Time to say Goodbye
Rating: T
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Prologue:
Ramiela sat in the lotus position across from her Sensei; she was about to perform an exercise that had become somewhat familiar to her over the last year. The ability to teleport from one place to another, through meditation, was a new skill and one Rama had more or less stumbled upon in the last year.
When it first happened she had merely brushed it off as a dream, the second instance she had been totally unsure of, but couldn't deny it had saved her life, simply because a group of Elite Foot soldiers had severely injured her and disarmed her. She had been entirely alone, and though she had sent a mental call to her family she had no idea if they would arrive or not.
What had followed that teleporting event was something, that even now she had a hard time understanding, trying to explain it to her family later was even more difficult. Her family had thought she had died after seeing her lifted in to the air and vanishing into the stormy night.
Instead she had teleported to a parallel world that had many similarities, including four male ninja turtles. Rama had returned after about two months had passed in this other world, but when she returned home only two weeks of her time had passed. She had told her family of her adventures, and of course she had the fine katana set with the embossed jade hilts, that she had taken from Leo's Ryu but little else to back her up.
Leo of course had been very intrigued by the teleporting skill and decided that Ramiela would have to gain control of it. First because if she could pop in and out of places, he wanted to verify that she had control of where she was going and didn't end up some place where she might be in extreme danger. Secondly Leo felt that if he could figure out how this feat was performed that the entire clan might be able to make use of it.
It would come in handy to pop into the lair, if by chance you happened to be surrounded by the enemy, of course if the enemy came with you it might not be such a good thing.
So Leo was not only trying to grasp how to achieve the mental teleportation, but also trying to figure out how useful or dangerous it could be.
Since Rama was the only one to accomplish it, it fell to her to lead the way.
At first Ramiela had been leery of attempting it, fearing she would end up in a strange place and never get home again or, perhaps ending up somewhere that might be far more threatening then facing the entire Foot clan.
Yet a part of Rama longed to gain control and full understanding of this ability to teleport between one place and another, she had her own reason for accomplishing this feat, and with that goal in mind she remained focused and driven as her Sensei.
The first few sessions hadn't gone well at all, but over the year since her return; with plenty of practice she now could make small jumps almost anywhere within New York City.
Leo for his part maintained mental contact with his student, both to keep track of her and to assist in providing the clues he wanted her to use in trying to open the portal. The mental connection also permitted Leo a better comprehension of how to do the task. So he helped to refine the method.
Leonardo had found that he could pass through a portal or doorway that Rama created or use his own mental generated door.
Once Ramiela had achieved a fairly good rate of success in teleporting when she wanted to, and to the specified place. Leo opted to test her by giving her a certain landmark to appear at or by.
Just a couple months back Leo decided to see how far they could travel using such a strange means of transportation, and asked Ramiela to teleport to the farm. He gave her the information he wanted her to use for the jump and both of them went into meditation bearing that image.
Shortly after both of them arrived at the farm, though they each felt nauseous and slightly dizzy, feelings that were compounded when they made the return trip home.
Rama had groaned wearily when they had returned to the meditation room of the lair, " This teleporting thing isn't that great over long distances. I felt a little like this when I came home from that parallel world too," she recollected.
" You didn't say anything about it before" Leo accused.
" You didn't ask Sensei" Rama retorted.
" How about when you entered their world?" Leo wondered.
" I don't know, I was injured from the Foot attack and suffering a bit of a concussion." Rama confessed, " I didn't even remember who I was at first though Don Tello looked awfully familiar to me. I was just really out of it when I first arrived" she concluded.
Leo rolled his eyes as he moaned; " Now she tells me."
Tonight though was to see if Rama could manage a series of small jumps, Leo had sent his three brothers out to various spots in the City and he no wanted to see if Ramiela could make consecutive jumps without any adverse effects.
Rama's first stop was to be the Brooklyn Bridge where her Uncle Raphael waited. She focused on one of the upper reaches of the bridge, the river below, the dark night above, and lights from the city shining on either side of the river.
She added to this image a strong desire to be at that particular spot, for this was an important part of teleporting, the need and longing had to be manifested, to aid in opening the door.
Rama knew Leo would be accompanying her on these jumps, just as he had for all the previous ones, except for her accidental ones. She felt confident and sure of herself, she knew what she was doing now, and how to do it.
That meant that very soon now, she could go to see Devon, return to him and his family to teach them how to use this skill. More importantly though, she would be with her beau again, she hadn't seen Devon since valentine's of last year, when they had spent a night close to one another enjoying the evening.
Devon was, as far as Rama was concerned her soul mate, and she didn't care what it took to see him again, it would be worth it, to once again be by her lizard boy's side. He was very much like her, in that he was a mutant, a ninja and a future jonin.
She missed Devon dearly and not a day had gone by that he hadn't crossed her mind in some degree; after all he was her betrothed. She recalled the long battle, with Devon by her back, snapping his tail around as they attacked the enemy.
Rama quickly schooled her thoughts away from Devon as she concentrated on where she was suppose to go, and before Leo could reprimand her about her thoughts.
Within a few minutes of entering a deep meditation she found herself by her Uncle's side.
" I made it, in record time too" she gloated cheerfully.
" Yeah but where's Leo?" Raph demanded.
" He is coming, he wants me to do the jumps. So I have to lead." Rama insisted.
Raph crossed his arms over his plastron " Humph!" he snorted, " He doesn't know how to do it so he needs you to show the way."
Rama smiled, " I'm sure he could do it on his own now, especially after all his supervising."
Suddenly Leo appeared, " First mark good Ramiela. Second marker, by our memorial spot at ground zero." He announced.
Rama nodded acknowledgement of his brisk order. " Whose there Uncle Donatello?" she inquired.
" Yes, your dad is at our last stop, which will be by the statue of Balto in Central Park." Leo answered.
Rama smiled, " Easy." She grinned cockily, as she eased herself down onto the bridge to ease back into meditation.
" You're late, and why donchya do some of the work for a change?" Raph wondered aloud.
Leo arched an eye ridge refusing to answer as he settled down to a sitting spot to follow Rama on her next jump.
Rama arrived at her next destination and paused for a moment, as she almost always did, to reflect and say a silent prayer. She noted her Uncle standing with his head bowed and she maintained her own silence so as not to disturb him. He turned and gave her a faint smile as Leo appeared.
" So how are you two feeling?" Don inquired gently.
" I feel all right, it is the long jumps that seem to mess with the body" Rama theorized.
" Could be to do with the sudden displacement over space." Don muttered scowling slightly as he considered that thought, his brow furrowed.
Rama rolled her eyes and giggled a bit knowing that her uncle would probably go off and work it out later.
Don gave his head a quick shake, " How about you Leo?"
" I feel all right physically Don but…" Leo cocked his head slightly and he seemed focused somewhere else.
" Sensei?" Rama began but then she felt something, the lingering meditative state told her that there was something terribly wrong. She knew it had to do with back home.
Before Don could question either of them further, wondering silently if they were just now suffering from the second teleportive jump, he felt something shift, suddenly. " Splinter" Don gasped.
Splinter was at home resting; of course that was about all he did now was rest. The aged ninja Master had been suffering from the usual ravages of age, often forgetful and as time went on, seeming to spend more time in the past then present. Yet he always had his good moments of clarity that reminded all of the family of what he had been when he'd been younger.
A few months back the aged Master had suffered a bad debilitating stroke that had taken even those clear moments from him. His health had been rapidly going down hill and all of them believed that his time was not far off.
Rama felt her heart ache at the thought that the Master was in trouble, perhaps even perish the thought, passing, and all of them tuned in as they were to their family members through their mental capacities could feel it but they were too far away to get to him.
Rama felt hot bitter tears form in her eyes, as she shook her head, she slipped quickly back into the meditative state trying to calm herself, but another part of her was longing to return home, to be with the Master to help him in any way she could.
' One of us really ought to be there' She mused to herself.
" This isn't the time to continue this exercise let's get home quickly" Leo announced in a low choked voice as he sent a mental message to Raph and Mike to return home as quickly as possible, just in case.
Then he glanced at Rama and noticed she had disappeared. He hadn't even noticed what she had been doing, but he was fully aware of the route his student would opt to use, only at the moment with the uncertainty of what had happened to Splinter, Ramiela might not have focused on her destination.
" Oh gods, Ramiela no! Not now!" Leo moaned, suddenly fearing the worst.
Don placed a hand on his brother's shoulder " We might not have lost her Leo, she has a better idea of what she is doing lets jut wait until we see if she is at home or not." He mumbled doing his best to assure his brother. Though right now Don just wasn't sure about anything.
TBC
Jessiy: If you are reading this and haven't received my e-mail you can find the story of Rama meeting Devon under Reinbeauchaser's bio as Reinbeauchaser and I wrote Reflected Reality together. Thanks for all your reviews.