Chapter 21

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

I laughed. "Hi Mikey." I sat at the table and saw Michelangelo cooking with April. "Let me guess…scrambled eggs?"

Michelangelo pouted. "Don't bring it up."

"Ouch, why is he acting like Raph?" I asked Mikey who laughed.

"He burnt the last batch to a crisp." Mikey laughed.

Michelangelo stuck his tongue at us. I got up and gave his arm a light squeeze. "Aw, don't worry, you'll get better."

He rolled his eyes and I sat back down and tried to get Kiyomi to sit still.

"Kiyomi." Leo warned and she stopped.

How!? I looked at him with my mouth open. Mikey's hand went under my chin to close my mouth, but I laughed.

"Careful, you may catch some bugs."

Leo smirked and the food started to be served. I'm not the biggest fan of eggs, but these eggs are awesome! I would only ever eat my grandmother's because she hid the egg taste with cheese and other ingredients.

"April, these eggs are awesome!" Michelangelo said with a mouthful of eggs which went flying across the table.

"Thanks." April made a face at Mikey for giving her an egg shower.

Splinter shot Michelangelo a glare.

"And that's why you don't talk with food in your mouth. You give everyone a food shower." I told the kids and they started laughing. Then my phone rang. I jumped and looked around the table to see everyone here. Okay…the only people who had my number in this dimension was everyone here. I got up and walked over to my phone and looked at the screen which had a random number on it. Hesitantly, I answered it.

"Hello?"

There was a long pause then the sound of crying.

"Who is this?" I asked.

"B-Bucky? Is that really you?" It was Kristen!

"Steve? How…I don't…" I put my hand over my mouth and the other grabbed onto the counter for support. "How are you…" I started to cry.

"Where are you? What dimension are you in?" Steve asked as she stopped her blubbering.

She wouldn't have any idea if I told her. How was she able to call me?

"Alexa?"

"Um…the 2003 universe, Barton will know what I mean. I miss you so much."

Leo put his arm around me as the others left.

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

"No!" I jumped, but sighed and put my head on my knees, which I pulled up close to me. "You can't, I'm sorry."

"Why?" Sarah asked.

Where the hell did she come from? "Because something happened, I'm okay, but it's something I have to get used to first. You understand, right?" Leo took my hand and I saw Raph sit next to me as Yasuo and Yoshi, who stared at me with wide eyes.

"We're your friends, Alexa. It's our job to help you through tough times." Kristen said.

"Maybe we can help you get used to whatever it is." Sarah said. "I mean, a lot could happen in three years."

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

"Wanna talk about it?" It sounded like Kristen shoved Sarah away.

"Yes, but no." I looked up at Leo, Raph, Yasuo, and Yoshi. They were all sitting around me.

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

I laughed. "I know."

"Talk to us, Buck!" Sarah yelled into the phone. She always had that 'let's get to the point' kind of personality.

I looked up to see that Raph and Yoshi left. 'Yasuo, go with everyone else. Mommy, needs to talk on the phone alone.' He nodded and scurried away.

"Are you still there?" Kristen asked.

"Yeah. Hold on, I just need to go somewhere where I won't be interrupted." I led Leo up into the attic and we laid down on the bed. My head was resting on his shoulder and he wrapped his arm around me. "Okay, um, where to begin?"

"Take you time." Kristen told me.

"When we were captured by Bishop, he did a lot of tests on me and the guys." I squeezed Leo's hand. "At first, I was scared out of my mind, but there was a guardian, the guys who protected the Utroms. You know who I'm talking about, Sarah, right?"

"I got you." She said.

"Well, he basically kept all the guards from beating us up whenever they felt like it. This was mostly for the guys, they weren't allowed to hit me, under Bishop's orders." I started to explain that Bishop made me a mom. I told them that Leo was their father and how they were doing.

"Then why can't you see us?" Sarah asked.

"Um…recently, yesterday actually, I was getting some meditation in while I was outside and got recaptured, but by Hun, this time. He brought me to the Shredder and he put some mutagen in my system."

There was a pause. "Not healing mutagen like when you were pregnant with your kids." Kristen said.

"No, this one changed me…not me, just my appearance." I explained.

"Don't tell me, you're a mutant turtle." Sarah said.

I took a breath. "Yeah, I am."

"Well, you do know that Leo, Donnie, Mikey, and Raph are mutant turtles, right?" Sarah said.

"Yeah…" I answered.

"Your parents accepted them, we accepted them and we accept you." Kristen told me. "And that rabbit guy said he can open a portal from here and bring you all back."

"Wait, what?" I sat up. "A white rabbit, with clothes, carries a sword?"

"Yes." Kristen answered.

"Usagi." Sarah clarified.

I turned to Leo. "Go get the kids." I spoke into the phone. "Put him on the phone."

"Okay…" Kristen said with a lot of confusion.

"Hello?" Usagi spoke.

"Usagi, was your dimension attacked?" I asked as the kids climbed onto the bed with Leo standing by the bed with a fierce look.

"Yes. A strong enemy had a machine that I stumbled upon. It was not causing harm to my home, but the enemy themselves was causing havoc to my home. The machine brought me to where I am now."

"Okay, Usagi, right now you are downstairs with the turtles. So I need something that will tell me you're not a clone or something." I told the samurai.

"Not necessary, I questioned him before, he's clean." Sarah said.

"This clone must be with you." Usagi pointed out the obvious.

"Not good, can you get us in an hour or two?" I asked.

"One hour, be ready." Sarah said.

"Great, we'll see you then." I hung up and looked at the kids. Yoshi was forming shields around him and his siblings. I hugged the three of them. " Everything's okay, buddy." I told him and instantly the shield dropped. Then I pulled back and looked them all in the eyes. "I want you to stay away from Usagi until we leave. This is a bad Usagi and the good one is trying to get us away from him." I paused to let them take in what I said. They nodded and I continued. "We're going to where mommy's from." Someone coming up the stairs made me tense, but I relaxed when I saw Raph.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"We have a clone. Usagi isn't here, he's in Alexa's dimension. They'll be opening a portal soon and they're taking us to Alexa's dimension." Leo explained.

Raph sat on the bed and Kiyo snuggled into his side. Raph put his arm around her and Yasuo went to his other side.

"Usagi said he saw the portal the Shredder made up and was able to fix something up. The call must've been a test." I answered everyone's question of 'is this thing going to work'.

Leonardo appeared by the stairs. "Something's wrong with Usagi."

"We know. It's a clone." Leo told his counterpart.

"What?" His eyes snapped to Leo. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, he is a copy of your Usagi who is trying to open a portal in Alexa's dimension trying to get us to safety and away from him."

"I can't believe I was so blind. I should've noticed it wasn't him." Leonardo glared at the floor.

I walked up to him. "It's because you have a naturally good heart, and you wish the good in people. Plus, this is a clone, which means it's an exact replica of Usagi."

Leonardo sighed. "Okay, but we can't all just storm in at the same time, I say we go in groups."

"Good idea. You take the first group." Leo agreed. "Raph, take the kids, you all will go with Leonardo. Alexa, you'll go after with Raphael and Donnie."

"No, I'm going in the group with you." I crossed my arms.

He rolled his eyes as if expecting my response. "Okay, Then April can go with them, and Splinter too. After them, you will go with Michelangelo, Casey, and Donatello. No arguments." He pulled out his phone. "I'll send a text to everyone telling them of our plan. I'll stay here and send the texts to report here."

"Ready?" I looked at Raph, Leonardo, and the kids as I called Sarah.

"Estimated Time of the portal opening, ten seconds."

"See you on the otherside." I said as I hung up and went to see if the kids understood what they needed to do. They all nodded and went to Raph and Leonardo, taking their hands. "I'll see you all soon."

The portal opened and I nodded at Leonardo and Raph. The familiar blue-ish swirl opened and they walked through. The next group walked in and entered the portal. Leo sent the final text and a moment later Michelangelo, Donatello and Casey scrambled up the stairs. Their faces were filled with panic.

"He found out." Donatello said.

"Get through the portal now!" Leo ordered. "I'll hold him off." His brothers' counterparts nodded and ran off with Casey in tow. Leo turned and stared at me. "You have to go too." He took my shoulders as Usagi ran up the stairs.

"No way in hell am I leaving you." I grabbed his wrists.

"Go." He kissed me before literally throwing me into the portal.

I felt as if I was flying before hitting the floor and landing on my butt. Opening my eyes, I was face to face, or well face to portal, with the portal that Cody made in 'Fast Forward'. After getting over my butt hurting from the fall, I was focused on the portal. When was he going through? Donnie and Leonardo asked me something, but I didn't listen to them. It was probably, 'did Leo make it through yet' and obviously, no, he didn't!

"He better hurry up. The portal is about to collapse!" Sarah called from behind me and I went to jump back through, but that blue-ish swirl went out.