Alright, we finally get some action after an overall quiet school year for Lily. Probably not the best chapter I've written, but I do plan on turning this into quite the plot that will happen years in the future. But for now, enjoy the chapter!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything related to "Meet the Robinsons," "TMNT," nor "Toy Story," nor do I own Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life." I only own Lilianna, Ryan, Venus, Athena, James, Justine, and Karena.


September 7, 2042 - Todayland, North Montana, USA

LILIANNA'S POV

Justine had left early this morning to find a church and attend a service in the city, so I ate breakfast by myself. Receiving a phone call from Venus was much needed, and I was very excited to see her. I had heard she was doing well in my stead but I wanted to hear it for myself.

Just when I was about to put my breakfast dishes in the sink, I heard a portal opening nearby. I rushed into the living room to find Venus emerging. I grinned.

"Hi, Venus!" I greeted her excitedly.

I started to give Venus a hug but I hesitated, knowing she didn't like hugs. But to my surprise, Venus hugged me. I could not help but hug her back. I let out a chuckle once we released each other.

"Who are you and what have you done with my cousin Venus?" I asked in amusement. "The Venus I know does not like hugs."

"And normally, you would be right," Venus replied.

"You said you needed to talk to me?" I asked. "Would you like any refreshments, like water?"

"Could I have a Dr. Pepper, please?"

"Sure. Feel free to look around, tell me what you think! You're our first visitor."

"Okay, that's surprising," Venus replied as I walked into the kitchen. "Wouldn't your dad be visiting you?"

"Men aren't allowed in women's dorms," I explained, opening the fridge. "All of our visits are in his office after our last classes."

"Gotcha. This looks... simple. Like there's a lot missing."

"Yeah, I'm sorry there's not much to look at," I replied, walking back into the living room. "We both only packed the essentials. We haven't had much time to do some activities together. I promised Justine we'd do something together when she got back. Sundays are going to be our relax-and-do-an-activity day."

"That's a good idea," Venus replied, taking the Dr. Pepper.

I gestured her to take a seat on the couch, and we sat down. I had brought over a glass of water for myself to drink and I took a sip.

"So, what's on your mind?" I asked.

"Ever since you made me the leader, I've been feeling more... free. I've been feeling happier. I've never felt so confident in myself before. I even sang this morning."

I choked on my water and started coughing like crazy.

"Are you all right?" Venus asked with a concerned voice, handing me some napkins.

"Thank you. Did you just say you sang?"

"Yes. And to my disbelief, everyone loved it. I didn't mean for everyone to hear me. I was thinking they were all in the dojo."

I smiled, and not only because I was done coughing.

"How did you feel when you sang?" I asked.

"I felt... free, again. Do you always feel free when you sing, Lily?"

"I feel many things when I sing, Venus. When I first sang as a kid, I just loved it. I never thought of how I felt when it happened. But yes, at times, especially in times when I'm nervous, singing is freeing. Singing helps me to express my emotions. For example, when I sang I Bet You Don't Curse God, I actually felt like crying because I've actually felt like that before. When I sang Liar, Liar a few years back, at first it was just a performance before I realized I truly felt like that toward James. I needed to let it out, so it felt relieving. And in other songs, like Shrug, I feel really, really happy."

I paused for a moment, wanting to know my cousin in this moment.

"Would you mind singing a little? I'd love to hear you."

"For you, yes."

I smiled, feeling thrilled that Venus trusted me. I let out a gasp and clasped my hands together after realizing the song she was going to sing.

"How can you see into my eyes like open doors?" Venus sang and I giddied inside. "Leading you down into my core where I've become so numb."

I absolutely loved Venus's voice. She was giving me dark queen vibes as she continued to sing. I knew I could not sing like her but it was okay. Venus had a different kind of voice and it was absolutely magnificent.

"Wake me up inside," Venus sang with a smile on her face. "Wake me up inside. Call my name and save me from the dark. Bid my blood to run before I come undone. Save me from the nothing I've become."

Venus stopped the song. I squealed, feeling so excited that my Salamandrian cousin was finally coming out of her shell.

"You loved it too?" Venus asked.

"Oh my goodness, yes! Your voice is not like any other voice and that's why I love it so much! And you did look like you were being freed from your own cage."

Venus laughed, something she rarely did, and her laugh was beautiful.

"I owe it all to you, Lily. I never would have thought I'd be doing this in front of you."

"I just gave you a little nudge out the door," I replied humbly. "But I'm so happy to see you so happy. What changed?"

Venus pondered this for a moment.

"You gave me some pretty big shoes to fill, Lily. You picked me to be leader while you went off to college. But I remember listening to you sing all the time while doing your homework in the lair and it was the thing I was missing the most. I've been singing some to myself when I work in my greenhouse because you've inspired me so much."

Venus smiled as she paused her thoughts.

"I think... I want to see how far I can go. But I don't know how to do that."

"Well, if you're talking about singing, Justine introduced me to an artist when we first settled in," I explained. "Her name is Jennifer Knapp. Her voice is actually right up your alley. I've tried to sing her songs, but I have a feeling your voice is better suited for her songs than mine is."

"What songs do you recommend?" Venus asked.

"My favorite ones to listen to are Into You andYou Answer Me. But may I give you some advice as far as practice goes?"

My green-eyes cousin nodded.

"Take your time," I continued. "I wasn't perfect the first time. I'm still not perfect, nor will I ever be perfect."

Venus gave me a surprised look.

"Lily, how can you say that about yourself? You are the best! Otherwise Cornelius wouldn't have wanted you to perform for the adult population."

"The best doesn't mean perfection, Venus," I assured her with a smile. "Lean on your father. Raphael wanted to be the best but never looked for perfection. Uncle Leo, on the other hand, wanted to be perfect."

"How are you so... wise?"

"My dad taught me how to be modest and my mom taught me how to be honest. Neither of my parents expected me to be perfect. When I was the leader, all I wanted was to do the best I could do. It's enough to satisfy me, and it's enough to satisfy God."

"God?" Venus asked in confusion, but then realized something. "Oh, I forgot. You don't follow the Shinto religion."

"No, but it doesn't mean I won't respect you. If you do something based on religion, I will understand."

Venus looked puzzled for a moment.

"Athena's a believer too, isn't she? In God, I mean."

I smiled.

"Yes, we talked about it when she spent the night in North Hampton last year. I won't force anything on you because it's not my place. I do believe listening to Jennifer Knapp's music is as good a start as any."

"What made you believe?" Venus asked. "And I don't mean your parents teaching you."

"I went back and forth between the Shinto religion and Christianity all my childhood. Uncle Leo taught me one and my dad taught me the other. It wasn't until I completed my vision quest that I knew what and who to lean on."

Venus smiled then.

"That first song you mentioned, Into You, could we listen to it?"


JUSTINE'S POV

After a fantastic church service, I made the walk back to my dormitory on the Todayland University campus. I had decided to get lunch for Lily on the way home and carried it with me, along with two cups of frozen coffee.

I walked up the stairs to the second floor and walked to my dorm. I had heard faint music coming from down the hall. I rolled my eyes, annoyed that the neighbors were being loud. I kept on walking as the music got louder. However, the music started to sound familiar. My look of disbelief turned into a look of pleasant surprise. The music came from my dorm. Lily was rocking out to Jennifer Knapp's You Answer Me.

I took out my key, preparing myself to walk into Lily singing and dancing as she always would when she was home. But what I walked into was quite the surprise. There was a giant lizard in the dorm with Lily, and she was the one singing. Another surprise was my lack of screaming. Instead, I thought I had seen it all. I set down the lunches and coffee on the kitchen counter and then I yelled at the top of my lungs.

"LILY! I'M HOME!"

The lizard suddenly stopped singing and Lily turned off the music.

"Oh!" Lily exclaimed happily. "Hi, Justine! Welcome back! You remember my cousin Venus, right?"

Right, I thought. My eyes widened at the sight, my memory slowly coming back to me.

"And Venus, you remember my roommate Justine?"

"Of course!" Venus replied, shaking my hand with her four-fingered hand. "How have you been since moving here?"

"I've... actually been doing better," I slowly replied, a smile forming on my face. "Lily and I have been getting along great. In fact, I haven't made a friend that fast ever since I became best friends with Emily back home. Lily's an amazing companion. So how are you? I'm very surprised you remembered me."

"You were all the rage after the wedding," Venus explained. "You were the only thing Athena and I talked about, how you reminded us of... well, us."

"Well, let's all sit down," I suggested. "Venus, had I known you were coming, I would have gotten you some lunch."

"It's no big deal," Venus replied.

"Uh, yeah, it is!" Lily exclaimed, putting her hands on her hips. "I'll reheat my Chinese leftovers for you."

"Lily, you don't have to do that," Venus protested. "I'm fine, really. I'll just drink my Dr. Pepper."

"No, you are a guest," Lily sternly replied. "My dad always said, whenever we have a guest, we try our hardest to make them as comfortable as they are in their own home. You're eating lunch with us and I will not hear another word about it."

As I sat down with my lunch, Lily got up and used the microwave.

"Has Lily always been like that?" I asked her cousin.

"Well, I don't know about Lily, but Uncle Donnie and Aunt April, her parents, always made sure we were all taken care of whenever we all came to their farmhouse to visit. Probably because my family took care of them when Lily was born."

"That makes sense," I replied with a smile. "So tell me about you and your family, Venus."

"My father is Raphael. He's the second oldest of his brothers and works with the New York City Police as a senior detective. He's a hothead, but he's got the biggest heart, always spending time with me whenever he can. My mother is Mona Lisa, though her real name is Y'Gythgba. She was born and raised on a planet called Salamandria. My parents met and fell in love while my father and uncles traveled the cosmos to save our planet. My mother eventually relocated to Earth after saving the planet from Lord Dregg and K'Vathrak, or Newtralizer as he was known here. They married in the year 2020 and I was born in August 2025."

"And do they believe?" I asked with a smile.

"Believe in what?" Venus asked.

"Jesus."

"My parents do not, and I do not believe they will. But I now believe. Lily has been teaching me about her religion."

"So that's why you were singing Jennifer Knapp!" I exclaimed happily.

"Yes, and I've never felt so free in my life."

I frowned, understanding where Venus was coming from.

"Yeah, same here. I've been a believer all my life, but I always felt trapped in Elkhorn."

"We remember you telling us about that."

"Yeah, I only went into town on the weekends until I turned sixteen. But my dad still carried out the rules of the house and I still felt like I didn't belong."

"Ryan and I were scared of that, too," Venus assured me. "We only started going to Todayland High School last year."

"You go to school here?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. "How is that possible?"

"The same way I came here: the portal."

"Ah, right," I replied as Lily took her seat. "I remember Lily showing me hers. But what happened with you and Ryan?"

"So Cornelius had passed a bill allowing mutants to live among human beings because most of the mutants were human beings, or in the Hamato Brothers' case, they transformed into humanoid beings. Despite that, my father and Ryan's father were still worried about us and we weren't allowed to venture to the surface until Lily officially became the leader. But we didn't start going to school until Lily's father got a promotion at his job. Lily and Athena had already gone to Todayland High School, so Ryan and I ultimately decided to go with them. It was rough at first. We were both made fun of for our looks."

I frowned at that before Venus continued.

"Then I tried out for the color guard. Once everyone saw my tryout, they kept their mouths shut. I'm the captain this year."

"Whoa!" I exclaimed. "That's impressive! And what about Ryan?"

"Ryan is the quarterback of his football team. Unfortunately the teasing didn't stop and Lily had to prove a point so that no one would tease him again."

Venus turned to her cousin.

"No matter what Principal Jameson thought of the situation, you were Ryan's hero that day."

Venus sighed.

"I am very thankful Ryan is a senior this year. I don't think he enjoyed being at the high school. Not that he was thriving before with Uncle Donnie. He's always been an average student."

"You and Ryan were homeschooled too?" I asked.

"We all were," Lily answered. "Then I got kidnapped and that changed everything. I actually enjoyed going to school so much I practically begged my parents to let me keep going. Athena's been going to Todayland High since the beginning. She's a junior, like Venus. Athena loves it. She's the captain of the cheerleading squad and the president of her class."

"And is she smart?" I asked. "And is Venus?"

"I'm hardworking, enough for me to be above average," Venus answered. "Athena gets straight A's, but she's not as smart as Lily. And what about you, Justine."

"I'm in the same boat as Athena," I answered with a smile. "I want to be a veterinarian, so I study as much as I can, whenever I can. But I also set aside time for my new friends, like you two. I actually miss Athena. She is very down-to-earth."

"I'll tell her you said hi!" Venus replied with a smile. "Actually, Athena suggested I come here to talk to Lily."

"Lily is very easy to talk to," I replied.

"Oh my goodness, guys!" Lily said with laughter. "You two are equally amazing!"

We continued to catch up with Venus, finish our lunches, and worshipping Jesus before Venus went home to New York.


September 14, 2042

WILBUR'S POV

I made my way up to my dad's where I met with Carl.

"You wanted to see me?" I asked.

"Yes, and I don't quite know how to explain it," Carl answered with a puzzled look.

"What's going on? Is it time-travel-related?"

"You see, I thought there was a disturbance in 1984 in a different dimension," Carl explained. "But nothing happened, so I thought nothing of it. But today, I found two disturbances. One in 1984 and one in 1987, both in two different dimensions."

"Uh, Carl, if dimensions are involved, maybe we should get Donatello. He's the expert in that field."

"Donnie does not want to be involved. I already tried talking to him."

"Maybe I should try talking to him," I replied with determination. "And besides, he owes me for interrogating me in the parasitica epidemic."

I took out my phone and texted him.

"Don, I know Carl already reached out to you, but please hear me out. Carl found disturbances in 1984 and 1987. Not only are they back in time, but they're also in different dimensions, something you know about. I need help. I can't do this without you."

I put my phone in my pocket. Right when I took my hand out, my phone buzzed.

"That was fast!" I exclaimed.

I took out my phone, finding a text from Don.

"I already told Carl and I'm going to tell you too. I made a vow to myself to never ever time travel again. Dimensional travel is one thing. Time travel is another. However, I will suggest taking Lily with you. I trust her to help you out with whatever you need. I'll talk to you soon. -Donnie."

I let out a sigh.

"Donnie said no," I told my best friend. "But he did tell me to take Lily with me."

"Well, you got more out of it than I did," Carl replied. "And we like Lily time-traveling. Cornelius was pleased when we told him what she did."

"I guess I'll text Lily and then I'll tell Karena where I'm going."

I texted Lily on the way back to my room.

"Hey, Lily, I need your help on a time-traveling, dimensional-traveling dilemma. Would you please join me in the Robinson garage?"

I walked into my room and smiled at the sight of Karena playing chargeball. Once she was done with her match, she walked over to me and kissed me on the lips. I returned the kiss, enjoying the taste of strawberries.

"What did Carl say?" Karena asked.

"I'm going time-traveling and dimension-jumping," I explained to the best of my ability. "Lily's going to join me... I hope."

"Lily? Is something wrong in the TMNT world?"

"That's what Lily and I are going to look for. Carl said the disturbances happened in 1984 and 1987."

"Wait, Wilbur!" Karena exclaimed, suddenly in shock. "The Turtles were created on paper in 1984. In 1987, the their first animated series made its debut. I think that particular dimension is called Earth-2, if I recall Donnie's history correctly."

"So what's this one called?" I asked curiously.

"Earth-7."

I felt a buzz in my pocket. It was Lily texting me back.

"I'm on my way."


LILIANNA'S POV

I walked outside my dormitory building and spun, transforming myself into Aumanil. Since Wilbur's house was quite a ways away, I used my psychic powers to activate my power of flight. With a smile, I flew over Todayland, admiring the city from above.

"Look, Daddy!" I heard a kid excitedly yell from a flying car. "She's flying! Is she a superhero?"

I waved at the kid, who waved back at me with a big smile on his face. I then flew over to Wilbur's house. I landed on my two feet in front of the garage door and used my left hand to scan the entryway. I walked into the garage to see Wilbur leaning against the blue time machine.

"Are you ready for an adventure?" Wilbur asked me.

"What's this about?" I asked, climbing into the time machine behind him.

"I hope you're ready to see some of your dad's history!"

"What?!" I yelled as Wilbur started the car. "What's going on with my dad?"

Before I knew it, Wilbur flew us to the sky and there was a flashing light.


September 14, 1984 - New York City, New York, USA

Wilbur landed the time machine on one of the streets in the city. This universe already felt so weird. Everything was in black-and-white, and I felt like I was a part of a comic book.

"Okay, this is the first time I've ever been in a comic book," Wilbur said with a smile on his face. "This is kind of cool!"

"This is kind of strange," I replied uneasily. "I don't feel human, yet I feel human at the same time."

"Lily, you aren't human, remember?" Wilbur reminded me with a raised eyebrow.

"Excuse you!" I yelled playfully. "I am twenty-five percent human, twenty-five percent Kraang, and fifty percent mutant turtle."

We suddenly heard swords being drawn. Wilbur and I turned around to see the Turtles armed with their weapons, looking quite angry. What confused me the most was that they were all wearing red masks.

"So, does that make you Raphael one, Raphael two, Raphael three, and Raphael four?" I asked jokingly.

The Turtles only glanced at each other.

"I don't think they like talking," Wilbur whispered to me.

"Wait, maybe I can talk," I replied to him, and then I turned towards the Turtles. "Please, we don't want to fight. We just want information."

"Has anything unusual happened here lately?" Wilbur asked.

The Turtles continued to glance at each other, now clearly confused.

"What was the disturbance before, Wilbur?" I asked.

"I actually don't know. Carl spotted this disturbance but it didn't cause anything major in the time-stream, so he let it be."

Suddenly, Donatello stepped forward.

"Months ago, a big alien brain fell from the sky. It had a scar over its left eye and wore an advanced eye patch. And it could talk. It kept calling itself Krang Subprime and vowed to destroy all the Turtles once he got his body back."

I clenched my right fist and pounded it into my left palm.

"Kraang Subprime!" I exclaimed. "That must have been the disturbance Carl detected. My dad and his 1987 counterpart kicked her out of their universes and banished her to this one."

"How dangerous is this Kraang Subprime?" Wilbur asked.

"With her human shell, extremely dangerous. Even more dangerous than Kraang Prime. Donatello, where is she now?"

All four Turtles shrugged. Donatello took out some kind of device and looked at it.

"Another alien in a robot human body came here using a dimensionizer," Donatello continued to explain. "But we have not seen him nor Kraang Subprime since."

"May we patrol the city with you?" I asked. "It's possible Kraang Subprime is still here. Once we find her, we'll send her back to Dimension X and your universe will return to normal. You would never know Kraang Subprime was here."

The Turtles bowed, and Wilbur and I bowed in return. We followed them all around the city and even fought some Foot soldiers with them. Unfortunately, neither Wilbur nor I nor the Turtles found any sign of Kraang Subprime nor her companion.

"Carl, we discovered what the disturbance was," Wilbur said, putting a finger on his ear. "Can you look at the machine of possibilities and find Kraang Subprime?"

"Let me see," we heard Carl say on the other line. "I don't understand. I can't find this Kraang Subprime anywhere."

"How is that possible?" Wilbur asked with a shocked voice. "Did you spell it right?"

Wilbur spelled out her name.

"No, still nothing.And unfortunately, I know nothing about dimensional travel."

"But my dad does," I replied. "But maybe... the Turtles on Earth-2 might be able to help us."

"Let's go back to the time machine," Wilbur suggested.

We returned to the time machine and went forward in time a few years.


September 14, 1990

"WHAT THE SHELL?" I yelled.

I glanced down at my body, now a two-dimensional body. Wilbur looked even sillier in his new body. He looked like a cardboard figure advertising ice cream.

"Well, this is definitely a two-dimensional universe," Wilbur replied. "And it is extremely hot over here!"

I noticed Wilbur sweating like crazy. I suddenly felt hot myself.

"It's September, though!" I replied. "Isn't it supposed to be a little cool over here?"

"I'd say we need to go underground," Wilbur started to say. "But it's going to be hotter."

"No, wait! You got something there! Let's get underground!"

"You've got to be joking!" Wilbur retorted as we ran towards a manhole cover.

Once we climbed down the ladder, we ran through the sewers, hoping to randomly run into the lair. Suddenly, I sensed something.

"Wilbur, stop!" I yelled.

I put my hands on my head, preparing myself to hear these voices.

"Oh, Master Splinter, I'm worried!" I heard April say. "If the Turtles don't stop Shredder's heat ray soon, the Earth will burn to a crisp!"

"I know," Splinter had replied. "This is a time of great danger for us all. But the Turtles will not fail. At least I certainly hope not."

"Wilbur, this way!" I yelled, following the psychic trail. "Unfortunately, the Turtles aren't here. But I heard April and Splinter just now."

"I trust you, Lily!" Wilbur yelled in reply, following me in a sprint.

We eventually reached a small version of the Turtles' lair and walked inside.

"I'll do the talking," I whispered to Wilbur before yelling out. "Hello? Is anyone here?"

I heard April gasp out loud.

"I have to go, Master Splinter! Good-bye!"

Suddenly, April, now wearing a grey bathing suit, appeared in the doorway.

"Oh, hello!" she greeted us with a smile, which immediately went away. "Lily?! Is that you?"

"Hello, April," I replied with a smile. "It's good to see you."

"You know each other?" Wilbur asked with surprise in his voice.

"I'm surprised she remembered me, to be honest," I answered. "She helped get me home from your time. But that's another story. April, we need to talk to the Turtles. We have some questions we need to ask them."

"I'm sorry, Lily, but they're trying to stop the Shredder's plan in Dimension X."

"Dimension X?" Wilbur repeated. "Lily, didn't you say that's where Kraang Subprime was supposed to be at?"

"That is her home planet, yes," I answered. "April, have you seen Kraang Subprime?"

"No, but I do know of Shredder's ally from Dimension X named Krang. His technology is well advanced, thankfully, advanced enough for Donatello to understand."

"It's the same way with my dad back in our world," I replied fondly. "So if the Turtles are in Dimension X right now..."

"There's a good chance we'll find Krang and or Kraang Subprime there," Wilbur finished my thought. "Well, at least I can let Carl know both dimensions are safe and restored to normal."

"Hold on, Wilbur," I sternly said, holding my hand up. "We should let my dad know too. My family deserves to know what happened to Kraang Subprime, about how she somehow escaped the Turtle Prime dimension."

Wilbur let out a sigh, agreeing with me.

"Thank you, April," I warmly said.

"Anytime."

Wilbur and I walked towards the manhole cover we came in and climbed up. We found our time machine and went back to our time.


September 15, 2042 - Todayland, North Montana, USA

DONATELLO'S POV

I was putting grades in the computer when I heard knocking on my door. I looked up and smiled when I saw my daughter there.

"Hey, Lily!" I greeted her. "Come on in!"

Lily walked in and, to my pleasant surprise, Wilbur followed her in.

"Hey, Donnie," Wilbur greeted me with a small wave.

"Donnie?" I asked with a grin. "Are you finally warming up to me?"

"Yeah, I am. Thank you for giving me the time to do that."

"Anytime. Well, if you're here, Wilbur, please tell me what I can do for you."

Wilbur and Lily shared an uneasy glance before taking their seats.

"Dad, there's something you need to know," Lily explained with a frown. "Wilbur and I travelled through time and space yesterday to two different dimensions: Turtle Prime and Earth-2."

"I am already aware of that," I replied. "Did you find anything?"

"I think the better question is, what didn't we find?" Wilbur sternly corrected me.

"Wilbur!" Lily sharply yelled before turning back to me. "Dad, I remember you telling me that you and Donatello banished Kraang Subprime to Turtle Prime. Wilbur and I could not find her."

I felt confused.

"I'm afraid I don't understand," I replied, clasping my hands together.

"Carl told me he had found a disturbance in Turtle Prime," Wilbur explained. "But the disturbance was not major and Carl left it alone. But he did find a disturbance in Earth-2. The April O'Neil there spoke of someone named Krang and that he, Shredder, and the Turtles were in Dimension X."

"The latter makes sense," I replied in explanation. "I had read that Earth-2's Shredder and Krang were in Dimension X often to try to concur the planet. But what I don't understand is how Kraang Subprime escaped. It should have been impossible without her advanced technological body."

I pondered in thought.

"I want to say these two events are connected, but the events of Earth-2 really did happen. I do remember Krang and Kraang Subprime being cousins."

"So it's possible that..."

"That what, Lily?" I asked with a kind smile.

My daughter shook her head.

"Nah, it wouldn't make sense."

"Just say it!" Wilbur encouraged her.

"What if Krang had the technological means to pick up Kraang Subprime from Turtle Prime?" Lily pondered out loud. "If Kraang Subprime is as smart as you say, Dad, then she may have found a way to connect with Krang. The Utrom definitely would not have helped her after all her crimes."

"Carl, are there at time disturbances at Earth-2?" Wilbur asked into the com-link in his ear.

"Let me see."

The three of us sat in silence for a moment.

"No, nothing that I am aware of. Everything Donnie says should have happened has happened. Nothing is wrong in neither Earth-2 nor Turtle Prime."

"Thanks, Carl."

Wilbur turned towards us. I continued to ponder my thoughts after the turn of events yesterday.

"Lily, Wilbur, can you both spare a trip to New York tonight?" I asked.

"It'll be eleven o'clock Eastern Time by the time I'm available," Lily answered.

"Sorry, Donnie, but same here," Wilbur answered. "I get off work at ten Central Time."

"Then it'll have to do," I replied with determination. "Wilbur, meet Lily at Robinson Industries and then Lily, you use the portal to get you both to the lair."


New York City, New York, USA

LILIANNA'S POV

"This is very grave news," Uncle Leo said grimly after Wilbur and I told him the news of Kraang Subprime.

"And the worst part is time in Dimension X is greatly accelerated," Uncle Mikey chimed in. "Kraang Subprime could have her body back today."

"But there is a possibility that Kraang Subprime did not return to Dimension X," Auntie Renet replied optimistically, but I shook my head.

"No way," Wilbur said sternly. "Donnie said Kraang Subprime was banished without her body. And Turtle Prime is stuck in the year 1984. While technology was growing, it was not advanced enough for Kraang Subprime to use herself. She must have called for help."

"We need to find her and fast," Mom replied firmly. "Where do we start, Leo?"

"We need to do some more investigating," Uncle Leo answered. "And we'll need to be very careful about it. Mikey, you're in charge of going to Dimension X and finding Kraang Subprime. We need to know if she really did team up with Krang or not. The rest of us are going to patrol New York City for any weird activity. Donnie will be responsible for any weird readings."

"Mona Lisa and Venus, you're coming with me," Uncle Mikey said, taking out his portal.

"Mikey, please come back safely," Auntie Renet told him.

Uncle Mikey and Auntie Renet shared a kiss before he went through the portal with the duo.

"Renet, do you think you can head over to T.I.M.E. Headquarters and see what you can find?" Mom suggested. "I'm going to head to Channel 6 News."

"I'll come with you, O'Neil," Auntie Karai replied.

"And I'll go with Mom," Athena said.

"Athena, sweetheart, T.I.M.E. is a top secret agency," Auntie Renet explained. "I'm afraid you cannot come with me."

"Then I'll go," Dad chimed in.

We all turned to him with surprised looks on their faces.

"D, are you sure?" Mom asked with a concerned voice. "I know how you feel about time travel."

"I am aware," Dad replied. "But if time travel turns out to be a key factor in all of this, I want to help T.I.M.E. do whatever needs to be done."

"Now hold on, Donnie," Uncle Raph chimed in. "You won't be able to help if you don't have clearance. There are times where I've had to help Chief Young take care of local matters. I'm coming with you."

"Now let me get this straight," I finally spoke. "Uncle Mikey, Auntie Mona, and Venus have gone to Dimension X. Mom and Auntie Karai are going to Channel 6. Auntie Renet, Uncle Raph, and Dad are going to T.I.M.E. The rest of us are patrolling the rest of the city, right?"

"Wait, we need to alert the Utrom Council too," Uncle Leo replied. "Lily, I'd like you to come with me. Ryan, you, Wilbur, and Athena patrol the city and tell me if you see anything strange."

"Yes, Father," Ryan replied.

"Hai, Sensei," Athena replied in Japanese.


Utrom High Council Headquarters, Dimension X

Uncle Leo and I took the portal to what looked like the most advanced meeting room possible. I immediately felt like I was choking.

"Uncle Leo!" I gasped out, immediately getting into a coughing fit. "I can't breathe!"

"It's the air!" Uncle Leo struggled to reply, coughing along with me.

"Quick, give them breathers!" I heard a woman yell.

Before I knew it, I could breathe again. I was wearing some sort of collar around my neck that gave me that ability.

"Is this part of Dimension X?" I asked.

"Yes, it is," the same woman answered, walking up to us with a kind smile. "Leonardo, after all these years, it is nice to see you again."

"It is lovely to see you again, Queen," Uncle Leo replied, returning the smile. "This is my niece Lilianna, Donatello's daughter. Lily, this is Queen."

I curtsied. I looked up to see a confused look on Queen's face. I quickly stood up straight and chuckled nervously.

"You're not actually a queen, are you?" I asked sheepishly. "My humblest apologies, Queen."

"It is alright, Lily."

Queen gave me a fond smile.

"You remind me of another girl. She also had freckles, blue eyes, and red hair. April O'Neil."

"She's my mother," I replied fondly.

"Sacre-bleu!" a man, or rather an Utrom inside a mustached droid, exclaimed in French. "A humanoid turtle mating with a mere human?"

"April O'Neil is no mere human, Pawn," Queen sternly replied. "Kraang Prime mutated her bloodline and she has become one of us. I see no judgment in matters of love and family."

I had a lot more respect for Queen after that.

"I am very happy to meet Donatello's daughter," a girl with blue hair and blue lipstick chimed in with a fond smile on her face. "My name is Rook. I built an electrical dampening cannon and Donatello helped me program it with his data regarding K'Vathrak. His knowledge is unlike any I've ever known, especially on our technology."

"My dad has always been fascinated with your technology," I replied, returning the smile. "It's very nice to meet you, Rook."

"And I'm Bishop," the last member of the council, wearing a black suit and black sunglasses, introduced himself. "I first met your family when they were searching for the Heart of Darkness."

"So, wait, no Knight?" I asked, understanding the connection. "No King?"

"There is no King," Queen explained. "The Utrom believe in a harmonious world where we govern ourselves."

"As for Knight," Bishop angrily explained. "He betrayed us and followed Kraang Prime as his second-in-command, Kraang Subprime."

Uncle Leo and I exchanged a worried glance.

"That is why we are here, Bishop," Uncle Leo said with a saddened voice.

"The Donatello on Earth-2 along with my dad had banished Kraang Subprime to the Turtle Prime dimension," I explained somberly. "But now we cannot find her. We think she may have returned to Dimension X."

"Impossible!" Pawn exclaimed in French. "We would have known about it!"

"Michelangelo, Mona Lisa, and her daughter Venus are looking for Kraang Subprime as we speak," Uncle Leo chimed in. "What will you do when she is found?"

"Time travel exists in your world, correct?" Rook asked.

"Yes, but there are many red flags with time travel," I answered. "History can be altered in the blink of an eye if a time traveler is careless."

"That is correct," Bishop affirmed. "We had conversed with Lord Simultaneous and he had banished Savanti Romero to the Jurassic Era."

I bit my lip.

"Actually, sir, it was my aunt Renet who banished him, not Lord Simultaneous. Renet is an expert on time travel."

"Yes, Renet is currently at her workplace with Donnie and Raph to see if time travel was involved," Uncle Leo explained. "We just wanted to make you aware of Kraang Subprime's possible return."

"There was another thing, too," I chimed in again. "Kraang Subprime may have worked with her cousin Krang from Earth-2."

"Krang was banished to Earth-2 for his... massively destructive weaponry," Bishop hesitantly explained.

"There is no possible way Krang would have returned to Dimension X," Rook replied.

"Wait!" I exclaimed. "Maybe it is possible. My companion, Wilbur, traveled to Earth-2 with me. April, the news reporter in that dimension, told us the Turtles were fighting Shredder and Krang in Dimension X. Are they one and the same?"

"Yes, they are," Queen answered, bowing her head. "You think Kraang Subprime used technology in Turtle Prime to reach Krang in Earth-2 to escape?"

"Exactly."

"That's why we think they are here," Uncle Leo explained.

The Utrom High Council glanced worriedly at each other.

"What we don't know is why they are here."

"The Utrom are back to living our peaceful lives," Queen explained. "Kraang Subprime and Krang are the only ones of their Kraang Hive Mind left after Kraang Prime's demise."

"But if Kraang Prime had died, Kraang Subprime and Krang should have reverted back to Utrom," Rook hypothesized.

"It may have been the case for most Kraang," I replied.

"But definitely not for Shredder's Krang," Uncle Leo chimed in. "Our last mission before Donnie's marriage was to save our dimension from Earth-2's Shredder and Krang."

"Kraang Subprime may have chosen to remain evil," I said with sadness. "From what Dad told me, he'd rather win, which is a goal for all super villains."

"Donatello has taught you well of our history, young one," Queen complimented me.

"Thankfully, we use what's left of Kraang technology for good," I replied with a grin.

"Bishop will travel back to Earth with you," Queen told us. "He is your representative, after all. The rest of us will stay and watch for Kraang Subprime and Krang. It is very possible they are in hiding after everything that has transpired."

"Thank you for your help," Uncle Leo said, bowing to the Council. "We will leave you in peace."


September 16, 2042 - Todayland, North Montana, USA, Earth

WILBUR'S POV

"Did you find anything strange in New York?" Lily asked me as we ate lunch with James and Justine.

"No," I answered. "New York was quiet. On the other hand, it was nice getting to spend time with Ryan and Athena. Have your parents told you anything?"

"After Uncle Raph was able to give my dad access to T.I.M.E., Dad and Auntie Renet confirmed that time travel was involved," Lily explained. "Kraang Subprime was stuck in 1984. Krang was in 1990 when the Turtles from Earth-2 stopped his plot against everyone. It is now 2042 here, and with that said, either Kraang Subprime or Krang have found a possible way to travel through time to our present. Thankfully, nothing's been disturbed in either dimension."

"They must have found time-traveling technology in Dimension X in the 1990s if they traveled to our time," I hypothesized, putting my right hand on my chin.

"Time in Dimension X is very different from time here. Time is greatly accelerated there. Our friend Leatherhead ended up spending decades in Dimension X when only a year had passed on Earth."

"Dang!" James, Justine, and I all exclaimed at the same time.

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Justine asked in confusion. "I thought we were enjoying a nice lunch!"

"Ninja stuff," James answered. "Just trust me on that."

"Oh yeah?" Justine replied with a smirk.

"Yeah. I've dated Lily for about three years now. I know better than to pry into ninja business."

"Well, I'd want to know. My parents trained me in karate in case something were to happen to me."

"Karate is very different from ninjutsu," Lily explained. "When we want to tell you, we'll tell you. But right now, Justine's right. Let's enjoy our lunch like normal people."

We sat in silence for a few more moments, enjoying our pizza while doing some homework.

"Lily, what did your mom say?" I asked her.

"She didn't see anything."

"Okay, starting now, no more ninja talk!" Justine sternly chimed in. "May we talk about something exciting that's going on in our lives?"

Lily and I glanced at each other with smirks on our faces.

"Actually, yes," I answered. "And you are going to love this."

"I remember you talking about how your parents always took you to the annual State Fair in Oklahoma City," Lily explained. "Wilbur looked up information about state fairs in North Montana and found one right here in Todayland. In fact, it's this weekend."

"Really?" Justine asked excitedly. "You're the bee's knees, Wilbur!"

"Thank you!" Lily exclaimed. " I say that to my dad all the time and he doesn't get it."

I chuckled before resuming the conversation.

"And one other thing. My family would love to meet you and we'd like you to join us for dinner. I'm taking the night off just for that."

"May I join you?" Lily asked with a smile.

"Don't you have a show to sing in?" I asked. "What time are your shows?"

Lily hung her head down.

"Six and nine. Ugh!"

"On the other hand, I'd love to take you out for dinner in between performances," James said with a grin.

Lily pondered for a moment before returning her gap-toothed grin.

"I'd love that," she answered, giving James a peck on the cheek.

"But Lily, you are coming to the fair this weekend, right?" Justine asked.

"Duh!" Lily happily answered. "I wouldn't miss it! How about Saturday morning?"

"Sure! Wilbur, you and Karena are gonna come, right?"

"We'll be there!" I answered. "You know, I've never been to a fair before."

"Neither have I," Lily replied. "You'll have to tell me all about it."

"Oh, not only will I tell you about it," Justine replied. "But I'll also be making you a dress so you can fit in."

"You truly cannot take the country out of the girl," James said with a laugh.

We enjoyed the rest of our lunch together before we went our separate ways to our classes.