Chapter Five – Putting the Pieces Together, Part Two

White, small puffs of steam rolled off the pizza as Jasmine opened the box. Jasmine's mouth started to water as the smell of the pizza wafted up her nose making her stomach twist and growl with hunger. She picked a slice up and out of the box, moving it towards her mouth. She gulped down the first piece and then ate one more but ate it more slowly this time so she wouldn't get sick from eating it too fast. Once she finished her last piece, Master Splinter entered the room carrying an empty plate in his hands.

"So let me get this straight, you were just having an average teenage life when all of the sudden these dreams kept popping up and invaded your mind. And ever since you moved to New York City these dreams got even worse and more vivid than before," Leo asked Jasmine. "And you have no clue on how your life was before you were ten years old, right?"

"Yeah…well…sort of, there are some details that I can remember but they are all fuzzy and blurry. And some of my memories I can't even remember, like someone put a big magic block in my head so I couldn't access those memories. And the weirdest part is this necklace that I have, sometimes it glows whenever I get angry or frustrated at something, as if the necklace is physically connected to my emotions."

"Hmm…that is one weird necklace you got there…" Leo said while crossing his arms trying to figure out the new information he got from Jasmine.

"Yeah, and what's even weirder is that in the recent dream that I had, the one you were in-" Jasmine stopped mid-sentence while turning her head and looked at the shocked faces coming from the other turtles. "Wha-what?" she said while blushing slightly from the sudden expressions she was getting from the turtles.

"You had a dream about Leo!" Mikey teased Jasmine while leaning over the kitchen counter, with his head nearly five inches from her face.

"Y-Yeah, b-but it wasn't like that…" Jasmine said as she waved her hands back in forth in denial while getting redder by the second. "I-I mean…umm…how do I explain this without digging myself further into the hole I'm already in…" she said half to herself.

"AWWW! You hav-" Mikey tried to say but was immediately interrupted by Jasmine as she slapped her hand onto his mouth trying to prevent him from revealing her secret.

"MIKEY!" Jasmine yelled while keeping her hand on his mouth. Mikey shook her hand loose and tried to reveal her secret again but this time he was staying away from Jasmine's grasp.

"Jasmine got a cru-" Mikey started to sing but was immediately struck by a flying plate that sent him falling to the ground. He stood back up, rubbed his head where he got hit and walked back to the kitchen counter. "Ok…who through the plate?"

Everybody turned and looked at the now flustered Jasmine. "Hmm…I think you can figure that one out on your own, Mikey," Raph said with a hint of sarcasm.

"Mikey! I told you to stop that nonsense!" Jasmine yelled at Mikey still denying her secret while shaking her fist at him. She sighed and sat back down with red, puffed up cheeks, crossing her arms in the process. "Anyways…let's move on, now that has been settled." While all of this was going on, Leo was just sitting there staring at his brother and Jasmine, completely clueless on what just happened.

"Sooo…Jasmine, when did all of this stuff started to happen to you?" Leo asked Jasmine still unsure on the awkward event that just took place.

Jasmine stared at him for a minute, while collecting her thoughts. "Well…at first it started out like this…." Jasmine said.

(Flashback)

Jasmine was walking in downtown Middlebury; it was getting dark as she silently walked along the side of the road. She was heading towards the small grocery store that her father sent her to so she could get the supplies that he needed for dinner that night. But when she got about two blocks away from her destination she spotted a young girl in a dark cloak, walking towards her. The dark, small figure walked very smoothly as if she was gliding across the evening breeze. As she got closer to Jasmine, she smoothly moved her hand into her pocket as she just realized how cold it was getting. But what really surprised Jasmine was the three dark figures that were following this young girl as if they were making sure she wouldn't do anything suspicious. Just as Jasmine was going to pass the odd group, the young girl bumped into Jasmine causing her to lose the small list of things that she needed to get for her father.

"HEY! What did you do that for…?" Jasmine started to say but lost her words when she saw the young girl's condition. The hood that the girl was wearing fell, showing her boney face. Not only that but as Jasmine looked closer she could tell that this girl was way too small for her age as if her parents didn't have enough food to keep her fit. Her hair was light brown with natural blond highlights but her hair was so greasy and dirty that you could barely see the highlights. Her face had dirt smeared all over it, her lips were dry as the desert, and the worst thing of all was her eyes. She looked at Jasmine with the saddest, most desperate plea Jasmine had ever seen. At that moment Jasmine knew something wasn't right, but unfortunately the three figures that were following this girl were now suddenly behind Jasmine, looming over her like she was their prey.

"Go no further, this place is a place where you are not allowed to be in this place, we have been seen in this place by you so this is not a place that will be left by you" the closest figure said. They pushed Jasmine to the ground making her hit her head onto the hard, cold concrete. Completely dazed, Jasmine stood back up while trying to fight off these people making her very dizzy almost making her fall back down onto the ground. When she regained her balance, the small girl and the three figures were gone. Not a trace was left behind by them like nothing even occurred here. Jasmine did a complete 360, trying to find any clue on where the girl disappeared to. Jasmine sighed and went to go pick up her list where it fluttered about ten feet away from it original spot. As she bent down to pick the small paper up, her vision began to blur, and she passed out. Next thing she knew, she was in her bedroom, laying on top of her bed in her dad's house. All she could remember was the girl bumping into her and the three tall dark figures. She groaned when she tried to sit up, causing her father to come to her aid.

"Easy there…if you sit up too quickly you might black out again," Jasmine's father gently told her as he was helping her to sit up right.

"Dad…" Jasmine croaked. "How did I get here? Cause' the last thing I remember I was near the grocery store."

"Yeah, you were…but after about an hour or so I started to worry when you didn't return home, so I set out and went to go look for you," her dad replied.

"Ohh…sorry I couldn't get the supplies you needed for dinner…" Jasmine apologized quietly while hanging her head in despair.

"Ohh that's quiet alright…all that matters right now is your safety, ok?" her father said in a soothing voice while stroking her head gently.

"Okay…" Jasmine whispered while yawning.

"Why don't you get some sleep, you had a long night," her dad said.

"Okay, goodnight daddy, I love you," Jasmine said wile rubbing her eyes, sleepily.

"Goodnight, sweet pea and I love you too," he said while tucking her in. He gently kissed her on the forehead and silently walked out of her bedroom, turning off the light on the way. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she thought about the strange event that happened that evening. After a couple of hours she dozed off into a deep sleep.

"And after that I started to have these dreams non-stop, and for some reason I have this feeling that it might have something to do with the girl that bumped into me that night," Jasmine said to no one in particular.

"Hmm…are you sure that the dreams started right after this particular event?" Donnie asked.

"Yeah, in fact I'm positive," Jasmine replied. "And now that I think about it, those three figures that I saw, they all looked the same as if they were triplets or something…" Just as Jasmine said that, everyone in the room went dead silent, even Spike stopped eating his leaf that Raph gave to him. If you would have dropped a pin in that room at that moment you could have heard it a mile away.

"What? Did I say something wrong? Is there pizza sauce on my face or something?" Jasmine asked the stunned group. Jasmine started messing with her face making sure there was nothing on it. "Okay, guys! What am I missing here, cause' clearly there is something that you guys know and I'm just sitting here, completely clueless. SO please someone tell me what the heck is going on here!" Donnie snapped out of his trance and went to go stand by Jasmine.

"Ok, we will tell you the details but…first tell us what the three guys looked like and this is very important so try to remember every detail, if you can." Donne told Jasmine.

"Huh? Well, alright but I still don't get why you want to know this, I mean there just a group of guys and-" Jasmine said.

"JUST get ON with it already!" Raph yelled impatiently while interrupting Jasmine by slamming his fists down onto the counter.

"Ohh, right, sorry…" Jasmine apologized. "Well the guy in the front was really tall, he had a black tailor suit on with a black tie and his hair was black and cut short close to his head. And the other guys…well, they looked exactly like the first guy, which is really weird."

"I was afraid you were going to say that…" Donnie said after Jasmine finished describing the men.

"Okay, I have one more question for you, when the first guy talked was it normal as in everyday kind of normal speech," Leo asked Jasmine.

"Umm…no…I don't think so, they kind of talked like they didn't have English as their first language, why?" Jasmine asked.

"Well…you see…those guys, from the sound of it…are the Kraang or Kraang droids…and well, how do I put this…they're not from this dimension…" Leo tried to explain to Jasmine without freaking her out.

"And?" Jasmine asked.

"And what?" Leo responded back.

"There's more right? I mean there has to be…you 're hiding something and I can see it," Jasmine said with a hint of annoyance while pointing her finger at Leo.

"You might as well tell her everything Leo, or who knows what will happen," Raph said while observing his pet turtle.

"What do you mean by that!?" Jasmine accused Raph.

"Exhibit A," Raph pointed out.

"Hey!" Jasmine pouted.

"That's enough, Raph," Splinter sternly said. "Go head, Leo, she's already involved with this investigation as it is so you can tell her."

"Hai, sensei," Leo replied while trying to figure out how to tell Jasmine the details of the Kraang's plan. "Well…let's see…first of all the Kraang aren't really human beings they are actually evil aliens from a different dimension in robot bodies who are trying to take over our planet…"

"Really!? Wow I didn't see that one coming," Jasmine said. "So why do they talk like…well like robots?"

"We aren't really sure about that either, it's kind of a mystery," Donnie answered Jasmine's question for Leo.

"Huh…well, that's probably not your first priority anyway…" Jasmine said. "Whelp, I think I'm gonna go watch some TV so I can clear my head a little cause' this is a lot to take in." Jasmine slowly limped out of the room towards her destination.

"Well, she took that better than most people," Donnie said while sitting in the spot where Jasmine was just sitting.

"Yeah, I know right?" Mikey said while holding his hands behind his back.

Miiikeyy…What do you have behind your back…?" Leo asked him suspiciously.

"Huh…oh, nothing…well except THIS!" Mikey replied while throwing a water balloon at Donnie, hitting him right in the face. "OH Yeah! I still gots it!" Donnie growled as water ran down his face and then chased after Mikey making sure he will regret doing that to him.

WHOOO! I'm all done with this chapter! YEAH! *fist pumps* Anyways, sry for the delay I had a little problem called writer's block -_- CURSE YOU WRITER'S BLOCK! *shakes fist* Ahem…soo I hope you will enjoy this chapter as much as I had fun writing it so ENJOY! :3 And of course there is more to come ^^ chapter six here I come! XD