The Enemy
Disclaimer: I deny any ownership of any adult or adolescent transformed shadow warrior chelonians.
Chapter Fifteen - Open gates
Kirra:
If I had thought these images were almost impossible before, then this was a harsh continual assault that bombarded every sense and feeling. I could not fight it or stop it, it grabbed hold and kept me prisoner.
It was as if the flood gates somewhere inside me had been opened and a massive tidal wave came crashing down, driving me wherever it would, sucking me down, tossing me about and all I could do was ride it out as best I could.
The images changed so quickly, giving me huge chunks here while other times just a pinch of something. I was different ages in each image but I'd say not much older then seven at the oldest image, and there seemed no rhyme or reason to how they played out, they definitely didn't seem connected in any way, which made it all the more confusing to me.
What was even worse, and totally impossible, was each image showed me as a part of the turtle's family.
I flopped down on my bed burrowing under the blankets on my bed, trembling and sobbing uncontrollably as the images hauled me along where they would. I had no control, I had lost it all, I was just along for the ride.
I was a small child, about three I guess, jumping up and down on a bed, " Sana come, Sana come" I chanted
Michaelangelo came into the room and shook his head " Santa isn't going to come until you lay down and get some sleep baby."
" Wanna see Sana." I declared.
Mike swooped me off my feet with an arm knocking me on to the bed " Nope its not allowed. Don't you know ol' Santa has ninja training. Nobody ever sees him." He told me with a smile.
Another image of me about six perhaps, I was sneaking into the kitchen stealing fresh baked cookies on the sly, while Michaelangelo's back was turned.
I knew it was a game for me, to sneak treats without letting him know, because I knew I wasn't supposed to have them. Suddenly he turned catching me with both hands and my mouth full.
" You keep out of it, you'll make yourself sick" he scolded me, as I swallowed what was in my mouth.
" Gonna chuck me out of my shell?"
" Darn right I will you impudent child," he confirmed as he reached for his weapons.
I laughed and ran out of the kitchen.
That changed shifted to one of me at the age of four or thereabouts I was in bed and Mike was sitting at my side.
" I gonna be kuochi daddy."
" You are going to be the best kunoichi ever Rama. A truly wonderful ninja and I will be so proud of you when you are" he assured me gently.
I gave a massive yawn before sinking back onto my pillows and pulling the blankets tighter about me.
" Good night Rama, sleep well. I love you. I will always love you." He bent and kissed my forehead before standing to leave my bedroom.
That faded and became something else.
" I nots a baby. Don't call me that. I a big girl daddy" I informed him.
" I know you are Rama and getting bigger every day but in some ways I will always think of you as my baby and my little girl. But I will try not to call you baby anymore."
Another flicker.
" Come on Rama it is time for you and I to take a trip topside" Mike called out.
I ran to him " We go to the park and play again?" I asked.
" No not this time honey." He squatted down " Instead we are going trick or treating get you a bag of goodies. Halloween is the one night a year you don't have to wear a disguise."
Another flash.
I was singing a song over and over again
" I am daddy's little monster…"
" Rama don't you come with an off switch girl?"
" …Round the bend…" I sang.
" You are darn well going to if you keep this up girl" He commented sharply.
" …I daddy's little monster…"
" Got that right he fumed."
" Up the wall…" I continued.
" Keep it up and I will quite personally and literally chuck you out of your shell" he warned me.
" Monster I drive…"
" Augggghhhh!" He screamed as he whirled and start to run " get her away from me."
I chased after him still singing, following him to the living room where Leo and Karena sat.
" Karena you are so dead for teaching her this song" Mike said.
Leo placed a protective arm around her shoulders " Your not threatening Karena are you?"
I whimpered Why wouldn't it stop? Oh please let it stop!
But it wasn't over not by a long shot for that image became one of me, and Leonardo in a crude dojo of sorts.
" Ninja weapons aren't everything Ramiela." He told me.
" Then why got weapons Sensay?"
" Sometimes we need them to protect ourselves but remember one important thing two of the greatest weapons a ninja has is his mind and his body because those can't be taken from us."
I gave him a puzzled look.
Another flicker and Leo was holding me in his arms, I could sense that he was proud of me.
" Is that how you get Raph's sais you sneak them?"
I nodded. " Uncle Raphiel know if I not sneaky."
" But why do you take them?"
That changed into a field of long grass I was walking behind the turtle called Raph when I saw something dart through the field, the grass swaying as it moved.
" Uncle Raphiel look, what was dat where it goes?"
" It was a cat Ramiela and it went down the hole." He explained.
" What if cat can't come out hole?"
" Don't worry what goes in must come out. He is probably scared and will come out when we leave."
" I wants cat" I went and bent down to look at the hole " Kitty! Kitty come out!" I yelled.
" Rama leave it alone your only scaring it" Raph grumped.
" Kitty not coming" I announced firmly " You get kitty."
It wasn't a question.
" I'm not helping that damned cat now are you coming?"
" NO!"Raph turned to walk away.
" Uncle Raphiel is mean! I hates you! You no help the kitty" I yelled at his back.
Raph turned to face me.
With tears in my eyes I looked up at him " Please help kitty" I begged.
" All right I will help the baka" Raph muttered in a resigned way.
" Kitty baka?" I wondered.
" Oh yeah kitty is a Baka. He is such a big baka that baka just happens to be his name."
Another flash and I was in the sewers surrounded by a pile of gifts and uncle Raphael had handed me a red foil wrapped box, I was tearing bits of paper off of it to reveal the box and lifting the lid to see my very own sais.
" Uncle Raphiel got me sais!" I yelled bouncing to my feet and flung myself at him to hug him tight.
" Bout time you learned to handle them kid" he agreed.
The next image a field of grass, the night closing in, lying on my back snuggled up to the turtle named Donatello, as he pointed out the many stars and told me their names and stories about them.
That was followed by another scene of Don and I.
I was clinging to his carapace as he reached up and over his shoulder grabbing hold of me and sending me falling into his arms.
He gave me a startled look as he claimed, " You aren't my bo staff. Where is my trusty bo?"
I laughed wildly and yelled, " Gain!"
A quick flick and that faded merging into towering buildings that seemed to dwarf me, sounds, sights and smells overwhelming me. I was far from home and I couldn't get back and I was so scared.
A woman was holding me close telling me, " Daddy doesn't love you anymore because you were so bad. The clan had to kick you out, when ninja are very bad they can't be part of the clan anymore, but your daddy said you could come live with me and be my little girl. I'll be your mom Rama."
I knew her words had to be true, I knew I had been very bad that day and daddy had been very angry at me. I had taken Uncle Raphiel's sai something I should never have done, but I knew that I did it often.
Then I saw a face in the crowd, a person that I knew and I hoped would help me.
" Karena!" I yelled her name, through tears, wanting her to help needing her so badly.
Then another image came right on the heels of that one.
I was on the rooftop wearing an old filthy hooded sweatshirt playing with a boy named Jessie, when suddenly three ninjas, garbed in the black dogis that bore the mark of the Foot Clan appeared.
" Get down Jessie, you leave us alone. I kunoichi" I yelled at the soldiers as I took a defensive stance in front of my friend determined to protect him.
One of the soldiers laughed as if amused that I was going to fight them.
Then it vanished and no more came, my room seemed deathly silent now, except for my breaths that were coming in loud ragged gasps.
I didn't remember even coming to my room, I wasn't sure how I got here. The last thing I remembered was Mike in the prison cells. I had no idea how I came here, and when I glanced at the clock I realized a great deal of time had passed.
I whimpered low shaking my head, as if denying the passing of time.
These images were lies, they weren't true. They couldn't be true.
Father had found me in a lab, the marks on my arms and legs were caused from the experiments that had been run on me when I had lived there. was a lie, a hallucination. It was…something.
I tried to reassure myself that father wouldn't lie, I knew he wouldn't lie to me. He had no reason to.
These images truly had to of been born from some devilish ninja mind trick by the enemy, but I didn't know how, when or where they had managed to plant these evil seeds within me but I was determined to learn, for I knew in my heart it had to be a lie…
…Or was it?
TBC
Lunar Nina: Rama/Kirra has been remembering things for some time now so I don't know why you feel there is a cause for celebration just because she remembered Mike. As you can see she has recalled a bit more now what are you going do for all these memories? A gratitude for your insight.
Reinbeauchaser: Congratulations! You have made it half way through this story. The thing about The Enemy is for the most part the chapters are very short because there is only so much I can do with it. As for memory triggers not a lot you can do with them as Rama/Kirra is learning. Unreasonable teachers had a few in my time and I was so grateful to have my parents backing me up against them too. A gratitude for your insight.