Dimensional Adventure

"Oh man", Mikey sighed. "How many more rooms do we have to go through?"

"This castle stretches across most of the forest grounds", Kida said. "I'm positive that we only have an hour to go . . ."

"But Kida", Leo spoke up. "We've only got 2 hours to find Splinter".

Kida turned around to face him, walking a slow pace backwards. "Trust me – I know where we're going", she said seriously, before turning back around.

"Maybe", Raph said, "but can you get us there in time?"

"Time has nothing to do with it", Theo said. "It's whether you actually find your Master that's important. Don't worry; Kida's helped so many people over the years. If anyone can help you, it's her".

Donnie nodded to show his agreement and looked outside; glancing in each little window they walked past. "It's still raining", he said, basically telling himself.

Theo smiled slightly. "Yup, it will be".

Donnie frowned, raising an eye ridge at Theo. "Because of . . ." he said slowly.

Theo grinned and nodded. "The one and only", he finished for him, his glance casting down on Kida's back.

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Keja sat on the top on the castle roof, looking through the ceiling at Kida and her new 'friends'. Well, she didn't exactly look as though they were her friends. The only person he had seen her be the tiniest bit nice to was Theo, and it took him ages to gain her trust at the start. Keja's features formed into a frown. His hair was scruffy and matted to his forehead in the rain. Something was going to – or had – happened. He could feel it.

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A low, slightly muffled, rumbling sound pierced the air, and the 6 walking in the castle stood still.

"What", Mikey whispered, "is that?"

Raph frowned. "Er, Mikey . . . that wasn't you, was it?"

Mikey froze. "Please! Even I can't make a sound THAT loud!"

"Don't – move", Theo said slowly. "Kida?"

Kida shook her head as the rumbling got louder. "Don't look at me".

Another sound echoed and bounced back off the walls.

Donnie turned to the others. "I hear cracking", he said.

As soon as the words left his lips, the ground rumbled beneath their feet. Everybody glanced down, their eyes wide. From the distance, the faint sound of cracking got louder, and louder, until it became unbearable. Kida was the only person that looked up and, as she did, the floor ahead of her spilt and started to zigzag her way.

"Guys!" she screamed, zooming ahead of them. "RUN!"

"Why -?" Mikey asked, but Theo had grabbed his arm and was dragging him along.

"This doesn't even make sense!" Donnie shouted as Kida lead the way. "Shouldn't the whole thing be crumbling?!"

"Figure it out later, genius!" Raph yelled back.

"In here!" Kida shouted, pointing to a door ahead of her. She clicked her fingers and it creaked open just as she ran inside. The guys followed, and Leo slammed the door behind them.

They listened in silence as the rumbling died down, and the cracking stopped.

Everyone sighed and turned round. As soon as they did, all of them gasped.

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"Splinter!?" The guys gasped.

"Keja!!" Kida gasped also, her mouth opened wide.

Theo took in his surroundings as the others gawped at their Masters. Stone walls, stone ceiling and floor, and a clearing ahead of him that he couldn't exactly see – but he got a small glimpse of clear water. Ahead of him stood Splinter, whom the guys were now surrounding, and next to him stood Keja. Theo had to admit that seeing a huge rat being swarmed by turtles was slightly alarming, but he had seen far much more.

"Are you ok?" Raph asked his Master, checking him over.

"Where have you been?!" Donnie asked.

"Did anyone hurt you?" Leo asked.

"Do you have any food?!!" Mikey asked, smiling when they all looked at him.

Splinter sighed and shook his head, smiling. "I am perfectly alright", he said, hugging each of his sons in turn. Splinter then looked at Kida and smiled. "I believe we have met before, my child".

"Uh-huh", Kida nodded, her mind elsewhere, like on her own Master. "Yeah – erm, yeah – I'm not that good at meditation, I'm afraid".

Splinter nodded. "Your presence warned me before I was taken. For that, I thank you".

"WAIT! Wait!" Raph yelled. "Kida KNEW you were going to come here?"

Keja stepped forward. "We always know", he said, "and we always try to contact the victims before this world decides on bringing them here. We are not allowed to help, though some of us do". He raised an eyebrow at Theo and Kida – they both looked at each other, their eyes away from Keja. "We look after the victims, like we did Theo when he was one – but we cannot get them back ourselves, unless they succeed".

"But we did succeed!" Mikey said. "That means we can go back!"

A sudden silence grew across the room, and everyone gazed at the floor.

Kida sighed.

Keja instantly knew someone was missing, and scanned everyone in the room. "Wait", he said softly, breaking the silence. "Where's Tiran?"

Splinter's eyes showed confusion and Leo touched his Master's shoulder.

"I'll explain later", he whispered, and Splinter nodded.

"Kida? Theo?" Keja asked. "Where is Tiran?"

Kida glanced at the floor. "You know everything that goes on in this place", she said to him, as Theo stood silently beside her. "You should know when someone is dead".

Keja stepped back, shocked. "He's dead?"

"No, he's hiding to fool you", Kida snapped. "Of course he's bloody dead!!"

Everyone looked at her when the words had left her mouth. Kida shook her head, more or less angry with herself for snapping at Keja. Theo touched her shoulder, but she shrugged him off.

"Theo", Keja said. "Tell me. How did he die?"

Kida started to walk back over to the door, listening to any sounds of movement. "He got shot", she said as she walked. "I pictured a bear with bullets coming out of its mouth and it appeared with a click of my fingers. Tiran got in a bullet's path when it was coming towards me. At the time, I had a gun in my hands, and I shot the bear. So yes – bingo, you've guessed it – I killed them both. Oh yeah, I got injured to, but that's nothing compared to what happened to the two animals. They didn't deserve to die – any of them. But why did they die? Anybody?" She reached the door and turned back around. They all looked at her in silence. "Nobody knows? Sure you do! Because I got stuck with freaky powers that I couldn't control!!"

As she screamed the last words, she kicked the wooden door in anger.

"I hate this place", she muttered. "I HATE IT!!"

Keja walked up beside her, reaching an arm out.

"Don't touch me!!" she screamed in his face. "You know what – this is YOUR fault! It's your entire fault! If you hadn't kept me here, I wouldn't have even got these stupid powers! I hate you! I hate all of you!"

She threw a punch at Keja's face, but he caught her hand in his, his face expressionless. Kida blinked back her burning tears, and aimed another punch, only to have her fist caught again.

Keja knelt down to her level, with her hands in his and sighed.

"You were destined for those powers", he said. "You know you were".

Kida shook her head. "I hate you", she whispered.

"No", Keja said, "you don't. You hate yourself, Kida, not me".

Silent tears rolled down Kida's face, and she sniffed. The guys watched in silence as Keja released her and stood up. He didn't even hug her, Mikey thought. But as Keja slowly walked over to them, Kida quickly wiped at her tears and ran over to him, wrapping her arms around his waist and burying her face in his t-shirt. For the first time, the turtles saw the child in her.

Keja stroked her hair and looked at Theo and the guys. "Now", he said, "you may go home".

Leo nodded and looked at Kida. She glanced at him before shaking her head and turning her face back to Keja.

Mikey stepped forward. "But we –" he began, before his sentence was cut off.

Another rumbling echoed throughout the clearing and into the space where the guys stood. A invisible wind picked up and blew through the clearing, sending waves of water lapping against the stone walls. Kida let go of Keja's side and walk forward a few steps; only to be greeted by such a strong force of wind it knocked them all flying.

The four turtles flew into the wall, and looked up as 3 bodies came flying at them. Leo caught Splinter as he came back, Raph grabbed Keja and Donnie grabbed hold of Theo. Mikey froze as he looked upwards.

"Er . . . guys – Keja – Splinter", he stuttered. ". . . you may wanna take a look – AT KIDA!!"

Leo's hands accidentally tightened on his Master as he saw Kida flying in mid-air, instead of being thrown back like the rest of them, she had been sucked up 10 feet off the ground. Her face expression was that of shocked frustration and anger.

"What are you doing?" Raph yelled, letting go of Keja. "Get down!"

"I – I can't!" she shouted back, her legs kicking. "What the HELL is going on!?"

"Try teleporting!" Donnie suggested.

Kida scrunched her eyes up tightly, and concentrated on getting to the ground. A blue light formed around her body, and a flash flickered throughout the castle. But when she opened her eyes, she remained where she was.

"HEY!" she shouted. "KEJA! You're stronger than me! Get me down!!"

"Well, lets go home", Raph said, and received a "be quiet" look from Leo and Splinter.

Suddenly, like a light switch going off, the wind stopped. Kida stopped kicking and screamed, as the ground got closer, followed by a wisp of green bandanna. She clicked her fingers and thought as hard as she could, and ended up in the clear water, Theo landed on top of her. Strong arms pulled her out and she looked into Donnie's face. Mikey grabbed Theo's arms, and yanked him out too.

"Close one", she said. "Thanks. Now go! Before something else happens!!"

"We can't go!!" Mikey said, giving Theo a check-over, making sure he was ok.

"Why not?" Theo asked, watching as Splinter, Leo, Keja and Raph ran into the clearing.

"One, we don't know how to get back!" Mikey said. "And two –," he looked up, listening to the loud rumbling. Now he regretted thinking it was the building. "THAT thing is NOT a bear!!"

Kida looked up and screamed, for above her was the most horrible site she had ever seen. Bright red, evil eyes met hers, and sharp white teeth stuck out of the mouth that seemed to twist into an evil grin. The mouth opened, revealing even more teeth and a black, deep mouth. The body was all wind, and she could see right through it. The tail spun and sounded like a whip slashing in the air, sending shivers down everyone's spine. The wings moved slowly, sending up another gust of wind, but not strong enough to send the guys flying. What frightened Kida the most was how the body formed the shape of a corkscrew, and the eyes seemed to single her out only. Kida had seen dragons before, but in her heart she knew this one was made from hell.

She knew her past would come back to her some day, but she never knew she'd look into the face of the source that had killed her parents.

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I am SOOO sorry this is so late, and very crappy written. Lol – I'm beginning to think I'm getting like a certain someone when it comes to posting chapters late (who's name shall not be named, lol * smiles *). Anyway, I haven't got far to go before this is finish – and I know this is NOT one of my best fics. Oh well, I have an up-and-coming author fic! More detail on that soon though – must go! ^_^ Love ya all! Lol