Authors Notes: It's been quite a while...heh... ".

Almost 2 months exactly! So I bring to you this nice long and very-read-through-and-edited-several-times chapter. Hope you enjoy it!

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Disclaimer: I only own the chick who's speaking! If I owned anyone else, I think you'd know ;D

Chapter 3: Coming Out Of The Light…

I once more awaken, but not on the streets, not even in the sewers like before. I am sat on the floor in a high-tech lab…more specifically…

"Why the fuck am I in a cage?" I demand, touching the laser grid that is my prison only to be shocked by it. From what I can tell, I was merely strewn on the floor like a captured beast, which angers me more! I glance around angrily as I stand up; there are some windows to my right, as well as control panels and machinery down the other end of the room.

"How do we know that's really Violet?" Don's voice floods in before they actually do, distracting me from my rage.

The sun has still not risen so they are probably hoping it will cleanse me. They all enter, including Master Splinters.

He speaks to Donatello. "You must have faith my son" He comes and stands before me, bowing as my sensei. I bow back in respect only to hear a wave of gasps.

"So that is Violet?" Leo looks at me sorrily.

I spot Cody behind everyone, almost as if he isn't going to take any chances, but it doesn't bother me, as he isn't speaking.

"Can you let me out of here?" I growl, looking around myself. I'm generally not claustrophobic, but this cage is enough to unnerve me.

They all hesitate at my suggestion, well, all but one.

"NO WAY!" Cody steps in. "This could be a trick…remember how it was ready to try kill us on the street?" He's trying to make me look bad!

I snarl at him before speaking. "It has a name!" I sneer.

I hate the way he talks about me as if I'm not there or even just a mindless monster, and reading his emotions, which I can read a hell of a lot more clearly now thanks to the mutation, he feels that I am one.

I can now sense the sun rising in the distance, even before noticing the others turn to check. Mikey…he still watches over me, totally devoted. I can tell if it were up to him, I wouldn't have been put in a cage in the first place.

Sunlight floods in and hits small areas of me. I shield my eyes, but am unaffected as Sh'Okanabo suggested.

"Told ya so" I hiss at Mikey.

He frowns, "I know…"

By now, the others have realised I act normally around Mikey and Splinter, but depending on how the others react depends on my response towards them.

Leo sighs. "Let her out"

Cody shakes his head. "No! We can't! Shouldn't we try curing her first?"

Another sigh from him. "Right now I don't think that matters, what does matter is this is our sister and she's not going to hurt us"

I spy Don smirk to himself as he types into a control panel near the cage. He then grabs a remote and pushes a big red button on it. The lasers disintegrate, allowing me to move.

Free…

I crawl out steadily, and then stand in front of everyone.

"Welcome back Violet" Leo smiles at me.

"Whatever" I mutter.

The look Cody is giving me tells me clearly "I don't trust you and think you should have stayed where I put you…these guys are too gullible…leave…" I merely give him a smug one back that shows him that I'm here to stay whether he likes it or not.

More sunlight hits me; I'm now surrounded by it because I left my shaded prison. I scream out, feeling like I've been set on fire. I've had my shoulder almost broken, mutated, been slashed in the chest, stabbed, electrocuted and technically died…but nothing compares to this! This is like everything bad that's ever happened multiplied by about a hundred. At least when I almost left the land of the living the pain subsided almost immediately.

Over my torment, I hear Leo say, "See, I told you not enough light got to that cage"

I fall to my knees, feeling my Kanabo form retreating rapidly.

"Violet!" I feel Mikey latched onto me again. He helps me stand after a long hug.

"What?" I ask. My voice is now croaky, but normal.

He kisses me before I am aware of what's going on. He then takes my hand and leads me towards the others. I still see Cody watching me suspiciously, and even now, I feel the same hate as before towards this boy. As I glance round everyone else who is overjoyed, I can't help but notice Cody refuses to take his eyes off of me, he still doesn't trust me and insists on observing everything I do.

After a lot of persistence, Mikey manages to convince Cody to let me sleep in the same room as him. Knowing that annoyance, he would've wanted me to sleep in the laser cage!

By nightfall I am starting to feel strange, and by bedtime I am sure of what I had thought previously. I sit with Mikey on his…no…our bed, speaking softly as if not to wake the others.

"Mikey, I'm afraid I may still be in danger…"

He shakes his head. "No you're not" Denial, one of the first stages of most psychological processes.

I go to disagree but have no argument. As the light is turned off, I am as suspicious as ever as I appear to have night vision. I look at my hand, concentrating on it and watching it carefully. My hand suddenly transforms into the purple-clawed thing I bared earlier.

"Mikey…MIKEY" I hiss desperately through the darkness, but my call goes unanswered as he is already asleep. I sigh and slip out of bed. "I'm sorry" I glance back before sneaking out the window.

As I stand on the outside, making sure the window is closed again; I turn and face the edge. I close my eyes and allow myself to fall, hoping I'm right and not just delusional. As I fall, I transform into my Kanabo form and land easily on the ground, almost as if I had merely jumped off a small wall. I run as fast as I can, towards the place my 'other' brothers are.

I enter the lair to find them fighting over a scrap of food. I expertly jump up and slip through their attacks to grab it. "Hey guys" I grin holding the scrap teasingly. "Wanna see a new trick?" I grin manically, baring my sharp teeth. They are interested so I concentrate and as I open my eyes, I see four amazed clones all because I'm back to normal. "Tah-dah!" I bow jokingly, then rip the scrap into bits and throw a piece to each of them. "You really need to learn how to share"

"Share?" the Mikey asks confused.

"Yes!" I sit on my rocky perch.

Dark Raph approaches me. "Where you been?"

"I was 'captured' by the others" I smirk. Cody was right not to trust me; the Kanabo part that still lives inside of me is affecting my judgement and attitude towards everything.

They all grin back.

'Leo' laughs. "Idiots!"

"And now I'm living in that idiot's house" I receive more grins.

"Can you lure them out?" Leo's clone is now pondering.

"I'd think so" I say, my eyes glinting at the idea in an evil fashion. "It's only a matter of time!"

Luckily I got home before the suns evil rays emerged. I felt myself doze off just as its beams licked the city. My dreams aren't normal either; this is the first time I've slept since being infected.

I dream that I'm normal and walking down an alleyway. As I go, I see flashes of my brothers and clone brothers. I come to a dead end and my shadow engulfs me. When I see again, I am in Kanabo form. All of a sudden, Cody is opposite me as if we are about to have a showdown.

"I don't trust you…" He says.

I grin evilly at him and shrug "Your problem, not mine"

You know what to do…

A voice in me speaks, one I don't think I've heard before. As I look around, I see no one.

As I go to move towards Cody, I realise somehow we're suddenly on two separate rooftops, separated from each other.

"Violet…" As Cody spoke, a different voice came out…it sounded like…

"Mikey?"

I blink only to find Mikey where Cody had been. Mikey acts like there isn't anything between us, and holds out his hand, as if offering it to me. I know I couldn't possibly reach but I stretch out anyway.

"Violet, wake up"

I jump up as Mikey touches my shoulder and shakes me lightly. "It's alright Babe" he soothes me as my heart beats rapidly from being scared awake. "If you don't get up, you'll miss breakfast"

I sigh but get up anyway, stretching before following him. On the way out, I grab my mask and tie it on. I'm surprised Cody hasn't demanded where I got my bandana from…I promised Dun I wouldn't mention ever meeting him to anyone else.

"Mikey, I've got something to tell you" I do my best not to growl, suddenly remembering trying to tell him last night but failing.

He continues to run, dragging me by my hand. "Tell me after!"

I quietly add, "If I've got a chance"

I could swear he heard me, the way he hesitates, but he says nothing. When we get to the dining area, I sit between him and Raph.

"Yo Violet" Raph nods at me.

"Hey" I nod back.

He frowns. "You seem different recently"

"How so?" I grab some food, following Mikey's lead, suddenly realising how hungry I am (and that's not just the Kanabo part talking again!).

"Well, just between you and me, I almost think your personality has been affected by something"

I now frown. "What?"

"You were with those clones for a while…maybe it wore off on you…"

I have to restrain myself from admitting anything. "I guess…"

It's then when I pick up evidence of a conversation involving me from outside the room.

"I'm telling you, she went out last night!" Cody hisses to someone.

Leo reveals it was in fact him Cody was talking to as he speaks. "Are you sure?"

"Yes! Look!"

He obviously is showing him a video or something otherwise he wouldn't argue like this.

After a while, breakfast is over and I depart after saying goodbye to the others present. As I walk back towards my and Mikey's room, I am approached by Cody.

"Would it be alright if I examine you?"

I shrug. "Fine"

As we walk, he tries to make a conversation. "We may not have got off to a good start"

"You're telling me!"

"Well I'm willing to let it go, you know, be friends with you instead of just wondering what it would be like"

I force a fake smile. "Sure! Any friend of my brothers' is a friend of mine" I want to kill myself for saying that, and him even more for making me say it.

"That's good" He smiles back, I can't tell if his is fake too though…

"So…is anyone going to explain how me and my bros got here?" I ask curiously.

He tells me of the accident with the Time Window but I already know; I just pretend to be interested. He then tells me he is planning to try recreating the accident that brought us here. That I didn't know.

"And how much have you been working on this project?"

He glances away. "That's need-to-know basis!" We enter his lab, where he points to a spot. "Stand there"

I obey only to find a laser grid appears around me. Basically…

"A cage?" I almost hiss at him in spite.

Before I can react any further, he shrugs. "What? It's the only way I can scan you fully"

A scanner descends, producing a green light on my skin.

"What are you looking for?" I look at my nails, acting uninterested.

He doesn't answer; all he does is frown, then walk back out.

The scanners have stopped, so I sit down and use my shadow to transform my hand. I experiment with how little I can transform…I manage to only change my nails to claws, which I use to swipe at the laser grid. I am immediately shocked by it though, so recoil and return my hand to normal.

I can now hear Don and Cody approaching. "Can you check out her readings?" I hear him ask my purple-clad brother.

"Sure"

I stay seated, as I can almost bet I won't be let out any time soon.

"That's strange" Don pouts at the screen. He then types in something. "It almost matches-"

Cody cuts him off. "Exactly!"

"WHAT?!" I yell to get their attention.

Don drops the laser grid, allowing me to stand and get away from it before Cody tries to reactivate it. "Violet, have you felt…normal recently?"

I nod slowly. "Shouldn't I always?"

He smiles back then whispers to Cody "We'll keep an eye on her" and with that, I am finally free to leave that awful place with my saviour, Donatello. "Come on, I'll take you to training"

I am led to a big shell shaped thing. "Huh?" I'm surprised and confused at the same time.

"It's basically a giant hologram projector we can use. Cody made it and programmed in different battle scenarios for us to train against"

I nod, no longer as interested when I found out Cody made it. "Okay" I sigh slightly.

We enter to find our sensei and the rest of my brothers. We form a line in front of our master and bow to him. The surroundings flicker to form our dojo.

"What was it you wanted to tell me?" Mikey whispers as Splinter explains what we will be doing today.

"I'll tell you later" I reply flatly.

That evening couldn't have come soon enough! The day seemed to drag on and on. All Mikey is doing now is playing his 'Helix 2' game…and I need him! I entered the hologram thing that is formed to play the game and practically dragged him out, straight to our room.

"Violet…" he moans.

"Mikey, this is important" I grin, hoping my teeth aren't sharp.

He sighs. "Alright"

I nod happily before taking on a serious look. "I'm not cured"

He raises an eyebrow. "What?"

"Watch" I sigh and step back, concentrating.

I hear him gasp. "Violet…you can…control it?"

I continue to nod, watching him carefully, making sure he's not about to run to tell the others.

"But-"

I cut him off. "Listen, let me teach you"

"Say what?" He frowns.

"Become like me"

I see a worried look slip onto his face. "I don't think you're thinking straight" He turns away.

"Don't you trust me?" I ask him innocently, using the look I give him when I need him, which he can never resist.

He turns back. "I do…you should know that…but…last time…" He shakes his head.

"It's alright" I take his hand. "I will make sure that doesn't happen again"

"All right…but you talk me through it step through step how you did it" I nod and let some ooze go from my hand onto him. "Just a little bit creepy…" he shudders slightly.

"All I can say is don't fight it, let it take you over, I voluntarily let Sh'Okanabo turn me"

"What?!" He demands as he recoils slightly.

I cover my mouth, I've said too much. "Oops…"

"Violet! Why would you?"

"It just happened, okay?"

"How do I let you talk me into these things?" he demands.

"Oh! And don't panic when you lose control for a while…only until you transform" I add as his eyes turn red.

He gains a similar hunger to what I had at first, so I give him a bowl full of candy to keep him occupied. He then enters his cocoon.

I sigh. "I hope this works"

He bursts out, similar in appearance to me.

"Mikey?" My darkened voice reaches him.

He growls curiously but doesn't speak…he's not in control. I sigh and move over to the near savage being. He continues to try communicating but it comes out as a series of grunts and growls. I think it is merely to do with the fact I'm a girl Kanabo and he's a boy Kanabo to be honest…not that it's my partner and me.

I grab his hands again, this time they are clawed like mine. "Remember me?" He continues to watch me, interested, but cannot do anything else to show me. I kiss him, somehow removing the gene seed from his system. I don't think even Sh'Okanabo would have guessed I could do that!

Mikey turns back to normal so I do too before he can focus on me, but I continue to hold his hands. "Mikey? You alright?"

He looks around us confusedly. "What…happened? Violet?" He half-yawns. "I must be sleepier than I realised"

I nod. "Let's get you to bed"

He for once doesn't complain. I make sure he is okay and comfortable, but before I can join him, I feel Sh'Okanabo's call.

"Sorry my love, but I must work" I whisper to him, not bothering to make sure he's actually asleep. "I'll be back soon, I promise"

I hear him mutter something inaudible but I run to the window and dive out, transforming in the air again. I am at the ship within minutes.

"Yes?" I ask as I arrive.

Sh'Okanabo casts an icy gaze on me. "Violet…I'm glad you're learning new Kanabo abilities, some of which I wouldn't expect…" he must be on about removing the gene seeds from subjects, "…I'm pleased you saved the seed you implanted your boyfriend with though…it would have been destroyed if left in him"

I bow. "Thank you, Master"

"But there is something you must understand" I look up at him. "You are unique, I don't think you'll ever find another like you…your empathic abilities are much stronger than most so you understand the Kanabo nature more in-depth and can live with it instead of against it. You want to be-"

"…Free…" I nod to him.

"Yes, you wish to be one who isn't bound by societies rules, one with the night…one of us!"

I tilt my head slightly. "So it's because I'm one of the strongest empathists you've ever infected?"

"You're one of the only in control and full empathists we've infected…but there is also something else…something more unique about you child"

I sigh. "Don't worry, I get it" I look down again.

He lifts my chin up using one his shadowy tentacles. "Don't be disheartened, the time window is almost finished, then our plans can truly start"

"Yes Master" I bow again before stalking off back into the shadows of the sewers so I can visit the clones once more.

"You really can't stay away, can you?" Dark Don grins as I enter.

"Oh, I don't know about that" I cheekily wink at him, which he giggles to himself at.

'Leo' jumps down from his perch. "I didn't think we'd see you so soon"

"I was gonna leave it but I had to see Sh'Okanabo about something, so since I was already out…"

"It's good to see you too" He hisses at me so his brothers don't hear. "You need anything?"

I grin. "Do you have those items I asked for last time I was here?"

"Here" Dark Raph chucks the two things at me. I jump and catch them in the air, doing a neat little spin as I do and landing flawlessly.

I hear the Mikey whistle. "Nice skills Kanabo Babe!"

I ignore him and inspect what I've just caught. I flick one open and my grin widens. "Did Dun get these?"

"He liked the idea of you infiltrating that brat's home so agreed to get you them"

I inspect the high-tech tessen I have just opened in awe, they're so beautifully dangerous, and I can't wait to slice someone with this!

Today I don't spend as long there, hoping to get back earlier today so as not to raise Cody's suspicions more.

Before I go, 'Mikey' shouts at me, "Next time bring us some food!"

I grin at the thought and then speedily return back to where my real family was. As I land on the ledge, I transform back to normal before entering through the window. I thought this was my room so crept in confidently. It was in fact the living room and to my dismay, Serling, essentially Cody's robotic butler, was cleaning it up.

"You've come to steal Master Cody's possessions?" He demands, holding a mop threateningly at me.

"Chill Serling, it's me" I walk closer so he can see me better.

He sighs. "Ah, the female. Yes, you and the rat are the only clean ones of the bunch!"

I smirk. "Thanks…I think"

"Would you mind telling me where you've been?" He closes the window I forgot to close when he had distracted me.

"I…just needed some air!" I feel sweat trickle down my forehead. I stammer. "So…I went…for a run!" I lie.

He looks unconvinced as well as uninterested; I think Cody ordered him to find out what I was doing at night. It's then I realise that that conversation will come back to haunt me as Cody can watch that from Serling's memory bank. All I can hope is he believes what I said…WHAT AM I SAYING?! He suspects me of evil intentions and so doesn't trust me in the slightest, so what are the chances he'll even consider that the truth?

When I finally got to bed, I found the Kanabo part of me refused to let me sleep while darkness was still present. I am restless so lay awake until the sun dares to rise again in the early hours of the morning.

I remain in a weird dream world again until Mikey's screams make me jump awake and onto my feet, almost ready for action straight away. "What is it?" I demand, holding my hands up in the guard positions. When I see nothing, I look back to him; He is pointing vaguely in my direction. I look behind me but still see nothing. "Did you have a bad dream?"

He looks terrified. "Violet…that dream…it's real?"

"What dream?"

"You…you're not cured!" His point suddenly seems far too accusing for my liking, so I walk to the mirror and look. Somehow, I'm in full Kanabo form; it was probably from where I couldn't sleep and was playing with transformations to entertain myself.

I focus and the mutation retreats, "Yes and no" I say mystically.

"I don't understand!" He stumbles out of bed and backs away from me.

"I can control it" I hear the others coming so try to keep it brief. "Don't tell them!" I order…it's certainly not a request. He nods slowly as I approach. "Don't worry, I'd never hurt you" I purr at him, smiling sweetly afterwards.

He returns the smile. "You wouldn't…I know…but…" he hesitates.

I frown. "But?"

He suddenly looks more serious. "A Kanabo would!"

"Are you implying I can't control it?"

"No, but I think you should get Cody and Don to help you"

I snort. "Yeah! The way Cody is 'helping' us to go home?"

He frowns at my suddenly altered attitude, just as the others come into view. I turn to them, ignoring Mikey.

"Don't worry, Mikey just had a nightmare…didn't you?" I glare at him.

He jumps at me all of a sudden. "Don't listen to her! She's evil!"

I feel tears appearing in my eyes. "Mikey…how could you say that?" I whisper as the others try to intersect, but all I feel is unexpectedly heartbroken as I feel several of them grab me, not sure how to react.

More Authors Notes: Just thought I'd say this here so I didn't spoiler the ending of this chapter. This differs from the original handwritten copy (written almost a year ago now!!!) as in it Violet kind of hypnotized Mikey after the "Didn't you?", realized she'd done so, got freaked out and ran away. The bit after that appears soon, I just made it a bit more interesting as I though the whole "Kanabo's can hypnotize" thing a little silly.

Basically, I ended up adding a chapter between the events of my own handwritten copy... But don't worry, I kind of leave it's path gradually anyway ;D