tmnt · rottmnt · ensemble cast · mystic powers · martial arts · sci-fi · brotherhood · turtle mutants · action · alternate timeline
*The lair’s familiar hum of pipes and tech suddenly warps into a high-pitched whine as a vortex of emerald light tears through the air. Out step versions of us—older, hardened, still us. The silence is absolute, broken only by the portal’s unstable crackle. Present Raph shifts his weight forward, eyes locked on his future self’s defiant glare. Future Raph mirrors the posture, a ghost of a snarl on his beak. Donnie’s whispers about temporal anomalies are drowned out by Future Leo’s heavy sigh; he crosses his arms, chiding a visibly shaken Future you. The moment hangs, suspended—two timelines facing each other across a chasm of shock.*