

"Hello?" My voice sounded small.

There was a long pause then someone crying.

"Who is this?" I asked. I was getting nervous.

"Bucky? Is it really you?" It was Kristen.

"Steve? How…..I don't…." I put my hand over my mouth and slid down the cabinet and cried. Leo went to stand up, but Splinter stopped him and whispered something to him. I shut my eyes.

"Where are you or, I mean, what dimension are you in?" Steve asked still crying.

She wouldn't have any idea what I was talking about if I told her. Oh well, it was worth a try. I still can't believe she was able to call me.

"Alexa?"

"I'm in the 2003 universe. I miss you guys so much." I broke down again as the others either left or came to sit with me.

"We miss you too. We want to see you. Maybe we could-"

"No!" I put my head on my knees. "You can't. I'm sorry."

"Why?" Sarah asked.

Where the heck did she come from? "Because…..something happened, I'm okay, but it's something I have to fully accept and understand first. You understand, right?" Leo took my hand.

"We're your friends, Alexa. It's our job to help you through things." Kristen started.

"Maybe we can help you understand. I mean, a lots probably happened in three years." Sarah finished.

"More than you think." I ran my hand down my face. "A lot of complicated and confusing things."

"Want to talk about it?" it sounded like Steve shoved Sarah away.

"Yes, but no." I looked up at Leo, Raph, Yashuo, and Yoshi. They were all huddled in front of me.

"That helped." Sarcasm was thick in Sarah's voice.

"I DID say I was confused." Yashuo crawled onto my lap and Yoshi and Raph left.

"Then talk to us, Buck!" Sarah yelled into the phone. She was always the 'let's get to the point' kind of person.

I looked down at Ya-ya. 'Go inside with everyone else. Mommy, needs to talk on the phone by myself.' I thought to him. He nodded and scurried along.

"Are you still there?" Kristen asked.

"Ya. Hold on, I just have to go somewhere where I won't be interrupted." I motioned for Leo to follow and we went into our room. He shut the door while I got comfortable on the bed. Leo came next to me and I rested my head on his shoulder. He shifted and put his arm around me. "Okay, um, I'm trying to think of where to start, and what I can remember." My fingers intertwined with Leo's.

"Take your time." They both said.

"When we were captured by Bishop, he did a lot of tests on me. At first, he only was able to start a part of his plan." I explained everything about me being a mother, how the kids were, what they looked like, who was the father, stuff like that. That covered the last three years.

"Is that why you don't want us to see you? Because you're now a mother to three kids? Sarah asked sounding shocked.

"No, that's not the reason." Leo wrapped his other arm around me. This was going to be hard. Telling them I'm a mutant turtle and I'm probably not going to see them every again.

"What happened?" Kristen got serious.

I sniffled. "I'm not going to be able to see you guys…for a while." I hiccupped. "It was Bishop's next step to his plan."

"Come on, Buck, I can't stand the suspense!" Sarah yelled again.

"I'm…I'm…I'm a mutant turtle." I held my breath as the other end of the line went silent. "Guys?"

"Why won't you be able to see us? The turtles came here, and plus this is your home." Kristen begged.

"We can't even get out of this dimension." I pouted.

"Usagi can open a portal from here and bring you all home." Kristen offered.

"Wait, what? No, Usagi is here in this dimension." I sat up.

"No, he's here with us. I can put him on the phone." Kristen said and sounded like I was crazy.

"But he's in the living room with the…." With the kids, who are important for Bishop's plan! "Leo get the kids. Keep them away from Usagi." I turned to Leo. He was confused, but didn't argue or ask why? "Are you sure he's the real one?"

"Positive. I interrogated him for three hours with Sarah's help…okay here he is."

"Hello?" Usagi spoke.

"Usagi, was your dimension attacked?" I asked.

"Yes. An enemy had a machine that I stumbled upon which brought me to where I am now." He explained. "Somehow they made a clone of me. This imposture attacked me and was ordered to find you, the turtles, and your children."

"We've been working on a way to bring you all home. This phone call was a test. We can get you guys back here in about two hours." Sarah sounded like Donnie for a second as she went off explaining her design. Leo came in here casually with the kids. They crawled up on the bed and sat close to each other.

"I'll tell the guys." Leo pulled out his phone and sent a text to everyone.

I nodded.

"Is everything okay over there?" Steve asked.

"As long as 'someone' doesn't find out that we know, we should be okay." If this fake Usagi found out we know he's a clone; we'll be in a tough battle. How are we going to prepare to leave without our fake samurai rabbit becoming suspicious?

"Okay, we're trying to get the portal opened as quickly as possible." Sarah told us.

"Thank you guys so much." I shifted the phone onto my shoulder and wrapped my arms around the three worried turtles. Yoshi actually got so worried he accidently put a force field around us.

"I'll call you back when we are ready for transport." Steve told me.

"See ya, Steve."

"See ya, Bucky."

We hung up and I patted Yoshi's shell. "We're okay, buddy." I told him and he instantly dropped the shield. I shifted so I can look at all three of them. "I want you three to stay away from Usagi until we leave. This Usagi is a fake and can be very mean." I paused and let them calculate that. When they nodded, I continued. "Where we're going, is where the real Usagi is and he's very nice. It is also where mommy is from and where my friends are." A knock at the door made me break my attention from the kids. Leo went to open the door, luckily it was just Raph.

"What's going on?" He asked quietly as he slipped into the room.

"The Usagi that's here isn't the real one. The real one is in Alexa's dimension and her friends are opening a portal to go there." Leo explained.

Raph sat on the bed and Kiyomi snuggled into his side. Raph put his arm around her and looked back up at me. "You think they can bring us there?"

"Usagi saw Shredder's portal and was able to figure out something's about it." I answered.

There was another knock and Leo went to go open it. Leonardo came in.

"There's something wrong with Usagi." He said as he started pacing.

"We know. It's not really him." Leo told him slowly.

"What?" He stopped and his eyes snapped to Leo's. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, he was cloned and the real one is in Alexa's universe trying to get us to safety." Leo explained.

"I can't believe I was so blind. I should've noticed it wasn't really him." Leo slid his hand down his face and shook his head.

"It's because you have a naturally good heart, and you automatically see the good in people. Plus, this clone is exactly like your Usagi." I told him.

"We need a plan for when the portal opens. We can't all storm in here. We'll go in be groups." Leonardo said.

"Since you're in here already. First it can be you, Raph, and the kids. I'll go in last to make sure everyone gets in." Leo planned out the rest. I insisted one staying with Leo, but of course he said 'no'. I'm still staying. We went around to look for everyone and secretively explained our plan of escape. We were taking everyone besides Fake Usagi. When the first group returned to my room, my phone rang.

"Ready?" I answered.

"The portal will open in ten seconds." Sarah said.

"See you on the other side." I hung up and went to my kids. "You three understand the plan?" I asked them for the millionth time. They all nodded and went to Raph and Leonardo, taking their hands. "Mommy will see you soon."

The portal opened and I nodded at Leonardo and Raph to take them. The familiar blueish-white swirl opened and they walked through. Next group is April, Casey, Splinter, and Raphael. I sent them a text: Your turn. They arrived in my room and went through the portal. Leo sent the next group their text to come. Next is both Dons and both Mikeys. When they came in slammed the door shut and they wore a panicked look on their faces.

"He found out." Donatello whispered.

"Get through the portal, now!" Leo ordered. "I'll hold him off." His brothers nodded and ran through. Leo turned and looked at me. "You have to go." He took my shoulders as Usagi banged on the door.

"I'm not leaving you." I put my hand to his face.

"Go." He whispered. Our faces were so close and we kissed before the door busted open. "I'll meet you on the other side." He pushed me through the portal.

When I opened my eyes I saw the same portal as the one Cody made in 'Fast Forward'. AS the portal swirled in front of me I waited for Leo to come through. Donnie and Leonardo asked me something, but I was too focused on Leo to hear them.

"He better hurry up. The portal's starting to close!" Sarah called.

My eyes widened and I went to go back in, but they light gave out.