Dad of Mine

Little brother

Mikey's gone, Casey's gone, I'm gone

no wait, I'm not gone I'm fighting

I was fighting? Why is it so quiet...

"Leo! WAKE UP MOONSHINE"

"AH! GOD, I do NOT need a wake up call from doctor delicate touch" Leo sat up and rubbed his head with his good arm, it was killing him "Mikey? where are you"

"I'm no where Leo, but I'm with you" Leo heard Mikey in his head, it felt like a mind meld.

"ok where am I?" Leo looked around and realized he was in the middle of the final battle field, laying against a large boulder

"After you narrowly avoided getting burned to a crisp by a laser you were thrown here by a kraang dog. They seemed to think you were dead. I guess they aren't smart enough to check for a pulse."

"Oh thank the pizza supreme. I thought I was a goner. What about Casey?! did he make it?"

"Yes Leo, he made it. and guess what?"

"yeah? is he ok?"

"He did it Leo, He stopped the kraang and saved us. There was a battle but you- no they beat them, and relocked the prison dimension." Leo could hear Mikey's voice shake with emotion

"Thank god" Leo sighed in relief and looked around "But nothings changed Mikey"

"I think its a time continuum thing. The time line branched off to a good future. I don't know, Donnie would be better at describing this."

"But Casey is still there? He gets to live in the good timeline?" Leos eyes were starting to water at the thought of Casey getting to live as a normal kid. as he was imagining that though Mikey interrupted him.

"Yep, and now its your turn to join him! I'm going to send you to that timeline as well so you don't have to suffer here anymore."

"What?! no! I cant leave everyone else here!"

"Leo there isn't anyone else. The kraang won. its over. And I'm not taking no for an answer. Your my brother, and the last one left. I'm not gonna let you suffer anymore. Time to go!"

"But how are you going to open a portal if you aren't here? Where are you anyway?"

"Its like I'm here in spirit, my body disintegrated when I opened the portal but it feels like my mystic energy is holding onto you. I don't know how long I can hold on like this, which is why I want to open the portal for you now"

"Wha- but Mikey! does that mean you're gonna use up the last of your energy on me? I don't want to lose you a second time!"

"I'm fading anyway. I'm sorry Leo, but this has to be goodbye. We had some great years together at least, didn't we?"

Leo struggled to stand and as he did a glowing orange portal immediately opened in front of him. It was larger than the first portal and seemed like it was stronger too.

"Mikey? Mikey! MICHEAL!" Leo yelled out but didn't get a response. His brother was gone for good this time. Leo let a couple of tears fall for his brother but then wiped away the tears and gave the portal a determined look.

"alright Hermano, lets go" he ran through the portal without delay and felt it envelope him in his brothers energy. Leo smiled and braced himself for the impact on the other side. When he opened his eyes to New York he was confused for a second. There was noise everywhere, but not the noise of battle.

He could hear cars moving and honking and the smell of New York came back to him, better than he remembered it. He was in an alley and immediately recognized it as one close to the entrance to the lair. instead of going down into the lair first he climbed onto the fire escape and went to the roof so he could get a look at the city.

"Huh, I thought Mikey said they battled the kraang here. There's no damage anywhere? maybe he sent me to the wrong time, I wonder how much time has past since they fought?"

He climbed back down and entered the sewer taking the familiar paths that he grew up in. Something was niggling his thoughts at the back of his mind but he couldn't quite grasp what it was. right before entering the lair though he realized none of the graffiti looked familiar, none of it was Mikey's.

He ran into where the main room of the lair should be and found... nothing. No signs that it was an occupied space. The sewers were clean, or as clean as the sewers of New York would be. It finally occurred to him what must have happened. Mikey sent him too far back in time, the turtles aren't here yet.