Here With Me
Chapter XII: Info

By: Michelle



"I'm starving." Michaelangelo exclaimed as he and Mondo walked in the door.

"Me too." Mondo Gecko said as his stomach growled.

"Did you boys fix my wall?" Mai Li asked.

"Yeah, Suki's husband showed us what to do and all."

"Thank You." Mai Li bowed to the two of them. "Dinner is almost ready."

"Should we wake up Raph?" Leonardo called as Donatello helped him to the kitchen.

"No. Let him rest."

"Oh Donnie." Michaelangelo remembered. "Here."

"Thanks." Donatello took the sample of blood from Michaelangelo. "I'll check it out after dinner."

"So, Mai Li." Leonardo asked. "When are we going to help Venus get out of the mirror?"

Mai Li sighed and began to serve them all food. "Actually, there is nothing we can do."

"What do you mean Nothing?" Leonardo began to panic. "Venus is trapped in their."

"Splinter and I have both looked over the scrolls you brought. They have nothing to do with reversing the spell the Dragon Lord did."

"Then, Venus is trapped in there forever." Michaelangelo asked.

"No." Splinter spoke up. "Venus will not be trapped forever."

Mai Li sat down. "Venus is already getting closer to freedom."

"But how?" Donatello said confused. "We haven't done anything."

"Actually, one of us has." Mia Li added.

"I don't get it." Donatello was even more confused.

"Raphael has been searching for her." Splinter said.

"How?" Leonardo asked curiously.

Mai Li took a sip of tea. "Raphael is in the Ream of Dreams. His spirit is searching for her."

"But, I thought is was unsafe to go into the Realm of Dreams because it is linked with the Dragon World."

"Venus is in the Dragon World. Raphael is in the Realm of Dreams." Splinter explained. "When they find each other, Venus can follow Raphael's spirit back into our world."

"Just like Dragon Lord did to us to escape." Leonardo remembered. "I get it now."

"How long can it take?" Donatello questioned.

Mai Li answered. "We're not sure."

"OK." Mondo Gecko looked around at everyone. "I don't get it."

"Let me tell you bro." Michaelangelo started. "You see....."

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Early the next morning.....

Dragon Lord sat up in his bed. What the hell happened to him yesterday? He stood up and began to walk around. He felt much better. It was like his strength was renewed.

"It's about time you woke up."

He turned around and found Tashina and Kurai beginning to stand up.

"How do you feel, Majesty?" Kurai bowed to him.

"Even better if I knew what the two of you were doing while I was out." Dragon Lord snapped.

Kurai concluded to himself, looks like Dragon Lord was back to his usual self. "I'll have the servants bring in some breakfast."

Kurai left the room, leaving Tashina and the Dragon Lord alone.

"What were you talking about yesterday? About the Shinobi?"

Tashina flipped back her hair and folded her arms. "Her lover is in the Realm of Dreams searching for her. When they meet, she will be able to escape along with you son and a dozen of his Rank supporters."

"So, the Shinobi will be free and so will Bitoku." Dragon Lord said disgusted.

"Yes."

"Bitoku's warriors will be easy to turn and my son is no threat to me. It's the Shinobi I'm worried about."

"Then, we will have to stop them from meeting." Tashina smiled.

"Or escaping." Dragon Lord began to laugh.