So now that I've FINALLY completed Rescue of the Mizzerans, I can finally get started on the next arc! (My Punch Out fanfic Liberty of the Soul is a 'side story' that takes place in-between the chapters of this story but doesn't need to be read to understand this story) these first few chapters is going to for going to be a follow up to the aftermath immediately what happened after Rescue of the Mizzerans...And for the first chapter I'm gonna give all you fans of Twilight Express what you've been waiting for...Arctica finally reunites with Donatello!
So with all those who had been rescued from Viola Strierra given the all clear to come to Earth, the three stolen Wrangler Luxury Cruise Spaceships landed in the green meadows of Southern California...Which seemed quite fitting, as the original mountain sized spaceship that brought the ancestors of all Mizzerans to Mizzer five thousand years ago was had been made from the wreckage of the once great city of Downtown Los Angeles…
And OH the joy of being free! The Mizzer Humanimals sang as they went down the ramps and as soon as they felt the touch of soft grass beneath their feet, many of them began dancing, many dancing with partners, some were already romantic partners, some were complete strangers who just decided to dance together!
The Turtles for their part, watched all this happen and seeing this people, both Humanimals and humans reveling in such joy of finally being free after YEARS of being captive and enslaved...The Turtles felt this moment more than any before...They had really brought such good and happiness and of course now they were free to be in the public themselves, not so much that they were hungry for glory, not even Mikey was really thinking about that, but they could really walk among and get to know the various people they had just rescued and really help them get adjusted to their new freedom...As they knew the Mizzerans for five thousand years had been stuck in the late 20th Century as a deliberate choice and while they had spent nine years living in the Jetsons level technology of the Wranglers they still might need a little help navigating the world of Federation First Earth. The Turtles suspected a lot of Mizzerans would like to spend of lot of time on Third Earth because it was more familiar to them, so the Turtles wanted to help them navigate Third Earth's World because while Mutant Animals may superficially resemble Humanimals, deep down they are very different…
But as the Turtles were distracted watching the multitude of Humanimals and Humans eager to get off the ship and finally see Old Earth the planet they knew so much about as the idolized home world but for the longest time they had no idea why their ancestors had left, or even if Earth still existed, they had no idea one Mizzeran was waiting to find them.
"Donatello!" Came a feminine voice squeaking with excitement, causing the Turtles to nearly jump out of their shells "I can't believe I've found you!"
The Turtles turned around, and saw a beautiful young White Wolf-Woman! She was wearing a sparkling blue dress, and her long white head-fur the same color as the rest of her fur fell to the small of her back...Her eyes were as blue as robin eggs!
"Um...Hi?" Don said as he had been addressed "I...Don't believe we've met…"
The Wolf-Woman put her hands to her muzzle and giggled as if she had a very funny private joke…
"Oh Donny…" She said "...Of course you don't remember! Your memory was wiped before we parted!"
"Wait, what?!" Don sputtered he looked at his brothers who looked just as bewildered as he did, none of them remembered because all their memories had been edited, now they remembered Splinter telling them their memories had been wiped once before when they were toddlers by the Ninja Tribunal, but to find out they had, had their memories wiped another time, was frightening...Especially considering it involved a Humanimal...Was it possible they had met a Humanimal before they had encountered the Fellowship Crew.
"When did this happen?" Don asked trying to hide his growing fear.
"About...Seven years ago…" The Wolf-Woman said as she did the math in her head...You had been captured by Dr. Feral and that's where you met me Arctica Whitefang…"
"I WAS CAPTURED BY DR. FERAL?!" Don exclaimed as they all now knew more about Dr. Feral than they did when they were fifteen…"
"Yes…" Arctica said "...We worked together to escape, you helped carry me out…" The blush on her face that shone through her white fur, that made her seem like a schoolgirl with a crush, Don's eyes kept darting to his wife Belladonna, she had been on the other side of the room chatting with her fellow Herd Siblings, but they all were hearing the conversation with the White Wolf, and he could see Belladonna's expression was increasingly curious...That there was a possibility that the Turtles met a Humanimal before they met...Don was beginning to sweat…
"We had quite the adventure together…" Arctica said "...As I told you to get to my home dimension I needed to find a place where the Heavens touch the Earth…" (She didn't want to be too explicit about the Twilight Express when there were too many listening…) "...And I had been under a curse at the time, to make me look ugly until I realized what it was I had done wrong that had caused me to be banished to your dimension in the first place…"
So she had been sent to their dimension as a punishment? That got Leo curious but then he noticed Don was getting increasingly nervous and his eyes kept darting to Belladonna…
"When I finally admitted what I did wrong and got my beauty back…" Arctica said as she looked up thinking back to that fateful night, "I tried to kiss you and…"
"OH SHELL!" Don was hyperventilating, his scarred left cheek was glowing hot pink from shame and embarrassment...Unable to take it anymore...He turned and ran off the ship.
Belladonna instantly fearful for her husband ran after him calling "Donny!"
"Is something wrong?" Arctica asked
"Apparently a lot has changed since you last met Donny…" Raph said rubbing the back of his head "...Donny got married."
So obviously Don is afraid Belladonna is going to be unhappy he has a forgotten previous girlfriend...And obviously the more he hears and realizes this was an important event, he is obviously upset that this was wiped from his memory
