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TMNT: Worlds Rise
Chapter 7: That Evening
Both Donnies were still in the lab, working on upgrading one Kraang portal device while everyone else was finding something to do.
As suggested, the Mad Dogs introduced them to Skate ball...and the Hamato turtles, April and Casey were seeing for themselves how they play.
Since there were only 3 Mad Dogs available to play, and both Donnie's were still in the lab, it was decided that Big Raph, Michael and Leon would be on the same team, against Leo, Raphael and Mikey.
The Mad Dogs were clearly having fun as they played the game, while April and Casey watched.
"I am about to be the champ of TWO worlds!..." Leon said in a show boat way as he as he scored another point.
"That's about to change!..." Raphael declared, as he tried to reach for the ball but his counterpart swapped it from him.
He then quickly scored another point and cheered.
"Scorin' like a boss!..." Big Raph went as he raised his hockey stick victoriously.
"Ah, come on!..." Raphael went, getting competitive.
"Don't underestimate us, Mini-Raph! We are practically pro's at this!..." Micheal said, raising his arms in cheer.
"Don't call me Mini-Raph!..." Raphael snapped, his temper acting up again.
"Come on Raph!..." Mikey said.
"Don't let them win!..." Leo said the Mad Dogs scored once more.
"Ha! We don't need you guys to let us win? We are just that good!..." Leon said in a gloating way, irritating his counterpart even more.
"That's about to change!..." Leo shouted competitively.
Unfortunately for them, due to being novices at the game, it didn't take long for the Mad Dogs to win and they were currently doing a victory dance.
"Alright! Winning like a boss!..." Big Raph declared, as his brothers cheered.
"Dumb luck..." Raphael said, being a sore loser.
April, who had been watching the game, just raised a brow.
"I still don't get this game. It just looks like a more extreme take on hockey..." She said.
"That's what makes it so fun to watch..." Casey said, grinning.
"No worries, Other April. Your Raph didn't get it either… namely that you're supposed to STOP the enemy team from scoring..." Leon explained, getting under the other turtles skin.
"That's it! I want a rematch..." Raphael demanded.
"Me too!..." Mikey said.
"Same here!.." Leo demanded.
"And this time I wanna play..." Casey insisted, wanting to take part of the game.
The Mad Dogs grinned.
"Sure thing. We'd be more than happy to run circles around you all night long if you want..." Leon said in a cocky way.
Raphael growled at that.
"Oh, it's on!..." He said.
"Just try not to lose it..." Leo said.
"Sounds easier said than done…" Leon said with a grin, pointing at Raphael snorting steam.
"I got one Leo making my blood boil so I don't need two!..." He shouted, flames practically in his eyes.
"Less talk, more playing..." Casey said, wanting to play.
As they all played another round, April watched and noticed the differences.
"It's not just looks. Personalities, weapons, even their shades of green are different..." She commented as she saw the Mad Dogs score again.
"Seriously?!..." Raphael went as his voice cracked.
"Heads up, as funny as this is, we're not trading Raphs…" Leon said.
"I was afraid you'd say that…" Leo responded.
"I HEARD THAT!..." Raphael shouted, irritated.
"Still, if you are interested in switching Donnie's...we might be open to talk..." Leon quickly added.
"JUST BECAUSE I'M IN THE LAB, DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T HEAR YOU!..." Don's voice was heard shouting.
"There will be no trading of any kind!..." Splinter's voice was heard again.
The turtles flinched, before they continued with the game.
Later
After the game ended, the Mad Dogs were victorious once more.
"As yeah, baby! We rule!..." Michael said and hugged Raph from behind.
"Even in another universe, we got mad skillz!..." Leon said as they did a high three.
Leo and Ralph rolled their eyes at that.
"Stupid game anyway..." Raphael grumbled.
"One you kept insisting on playing and losing because you don't listen..." Leo said.
"He's got you there..." Mikey said.
KABOOM!
Just then, they heard the sound of a small explosion in the lab, which got their attention.
"What happened?..." Leo asked as they rushed inside.
"What did you do this time, Don?..."Leon asked.
Both Donnies were covered in smoke and dust.
"It's nothing to get worried about. We may have overloaded on the crystals I got from Dimension X and caused a brief explosion..."Donnie explained, sending a slight glare to his counterpart.
"One that wouldn't have happened if you let me reconfigure them according to my calculations!..." Don stated.
"Again, I know these crystals and have worked with them in the past..." Donnie said.
"But I-..." Don was cut off when his brothers sent him a glare.
"Bro, just focus on getting us back home. We don't need one of your so called fixes since we don't have time to fix your fix..." Leon said, knowing how chaotic his brothers technology could get when he gets carried away.
Don frowned at that.
"I wish that you would show a little more respect in my work and craft. I know that we are brothers but again, it sometimes feels like we're roommates..." He said.
"Sound familiar, Donnie?..." Mikey asked, sending him a cheeky grin.
Donnie threw his telescope at Mikey, who ducked out of the way, much to Leo and Raphael's amusement.
"Ah, they don't respect your work either, eh?..." Don asked, almost feeling sympathy for his double.
"It helps that he tends cause as many problems, like the first night he used Metalhead and the Kraang used him against us..." Raphael said.
"I see Don's bad habit of messing up is a consistent theme in the multiverse..." Leon said, while his so-called twin glared at him.
"Wait...who's Metalhead?..." Michel asked, and the other Mad Dogs were curious.
"Donnie's robot..." Mikey responded.
"You have a robot?..." Don asked, looking intrigued now.
"Had. Gave his life to save us once… and I had a hard time repairing him… it's like replacing a son..." Donnie admitted, looking sad as he said this.
"Looks like he's as attached to his stuff as you are..." Leon commented, while his brother looked curious now.
"Can I see him?..."Don asked.
Donatello nodded. We went to a sheet he pulled off, revealing the unfinished Metalhead body.
Don examined him, his eyes practically sparkling as he looked at the incomplete but still pretty advance machine.
"Amazing… even SHELLDON doesn't compete with how personal this design is..." He said, as he got a closer look at the robot.
"Who?..." Mikey asked.
"His AI… who, now that I think about it, you kinda sound like..." Miguel said, noticing the similarities in their voices.
Don patted Metalhead's disembodied head in an affectionate way, before turning to his counterpart with an impressed look on his face.
"I'm starting to like this world. You, my fellow Donatello, aren't just a scientist, you make a work of art..." Don said, voicing his approval.
"Glad to hear it..." Donnie said as April looked between the two Donnie's.
"I guess a love of robots unites all Donatellos..." She said, in a joking manner.
"Looks like it..." Leon quipped, as his brother kept on talking.
"I knew all along my counterpart here had potential to be like me…"Don said in a braggy way, much to Donnie and the other Mad Dogs' annoyance.
"I think I know why Leon wanted to trade him..." Leo thought, as his double frowned at his brother.
"If you like our cross-dimensional cousins so much, then why not make them "gifts" too, Don?..." Leon asked sarcastically.
"Oooh...Gifts?..." Mikey asked, sounding interested.
"Trust me, you don't want one of his gifts..." Big Raph whispered to him.
"Why? What's wrong with his gifts?..." He asked, not getting it.
"It's WHY he gave those gifts that made them not great..." Leon said with arms crossed and an unamused look on his face.
"Don't tell me you guys are still sore about that. It was a long time ago..." Don complained.
"What happened? What exactly did he give you guys?..." Leo asked.
"He gave me a suit that balloons up before I hit something. Threw me off my game until I found a way to use it...but pretty hard to do my razzmatazz with it..." Michael said, pouting.
"He gave me a helmet that nagged me whenever I made plans, like a grumpy housewife..." Big Raph said, arms crossed.
"That sounds like a horrible gift..." Raphael said.
"At least theirs didn't hurt. My gift was a stupid shock collar that zapped me every time I threw a killer joke bomb..." Leon complained.
That caught the Hamato Turtles' attention, and not in the good way. They turned to the Mad Dog version of Donnie and looked at him like he was crazy.
"Wait? What? Let me get this straight...You gave him a SHOCK COLLAR just because you didn't like his jokes?!..." Donnie asked, horrified by what he heard.
Don frowned with annoyance and sighed.
"Look, I was just trying to curb their habits so they could focus more on missions... I know that maybe I went a little overboard but I was just looking out for them...and Leon's jokes can get pretty aggravating sometimes..." He said while the Hamato turtles were appalled.
"That sounds so many levels of wrong! What were you thinking?! ..." April asked with disapproval.
"Yeah, are you nuts? Just because you don't like the kind of jokes, somehow that makes you think it's fine to shock them?..." Raphael asked.
"Who would do that to their brother in attempt to fix what they think is a problem?..." Leo questioned.
It was then that the three of them had widened their eyes before slowly looking at Mikey, who quickly became aware of what they were doing.
"Why are you looking at me like that?..." Mikey asked nervously before all three of them looked away.
"Nothing..." All of them went in unison.
"You're not thinking of putting a shock collar on me, are you?!..." He asked, looking suspicious at them.
All three of them laughed nervously before fake coughing and looking away.
"No putting shock collars on any of you!..." Splinter shouted from the dojo.
"Hai, Sensei..." The three eldest Hamato Turtles went.
"Look into the idea later?..." Raphael whispered to Donnie.
"Way ahead of you..." He whispered back.
Mikey sent them suspicious looks, while the Mad Dogs glared at their own Donnie.
"What?!..." He asked, not getting it.
"Bro, don't make this Donnie as dangerous as you..." Leon said.
Don frowned, arms crossed.
Just then, Splinter emerged from his dojo and noticed the hour.
"I do believe it's time to get some rest. We have an entire day to figure out how to get our extended family home..." Splinter said.
The turtles nodded and decided to get ready for bed, while April and Casey went to their respective homes.
As they were about to, Leon turned to their hosts.
"So, any chance we can borrow some pajamas from you guys? And maybe a sleep mask?..." Leon asked.
"Pajamas?..." Leo asked, surprised to hear that.
"You guys don't wear jammies for bed?..." Michael asked, sounding upset.
"Uh...no...we're turtles..." Raphael said, as if they said something stupid.
"Turtles who eat pizza, watch TV and use ninja weapons..." Michael pointed out.
Raphael thought about it and shrugged.
"Touché..." He said before he noticed his counterpart seemed upset about something.
"Man, if I knew we'd be out of our universe for a night, I'd have packed..." Raph said.
"If you knew, you'd have let us know ahead of time..." Don said, but noticed how anxious his brother seemed.
And he had a feeling that he knew why.
"I don't even have my nigh brace here. I sure hope that don't lose my award winning smile..." Big Raph said.
"You wear a night brace?!..." His double asked loudly, getting the attention of the other turtles.
"Yeah. This Raph needs his teeth nice and orderly..." He said, pointing to his face.
"Dude, I bet a brace that fits on your head would look hilarious..." Mikey chuckled, only to see the hurt look on Big Raph's face and the glares from the mad dogs.
"You didn't need to make fun of him. Not cool..." Miguel said, knowing how sensitive his big brother could be.
Realizing that he crossed a line and seeing all the glares he was receiving, an embarrassed Mikey sheepishly hid his head between his shoulders.
"Oh...uh...sorry...bigger but surprisingly nicer Raph. I didn't know how sensitive a topic that was..." Mikey apologized.
"Eh, its okay, little man. No harm no foul..." Big Raph said, though he still seemed worried about his teeth.
That made Leo and Donnie raise a brow.
"Wow, he really has better control over his temper than our Ralph does..." Leo said to Donnie.
"I feel like we were born in the wrong universe now..." Donnie said.
"Quit talking like I'm not here!..." Raphael snapped, irritated how they're talking about his counterpart with more respect.
"Still feel kind of unsure about risking this award-winning smile going away..." Raph said as he put a hand on his jaw.
"Well, one night can't hurt, can it?..." Mikey asked.
"I hope so..." Ralph said, looking worried.
"Raph, you'll be fine. I'll modify your night brace when we get back home so you shouldn't worry too much..." Don said.
Big Raph seemed relieved now.
"Thanks, Don. I knew I could count on you..." Raph said, calmed down.
"There's some more good behavior our Raph could learn..." Donnie muttered.
"He's not wrong..." Leo added.
"I can still hear you guys!..." Raphael snapped, hating that they seemed to be wanting to get rid of him.
"Relax Raph, we're just kidding. We're not trading you in or anything... mostly because Splinter wouldn't let us..." Leo said.
"Hardy har har..." Raph went before he shook his head and started walking away.
The turtles all went to bed, unaware of what tomorrow may bring or how much closer the Mad Dogs would get home.
-To be continued-
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A/N(1): I dedicate this chapter to my family, my friends and my love for God :)
AN(2): Special thanks to NeoMark for co-writing this chapter. You rock :)
REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewer:
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1) I thought it be fun to have the Mad Dogs visit that universe.
2) Sorry, no spoilers. I guess that we will have to wait and see what happens.
3) Sorry, no spoilers. I guess that we will have to wait and see what happens.
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