She was in a dimly lit cave, and her hands were glowing. She wasn't sure how, but her own hands were providing the light to her surroundings.

She looked around, lifting a hand to provide light on the walls. The cave wasn't like your average bear-cave. The walls weren't rough, the floor wasn't damp, and it wasn't even cold.

Instead, the walls were smooth, tan in color, laid out like bricks on top of each other. She moved forward in awe towards the back of the cave, and her fingers touched something that broke the smooth walls. She looked closer, bringing a glowing hand to it - writing? She studied it further—

Rayn awoke with a gasp, as if she had just been slapped. Bright light streamed down on her face from a lamp above, and she tried to move a hand to cover her eyes but found them bound at her sides.

Why do I keep getting myself into these situations? Rayn thought to herself.

It was then she noticed her hands glowing slightly, though cuffed. But when she noticed it, it went out like a candle, leaving her hands normal as before.

I wonder if that was related to that dream.. She thought to herself.

"Well, looks like the little girl is up." A voice said from some part of the room that she couldn't see.

"What do you want?" She shouted. "Where's Leo?"

"Your little friend is safe." The figure stepped into the light and she flinched. "As long as you corporate."

The man was very distinctly Japanese. He wore a Japanese style kimono, with a belt at the waist and the emblem of the foot clan on either side of his chest. His hair was long and dark blue, his face angular and stern.

She instantly recognized him as Oroku Saki herself, since she was familiar with a lot of the city's business people through Wylan. But ever since meeting the turtle's, they told her of the other side of him as well.

"He's evil! And ugly looking!" Mikey had described him as. Yep, fit perfectly.

She kept silent. She needed time to find a way out of this mess.

"Cat got your tongue?" Saki laughed. "Pardon the expression."

"Just let me go, ya dang slug." Rayn snapping, glaring daggers.

Saki looked slightly amused. "Miss.. Rayn, is it?" He started to walk around her, observing her closely.

"You see, you, my dear, were apart of a special project." Step. Step. Step. His footsteps pacing around her were starting to make her head spin. "I had Hun send his men to specifically get you."

"Why? Why me?" Rayn couldn't stop herself from asking.

"You have something very important to me." Saki stopped in front of her. "That robot you made was created with some technology very important to my.. work."

Rayn frowned. She wasn't too sure where Wylan got the pieces she used in the robot. It seemed to be advanced technology and she remembered studying it in awe, but being unable to recreate it on her own.

"It's very impressive that you somehow managed to acquire it and create something so intriguing out of it. In fact, it may actually help me find what I've been searching for."

"Yeah, maybe your sanity? That could come in handy." She spat.

Saki looked less amused but ignored her comment. "I intend for you to give me it and help me seek those I am searching for, if you want your friend to live."

She gulped. For one thing, she didn't know for sure if her robot was still in one piece. She left it somewhere in the warehouse and it kind of collapsed. Another thing: Donatello and his brothers probably had it and were using it to rescue her.

She had to keep it out of this guy's hands, he was literally insane. Probably going to use it to seek revenge or something.

"Let Leo go, and then you'll get my help." Rayn stated with a glare.

"First you must tell me where you hid that robot of yours. My ninja report it was 'destroyed', but my source informs me you'd never do such a thing."

Wylan. She inwardly cursed, figuring he'd somehow saw through her bluff. But she had to keep it cool.

"It was destroyed." She managed to get out.

Saki frowned, studying her. "If you refuse, then we'll have to find some.. Other way to get the location from you." The man stepped away, muttering briefly into a communications device. "I'll leave you some time to consider your decision."

Then the man formally known as The Shredder walked out of the room, switching the light off and leaving her in darkness.

Food for thought:

Can you guess what kind of "technology" Rayn's robot was made from? And why Saki/The Shredder wants it so badly?