Pilyarquitect; the Shredder will be appearing very soon! ;) & SwingsUponTheGround; Thanks! All shall be revealed soon ^^ Thanks for reading as always everybody :D
The three turtles and April ran over the rooftops, the night air was cool but clouds up in the sky threatened to rain over the city which everybody hoped would do so once they were back home.
"The city is usually crawling with Kraang every night," Leo muttered, peering over another rooftop that looked down on several warehouses. "The time where we need one to show up, they're nowhere to be found! Typical!"
"Chill, Leo," Mikey said, running up behind him. "We'll find some soon, I know it."
"Uh, guys..." April called, causing the three turtles to turn around and look at her as she pointed down at one of the lamp-lit streets. Leo, Mikey and Raph looked down and saw a figure wearing a long black hooded cape standing under one of the lamps and looking up at them. The evening breeze whipped at the cape, causing it to sway a little before the figure turned on their heel and ran into one of the dark alleys.
"Go after it!" Raph yelled, prepared to leap down to the street below and chase after the figure but he was stopped when April touched her head and then looked back at where the figure was stood. "April?" he said, concerned as she continued to stare at the same spot. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, Raph," she answered, still holding her head while her eyes turned back to look at him. "I just...I felt like I knew whoever was under that hood..."
Older Mikey, Leo and April walked behind Donnie as they made their way out of the base and through the old forest. After a good fifteen-minute walk the path that the four had taken began to get a lot more harder to walk as they had to climb through a tangle of huge thorn bushes and plant roots.
"Raph -ow! Lives in this?" Donnie asked, trying to climb through the plants without hurting himself. "Is it to hide from the Shredder?"
"No way," Leo replied, slashing through the roots with his katana. "He lives here so nobody can get to him. Like Mikey said before, he doesn't ever contact us."
"Why not?"
"His temper got him in trouble a while back," Mikey answered, peeking his head through a gap in the thorn bushes. "Ended up losing a bit more than his pride; either way, he blamed us for it and then left the base and never came back. He and Leo often bump shoulders and then April and I are stuck between the two morons."
"Hey, now..." Donnie said, managing to successfully climb out of the roots. "Don't say things like that about them, Mikey. They're your brothers.
"Whatever," Mikey grumbled, tearing himself out of the bush and watching with an amused expression as Leo cut himself and April out too. The four all turned around and continued to walk until they reached a dirt bank which looked down on a small wooden hut with a thin cloud of smoke coming out of the wooden-windows.
"Here we are," April said, her voice flat. "I'll warn you now, Donnie; Raph's temper got a lot worse over the years."
"Thanks for the tip," Donnie murmured, walking up the door and quietly knocking three times. A feeling of uneasiness crept over his body as there was total silence from inside. That was, until the door suddenly swung open;
"WHADDYA' WANT?!" roared a fuming-looking Raph, holding his sai. Donnie noticed that one of the eye holes on his red mask had been sewed shut but he didn't let that distract him from trying to speak with his brother. Mikey and Leo stepped forward with their weapons out, ready to fight in case Raph got violent.
"Raphael," was all that Donnie said, his voice calm and his body still. He kept his hands by his sides and refused to grab hold of his staff behind him. The rage in Raph's eyes seemed to vanish as he looked down and actually took a note of who was standing in his doorway.
"Donatello?" Raph said, his eye widening in utter astonishment. Without thinking, Raph grabbed Donnie by his shoulders and pulled him into a bone-crushing hug, causing Donnie to cough when he was set back down on his feet. Donnie blinked in utter confusion and shock as a tear slid out of Raph's eye. "It's so good to see you, Donnie..." Raph said softly, placing his hand on Donnie's head. "A little Donnie...?" he looked up and glared at the other three. "What's going on? Why has Donnie shrunk?"
"This Donnie is from the past, Raphael," Leonardo answered, his voice emotionless. "He hasn't met our Donatello's fate yet."
"No way," Raph grabbed Donnie's shoulders again and pulled him towards him. "We lost our brother because he tried to protect us, or have you forgotten? I won't let it happen again, you hear me, Leo?!"
"Calm yourself, Raphael," April said, trying to act as the peacekeeper. "It doesn't have to happen, we can change this future for all of us. But we all need you to help us; Leo, Mikey, young and older Donatello and of course, myself. We need you, Raphael."