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AN: Casa de Jasmine means Jasmine's home in Spanish
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The lair was quite.
Yet they were all asking questions, mentally of course. The three elder turtles wondered why Jasmine wasn't with them, why Mikey had been silent for the last hour. The three at the moment were in the kitchen, while the youngest was staring blankly at the television.
"What could have happened that would cause him to be like this?" Don asked out loud
"It must have been bad" Leo commented
"I didn't get a good look, did you guys see anything?" Raphael asked. All he had seen was people crowding around one spot, everyone one wanted a look.
"No, all we heard was Mikey" Don replied
"Alice…Maybe that was the blond he was talking to" Leo said, thinking back to the name that they had heard their brother scream
"Do you think something happened to her?" Don asked, it was a decent possibility
"That would explain why he's so sad and why he won't talk to any of us" While Leo said this, Raph looked into the living room towards their youngest member
The other two looked the same way, as the red bandanna spoke "He looks almost as sad as when Jasmine was injured"
After he said this, no one else spoke. But they wondered what had happened and how Jasmine was involved.
She couldn't move, except barely able to walk.
Slowly she crept, a short walk taking forever. Again she was in human mode, although the streets were deserted. Not that she minded that her arms were plastered to her sides. Squeezing her tight enough to allow just enough air to get to her lungs were her sisters. Well two of them anyway.
The pink bandanna was what seemed like, permanently super glued to her right side. Her face was buried into her shoulder, every few minutes a tear flowed against her skin. The other side was occupied by Simone, who was doing the exact same thing except her arm was free.
Going over the brown haired human's back, her left hand was held tightly by Tori. Although the red head wished to be in the same position, they both knew the younger two needed it more. She squeezed the hand, as they slowly made their way along. Not yet had she been asked how she was there.
"How?"
She looked towards her immediate younger sister who had spoken.
Spoke too soon, she thought.
The two next to her skin looked up, wondering the same thing.
"We saw the…we thought…how?" Alice stuttered, before hugging her tighter
"Did you guys even try the belt?" Jasmine asked, causing them all to look at her in confusion
"It was a fake?" Simone asked, the shock she felt translating through
"Pretty convincing eh?" She smirked, as their eyes went wide
Tori swatted her hand away for a moment "Bitch" the red head muttered, before talking back her hand.
"It hasn't been that long has it?" Jasmine asked
It's only been five years, but five years is an eternity for them and for her.
"Well we we're looking for you…when we saw the body we…." Simone tried to answer, instead drifting off
Hugging the grey bandanna tighter, she thought the subject was dead. No one would talk about it, she knew what they meant. To her surprise, someone picked up the sentence to finish it. They had stopped walking as the words flowed into her ears.
"Seeing the body, all thoughts about everything went out the window, nothing about humans or defending ourselves. Nothing else came to mind except the bloody hole in the chest, your chest." Tori said slowly, like every time she swallowed her mouth was filled with nails
She turned to look in sorrow at her sister, the guilt rising up in her. She shouldn't have pulled such a thing, even if she didn't know they were alive. The reason they had attacked her was because they found the body, they thought she was the murderer. Had any of her sisters been found dead, she would have done the same exact thing. Deep in her thoughts she almost didn't hear Tori say "Like you said, it was very convincing" the last word came out choked as she felt a tear hit her hand.
"Tori" She thought in her mind, thinking the younger would hear via the mental link. But nothing happened, she realized the problem.
"You cut me off" She whispered, the three around her heard it despite her tone
"She did what?" Alice asked, doing a double take from her to the red head and back
"She severed the link" Simone answered the pink bandanna's question,
Taking a deep breath, Victoria said "I thought you were dead, no reason to have it"
"Girls can I have my arms for a second?" Jasmine asked
"Sure" The grey bandanna detached almost instantly
"Yeah" Alice followed, whimpering for a moment without her arms around the eldest
She moved over to Tori, who knew what was coming. Putting her hands on either side of the amber eye's head, she focused on transferring her energy to the other.
"Done" She thought, wondering if it had worked.
This was one of the first techniques she had been taught by Kon Shisho, she always performed it seamlessly. It had been a while since she had connected her mind to another though. She felt her phone vibrate in her pocket, but she ignored it for the turtles in front of her.
"Thanks" came the reply, with a smile from her sister
For the moment, it finally just hit her. She had known that they were alive the moment she had been told by Karai, but for some reason it was just hitting her now. They were here, they were alive. She was needed by someone, her sisters. Not that she wasn't needed by the guys, but she had grown up with the females. They were her responsibility; she had sworn to protect them. No longer could she ask what if she had done this or that those five years ago, because they were in front of her. Being the eldest, she had a job one that she had missed.
"Hey sis, you okay?"
The sentence sounded within her mind, telling her she had gone too deep within her thoughts. It was Tori who had asked the question, but all three sisters were wondering the same thing. She didn't answer right away, wondering what they would think.
"Invi?" She heard Alice asked, the three growing even more concern
Moving back into the real world, she said "Don't call me that!" in a pretend upset voice. Realizing that she had tricked them, their bodies relaxed as they continued to walk along. Instead of being crushed to death, the four linked arms with the two eldest in the center. There wasn't a major fight over who was on her left side, but Alice ended up winning with the puppy dog eyes that would put Mikey's to shame.
"Sorry Invi, but it fits you!" The pink bandanna said happily, as they walked along
She rolled her eyes and sighed, but was glad that the old nickname had surfaced.
"So where are we going?" Simone asked
"My place" She replied coolly
"You have a place? Where's the cash come from?" Tori questioned, which perked the others interest
"After you guys died, I worked as an assassin for a few years" She answered truthfully, knowing what was coming
"YOU WERE AN ASSASSIN!" The three yelled simultaneously, the words echoing off the empty street
Again she sighed; she knew that they were going to react that way.
"If you're going to yell, do it in my mind. The last thing I need is to get arrested because of you loudmouths" She muttered, was it really that unbelievable?
"Seriously?" Simone asked, their voices filling her head
"It pays well, killing bad guys" She replied
"You always were the bad ass" Tori smirked
"No you were" She shot back
They walked up to an apartment building, meeting an middle aged woman at the entrance. Holding the door for her, the woman turned to see Jasmine.
"Jasmine honey, how is your father?" The lady asked, the younger three wondering what she was talking about
"Good, the surgery was a success and he is doing great" Their sister replied in what seemed like complete honesty
"So are you back for good?" The woman said, as the five went into the building
"For a while, but I will visit soon" Jasmine said, as the woman walked to her door
"Good seeing you, tell your father that I am glad he is doing well" The woman said, walking through the door
"You too Mrs. Hills, tell Walter I say hi" The black haired female replied, as they began to climb the stairs
"What was that?" Tori asked, gesturing the woman's door
They kept climbing up the stairs as Jasmine replied "I haven't been here for a while, so for my cover story I said my father needed a kidney transplant and that I was a donor. So I've supposedly been in Florida for the last six or seven months"
"So where were you?" Alice commented
"Staying with some friends" She didn't think it was a good idea to tell them about the guys at the moment, but in the back of her mind she knew she would have to tell them soon. Reaching the right door, her hands glowed. She never had a key nor did she need one, being able to unlock the door from the inside with her mind. Being greeted with a dark entrance, she flipped on the light.
Moving to let the others in, she said "Welcome to my one bedroom, one bath, seven hundred dollars a month home" as their eyes scanned her living room. The walls were right, only with a single picture of a black and white flower hanging. The only furniture was a large black couch and a glass table in front of it. Putting her silver belt on the table, she left them to gape and headed towards the kitchen.
"You guys hungry?" She yelled, although they would have heard her if she had whispered
"What ya got?" Tori replied for the three
"Frozen pizza and chips" She shot back
"Yum!" Alice commented, she would eat anything
Sliding the pizza into the oven with the promise that it would be ready in twenty minutes, she moved her shell back into the living room where her sister's had taken the couch.
"So you want a tour?" She smirked, there wasn't much to show them
"Of course" Simone replied, as they stood so she could begin
"Proper or casual?" She asked
"Both" Tori said
She smiled before taking a deep breath, her voice coming out as a snooty woman's would "You are standing in the spacious living room, which has a very nice bay window located to your left."
Her sisters chuckled as she switched gears "Besides the fact that any noise travels down five floors, it's a very nice to meditate facing the window"
"Very contemporary" Simone critiqued
"If you would follow me to the master bedroom" She sweep her hand in the direction of the wooden door at her right
Opening it to blue room, a memory came to her, one from months before.
"My name is Leonardo"
She smiled at their first encounter and where they were now. This time the bed was empty, the wooden chair back in the corner. The dark covers were made, the walls shrouding the room in a cool calm presence, just like she did.
"A bit bare don't ya think?" Tori muttered
"Well I'm not the one who just had to cover her walls in motorcycle posters" She shot back
"Well at least I'm fun" Amber eyes smirked
"Well at least I'm not a hothead" She retorted
"Well at least I wasn't meditating all the time" The hothead chuckled
"Here they go" Simone muttered, Alice nodded
"Well I covered for you the time you punch the scientist" She added
"Don't go guilt trip on me" Tori growled
"I just did" Jasmine smirked
"There's no reason to go guilt trip" The red head replied
"Well you insulted my decorating skills" She said
"What skills?" Tori asked sarcastically
"My superior fighting skills" The blue eyes female replied
"Well you were a suck up" The brown bandanna pointed out
"You sunk to suck up level?" She chuckled "I was a suck up so that when you three go in trouble I could cover for you and not get in that much trouble"
"It's true" Alice added
Before Victoria could retort against the comment, a beeping sound drew then from the bedroom.
"Pizza's ready" The eldest said, as they herded into the kitchen
She went for the pizza, while they settled at the wooden table crowded into the corner of the space between the kitchen and living room also called the dining room. Transferring the hot dough from the oven to the table, she then grabbed four plates with forks and knives to match. Sitting down at the only spot available at the table, she was about to divvy up the pizza when her phone rang. This time she couldn't ignore it, because they could hear it. It was loud, vibrating against her green skin. Before she could answer it, the call ended allowing her to go back to the pizza.
"I'll call them back later" She said, her sister's shrugged returning to the pizza
She was about to bite into her slice, when it rang again.
"This is Jasmine, leave a message at the beep or wait in till I call you back. Thanks for calling guys, get back to you soon"
BEEP
The message ended and he hung up.
He sighed once more, moving the orange bandanna from his face to focus back on the television. It wasn't on, there was nothing to watch. Michelangelo was desperate for news. He hadn't heard anything, which worried him.
"Trust me, just go"
I trust you, but tell me if she's okay! He grumbled, dialing the number once more. He didn't care that is brothers were worried or that Jasmine was MIA, he just wanted to know if she was hurt badly. Did she survive?
RING
He really hoped she picked up.
RING
Who was he kidding, she wasn't to pick up. She hadn't the other two times, why would his sister pick up now?
RING
"Hello?"
He smiled recognizing the voice, "Hey Jas"
"Mikey, what's up?" The voice seemed hushed, but still happy
"How's Alice? Is she…" She cut him off; as he saw his brothers come into the room
"She's great; there was no glass to remove and no concussion." His heart soared, all guilt erased from his mind
"Is it her?" Leo asked, he nodded
Smiles came to his brother's faces, as he said "That's great"
"Yeah, she's with me" His eyes went wide at the comment
"Can I come over?" He asked happily, wanting to talk with the bubbly female
"No" The one word was not the answer he wanted to hear
"But why?" He slightly whimpered
"Mikey?" Raph said, raising an eye ridge at him
"Because" She replied
"Fine I'll come to you" He said
"Let me talk to Leo" She ignored him
"Fine" He grumbled, before handing the phone off
"Yes?" The brown eyed turtle asked
He didn't hear what was said, except for Leo's reply.
"Got it, I'll tell him. Love you too, night"
The blue bandanna closed the phone before handing it back, he looked up for what she had said.
"Well?" Don asked, also wondering
"You don't leave the lair tonight, she'll be back tomorrow" The eldest said, the first part definitely an order
"And if I do leave?" He challenged, which was unlike him
"We'll drag you back…" Leo started
"…chain you to your bed…" Don continued
"…and then tell Jasmine you disobeyed her, then watch her kick your ass" Raph finished, giving him a evil grin that only big sibling were capable of
"Goodnight then" He sighed, before moving towards his room
He knew that they were watching him; there was nothing he could do.
Game over, they had won.
There was no way he was going to be able to sneak past them to get out, or get back in with out being spotted. It just wasn't going to happen. Lying down on his bed, he stared at the ceiling. He hoped that tomorrow he would have a chance, but for the night he could only sleep.
He could only sleep and dream, but it wasn't all bad.
His dreams were filled with her.
Moments before
"Yum" Alice said, polishing off her slice
Still she was hungry; she looked over to her eldest sister's slice. Licking her lips, she was stopped by Simone.
"Ask her first"
She rolled her eyes, before standing up to ask the yellow bandanna. Going through the kitchen, she was about to turn the corner when she heard her sister's voice.
"No" Her voice was almost a whisper, what did she not want them to hear
A murmur came over the phone that she couldn't hear, and then Jasmine spoke again "Because"
Because what? She wondered, turning back to the others. She waved her hand for them to join her and they snuck over. Putting her finger over her lips she moved her eyes back to their elder.
"Let me talk to Leo" The blue eyed female said
She exchanged looks with Simone, who's Leo? A mystery guy they didn't know about, this was interesting.
"I'll be back tomorrow, keep him in the lair till then. I love you" The last three words shocked them
"What the hell?" Tori muttered, so that Jas couldn't hear them
She shrugged, not knowing but she wanted to know!
More words came from the other caller, none of which they could hear. Then their sister closed the phone, causing them to stealthy sneak back to their place. Moments later when she joined them, they kept straight faces.
"You want my slice?" Jasmine asked, she accepted
As she ate the piece, her eyes connected with the other twos.
Who was Leo? And why did she say "I love you"?
None of them knew, but one thing was certain…
They were going to find out.
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So will the Females and Males meet?
Well of course they will, but will it be next chapter?
What will Tori's reaction be to Leo?
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