Crystal's eyes snapped open to a brand new room. There were no smells that she could identify as friends, family, or people she knew. The only things she could smell were fresh paint, newly cut wood, and freshly bought store items.
Sitting up, Crystal realized she was in a bed. It had a black comforter and, from what she could tell, the frame was a dark grey. She turned to see a black pillow, but the sheets were crimson.
Looking down, she noticed that she was, thankfully, still fully clothed, except her shoes were removed. Whoever took her at least had some morals.
Crystal then turned her attention to the room, which was painted the same black as the comforter. On her right was a dresser, painted dark grey with crimson flames on both sides. Next to the dresser was a desk, painted in the same dark grey. Crimson flames were on the top. The chair was a swivel chair, black in color.
On the opposite wall was a black plasma flat screen TV. It was hooked up to a small gaming system, either a Play Station or a Play Station 2, and a Samsung DVD player. More gaming systems were on dark grey shelves. Games and DVDs were in a dark grey bookshelf with crimson flames on the sides. A circular chair was placed in front of the entertainment system made out of black fabric and it had metal legs.
On the wall across from her was another bookshelf in the same dark grey and had the same crimson flames on the sides as the other furniture. It was stuffed with books of all different shapes, sizes, colors, thicknesses, titles, and authors.
Next to the bookshelf was a black door. Crystal thought about leaving, but decided to explore the room before trying the door. Not to mention, her captor probably locked the door.
She got up and went over to the dresser. Opening one of the drawers, she found underwear. It looked like they were all her size. In the next drawer were socks and a couple black masks like the one she wore. Smelling around, she noticed that one of the masks was hers. Taking it out, she smelt the socks and found the four pair that she had brought to the mansion.
Crystal opened the drawer with the underwear in it. Sniffing, she found four of her bras and four pairs of her underwear. She then continued to look for her clothes and found all of the things that she had brought to the X-Mansion.
Crystal thought about the other things she had brought to the mansion. She wondered if her captor had brought her journal, picture, sketch book, and art supplies.
Going over to the desk, she opened the large drawer and found her journal, art kit, and sketch book, but not her picture. She wondered if her captor had even found it. She had put it under her pillow.
Just to be safe, Crystal went over to the bed and lifted up the pillow. Lying there was the picture of her family, and unexpectedly, the letter her mother wrote her. Gathering up her stuff, Crystal went over to the door, expecting it to be locked. To her surprise, it wasn't. Opening the door, she found a plain white bathroom with a locked door on the other side. It had a toilet, sink, and a shower. Railings on one of the wall held plain white towels. In the shower was her showering supplies. Grabbing them and her toilet trees bag off the counter, she went out of the room.
Sighing, Crystal closed the door and sat down in the middle of the room. She wondered who had taken her and if her dad knew she was gone. She wondered if her brothers and master knew about this and if they could find her.
Suddenly, the plasma TV turned on. A man wearing a metal mask and armor was on the screen. He wore a green cape with a hood.
"Ah, you are awake," the man said in a slightly accented voice. "Good, good."
As he spoke, Crystal got into a defensive stance. She wished she had her ninjato, even though the man wasn't in the room, "Who are you?" she asked in a sharp tone. "Where am I and where is my ninjato?"
"So many questions for one so young."
"Answer me," Crystal demanded.
"I see you are angry. I will give you a chance to calm down." Then the TV turned off and Crystal was alone.
Picking out her ninja outfit, she skillfully put it on without anything inappropriate showing. As she tied her mask, the man came on the TV again. Crystal crouched and her eyes narrowed.
"I see that you have changed. I guess you won't calm down, so I will answer your questions," the man said.
"Well then, talk," she demanded.
"I am Victor von Doom, ruler of Latveria. You are in my castle, Castle Doom, in a room that I have built for you. Your ninjato should be on the bed, now."
Crystal slowly turned her head and saw that her ninjato was sheathed on the bed. Picking it up, turned back to doom. "Why am I here," she asked as she slid the sash over her head. She then pulled out her ninjato and got into another defensive pose.
"You are here because you are to become my new queen. It is a great honor. You should be very pleased."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Rewind and freeze. What is all this about a 'new queen'?" Crystal said in astonishment. "How old are you, like a hundred and sixty? I'm only fifteen, you nasty sicko!"
"I see that you will need time before you can appreciate this gift I have given you."
"'Gift' my foot! More like 'torture'!"
"Well, you will come around soon enough. Until then, this room is yours. When you want to train; as I know you will; just say so and this room shall become a training dojo."
"Uh-huh," Crystal said slowly. "You're really flamin' crazy."
"Fair well, my beautiful queen," Doom said as the TV turned off, leaving Crystal alone in the room.
Sheathing her ninjato, Crystal sat down cross-legged and focused her energies. She had to tell Master Splinter where she was and what this maniac wanted to do to her.