A/N: Yay, it's my chapter! Blech, so many stories, I can't keep track of them all. Not to mention water polo practice has me in stitches. Ah, the pain! Oh yeah, this is Alix, btw, so that's why this chapter wasn't updated as frequently as say, ET's usually are.

E.T.: Yea, that's because I'm a lazy butt who sits around and types all day.

Raph: She's Mikey's clone.

Mikey & E.T.: Hey!

E.T.: Me? Act like HIM? What kind of idiot do you take me for?

Mikey: Are there different kinds? -is chased everywhere by enraged E.T.-

Don: Not again...

Alix: And just for everyone's info, Espionage means spying. It comes in handy. Hehe, ET didn't know what it was.

ET: HEY!

Chapter 2: Espionage Antics

Raphael snuck along quietly behind his quarry. He had to be careful. If he trailed Karai too closely, she would surely recognize his presence, but if he allowed for too much distance between them, she would escape him. Raph grinned to himself. For a ninja, this was relatively easy. Caution was a skill programmed into his very subconscious. Though, as fate would have it, the turtle was a ninja with a lack of patience.

It seemed to be an eternity of mindlessly following her. Over buildings, through alleyways, and even hitching rides on top roofs of cars, but Karai simply kept plowing forward. As much as he loved city-surfing, there was a limit.

Hadn't Karai realized that she lost track of Raphael? It was obvious she was stalking him, so if she had lost him, then wouldn't she halt to regain his trail? Raph twisted his frown into a snarl. She knew he was following her and was leading him somewhere. But where?

He figured to a trap, but after pursuing her for the entire night, wasting his oh-so-precious time, he was determined to end at any kind of destination.

Leaping from one building to the next, he at last stopped on top of a water tower. Its curved roof was relatively difficult to stand on, but not difficult enough for Raph to slip off. With a decent view of the surrounding area, he stared ahead to see Karai halt several buildings in front of him.

It was difficult to make out who, but he could see another person standing beside her.

Perhaps she wasn't following him to begin with? Somehow he doubted that, but whoever this person was, he was far more important than Raph. The turtle edged higher and higher along the roof, but at that distance hearing, and even sight, was impossible. He gritted his teeth in annoyance. He had to get closer.

Sliding down the roof of the water tower and mutely plopping onto the floor, the turtle was constantly straining his "ears," hoping to stay out of their view. Espionage was espionage after all. The turtle glided across the building and caught hold of a clothes' line resting between its edge and another edifice. Slipping down it, Raph made quick work around the structure on street level and continued running until he was certain to be standing immediately below his enemy.

Staring upwards, he decided that scaling the wall, instead of climbing up the fire escape, would probably be less noticeable and noisy. Stealth was the name of the game, after all. He pulled out his scaling tools, slipping them on his hands, knees, and feet. He put his hands on the wall, slowly pulling himself up so that his knees and feet helped to lift him towards his goal. He suddenly had a brief image of one of Mikey's comics...Spiderman, he thought, rolling his eyes. Why did he have to think about that now, of all times?

Upon reaching the edge of the roof, he stopped, now able to hear the other person's voice. It was deep, throaty, definitely a man's voice.

"----not afford another mistake." Raph heard the unknown man haughtily declare, only to be responded by Karai scoffing. "The Master will be very angry if you fail him in this task."

"And what makes you think I will?" Karai's voice was dangerously cold.

"The way you lost that other turtle does not bode well with me." Whoever this guy was, he was walking on thin ice. Raphael perked up slightly. Maybe they'd beat the daylights out of each other.

"Do not be a fool. You are out of place berating me for anything, let alone my skills."

Raphael paused uneasily. She wasn't speaking as blunt as a normal person would be. Maybe she knew he was following her? If that was true, she would be careful around her words. He couldn't take anything she said for the absolute truth, simply because she might purposely try to mislead him. It was just the way she was. In any case, the other man did not seem to be aware of his presence, so perhaps he would reveal some information.

His thoughts snapped to attention when he heard a sword clatter on the ground. Raph forced himself not to look, so as not to reveal his location, though he nearly died from curiosity.

"Do not think you are more skillful than I," Karai hissed. He shuddered at the thought of those piercing eyes. "I know what I'm doing. It shall be completed before my time is up."

"You have had a week to hunt him down, Mistress Karai, and yet you still have come up with nothing. No leads, no locations of his alliances, nothing. So far the Master is displeased. And if you return empty handed…"

"I know what the consequences will be," she said softly. That got his attention. Consequences for Karai? The Shred Head's little lap dog? What was so important he would risk losing her?

"You must have ever confidence in yourself then, Mistress Karai, or you would be searching for the turtle with more vigor."

"Watch your tongue, before I cut it out."

…Turtle? Raphael echoed in thought. She was only hunting down one of his brothers? Why not all four?

The man continued, "Find him quickly. He is getting impatient with your reluctance to perform your task."

"I've never shown disrespect to my master," she replied flatly. She really was not in a good mood. Raphael shook his head, remembering how calm the woman always was…

"I am only the messenger, and my message to you is that your time is running out. If you do not find Leonardo in three days, it will be your head."

Karai's voice once again approached rage. "But he said that I had---"

"There has been a change in plans. Find him, bring him to the Master alive, and kill the turtle in front of his eyes to prove your loyalty." Raphael nearly fell off of the building. Kill Leo! But... Karai wouldn't do that, would she? She may be one of the Foot's flunkies, but she wouldn't actually break her vow and kill one of them... would she?

Apparently the same thing was running through her mind. "But I was not ordered to bring him back aliv-"

"Three days, Mistress Karai," the voice interrupted, slightly amused. "The Shredder awaits his pupil's completion of her duties."

A/N: Bum bum BUUUUUUUM. Well there's that chapter!

E.T: Thanks guys for all the reviews! I'm still relatively new at this, so reviews make me squeal.

Mik: Yea, and it scares the heck (note he didn'tswear because the fanfiction warlords at this site would hunt us downfor it)out of all of us! She stands up and starts dancing while singing some random song... -shivers-

Don: We've been scarred...

E.T: Here's Donny! Yes, we did auction him off, and I believe ChibiRose Angel got him for 20 dollars...

Mik: I'd go for more then that. I'd probably cost someone 200 dollars!

Don: Thanks, Mikey. Really.

Raf: There's one comment about you guys torturing me...you do like to mess me up, don't you?

Alix: But of course! It's kinky, isn't it? And besides, if any of you check my other stories, you'll see that "angst" is always one of my categories (or drama, which is like angst only less fun). Well, E.T.s updating next, so she should have it up in a few days. COWABUNGA!