The Travelers Wish (The Wattys 2016)

Chapter 45

I wonder what she could want?

I thought to myself as I wandered through the endless white hallway.

My body far away on the Ninja Turtle Parallel, but my mind had been brought here.


I heard the jingle of her ankle bracelets, and seated upon a high white glass throne was the Goddess.

I curtsied.


"Hello your highness."


"Correct me if I'm wrong, but do I detect the faintest trace of love, Traveler."

She eyed me, waiting for an answer.


Love for what?


"What do you mean?"


She shook her head disapprovingly.
"The boy, The reptile boy."

Raphael?


What does that even mean, and why is she saying it like a bad thing?

"I'm not in love..."

But am I?
I mean I like him, like a lot, ALOT.
But does that make me in love?

She cut me off.

"It is not wise to fall in love or pursue relationships with beings from parallels Roxanne."


What does she mean, "it's not wise" ?

"Excuse me?!"

Is she going to make me stop?!


"I'm not ordering you to stop, Roxanne.
Because I know that's what you must be thinking.
I'm just warning you, remember when you leave, and you will leave.
He, like the rest of the inhabitants of that world will forget about you, and your existence."


I gulped.


They will all forget about me?
What about all the things I helped them with, being human, will they forget that too?


"But, what about all the things Iv done and fixed, will that all just disappear as well?"


She hopped off her throne and put her beautiful many ring covered hand on my shoulder.


"No, that will remain, only the memory of you will be gone."


The white room faded away.




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I was on my way back to the dressing room after the show, from signing autographs.

The boys had gone ahead, I had been mauled by a class of 6 year olds, all wanting my autograph, and they got mad if I didn't put a heart on each one.


I opened the door.

The room was empty.

That strange...

Where are the guys?

I felt something prick my neck.

I reached up and pulled it out, it was a tranquilizer dart!

I turned and saw a group of 5 foot ninja closing in on me.

"Oh crud..."

Was all I could say before I passed out.


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I woke to the sound of an electric saw.

I opened my eyes, Kraang bots all around me.

Groggy, and my vision still blurry I tried to get up and run. But found I was strapped down.

Tubes attached to me, drawing out my blood.

What is that sawing noise?

Once my vision returned I looked down at my right hand and saw that the Kraang were trying to cut off my ring.


He pushed the saw onto it again, and it flashed green, zapping him and causing his robot suit to malfunction and convulse.

My ring looked unscathed.

I struggled but the straps held me in place.

"The one known as the Traveler has awoken."
One of the Kraang announced.

Wait, I can teleport!

I tried, and nothing happened.

I shut my eyes and concentrated till I almost had a headache but still nothing happened.

"Resistance is futile, the inhibitor counteracts your power."

A Kraang, without the robot suit hovered above me in its small floating craft.

They really are quite disgustingly scary this close up.

"Where are my friends?!?"
I yelled at it.

Fear had completely taken over my body!

And my claustrophobia had began to set in.

His expression remained the same.

"It is unknown to Kraang what the one known as Shredder has done to those you refer to as friends, nor does Kraang care.

Shredder?!

The shredder has them?!?