Chapter Five - Danger or just Teasing?

Donnie and I entered the lair holding hands and walking close to each other.

I only let go of his hand for a brief moment so that we could both hang up our jackets. But after this was done, my hand was back in his.

We walked over to the sofa and sat down together.

Donnie turned on the television with the remote, I laughed silently; Donnie immediately flipped the channel to the Discovery Channel.

I wasn't really in the mood for the Discovery Channel at the moment so I stood up and walked over to their collection of movies.

Donnie hardly paid any attention; he was too fixed on the TV. I reached into the box and pulled out the movie "Hitch". I turned around, "hey, lets watch this," I showed the movie to him.

He shrugged, "sure."

I grinned and inserted the movie into the DVD player. I quickly walked back over to the couch and sat down next to Don, I snuggled up to him and laid my head comfortably on his shoulder, I felt his hand move around my waist and stay there.

Right after Alex had met Albert in the movie, we heard a gruff voice behind us.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the two lovebirds back from their midnight stroll."

We turned to face Raph, startled. "What do you mean Raph?" Donnie asked.

Mikey appeared behind Raph as well with a silly grin on his face. "Ooooo, Donnie and Kristy sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"

"Shut up Mikey." Donnie said blushing.

"What's going on here?" Leo asked coming in to the area yawning.

"Donnie and Kristy have been out aaaaaaaaaaall night." Mikey said draggin out the word 'all' to annoy us.

Leo sternly looked over at Donnie, but then, something I hadn't expected, Leo's mouth turned up slightly at the edges.

One my eyebrows started to rise but Donnie nudged me with his elbow trying to keep me quiet.

I stopped my eyebrow and set it back into place.

"So, fess up, what happened that made you two so luvy duvy all of a sudden." Mikey grinned.

"Luvy Duvy? Who says we're luvy duvy?" I asked.

"Well, first of all, the way your were resting your head on his shoulder, and how his arm is wrapped around your waist, oh, and you two are watching a romance, comedy." Raph answered.

Ok, so he had us there, I was dumbfounded for words; I didn't know what to do next.

"Guys, leave them alone, just go to bed." Leo said and then turned around and went back into his room.

Mikey frowned and Raph shrugged and then left. "Awwww," Mikey turned around and left to his room also.

Donnie and I turned around and went back to the show, but we didn't watch it for long. I turned my head towards his; he looked down at me and smiled warmly. I smiled back up at him, and then leaned forward. Our lips met and then I wrapped my arms around his neck to pull him closer. His arm soon turned to two arms around my waist holding me to him.

We heard a faint snicker and then a door shutting, but we didn't care, all we cared about was the small area only we were in.

I opened my eyes and then sat up, I looked over at the kitchen, and there was a light on.

"What time is it?" I mumbled.

Donnie's arm was still wrapped around my waist, and I felt it move, he was waking up.

"What?" He asked groggily.

I smiled and looked down at him. "Nothing."

I leaned down and kissed him.

"Break – it - up!"

We both looked up to see Mikey frowning down on us. "You know, that is just totally sick and wrong Donnie! By the way, pancakes are done."

I raised an eyebrow as Mikey walked away, but then my eyes widened as I realized I had slept the whole night here on the couch with Donnie! I tried not to make it so obvious that I was embarrassed but I stood up and without another word I walked to the kitchen.

I can't believe I just fell asleep there! I looked over at Donnie as he approached the kitchen. Actually, I could... Bad Kristy, bad Kristy!

I sat down in a chair at the table and Donnie seated himself next to me. Leo and Raph entered the pancake smelling kitchen licking their lips.

Leo sat down next to Splinter and Raph sat down next to Donnie and set his feet on the table comfortably.

"Raphael! Take your feet off of the table immediately!"

Raph rolled his eyes and took his feet off the table.

Mikey set his high stack of pancakes in the middle of the table and said, "Dig in!" Then he sat down on the other side of me.

I leaned back clutching my stomach, I groaned, "I'm full!"

"Well you can't be full enough to decline my homemade cookies!"

"Actually, I am, maybe another time Mikey."

Mikey pouted and gave me his puppy dog pout.

I looked over at him and shook my head, "sorry it's not my heart that's controlling me right now, it's my stomach." I winked and grinned.

"Fine, you could have just dissed my cookies outright instead of leading me on, gosh."

I laughed, "whatever Mikey."

Donnie leaned over to me and wrapped his arm around my waist; I smiled, turned my head and planted a kiss on his warm lips.

The whole kitchen went dead silent, but then, someone cleared his throat.

We broke apart and looked up, Splinter quietly, and simply said, "not at the table."

I saw Donnie turn bright red and looked down at his feet and nodded, I giggled quietly and answered, "yes Master Splinter."

The kitchen again filled with noise.

Donnie excused himself from the table and went to his room, I didn't want to make it too obvious that I wanted to follow him, so I stayed and helped Mikey with the dishes.

Once we were done we both walked out into the main part of the lair with moist wrinkly hands. "Well, the dishes are done!" I exclaimed happily. I immediately noticed that Donnie wasn't with Raph, Leo, and Master Splinter on the couches. I started backing away towards his room, "I'll just be, uh, bye." I turned around and practically ran to Donnie's room and slammed his door behind me.

"Well hi there." I heard Donnie say behind me. I turned around to see him grinning at me. Putting my hands on my hips I asked, "what's with the silly grin, huh?"

He shook his head, "oh nothing, its just you're so cute."

I blushed, "well, thanks."

He smiled and turned back to his computer, I walked over and peered over his shoulder wondering what he was working on.

As if reading my mind he said, "I'm working on a fight simulation for my brothers.

I furrowed my brows, "you mean like a video game?" He nodded and didn't say anymore.

I opened my mouth to say something else, when darkness overcame my mind. I grabbed my head in silent pain and fell to the floor unconscious.

The darkness faded and I realized that I was on my feet again, and I was dressed in my elite 'foot' uniform. A dark silhouette was approaching. I grabbed my bo-staff and waited for the silhouette to get closer. Master Shredder emerged from the shadows and stopped before me. I sheathed my bo-staff and bowed lowly before my Master.

"Have you done it?"

I stayed quiet, I debated with myself whether to tell him or not, I did not want to be his student anymore, but, I was scared of him.

"Have you done it?" He asked me again with a slight edge to his voice. When I didn't answer again, he approached me and ordered, "raise."

I stood up to face him, he handed me a cup with a red liquid. I took it and looked into it warily.

"Drink it, it will give you more strength." I was about to refuse when he grabbed the cup and my jaw. He forced my mouth open, and poured the drink into my mouth, and then he shut my mouth and plugged my nose and kept my mouth closed until he was sure I had drank it.

When he released me I fell to the ground clutching my throat. He asked again quietly, "Have you done it?" My mind was screaming at me to say no but my body wouldn't obey, it was under his control now. I nodded, "The turtle, Donatello, has fallen in love it me and I have his full trust."

I could sense Master Shredder smiling under his armor, "you have done well Kristina, but I can see that you love him back. That is too dangerous, until you are again willing to oblige to me once again, I will have complete control over your body so you will not betray me and tell him what I am planning, unless you have already told him. Then I would have to kill you, have you told him?"

I shook my head.

"Good, now you will keep leading him on and then you will draw him to me, you will find a way to do that, I know you will. You will be free to act as you wish, most of the time, but your tongue is now forbidden to say anything about me and my plans, now go." He pushed me back into the darkness, and as the darkness surrounded me, I started to hear other things, voices, the voice of Donatello.

I opened my eyes to see Donnie hovering over me asking, "are you alright Kristy?"

I sat up slowly and grabbed my throbbing head. Donnie immediately sat down next to me and put his arm gently around me so that I could rest my head on his shoulder.

"What happened?" He asked me.

I desperately wanted to tell him but my mouth wouldn't move a muscle. I tried to just say a simple word, which had nothing to do with what I had just seen. "I love you."

Donnie smiled, leaned down and kissed my forehead, "I love you too, but what happened just now?"

I shrugged, "dunno, maybe I just bumped my head or something."

He raised an eyebrow but didn't ask about it anymore, "how's your head feeling, you banged it pretty hard on the ground."

"It feels fine," all of a sudden a weird feeling came over me and I turned around in his arms to face him, "it feels good enough to do this." I wrapped my arms around his neck and pressed my lips to his. Donnie was so surprised that his fell back, but he quickly warmed up and wrapped his arms around me waist and held me close.

We were so concentrated on each other that we didn't notice the door open.

A small chuckle was heard and we both abruptly pulled apart and looked up to see Raph leaning against the doorframe with a grin on his face.

"Havin' fun?"

Even I blushed this time, "uh, what do you need Raph?" I asked him.

"Oh, I was just coming to inform you guys that we're all watching a movie out here with pizza and popcorn."

At the mention of pizza Donnie immediately stood up and then helped me off of the ground. "We'll be there in a second," he said.

Raph rolled his eyes and muttered something about a second being an hour to Donnie, and then he closed the door.

I was about go out the door after Raph, but again, a strange feeling overcame my senses, I smiled and wrapped my arms around Donnie's neck again and asked, "now where were we?" I pressed my lips against his again, but I was met with the disappointment of him pulling away. I frowned, "what's wrong?"

"Kristy, didn't you hear, there's going to be pizza! Let's go!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me through the door and onto the couch.

The weird feeling passed away and I was back to normal. The memory of what just happened flooded my mind. My eyes widened, what's going on?

The movie we were watching was I, Robot, a favorite of Donnie's I soon found out, figures…

The five boxes of pizza disappeared into our stomachs in the first half hour, so we had to just stick with the popcorn after that.

I sighed and snuggled up to Donnie after the movie was over and closed my eyes, ready to go to sleep. I felt his arms slither around me and heard his breathing start to slow. He had turned the movie off, and everyone was actually asleep except for us, soon to be me.

I sighed and closed my eyes contentedly, I had thought I fell asleep, but then my mind was taken over. Oh no, not now, not ever again! Unwillingly my body shifted slightly and then my lips were placed over Donnie's. His eyes snapped open, but then they closed again melting into the kiss.

Fighting as hard as I could I tried to push the invasion out of my brain. And just as the kiss started to get more passionate I successfully pushed the invasion out of my brain and had control of my actions once again.

I pulled back and snuggled back up to him again as if nothing had happened. I soon fell to sleep after that exhausting struggle to gain control of my brain once more. I never realized how hard it was to block telepathy.

In the morning I opened my eyes thinking that Donnie was going to be with me, but I was startled, he wasn't. I sat up and looked around desperately thinking that something may have happened to him. I sighed with relief when I saw him at the computer smiling at me.

"So you're up sleepy head?"

I nodded and yawned, "yeah, I guess so."

"My brothers and sensei are gone so it's just us here."

Immediately I felt the weird feeling creeping up on me again.

"What are they doing and h-how long will they be gone?" I was scared that my brain would be taken over again and I would do something that I would regret later.

"They went to a football game and then my brothers are going to go surf the mall for 'hot girls'. Sensei went to go visit a few friends so he won't be back for a few days, and my brothers will probably be gone for the whole day. Why?"

I closed my eyes as the feeling crept over me even stronger. "I…" I grabbed my head, it was getting stronger.

"Kristy? What's wrong?" I heard him get up and walk towards me.

My eyes widened and I looked up and yelled, "no! Don't come any closer!" I grabbed my head again and closed my eyes tightly trying to push it out again, it was harder than last night. "Y-you're just m-making it h-harder." I muttered.

His footsteps stopped, "Kristy, what's happening?"

"I-I can't tell you that."

"Then, is there anything I could do to help?"

I thought for a second and then nodded, "contact Splinter and have him meditate and go into my mind. Only there will he be able to help."

Donnie nodded and ran into his room.

The feeling subsided a little and I was able to breathe a little better.

I don't know how much time passed but I felt another presence in my mind, a more soothing presence.

'Kristy, what is wrong my child?'

I realized at once that Donnie had gotten Master Splinter.

'I-I need help, I need help getting this dark presence out of my mind. It's trying to take over my mind so I would hurt…' I couldn't say anymore, and I then remembered that I wouldn't be able to speak of anything of the conversation with the Shredder.

Splinter didn't answer, he knew what was to be done. The dark presence, not wanting to be known, slowly tried to creep out but I guess Master Splinter caught it before it all the way left my mind. My mind was quiet for a few minutes and then the dark presence vanished.

'Kristy my child…' My mind was quiet and I could think clearly again.

I stood up from the couch and walked over to Donnie's room and opened it. I smiled as I saw him meditating on his bed. He just looked so serious it was cute. Donnie opened his eyes and looked over at me.

"Are you okay?"

I nodded, "yeah, thank you."

He nodded and then stood up and practically ran over to me and kissed me. "You had me scared there, I didn't know what was wrong, I felt helpless. And you know how I hate feeling helpless, I have to know everything."

I nodded smiling warmly, "yeah, I know that alright." Then I gave him a huge bear hug.

A few hours later we heard the lair door open. Donnie and I both looked over surprised. Nobody was supposed to be back yet. Splinter came quickly through the door and walked briskly up to us. "Kristy, may I see you for a second." I nodded and he walked over to his room, leaving the door open for me.

"Donnie…"

"Shh," he kissed my forehead, he could sense that I was in need of comfort, "everything is going to be alright."

I nodded and stood up and walked nervously towards Splinter's room. I shut the door behind me and Splinter motioned for me to take one of the pillows. I sat down on the pillow and bowed my head.

"Kristy, what I saw in your mind troubles me."

"I know, I've been keeping a huge secret from you guys that I wish I could tell you but I can't."

"I know you can't."

I looked up sharply, "you know?"

He nodded, "yes, I did a little memory searching in your mind and found the forbidden conversation you had with the Shredder.

I flinched and looked down again, "so then, you know now, what I'm supposed to do?"

"Yes, but I do not blame you, for I know that you do not want to go through with his evil plan, but…"

I looked up nervously, "but what?"

"I am saddened to know that you still have some loyalty to your Master."

I closed my eyes, tears stinging at them.

"I will help you because this concerns my sons, but afterward, I will not trust you if you still have loyalty to your Master. Therefore, I want you to stay away from my son Donatello."

I looked up sharply fire in my eyes and as I spoke I pretty much spat venom, "What! How can you say this? I love him!"

"I know, and I will inform him of what has happened and he will understand why he has to stay away from you also."

"Fat chance! He loves me too!"

"He would know that he would be doing this for your own good" Splinter stated calmly ignoring my outbursts.

I stood up and burst out the door and to my room.

Donnie was about to come after me but Splinter called to him.

I stayed in my room for the entire night, and not once, Donnie came by.

I woke up early the next morning and quietly walked into the Donnie's room. He was sleeping, so I kneeled next to his bed and placed my lips on his attempting to wake him up. He opened his eyes sleepily, but then pulled away sharply. "Kristy! What are you doing!" He almost yelled but lowered his voice quickly.

"Donnie, I don't want to stay away from you, I love you. We should, we should go away, together."

"Run away? Kristy, Sensei knows what he's doing."

"No he doesn't! Come on, lets go now, hurry."

Donnie sighed, "Kristy, we can't."

I grabbed his shirt and pressed my lips hard against his. Then I abruptly pulled back and said harshly, "I love you, but if you don't come with me, I'm just going to leave. Bye."

With that I left and grabbed the stuff I already packed earlier and left the lair.