A Million Miles Apart

A/N: Hi! I was a bit faster with an update this time, but this time it's much longer! Hope that makes up for the fact that I was late with the last one.

And yes, I know I said in the last chapter that Moriah had a bow and arrows and not a sword, but I decided to change that, because I don't think that bows and arrows are that affective in a fight on a technologically advanced planet. And heads up, for a few new characters that will appear in this chapter, maybe as a cameo or maybe with a speaking and active role. Maybe a few from the 2k3 series.

Hope you'll enjoy this chapter and please review, favorite and follow!

Chapter 5, How Do You Search An Entire Universe?

Well, what can I say about Peblak? In a way, it was similar to New York. There were a lot of, quote-unquote, people, in the city, either working at some store, company or other place of work or just walking around enjoying the life of D'hoonib. Not exactly a good thing, since I was already homesick enough as it was. I couldn't help but feel reminded of home, even though I was trying so hard not to think of it or my family. It was hard. Even though they probably didn't miss me the way that I missed them. 'Cause I did, I missed them so much!

It was nighttime and both the Professor and I were sneaking from building to building and from shadow to shadow, trying not to be seen by the different aliens on the planet, or the Federation soldiers that were running around on every street. If this had been a different situation I would've checked out all the aliens a little more, 'cause they were quite a sight to see. Some were big, some were small. Some had two eyes, some ten, or just one big eye. Some had four arms, or two arms. Some had claws or big teeth and some were pink, blue, green or any color. Basically, you name it, at least one of these aliens had it.

But it was hard to take everything in, all because of those stupid soldiers running around yelling orders, driving in their tanks or just running around looking for the Fugitoid. We were currently hiding in the shadows of a huge building, trying to think of something to do.

"Man, don't these guys have anything better to do? I mean, is every soldier on this planet after you, Professor?" The robot sighed, sat down on the ground and placed his head in both hands.

"Yes, I am afraid so. General Blanque is obsessed with capturing me and finding the blueprints for the teleportal. I am the target of all Federation squads at this time. I don't know how long I will be able to escape them before they catch me." I placed my hand on his shoulder and shook him lightly.

"Hey, don't you worry. We'll get out of here just fine. Like I said, I am a trained warrior and I have taken on aliens, mutants and other ninjas before in my life. We'll be just fine!" The robot couldn't smile, but he looked up at me with the best smile he could manage. I reached out my hand for him to grab and helped him stand up again. I looked out on the street, and tried to spot any soldiers. When I didn't see any, I motioned to the Professor to move forward. And we kept running up the street, keeping close to the shadows.

A new group of soldiers ran by and I pulled the professor behind me and dove in behind a big, metal container in a dark alley. When I checked out from behind the container I saw that they were really close to us now, closer than any other soldiers that we had seen earlier. And only now did I notice something: some of the soldiers had blue skin, pointy ears and different colored hair. Some had blue, green, yellow, black, and a lot more.

Their leader was a tall young woman who looked like she was the same age as Casey, somewhere around nineteen years old. She had long, bright red hair that reached down to her lower back, some of it tied into two small pigtails. She was slender but it was plain to see she was a warrior with muscle and agility. She was dressed in tight black leather pants, a black long sleeved shirt, a brown vest and tall, brown leather boots. She had pale blue skin, two darker blue marks painted on each of her cheeks that looked like something had scratched her face on each side and a sword in a strap on her back. She also had some sort of gun, and something that looked really similar to kunai knives in a belt around her waist. And to top it off, she had a golden crown around her head with a turquoise jewel in the middle of her forehead, so I assumed she was someone with a lot of authority. I turned to the Professor and leaned closer to him so he could hear me.

"Who is that? She seems a little young to be in charge of a group of soldiers, doesn't she?" The Professor leaned closer to me and whispered back in my ear.

"That is Moriah, the oldest daughter of General Blanque. She's his second in command and will some day take his place as leader of this entire planet. She is in charge of a lot of the troops on this planet. She's as dangerous as she is beautiful." I nodded and turned back to Moriah, and looked her over one more time. And I had to admit, in a way, she was beautiful but dangerous, like a lioness, who could tear apart her prey in seconds. The perfect combination of beauty, danger and power. She turned to her soldiers with stern green eyes and a playful, kind of scary smirk, kinda like how Karai would smirk at us, only ten times worse.

"So, let me see if I've got this straight. The Fugitoid is somewhere in this city, is trackable, and is a sitting duck seeing how he has no idea how to fight, and you still haven't found anything?!" As she talked her smirk slowly turned into a cold, dark glare and she obviously angry. The soldiers cowered under her death glare, but nodded even so. She narrowed her eyes and placed her hand on her gun. "Now, you listen here, you imbeciles, and you listen good! All the other officers may be just as stupid as the rest of you, but I am not going to let incompetent soldiers work for our General and leader! I do not reward incompetence, and neither does my father, you know that! So if you haven't found anything by the end of the day, I will make sure that you will never be working in any of these troops ever again, or any other kind of work on this planet. Do I make myself clear?" Her voice was calm, cold and dangerous and it was clear she didn't tolerate being talked back to. She wasn't yelling, but her calm voice and dangerous undertones made it sound even scarier, and it was clear that she wasn't joking. She was much scarier than Karai had ever been. The other soldiers seemed to shake in their boots, and one of them, the most brave one out of all them, nodded and gulped loudly.

"Y-y-yes, Miss. We understand perfectly clearly." Moriah smirked even more and for a second, I thought she really was a predator. She placed both hands on her sides and pointed up the street.

"Good. Now, go and find the Fugitoid! And I won't accept failure! Find it, now!" I signaled to the Professor to move deeper into the alley, and we started to sneak further into the dark shadows. But suddenly a loud *CRASH* was heard and I turned around in panic. The Professor was lying in a pile of debris that he had fallen over, and was now groaning on the ground. I was about to grab his arm and pull him up and run for it, but then I heard Moriah again.

"What was that sound? It came from the alley, let's check it out!" I paled, they would see us and then we would be dead meat. I looked down at the Professor, up at the rooftops and then towards the sound of footsteps, coming closer and closer to us. I sighed. I didn't have a choice. I had to fight them. I pulled out my bō staff, readied myself and looked down at the professor.

"Professor, get behind me! I'll fight them off, just stay behind me!" I whispered and the robot got to his feet, albeit a little clumsily, and placed himself behind me. The soldiers ran up towards us, but Moriah, who was leading the way, stopped short and stared at me in surprise.

"What the... What kind of alien creature is this? I have never seen anything like it on this planet, or any other..." She seemed to be talking more to herself than anyone else. But then she shook her head sharply, put her stern and serious glare on again and then drew her gun, pointing it at me.

"Never mind, it doesn't matter. Terrapin creature, hand over the Fugitoid, now!" She smirked at me, and said with a bit calmer voice. "And I might spare your life." The way she said that made my skin crawl and I felt a shiver run down my spine. But I shook my head firmly and held my staff tighter.

"If you want him you'll have to got through me first!" Moriah just rolled her eyes at me and placed her gun back in her belt.

"I don't have time for cocky aliens and besides, you're beneath me you filthy reptile. Men, de-shell him! Bring me that robot!" The soldiers pulled out their guns and ran up to me, ready to fight. I narrowed my eyes, gripped my bō staff so tightly I'm sure my knuckles would turn white if I wasn't already green, and then ran forward, raising my bō to strike.

I rubbed my hands over my eyes, trying to wake myself up. I hadn't been able to sleep one bit last night! I had been up all night, thinking about Donnie. I had been a complete douche yesterday, and now I couldn't even say that I was sorry, 'cause he wasn't here! What had happened to him? And where was he? How hard would it be to find him, because Lord knows, I will do whatever it takes to get my brother back! Even if it means searching through every star and every planet in this entire universe. I had sworn it, just when we all went to bed last night.

I walked into the kitchen and saw that Mikey was already there, preparing breakfast. But it wasn't anything special today. He had placed a box of cornflakes on the table, a carton of milk, and bowls and spoons for everybody. I guess he just wasn't in the mood to cook anything today. And I can't really blame him. I mean, he and Donnie were best friends. They had been close ever since we were kids, so to see his best friend and brother being sucked through a portal was probably terrible for him. But then again, it was probably just as hard for every one of us. Mikey looked up at me and tried to smile, but I could see the dark circles under his eyes, indicating that he hadn't slept very well either. His eyes were red and his cheeks were wet, and that told me he had cried not so long ago.

"Hey, bro. Did you sleep well last night?" His voice was thick, and a little shaky. I walked over to the table and sat down. I wanted to comfort him, but I had no idea what to say. I mean, I was working through my own emotions and I wasn't good at keeping myself from lashing out at people if I was in an emotional state, I knew that. Best to say as little as possible, I really didn't want to hurt anyone even more right now. I rested my head in my hand and placed my elbow on the table, and placing the other arm next to it.

"Not for one. Single. Second." Mikey's smile fell immediately and he sat down beside me. He rested his head in his hand and sighed heavily. His eyes watered a little, so he wiped his hand over his eyes to stop the tears from falling.

"Yeah. Me neither. I was asleep for, like, two hours, and then I woke up again. I- I can't stop thinking about him, Raph, I miss him so much. And he hasn't even been gone for a full day yet." His voice was cracking and it was easy to hear he would start to cry any second now. And it wasn't hard to figure out who he meant with 'him' and 'he'. I placed my arm around him and hugged him close. Mikey leaned his head against my shoulder and cried into the crook of my neck.

"I know, Mikey, I know. I miss him too. But don't worry, we're gonna find Donnie and bring him back home again. I don't care if I have to search the entire universe, I'll find him." Mikey looked up at me with wet, wide puppy eyes and tried to smile.

"R-really?" I smiled down at him and was about to say 'really' back to him, but then another voice joined the conversation.

"I wouldn't get my hopes up too high, Mikey. I'm not so sure we can find him." Leo walked into the kitchen, also with bloodshot eyes with dark circles around them. He was a little slumped, like he was exhausted, which he obviously was. I glared up at him. Here I was, trying to cheer up my only little brother that I had left at the moment, and Leo just ruined it.

"Hmph! Aren't you just a little ray of sunshine, bro? Well, if you wanna be pessimistic and think everything is hopeless, then please, be my guest. But as for the rest of us, we wanna be optimistic and think positive. We can find him, I know we can!" Leo shook his head and sat down on the other side of Mikey.

"I'm not trying to be pessimistic, I'm trying to be realistic, Raph. I mean, think about it. Donnie was thrown into a Kraang portal! He could be anywhere in this galaxy; on a different planet or even in a different galaxy! Even a different dimension! I'm sorry, but I think it's impossible to find him." I growled, gently let go of Mikey and slammed both hands in the table.

"So you're saying that we should just forget about Donnie and act as if he's dead, when he may be alive out there somewhere, needing us to save him?! He's our brother, Leo, we can't abandon him!" Leo looked annoyed, tired, and I could see that he didn't have the energy to be patient. But he closed his eyes, took a deep breath and then looked me in the eyes again.

"Raph, please, try to see reason. I mean, let's say that Donnie is alive and on a different planet in this galaxy. Do you know how big this galaxy is, let alone the universe? How do you search an entire galaxy, or universe for that matter?" I cracked my knuckles and narrowed my eyes.

"One star at a time." Leo rolled his eyes, leaned over the table and placed his hand on my shoulder, trying to look sympathetic.

"Raph, think of it this way. In our solar system alone there's only one planet where life is possible. And we live on it. Out of all the planets in the galaxy, how many do you think there's other creatures living, or breathing oxygen for that matter? And don't get me started on all the planets in the entire universe, or even dimensions! Heck, he could be in Dimension X, and then he'd be dead by now. And as for searching for him, there's millions and billions of planets, stars, asteroids, meteors, black holes, nebulas and so much more in the universe, and in order for us to be able to search through every single one of them, we'd have to be immortal. I'm sorry Raph, but it's just impossible." I couldn't think of anything to say. I knew it was true. There were people who thought that the universe was never-ending, and for us to search through all of the empty space, the planets, the stars and everything, would be impossible. But I just didn't want to accept it. My anger faded away and tears started to form in my eyes.

"... B-but what if he's hurt? What if he's in some kind of danger, or injured or something? What if..." I had to take a breath, but it was a shaky one and I had to fight the urge to cry. "What if we'll never see him again?" My voice was cracking and I felt the tears running down my cheeks. My first instinct was to dry my eyes and cheeks to get rid of the tears, but when I looked up and saw Leo and Mikey had also started to cry, and Leo wasn't even trying to fight it, I decided to let myself cry. Mikey, who sat in between Leo and me, reached out both arms towards us and hugged us, and we were both quick to return the hug. The breakfast hadn't even been touched, but I think we all could agree on the fact that no one wanted to eat anything.

"So... What do we do now? I mean, now with Donnie..." He couldn't finish that sentence, but we still understood what he tried to say. 'Now that Donnie's gone.' Leo shrugged and dried his eyes, or at least tried to since more tears kept on coming.

"Try to move on, I guess. Donnie wouldn't have wanted us to stop fighting evil just because he was gone or out of commission. He would want us to keep fighting, even if it's hard to move on." I nodded and reached out my hand.

"Yeah, we'll keep fighting. For Donnie." Mikey and Leo looked down at my hand, then at me and then smiled and placed their hands on mine.

"For Donnie!"

A/N: Okay, a lot happened in this chapter and I understand if some of you might find it a little rushed. But there was so much I wanted to fit into this chapter, so I might have overlooked a few things. And three characters were introduced, and two of them had a role here. General Blanque I have mentioned before, but Starlee is a less famous character from the less successful season 6 of the 2k3 Cartoon where the turtles are in the future. She's a young, smart and cute character who, I kind of assumed were of the same 'species' as Jhanna and Moriah, so I made the three of them sisters and also to add some drama for the future. And Jhanna will be introduced a bit better in the next chapter!

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