Procyon's Tears: thank you for your kind words (: they really do mean a lot!
Where would writing be without cliff hangers? haha ;)
Malkah5967: Nice theory, we shall see~
Rayn gasped, dropping her fork onto the ground with a clang as she was jerked back into her own body.
The four brothers turned towards her instantly, each with his own comment asking if she was okay or what happened.
Rayn, briefly disorientated, didn't reply. She glanced at her hands and noticed a strange glow outlining them before it quickly faded away.
"Rayn?" Mikey's voice reached her as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "Yoo-whoo, earth to Rayn."
"Sorry." She answered quickly before they grew more concerned. "It's just.. The vision came back."
She saw her friends exchange glances and turn in her direction, as if waiting for an explanation.
Rayn started telling them about her vision, tail twitching nervously behind her. As she came across to the ending of her reaching the door and opening it, unknown to her, that same light blue glow sparked to life and illuminated around her form.
"Hey, Rayn?" Mikey interrupted, staring at her now glowing hands. "Does that normally happen?"
Rayn blinked and looked at her hands, flexing them and turning them every which way.
"Don?" Leo looked at his brother for answers, who just looked perplexed.
"Maybe her mutation gave her superpowers or something!" Mikey intervened before Donnie could comment.
"That's not a bad theory, actually." Abandoning his breakfast, the purple-clad turtle leapt up and headed towards his lab, pulling a startled Rayn along with him as he passed.
The rest of the group exchanged glances before following, Mikey grabbing his plate along for the ride.
"Ya both got more smarts than Mikey here, can't ya figure out what's going on?" Raph commented as he leaned against the doorway.
Don and Rayn sat at the table with her notebook in front of them, talking quietly together. The rest of the turtles stood in a loose half circle, with Mikey's loud munching breaking the silence.
"So my theory is that, as a result of you studying the way the world interacts with your body's natural atmospheric emanation. And when you were mutated, the changes to your chemical makeup amplified the things you've already learned to produce, well, what happened before." Don exclaimed excitedly, as Rayn nodded in silent agreement.
"Um. Can we have a geek translator in aisle one?" Mikey interrupted, listening intently but with a puzzled look on his face.
"Basically." Rayn picked up her robot from where it sat on the lab table, turning towards Mikey. "This robot only operates for people who's aura is in sync with it. So, it's currently hooked up to mine. Through what I studied to figure out how to do that, and what I learned by doing so, I came to a better understanding of how auras and stuff with your body's natural energy works. As a result, I guess I'm able to control mine better than the average person. And when I was mutated, that ability was magnified—"
"SO YOU DO HAVE SUPERPOWERS!" Mikey ran over to her and Don, studying her in awe. "Does that mean we have to come up with a superhero identity for you? And an origin story!? Ooh, Rayn, can I help?"
"Hmm, wait." Don looked up thoughtfully before Rayn could comment. "That gives me an idea about the source of those attacks you've been having."
"They've been using my research!" Rayn suddenly realized, following along. "To use some kind of force, or magic or whatever, to try to hurt me." She stood up angrily, knocking her stool back. "Wylan.. I told him everything."
She glanced around at her friends briefly. Leo, who was listening wordlessly. Raph, who looked ready to bash Wylan's head in. Mikey, still excited about superhero-Rayn. And Don, who looked exactly how she felt.
She was about to declare war, storm out, and go after them and whatever machine they managed to create when Leo raised a hand.
"If we go after them, we need a plan." The leader stated, answering the thoughts of everyone.
"Isn't going after them and those foot creeps enough of a plan?" Raph growled, twirling his sais.
"No, because they could use whatever they're doing against Rayn."
"Then what do we do?" Don asked.
"We have to surprise them." Leo came closer to the table with the notebook, picking it up. "If we catch them off guard, then we can take whatever it is down before it can hurt anyone else."
Rayn frowned - she wasn't good at the whole ninja-stealth thing. But she listened to Leo outline his plan, and felt a flicker of hope - maybe she'd be able to stop them doing more harm to her or anyone else for a long time. For good.
I just want to point out it took me forever to figure out how to write Don's nerdy moment without it being too easy to understand / try to be as accurate to what he'd say as possible. Yikes, I'm bad at writing "scientifically" eh?
Anyways, this took me a while to write because I wasn't happy with how it was turning out. And I got busy with work, and I just wanted to sit down and write — so I finally did, and got it to work.
Let me know your thoughts and as always, reviews are appreciated. Thanks for reading!
