Sorry that it's been awhile so I made this chapter pretty long. Hey guys, my beta reader NITROPSYCHO has been doing an awesome job beta reading this story. I've been thanking her/him by coauthoring her stories Multiverse Mixup and it's sequel Multiverse Mixup 2: Reality Shell Shocked so guys, if you are still huge fans of this please thank my beta reader by reading those two stories and dropping in some reviews. He/she would very much appreciate it especially for Multiverse Mixup 2: Reality Shell Shocked. Now for the disclaimer...I own nothing


The car ride was long and silent. The air felt like a one ton weight hanging from a string. As much as the Turtles desired to rescue their friend and return him to his family, a realization dawned on them that outweighed their desire – the prospect of possibly finding their missing brother. Now that Bishop reared his ugly head, they had a greater of chance of either finding Mikey or finding out where he is. They were so excited but so tensed that none of them considered the possibility that they could be seeking a body and not a living, breathing turtle.

"We're here," Leo stated.

"Great! Now let's go kick some shell." Raph was already of his seat, ready and roaring to go.

"Hold on, Raph," Don said, using his arm to block Raph from running out. "We don't even know where Mikey is in there, assuming he is. If I can get inside and hack into their security systems, we can pinpoint his location."

"Why can't ya do it from here?" Raph snapped.

"Bishop's security system is just too advanced to do it from my laptop. I need to get access to his."

"Don, do you know where Bishop's computer is and how to get to it?" Leo asked.

"Kind of," Don said. "Remember when we used Bishop's subway to get to his lab? Well, the automatic recall system in the subway was connected to a homing beacon that is linked to a computer in the lab, and I bet that's where their security mainframe is. I did manage to get a good look at where the signal is in the lab on our way there, but I can only tell you the general direction."

"Then we'll have to work with that," Leo said. "Ok here's the plan. We'll sneak in from where we entered last time. Don, you'll lead us to where you think the computer is and then we'll search from there. After hacking into the security system, find Mikey, and then we'll go from there. Got that?"

"Yes," Don and Raph said in unison.

"Okay then. Let's go find our friend."

Fifteen Minutes Later…

Raph and Leo waited patiently as Don tried to hotwire the military grade garage door open. Too bad we don't have Leatherhead. He could have easily rammed it open, Don thought after pulling at another wire. This better be the one. He cut it and touched one flayed end with a flayed end of another cut wire. Don saw sparks but nothing was happening. "Come on," he muttered to himself, scraping the two ends together.

As Don was desperately trying to get the door to open, Raph turned to Leo and said, "This kind of reminds me of the last time we've been here on a rescue mission but with less excitement. It's a lot more boring this way."

"Yeah, well, it's better this way."

Raph was about to say something when Don shouted, "Got it!" Sure enough, the garage door slowly began to open.

"Ok, be careful going in. We don't know what's facing us on the other side. Use stealth," Leo commanded.

As soon as the door was high enough for them to get under, Don, Leo, and Raph sneaked in. "This way," Don whispered and followed the corridor down. The two older brothers followed the younger. Of course, it was the only direction they could go at the moment. Don knew it was somewhere on the left side of the building nearby the tracks. When he came to a T-intersection, he turned left, and sure enough, they ran into trouble as the three brothers were met with five guards. Immediately, they started shooting. Leo and Raph used the metal of their weapons to deflect the lasers while Don snuck up from behind them and knocked them out cold. However, their heavy armor was proving quite difficult for Don so he resorted to disarming them and using their guns against them. As Raph kept one guard busy, Don used his bo-staff to trip him. He easily wrestled the gun from him and shot at another guard who was about to kill Leo. The blast was powerful, knocking him out cold but did not kill him thanks to their laser proof armor.

"Thanks, bro," Leo said.

"Don't mention it."

"Guys, we need to finish this," Leo commanded.

Then Raph had a bright idea. He noticed that the guards had a weak point – the neck. The battle helmets were not connected to their uniforms, exposing bare flesh. Raph jammed his sais up a guard's gun, destroying it. He took his Sais out and tossed the destroyed gun. He used his right arm to wrap around the man's neck into a chokehold. He used his other arm to knock off the helmet, revealing a young man in his thirties, and press his Sai against his neck. "Alright!" Raph shouted, immediately getting the other three guards' attention. "If ya want ya buddy to live, then drop ya weapons and let us through."

Surprisingly, they followed Raph's orders. To his brothers he said, "Come on guys, let's go." The three brothers slowly backed away, the hostage in tow until they were far enough to run (or in Raph's case, walk fast). When they were in the clear, Raph shoved his hostage against a wall and held his Sai against his jugular vein. "Unless ya want that vein to spill blood all over your fancy suit, yer gonna answer some questions. Got that?"

The man just glared at Raph. Raph glared back. He pressed his Sai closer to the man's flesh. "Number one: is Bishop here with a teenage boy?" The man did not say a word. Raph growled. "I said is Bishop here with a teenage boy?" The man still did not say a work so Raph grabbed a fistful of hair, pulled the man's head, and rammed it in the wall. The man screamed, but Raph wasn't finished with him yet. He sliced part of his neck open, carefully avoiding the vital spots but still making the cut deep enough for stitches. "Now will you tell me?"

"Bishop's here with his experiment, or that teenager," he said. His eyes were glazed over, and he was in danger of slipping into unconsciousness.

"Where's the boy?"

"Lab 204."

"Where's that?"

"It's up–" Before the man could finish, he slipped into unconsciousness while still bleeding. Raph let go of him.

"Now we don't have to waste time looking for the security system," Raph said nonchalantly.

"That's…great," Don said. He knew Raph can be aggressive, but that seemed a little too much. It always unnerved him to see his brothers threaten death for information.

"Let's go," Leo said, unfazed by what Raph did. After all, he did something similar once too.

Don and Raph followed Leo as he searched for a possible way up. Normally, rooms with numbers in the two hundreds are located in the second floor so that's where the three brothers decided to try. Fortunately, there was an elevator nearby. Don pressed the up arrow and a minute later, the doors parted to reveal a very large elevator. The three brothers got in and Don pressed the 2 button. "Listen up, now that we've made our presence known, security will be hyped up. When the doors open, who knows what we'll be facing so be careful," Leo lectured.

Raph balanced one of his Sais on its tip with his middle finger. "Ya got it, fearless."

And sure enough, as soon as the elevator doors open, they were greeted with ten guards. Leo and Raph got in front, weapons drawn, and the guards immediately began shooting. Leo and Raph deflected the lasers with their blades, aiming them at different angles so the lasers will bounce back and hit the guards. They managed to destroy three guns and knock out two guards this way. From behind Leo and Raph, Don jumped, Bo in hand, and landed on the one the guard's head. He knocked over the helmet and used his bo-staff to knock him out cold. He jumped off of him and used his bo-staff to knock off their helmets, exposing vulnerable heads. Don then used his bo-staff to knock them out cold. Between his strategy and Leo and Raph's strategy, they managed to make it out of the elevator alive and unhurt.

The three brothers ran as they read the door numbers. It looked like their hypothesis was correct. Based on the numbers, they were on the opposite side of where Mikey was being held.

"289, 288, 287," Don counted.

There was a sound of multiple footsteps running behind them. Leo turned around to see a small army of guards chasing after them. "Guys! We got company!" As soon as Leo shouted in warning, lasers were fire. Leo unsheathed his swords and used them to deflect the lasers. Raph did the same thing with his Sais while Don focused on looking for the lab.

"279, 278, 277," Don counted. Then the hall ended in another T-intersection. He stopped and so did Leo and Raph. Don looked both ways to see which way the numbers decreased.

Leo and Raph were busy using their previous strategy to keep their shells and Don's shell intact. However, they could only hold it for so long. "Which way, Donnie?!" Leo shouted over the sound of firearms.

"Uh," Don looked to the right and noticed the numbers were increasing so that meant, "Left!"

"Then move it!" Raph yelled.

Don did what Raph commanded, and Leo and Raph followed suit. Don mentally sighed in relief as he saw the numbers decrease. "259, 258, 257, 256, 255."

Guards rushed out and blocked their way. The brothers charged at them with Leo and Raph in the lead, weapons up. As the distance between the guns and their weapons decreased, the harder the lasers made contact with the guards after being deflected, knocking them out of the way. As the two older brothers cleared a path, Don used his kicks and bo-staff to knock out a few stragglers until none were conscious or at least disarmed.

"249, 248, 247, 246, 245, 244, 243, 242, 241, 240."

Twenty guards charged at them, and the three brothers easily defeated them.

"234, 233, 232, 231, 230."

They were met with a four way intersection. "Great. Now which way?" Raph asked, frustrated. To make matters worse, guards poured from all four sides, cornering them in the middle. "Great," Raph muttered.

"Don, which way?" Leo yelled.

"I don't know yet. I need a closer look."

"Raph, you take on the guards on the right and see where the numbers go. Don, take the one straight ahead, and I'll take the left."

"Got it!" both brothers said.

Leo charged at the guards at the left, swords blocking his face, deflecting the lasers and hitting the guards as if they threw a boomerang and failed at catching it. Leo manipulated his swords to so that the lasers will deflect and destroy the guns. By disarming the soldiers, it'll be easier to defeat them. When Leo disarmed them, he used his swords to take off their helmets and then kicked or punched them out cold. Once he cleared a path, he noticed that the room started with 209 and decreased from there. This has to be it, Leo thought.

Raph used a different strategy defeating the guards. He jumped on one guard's shoulder and stabbed the gun with both his Sais. He took them out and knocked over the guard's helmet and through it and the gun at a couple of guards who were about to shoot him. Using the back of his hand, Raph hit the back of the man's neck, knocking him out. He jumped off and onto the next guy, but this time, he stole his gun and shot at the other guards, aiming for their chests and knocking them out. When the threat was gone, Raph destroyed the gun and all the other guns with his Sais. He then checked the room numbers, noticing that the first door started with 219 and decreases from there. I wonder if it goes to 204, Raph thought.

Don didn't have the advantage of a metal blade to protect him from the lasers so he had to destroy them before they destroyed him. He took out some shuriken and aimed it certain parts of the guns, short circuiting them. Then Don used his bo-staff's advantage, knocking the helmets off, exposing the heads. He would then use his bo-staff or his legs to knock them out, whatever worked best at the moment. When the guards no longer posed a threat, Don checked to see where the numbers lead to. He noticed that the first door started at 229 and went down from there. Could this be the way? Don thought.

"Guys, this way starts at 209 and goes down from there," Leo said.

"Mine starts at 229 and decreases," Don said.

"219 to whatever the hell is below that," Raph said.

"Looks like it's this way," Leo said, gesturing to the left hallway.

Spinning his Sai and then catching it, Raph said, "Let's go."

With Raph in the lead, Leo and don followed him counting down the numbers like counting off till liftoff. "209, 208," Don counted.

"207, 206, 205," Leo counted.

"204," Raph said, and with caution, the three brothers opened the door.


But I'm not sorry enough to not end in a cliffhanger