Ramblings of some nutter: I would have had this up yesterday, but the site was having issues... :P I had to add better descriptions because this is set during BTTS and I realized it wasn't informative enough for those who hadn't seen it yet. Alas, here we are. Enjoy.

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Chapter 14: Going Digital

I open my eyes, unsure of how long I've been out, only to find I'm in an alien place. I don't know where I am, but the figure before me I do know.

"Shredder?" I demand, "Where the hell am I?"

I go to move towards him only to find my arms and legs tied up to something. I look round and find some sort of energy ropes around my wrists and ankles going into thin air.

WHAT THE HELL?!

The scenery around me is strange too. I am essentially floating before what appears to be the Shredder, and I only say that for he is different in appearance to what I remember.

He now bears dangerous looking red spikes along his shoulders, two big ones and three small ones on each side, as well as a spike on his knee and two on his leg armor. His gauntlets are now red too, and he bears red and orange glowing markings over his armor, particularly around the chest area. His helmet is the most obvious change though; it now has two massive spikes coming out to each side, with a large red foot clan logo covering the joint between these and the top of the helmet is pointed, making it look a little like a hat.

This Shredder is on a weird spiky throne, which is on a red cube. This in turn is part of a strange structure that is made up of many more red cubes…but then when I look up or down I can see light bars running through its centre…

THIS IS ALL TOO WEIRD!!!

"Quiet child, I do not know how you got here, but you may be my token out of here" he stands and approaches me, moving to the edge of his cube so he can now reach me. "Such an interesting creature, you appear to be of the real world," he reaches out and touches my chin, lifting my head against my will, "Am I right Violet?"

"Real world? Where the fuck did I get sent?" I shout at him.

He merely laughs. This is definitely the Shredder I remember.

I continue. "Answer me…or I'll…"

"Enough!" He holds out his hands in front of himself and they extend into orange net-like lights that grab onto me. He zaps me, forcing me to cry out in pain, "That will at least stop you from leaving"

"Huh? What do you mean?" I ask but he still chooses to ignore me.

"Now, I sense some similar forms to you entering this place. I shall go and check on them just for you"

He starts to spark then disappears into some sort of electric orange lightning bolts before I can speak against him again.

I think the only comfort I have right now is the empty feeling is gone…I can feel Mikey. It is very faint, but I can sense him once more.

After a few minutes of me being alone, the Shredder re-appears.

"You're family are as annoying as ever, but I think perhaps you'd like a little re-union…" his tone uneases me somewhat, and soon we both are zapped away by the orange lightning.

We form in front of my four brothers and he sends them all flying with a big blast of energy. It's then when he somehow forces me in front of him with the mere movement of his hands; I feel like a rag doll on strings!

"Rise turtles! Rise and be destroyed!" Shredhead shouts to my brothers.

I watch as Don makes his way back over to some cube things while the others try to attack the Shredder.

All of my brothers are wearing this special armor I've never seen before…but I've got to admit, it makes Mikey look HOT!

He flings me forward, still hanging in the air, and uses me like a puppet to attack my brothers, using the energy ropes on me to force movement into my body.

"Violet!" I hear Leo call out to my right as they all draw nearer.

Mikey spins his nunchacku and makes an orange glowing ball around himself, running at the Shredder determinedly. While this distracts Shredder, Raph and Leo break the bonds controlling me and I fall to the ground.

"Let us deal with the Shredder, you go to Don where it's safe," Raph orders as they proceed to attack again.

I run over to my smart brother who's fiddling with some weird device on his wrist. I then look at the light blue cubes and see the image in them.

"Master Splinter?" I ask uncertainly.

Don nods as he continues to attempt to collect them…I think. "How'd you get in here?" he asks me as he works quickly.

"I don't know…I woke up after Cody tried to send me back using something based off one of your designs"

He frowns in thought, "My designs…? The cyber portal! Of course!"

"Am I missing something?"

"Violet, listen to me, we are in cyberspace, do you understand?"

I am slightly confused, "Cyberspace? You mean like the internet?" I pale as realisation creeps in.

He finishes collecting the pieces and shouts to the others. We then move over to where Mikey is and Don helps him up. He pushes a button and a portal opens before us.

"You first," he instructs. I walk towards it only to be electrocuted and repelled backwards. I complain as he frowns, "That shouldn't have happened…I don't understand"

"You guys get out, don't worry about me!"

Don thinks quickly, pushing Mikey into the portal he's already created. He presses more buttons on his wrist and creates a doorway. "Quick, get in!" He instructs.

"But…"

"Just trust me!" He gives me a firm look, so I nod and run into it, closing the door behind me.

Where am I?

It's strange here…similar to before though. There are way too many numbers surrounding me! I walk slowly through the jungle of digits and inspect the scenery around.

Could this be the lair's mainframe?

"Violet? You there?" I hear Don's voice; it sounds distorted somewhat and a little distant.

I turn around, "Don?" I move towards the source and find a strange screen floating in front of me. "Hello?"

I then see the image of the lair before me. I see Don look suddenly relieved.

"Are you okay?" Leo asks me.

"Define 'okay'" I fold my arms, feeling more and more weirded out by where I am.

Mikey is almost immediately in Don's face. "So what are you waiting for? Fire up the cyber portal so I can go back in there!"

"I can't" Don says quietly. "It needs time to recharge"

I can tell Mikey wants to storm off in a Raph-like fashion, but he doesn't. He controls himself so he can stay close…well, as close as possible, to me as he can.

"It's okay, I'll be fine" I smile at them.

Explanations are then given about what happened to our Master, mainly that Viral used Turtle-X's decompiler ray to shoot at Raph, Leo, Mikey and sensei, but Splinters saved the others by taking the hit himself.

The others soon head off and I'm left with Don who goes through Cyberspace details with me.

"It's kind of scary how similar your readings are to Viral's right now…" Don almost ponders to himself. "Whatever the Cyber Shredder did to you, he's made it almost impossible for me to let you out"

I frown. "But I'm nothing like Viral! She wouldn't have been immediately caught upon entry here…Cyber Shredder is more like her"

"Perhaps…" Don also thinks about it. "But while you're in there, the key is to think like a cybernaut"

"Think like a cybernaut?" I find this notion a little confusing but go with it.

Don uploads the data bits of Master Splinter and I see the little cubes re-appear in front of me. The computer starts trying to piece them together, going really slow and putting them in the wrong place.

"Don, let me do that, it'll give me something to do," I sigh, getting increasingly annoyed about the computer getting it wrong.

"Okay, I'm sure you'll be better at it" he says, probably unaware of the computer's incompetence towards this task.

I look at the pieces before me, all of them floating unaided. I pick up the nearest one and inspect it. I can see no obvious difference…well I couldn't until I saw a little etching on each one, giving me some indication of where to put it.

I look before me at the Master Splinter shaped grid to put the bits in. Thinking carefully, I look around the grid to see spaces for each bit, and upon closer inspection, more etchings. I gingerly place the bit I'm holding in the space with the same mark.

It flashes slightly and stays in place. When I poke it, it remains firm.

After putting the other bits Don collected in place, I relax slightly. As I sit down in the lotus position on the apparent floor, I ponder to myself.

Think like a cybernaut?

I close my eyes and focus, thinking about everything that's happened recently.