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Chapter 19
The Eleventh Hour
Alex frowned as she asked," why are we trusting this girl again?"
Chloe sighed," Alex, don't be so mean! Jolene's Uncle was a really good man, Jolene deserves to know what happened to him!!"
Alex shrugged as she looked over at Angel, who was glaring at the floor.
"You ok, Angel?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Angel responded," Tristan's a jerk."
Chloe shook her head," That is just weird… I've never seen or heard of him acting like that… I think he must be crushing for you."
Angel jumped," No, no, no!"
Tana smiled slyly," Are you crushing for him, Angel?"
Chloe and Angel n\b0oth snapped at Tana," CUT IT OUT!!!"
Tana backed off, still grinning diabolically.
Charis sighed," Well, what do we do now?"
Donatello responded," I told Casey to show Raph and Leo to Jolene before bringing her down here."
Splinter sat behind them. When Donatello had told them about Jack Kirby, Splinter had wondered about the crystal that Kirby had found and used.
There had been a myth in Japan, about a boy who had the ability to bring his artwork to life.
Was there a connection?
Splinter believed so.
***
Leo and Raph leapt lightly down, both apprehensive as to how Jolene would react to them.
Raph took a breath, before telling her," Look, girl, if you scream at the sight of us-"
"GET OUT OF THE SHADOWS ALREADY!!!"
Leo looked at Raph who groaned," Another pushy female…"
They both stepped out.
She looked at them before her eyes rolled back in her head and she fainted.
Raph palmed his forehead as Leo observed, "At least she didn't scream.."
***
Tristan snarled slightly as Agent Bishop glared at him.
"Mr. Mab, this is an extreme disappointment. You failed… at your first mission."
Tristan shrugged," I wouldn't call it that exactly. See, technically, my job hasn't been finished. Which means that it's a failure yet. It's only a failure if I die before seeing my job through. So really, you just need to wait a little more."
Agent Bishop raised an eyebrow and he softly declared," very well, Mr. Mab… but if you should fail again, then I have a proposition."
"Yeah?"
Agent Bishop coldly explained," For every mission you fail to accomplish, you give us a sample of your blood."
Tristan responded without blinking," No way in hell."
Bishop smirked," why not?"
"I don't want to be an experiment, Bishop."
"Then you have to succeed at your missions the first time, Mr. Mab. I will let your…Postponed victory slide this once. Afterwards… don't disappoint me again."
Tristan nodded curtly, turning on his heel, he left to recover the crystal.
He took a backward glance, his silver eyes glaring as he thought," Bishop… don't you threaten me."
***
Jolene woke, listening to two female voices arguing. One was familiar… Angel? The other was not familiar.
As she opened her eyes, she saw Angel and… a green face framed by brown hair.
"GAH! Who- what-where-where am I?!"
Chloe held up a hand," before you start screaming, let me ask a question; do you love your uncle Kirby?"
Jolene swallowed," Don is not human, is he?"
"She catches on quick."
Jolene saw a turtle with a red mask.
She swallowed," ok, um, I'm, ah, confused."
"My name is Chloe. I used to be human too. But now… well, I'm like this." The girl turtle explained," Don's afraid that you'll freak out."
Jolene saw two options; she could run out of this place screaming like a maniac.. or she could remain calm and accept that this was a reality.
She chose the latter.
"Ok.. I'm fine… I think."
Angel giggled slightly," I know how you feel, girl."
Jolene tried not to scream as three other humanoid turtles came into the room, obviously male, one of them looking at her with what appeared to be worry. Following them were three girls, a humanoid fox, a humanoid sea turtle and a humanoid black cat.
The female turtle with the brown hair introduced herself," My name is Chloe. These are Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, and my friends, Alex, Tana and Charis."
Tana waved," S'up?"
Jolene waited as Donatello asked her," do you think you'll be able to accept the impossible from this point on?"
Jolene nodded," I… I think so. I mean, what choice do I have?"
Very gently, Donatello began the story.
He went ahead and started at the beginning, with how he and his brothers came to be, followed by how he and his brothers and father happened to be at April's apartment the same time that Kirby was there. He sadly ended the story with," There wasn't anything I could do. Your uncle did leave me this. It slipped out of the portal before the thing closed entirely."
He gave her the paper that Kirby had folded into a paper airplane.
Jolene's eyes were already red with tears that were pouring down her cheeks. She took the paper, her hands trembling and she read the hastily scribbled note.
Donatello added," I'm so sorry," as tears filled his own eyes. He tried to hold them back, but he missed his friend, who he had met in the course of a few hours.
Jolene looked back at Donatello as she took the crystal from her pocket," the thing he used… did it look like this?"
At this moment, the lights turned out, and Tana shrieked," POWER FAILURE!!!!"
Raph snapped," DONNIE WHAT DID YOU DO?!?!"
Don't voice called out," Nobody move!!!"
Alex yelled," OW!!! That was my tail, Tana!!!"
Tana yelped," I didn't step on your tail!"
Chloe shrieked," OW!! Who pulled my hair?!"
A few minutes later the light came back on. Jolene was gone. But on the couch, was a small, pink crystal…
Oh boy...
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