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Chapter 2: Escape?

Mikey groaned as he was tossed back into the room that had, for all intent and purposes, became his home. Sitting up he sighed and waited for them to return Kat. He had lost track of time a long time ago. In the beginning he had been sure that either he could escape or his brothers would come to his rescue.

His brothers never came. And after two weeks straight of attempting to escape and being punished for it he had given up. As long as he behaved he was mostly left alone. They were fed enough to keep alive, nothing more. Every so often they would perform experiments on him. Sometimes painful, sometimes invasive. Always leaving him wishing he could just die. But even that wasn't an option. He had promised Kat.

His only friend in this hellhole was another mutant named Kat. She had been quiet at first, but eventually she had opened up and told him her story. She had been born in this place. She had known that the building they were in was located deep under the earths surface. She had been trained in a multitude of ways, from technology to fighting techniques. Lately though their captors seemed to have changed tactics. Simply taking her and experimenting on her, much as they did with Mikey.

The heavy metal door opened and Kat was tossed in. Mikey leapt to his feet and caught her, stopping her fall. Shifting he eased her gently to the ground. Kneeling beside his friend he ran his hands over the mutants body searching for wounds. Thankfully there were no new ones.

There was silence for a long time only broken by the loud complaints of his stomach. He sighed knowing they would not be given any food that day.

"You know that stomach of yours could wake the dead." Kat sat up,her ears twitching.

Mikey reached over and tugged her tail gently. "Yeah well not my fault." He grinned as the cat/human jerked her tail out of reach.

At the Lair

Splinter sat watching his three sons. Three months had passed since the loss of their youngest brother. He had watched his family change in those months. At first Raphaels anger had nearly torn apart the rest of the family. Frustration and guilt had tore at the other two. No matter what words of wisdom he tried, he had not been able to help them.

After two months had gone by with no clues to what had happened to their brother they had given up. But in giving up, they had drawn closer together. It was now rare that any of them ventured forth alone. And while Splinter was glad of this, he also worried that their dependence on each other would eventually lead to their downfall.

Leonardo glanced up from the book he was reading, to consider his usually hotheaded brother. Raph sat on the battered couch, staring at the various game systems that hadn't been activated in months. "We should go out"

Raphael nodded, resisting the urge to destroy the innocent game systems."Ill go get Donny" Standing he made his way to the lab.

A few minutes later they were leaping from roof top to roof top, always blending into the shadows. They had stopped to catch their breath, when what little light there was died. In the distance there was a deep rumbling explosion. The brothers made their way towards the power transformer, staring in horror at the scene.

A gas tanker had collided with the transformer. Sparks of electricity still sizzled. Fire from the tankers explosion quickly spread towards houses nearby. Leaping into action, the three spent the rest of the night risking their lives to help people away from the fires.

At the underground Lab

Mikey blinked as what little light they had vanished. He had just leapt to his feet when Kats hand gripped his, jerking him to a halt. Both listened as distinct thuds and grinding metal was heard. Michelangelo eyes widened as their door swung open. Running over he listened, but heard nothing.

"The doors are held shut by electricity, when it failed it, so did they." Kat was at his side in an instant.

"Well lets not look a gift horse in the mouth." Mikey retorted.

Backup lights soon came on, dimly casting a faint orange light on the walls. Kat quickly took the lead, running her hands over the walls as they moved, she soon found what she searched for. A ventilation shaft. Mikey had to squeeze to get in. Even as thin as he was, his shell was still bulky. His shell made a horrific noise as it scraped the sides of the shaft. Wincing he was glad when the shaft opened up into a room that had walls made of dirt. They were out.

The lights here were even dimmer, so they ran their hands over the walls, searching for a way out. Miky fell forward as the wall suddenly vanished from under his fingers.

"Kat, over here I think I found a tunnel" Mikey started to move forward when Kat grabbed his hand. Raising her own hand she extended one claw and held it poised over his hand. Mikeys eyes widened as he realized what she was going to do.

"Trust me?" Kats eyes bore into his with a deadly serious look. Mikey nodded, catching his breath in a his as her claw suddenly slashed his palm. Tearing off a piece of her already torn shirt, she wiped the blood away and removed a small device that had been hidden under his skin. Dropping it to the floor she hurriedly smashed it. The repeated the procedure on her self.

"Tracking devices? How long have those been there?" Mikey scowled and wrapped the offered cloth around his wounded hand.

"Most likely since you were captured, I remembered them placing mine." She shivered at the memory of the pain that had shot through her hand. "Come on, Lets put some distance between us and this hellhole."

They were soon out of the small cavern and heading down the tunnel. Once out of the cavern, they were engulfed in a darkness so deep, that Mikey waved his hand in front of his eyes and could not see it. Stumbling over protrusions in the ground, they made their way as fast as possible. At one point, Kat wrapped her tail around Mikeys wrist so they wouldn't be separated. They rested then continued their journey, always listening for sounds of pursuit. There was none.

Authors Note: Hopefully this is going ok and the characters dont seem too ooc. They have all been through a trying period here and thats bound to change their attitudes. Edited chapted a couple of times due to misspelled words. rolls eyes Apparently the spell checker didnt catch them. Please Review.