This is where the real story begins now! Mwahahaha, no not entirely, ok maybe, idk...
Chapter 16: Welcome to Dimension Nether
Mikey jolted awake as he suddenly couldn't breathe, he plopped his head out of the ground and started coughing out sand. He quickly glanced around and noticed they weren't in that room with the teleporter anymore all of a sudden, he was entirely surrounded by nothing but sand and mountains in the distance along with some trees.
"Woah dude… where the heck are we!?" Mikey shouted confusingly. Raph had suddenly jolted upward right in front of Mikey, causing him to jump in fright, Raph had an unamused and annoyed expression on his face as he began to spit out sand.
Mikey was breathing out a bunch of times as mist was coming from his mouth each time, something that only happens in really cold places, but it wasn't cold at all, it was perfect temperature. "Wooaahh, it's cold, but it's not at the same time! What's going on!? My brain can't take this!" Mikey stated as he began to freak out in a somewhat happy way.
Raph turned and looked at Mikey, and slapped him behind the head, "What brain?" Casey had also plopped his head out of the sand with sudden surprise, "What the heck happened!" he questioned worriedly as he suddenly stood up in a defensive position and spit out some sand.
"How the heck should I know!" Raph shouted angrily as it was somewhat in distance, April raised herself and rubbed her hand on her eyes because of the sudden blinding and then darkness, she glanced over to where she heard Raph shout and noticed him arguing with Mikey and Casey.
She sat up and noticed Donnie raise himself slowly and placed a hand on his head close by, she also noticed they were somewhere entirely different, "We were teleported…?" April questioned herself as she shook her head to wake up more.
April raised her head after she rubbed her eyes one more time, she could still hear Raph and Casey shouting at each other in the distance. She glanced around for Leo and she noticed him laying on his side not too far from her and Donnie, she instantly became frightened and worried as she noticed he wasn't moving, and she saw blood.
April quickly stood up and rushed towards him, "Donnie!" she shouted for him as she slid directly next to Leo and lifted him slightly, resting him on her knees.
Donnie shook his head to snap himself awake as he heard April shout for him, he raised himself quickly as he snapped out of it and noticed he was in an entirely new place. "Donnie! Something's wrong!" April shouted as she was looking at him with a worried expression, Donnie moved his look over and noticed she had Leo with her, and he wasn't showing any signs of waking up like everyone else did.
Donnie quickly stood up and rushed over with worry as well for his brother, he slid beside the two and hovered his hands over Leo, "What's going on?" Donnie questioned as he glanced over Leo, he was coughing up a lot of blood and he was showing signs of being in pain as his eyes were tightly closed and he was grasping his side.
"I'm asking you that!" April said as she wiped away some blood from Leo's mouth, "What's wrong with him?" She added questioningly. Donnie removed Leo's hand from his side and noticed the crack on his plastron, he must've got injured by Dragor and broke a bone, he also lowered Leo's scarf slightly and noticed the blood seeping through it and slightly covering the scarf.
"I-I'm not sure… he's coughing up a lot of blood but that could be anything. He keeps grabbing his side, what happened?" Donnie questioned her considering he didn't see what happened at the time as he was focused on the teleporter.
April sadly glanced at the crack, "Dragor landed a hit on him on his side." Donnie glanced at April as she showed some regret, which meant he must've protected her again, Donnie glanced over Leo again, "He most likely has a broken rib, and the impact from the hit broke off part of his plastron. The result of him coughing up blood like this I am unsure of, unless the break is really bad and ruptured something…" Donnie was trying to think and figure out why this was happening but nothing was coming to mind.
April looked at Donnie with confusement, "What? If he did, he would be worse than this and wouldn't have been able to even stand back at the volcano, he was fine before-" April was cut off, "Before we arrived here! That's it!" Donnie finished her sentence as he finally came to the conclusion.
"Casey!" Raph shouted worriedly, both Donnie and April looked over to their general direction in confusement, Casey had suddenly collapsed unexpectedly and looked very ill. "They were both fine before we arrived here…" Donnie began.
Donnie stood up and glanced around their surroundings, they were in an entirely new world, new planet, new dimension, he was unsure which exactly but it was a new planet for sure. "This place is affecting them because they're injured. In Leo's case though, he's worse than Casey at the moment, Casey only has a small cut on his hand…" Donnie continued as he was putting it all together, "And Leo has a broken rib and possibly something else going on with him, that's why he's coughing up so much blood…. Because it's an inner injury.." April added and finished as Donnie nodded and agreed with her.
Donnie crouched back down and checked Leo's pulse, he was getting worse and growing weaker quickly. April sadly looked down at him, "He's dying… isn't he..?" Donnie only looked at her with a sad expression, he didn't say anything nor did he want to as she was correct, the same was most likely happening with Casey, but Leo's condition was worse and he hardly had a lot of time.
"I don't know if it's the world itself, the air, the atmosphere or something else, but one thing I do know is, we gotta find a cave." Donnie stated as he stood back up and pointed towards the trees and mountains, "Caves are low in oxygen depending on how far it goes, it could help Leo and Casey and buy us more time. There's also life here, considering the trees and that we can even breathe here. Plus, I don't think we're alone…" Donnie began as he pointed at something in the distance more to the right of the trees and mountains.
April gazed in the general direction he was pointing, she noticed why and what it was, there was a tall tower, an actual building that was noticeable from where they were which meant there were most likely people living here and they could get help.
Donnie had crouched back down and removed the sheathes with the swords still in them including the knife attached to them from Leo's strap and handed them to April. April looked at them confusingly, "Hold onto them, Leo would kill us if we left his swords behind." Donnie said, giving her a small reassuring smile trying to show he will be fine, "April… if there's one thing about Leo I haven't told you yet, it's the fact that he's one hell of a fighter, he's been through worse, he isn't just our leader for nothing. But right now, we have to find a cave and get out of this open area that is most likely killing him and Casey, family comes first." Donnie added.
April gave Donnie a sad look but he was entirely correct and she was grateful for what he just said, she grabbed Leo's sheathed swords from Donnie's hand and placed them to the side as Donnie had grabbed and lifted Leo up into his arms, carrying him. April stared at her hand and Leo's blood that was on it, 'Been through worse?' she thought questioning herself before putting it off and standing up carrying Leo's swords and followed behind Donnie who already started walking towards the tower.
"Casey!? What's wrong with you man!?" Raph questioned worriedly as he was beside Casey who was laying on his side on the ground, Mikey was beside him with worry. "Somethings wrong with Leo too." Mikey stated as he pointed, Raph quickly turned his look to see, he noticed Donnie carrying Leo in his arms and walking off towards a tower in the distance, Donnie had turned his head to look at Raph and Mikey, "Grab Casey and come on!" Donnie shouted at them as he nodded his head towards the tower directing them where they were going.
Raph lifted Casey up onto his back, him and Mikey both quickly followed up behind Donnie and April. After a few minutes of walking in the sand they had finally reached the trees, Both Casey and Leo's conditions were worsening. Donnie had to stop for a minute to use and place Leo's scarf over his mouth and nose to help block out at least some of the air, he was unsure if it was the air causing it to happen to the two, or the planet itself, but either way, anything that could help would be taken into action.
Donnie had found a cave not too far from where the tower was sighted, both the injured were layed in the very back as they all had entered the cave, it was clear, no monsters it seemed.
"Mikey and April, you two stay here and keep an eye. Me and Raph will go check out the tower to see if we can get any help and what we can find." Donnie stated as he pointed at himself. "Awww, but I wanted to come along!" Mikey sobbed lightly as he was standing next to April who was knelt down beside Leo and Casey.
" .Here." Raph slowly stated as he had approached Mikey and poked his forehead after each word he rephrased. "You'll just screw things up, leave it to us." Raph added as he backed away with a wave and both him and Donnie had left the cave, heading for the tower.
"Be careful please!" April shouted as they exited the cave. April sighed sadly as Mikey let out a pout, Mikey had collapsed and sat on the ground with an annoyed sigh. "Hey Mikey…" April began to question, Mikey moved his look at her with slight confusement and tilted his head, "Yeah?"
April couldn't get the fact of what Donnie said about Leo, the fact that he's been through worse, what could possibly be worse than this kind of suffering and pain, him and the others have only been top side for a few days for the first time. "Donnie stated that Leo's been through worse than this, what was it?" April finished her question as she thought more, she was very curious to know as her curiosity always got the best of her lately.
Mikey leaned back using one hand as support on the ground while his other hand was under his chin, thinking. "Must've been when he was extremely ill." Mikey thought trying to remember, April only raised an eyebrow at him and gave a sign to go on and continue.
Mikey shrugged slightly, "Well, when we were kids, Donnie got extremely ill once and Splinter had to be forced to leave the lair for medicine, it was really hard to get a hold of any medicine. Leo was the one who stayed with Donnie and kept an eye on him the entire time and took care of him. But after sometime that Donnie had gotten better, Leo had caught Donnie's illness due to him being with him all the time." Mikey stopped as he was trying to remember further and he squinted his eyes as he looked upward.
"How is that worse?" April questioned as she glanced down at Leo, "He's literally coughing blood and has a broken rib…" She added with slight confusement, she didn't want to mention that part of him currently dying. "Because Splinter couldn't get anymore medicine after it was all used up for Donnie, Leo almost died on us because of how bad it was, but he fought through it better than any of us could, without medicine. Donnie still blames himself for it happening." Mikey stated as he raised a finger happily as he remembered clearly for once.
April gazed at Mikey as her look became sad and directed it at Leo with worry, now she knew why Donnie stated he was one hell of a fighter, it wasn't just physically, but also mentally and spiritually.
Raph let out a small sneeze and wiped his nose with an annoyed groan, "Allergies?" Donnie questioned as he had stopped ahead of Raph and gazed at him in confusement. Raph only growled and walked past Donnie with a small growl, "You blame her, don't you?" Donnie added as he questioned Raph who kept walking towards the Tower.
Donnie jogged up to catch up to Raph a bit, "Of course I blame her, I don't get why Leo is so protective over her!" Raph growled angrily. Donnie rolled his eyes slightly as it was pretty obvious as is, "Leo would do the same for you, but he knows we can defend ourselves, she can't yet. Plus, she's family now, you know how Leo is." Donnie stated.
Raph came to a stop and jolted around, slamming his onto Donnie's chest, Donnie was frightened by this but also very confused, "Did you forget the part that he and Casey are literally going to die if we can't figure out how to save them? And because of her being a burden, Leo still proceeds to protect her and he gets injured while doing so almost each time. And the fact Splinter died protecting and helping someone we only knew a couple of days! And Leo is ending up the same way!" Raph shouted angrily as he was holding back tears.
Donnie gave Raph a sad expression, and a sorry one. Donnie gazed down at Raph's finger and gave a small sigh, "Did you also forget about what Splinter taught us? Stay calm at all times, think things through, and have faith and hope that things will work out." Donnie directed his gaze into Raph's pure green eyes, Raph consulted and lowered his finger slowly, "And that any ally is considered family. I know you fear losing Leo like with Splinter, but being upset won't help." Donnie added.
Raph gave Donnie a sad look and some regret, "Sorry… You're right. Thanks bro." Raph stated as he wiped an eye, turning back around and continuing to walk. Donnie gave a small smile that he was glad to help out Raph for once, he proceeded and quickly followed up behind Raph.
As soon as Donnie and Raph had climbed over a small hill and were directly in front of the tower, they both had stopped and stood at the place for a good minute with wide eyes and shock. "I thought it was just one building…" Raph exclaimed with amazement, "Guess not…" Donnie added.
There in front of them was the Tower itself, along with multiple other smaller towers and buildings. It was a homing tower and the only centered largest one that stood out even from a distance such as from the desert, it was an actual semi-decent large town, buzzing with people.
"Are those… Mutants!?" Raph questioned as he squinted his eyes trying to gather a closer look at some of the people who were walking around outside of the place and working. "Humans and mutants it seems like… co-existing.." Donnie stated, Raph was about to begin marching towards the town and enter but was stopped by Donnie.
"What!?" Raph growled as he glared at Donnie who had placed a hand on his shoulder, pulling him back. Donnie pointed at the entrance of the town in the distance, "Looks like we can't just enter, you need a licence or something." Donnie stated as there was a huge line of people waiting and being checked by heavily armed guards, he also directed his point in a different direction of the town. "A way in." Donnie added with a small smirk.
The town was surrounded by a large wall, but it wasn't too high enough that the two couldn't climb. Both Raph and Donnie snuck their way towards an unguarded part of the wall, both pulling out hand claws in order to climb up the wall.
Raph peered over the wall to check below to see if it was clear, seemed like a dead part of the town in an alleyway. Raph motioned Donnie that it was clear and the two finished climbing over, jumping down in the alley and putting away the claws. The two snuck towards more the streets and peered over the corner of the building to see what the place was like, "Dude… is that…?!" Raph began with astonishment along with confusement.
"Magic?!" Donnie finished as the two peered and noticed the busy street they were peering at, there were multiple people gathered at a small event, many were using magic to show off and pull stunts. "That's impossible, isn't that just a myth?!" Raph growled lowly as he glared slightly at Donnie. "Uh yeah, in our world. Remember, we're in an entirely different new planet, different atmosphere, different laws of physics." Donnie stated.
"And what do you two think you're doing?" A voice came from behind the two turtles, Donnie and Raph jumped in sudden surprise and Donnie hugged Raph frighteningly. What they heard came from a female fox mutant who stood behind them with arms crossed, tail flicking side to side and an eyebrow raised.
"You know you're not supposed to be in here without a licence, right?" The fox stated as she raised a licence in hand at them. Donnie started mumbling slightly as let go of Raph realizing what he did and raised his hands innocently slightly backing off. "Look, we're just looking for help is all." Raph said as he looked at the fox seriously.
"Hmm, you aren't from here are you. If you're spotted without a licence, you will be executed." She stated as she pointed her licence out towards the streets and guards who passed by laughing with each other. "What kind of help are you looking for?" She questioned the two.
"Our friends are dying…" Donnie stated as he slowly lowered his hands. "You were teleported here, weren't you?" She asked, putting away the licence in her bag that was on her back.
Both Raph and Donnie looked at her with wide eyes, surprised that she knew. "How..?" Donnie began but was interrupted, "It's been pretty uncommon here the past year, random people have been appearing out of thin air, claiming they aren't from here and were teleported, or suddenly having their surroundings vanish and appearing here. Though I never expected to run into a bunch of newbies myself, I normally ignore them and let the authorities deal with them, but your looks ceased my curiosity, what are you?" She stated and remarked with a question.
"We're mutants, turtles." Raph stated as he marched up to the fox and placed his face directly into hers, "I have a brother and a friend who is dying, are you gonna help or not?" He questioned slightly angrily at her with a small growl afterward.
The fox only glared back at Raph and raised an eyebrow once again, she gave a small sigh and shoved a paw into Raph's face pushing him out of hers, "Sure, I'll help. Just take me to them." She remarked with a wave as she pounced up on top of the wall and stood on it waiting for the two.
"Can we trust her?" Raph growled lowly as Donnie approached beside him, Donnie shrugged lightly, "Tell me the part where we have a choice?" Donnie remarked as he ran up the wall. Raph let out an annoyed growl before he proceeded to follow along back to the cave.
Mikey let out a small sneeze which spooked April as she was almost falling asleep, April directed her attention at him and tilted her head slightly, "Allergies?" She questioned him as he rubbed his nose with a small sob. Mikey blew his nose slightly, "Nah, still got some sand up my nose and I can still taste it. Eck!"
April let out a small chuckle but stopped as she and Mikey heard footsteps at the entrance of the cave, both turning their gazes at the entrance they noticed a small fox slowly enter and stop as they gazed at both Mikey and April, the two shot upward and stood in surprise and also being protective but both eased and relaxed once they noticed Raph and Donnie follow up behind the fox.
"So, there is other people and mutants here?" April questioned as she was focusing on the fox mutant and keeping an eye on her. Donnie tripped over a small rock stuck in the ground and face planted in the grass with a sudden surprised yelp as he was approaching to enter cave, he lifted his face as he still layed on the ground and gave an annoyed growl, "I hate this, I'm not use to this environment…" He mumbled lightly.
"Yeah, she's claiming to help." Raph pointed out, answering April's question as he glared lightly at the fox who only stood flicking her tail attempting to be intimidating. April raised an eye somewhat confusingly, she followed the fox with her eyes as they had walked past Mikey and towards her to check on the two who were worsening.
The foxes eyes all of sudden became excitedly sparkly as she knelt down beside Leo and lifted his hand, "This is real armor leather!" she excitedly giggled as she was touching the armor hand plating. Raph helped Donnie up after he tripped and the two stood staring at the fox in confusement, "Yeahh… can you save them or not?" Donnie questioned her with some annoyance.
"Can I? Of course I can child, but you wont like it as you all will have to also take part." The fox stated as she dug through her bag, everyone only glared at her in full out confusion but instantly became surprised and worried when the fox pulled out a few needles.
"We need shots!? We're not animals!" Raph growled angrily as he jumped back behind Donnie frighteningly as he hated and feared needles. The fox rolled her eyes slightly, "These are the only way to save these two, they're filled with special materials and liquids to adjust your bodies to this world's atmosphere. If you don't believe me, why don't one of you test it then?" She stated with slight annoyance, trying to reassure the two.
April could tell she wasn't lying or attempting anything bad, both Mikey and April raised their hands, "I'll do it!" the two said and looked at each other surprisingly. "We'll both do it." April remarked with a small smile at Mikey who agreed, this surprised the fox slightly but shrugged and allowed it.
After the two took the shot they didn't feel any different, "Nothing happens?" April questioned as she rubbed the spot where the shot was placed, Mikey suddenly collapsed with a large yawn and this spooked everyone, Raph instantly became defensive and was about to charge the fox, "Oh yeah… forgot to mention, it can make you feel really drowsy, or on occasion, cause you to pass out such as your friend here… Happened to me as well." The fox stated as she raised an eye glancing at Mikey who started snoring lightly.
"I don't feel drowsy…" April remarked as she looked at the fox confusingly, "It's different for everyone, some can resist it or it doesn't have drowsy effects at all on that person, which is your case." She explained raising more needles, "Who's next?" She smirked slightly, mostly directing it at Raph as he jumped frighteningly and hid behind Donnie again.
Donnie went ahead and did his next, but Raph was being persistent as he extremely feared needles, April knew this as Leo had to correct her at one point, Raph was literally up in a corner of the cave walls and clinging to it like a frightened spider. "How did he even get up there…?" The fox questioned as she gazed at him up in the corner, "Anything but needles!" Raph cried, Donnie only walked up beside the fox with a sigh, "Ninja training… here, let me." Donnie stated as he reached his hand out for a shot.
"DON'T YOU DARE!" Raph shouted frighteningly at Donnie, knowing what he was planning. Donnie only smirked and threw the shot directly at Raph as he was too frightened and clinging to the wall and was unable to dodge it, Raph screamed frighteningly as he collapsed off the corner and passed out instantly after Donnie landed it on his shoulder.
April and the fox mutant were giving the last one's to Leo and Casey, Donnie chuckled lightly as he crouched down beside Raph, "I've always wanted payback, now I got it."
"How long until they wake up and recover?" April questioned as she gazed at the fox across from her, the fox sat back and gave a small confused shrug, "They'll be fine in a few hours after some rest, though that blue one is worse with his injuries. This stuff doesn't heal injuries, just adjusts the body to this world's air and atmosphere, they'll still have their injuries when they wake up."
"So it is the atmosphere that was affecting them?" Donnie questioned as he stood up and gazed at the fox in slight confusement. She nodded, "Anyone who arrives here from another world is affected, primarily from an injury, even the slightest cut could kill someone. If you are not born here, then this planet's atmosphere will take action into using that injury against you and making it even worse to the point it can kill you." She pointed at Leo, "Considering he has a physical injury, and a bad one at that, he would've died in the next hour if you guys didn't get help."
April sadly looked down at Leo who was still unconscious along with Casey, everytime she glanced and saw the crack in his plastron, it hurt her as it brought back that moment with him taking the hit to protect her once again but this time against Dragor who was still probably lurking around on this planet as well. "His name's Leonardo, I'm April, Donatello, Michelangelo, Rapheal, and Casey." April stated as she pointed at each of them as she introduced their names.
The fox gave a small smile and reassured April that they would be ok, "I'm Arna, After we all have some rest and everyone is awake, I'll explain about this place and answer your questions." The fox stated as she stood up glancing from April to Donnie.
Donnie had a slightly wide smile on his face as he was pretty curious on what was going on and how this place worked, and it would be best if everyone was in the picture in regards to the info and explanations. "Works for me!" Donnie excitedly said with a small chuckle, he walked over the wall and leaned up against it, ready for a small nap.
April glanced at Donnie noticing this as she needed one as well, she turned her attention to the fox who had also done the same thing. "Thank you." April said gratefully to her, the fox only opened one eye and gave April a welcoming smile.
Leo was the first to wake up after a few hours had passed, he noticed everyone was pretty much passed out and sleeping. He only gazed at the fox in slight confusement as it was someone entirely new and him not knowing anything about them made him unsure, but he left her be as he could tell they had helped him and Casey.
Leo glanced at Casey beside him who was snoring decently loud, along with Raph who was still face planted on the ground also snoring loudly. Leo grasped his side painfully as he staggered to stand up and stopped midway when he heard rustling outside the cave, he grabbed his swords that were laying on the ground next to him and placed them back onto his strap before walking out quietly to investigate the sound.
Leo pulled his knife out, spinning it in place in his hand as he slightly crouched, approaching the sound. Coming to a sudden stop, Leo ended up face to face with a small creature, his blade pointing at it. But he only gazed at it with a mix of curiosity and confusion, it looked like a small cat but also a mix of something else.
Leo lowered his knife and peered at the corners of his eyes, "I know you're there." Leo remarked as he glanced behind him. Arna came out from behind a tree as she had followed him out from the cave to watch him, "Leonardo was it?" Arna questioned slightly as she tilted her head.
Leo only slightly glared at her, "Just Leo is fine, why did you follow me?" Arna shrugged slightly, "Because you should be resting with an injury like yours." She stated as she pointed at his side. "Well, resting isn't my strong suit." Leo remarked as he put the knife back in the sheath on his back strap, "Clearly." Arna stated as she approached him.
Arna walked past Leo and towards the small feline that only sat, staring at Leo. She crouched down in front of it and petted it as it allowed her, "This little guy is a Felynx, a mix of a regular cat and a lynx. They're pretty harmless but powerful when protective or agitated."
Leo only gave a questioning look at the two, he wasn't entirely interested at all with the feline, right now he only came out to see what it was in case it was something dangerous approaching to enter the cave, he wanted to figure out how they all ended up here and how to get back home. Leo only turned away and walked back towards the cave where the others were still sleeping.
The feline gave a small meow and quickly left the petting that Arna was giving it, Arna followed the feline with her eyes and gave a small smile as she noticed it following Leo happily.
Leo walked back into the cave and sat against a wall, he closed his eyes and crossed his arms as he would patiently wait for the others to wake up and let them rest. Arna was standing at the entrance as she continued to watch the feline as it trotted its way towards Leo and leaping into his lap, this action spooked Leo slightly as he glanced down to see.
"Seems she's taking a liking to you." Arna stated as she walked over slightly with a small smile, Leo picked up the cat and glared at it lightly, he put the creature down further away from him, "Well, I don't need a pet, needs to go back into the wild where it belongs." Leo remarked as he shoved the cat slightly towards the entrance.
Mikey shot upward with a small scream as he most likely had a bad nightmare, this spooked just about everyone as it woke up the others except Casey who continued to snore. "What, what!?" Raph shouted worriedly in surprise, Mikey relaxed when he noticed it was just a dream, "My bad… freaked out over an evil pizza party." Mikey chuckled innocently.
Everyone sighed in relief but Raph didn't like the idioticness Mikey was always pulling, Raph had marched over to him and grabbed him the cheeks angrily, "What's a pizza party gotta do about our situation!?" Raph growled as he pulled his cheeks outward.
April and Donnie both rubbed their eyes tiredly, Leo relaxed back against the wall with a slightly annoyed small sigh but glanced back down noticing the feline had returned back into his lap as it curled up and purred a bit. He let out another annoyed sigh, "Mikey, how about you take this." Leo remarked as he lifted the cat once again and showed the creature Mikey who instantly freaked out of peer adorableness, "Awwww! A kitty!" Mikey excitedly ran over and grabbed it from Leo's hands.
"A cat? It doesn't look like any ordinary cat…" April questioned as she stood up with a stretch and walked over to pet it. "That's because it isn't, it's called a Felynx, a mix of a regular cat and a Lynx, they have a magical power that makes them transform into something strong, but that only implies when they get protective or agitated, but they can transform at any time if they want to. They feel more comfortable in their regular form though, this one is a young female, blue colored one's are females." Arna explained.
The creature wiggled out of Mikey's hands aggressively as soon as April came over, it landed on its feet on the ground and quickly trotted happily back to Leo and climbed into his lap once again. "And it seems to have taking a liking to Leo." Arna added with a slight chuckle, Leo let out a small annoyed growl.
"Aww, what ya gonna name her!?" Mikey questioned happily, "We don't need another mouth to feed." Leo remarked, April only gave a small smile and walked over, crouching down and petting the cat, "I don't think she will stop following you by the looks of it, it wouldn't hurt to give her a name at least. How about, Jogo?" April said happily, trying to convince Leo to accept the creature.
Leo only gave a small glare at April as she returned it with a small innocent smile, he gave a small sigh, "Fine, but you're taking care of it." Leo stated as he picked the cat up once again and gave it to April, Jogo didn't struggle from April's arms at all, she only gave a happy look and continued to purr.
April sat next to Leo as did Mikey, "Wake Casey up." Arna said, "I think it's time for explanations and answers." She added as she pointed at Casey who was still passed out and snoring loudly and giggling as he was probably having a nice dream. "Gladly." Raph remarked, popping his knuckles as he marched towards Casey, Raph crouched down beside him, slapping him hard on the face, "Wake up moron!" Raph growled loudly, Donnie had walked over and joined the little sitting circle.
Casey instantly woke up and shot forward in surprise, he held his cheek as he could feel pain, "What!? What's going on! Last thing I remember is nothing but sand!" Casey remarked in sudden shock as he noticed everyone staring at him, "Did you seriously already forget we're in a totally new world? God, even Leo figured that out and he didn't even get a look when we arrived. You're so pathetic!" Raph growled and smacked him upside behind the head.
"Ouch! Damn man, ok ok, I get it. So what's the plan?" Casey questioned as he rubbed the back of his head, Him and Raph joined the others in the circle sitting. "Discuss our next move." Leo remarked as he moved his gaze at Arna who was going to answer everything.
Arna gave a small smile and would begin her explanation about this new world the gang had arrived at, "First and foremost, you all may call me Arna. As from this point on, I want to help you guys. And normally 99% of the time, people that arrive here, are teleported here." Donnie raised an eye, "You said this before, people were starting to uncommonly arrive here for the past year. Do you know why?"
Arna shrugged, "No clue, but I've found out that it's possible that someone or something is causing lockon teleportations on people from other worlds and teleporting them here for some unknown reason. We've also concluded that the people that have arrived here have been mostly from earth, which is trillions of light years away." "TRILLIONS!? You're joking right!?" Raph growled, Donnie sobbed lightly, "That would take millions of years to get back to if we traveled through space…" "Is there a way back through teleportation here?" Leo questioned, Arna only lowered her head sadly and shook, "Sadly no, even though this world is full of high advancements, there is still no such thing as a powerful enough teleporter to return you. Unless you know of how you came to be here?" Arna remarked as she turned her look back at Leo.
Leo confusingly glanced at April who was sitting next to him, still petting and loving on Jogo as she would continue to purr happily. He was unsure where to begin as it tended to be a large mess and situation, April noticed this and shrugged slightly as she was unsure as well but took action anyway, "Do you know what a Den Na' Vor is?" April questioned.
Arna only stared at April confusingly and shook her head, "I've heard the name once or twice, but other than that, I know nothing." Leo gave a small sigh, he was somewhat upset and April knew this clearly the most, "Den Na' Vor is like a very strong dragon thing." Mikey pointed out as he tried to draw it out with his hands and fingers.
"This one Den Na' Vor named Dragor was building a teleporter from their own world that got hidden away, he managed to build it and we tried to stop him, but he built the teleporter wrong and it caused it to malfunction… after that…" Donnie began as he and everyone else were starting to realize now.
"That's what the bright light was, the teleporter malfunctioned in a wide range, meaning it teleported us along with Xen and Dragor!" Donnie added with small excitement, "But we didn't see Dragor and Xen when we arrived…" Casey stated with confusement. Donnie only looked at him as if he was stupid, which clearly he was, "Xen and Dragor were across the room from us as we were attempting to retreat, considering we all still were together, it teleported us together in the same area, which means Xen and Dragor were teleported together elsewhere."
"So it's possible those two still could be fighting somewhere here on this planet." Raph remarked also coming to realization, "So this Dragor, he built and found the teleporter?" Arna questioned as she glanced at everyone who all pretty much nodded, "Then why not try finding this Dragor and see if he knows a way back?" Arna added.
Everyone pretty much froze and gave worried looks, Arna was confused by this and also worried as she became slightly frightened, not knowing if what she said was bad. "The thing is, he really wants us dead… especially Leo, he literally used me to get to Leo, and that's how he got… injured.." April remarked sadly, blaming even herself.
"Well, if you wish to return, it would be the only way to find out, or atleast one step closer." Arna stated, Leo sighed, Arna was right and everyone did want to get back home and as fast as possible, "So be it. Do you know how we can find Dragor?" Leo questioned, "Leo, are you insane!? Did you forget he wants us literally dead! He would most likely kill us the minute he laid eyes on us if we found him!" Raph growled angrily as he glared at Leo seriously, Leo only looked at Raph unamusingly, "For all we know, He is our only chance of getting back, and secondly, Xen probably needs us."
"Leo's right, I'm worried about Xen." April pointed out, she was just as much wanting to get back home as she wanted to do some things in regards to her lost loved one's, she also wanted to make sure Xen had won the battle if they were still fighting or if she was badly hurt or worse, just thinking of this frightened her as she didn't want to lose anyone else anymore.
Raph only growled lowly and mumbled small curse words, "Sorry Raph, but I also agree, I've gotten along pretty well with Xen. I'm just as worried and curious if she's ok." Donnie stated, "I also wanted to ask, is there really… magic here?" Donnie added as he questioned, moving his gaze back at Arna.
Arna only smirked lightly, "Oh yeah, tons of it. This place is full of it, and many mythical creatures, including dragons, but the dragons here are different from how you explain Den Na' Vors. This world is HUGE, there are multiple different continents and religions, languages as well, in a way, this place is just like earth, but much larger and fantasy. I can't explain everything, you would just have to see it all for yourselves."
Everyone looked amazed by this but was also confused as they hardly knew anything about this world and could mess up, but one thing they all knew, is that this place was dangerous. "You said you ended up the same when taking those shots, did you…?" Donnie began to question, Arna only smiled at him and nodded, "Yes, I was also teleported here. About eight years ago, I am also from earth, I was struggling to survive since I got mutated and one day I woke up here, I still to this day have no idea how I ended up here, but someone had helped me at the time to adjust to this place. And I owe them everything, but… they passed a while back." Arna remarked sadly, "That's why you're helping us…?" April questioned her sadly as she tended to feel sorry for her, Arna nodded in agreement, she tended to avoid helping people as she was so used to being away from them.
"But, that's in the past. And I am worrying about now. But before we get into further information, you all need to change, you can't go around looking the way you do now." Arna stated with a small smirk, everyone only looked at her confusingly. "I have a small hut not too far away, my own little place, full of clothing and items you can use. You'll need to wear fabrics suited for this place anyway." Arna stated as she stood up ready to go.
Everyone only agreed and followed Arna, even though she mentioned her place wasn't far, it still felt pretty far. April sobbed lightly as she and Casey were falling behind, panting lightly, "I need to exercise more…" Casey sobbed, "Leo has a broken rib and he's all the way up there following behind Arna just fine… I'm starting to think he ain't even normal." Casey added as he lowered his upper body down, drooping his arms. April only peered behind her at Casey with an unamused look on her face, "That's because he isn't, and don't you do hockey, this is just sad coming from you."
"Hockey was a way to have some fun in the meantime, I only got to play once or twice a month. Sure I go to the Ice rink to practice a lot, but I don't workout and train all day long, each day, for sixteen years like the turtles." Casey sobbed, April only rolled her eyes as she turned back around and continued to catch up to the others, "I only trained with them for a few days, and I am here holding a cat and still ahead of you, so come on you big baby!" She remarked.
Casey had practically whined the entire way to the hut, but once they had arrived, everyone was pretty much excited as they had entered and dug through multiple clothing and materials. Arna only smirked and smiled at them knowing that they would be interested, everyone was pretty much interested in the paints, April had suggested they each be represented from zodiac signs and mark themselves with the symbol and they tended to like that.
"Aww, Leo gets a cape!?" Mikey whined as he was crouched behind Leo who was sitting on the ground hammering some beads and feathers at the top of his sword hilts, Leo was practically wearing all black which was tinted blue along with feathers on the side of his scarf that were each of the colors of his brothers, he also had markings on his legs and cheeks, he only glanced confusingly at Mikey who had picked up his cape and examined it.
"Then make one yourself…?" Leo remarked as he looked at Mikey confusingly, Mikey was wearing just about all white and black, he wore a small bottom robe that was attached to his belt, had arrow like markings on his shoulders and legs along with beaded bracelets on his wrists and ankles, "Dunno how." Mikey sobbed lightly, Leo only ignored him as he continued to finish up.
"Wow, you're really stocked up, Arna." Donnie remarked as he happily was putting on a small bag on his arm, Donnie hadn't really changed much as he didn't really want to, he painted the tips of his mask tails a red, made himself a small poncho with a hood and small bags that were attached on both top parts of his arms, he also added swerved like markings on his cheeks and legs along with a neat little item placed onto his bow staff.
"Well yeah, the past eight years, I have spent wandering and learning about this place, also collecting and buying items that have just been sitting here." Arna pointed out happily, her and her good friend that had helped her when she arrived, spent a few years working together and gathering most of these materials as well, hoping they would be used someday, it made her happy that they finally weren't going to continue collecting dust, she was also amazed at how crafty and artist the turtles were with most the materials.
Casey chose to not change at all as he liked his current outfit, this bothered April slightly as his clothing weren't adjusted to this planets, but he didn't care and only refused. April also had a small poncho on with neck fur, it had small white tail ends that went all around at the bottom, she also wore fur tipped gloves and shoes but kept her shirt and pants.
Raph also didn't entirely change much, but he sure did go all out with his kunai still, he wore clothing that stretched all the way above his knee and down, including his arms, they were stayed on because of multiple red straps he tied around each, he still wore his belt with all the kunai on it but was changed around a bit as his sai's were now placed behind him into his belt instead of the sides of his legs with straps.
All the turtles finished up with paintings on their shoulders that represented their zodiac signs as Donnie had pointed each one out to them and showed them the symbols, Mikey was the only one who chose to make a necklace of it instead of painting it on his shoulder, so now he had a pizza necklace along with his zodiac symbol as a necklace. They all also kept their scarves and would refuse to remove them or replace them, they were gifts from Splinter when they were younger and pretty much never took them off, even when sleeping.
"So what's the first step to finding Dragor?" Donnie questioned as they all had exited the hut and gathered around outside of it, Arna smirked lightly "I have a couple of people in mind we can ask, we can also ask around." Arna backed up with a few happy hops, everyone just looked at her confusingly.
"Welcome to Dimension Nether!" Arna happily shouted.