Jumping time. (Tag Casey... Maybe Splinter)

[N.P.C.]

((NPC is April O'Neil))



Casey's been gone awhile now. Too long.
The way he does things, I'm not surprised the first night, but come the second night I start to worry.
What if someone's kidnapped him? Or maybe he's hurt, laying in a ditch somewhere.
The turtles have gone out looking for him, and come back empty handed.
I've used my own resources to try and find him, and again, nothing.
Everyone puts on a brave face, telling me he's going to be fine, but I don't believe them.
Waiting for a time where the turtles are too busy to pay attention, I slip away as best I can, to handle things my own way.
All conventional means of searching has failed, so it's time to get a little unconventional.
I once did a piece for Channel 6 on a young witch, but it got tossed out as 'too fictional'. Fictional my ass. I was there, the girl really has powers. And she's just what I need to get further in my search for Casey.
She opens her door with a smile, as if she knew I was coming.
After a little talk, she pulls out her tools, first being a crystal ball, in which she pulls up an image of Casey, explaining to me he's no longer even in our dimension!

But, how do we bring him back?

"I cannot bring him back."

I give her a look, running this new information over.

Fine, send me to him.

"I can do that, but you may be stuck there with him too."

I don't care. Do it.

She nods with a smile, not at all surprised in my words, and she starts to mumble something, holding her hands out in front of her.
She explodes in bright light and I have to shield my eyes a moment, opening them to see she's holding the Time Scepter.
Huh. I thought Master Splinter had that locked away after the last time it was found...
The Scepter is most often to mess with time itself, but it can send people through space as well, so it makes sense that it can send me to Casey.
I nod to her, and take the Scepter, not sure how to work it, I just keep the image from her crystal ball in my mind, and I feel a slight nausea as everything around me starts to fade.
I feel the staff disintegrate in my hands, and I open my eyes, to see Casey there in front of me.
Jumping into his arms, I lift his mask to plant a good kiss on him, before punching him hard in the shoulder, scolding him:

Don't you DARE run off to some other dimension with out me, ever again!

[Casey Jones]

Last thing I remember is fighting the hand and the foot. Trust me the irony isn't wasted even on my sports addled mind. Next thing I know me and a couple of ninjas of both name sakes are in the middle of a battle involving a giant plant and a midget duck dressed like ol' Bogey in Casa Blanca. Once I wiped those dingle berries off the butt crack of the Earth with my trusty Louisville, I decided I didn't know the dirt bags from the good guys. I'm ashamed to say for the first time I ran in the opposite direction of the brawl.

Ducking and dodging through the alleys turned out to be more of a practice in humiliation then necessary. I did so until I found one of those crappy by the hour motels. On my way in one of tha 'workin girls' propositions me, and I grab her by the forearm and lead her through the front door.

I'm greeted at the front desk by some fat ass Armenian guy that can barely pick his face out of his General Tao's chicken.

"Welcome Welcome. $25 for hour, 50 for night."

"Yeah gimme tha hour, and I don't wanna be disturbed."

I slapped a Benjamin on the desk only hoping that they use the same cash here as they do where I come from. By the look in that fat bastards eyes I think I guessed right.

"No problem Mr. uhhhhh....."

"Jones."

Shit why'd I give em my real name.

"Yes Jones of course. Room 12. 6th on left."

By the sarcasm in his voice I can tell he doesn't believe it's my real name. Thank god. The whore was walking up the stairs before he even told us what room ours was. I followed her up. In the room she threw her purse on the bed, and begins negotiating.

"OK baby. Handy is 10 bucks, Bj 25, $50 for a fuck, and for a hundy you can do whatever you want."

Ugh whores always make me throw up a little in my mouth.

"Yeah yeah we'll get to all that in a minute. I just wanna go shower and freshen up a bit."

"Oh, a gentleman huh?"

I go to the window scan the area and shut the curtains when I'm satisfied that no one I could see had followed me.

"Yeah something like that."

Just tell er what she wants to hear. I'll jump outta the window and get outta here as soon as I get cleaned up. I go into the bathroom and throw my golf bag and clothes in the corner. Step in the shower and turn it on, which started makin a sound that had me worried it was going to shake the whole building apart before it sprayed a mixture of rust and water in my face. More rust then water it seemed but it was warm so I was happy enough with it. I sat down at the back of the tub with the 'water' pouring on my head for several minutes. Partly relaxing and partly trying to rap my head around the situation.

Once I had relaxed my muscles I was satisfied, even though I was probably cleaner before I went in then when I came out. Pulled my pants on, just grabbed my shirt and threw it in my bag o' tricks and slid my mask on. I was just getting ready to ditch this dive out the window when all of a sudden I feel my mask ripped off and the taste of the sweetest lips on this or any other planet. No way it's my sugar buns, but how? The sweetness is shortly followed by pain as she punches me in my shoulder.

"Don't you DARE run off to some other dimension with out me, ever again!"

"Babe, what are you doin here? How are you here? Where'd you come from?"

Nearly on cue the lady, and I use that term loosely, bangs on the door.

"You OK in there baby? You ain't O.D.ed in there have you? I don't think I could take that happenin....again."

My eyes widened to the size of saucer plates when I seen April's expression.

"Babe no look, I can totally explain. It's totally not what you think. In fact it's really kind of funny."

I lifted my arms in defense knowing she's not gonna respond well to say the least.

[Splinter]

The news of Casey Jones’ disappearance was a concern to everyone in the lair. As his students took to the streets, Master Splinter stayed in the lair, using his training to try and sense his presence. Some may scoff at the notion of being able to ‘sense’ someone miles awhile, but then again, the same people could very well scoff at the notion of a rat that could talk. However, even his senses could not come up with anything. His students were not able to find anything either, which did not ease the tension they all felt.

Before leaving the lair, their friend April O’Neal suggested that she visit a woman with mystical powers, in the hopes that she could point them in the right direction. But after several hours of waiting, they started to worry that she had disappeared as well. It was then decided that they would all go to investigate the mystic woman. Splinter led the group to the woman’s shanty, using his nose to follow April’s trail. Upon arrival, the woman began laughing.

“Yes, I know who you all are. And I know what you want. But you’re never going see your two friends again!”

“What have you done with Casey and April?”

“The woman has been sent to a place where you will never find her. So that she can pay for her crimes. And the young man? Well, as your rat friend would tell you, it takes a right kind of cheese to catch a mouse.”

“I’ll rearrange your face, lady, if you don’t tell us where they are!”

“Why are you doing this?”

“Miss O’Neal needed to be punished for what she did. I opened up to the skank and showed my power, so that all of New York could hear about this amazing woman. There would have been hordes of people, believers and skeptics alike, lining up to see ME! But she never published the story! She just laughed at me behind my back, thinking me a crazy old hobo. Well, she won’t be laughing now! HAHAHAHAHA!

“Whoa. Old ladies off her rocker, dude.”

“You sent two innocent people to God knows where, just because you wanted to be famous? Your screwed up, lady.”

“Don’t you dare call me that, you walking abominations! I’ll teach you!”

Before the woman could unleash her power on the group, Splinter moved with lighting agility to attack her from the side. The woman was stunned for only a moment, but was able to quickly recite an incantation, and cause a flash of light that blinded the turtles before they could join the fight. When their sight had regained, they saw their master and the old woman fighting over the Time Scepter.

“Dude! That’s that weird egg timer thingy!”

“The Time Scepter, Mikey. The device that can send anyone through time and space. That must be what she used on April and Casey.”

“How the Hell did this old bitty get her hands on it?”

“Doesn’t matter, you guys. We need that scepter, and Master Splinter needs our help! TURTLE POWER!”

But before the four could join the fight, another flash of light came from the scepter. This time, the scepter remained, but the two souls fighting over it were gone…

Meanwhile, in an alleyway in another dimension, a flash of light cut through the darkness, and two figures appeared out of nowhere. Both were surprised to see their change of surroundings, but it was the woman that spoke first.

“NO! Damn it! It was suppose to send you here, not both of us! Now were both stuck here and I’ll never become famous.”

“What do you mean, another dimension?”

“I sent that reporter and her friend to another reality, a place where no one would find them, and I was going to send you here as well. But now were both stranded here forever.”

“Surely there is a way to get home.”

“Hah! Fat chance, ratty! I don’t even know where here is, let alone how to get back. But what I can do, since I’m here, is cause that miserable reporter some more pain.”

“You will do no such thing!”

“Like you could stop me. Enjoy your new life!”

With a cackling laugh, she disappeared in a flash of smoke. Splinter was not fooled by the ploy, as he had taught it to his students. But when he tried to uses his senses to located which direction she went, it was to no avail. She really had vanished, which made him worried even more so for April and Casey. He immediately sprang up the nearby fire escape and on to the rooftop to get a better look at his surroundings. For all intents and purposes, this was still New York, but not his New York. With only his nose to guide him, he beings races from rooftop to rooftop, searching for his friends before it’s too late.

[N.P.C.]

Of course, right after he kisses me back he asks the questions, how I'm here, where I came from.
But before I can answer him, a grating female voice comes through the door,

"You OK in there baby? You ain't O.D.ed in there have you? I don't think I could take that happenin....again."

My jaw drops, and my instinct is to kick Casey, but I hold it, as he claims it's actually funny, using my mouth instead.

"Yeah, I'm sure it's Hilarious."

I reply in a dry tone, pushing him aside as I open the door.
The 'lady' looks at me in shock, demanding a hundred off the top if it's going to be a three-some, and makes an off hand comment to how the hell I got in without her seeing a thing.
I shake my head,

"Sorry sister, the night's going to end a bit quickly. I'm taking him out of here."

She doesn't really seem to care, making some sound before plopping back on the dirty bed turning on a TV.
I reach up and grab Casey by the ear dragging him out of the place.
Once outside I toss him up against the wall giving him a look.

"Alright then. Out with it. How is this funny again?
I travel across time and dimension chasing after you, to find you holed up in some filthy Whore House.
Somewhere along the way I seem to have failed to catch the punch-line."

[Casey Jones]

I knew the moment she pushed me aside it was trouble.

"Baby please"

"Sorry sister, the night's going to end a bit quickly. I'm taking him out of here."

I rushed behind her.

"Wait. Cu'mon Sweety Pie"

Wow really? Justs plops on the bed and watches T.V.? I guess she's seen it all.

"OWOWOwowow. That's my ear sweetie. Kinda important to.... owowowow"

Oh god, thank you for lettin go of my ear. Before I know it though she has slammed me againts the wall asking...

"Alright then. Out with it. How is this funny again?
I travel across time and dimension chasing after you, to find you holed up in some filthy Whore House.
Somewhere along the way I seem to have failed to catch the punch-line."

"OK OK, I realize things look bad. I'm trying to make since of it all my self. The funny part is that I was lucky enough for you to find me. I thought I'd lost you and my hard shelled homies forever, but here you are. Now that I look into your eyes, I realize i can't live without you. I was scared when I appeared here, but not anymore."

I am really crossing my fingers hoping that works.

I looked back around the door way and seen the 'lady' of the evening watching "The Soup". I gave April a devilish eye.

"So how we gonna run her outta here?"