John adjusted the tight blue and green goggles on his face, scanning the room. His gray tail flicked impatiently behind him as he glanced around, trying to pick up any energy signals from his emotion-reading goggles.

Nothing.

This was strange. The lair, usually, bursting with life, was empty. And quiet. John hated silence. Growing up in a loud, noisy house with two younger siblings, he wasn’t used to silence.

A shiver of unease pulsed through him, and he shook his head. He knew where the turtles were; out fighting Florian. Again. He didn’t understand why they were so obsessed with that stupid fox yokai.

What really made him scared was that he couldn’t find Charlie or Dawn. They almost never left, he knew them. They were comfortable in the luxury of the hidden lair. So where were they? He didn’t know.

Suddenly, a flash of blue light appeared in front of him, and his fur stood on end. Flashing letters appeared on his goggles: high energy levels. With a deep breath, he stepped forward, and was sucked into the portal.

***

Leo held Hope’s hand, his forehead pressed against hers as he held onto his wife. Suddenly, with a bang, a portal opened, and out stepped a gray and white cat yokai. The yokai’s eyes widened, and his tail bristled.

“Leo?!” He hissed, unsheathing his claws. His goggles were going crazy from the strong love levels it was reading. “You cheating bastard! Who is this?!” The cat growled, pointing at Hope.

Now his goggles flashed with a new emotion: confusion. Oh, and pretty high anger levels coming from the girl.

Then, John looked Leo over. This wasn’t his Leo. Or should he say Dawn’s? It didn't matter, this wasn’t the Leo he knew.

Suddenly, a paw on his shoulder caused him to spin around, face to face with Dawn. He felt his face flush as he took a step back. He didn’t like her, of course, but she was pretty.

“John, it’s okay.” The ferret mutant purred, her voice soothing like honey. “We’re in a different universe. This isn’t the Leo I’m dating. This Leo is in love with someone else.”

John nodded, but his tail was still bristling. He loved Dawn like a sister, and felt very possessive over her and her relationship with Leo. He didn’t want anything to get between her and her lover, but sometimes he felt that because of this, he was becoming the problem.

Just then, Hope spoke up, and John’s goggles flashed red. Annoyance. And maybe…rage? He couldn’t tell, but the girl was certainly upset.

“Another one! My goodness! Babe, send them back, please.” She begged, turning to the red-eared slider. Leo looked uneasy, looking them over. Charlie soon joined them, wrapping his arms around John as an affectionate greeting as he mumbled a hello.

John patted the fruit-bat with his tail, but he was focused on Leo and the girl. Send them back? How?

“Leooo!!” A voice called, and John immediately recognized it as Mikey’s. “Please don’t send them back yet! They just got here!” He complained, walking in. Immediately his gaze landed on John, and he grinned, his stubby tail wagging. “KITTY!!!”

It was like lightning. One second he was standing next to Charlie and Dawn, and the next he was in the arms of a Mikey that wasn’t his Mikey. His Mikey was much more spotty. Still, the hug felt good, and his goggles flashed pink with high levels of affection.

As Mikey cuddled John, Donnie walked in, glancing at the new mutants and yokai. He didn’t look surprised at all at the sight of John, and instead just walked right past him to talk with Leo.

“I’ve been studying the dimensional rifts in the atmosphere that were caused by those portals.” Donnie began, and John let out a sigh of relief. That sounded just like his Don. “And the computers have determined that someone is making these portals. Definitely someone powerful, at that.”

John struggled in the grasp of Mikey, his ears perking up. This sounded interesting…yet familiar. Oh.

Oh no.

John knew who was making these portals, and it wasn’t Florian like he originally thought.

Damnit Jaz.

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So sorry for taking so long to make this part! I had like zero inspiration, and then suddenly it all came flowing in! Also, the reason John has emotion reading glasses is because he is awful at reading people, so Donnie made those for him so he won’t be confused anymore lol.

Also Fluffy, I’ll explain who Jaz is in the comments so you can add her for the next part ^^