So I was asked by some of my readers to continue this story so I decided I would. Please let me know what you think and keep in mind although it is based on "The Travelers Series", only the 'issues' will be the same. Thanks and Peace :)

Ch 2 Meet the Gang.

Leo made his way through the line in the cafeteria. He looked through the food being offered and finally decided on pepperoni pizza with a bottle of ice tea. 'This will do.' He thought tiredly as he paid the cashier and started to make his way into a large lunchroom filled with several students sitting at a variety of tables laughing and eating. He looked around the large eating area hoping to find a small table in a corner where he could sit and do some studying. It was only his first day and he already had a test in math to study for, a book report on 'The Tale of Two Cities' to type up and a science project to do. He sighed in exasperation over the thought of having so much to do and still having over half a day to get through while he started to make his way over to a far corner.

"Hey Leo!" A booming voice yelled out causing the turtle to cringe. He turned and smiled when he saw Mikey and his girlfriend Renet making their way over to him.

"Come eat with us over here." The happy turtle told him as he grabbed his arm and coaxed him toward a large table where Leo saw the human named Casey and another very large turtle sitting at. "You remember Casey and this is our friend Slash."

The large turtle took a huge bite of his hamburger and smiled up at Leo as the turtle walked over toward their table.

"Hey Leo," Casey smiled as Leo and the others joined the group. "How's your first day going?"

Leo placed his trey on the table and sat down. He pulled out his few books and looked back at him with a slightly annoyed look. "I've only had three classes and each one has given me something to work on." He groused.

Mikey let out a chuckle. "Well at least it's only two weeks into the year." He told him as he took a huge bite out of his pizza. "As the year goes on you'll get more stuff and then it can get really hard!"

Renet rolled her eyes at the young turtle. "Don't talk with your mouth full Mikey." She chided him then looked at Leo from behind Mikey's back. "We weren't properly introduced." She stuck her hand out at him. "I'm Renet Tilley." She told him as they shook hands. "And since we're in English class together, if you want I can help you with your book report."

"Thanks Renet." Leo said as he smiled at the pretty blue eyed blond haired girl. "But it's not due till Monday so I've got the rest of this week plus the weekend so I should have plenty of time to get it done." He then looked at his math and science books. "It's my math test I'm actually concerned about." He opened the math book. "I've never been that great in math and science may be interesting but I've got a project due by Friday and I don't think I can have it ready in time."

"I'm good with Math." A new voice said. Leo turned to see Donatello along with April in tow, walking over to the table. "Maybe I can help you study." He sat down on Leo's other side and looked over the math book.

Leo smiled at him. "That would be great Don…Thanks."

"And I could always help you with your science project." Mikey added. "You may not believe this Leo but I'm a genius when it comes to science." He bragged.

Leo smiled at him then watched as April made her way over to the other side of the table and sat down in between Casey and Slash. "Hi Leo, I'm April O'Neil." She said as she smiled over at him.

"O'Neil?" Leo questioned. "As in the science teacher O'Neil?"

April smiled at him. "Yeah, he's my father." She told him with a giggle.

"And she's my gal." Casey added as he put his arm around her.

Out of the corner of his eye, Leo noticed Donnie's down cast look as April playfully elbowed Casey in the ribs. He couldn't help but wonder about the three of them but he pushed it aside when another very large turtle sat down next to Slash.

"Is this the new turtle?" He asked as he looked him over. "Names Spike." They shook hands. "Slash's brother."

"Leonardo." He said. "But my friends call me Leo."

"Leo it is then." Spike responded.

"I think I prefer Leonardo." Slash muttered as he looked over at Leo. "You look more like a Leonardo then a Leo." Leo nodded in contemplation wondering if that was meant to be a compliment or an insult but said nothing.

"I think it can go either way." Another voice said. Leo turned and smiled widely when he saw a handsome green eyed turtle making his way to the table. But the large salamander walking next to him had his smile quickly disappearing. "But I think Leo works nicely." Raph said as he took a seat across from Donnie with Mona sitting down next to him. "How's your first day going Leo?" Raph asked.

"It's going great but I have to admit," He looked down at his books. "I am feeling a little overwhelmed right now."

"Well, it's only Wednesday so be happy you only have two more days after this one to go." Mikey told him as he took a large bite of his second pizza. "You going to eat that Renet?" Mikey asked as he reached over to take a bag of chips Renet had next to her lunch box.

Renet shook her head slightly as she watched Mikey take her chips while quickly scarfing down his pizza. "Don't let it get to you Leo." She told him. "We can help you if you need it." She took a sip of her soda. "What's your schedule?"

Leo pulled out his class schedule and looked it over. "For today, after lunch I got History then gym."

"Wow that's great!" Spike exclaimed in excitement. "We boys all have gym together."

"When's your study hall?" Donnie asked.

Leo scanned his schedule. "After Gym," He told him.

"Well," Donnie began. "I have study hall after gym along with April and Raph." Donnie said pointing from one to the other. "We can help you prepare for your math test…."

"Sure!" April chimed in. "Then tomorrow we can help you with your science project."

"That would be great guys." Leo said happily as he looked from one to the other. "I really appreciate any help you can give me." His eyes roamed over toward Raph who gave him a wink. He blushed lightly then noticed Mona looking at him with a scowl on her face. He quickly went back to his lunch keeping his eyes averted from the two of them.

"So are you any good at basketball?" Slash asked.

Leo looked up at him. "Why?"

"Because that's what we're currently doing in Gym." Casey answered.

Leo shrugged. "I'm not too bad I guess."

"Good." Spike muttered. "We could do with the extra help." He waved his hand between Slash and himself.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Donnie demanded.

"No offense gappy," Spike looked over at him. "But Slash and I are always carrying you guys when it comes to 'certain' sports." He sneered as he made air quotation marks.

Donnie grunted in annoyance. "Well some of us have better things to concentrate on then being good at sports." He sneered back.

"Like being a bookworm." Casey muttered.

Donnie was about to retort but was interrupted by another voice calling out to them. "Hey guys!" Leo turned to see a young girl who looked almost like Casey, but with purple hair and a wide smile that sported a full set of teeth, coming toward them.

Casey rolled his eyes. "What are you doing here Angel?" He asked in annoyance.

She pushed herself in between Leo and Donnie. "I saw you guys sitting here and just wanted to say hi." She looked at Leo and stuck her hand out. "Hi, I'm Angel Jones." She told him as they shook hands. "I'm Casey's younger sister."

"Leonardo." Leo responded. "But you can call me Leo."

"Please to meet you." She said then turned to Donnie. "Hi Donnie." She said rather shyly as her eyes twinkled at the tall turtle. Leo looked curiously at her; certain he saw a small blush cross her cheeks.

"Hi Angel." Donnie responded nonchalantly. He was looking over Leo's math book which Angel quickly took away from him. He looked at her in surprise.

"Would you mind checking over my math homework?" She asked as she placed a piece of paper in front of the tall turtle.

"You're almost as good in math as I am Angel." Donnie commented as he looked her paper over. Leo looked around and noticed everyone watching the couple with knowing looks and sly smiles.

"I know." Angel responded. "But you're the only person I know who is doing online college courses so I figured you could give my work a quick look over and help me with anything that needs fixing."

"It all looks good to me." Donnie muttered as he handed the piece of paper back to Angel and went back to eating his lunch while looking over Leo's math book.

Leo's eyes widen in surprise. "You're doing online college courses?" He questioned in astonishment. Donnie nodded as he continued to peruse the math book. "But if you can do college courses, why are you still in high school?"

Donnie looked back at him. "It's really no big deal." He said with a shrug. "I just get bored so I do all these online courses."

"Yeah!" Mikey exclaimed. "Donnie has this incredibly high IQ and always has to be working on something otherwise he gets really bored." Mikey let out a chuckle. "You should see all the things he gets from the junk yard."

"But college courses! That's incredible," Leo continued. "Why are you still in high school if can already do college courses?" He asked again.

Again Donnie shrugged. "I'm only seventeen," He explained. "And I want to wait and graduate with my brothers and our friends."

Leo nodded. "I guess I can understand that." He muttered rather sadly.

An awkward silence suddenly loomed over the table till April finally spoke up. "So Leo," the turtle looked up at her. "Did you move here recently?"

"Uh yeah," He told her. "My dad and I moved from California back at the beginning of September."

"What about your mom?" Mikey asked.

Leo lowered his eyes sadly. "My mom passed away back in July." He responded rather quietly.

Everyone looked at each other sadly. "We're sorry to hear that Leo." Renet told him with a sympathetic look.

"What happened to her?" Mona asked.

Leo took a steadying breath. "It's still hard to talk about it." Leo said as he swallowed hard. "But…she died of cancer."

"That's rough Leo." Slash commented. "First you lose your mom then you move to a new state and new school."

"Well," Leo began. "It's a new school but I was actually born here in New York."

"Really?" Raph looked at him. "When did you move to California?"

"When I was five," Leo responded. "My dad works for TCRI and….."

"TCRI!" Donnie practically yelled in excitement. "I just applied there for an internship." He told them. "I'm going to be eighteen in the middle of October which means I can start doing an internship and if I do well I'm hoping after I graduate to work there on a full time basis."

"Well if you're as smart as you seem to be," Leo smiled at him. "I'm sure you'll be hired in an instant!"

The ringing of the bell had everyone finishing up quickly and getting ready to move to their next classes. Leo smiled at his new friends as he bid them a 'see you later' then followed Casey and Spike to his next class.

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