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The Lone Operative – I

Mona was overwhelmed by the technology sitting in front of her. To most people it was just a bunch of computer screens and towers stacked on top of each other but to her, it was a beautiful jewel. Her new system took up the majority of her room, leaving a small bit of wall space for her bed to sit up against. At least she did not have to worry about freezing during the winter with how much heat the computers put off.

Donnie worked on installing and booting the software he created while she took a quick rest. The possibilities of this new system began to overwhelm her brain. Not only would she have eyes on nearly all of New York City, she would be able to find her brother, Jeremy.

She was still getting over the fact that he betrayed and tried to kill her, but she was more determined than ever to find him and set him straight. She understood that working with the Kraang provided an opportunity to advance his research beyond his doctoral days, but working with an alien race bent on exterminating everything on this planet went too far. There had to be a way to convince him otherwise but she currently drew blanks. When she did think of something, it would be easy enough to find him this time. There was no way she would ever rely on the Kraang for her information.

Once Donnie had everything installed, she eagerly jumped up to start playing with her new gadget. What popped up in front of her was glorious. She had access to thousands of cameras around the city as well as biometric technology to identify who or whatever she wanted. A split second thought about being a creeper shot through her mind, but it slipped out just as fast when she told herself that she was not that kind of person. This was for the greater good of justice.

"Sorry to ruin your moment, Mona, but we need your help."

Leo and Raph caught her staring stary-eyed at the screens in front of her. They just had to kill her moment.

She let out a long sigh before answering, "What's up, guys?"

"Time to put your plaything to good use," Raph teased, "We need help finding another ninja turtle aside from us."

"Wait, are you talking about?" Donnie began to ask.

"Slash," Leo and Raph responded in unison.

"Slash, as in the one that tore Donnie and Mikey to shreds, Slash?" Mona questioned.

Donnie grabbed his arm, "Please don't remind me of that."

"That's the one," Leo replied, "There have been sightings in Central Park. Do you think you can find him?"

"Sure thing," Mona reassured and began typing away at her keyboard. In a few seconds, she had security cameras in and around the park brought up on multiple screens.

"Let's see how this works," she mumbled to herself as she brought up the biometric tool. She began entering parameters matching Slash's vague description, then sat back and waited for the program to do the work for her. "It'll take a few minutes for it to find matches, if what the rumor says is true."

"What do you mean?" Raph wondered.

"This could be some sort of red herring," Mona warned, spinning her chair around to face him, "Maybe someone wants to plant an ambush on you guys."

"Possibly, but we can't ignore it. Slash is dangerous."

A light pinging noise drew everyone's attention back to the computer.

"Bingo!" Mona cheered. She spun back around and brought up the results. A dark, large and foreboding shadow was captured on cameras on the south side of the park, near The Pond and the zoo. Mona could not confirm if it was Slash or not, mostly because she had never seen him before and only knew of him from Raph's descriptions. Plus, the images were not clear but by the look on Leo, Raph and Donnie's faces, it was a good indicator that it was him.

Leo nodded his head, motioning for them to head out. Mona told them she would stay behind and monitor the situation from her room, keeping in contact via the communicator. If there was anything they needed to know about their surroundings or information in general, Mona would be there to tell them.

As they left her room, her stomach sank. She remembered the story Raph told her about Slash's rampage against his brothers and began to worry about their safety. Slash sounded like a formidable foe and one they had to tread lightly with. The fact that he could take the four brothers out easily did not sit well with her. At this point, she could only pray for their safe return.