Dimensional Adventure

"Raph!!?" Donnie shouted. "Raph . . . RA-APH!!"

A noise sounded out down the deserted corridor and Donnie sharply spun around. The corridor divided into 2 parts as he walked down, and he slowly went to his left. He looked into the deserted rooms as he went along, frantically searching for his now-missing brother.

"RAPH!" he yelled.

Another noise came from the door at the end of the corridor.

"Raph?" Donnie said, this time more quietly. He walked over to the door, his heart pounding in his chest. "Raph? Is that you?"

He could hear movements from the other side of the door, and reached out to grab the handle. It sounded like scratching or something. Donnie gulped. It was probably something with really . . . big claws. Shaking his head, Donnie slowly came back down to earth. Now he was really letting his imagination get the better of him. A moan came from the other side.

"Raph? If you're hiding, this isn't funny!"

Donnie grasped the door handle and yanked it open. Darkness engulfed him as he took a slow step inside. He could hear sniffs, soft crying. "Raph?" he said again, but he knew it wasn't his brother at all. "I - is anybody here?"

The sniffs became louder, as well as the sobbing. Donnie felt the wall for a light switch, but he couldn't find anything. "Hello . . .? Are - are you ok?"

He felt stupid asking, knowing he might have been talking to no one but himself. But a loud, shuddering cry sounded out and he almost jumped out of his shell. Donnie moved forward some more, and as he did he saw the outline of someone sitting against a wall, their head down. He couldn't see properly, but they didn't look human.

"Erm, you ok?" he asked, moving in closer, almost a metre away.

Another cry.

"Hey, it's ok, I won't hurt you", Donnie said gently, moving even closer.

Suddenly, a full face came into view right next to him, but he still couldn't see it and shouted "gotcha!!" Donnie let out an "ahh!!" and fell flat on his shell. He lifted himself up, putting a hand to his heart as the person let out a laugh.

"Oh! Oh! That was so funny!" by the sounds of the voice, it was a he, and he sounded so familiar. "Your face! Man, I kill myself".

Donnie gave himself a few minutes to get his heart rate back down to normal speed. He frowned and tried to make out the figure. "Oh - okay", he panted. "That w - was not very funny. Who are you?"

The laughing subsided a bit. "Okay . . . okay, sorry, but your face!" he said. "Who? Me? Why don't you turn the lights on?"

Donnie looked around. "I - um - there are no lights".

"No lights?" the voice sounded surprised. "Oh. CLAP ON!!"

Blinding lights flashed down from the ceiling and Donnie had to shield his eyes for a while. He blinked, and opened them gradually to discover himself standing in a small room. All the walls were painted, forest style, and the floor looked like a concrete path. The wall straight opposite him had a huge tree painted on it, slowly leaning over as the leaves on its branches began to fall.

Donnie raised an eye ridge. Moving paintings? He thought. Cool.

"Hi!!" the voice said.

Donnie frowned and slowly looked down, coming face to face with the voice that sounded so familiar. And now he knew why!! He was standing opposite Donkey! Donkey from Shrek!!

Donkey grinned, his cute-teeth-showing grin. "What? Something in my teeth?"

Donnie gasped. "I - I - you -" he tried, swallowing hard. "You're Eddie Murphy!"

Donkey's smile vanished. "Noooo", he said sweetly. "I'm Donkey".

"No!" Donnie said, unable to believe it. "No, Eddie Murphy's voice! You - you're a DreamWorks creation. You're not real!!"

Donkey tilted his head to one side. "Not real?" he asked. "Man, what's wrong with c'hu? Of course I'm real! Errrr, who's Eddie Murphy?"

"You don't know?" Donnie frowned.

Donkey shook his head, smiling, and Donnie got a sudden flashback of the film.

"Nope!" Donkey smiled.

Donnie raised an eye ridge. "Oh, er, really?"

"Really really!" he grinned, and Donnie closed his eyes and shook his head. "Man, you weird! But I like you. What's your name?"

Donnie rubbed the back of his head. "Er - Donnie".

"Donnie?" Donkey frowned. "Well, you know what I like about you Donnie? You've got that I don't care what no one thinks of me thing! I like that Donnie, I respect that, and you're all right!"

Donnie frowned, another flashback coming to him. "This - is too . . . weird!"

"Yeah", Donkey said, and nodded his head repeatedly. "Yeah, you are a bit. But I still like ya! So what's a turtle like you doing in a dimensional world?"

Donnie looked at him. "Don't you wonder what you're doing here?"

Donkey shook his head. "Nope!" he grinned.

"Rea -" Donnie stopped himself and sighed. "How long have you been here?"

"All my life!" Donkey replied. "This is my pad! I got food, fresh greens, waffles!" - he added in a deep, breathing voice. "I've always been here. So!" Donkey's ears perked up excitedly. "What about c'hu?!"

"Er -" Donnie started. "I was transported here - to save my Master Splinter".

"Is he a turtle too?" Donkey asked.

"No".

Donkey's ears flopped down. "Oooh. So! Anymore of you, huh?"

"Three", Donnie replied. "My brothers, Leo, Mikey and Raph. We lived in the sewers of New York before we got sent here. Then we, er, got separated. I was looking for Raph. He was with me 15 minutes ago - but he just vanished".

"Need some help finding them?!" Donkey asked, his ears perking up.

Donnie frowned sweetly. "Well, erm, I don't think it, er, would be -"

"Please!!" Donkey begged, running up to Donnie and putting his first to hoofs on his plastron, pinning him to the wall. "I don't wanna stay here forever you don't know what it's like to be stuck here!" - Donnie raised an eye ridge - "well, er, maybe . . . you do! But that's why you've gotta let me come with you! Please! Please, please! -"

"Ok!" Donnie said, brushing him off. "Okay . . . but you've got to be careful".

"Oh, this is gonna be fun!" Donkey grinned. "We can go to different dimensions! Swap manly stories through each one! I'm making waffles!!"

Donnie rolled his eyes. "Oh brother".

"No, er, no", Donkey said. "We're finding you're brothers. I'm an only child".

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Mikey dozed in and out of sleep as he sat in his 'shelter' for the night. As he looked outside he could see the sun slowly peeking out over the trees, giving it a beautiful glow. But he could also see the slight glistening of frost, and his heart sank. The cave provided some warmth, as he had made a fire last night, and it crackled away next to him. He was thankful to have a brother like Leo, who taught him survival steps when they were younger. The fire was dying down now though, and Mikey knew that he'd have to go out sometime. But since he was in such danger of the cold, he didn't dare move. He had plenty of leaves and sticks with him, and something told him to stay put. He knew someone was coming to get him.

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"Is this ok?" Kida heard Raph ask.

"Yes", she snapped, for no apparent reason. "It's ok". They were now miles into the wilderness, and she was getting sick of him faulting on her, as if she didn't know where she was going. She knew the way - but she did get lost here when she was 10 and that's how she first met Tiran. She carried on talking, unaware that what Raph said was not what she thought. "You should have some faith in people. I've been in this place ages and yet you doubt me all the -"

"I didn't say 'is this ok'", he snapped in interruption. "I said are you ok?"

She seemed slightly shocked that he asked. "Yeah, why?"

"Think I know when someone's ill", Raph replied, walking behind her. She turned her head round to look at him, stopping in her tracks.

"What do you mean?"

"Oh, come on!" Raph said, annoyed. "I can hear your breathing from way behind you! It's freezing cold and you keep fanning yourself with your t- shirt as if it was Hawaii! What's wrong with you?"

"I haven't been fanning myself", she argued.

Raph sighed and rolled his eyes, looking at her.

Kida looked down to where her hand had gripped her t-shirt near her chest, and she was fanning it in and out to get some air on her face. She narrowed her eyes and dropped her hand. She smiled slightly at Raph, and he glanced at her red cheeks, giving her a warm look, as if she had been sat near a fire too long - and the glow had gone to her cheeks.

He slapped himself mentally. What's wrong with you? He asked himself.

Kida frowned. "I think the reason you're saying this is because you're freezing cold yourself", she said positively. "Sorry - forgot that you were turtle for a while there".

"Yeah", Raph said sarcastically. "The shell's just for show!"

She growled at him. "You don't deserve this but -" She clicked her fingers and smiled at him. "How cute", she said, injecting the same sarcastic tone as Raph.

Raph looked down at the very baggy, red jumper he was now in. It covered his shell and just went over the bottom of his plastron. He looked at the black trousers he was wearing and sneakers, and rolled his eyes.

"Red's not my colour", he said to her.

"Yah - suuuuure", she said slowly, looking at his bandanna.

"I don't need to wear human clothes", he said.

"I think you do", she said, and turned around. It was amazing how human they looked really, Kida found herself thinking. It was just the green skin that gave them away. But without that, they wouldn't be unique. They carried on walking in silence, Raph with his hands shoved deep in his pockets as he gradually warmed up. He wasn't used to human clothes, but was amazed at how much better he felt.

Kida stopped near and tree and plonked herself down. "10 minute rest", she said.

Raph sat down opposite her, leaning his shell against a massive stone.

Kida wiped the beads of sweat from her face and sighed. Her head felt hot, her body felt hot, even her hair was starting to annoy her - and she loved her hair. She took her plait out and started doing it again. Raph watched her silently as she put her hair bobble back in and flicked her loose plait behind her, raking her fingers through the layers at the front of her face, only to have them fall down again.

She smiled slightly at him, pushing her layers back again. They fell back over her eyes and cheeks a second later.

"They always do that", she said. "My mom never wanted me to grow them out. Said it gave me a sweet look. She should have tried to put up with it. But she did insist I grow my hair out, and when she died - I refused to grow the layers out - having them cut every month so they wouldn't, just for her". Her smiled looked saddened, as if she was in a memory.

Raph frowned. Her layers did make her face complete - but why did she just tell him that? He tilted his head to one side, his frown deepening slightly.

Kida frowned also, looking at him beneath her dark lashes. "I, erm, have no idea why I just told you that", she said slowly.

Raph didn't say anything, just brought one leg up to rest his arm on his knee. He picked up a leave and started to rip it in half, then quarters. He kept his head down, his frown still on his face. When he looked up Kida's head was down also, and her eyes were closed. His eyes widened slightly at her burning cheeks, and when her head tilted to one side he stood up quickly.

Kida's eyes snapped open. "What!?!" she asked, thinking someone was near them. She looked up at him. "What is it?"

"I, erm, thought I heard something", Raph said quickly.

"Huh?" She turned her head sideways, looking through the trees and watching the leaves blow up off the floor, just to twirl around in mid-air and lightly fall to the ground again. "I can't hear anything".

"Must have been a rabbit", Raph lied.

She stood up, swaying a bit. "Must have been", she nodded. "Let's keep going".

"Maybe -", Raph started, choosing his words as carefully as he could without sounding concerned. Concerned wasn't his style. "Maybe you should stop for a bit longer".

"Look", Kida said firmly. "My health is my business, ok?"

"Fine", Raph snapped. "Sorry I asked".

"Don't ask then", she snapped, and started to walk away.

Raph growled, his hands bunched up in anger, and reluctantly followed her.

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"Look, Donkey", Don said. "I know you're trying to help me. But this just isn't the way to do it!"

Donnie looked down at his Bo and then up into the face of a ninja, very similar to the ones they fought when they first came in the dimensional world. But they were all dressed in blue. ALL meaning the 20 odd that surrounded them.

Donkey ears flopped down when he sighed. "Sorreeeee".

"Yeah", Donnie said. "I don't think shouting 'hey dudes! Ya look a bit blue' was a way to ask them for directions".

"I could sing 'I'm Blue'", Donkey suggested, as he started to hum.

"NOO!" Donnie yelled, and realised he wasn't the only one who did.

He turned back around to the first ninja, and lowered his Bo, accidentally poking Donkey in the eye. "Did -" Donnie said suspiciously, "did you just talk?!"

The one standing straight in front of Donnie put his hand up to his head, rubbing the back of his neck before taking his mask off. Donnie looked into the face of a teenager, maybe a bit older than him, with scruffy brown hair, a muscular profile and green eyes, with a green bandanna was tied around his head. Donnie frowned, taking a small step back, accidentally poking Donkey on the side of his face again.

"Who are you?" Donnie asked, putting his Bo back in the pocket on his shell, hitting Donkey a third time as he brought it up behind him.

"The most important question", the boy spoke, "is who are you?"

"I'm Donatello", Don said, and motioned with his hand to Donkey. "And this is Donkey. We're looking for my brothers".

The boy whispered something to the ninja next to him before turning back to Donnie, he raised an eyebrow on his handsome, but young, face. "I am Theo", he said, holding out his hand. "It is a pleasure to see someone here, one of our age".

Donnie frowned, but shook Theo's hand in a firm shake. "Do you, er, live here?" Donnie asked.

"We've lived here as long as Kida has", Theo said, waving his hand in the air in explanation. A few of the ninja walked down the corridors of the hospital, whispering to each other before disappearing in separate rooms. "It is true when they say you have to save your love one to leave. The number has grown over the years".

"You know Kida?"

Theo gave a small smile. "Everybody knows Kida". Theo untied his belt that held his ninja outfit together, and shrugged it off. He was wearing black jeans and a green t-shirt. "She is the princess of this place".

"I know", Donnie said. "But if you've been here as long as her, she must ha -".

"She did not need to rescue anyone", Theo interrupted softly. "If you recall, she may have told you that her parents died when she was younger, along with her brother and sister".

"She has a brother and sister?" Donnie asked.

"Not anymore", Theo spoke sadly. "I don't think your brothers know of her family, but it is true that she has no other family. Apart from Keja, who has taken to be her guardian".

"How did her family die?" Donnie raised an eye ridge.

Theo tilted his head to the floor but looked up at Donnie. "That is not my means to tell", he said. "Kida does not speak of it. It is hidden far too deep inside of her. As the years grow, her past is buried further inside her heart, and she wills it not to come out. Her anger covers up for it, which is why she does not get along with your brother, Raphael".

"You've seen Raph?"

"Once", Theo replied, "but only with Kida on the paths".

Donnie rubbed the back of his neck. "Do you remember when?"

"About 2 hours ago", Theo said. "I believe she is leading him to your other brothers, however many you have. I do not know all the information. I have only watched from a distance. Kida and I have not seen each other for some time - I remain in the hospital with my friends, to help anyone who fails settle in this place".

"Oh". Donnie looked around him, to see that they were alone.

"Come on", Theo said. "I will help you find Kida".

"But what about Donkey?"

Theo raised an eyebrow. "Donkey does not leave this place. It is his home. He already knows of our presence - look". Theo walked over to a door and opened it slightly. Inside Donkey was laughing with Theo's friends, who had stripped themselves of their uniforms and were all young-looking teenagers. For people who were trapped, they sure looked happy.

Theo seemed to read Donnie's mind. "It is important to stay happy here", he said. "Otherwise we would never get along, and would slip into darkness".

Donnie nodded, and smiled slightly. "Bye Donkey", he said quietly. "It was great to meet a TV star - even if it only was for 30 minutes".

Theo closed the door. "You have not lost a friend", he said. "Donkey remembers all those who speak to him, taking in his happy attitude and his need for friends. In fact, you have gained another friend". Theo smiled, holding out his hand again. "Donatello".

Donnie grinned and shook Theo's hand again. "Thank you".

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"WHOA!"

Raph went flying past Kida, landing on his shell.

Kida's face loomed over him, and she smiled slightly. "You ok?" she asked.

Raph struggled up and slipped before regaining his balance. "Remind me why we can't go around this thing?!" he snapped, looking at his reflection in the massive iced-over lake they were standing on.

Kida sighed. "Takes 5 hours to get round", she said.

"And to go across?" Raph asked.

She smiled. "Two".

"What if this cracks?"

"Never does", she replied. "It's been frozen over for years. I know it's slippery, but it's just like skating over it really. You're lucky I gave you shoes to wear!"

"How thoughtful", Raph said sarcastically.

Kida narrowed her eyes. Suddenly, a massive "CRAAACK!" sounded out along the ice and Raph and Kida looked down to see a single line at their feet. It slowly grew bigger, and bigger. Raph looked at Kida, his eyes wide. She looked down at her feet, and put a finger to her lips to silence him. Raph gave her a look that said "WHAT!?!"

"Don't move", she whispered. "Otherwise it will crack".

"We can't just stand here!" Raph hissed.

"We're not!" she hissed back, and brought her fingers up to her face, preparing to click them together. "Just give me a few seconds . . ." She closed her eyes, and all went silent except for the occasional "crack!"

"Kida!" Raph whispered as the cracks divided, going in all directions.

She just lifted her other hand to silence him again. Raph's eyes went slightly wider as a small ball of silver light came from the tip of Kida's middle finger and thumb. He took a step back, but when his foot connected with the ice he suddenly fell through. The ice-cold water soaked through his trouser leg and sneaker, making his leg feel numb before he had time to react. He let out a gasp, but before he could say anything he was surrounded by a blast of silver beams. The lake vanished before his eyes, and then he fount himself staring at loads of trees behind Kida.

Kida's breathing was heavy, and she looked at Raph as her shoulders went up and down in an attempt to go back to her normal breathing pattern. Raph knew then that she WAS seriously ill.

"A-are you ok?!" she asked, moving towards him.

Raph looked at his soaked leg and shivered. "Just fine", he replied.

"Here". She clicked her fingers again and Raph's trouser leg and sneaker went back to being dry. He also felt a breeze of hot air go up his leg. "Let's go in here". She motioned her hand to a tree right next to her.

"Erm", Raph frowned. "That's a tree".

"Gosh, you're clever", she said in a false, posh-girly voice.

Raph growled.

Kida sighed, her breathing almost back to its normal rate. "Come on". She turned her back on him, and to Raph's surprise, walked straight through it.

Raph knew that nothing was what it seemed here, so he slowly put his arm through. A second later someone gave it a really hard tug and he when flying through it into a wall. Raph growled and stood up, brushing off the dust off his jumper. He looked up to find himself in some sort of bedroom, with one double bed and blue walls; he could also see a small kitchen attached in the corner. He suddenly spun around on Kida and grabbed her shoulders.

"What the hell was that for?!" he snapped.

She growled at him and pushed him away from her. "I didn't do that!" she yelled. "I got thrown into the wall, too! Jesus, don't jump to conclusions! There wasn't another way to get in! Show some strength, will ya?!" She took a deep breath in. "I'm gonna get something to eat . . ."

She walked into the small kitchen attachment and leaned over the sink. The water coming of the tap dripped nosily, but Kida ignored it. She grabbed a glass from the cupboard above her, filled it up with water, and gulped it down in one go. A pain suddenly rushed through her shoulder, up to her head where she already had a headache. The glass slipped from her hand, and shattered in the sink, sending pieces of glass flying.

Raph grabbed his sais and spun around, startled. "What -?!"

Kida already flushed face looked up, and her eyes widened slightly. "Sorry", she said quickly. "D-dropped the glass . . ." Her hand reached up to softly touch her shoulder, and she tried to hide her face as she winced.

"Your hand . . ." Raph nodded downwards. He put his sais away.

Kida looked to her right hand and sighed. A cut went across her palm and blood slowly dripped from it onto the light-blue coloured carpet. She put her hand over the running cold water, turning away from Raph.

Raph came up behind her. "Is it ok?"

"Fine", she replied, her voice emotionless. "No harm done". She clicked her fingers and some bandages appeared on the worktop, along with some first- aid tape and cotton wool. Kida grabbed the bandage roll, trying to wrap her hand and tape it at the same time.

Raph gave an invisible sigh. "Here, let me help you". He grabbed her hand before she could protest, and grabbed a cotton wool ball, letting it run under the tap before applying it firmly to her hand. Kida winced and pull her hand away slightly.

"Sorry", Raph said, and for the first time, she believed his words.

Raph cleaned her wound in silence, not looking anywhere but her hand. Kida was looking side-ways over her shoulder, her eyes narrowed firmly on the floor as if she was in deep concentrate. Raph was surprised that Donnie's first-aid techniques actually helped. Not that they hadn't learnt anything from Splinter, but Donnie was always taking his first-aid the most serious.

Raph grabbed the bandage roll out of Kida's other hand, and she sighed. He looked up at her, thinking she was sighing at him, but she wasn't - her eyes were still glued to the floor. Raph shrugged and started to wrap her hand up, grabbing the tape roll afterwards a ripping a good piece off. He put it on her hand, securing the bandage together. He let go of her hand, which he noticed was like ice, and started to wash his hands.

"Done", he said, and Kida came out of her trance.

"What?"

"Done", Raph repeated, nodding to her hand. He grabbed a towel that was hanging up near the wall and started to dry his hands.

"Oh . . ." Kida looked at her perfectly wrapped up hand. Wow, she thought, and I was there thinking her was 100% useless. "Er, thanks, Rick . . ." She smiled slightly.

"Welcome, Kipa", Raph said, and tossed the towel back. Kida grabbed it just as it aimed for the hook above her, and wiped her forehead with it. She hung it back up, and looked at Raph, who was now staring at her with one eye ridge raised.

"What?!" she asked, trying not to snap.

Raph looked at her burnt cheeks (now looking like she had spent far too long next to a fire, though she could actually do with sitting near one now - to sweat off whatever she had) and then her cold hands. He frowned. It was like a fever he and his brothers used to get when they never sweated it off to begin with. Well, more himself, because he never really listened to Donnie that much. But now his brother's voice echoed through his head:

"It'll only get worse . . ." Donnie always repeated.

"What?" Kida asked again, and Raph came back to earth.

He repeated Donnie's words to himself, but when he saw Kida's determined face he knew that he couldn't do anything. He didn't really like her anyway, and at the time thought "good! You deserved to be ill!" but now he was having doubts.

"What?!" Kida finally snapped.

Raph sighed angrily. "Nothing . . ."

Kida just shrugged, looking at him quite angrily - but thankfulness showed in her bright blue eyes, just a bit, that is. She turned her back on him, and walked over to the huge bed, sitting on the floor but leaning against it. She brought her knees up and rested her arms on them, putting each hand on her elbows.

Raph glanced at her again, Donnie's words just never leaving his head.

"It'll only get worse . . ."

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(Hey all. No, my story isn't going over a waterfall, Raph, its half way down river! Lol. Mistakes? Where? * Runs off to find mistakes * I will find you! Evil mistakes of doom! Heh, thanks guys - for your reviews, obviously. * Slaps herself * Duh, luver, what else would they be for? Kida? Hehe, thanks anyway, peace out!

tmnt_luver xx [oh, and no, I do not own Donkey] * Runs off to dream that she owns Donkey, TMNT, and -! Thinks * I'll get back to you on the third ^_^ . . .)