By Kali Gargoyle
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Author's note: For those of you who don't know, and I doubt any of you don't, there is a section of the Official Ninja Turtles website called TMNT Letters. It's a nice little parallel universe in which all Turtleverses can live in harmony. Well, most of them. Before Venus' disappearance from the TMNT, she, too, took part in this. You read what the turtles have to say about what's going on in their lives and you can even write to them if you want, and they write back. When they, and by 'they' I mean someone specific but I won't go so low as to point fingers, decided to try and erase Venus from existence, it got messy. So messy and full of holes that people are still debating over it, and her in general, in the Under Manhattan forums and other places.
I woke up at five this morning and wrote this while I was not fully awake. Ghost written? Maybe. I did take time to wake up and edit so I hope it's not too rough. I never got a chance to read any of Venus' letters, but I hope this does them, and her, justice.
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Venus' Valediction
Greetings friends,
I recently had a very disturbing dream. I hope it does not come to pass, but I fear it most likely will. Someone is plotting against me, someone powerful.
We, my new family and I, have dealt with many things but this may be the one thing we cannot fight.
When I first met the others, I was a bit taken back. They were nice, but so…different. They acted differently from what I was used to. But with time I came to learn, and I love my new family. I joined in their adventures, and their enemies became mine.
Although I feel there is one enemy that is mine alone. Someone wishes to wipe me from existence and I am powerless to stop it. I have told the others, and while they fear for me, they do not understand that they can not fight this. Leonardo says he will fight to the death for me, and the others agree, but this is not an enemy we will meet on a battleground.
Why? Why would someone do this? I have done nothing. How can one person hate me so much that they feel that simply destroying me is not enough, they need to erase all traces of my existence? Can someone really be that evil? Am I really that much of a threat to whatever they have planned?
I can feel it happening already. Last night it seemed like Leonardo had a hard time recognizing me. Everyone has forgotten my name at least once, and they seem surprised to see me at times.
It is very disconcerting, to know that one person can just say a word and you disappear, leaving no trace. I ask again, is that really necessary?
I feel that this will be my last letter, and I leave you with this. Remember me.
MeiPieh Chi AKA Venus de Milo