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HOLY SHIT MY DUDES! AFTER (A LITTLE OVER) 4 YEARS I FINIALLY FINISHED IT! I'm so happy! (T-T) Now I can finally work on my new stories. :D

I don't proofread my chapters! Lol I just dish them out as I write them cause I'm too lazy to do it.

Disclaimer: I do not own TMNT. But I do own my OCs!

On with the story!

Enjoy!

When Raph woke again he looked around him. he was still being held but they had brought him to what looked like a cage fighting arena.

"So, Raphael, have a plan?" Mira said next to him as they also held her captive.

Did he have a plan?

"Nope, except for this" he used his strength to throw and punch the ones that were holding him but a solid blow to the back of his head stopped him from taking anymore down.

"Not so tough now, are you, Red Stripe?" Rex sneered at him "Into the pit with you" he called and threw him in a pit surrounded by water.

"My Scale Tail Clan! A challenger has come upon us and agreed to fight in ultimate combat. Now, this foolish turtle must battle the Scale Tail's greatest warrior me!" Imperius Reptilicus smirked spreading his arms out wide in a challenging.

Rex growled and jumped into the arena "No! I want to tear that turtle to pieces. I will fight him!"

"We'll both take him on" Reptilicus compromised. Rex grinned and both he and Reptilicus began to walk forward, weapons drawn and ready to strike Raph.

"Hey, wait. Don't I get a weapon?" Raph said when he realized they would not be fighting fair, a something small and thin was thrown at him and he picked it up "A twig?" Raph growled unbelievably. The lizard and badger mutants began to chant for their leaders to take him down.

"Raphael!" Mira shouted in worry.

"Slice and dice, old turtle!" Reptilicus laughed throwing his shield, blades spinning as it flew at Raph, slicing his cheek as he dodged at the last second. The shield bounced off the wall and back towards him, hitting the back of his shell and knocking Raph off his feet.

"Ow!" Raph hissed and rolled away as Rex brought his saw hand upon him.

"No!" Mira struggled to get free.

"I'm gonna chop you down to nothing but shell, turtle!" Rex laughed maliciously revving his chainsaw arm at he went after Raph.

"All right, there it is the Scale Tail fortress. Chompy, ram the gate!" Mikey pointed at the gates. They crashed through and everyone inside began to panic.

"Run away!" The members of the Scale Tail Clan cried as they scattered. Some looking for shelter and others to warn their leader.

"Booyakabungalaaa!" Mikey shouted jumping off Chompy and flipping expertly off the giant space turtle and took out more Scale Tail members. Junior followed his lead and took down some of his own. The way he moved show he had been trained well by Mikey.

Donnie spotted one running away and he aimed his hand and fired. His hand detached and flew, knocking him out in one hit, his hand then flew back to him and re-attached itself.

"And that takes care of that" Donnie admired their work.

"That was easier than I thought" Junior stated crossing his arms.

"Uh, DonBot! Can you do a scan-y thing for Raph? Beep bop boop! Beep bop boop! Beep bop" Mikey joked.

"I don't 'Beep bop'" Donnie said slightly annoyed.

"You do, sometimes, we just don't say anything" Kayla smirked and Sky giggled.

He pressed a button on the side of his head a distinct boop escaped him "This way, dummies" Donnie grumbled.

"Ha!" Mikey laughed and Junior snorted in humor.

Rex Grinned as he pinned down Raph pressing his chainsaw closer to his neck. Raph grunted as he held him off then kicked him in his groin as a last resort and giving him an advantage. He stood up huffing completely unaware of Reptilicus coming from behind him and hitting him with a bat. That hit really distorted him as he continued to sink in the green contaminated water. His body was sore, and it hurt to move.

He failed.

He failed everyone.

"Raphael! Let me go, Scalies!" Mira snarled "Red Stripe!" She repeatedly calls for him, hoping that he could hear her. Hoping that he was still alive.

No! Raph thought to himself as he began to swim back up to the surface. He would not fail again! he crawled out of the water and ran at Rex with the twig he was giving. Raph jams the twig in the chainsaw then rips the arm off knocking Rex out. He then punched Imperius Reptilicus in a one hit knock out.

"What? That's cheating!" Rex calls out defeated.

"By Word of Wasteland Decree, the Turtle Warrior wins!" an Elder announced.

"Yes!" Mira cheered. Both lizard and badger mutants ran to Raph lifting him in the air while chanting his name "Red Stripe!

"What? No, that's not fair! He cheated, he cheated! I'm telling Maximus!" Rex shouted running away.

"They've captured him" Mikey went on the attack but Kayla held him back as she saw they weren't harming Raph.

"I've got you, Ra—"

"Wait, Mikey! These guys aren't gonna kill him. They're celebrating him!" Donnie pointed out.

"Yes, Red Stripe has beaten us in battle, and that means he is leader to both clans now. So, what's next, Red Stripe?" Reptilicus stated and asked.

"To Oasis" Raph smiles when he sees his mate, son and friends are okay and smiling down at him.

"Maximus Kong! I seek an audience!" Rex said falling to his knees and looked up to his master sitting in his throne with a voluptuous rare female fire Aeonian.

Her blue fire hair danced in wisps and she was only dressed with a stripe of cloth tide around her chest and a skirt with high slits on each side showing shapely legs. She was draped across his lap, left arm wrapped around his neck while her right hand trailed from his neck to his chest seductively while softly biting his neck. Maximus Kong wanted nothing more than to take her again instead of listening to what the badger had to say.

"Why do you disturb me, Verminator Rex?" Maximus growled annoyed, yet there was a slight purr to his voice as his queen continued touching him.

"It is the map, sire. The map to Oasis. It is tattooed to the arm of a meerkat, but she is protected by warriors of great skill and cunning" Rex told him everything he knew.

"They are nothing to me. I've been seeking Oasis for countless years. I've eradicated legions to find that map" he slammed a fist on his armrest before continuing "If the green place exists, it belongs to Maximus Kong, Lord of the wasteland and to his queen" He laughs maliciously pulling the woman closer to him and starting up his vehicle to search for the girl.

"So how far are we from Oasis?" Raph asked as he drove the battle vehicle and Chompy ran beside them.

"The map doesn't give distance. Just landmarks. Next, we should find this strange antenna stuck in a fork in the road" Mira said looking at her arm. They continued to drive until the saw and old dried out tree the middle of a fork in the road.

"That's not an antenna. It's a real, live tree!" Raph stated.

"A-a-a tree?" Mira asked the word sounding foreign when she said it.

"It's an elongated perennial plant th—" Donnie began to explain but was rudely interrupted by Mikey.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, thanks for getting all science-y, Don. A tree is beautiful and green and perfect, and Oasis will be filled with them" Mikey pushed her closer and gave her a leaf.

"Wow. I've only known sand and dust and death my whole life. I've never seen green things." Mira said in awe.

"Me either" Junior said looking at the tree trying to picture it green.

"We should keep moving" Sky said as the sun set.

"She's right the desert is dangerous at night" Raph said wrapping an arm around her waist.

"Any time of the day is dangerous" Kayla stated.

They drove through the night until day. Taking turns driving so everyone could get some sleep and rest from all the crazy stuff that had happened lately until they reached a canyon.

"Here we are, guys. Canyon Maze! Follow me from here or we'll be lost forever" Mikey shouted as he stirred Chompy with Kayla sitting by his side. It wasn't long before they heard loud honking could be heard and they all turned to see a massive vehicle following them.

"Oh, no, it's him! Maximus Kong!" one of the lizards warned.

"Give us the girl, and I might let the rest of you live!" They spoke through a mic his voice was deeply distorted.

"Who the heck is that?" Raph glared.

"You've never heard of Maximus Kong and Fearah? King of the North and Queen of the Hell? Warrior chief of the Wasteland and Mistress of Fire? Demagogues of the Desert? Just get out of here. Go! Faster!" Mira said in a panic.

"Run from that creep? I don't think so, Maximus Moron! The girl has a name, Mira, and she stays with us!" Raph snapped back.

Shots began to be fired at them and half of the Red Stripe's army turned their vehicles to attack Maximus.

"Bring me the girl. Destroy the rest!" Maximus commanded to Rex.

"I got that little meerkat" Rex hissed determined and sped up to his ex-clan.

"You don't mind if I play for a bit, do you?" his queen purred getting out of his lap and her blue flame hair turning fire red.

"Go, enjoy yourself" he smirked behind his helmet and watched her jump down to get closer to the fighting.

"Traitors, all of you!" Rex shouted and threw hand grenades at them. One by one they lost allies until there was no more except them.

"Red Stripe Army is down" Donnie informed them.

"Donnie, you and Mikey take on the Synths. Mira, you take down the crazy honey badger. Kayla go after the fire lady, Junior help your mother onto Chompy and attack anyone that's is not on our side. I'm going for Maximus" Raph instructed and they followed his orders without hesitation.

"May the green goddess be with you" Mira told him as she went after Rex.

Raph pulled out a final bomb he had been stashing and actived it. He climbed out of the battle vehicle and jumped onto Maximus ride. He watched as the monster ride swallowed their small car and smirked.

"Goongala, you gap-tooth" he said as the bomb went off slightly slowing them but not enough.

"Destroy him, my Synthezoids! Rip the interloper to pieces!" Maximus yelled pointing towards Raph.

"I gave you all that aqua. You traitorous scum!" Rex yelled at Reptilicus.

"Red Stripe! Red Stripe!" Reptilicus chanted his new leader's name. Showing Rex whose side he was on.

She and her ward continued to walk through the desert for days. Both had been clad in thin breathable clothing for the desert weather. Each wore a tan colored shaw to help them blend in with the desert sands in case they needed to hid from scavengers. The younger of the two simply followed the older one and never questioning her as she guided them through the barren wasteland. When the older of the two paused in her walking and turned to her left while looking out in the distance, the younger one tilted her head slightly in curiosity.

"What's wrong? Do you sense something?" The younger one asked readying to go into a hide mode.

"We need to go back home"

"What why? We're only a day away from Merchant Town! What about the supplies we need?"

"We get them later, looks like we'll be having guests soon"

"But the system didn't alert us" she said confused and looked down at a small hand held device.

"I'm I ever wrong?" They raised an eyebrow teasingly.

"No" She grumbled.

"Come along, Frankie we have a long walk ahead of us"

Frankie wasn't sure how she did it but Catherine was always able to find civilization, even when they have been lost for countless days. She didn't talk much but when she did it was to teach her something or correct her when she was wrong. The blonde had taken her in when her parents had died protecting her from scavengers. She was practically her family after all they years they had stayed together.

"Well well, you look like fun" the woman smiled flames now covering her arms before shooting fireballs at Kayla as they both flew in the air.

Kayla's eyes narrowed and she turn to the face the woman "You won't be saying that after I'm through with y—" Kayla choked on her words when she saw the familiar face "N-nia?" She sputtered in disbelief. She looked different yet the same. Her face was more mature and her skin had a light blue tint to it that seem to change depending on the color of her flames. Taking advantage of her confusion Fearah shot another fireball at Kayla hitting her in the chest and sending her crashing on Maximus' ride. Fearah floated down and smirked while creating another much larger fireball.

"I think you have me confused for someone else, but if I do meet her I'll be sure to tell her you said goodbye" she smirked and threw the fireball and Kayla ducked out of the way.

"Nia stop! It's me Kayla! Remember!" Kayla grunted as she stood up "Please…I don't want to fight you"

"Oh but I do!" Fearah walked closer and grabbed her by the throat lifting her up with ease. Kayla gripped her wrist with both her hands as she struggled to breathe.

"Nia…please…we're…friends" Kayla choked out.

"Friends?" She tilted her head confused at the word as it triggered something in mind. She gasped and let her go in favor of clutching her head in pain as her brain was overloaded with memories she had forgotten. "Kayla?" she asked unsure gasping for breath.

"Welcome back" Kayla said weakly rubbing her sore throat with a large grin on her face.

"Fool. You think you're a hero? You think you're going to take down a desert warlord who's destroyed all in his path?" Maximus hissed and stood to his full height while Raph glared up at him.

"Less talk, King. More fighting!" Raph snarled.

Maximus roared and punched at Raph, pinning him to the ground "Maximus Kong is your master now, reptile!"

"Red Stripe has no master!" he shouted punching him in the chest. They continued to fight Raph landing a few solid hits but Maximus was easily starting to overpower him.

"Now your life ends, outlander." He grabbed Raph by the neck and lifted him off the floor walking towards the motors gears to place his head between them.

"Booyakabungalaaa!" Mikey shouted joining in the fight when he saw his brother in trouble. Raph grabbed the nears thing he could find and began swing and hitting Maximus with a wrench over and over until the helmet fell off.

He gasped and dropped the wrench "It can't be…L-Leo?"

Leo roared and fought with a new energy.

"Leo, it's me. It's Raphael! Look at me, man, w-we're brothers!" Raph tried to remind him as he grew closer to him.

"Silence!" he yelled ramming him into a bunch of boards and tossed him off a level of the large vehicle.

"Don't do this!" Raph yelled as Leo jumped down and lifted him by the neck again. Raph lifted his gun and aimed it at his brother's neck "Leo! I love you, brother" Raph said sadly and lowered his gun. He couldn't kill his brother.

Leo's eyes flicker with recognition for a few moments before he tossed Raph off his vehicle and it crashed into the canyon.

"Raphael!" Skyler ran up to him and helped him up.

"I'm fine Sky" he grunted.

"Leo!" Nia ran up to him her flames had died down to from fire red to a cool blue.

"Nia? Is that you? You look different" Raph stated as he watch her run to his brother.

"Holy chalupa! Leo?" Mikey gasped.

"I can't believe it. Leonardo!" Donnie said surprised.

"Leo-nardo? I-I don't I don't know who you're talking about, I-I am Maximus Kong!" he grunted trying to get up however he was pinned down from all the metal.

"Leo. It's gonna be okay, bro" he said softly going to his side. All three brother began to work together to set him free. They pulled him away from the fallen rocks and metal.

"Ra-Raphael?" Leo said weakly trying to stand up.

"Brother!"

"Leo! You're back!" Mikey hugged him happily.

"Oh, man. We thought we'd lost you forever. We looked everywhere for you guys!" Donnie stated.

"What happened to you? The last time we saw you that Mutagen Bomb went off" Raph said.

"It's starting to come back to me, piece by piece. I remember, I-I was there. I was there. I remember pushing you all to safety, but I was caught in the middle of the blast. Nia saved us by absorbing most of it. It mutated me into this horrible thing. It mutated her." Leo winced as the memories came pouring in "The rage. But now, somehow, I'm back. Thanks to all of you" he said softly.

"We've got the map to the green place, Leo!" Mikey smiled.

"Wait so he's your brother too?" Mira eyes widen.

"Next stop, paradise!" Kayla grinned.

"Paradise? Sounds good to me" Leo said pulling Nia close.

Mira had been right. Oasis did exist and it was beautiful.

"Booyakabungalaaa!" Mikey cried as he picked up Kayla bridal style and jumped into the water with her as she screamed and laughed.

"Look at all that green" Mira whispered.

"It's so beautiful" Sky said leaning into Raph.

"Wow. It really is an oasis" Donnie muttered.

"Not bad" Junior smiled.

"Family, we're home" Leo smiled finally able to relax.

"We are home" Nia agreed holding his hand.

"Home?" Donnie scoffed "This is isn't home, not for me" Donnie muttered quietly. He should be happy that his family was back together. That they had found oasis but he couldn't…not without his mate.

"Donnie, we'll find her I promise" Leo rest a hand on his metal shoulder. Raph had filled them in about Cat's situation and he didn't know what to say to make him feel better.

Donnie shook his head "She find us, that's what she told Mikey" He had complete fate in her and he would wait for her here. As long as they stayed here together she would know where to find him. He sat at a few feet away from the edge of the cliff looking out in the distance. She would find him. He just knew it.

"I just need to be alone" He told them and they nodded in understandment.

Days went by and he had yet to move from his spot. It had made everyone worry.

"He hasn't recharged himself, at this rate he'll offline" Kayla said sadly.

"Unless it already happened" Raph grumbled.

"We can't really do anything-"

"Uh...guys? Who's that up there with him?" Mikey said cutting Junior off. As two figures stood next to Donnie's body, between the two of them they began to lift the robotic body and carry it away. Seeing their brother not put up a fight only confirmed their suspicions that Donnie's internal battery had indeed run out.

"They taking Donnie!" Leo said alarmed.

Kayla and Nia were quick to act and flew up to said figures.

"Drop him right now!" Kayla warned them.

"I'd do as she says" Nia snarled as she created a fire ball.

"We should probably do as they say, we aren't skilled enough to fight them" The female reptile mutant whispered to her companion.

"They won't do shit, isn't that right guys" the figure smirked and took her hood down.

"Cat!" they exclaimed and ran to engulf her in a hug.

"Where the hell have you been!" Raph growled as everyone made it to the top of the cliff.

"I needed time...I wasn't sure if he was...alive" Cat said looking at Donnie's robot body. They helped her carry him to his charging station and while he recharge she told them everything she been though. She had to block her link with Donnie because he had died and then the Mutanimals had found her and taken her in. They had trained her to fight over they years and she helped look after Francis who had grown up to be a skilled fighter too. She told them she hadn't looked for them because she was getting stuff ready it and trying to cope with the loss of her mate-

The door to the battle van swung open and Donnie's robot form came out angrily but it stop short when his vision made contact with Cat.

"Catherine" he run up to her and pulled her into his arms.

"Hey" She whispered "Is it really you?" she asked shyly.

"It's me" He nodded "I just look a bit different" he admitted almost afraid of what she might say or react to his new form.

She grinned "We have to do a lot of catching up to do" she purred and taking delight as he actually glitched.

"In this form? I don't even have the proper equipment- " he squeaked out surprised.

"I don't care what form you are in Donatello, as long as I know it's you" she smiled and she kissed his metal faceplate to prove her point. Their bond had been broken but they would make it work as long as they were together "Beside that's what experimenting is for and I'm sure you'll think of something" she teased.

"I love you" He breathed out as he held her close to him.

"I love you too Donatello"

Somewhere in a different timeline

Don

"Don"

"Donatello, wake up"

He woke up gasping and in a cold sweat and Catharine looked at him in concern. He sat up carefully and looked around him and found that he was in his room. On his right side, laid his wife who was heavily pregnant with their third child and to his right laid his oldest (7 years old) and youngest (3 years old)sound asleep. They had somehow snuck into their bed in the middle of the night...again. he smiled softly and pull the blankets to cover them more.

"Seems like you weren't the only one having bad dreams" Cat muttered motioning for him to lay back down.

"Catharine?" he whispered pulling her close to him.

"What did you dream?" she asked worried when she saw how frightened he had been when he woke.

"Nothing" he muttered burying his face in her neck. But the dream kept playing in his head. It felt much too real. Had it all really been a dream or did it really happened in a different universe and timeline from his own?

"It was just a strange dream, you're here and that's all that matters" he told her holding her tightly and placing a kiss on the mark he had given her years ago.

The end!

FUN FACT: I was originally going to have Catharine die. But the right side of my brain was like "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU! WE ARE NOT GOING TO KILL HER OFF" and the left side of my brain got scared and said okay and didn't kill her off. *Shrugs* what can you do lmao

Anyway I like to thank everyone for being patient with my procrastinating ass and sticking around until the end! You're AMAZING! T-T