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“Raphael…?”
Someone was calling for him.
“Raphael, my dear I have a warning for you…”
Dear?! Who the heck was this stranger, why was she calling him dear and where was he even to begin with?!
“This is a cross dimensional message…or more simply put: A dream”
Now the voice could read his thoughts and answer? Great! Just great!
“I can’t keep this up for much longer so I can’t answer every question you have.”
“Okay, stranger! Tell me your name and who you are and maybe then I could hear your ‘message’ out” Raphael spoke in his countenance. This dream/sight mind place was seriously starting to creep him out, not to mention the presence of the ‘sight giver’. Also how was all this even possible and how long he had been there?!
“My name is Y’Gythgba”
“The what now?”
“Maybe you recognize me as Mona Lisa. It is the name you gave me…”
“I knew you once, at least I knew another version of you in another universe…but that is the past. I am here to warn you of the other me, your worlds me. She is soon to uncover herself and when it happens you need to stay strong & be strong”
“Stay strong and be strong? For what or who?”
“You will get it later, now I have to go! Good luck…Raphael”
The strangers presence was gone before the snapping turtle could say anything. Now only a confused Raphael was left to wonder what in the name of Huenos pizza was going on?! Was this just some kind of a fever dream he was having? But it also wasn’t too far-fetched to have a warning sight, considering that demons and yokais existed as well as the other weird stuff he and his brothers had faced. Maybe Donnie would know more about this ‘cross dimensional messages’
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“Raph if you don’t wake up in the next second I will call D to come here and smack you“
“Save it Leo” Raph mumbled from under his mostly ripped, dark red, blanket.
“Alright big man! Now that you are awake, you can get up, go get Mikey and meet me and D in the lounge after that. Got it? Cool!”
Before more than tired Raphael could answer anything, Leo, the current team leader, was already long gone. Usual Leo behavior.
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After dragging his relatably tiered brother from the bed (like Leo had done to him), the snapping turtle decided to carry Mikey on his shoulder to meet the ‘disaster twins’ at the lounge.
It was more or less obvious to everyone who knew the turtles that Leonardo and Donatello weren’t actually twins. A thing many didn’t know though, was that Leo and Donnie had genetically been proven to be the same age, by April, their human ally. No matter if they were actually twins or not, it was just easier to call the duo, twins.
“Hey big man, are you with us or not?”
Leo's voice snapped Raph back to the moment and out of his thoughts. For a second, the oldest of the turtles looked like he had been randomly teleported there.
“Uhhh..Say again Leo, I didn’t quite catch you”
Leo gave Raph the ‘are you kidding me’ expression, but wiped it off of his face pretty quickly before he explained again:
”Hueno contacted me and asked if we all could meet him, because he met someone who wants to meet us and the rest of it doesn’t matter. Sooo…you coming or not?”
Raph just nodded before all four of them decided to climb up to the surface and make their way towards the Huenos pizzeria.
”So Donnie…Do you believe in the multiverse and all that stuffy?”
Raphael and Leo ran side by side which allowed Leo to immediately whisper so only the closest brother heard him: “Have you finally lost it?! Don’t encourage D to start with the science thing!”
Before the snapping turtle could say or snap something back, the softshell hovered over with his purple jetpack. Donatello had a maniac-like smile on his face which made Raphael regret starting this talk, but better not back down at this point.
The smile of Donnie faded quickly and was replaced with a cautious look.
“Wait- Before I start my generic talk: Are you serious, because if you aren’t, I will leave you behind in the time of need”
”Yeah, I am for real interested this time Donnie…” Raph stated before he let anymore of the doubt settle. It was good for all of them to listen to each other and share their opinions…Yes, even when it was Donnie talking in a psycho way about space and the pizza monster. They all knew Donnie had his hyperfixations which could get annoying sometimes, but it didn’t make Donatello less useful or bad, instead it made him a genius and a great brother with a bunch of much needed information and knowledge.
“-To answer your question about the fascinating world of multiverses, yes I do believe in the idea of having an infinite amount of worlds like ours. Why do you ask? I thought you didn’t even know such a ideology existed”
“Uhh…Yeah…Well I do” Raph buzzed before starting to take bigger leaps to catch up with Mikey, the fastest brother.
After passing Mikey in the speed, the former team leader took the lead of the team as they were running. Right now he wanted to be alone and think. Yes, Raph thinks, I know it might sound a little ridiculous, but it's true. This time he was thinking of ’Mona Lisa’. Who was she and how did she get inside of his mind?! Telepathic abilities could be an option, but maybe the answer was more technical? Also why did Mona Lisa warn him. Raph was the team's brawn not the brain and he least needed to be told to be strong!
“So what are you up to? Trying to travel through dimensions? I don’t recommend it myself, because the prison dimension wasn’t very nice traveling location, trust me”
Raphael almost got his shell scared off of him when Leo teleported right in front of him.
After getting a questioning look from the snapping turtle, the slider turtle begun to explain in a confronting style:
“I learned from the franken-foot case that you don’t share your important secrets with us!”
“That is why they are called secrets Leo!” After raising his voice Raphael froze. He had never before raised his voice so easily nor even really been one to keep big secrets. His family meant everything to him and if he discovered something knew he would always share it with the others.
“Alright big bro! Just don’t get us all killed with your secret” Leo spoke before raising his shoulders in a casual way. Leo probably knew that whatever the secret was, it would unravel itself eventually.
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When the turtles finally arrived at the destination the tension was a new one. They all were really curious about the person who wanted to meet them, but Leo’s and Raphs ‘fight’ put them in an awkward position. Not to mention this stranger. How did they know about the turtles and what could they possibly want to do with them?
“Sooo…Donnie, tell me one more time: Why didn’t we use the turtle tank?”
The soft shelled brother led out an annoyed sigh but it might as well have been a disappointed one. Why didn’t they get anything?!
“I still haven’t been able to fix it completely so STOP ASKING LEO!”
The leader made some hand movements indicating that the science turtle should ‘chill out’
The starting word fight was cut off by a strange magical sound. Probably caused by the nearby magic door to Huenos restaurant.
Suspicions were correct as Hueno, the restaurant owner, walked through the ‘portal’ to greet the turtles.
“Oh bueno! You turtles came! Hurry! Come in quickly” The skeleton seemed to be much more nervous than usually as he pushed them towards the door. Raphael found it a bit strange but figured it to be stress from over work or something like that so he decided to keep his mouth shut.
“She is in my office. Before I let you guys meet her, take a word of advice: She is a very difficult customer!”
“She?” Leo questioned with a thoughtful expression on his face.
“So Hueno, is she a human, a yokai or a mutant?” Raphael cut to infront of Leo and stressed the word ‘she’. It was rude of the katana wielder to act differently just because of one’s gender!
“I couldn’t figure it out!” Hueno replied with a unsure tint to his voice. This yokai was very uncomfortable in this situation he was put in and it was very much understandable.
When the group arrived at the door to the office, Mikey jumped from the back to Raphael’s shoulder and leaning towards almost losing his balance.
“Calm down Mikey!” Raph hissed while grabbing his youngest brother and placing him down on to the floor. Any unnecessary stress would make this meeting crumble down like Splinter when he ran out of commercials to watch.
When everyone was ready the skeleton pushed the door open revealing this stranger. She was a mostly blue gecko or a lizard. It was hard to say, but she was still very beautiful. The parts that weren’t blue, were orange and on the head, black. The orange parts were on the belly and inside of her arms and thighs. Her eyes were mostly brown, but also near the pupils they had bright orange in them. Black stripes covered the lizard's head and were the last mentionable characteristic when first seeing her.
“Thank you for coming! My name is Mona Lisa and I need your help”