Dimensional Adventure

"So, if it's not a personal question, how did you end up here Theo?"

Theo turned to Donnie with a sadden look in his eyes, but continued to climb the massive ladder they were on. He said it was their only way out, and even though Donnie could no longer see the floor (or the top, for that matter), he believed him.

"I had to save my mom", he answered, climbing at the same time. "She was said to have something special inside of her, though at the time I didn't know what. I mean I was just a stuck-up 9-year-old kid. I had 4 days, just like you, but being the curious kid I was, I didn't make it very far . . . or to my mom in time".

Donnie eye-ridges tilted up sadly. "I'm sorry".

Theo smiled slightly. "Hey, no big"

They continued to climb in silence until Donnie asked another question.

"Theo . . ." he said slowly, confused. "I thought that when you got stuck here you could spend the time with the loved one you were trying to save . . . so, where's your mom?"

"I did spend a year with my mom here, and a few other kids", Theo said, looking up to the top of ladder. "But me and my mom weren't exactly on the same view of things, if you get my meaning. Ever since my dad died when I was 5, mom and I never got along".

"So what happened?"

Theo sighed. "She died half way through my first year".

"Oh, I'm -"

"Hey, don't apologise", Theo interrupted. "You weren't to know. To be honest I think it was for the best. I loved her, but I was too selfish at the time to say it. Mom never liked it here. Said she couldn't wait to leave. Deep down she knew just as well as I did that we were never meant to leave".

"Are you happy here?" Donnie asked.

Theo thought about that for a second. "Sometimes I do wish I could go back home. But then, what would I go back to? I have no other family - so now my home is here, with my other friends".

"So, erm, how did you meet Kida?"

"She sort of popped up half way when I was looking for my mom", Theo said. "I was 2 days gone and I fount Kida in one of the forests. I could see Keja from a distance watching her. It was obvious to tell she wanted to be alone. She was - well, she wouldn't stop crying. I think it was when Keja first brought her here. She didn't really like - or trust - him at the time".

"Oh . . ." Donnie frowned.

"Yeah", Theo nodded, even though Donnie couldn't see it. "You just wouldn't though, I suppose. All your family dead and then someone just comes and takes you to a dimensional world".

"Suppose not", Donnie said. But in his head he was thinking, "how did Keja know about Kida's family, then? Kids loose their families and end up orphans - so what did Kida have that was different?"

"Well, anyway", Theo continued, "Keja saw me and he vanished. I swear I could hear his voice in my head asking me to talk to her. But when I went over she - er - kinda gave me a right good punch in my stomach. She thought I was trying to attack her, and since I was a stubborn little brat it sort of turned into a fight. I didn't like hitting girls, but she was seriously pushing all the wrong buttons".

Donnie laughed. "And . . .?"

"And I told her I wasn't there to hurt her. Took a while getting through to her, though. She was trying to beat the living daylights outta me. I told her she couldn't fight everyone she saw, otherwise she would never save her loved one". Theo rubbed the back of his neck. "I thought she was there saving someone, like me. But then she totally freaked out. Started screaming in my face that she had no family, that it was all Keja's fault, that she hated this place and anyone who was in it".

Donnie's smiled went off his face. Why would it be Keja's fault?

Theo gave a small smile. "She slapped me after that. Told me to get lost. I had to shout at her to get anything else in. I told her that I'd lost my dad - I knew what it was like. But that upset her more. I was an only child. She screamed at me and said that at least I still had my mum, but she had nothing. Her twin brother, baby sister, mom and dad were gone in a matter of minutes. She started crying again after that. Exhausted herself. She was a year younger than me, 8 at the time, and yet she seemed smarter".

"Why did she seem that?" Donnie asked, listening carefully.

"Just did", Theo said, looking down at him and smiling. "Well, she stood up for herself. Even when I went near her she still managed to scream at me through her tears. I didn't know what to do. I wasn't expecting that. I knew Keja was still watching from somewhere, and my time was running short, but I just couldn't leave her like that. I just grabbed her, shook her some, until she stopped screaming. She told me what had happened to her family after that. I think it helped to get it all out to someone. I stayed there with her the whole night. After that she asked if she could come with me, help me, but I said no. Turned out she followed me everywhere, just because she wanted to help. She didn't want anyone loosing his or her family, like she did. Kida's not the type to make friends, as I've witnessed over the years. But I was the first one she made in this place, and we've been good friends ever since. I haven't seen her for nearly a year now. More people come to this place, and Kida does her best to help them. Keja's doesn't like her to, because it's the person's responsibility to find their loved ones, not hers. But she helps anyway, even got herself seriously hurt sometimes, just because she doesn't want the people in this world to go what she went through".

"Theo", Donnie said. "But why would it be Keja's fault that her family died?"

Theo stopped climbing the ladder and turned to face Donnie. Donnie looked up sweetly, waiting for an answer. Theo sighed.

"In this world there is said to be a dimensional place that holds beasts, monsters, or - the most common - dragons. Some are harmless, some aren't. It is said that one dragon, which no one speaks of, killed Kida's family. Kida never speaks of it, because it haunts her dreams".

"But how is Keja involved?" Donnie asked.

"Keja has to keep everything in this world under control", Theo said. "But this dragon was too powerful. It escaped, released itself from Keja's grasp, and roamed the city of New York. Kida's family got caught in its path, and Kida was the only survivor. She had remembered too much, so Keja couldn't leave her in NY. He captured the dragon, putting it in a dimension no one knows of - making the security unbreakable. He made it look like Kida's family died in an explosion, and took Kida back to the dimensional world with him. So you see, Keja was responsible for her family's death, and even though Kida has forgiven him, he will never forgive himself. Because of him, 4 lives were destroy, Kida's past was crushed, her dreams were shattered, and her need for friendship was taken away, leaving only anger in the surface. Because of him, Kida has no family".

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I don't belong here, Kida thought. She was standing in the New York Central Park, looking around the deserted area, even though it was broad daylight, her only thoughts entering her head as she walked around, taking things in like a diary - just like she used to when she was 7 . . .

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I like it here. The air is sweet, calm, with the distance sounds of traffic around New York City. The slow rumbles of traffic are what make the city come to life. Without it, this place wouldn't feel like home. My brother leans over me as I write this, his identical face to mine looming in closer, his floppy black hair covering his bright blue eyes - just like mine. I don't mind, even as he shouts "hey! Stop writing all this!" I continue. I never keep secrets from Adam. Being a twin, you can't keep secrets from one another. I always say that I'd prefer a sister, but I would never give up my brother for one. I don't know what it's like having an older sister. Most of my friends moan. "My sister's taken my clothes, again!" "My older sister never lets me do anything with her friends!" "I hate my sister so much!" But I wouldn't mind testing it out - but I still wouldn't swap Adam if that was the price. He's my best friend, my other half, without him; life is empty, as if half of my heart has gone. He's run off now. Gone of to play with Reilly, my 10-month-old baby sis.

She's so beautiful. Mum said she looks like a younger version of me. Which I agree, she does. Her hair is already past her shoulders, like mine was when I was a baby, so I know that she's going to have long hair like me. Her eyes are green, though, like dads, and she's got dad's round face and mum's full lips. Adam looks more like dad, too, but I fully take after mum - her hair is slightly a lighter shade. Dad's is fully black, and mum blamed him for our hair colour because none of us have got her brown / black shade.

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Kida frowned. She remembered all of that. She was brilliant at her writing when she was younger. Why now? She thought suddenly. Why do I have to remember that now? But she remembered, even when she put that diary down and stopped writing, she was still writing in her head.

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Raph frowned at Kida. She was still leaning against the bed but now she had fallen asleep. They'd only been in the tree for 10 minutes, and Raph knew that he'd have to wake her up soon. Otherwise she'd probably have a go at him for wasting time. Raph growled slightly. She was making him mad now because he knew what she'd do if he didn't wake her. He stopped practicing with his sais and put them away, and walked over to her. She was stirring now, muttering something. He leaned in a bit closer to try and get what she was saying . . .

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Kida rolled her head from side to side, her imaginary diary haunting her in her dreams. She was dreaming a dream she didn't want to see, but it wasn't going to stop. Her own voice wouldn't stop . . .

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I put my diary down. Dad comes up to me from behind and lifts me up, tickling me to death like he has done so many times. I rub my nose against his, something I loved. He smiles at me and puts me down, ruffling my long hair. I don't mind. He could never annoy me because I don't care if my hair's messy. Mum shakes her pretty head from where she is sitting on the grass. Dad walks over to her and gives her a kiss on the cheek before going over to play with Adam and Reilly, spinning Adam around first. I laugh.

Mum smiles at me from where she is sitting and motions with her head for me to come and join her. It is a family picnic, and since me, Adam and Reilly have eaten most of the food, there is only drink left.

I smile and walk over to her, kneeling in front of her so she can brush my long hair and plait it while talking to me, telling me that I'll grow up to be a beautiful girl one day. I told her that I didn't care; I hated boys anyways, except Adam. She laughs, continuing to plait my hair at the same time. My mum is very gentle. She's a doctor, along with my dad (which is how they met in the first place) and wouldn't hurt anyone. She loves her kids, along with me. Even though Adam and me are twins, I was first-born.

Something suddenly lets out a terrifying roar, breaking up our happy- families trance. I screamed, jumping up and clinging onto mum. Mum grabs my shoulders and tells me that it's ok.

My vision goes fussy with tears, but through the blanket of wetness that covers my eyes I can see Reilly roaring her heart out and Adam clinging onto one of dad's legs. Something is moving in the trees, and since we are the only ones in the park, we know it's not human. I always believed in magic (what 7-year-old wouldn't?) but now I didn't like it. It now seems scary.

Dad suddenly picks up Reilly and starts to run towards us. Mum stands up, with me clinging onto her legs. Dad shouts at us to run. Something was lurking in the trees. I look past mum's trousers to see a horrible pair of blood-coloured eyes just in front of Adams, and I can see the sharp glint of teeth. Reilly's screams echo in my ears, and mum's terrified shouts can be heard in the background.

Adam is staring in shock at the thing hidden behind the trunks of the thick trees. I let go of mum's leg and run towards him. Dad's hand reaches out to grab mine, but he misses and all I can think about it getting to my brother.

Suddenly a bright light shines out beyond the leaves, and I hear another man's cries, begging the creature to him. I have no idea where this man is, but his voice gets closer. I look at the creature in shock, taking in his horrible face, blooded eyes and teeth. It's a dragon! As I look closer I can feel its hot breath on my t-shirt, but now there is no Adam. Tears fall from my eyes as I let out massive sobs. Mum is screaming at me to run. My heart tells me to stay with mum, dad and Reilly - because I knew Adam was gone and it was just 3 of us now, but when I hear dad's pleas for me to run, I turn and head off in the direction of the trees.

I barely make it 10 metres when I hear a horrible cry, followed by another and then a baby's cry. I turn around and run back, and all I can see is blood and fire. Fire spreads across the fresh-cut grass and blood drips over the picnic blanket. Reilly's dummy is lying in a pool of blood as well as her bib. I scream until I think my head is going to explode.

The creature is gone now, and so is my family.

I hear a noise behind me, and I turn around. A man with collar-length hair and green eyes comes out from the trees, wearing a black t-shirt and jeans and a trench coat. At first I shoot up, thinking it was dad because of his eyes, but it wasn't. He looks down at me sadly and reaches a hand out to touch me. I punch his hand away with my little fists and start crying again. I can't hear what the man is saying, but I hear the name Keja and he keeps saying sorry. I look up at him from my kneeling position on the floor and he looks back at me with the deepest sympathy in his eyes. It was then that I reluctantly tell him my name, and he speaks to me in his deep, calm voice:

"I'm so sorry, Kida", he is saying. "You're family is dead. I'm so, so sorry . . ."

By now I don't care whether he is sorry or not, because I know that he did it. He killed my family; otherwise these apologies wouldn't even be happening. I suddenly scream and lash out at him, punching his stomach with as much energy as I can muster. He just stares down at me with his eyebrows turned up so sadly. I scream murder at him, saying as many nasty things as I can. He grabs my wrists and kneels down to my level, and I scream at him to let go. He covers my mouth gently with one hand, holding my wrists in the other.

"It's true", he says. "I'm so sorry, Kida".

My tears drip over his hands and onto the blood-soaked floor. I look down at my family's blood - my own blood - and I know they are dead.

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"Kida! . . . Kida! Wake up!"

She was crying now. Actually crying. Raph took a step back in shock when he saw tears drip down either side of her face. He grabbed her shoulders and shook her a bit, but she just tried to swipe at him with her hands. Raph let out an "ow!" when she punched him in the face. He grabbed her hands and shook her roughly.

"WAKE UP, KIDA!"

Her eyes shot open, and Raph let go.

Kida looked around the tree she and Raph were still in and sighed, thankful that she had woken up from her nightmare. When she felt the dampness around she eyes she got up and walked over to the kitchen, as if Raph wasn't even there, and grabbed the towel that was hanging up, wiping her sore eyes with it. She clicked her fingers and some tissue appeared in her hands. She blew her nose and threw the soaked material away before finally turning to Raph.

"Why didn't you wake me when you knew I was dropping off!?!" she suddenly shouted, and Raph looked at her in shock.

"Excuse me, Miss Perfect!!" Raph shouted at her. "Since when did I become your personal wake-up call?!!"

"Look", she yelled, "we're supposed to be covering as many miles as we can before dark. How am I supposed to lead the way when you're letting me snooze on the floor?! Jesus, what is it with you?!"

"ME!?!" Raph snapped. "I'm not the one who fell asleep in the first place, so remember that! I can't wake you when you're roaring your eyes out, can I?!"

"YES!" she shouted back.

"Oh - suuuuure", Raph said sarcastically. "When you keep muttering 'Adam! Adam! Nooo!' I'm supposed to walk over to you, tap you gently on the shoulder and say 'Kida, wake up' - not that you could hear me over your screams!"

Kida stomped over to him then and slapped him around the face before he could even see it coming. Raph growled angrily and pulled out his sais, pointing both of them in her face. She blinked, but her red-eyes (due to so much crying), stared at him evilly. With the tip of her finger, she gently pushed his sais away from her face, and leaned in towards him.

"Don't ever repeat someone's cries", she hissed. "Especially mine".

With that she turned away from him and walked outside. Raph put his sais away and frowned. Who the hell was Adam? He had heard the name Reilly, too. He shook his head and touched his burning cheek where she had slapped it. That had actually hurt - surprisingly. He cheeks probably didn't burn as much as hers, but now his left one had probably come close. Raph sighed, and walked out of the tree angrily.

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When Leo woke up that late morning the first thing he saw was a face full of Tiran, zooming up close on him. Leo forgot who he was for a second, and let out a small cry before falling off the bed he was on.

Tiran laughed. "You ok?"

Leo smiled. "That wasn't funny. If you were me, you wouldn't like it if you woke up to see a face full of tiger".

"No", Tiran said, still laughing. "But I wouldn't like it if I woke up to see a face full of turtle either. A teenage mutant ninja one at that, so we're even".

"We'll be even when I do it to you", Leo said, pulling himself off the floor.

"Hopefully we can find Kida by the next time we take shelter", Tiran said, licking his paws thoughtfully for a second. "I keep getting a weird feeling in my stomach . . . like - like someone's hurt".

"Kida?" Leo asked.

"I don't know". Tiran shook his head. "If she's with another person, it could be either her or them. I do know that she's back from New York. Her and Keja do not stay there very long".

"How come?"

"Kida does not like to go back to her past", Tiran said. "She lives in the present".

Leo nodded. "I see".

Tiran jumped over Leo's bed and grabbed something underneath it with his mouth. He pulled out a bag and jumped back over, lifting his head up to look at Leo.

"Here", he said, his voice slightly muffled.

Leo grabbed the bag off him and pulled out a baggy blue jumper, blue jeans and sneakers. He held them up in his hands and frowned.

"It's colder outside now. The dimensional world goes through its 4 seasons every week", Tiran explained. Leo raised an eye-ridge. "It's just works that way", Tiran said and Leo let out an "ahh". "So get dressed, and we will continue our journey".

Leo smiled. "Is there a bathroom I can go in?"

Tiran laughed. "Please. Like anyone would look at you and scream, "help! Teenage mutant naked turtle!" Now if I lost my fur, that would be naked".

Leo narrowed his eyes slightly. "True, not a pretty sight. How do you expect me to get my katannas out when I put this jumper on?"

Tiran smiled.

Leo frowned and turned the jumper around. There were two holes in the back where his katannas could go through. "Riiiiight", he said slowly. "Thanks".

"Welcome".

Leo sighed. "I hope the others are warm".

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"What the hell are you doing?!" Raph snapped. He looked at Kida leaning next to a tree, her fingers her close to her face, her cheeks burning as she prepared to click them. "I am NOT going through another teleport!"

"Shut up", she hissed. "I'm trying to send some clothes to Mikey. I know where they are, it's just hard to pinpoint Mikey's location to get them to him".

"How can you get them to him when you don't know where he is?" Raph snapped.

"Don't know", she simply replied. "But I'm willing to try".

Raph sighed and folded his arms, watching her.

Kida closed her eyes, rubbing them with one hand because they still felt sore from crying. She couldn't believe that Raph had seen her cry, and the more she thought about it, the more she realised how stupid it seemed. What happened had happened. She couldn't dwell on her past, and she never wanted to. As the anger started to boil up deep inside, she slapped herself mentally. She couldn't send Mikey some warmth if she was angry, and she wanted to send him something, just to get him back on his feet.

A silver ball of light emerged from the tip of her finger and thumb, and Kida blocked out her angry thoughts and brought in her concerned ones (not that she had many, they were all blocked by anger now, too). She thought about Mikey, sitting alone and cold in the cave he was in, the fire in there dieing slowly, and the silver ball got bigger. A massive blow went around her head, making her headache worse, but she ignored it. The pain in her hand and shoulder surged through her one arm, and her cheeks burnt like hell.

Raph moved his hand out as he was about to say something, but the blast of light coming from Kida's hand stopped him and he had to shield his eyes.

Kida bent down to knee level and put her hands over her head, concentrating as hard as she could to help Mikey. She felt some of her energy seep out of her, but as long as she was doing something good with it, it didn't matter. Finally, when her headache thought it could take no more, the final blow of light grew brighter, before disappearing inside her hands. She saw a picture of her laptop screen in her head, and Mikey, asleep, but in the same clothing as Raph (except his jumper was orange).

She looked up at Raph standing above her and growled. "What?!" she snapped.

"Done?" Raph asked sarcastically.

"No!" she snapped, using the same tone as his.

Raph raised an eye-ridge. "Whatever. Get up".

"Excuse me?!"

"I said 'get up'", Raph repeated, rolling his eyes. "You're going to anyway, so just do it, will ya? Get up".

Kida growled angrily. "Don't give me orders!" she shouted up at his face. "Jesus, what do you think I'm gonna do? Fall back down again?" She shook her head in disagreement and stood up, but fell back down on her knees again. Kida frowned. She stood up again, but the pain cruising through her body took another trip and she fell back down. Raph watched her, his eyes narrowing.

"Can't get up?" he asked.

She looked up at him and sighed. Kida tried again, at the same time thinking, "What the hell is going on?" She stood up, took a few steps forward and collapsed against a tree. She looked at Raph. She raised an eyebrow and he unfolded his arms.

"This isn't good", she half-snapped.

Raph sighed. "I don't believe it".

"Hey!" she yelled. "Don't blame me! I only did this to help your brother, and I have! If he didn't have any clothes right now, he'd be well on his way to death!"

"Like you are?" Raph snapped.

"I -". She shook her head. "There's nothing wrong with me".

Raph shook his head. "Just admit something for once, will ya?!" he yelled. "Look, where do we have to go from here?" He looked around at the mountains he could see, all surrounding them. "Which way?"

Kida sighed and pointed right in front of her.

Raph turned around and looked at the massive blue/grey mountain in front of him. He turned back to Kida. "Up or around?"

"Around", she said. "It doesn't have an 'up'. It's just there to trick people".

"Right", Raph nodded. He walked over to Kida and turned his back on her, bending down below her level and bringing his arms to his sides. "Get on", he said firmly, and she realised he was offering her a piggyback.

"I can walk!" she snapped.

"No you can't!" Raph yelled. "I would leave you here but then I know you'd find some way back to help, so just get on".

She clenched her fist and growled.

Raph pointed with his thumb to his shell. "Get on otherwise I'll drag ya!!"

She smiled sarcastically. "I weigh 15 stone".

"So does Mikey", Raph said back, just as sarcastically. "Just get on!"

"No", she folded her arms stubbornly, leaning against the tree.

Raph sighed. "Get on", he snapped, his voice getting louder.

"NO!"

"Get - on!!" he shouted. "Want me to drag ya?!! 'Cos I can!"

Kida growled again. "I can't believe I have to be carried", she snapped, and reluctantly put arms around his shoulders, grasping her hands together around the front of his neck.

Raph sighed. "I can't believe I have to carry you", he snapped at her, and grabbed her legs, holding his hands under her knees. He stood up, and started walking the direction Kida was pointing him in. "I'm disinfecting my shell when I get home", he muttered.

She punched the side of his face. "Not funny", she snapped.

"Was", Raph just replied.

Kida sighed. "Ok", she said. "I can walk now, put me down".

"Don't think so", Raph growled. "You think I want you on my shell?"

"You think I want to be on your shell?" she snapped, twisting his words. "It isn't exactly the terms of the word piggyBACK. I'd rather be dragged backwards through a bush".

"That can be arrange", Raph hissed under his breath.

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(Finished! Lol, not the story. Ok, I know that this chapter involved more of Kida and her past, which is why it's labelled "Kida's Past Revealed". I was gonna put a bit with Mikey at the end of this, but then it would have been too long, but he'll be in more on the next chapter (with his happy attitude back, of course ^_~). Thanks for your reviews: Don, Raph, Neosun (I would give you a turtle nickname Neo, [( hey, how 'bout that? Lol] but I don't know your favourite turtle or anything). Thanks all!

Peace! T-u-r-t-l-e power!

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