Chapter 19: Conspiracy Theory

A/N: And another chapter is here! I'm having so much fun getting this out, and I'm happy that this story is coming along nicely. Thanks to all of those who have read and reviewed thus far. Your kind words mean the world to me and are the fuel that keeps me going. I'm keeping my word about finishing this story, and I intend to keep it to the very end. I hope you enjoy this chapter, too.

Disclaimer: TMNT and all related characters are property of Nickelodeon. I only own the plot and nothing more.

Donnie sighed as he put down his tool. He'd been in the barn doing work in the lab that Kirby had set up for him in one part of the barn while the other part was a makeshift dojo. The Turtles only used it when it rained and usually trained outside when the weather was good. He got up and stretched, thinking he would go inside to take a break and get something to eat. He headed outside and saw Raph and Miwa coming from the woods. He followed them inside and remembered that they were going to try and find Robyn.

"Did you find anything?" he asked them after he was inside the house.

"Oh, we found something all right," Miwa answered. "She had a bomb set up in there. We almost didn't get out alive."

"Why didn't you call me to disarm it?" Donnie demanded, his eyes filling with anger.

"I figured I could do it myself," Raph replied.

"Raph, that was incredibly stupid!" Leo lectured. "You're lucky you weren't killed!"

"What is this about a bomb?" Splinter asked as he came downstairs with Kirby and Mikey behind him.

"Raph and I found an abandoned shed in the woods," Miwa answered. "We checked it out and saw a doll strapped to a chair with a bomb on it. I told Raph we needed to leave, but he wanted to try and disarm it himself. It didn't work, and the shed blew up."

"Was there anything else there?" Leo asked her.

"Not much except some regular tools," she replied.

"Did you see Robyn?" Kirby inquired.

"No, but I bet she set that as a trap," Raph grumbled.

"I TOLD you this, and you wouldn't listen to me," Miwa reminded him, rolling her eyes. "No wonder Leo gets so stressed around you."

"Shove it, sis," Raph said.

"Miwa and Leonardo are right, Raphael," Splinter chastised. "You are lucky the both of you were not killed. Clearly we are dealing with a very disturbed and dangerous person, so all of us must be cautious with what we do."

"Do you think Robyn set the bomb by herself?" Mikey asked.

"She probably learned how to do that in the nuthouse," Raph said.

"I don't think she did," said Don.

"What do you mean, Donnie?" asked Leo.

"I think she has an accomplice working with her," answered Don.

"But who would work with her?" asked Miwa.

"Well, when I was talking to Ivy, she told me that Robyn had a boyfriend at Crestwood," explained Don. "His name is Jason Biggerstaff, and he loved her. Ivy said she had a crush on him, too, but he went for Robyn instead of her."

"So you think that Jason has been helping her all this time?" Leo asked him.

"It seems likely," said Donnie. "I mean, she would have had to have help with the computers because April once wrote in her journal that Robyn wasn't very good with computers at all. So I'm sure Jason is very good at that sort of thing."

"So he could have rigged that bomb," Raph said.

"And he helped Robyn put Oyuki in the Dumpster," said Mikey.

"Exactly," Donnie said. "And Jason's probably been helping her hide out. I mean, she can't exactly rent an apartment in the city."

"So what do you think she's been doing?" Raph asked.

"I'm not sure, but I bet Jason's behind it," Donnie replied.

"You better tell Ali and Jack about this so they can look into it," Leo ordered.

Donnie sent a text to Ali and relayed what he knew. She responded that she would look into it and see if she could find more information on him.

"How long have you known about this, Donnie?" Raph asked him.

"For a while since my second conversation with her," he answered.

"Then why didn't you tell us this?" Leo demanded. There was a hurt look on his face as though Donnie had betrayed him.

"Because I wasn't sure if she had an accomplice yet," Don told him. "I wanted to wait and see if my theory was correct, but now that I think about everything, it definitely makes sense that Jason's been helping her. Robyn was manipulative, and I'm sure she was able to coerce Jason into helping her."

"He probably helped to set the fire in the antique shop, too," Leo surmised. "The windows were boarded up, and Robyn couldn't' have done that on her own."

The Turtles were excited as they thought about this new breakthrough. It definitely made sense that Robyn had help. But now they had to be on the lookout for two people instead of just one. Both of them were dangerous and capable of anything, so the Turtles knew they had to be careful.

Before anything else could be said, Kirby turned on the TV to the news. Carlos Chiang O'Brien Gambe appeared as the opening notes of the news theme song faded.

"We now have breaking news to report," Carlos reported. "The coroner has now completed the autopsy on Lynn Obiero. We now go live to a press conference."

The shot changed to outside the police station where a man in a suit was standing in front of a podium while the crowd gathered outside. Flashbulbs popped as pictures were taken. Behind him were members of the NYPD.

"We have finished the autopsy of Lynn Obiero's remains and have concluded that she was killed due to blunt force trauma from a weapon," the coroner said.

The Turtles gasped as they processed his words. He continued to talk about how she was killed at close range from the weapon. The press bombarded him with questions, but the Turtles weren't listening to any of it.

"She was killed with a weapon," Mikey said.

"That means that she didn't die when I pushed her off the roof," Leo added.

"And that means someone else killed her," Raph chimed in.

"It was either Robyn or Jason," Don said. "That's the only thing that makes sense to us now."

"At least we won't take the fall for it," Leo said.

"Yeah, but this definitely proves she has an accomplice," Don said.

"You think Jason killed her instead of Robyn?" Raph asked.

"It makes more sense for her to have Jason kill her," Don replied. "And if she was killed at close range from a weapon, it would seem logical that Jason would probably wield it."

"Do you think he killed April, too?" Mikey asked.

"No, I think Robyn did that on her own," Don answered. "But I'm sure Jason helped in some way after that."

Just as Leo was about to say something, the Turtles' phones rang simultaneously. Hearts pounding, they opened their phones and gasped as they read the text message inside.

That's right, freaks, I did it. And guess what? You're next.—A.

A/N: And another chapter comes to a close. Again, apologies about some of the chapters being short, but sometimes, I just think of a good place to end it and do so. And now things are really heating up with this revelation from A. Buckle up, my readers! It's going to be one wild ride. In the meantime, feel free to leave a review and have a shelltastic day.