CHAPTER TWO
- Why did you hit me so bad ! ! ! I could pretend to faint ! yelled Dr Ephron to the foot soldiers.
- It was to mislead them. Your abduction had to seem real, grumbled Shredder, coming from behind.
- Do you think they'll have any doubt ?asked the doctor, looking a little less confident than when he was talking to the soldiers.
- We left our equipment hanging at the window - that was a weird idea to not use the door, we were at the 11th floor... answered a foot soldier, giving the opportunity to Shredder to give a superior and mad look at Ephron.
- Anyway ! Soleil would never believe I could do something like this, this is a good thing for us ! said Dr Ephron, trying to be persuasive.
- We don't have any more time to waste on stupid chattering, cut off Shredder with and imperial voice. You have to now prove you was worth all the effort spent on you.
The doctor pulled a kind of little bottle out of a suitcase and hold it out to the Shredder.
- Bring him here, commanded Shredder to two guards, pointing another one that tried to escape, but it was too late.
They made the young man drink from this bottle, and then Shredder asked :
- And how does it work now ?
- Just by what he hear and understand. Look : hey ! yeah, you. Touch your nose with your right hand.
The guy did as the doctor said.
- I see... David ? ( the guy then looked at the Shredder ) You see the katana hanging on the wall ? Go take it.... Great... Now, drive it in your stomach...
- No ! yelled Ephron. Wait, you can't make him do it !
- You should have guessed he would use it for this kind of purpose, answered a young foot soldier with a grim look.
- And I'm paying you, you don't have a word to say. Now, David, do what I say.
They then left the doctor alone with the dead body of David, bringing this dangerous drugs with them.
* * *
- So, on what was working... Erik ? Did he have any reason to think someone should steal his work...
- Errrr... thought Soleil out loud, chewing her pizza. Oh ! Yes, I know. Eric's a psychiatrist, you know, and a year or two ago, he worked on a project.... it was for... er... it was a medicament that, at the beginning, was supposed to put the patient in some kind of trance, like under hypnosis. To be able to control them a little, because maybe of the client of Eric was so depressed... or anything else.... that they were even unable to wash themselves, dress themselves, stuffs like this... The project was abandoned... I personally think these people take too much pills anyway. But Eric continued the research on his own... He never told me if he succeed or what...
- Sure he would keep it secret ! Imagine how dangerous this drugs can be ! said Leonardo, a little alarmed.
- And as it seems, the foot heard about it, pointed Donatello.
- I agreed, it's a very terrible story, but I would like to know the end before I wake up, so what do you suggest to do ?
- I think we should split, Donnie and me will go to the foot headquarters, and Mikey and Raph to the doctor's lab, who know what we can find there, decided Leonardo.
- That's not fair, you keep the fun job for you ! argued Raphael.
- Ok, so Donnie and I go to the lab and...
Soleil coughed to catch their attention, interrupting Leo.
- I don't mean to insinuate that maybe I'm not dreaming and all THAT should be real, but... if it was, you really think I should stay here alone ?
- She's right,- Raphael answered immediately,- if the foot come back and you know what I mean...
- Yes, more than you think, bro,- said Mikey with a wide smile. Why don't we bring her with us to the junkyard, she could be useful, and at least she will be with you... us, I mean.-
Soleil was on her feet, looking for something in a drawer. She hold out a little card to Donnie.
- That's the address of the labs.-
She did not look as if she had hear anything Michealangelo had say, neither as she had noticed the ashamed look of Raphael.
* * *
- They left the apartment, Master,- announced a foot soldier to Shredder.
- And was the girl with them ?-
- Yes. She's supposed to come here with two of the turtles.-
Shredder looked at the doctor ( that had finally followed them).
- That's perfect, doctor, isn't ? You know what you have to do, now, I suppose ?-
Ephron was principally selfish. And all his life was about money. That was the only reason why he has been surprised of the murder of David - he though the Shredder would used the drug to steal people, not to kill them. He felt a little guilty, but soon convinced himself that, hey, after all, it was the Shredder that killed that boy ! He had nothing to do with that, even if Shredder used the drugs Ephron just sold to him. He was a really too great man to be so wrong, wasn't he ? That's why he didn't feel any kind of guilt when Shredder asked him to find a way to make the turtles and this girl that knew a little too much drink the drugs. It was Shredder's idea, and he will do nothing else than offer them a drink, he had nothing to do with anything wrong that could happen to them, hadn't he ?
- Why did you hit me so bad ! ! ! I could pretend to faint ! yelled Dr Ephron to the foot soldiers.
- It was to mislead them. Your abduction had to seem real, grumbled Shredder, coming from behind.
- Do you think they'll have any doubt ?asked the doctor, looking a little less confident than when he was talking to the soldiers.
- We left our equipment hanging at the window - that was a weird idea to not use the door, we were at the 11th floor... answered a foot soldier, giving the opportunity to Shredder to give a superior and mad look at Ephron.
- Anyway ! Soleil would never believe I could do something like this, this is a good thing for us ! said Dr Ephron, trying to be persuasive.
- We don't have any more time to waste on stupid chattering, cut off Shredder with and imperial voice. You have to now prove you was worth all the effort spent on you.
The doctor pulled a kind of little bottle out of a suitcase and hold it out to the Shredder.
- Bring him here, commanded Shredder to two guards, pointing another one that tried to escape, but it was too late.
They made the young man drink from this bottle, and then Shredder asked :
- And how does it work now ?
- Just by what he hear and understand. Look : hey ! yeah, you. Touch your nose with your right hand.
The guy did as the doctor said.
- I see... David ? ( the guy then looked at the Shredder ) You see the katana hanging on the wall ? Go take it.... Great... Now, drive it in your stomach...
- No ! yelled Ephron. Wait, you can't make him do it !
- You should have guessed he would use it for this kind of purpose, answered a young foot soldier with a grim look.
- And I'm paying you, you don't have a word to say. Now, David, do what I say.
They then left the doctor alone with the dead body of David, bringing this dangerous drugs with them.
* * *
- So, on what was working... Erik ? Did he have any reason to think someone should steal his work...
- Errrr... thought Soleil out loud, chewing her pizza. Oh ! Yes, I know. Eric's a psychiatrist, you know, and a year or two ago, he worked on a project.... it was for... er... it was a medicament that, at the beginning, was supposed to put the patient in some kind of trance, like under hypnosis. To be able to control them a little, because maybe of the client of Eric was so depressed... or anything else.... that they were even unable to wash themselves, dress themselves, stuffs like this... The project was abandoned... I personally think these people take too much pills anyway. But Eric continued the research on his own... He never told me if he succeed or what...
- Sure he would keep it secret ! Imagine how dangerous this drugs can be ! said Leonardo, a little alarmed.
- And as it seems, the foot heard about it, pointed Donatello.
- I agreed, it's a very terrible story, but I would like to know the end before I wake up, so what do you suggest to do ?
- I think we should split, Donnie and me will go to the foot headquarters, and Mikey and Raph to the doctor's lab, who know what we can find there, decided Leonardo.
- That's not fair, you keep the fun job for you ! argued Raphael.
- Ok, so Donnie and I go to the lab and...
Soleil coughed to catch their attention, interrupting Leo.
- I don't mean to insinuate that maybe I'm not dreaming and all THAT should be real, but... if it was, you really think I should stay here alone ?
- She's right,- Raphael answered immediately,- if the foot come back and you know what I mean...
- Yes, more than you think, bro,- said Mikey with a wide smile. Why don't we bring her with us to the junkyard, she could be useful, and at least she will be with you... us, I mean.-
Soleil was on her feet, looking for something in a drawer. She hold out a little card to Donnie.
- That's the address of the labs.-
She did not look as if she had hear anything Michealangelo had say, neither as she had noticed the ashamed look of Raphael.
* * *
- They left the apartment, Master,- announced a foot soldier to Shredder.
- And was the girl with them ?-
- Yes. She's supposed to come here with two of the turtles.-
Shredder looked at the doctor ( that had finally followed them).
- That's perfect, doctor, isn't ? You know what you have to do, now, I suppose ?-
Ephron was principally selfish. And all his life was about money. That was the only reason why he has been surprised of the murder of David - he though the Shredder would used the drug to steal people, not to kill them. He felt a little guilty, but soon convinced himself that, hey, after all, it was the Shredder that killed that boy ! He had nothing to do with that, even if Shredder used the drugs Ephron just sold to him. He was a really too great man to be so wrong, wasn't he ? That's why he didn't feel any kind of guilt when Shredder asked him to find a way to make the turtles and this girl that knew a little too much drink the drugs. It was Shredder's idea, and he will do nothing else than offer them a drink, he had nothing to do with anything wrong that could happen to them, hadn't he ?
