Chapter 10

[Just realised that I had placed Jason's name instead of James. I've fixed it up in this chapter and will try to remember that it's James. Please forgive me, but I'm too lazy to fix it up in the previous chapter at this point in time.]

I was wandering the streets, glad to be out of the lair for now. I had managed to leave only with Raph's help. He promised to keep my meeting with Jason a secret, so long as I brought him back some supplies for his Sais. I had ended up in a secluded part of the city, where I was warned that the purple dragons had set up their territory. I walked around a building to see if anything looked familiar to me. When nothing came to mind I walked on. I could hear a few people screaming in pain, but I didn't want to get caught up in it. I turned a corner and found myself staring right into the faces of some of the purple dragon gang members. I swallowed and took a step back. The gang members walked forwards, smiles on their faces and slowly brought their weapons out.

"I didn't mean to come here, I'll just be going now" I said, walking backwards away from the gang members. Someone grabbed me from behind.

"Go, I don't think so. The boss would very much like you alive and with him right now" Said a young woman. I turned and looked right into the face of a black haired woman with green eyes and wore a black cape over her clothes. I moved my arm a little and she tightened her grip. She turned her head to look at the gang members. "Get word to master. He will be very pleased that we have something that the turtles find precious" She said. The purple dragons raced away. The woman forced me to walk further into the street. I quickly yanked my arm out of her grip and tried to run away. The woman grabbed my arm and twisted it behind my back. I gasped in pain and the woman forced me to kneel on the ground. "Try that again and I will make sure your arm can never be used again" She said, leaning into my ear and whispering. The tone of voice she used sent shivers down my spine and she forced me to my feet. As we walked she never loosened her grip. We entered a small building with only a few rooms. The woman led me to a small room that looked to be the living room. There was a small grey couch that looked like it had seen better days, sitting in the middle of the room. In the corner of the room was a small table, holding a few vases of flowers and a shrine to a woman who looked exactly like the one who had hold of me. Right in front of the couch was a large open fire place. The woman threw me to the couch and stood in front of me, her arms crossed. She had no expression on her face as she studied mine. I rubbed my shoulder.

"What do you want with the turtles?" I asked.

"It is not I that wants anything to do with them, master wants them so he can destroy them" She said, not moving a muscle in her body. I flicked my eyes around the room, looking for any means to escape. "There is no point in searching for a way out. I may not look like much, but I am a master in martial arts and this place is guarded by the foot clan that you know so much about. If you try to escape, I have given orders for you to be injured but never killed. You will be in so much pain if you escape while my back is turned" The woman said. I snapped my eyes back to the woman and frowned.

"Why give orders to injure me? If you wanted me as bait for the turtles, wouldn't it be best to keep me as unharmed as possible until you have captured them?" I asked. The woman laughed.

"I see what you are doing. You are trying to get me to turn my back and tell the clan not to harm you and you will grab that opportunity to run. Sorry, but I can see through your plans" She said. I smiled.

"No, my plan was to wait until someone other than the turtles turned up. I am waiting for him and I know he will be the one to save me. I purposely placed myself in this situation to cause some disturbance for him to find me" I said. The woman frowned.

"Who-" she started to say. A hand snapped the back of her neck and she crumpled to the floor. Standing behind her was James. He held a smirk on his face.

"You were always smart at figuring these things out" He said. He held a hand out and I took it. I stood up and he led me towards the front door. As we reached the door, it opened and a man with metal armour walked in. he was surprised to see us. James spun me and the two of us ran up the stairs to the next floor. James pushed me into a room and slammed the door shut. He moved a dresser in front of it. I looked around and saw a window. I ran over to it and, using all my strength, started to pull the window up. The window was stuck from the lack of use. I managed to pull it up to a third of the way, before James came over and helped pull it also. Someone behind the door started to pound on it as we moved the window to halfway. The window then sprung free from the rust and it shot up, just as the door burst open. We looked back and saw some of the foot clan. James took my hand and we climbed out of the window. The foot clan raced towards us. I looked at Jason and he nodded with a smile. We both jumped from the window and landed on the rooftop of the house next to us. We ran over the roof and jumped to the next one. We kept running before meeting with more foot clan members in front of us. We stopped and looked right at them. They took out their weapons and advanced slowly. James let go of my hand and stood in front of me, in a defence stance.

"Stay behind me, I'll protect you" He said. I heard footsteps behind us I looked. There were more foot clan members running to meet us.

"You heard master, capture the girl unharmed. Do what you like to the boy" Said the foot clan member in the centre behind us. The ninjas attacked and James, true to his word, tried his best to protect me. He fought off a few of the ninjas, before being knocked down. He stared up at one ninja who had unsheathed a sword and was going to send it plummeting into James' heart. I ran forward and jumped through the air and kicked my leg out. I caught the ninja in the chest and sent him hurtling off the rooftop. I landed lightly on the edge of the roof and spun around. Jason held a smile on his face and gave me the thumbs up. My eyes turned icy cold and I watched the foot clan members. They stared at each other then raced forwards. I dodged the punches and kicks that were thrown at me. I kicked my leg out and caught one in the side. He went flying and took two more down with him. The three fell off the rooftop and I moved on to the last four. They attacked and I ducked. I punched out and hit one in the groin. He grunted and fell. Toppling off the roof himself. I sprang up and did a backflip, my feet catching another in the chin. He landed on his back and rolled off. I stood up straight and looked to the last two. They glanced at each other, before turning and running away. I smiled and walked over to James. I extended a hand and helped him up. We stared at each other before Jason led me away.

We sat at the central park, not looking at one another, each panting heavily.

"I have some questions to ask you" I said. James turned to me.

"Alright go ahead" He replied.

"What is 'The Watchers'?" I asked.

"It's a group of people who are determined to make sure the world is perfect and no one can harm another" James replied.

"Why would you want to do that?"

"It's so we can lead the world to peace and happiness."

"Why am I your 'Mate' as you call it?"

"We agreed that in order to obtain peace, we each needed to pick someone to bear our children who will be more pure than their parents."

"What is meant by the term pure?"

"We class ourselves as pure depending on our backgrounds and sex status. We both are of full purity as we are both virgins and neither of us had ever killed another; I know your reputation precedes you as a killer, but everyone knows you have never killed before. It was always just a coincidence that the people died by falling off buildings, no matter how many times you tried to save them."

"Where is the original base for the group?"

"It's in Australia, haven't you already known about all this?" I shook my head.

"I hit my head a while ago and I have forgotten everything from my past" I replied. James studied my face for a moment.

"I see anything else you want to know about?" He asked.

"What happened to my family?" I asked. James turned away.

"I am not inclined to mention something that may make you go back to the way you were before" He replied.

"What happened before?" I pressed on.

"When your family died, you became silent and withdrawn as if you knew exactly how they died. You started to grow angry and snap at anything that would happen. I came along one day to your school, after seeing you look miserable for the few months I was there and I became your first friend. You would always stay by my side and defend me using your anger and strength. No matter what happened we were always together and heard about 'The Watchers,' naturally you wanted to see what it was about and we were welcomed. You became a fighter and ordered to protect me as I had become a council member. After five years, I was allowed to choice someone to become my mate. The other council members lined up all the women in the group that had no mates. You of course were one of them and that's how we have been together for all this time." I stood up and twirled to face Jason.

"Then why don't you find someone else? I don't want to go back" I snapped. James stood up and placed his hands on my shoulders.

"I can never choose another. It is considered impure and if I chose another, then I will be kicked out of everything I dedicated my life to" He said, calmly. I stared into his eyes.

"Leave it, start a new watchers group right here in New York. I'll most likely be staying here with the people I'm staying with and we can get new members to protect the streets that need it here" I suggested. James let go of my shoulders and turned away.

"I can't just pick up and leave. Everyone in Australia expects me to do good for the world. No matter what I do I can't just leave as I am a council member and of full purity" He said, silently. I placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I left a while ago. There have been no problems as of yet" I said.

"There have been many problems since you left. You were the best fighter. Since you left, word had gotten out and crime is up. Why did you leave?"

"I think I left because of the fact that the council members wanted everyone to attack the purple dragons without the proper training or knowledge of them."

"If you had stayed for a little while longer, you would have known that we never attacked them. The council saw what you were saying and decided to cease what they had suggested. Everyone was disappointed when you left; especially me." I crossed my arms and turned my head away.

"You should have chosen someone else that would have stayed with you to be your mate. I am the kind of person that doesn't want to be tied down; I just want to be free and never have to worry about anything. That's the reason I'm staying with my friends" I said. James walked over to me. He tilted my head up to face his.

"I know what kind of person you are, which is exactly the reason why I chose you. I would never want anyone else" He whispered, as he gazed into my eyes. Before I could comprehend what was happening, James leaned forward and pressed his lips to mine. My eyes flew wide open, before they softened and I kissed him back. I then realised what I was doing and pushed James away. He stumbled back a little and I looked at him, my anger slowly rising.

"Why did you do that?" I asked, trying to stay calm.

"I told you, you are mine and you can never be with another. It's already signed on paper. We are married" He said, bluntly. The anger fell from my body, only to be replaced with shock.

"What?! How is that possible?" I asked. James smiled.

"We were married once you became of age" He told me.

"What's the age to marry?" I asked.

"The moment you started menstruating."

"How dare you. How dare you marry me, I never wanted to be with someone like you" I snapped. James stepped forward. I moved back. "No, don't you dare come near me. I never want to see you again. Leave me alone and never contact me again." I turned and walked to the fire escape and headed down. I walked to the lair in a blur and refused to speak to anyone when I entered the lair. I just wandered to my room and lay on my back on the bed and placed an arm over my eyes.

[Sorry for the lateness, but I have been busy with school work and revising for exams and things coming up, not to mention got a fair bit of homework to do. Anywho, I hope you liked the chapter.]