8 Months Prior…

New York City. Time 3:46 P.M. 76 degrees and full of life. Underneath the feet of many humans that wondered through the Concrete Jungle, lived four Mutants that protected this city at night from the dangers of evil and trained to become stronger during the day. Well some of them...

"Yes!" Screamed an orange banded turtle as he jumped up on the couch throwing his controller in the air and falling down on top of a pillow next to a bowl of chips. His wide smile grew wider as he jumped off the couch and ran towards his brother who sat at the desk researching something for his new invention.

"Donnie I finally beat it! I finally got past all the monsters and beat the alien boss!" The excited turtle yelled grabbing his brother's shoulder and shook him slightly. Donnie swat at the intruding hand and looked at his youngest brother.

"That's great Mikey but if you don't mind Im a tad busy at the moment." Donnie said turning back to his work. Mikey huffed as he turned.

"Fine what ever I bet Leo would appreciate my hard work!" He called out running towards the Dojo with Donnie giving a huff in response.

Mikey walked through the doors and saw his eldest moving swiftly across the Dojo. He assumed he was practicing his Katas even though he mastered it long ago.

"Leo, guess what?" Mikey said excitedly. Leo took a second and looked at his brother then looked away before continuing his form.

"What is it Mikey?" He asked before performing another form.

"Guess who just made level 65 on the charts and defeated the evil alien master?" He said doing a show off flex with his arms. Leo rolled his eyes. "Let me guess? You?" He said dryly. He grunted when he felt his brother wrap his arms around his shoulders.

"That's right bro! I, Michelangelo have defeated the evil Zirgg and his alien army! They couldn't handle the-"He was cut off when Leo covered his mouth.
"Battle Nexus Champion we know Mikey you remind us enough. Now why don't you work on your skills in Ninjitsu instead in your video games? It will probably benefit you more." Leo tried to reason. Mikey looked at him and stuck out his tongue in disgust.

"Nah I'm good. I'm gonna go see what Raph's doing." He said walking out of the Dojo. Leo sighed as he went back to his own training.

In the Kitchen sat Master Splinter who was holding tightly to his cup of tea as he sat the table. He stared down at tea that stood completely still in the cup and the occasional steam the rose into the atmosphere. He hasn't been feeling very well that morning or afternoon. There was something odd he felt in the pit of his stomach. He felt something was wrong.

"OH RAPHIE BOY!" He heard his youngest yell. Master Splinter sighed to himself. He just wishes he knew what this feeling was. Who was intruding and threatening their safety? These questions master splinter desperately wanted to know but knew they wouldn't be answered.

His thought process was interrupted by the sound of metal clanging.

"MIKEY!" He heard the red banded turtle scream. A yell from the youngest and the sound of rustling made Master Splinter stand up and headed towards the living room where he saw Mikey fighting off a very angry Raphael.

"Why did you knock over my bike ya dip!" He screamed taking a swing at the smaller turtle who quickly dogged it. Even though he may have not trained as hard, Michelangelo was the one with most athletic ability. He was faster and more flexible then his brothers and at this moment he used it for his own advantage dodging all of the flying punches.

"I said I was sorry I didn't see it there!" He smirked as he flipped over the couch.

"Why you little!" Raph screamed chasing after him. Splinter saw Leo walking out of the Dojo, attracted by the commotion going on with his brothers. Donnie turned his seat over to see the show as well. Although it seemed that Raph was ridiculously angry, he was actually enjoying this sparring since its been a while since they haven't been able to really pull out a good fight. At least he could take out some frustration. Until he hid behind Leo.

Raph stopped in his tracks when he was met with his older brother. He growled lightly. He looked to see Mikey giggling behind Leo.

"Knock it off Raph." Leo told him.

"Hey little Knucklehead hasta' pay fer knock'n ova my bike!" Raph barked.

"I said I was sorry!" Mikey got on his toes as he looked over Leo's head.

"Whateva he's gonna pay!" Raph yelled trying to get passed Leo but the oldest wouldn't have it. Splinter sighed as he looked over to Donnie who was looking with concern.

"What is troubling you Donatello?" Splinter asked. Donnie put his finger under his chin.

"I just checked the security cameras and a silent alarm went off. I looked and there wasn't anything there. I think someone is in the sewers but using some cloaking program so I can't detect them. And earlier it showed the door opened but, no one was there." Donnie explained. He feeling that Splinter felt returned in full force. He looked to his sons while Mikey laughed at Raph's frustration.

"Geez Raph ya gotta learn when to-"Mikey was cut off. He stood frozen and his brothers looked confused.

"Mikey?" Leo asked. About to put his hand in his little brother's shoulder, but ended to trying to catch him as he fell forward.

"Mikey!" Donnie and Raph screamed running towards their fallen brother. Leo turned him over to see his eyes were closed. He checked for his pulse to feel it pumping the blood normally.

"Donnie?" Leo asked with a confused look. Before Donnie got close enough, he was knocked backwards by some weird force that sent him flying towards his desk. Raph was quick and pulled out his Sais and ready to fight. He felt pain in his face as if he was kicked and was sent backwards just like Don.

Leo laid Mikey down and pulled out his Kata and listened closely and used all his focused and found himself colliding a sword with another. He looked to see this creature reveal itself. It was a black colored dragon. Stood on two legs and narrow black eyes. He wore the uniform of one of a ninja.

"Who are you?" Leo demanded but only got a growl in response. He felt the force of this creature as it sent him back like the others. He saw this monster was not alone. His accomplice was walking over to Mikey's unmoving body. He struggled against this beast and saw their father race over. Leo was relieved. When his brothers came back from their flight, they would have their hands full.

Master Splinter raised his cane and pushed the beast away from Mikey.

"You stay away from my son." Splinter growled. The monster gained it footing and observed the rat.

"Nexus Champion..." It growled pointing down at Mikey. Splinter watched as he pulled out a couple of pellets and threw them to the ground causing the lair to go dark. Before Master Splinter lost his consciousness, he was able to rip of piece of fabric off the beast.

Splinter woke up with the shaking of the his eldest.

"Master Splinter can you hear me?" He cried with worry. With a groan he sat up and looked at his three sons looking at him with worry. He took notice of the fourth was no where insight.

"Sensei they took Mikey! Who were they?" Raph called out. Splinter could here his anger. Raphael was the protector and now his little brother was missing and it seemed he was going to go on a rampage if not given a proper answer. Splinter looked down at the piece of fabric he was able to grab off of the ninja. Those beings. They are not from any world he has ever seen. He remembers he spoke of the Battle Nexus and knew who had to go see.

With the help of his son, Splinter stood up and felt his heart clench. He hoped that whoever these people were, Michelangelo would be able to fend for himself for the time being. "Come my sons, we must go see someone who might now what has happened with Michelangelo." He said walking towards the door to his room to gather a few items.

"Who?" Donnie asked. Splinter looked back at his sons with determination in his eyes.

"We will see the Daimyo." He spoke before disappearing into his room.

Authors Note: Hello everyone. I hope everyone is enjoying this story so far. I will try to update every other day if I can but please be patient with me. Just so everyone knows this is 8 months before anything happened. I mentioned earlier in the Prologue about how Mikey's talked the first time in 3 months that isn't the time he's been gone. Just thought I would clear that out. But anyways I hope everyone enjoys and please enjoy!