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Chapter One: Stare

"There is nothing so foreign as the eyes of a stranger, but even more so the eyes of someone or something that defines normal."-Anonymous

It was a quiet day, far from any indication that a storm was brewing, but the sunny morning was soon to bear some dark news. A woman, dark haired, with a red silk scarf around her neck, and pale skinned features strode down the sidewalk with a confidence that hinted at arrogance but held herself with the regal air of a queen. Black shades hid her eyes, but the tip of her head toward The Second Time Around shop across the street indicated her interest.

April glanced up as the young woman stepped into her shop.

"Hello," She greeted, "How can I help you?"

"I am looking for my brother," the woman stated; her voice seemed strangely clipped and sharp, sounding off. Like some sort of strange accent.

April paused.

"Well…there's no one here but me…what's his name? Is he a customer?" April asked, standing up straight before walking over to her small filling area to sort through the names, "ma'am?"

"His name would not be there, not likely anyway," the woman whispered.

April paused, feeling a shiver of fear wash over her, this woman moved like a predator, even in the tilt of her head.

"Oh…well I'm afraid that I don't know how-" April started.

"You are right to fear me, I can smell it," the woman whispered.

April froze gasping as she lifted her shades to reveal deep violet-magenta tinted eyes. April gasped.

"You will tell me what I want to know," the woman hissed, advancing on April, "His name is Luahktorkelektor."

"How..um…do you spell that?" April managed, struggling to grasp the clipped words.

The woman froze, seeming to hiss in rage before jerking her shades down as the door opened, anger flickering on her features.

April managed to cover her fear as Casey strode in carrying their lunch and smiled a greeting.

"Casey," she managed.

The woman watched Casey with a calculating eye. He paused noticing the strained smile on April's face and the predatory nature of the woman beside her.

"Who are you?" he asked, suddenly becoming defensive.

"Kelk tek nurut tar kelkurak," the woman spoke, her accent becoming more prominent. (Speak kindred, do you dare hide from me?)

He frowned in confusion.

"Ok…I have no idea what you just said, but you're going to have to leave." Casey stated firmly.

She moved quickly, standing directly in front of him, a hand touched his chest briefly, too quickly to follow before she frowned, turned, and left.

Casey shivered.

"She is creepy babe," he sputtered.

"I second that," April managed, "she said she was looking for her brother."

"Huh, what language was that?" Casey asked suddenly, "didn't sound familiar."

"We'll the guys will be here tonight maybe Splinter's heard of it, because I have no idea," April mumbled.

"You ok?" Casey asked, gently touching her arm, blue eyes flickering in worry.

"A little shook, um I need paper," April scrambled to her desk buy the filing cabinet and jerked out a pen and paper, "she told me his name…but it didn't sound like any name I've ever heard before. I'll have to look it up, it's really unique. It'd be something I'd remember."

Casey frowned as she struggled to write it out.

"That's as close as I can get to what it sounded like she said," April stated, handing him the name.

Lauktorkelktor

~That Evening~

"There were other sounds in there but I couldn't really catch them," April stated as Splinter frowned at the word on the sheet of paper.

"It's not Earthen, not from what the government has on file anyway," Don stated as he compared the extracted words from April's surveillance video to governmental data on world languages. It's also not coming up on the Utrom's database."

"So what? We're dealing with some new species of alien or something?" Mikey asked as he leaned over the couch, staring at the streams of data on Don's computer.

"Mike you are sucking the air out of my personal bubble," Don grumbled.

"Sorry," Mikey whispered, scooting away slightly.

Raph leaned over briefly, staring at the image of the woman on the corner of Don's screen.

"Shesh April…she even gives me the creeps a bit," Raph mumbled, "she's almost like a…"

"Predator," April cut in, "that's the impression I got anyway."

Leo slipped in from the opened window and strode over.

"No sign of an intruder or of tampering with the security cameras. Any luck figuring out that language?" Leo asked, " and I agree April…very predatory she seems very dangerous."

"No, but this name is very familiar, I cannot place as to why though, perhaps I have met this person in the Nexus but that does not seem likely it seems too familiar to have been a mere acquaintance." Splinter answered.

Splinter suddenly frowned, a brief memory flashed in his mind. Six violet eyes framed in bright orange, electric blue, and vibrant yellow, the stench of terror.

"I…I know or knew him," Splinter gasped, "I saw him without a disguise. Miss Jones, the woman you saw was hiding her appearance."

"Huh?" Mike asked, "Like wearing a mask or something? Like image looks pretty real to me."

He squinted at the screen, looking for signs of alterations to the face.

"No, like a shape-shifter," Splinter corrected, "I have heard of them in stories from Japan, but they are known all over the world."

"What do you know about them?" Leo asked, frowning slightly.

"Very little," Splinter admitted, "I do know that they are very dangerous."

"What have we gotten ourselves into?" Don groaned.

A/N: ;) Copy righted concepts will follow. This story is based on one that I am working on right now. Please Review! I will get back to my other stories I promise, some chapters will be up today!