Run of the Mill Pizza had been quiet today. Senor Hueso had enjoyed it too, if he was being honest with himself. Pizza had been served, patrons had behaved and there had been no sign of those masked delinquents who so frequently wrecked his restaurant.

Of course, as soon as he noted this, a familiar blue portal opened up in the middle of the room and the turtles came crashing in. Though, Blue didn't look happy like he normally did, and Orange even less so. He held his tongue long enough to stop himself from saying something stupid.

Because Purple, he was trailing blood on his floor from his place in Red's arms. "What on—What are you doing bringing him here!?"

Blue motioned wildly. "We don't know enough about the city to know where to take him! But I bet you do, right? You know anyone who could help us!?" he demanded. There was something dark in his eyes that stopped Hueso from hesitating.

"Yes, yes, a healer. You want a healer, I can write down directions," he said. "There's one close by, she's probably got everything—what happened to him!?"

That was when Orange broke in. "Where do we need to go!?"

"Right! Go out into the city, go down three levels and back into the woods—"

"There are woods down here too?"

"Yes, yes, go into the woods, she's not far in. Be careful though, she…. She doesn't go out much—"

But the boys were already heading out the door before Hueso could say much more of his warning. He shrugged a bit, hoped Purple would be alright, and sighed at the mess they'd left. At least it was a slow day.

X

He was floating. Or at least, that was how it felt for the most part. There were brief jostles that sent pain through his chest, and breathing was… not good. But, it was starting to feel pretty distant, and he was feeling pretty detached.

He knew he was hurt, and some amount of his mind was panicked. Some part of him pressed to breathe quickly, to grasp at the air, to choke down as much of it as his lungs would hold, because they were leaking. They were bleeding out into his body, and he knew it.

And there was nothing he could do about it.

Raph's arms felt like lead. Don wasn't all that heavy to Raph, and yet he felt like he were carrying the weight of the world as he carefully followed Leo down the levels of the city, trying to move quietly and quickly. He knew enough to see that Don was deep in shock, but there wasn't much they could do about it now.

Leo suddenly launched off the side of the city, in a stunt that Raph could only describe as showing off if he didn't know it came of fear for his brother. A portal caught Leo and he disappeared from sight for a moment, before appearing back beside Raph.

This portal hung there, Leo's blade crackling with power. "I found it, come on guys," he said hastily. "Mike, weapon drawn. We don't know what else is in that forest."

Mikey pulled out his weapon and nodded, following Leo through so that they'd cover Raph and Don.

The forest was not like the one that Todd used to live in. Leo felt an odd energy coming off it, the trees themselves felt… imposing. The usual greens and browns were replaced by heavy blues and purples. It felt more like walking into a night sky than a forest as they stepped into the tall grass that crowded the tree trunks. There was no path.

There was no sign of a healer.

And when Raph turned around to make sure no one was behind him, the city was gone too.

Helloooooo! Sorry for the long wait, i kinda... forgot this existed? Then I remembered, bc reviews! So thanks for reminding me haha. I will try not to let the next chapter take so long 3 Thanks for reading :D