Military Mutant Command
Chapter 2: Alopex
Hey there, names Alopex. If your wondering how I got the name it's simple…I liked it better then being called Snowy…its simple, it my latin name or something like that, and as I said…better then being called Snowy!
I used to live in Nevada in a military compound, well…it was more like an elevator private school, Pascal will argue otherwise, but it was comprised of three buildings.
The biggest building was were everyone lived, it was originally a single room apartment complex that was moved to the middle of the desert, gutted and divided down the middle females on one side, males on the other side; however, there was a small section for mutants over the age of 25, these mutants were intermingled for a special project…no clue what it is so don't ask!
Each room was just a big blank square, with bars on the windows and the doors replaced with prison bars and the walls reinforced with steel and the floors reinforced with concrete. Two beds, with foot lockers placed at the foot of each bed, in each room and a single stall shower.
Next building the second largest would be the academy, grade pre-k through college level. It was a school through and through and boring as hell! I struggled through most of the classes, I'm not book smart…I don't get math all that much. Gym was my thing! I rocked at dodgeball! I totally ruled the court! No one could best me!
Third building was for training it was the smallest of the buildings with a field and track attached to it. Training each day, obstacle courses, and long runs! It was my favorite thing to do! Sparing with the other mutants I was Queen of the scene! No one could beat me!
But now…now its boring…very boring…Here I am in New York and I can't even go to a rave! Instead I'm a member of Mutant Command Unit 1, rounding up rogue mutants, hunting down ant remaining Krang, and putting them away. At least Pascal is here…
Your probably wondering why a babe like me is hanging around a nerd like her? Well it all started in the 7th grade, I was failing most of my classes except math….like I said I don't really do books…so I was assigned a tutor…a midget mutant named you guessed it! Pascal! They had her doing higher learning stuff with the older mutants…
Long story short, I was the popular girl and she was the nerd that got picked on, so I decided to keep her. I protected her from the bigger mutants, force her to take few useful classes to keep that mind occupied, and in turn she helped bring my grades up, it's kind of hard to let go of someone with such value to your own well-being.
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Alopex didn't trust Raphael, it had already been a couple of weeks and she hated his guts! He bested her in hand to hand combat, took up Pascal's time in order to get him up to speed educationally, and took the last serving of red jello!
The fox glared at the reptile clearly not happy that right now he was sitting at a table reading a book with Pascal all because the doc discovered he had dyslexia big whoop! So what he had trouble reading! But there he was reading a chapter from the 'Three Musketeers' with her genius out loud!
"The invention of the mousetrap does not date from our day" Alopex heard from her table as Raphael read to Pascal. The cat mutant helping him as he struggled to straightened out the words with him, it was almost sicken like a flimsy chick flick…the bad boy and the nerd girl studying together getting all chummy! Alopex knew she had to put a holt to this horrible cliche before she lost her lunch…she just had to figure out how….
The fox got up and walked out the room, the base so boring…Alopex almost wished she was back in class! Almost. She just wanted to do something fun! The fox paused for a moment before grinning whose to say she could do a patrol of the city alone? All she had to do was ask and if she was told no? Well that's their fault.
Alopex made her way toward the General's office with a smirk on her muzzle, she wasn't going to take no for an answer! The fox was quick to approach the General "Hello General Hammond!" She greeting enthusiastically saluting him. She entered the office and moved closer to the desk "Permission to have a solo mission! Now I know its against regulation, but with Pascal focusing on Raphael and bring him up to speed or whatever it is she's doing." she explained quickly her tail swaying gently "And we do need to keep up public appearance that we ARE doing something right?"
George Hammond always believed himself to be a rational and kind man, raised in Texas and a military man through and through…but sometimes he wondered why he didn't retire and spend his days with his grand daughters. The bolding man looked up Alopex and sighed "I won't send you on a solo mission I will send you with Colonel O'Neill to investigate a recently discovered Krang lab" He said feeling this was a compromise, "I don't do solo missions and for the last time Alopex this isn't like a movie!" he said raising his voice, "You could get seriously hurt or killed your still a kid don't be in such a hurry to die" he finished sternly.
"Fine! I'll go with Colonel O'Neill!" Alopex said clearly not happy about this decision but willing to take it if not to leave the boring old base! She huffed crossing her arms and holding her tail high "When is the mission a-go?" She asked looking at him.
General Hammond was relieved that Alopex didn't put up an argument this time, "You have an hour to get geared up" He stated going back to his paperwork "If there are no other questions your dismissed" he said.
Alopex frowned as she turned and left the office, her next goal was heading towards the locker room. The fox made her way down the corridor, why couldn't the combat gear be sexy? Why did anyone even care if she wore clothes period? It's not like you could see anything…casting a glance upward she made a turn knowing she was closely approaching the locker room.
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Raphael sighed as he looked over the book, so far he couldn't complain about how they treated him…of course the clothes were annoying! He was forced to wear a plain gray tank top and camo colored pants, thankfully they didn't make him wear shoes! He put the book down and looked at the mutant cat next to him pulling out some other books.
"Now Raphael we're moving on to math" Pascal said pulling out a calculator much to Raph's dismay.
They had forced him to take several test to see where he placed academically and what torture did that put him through! He was placed in elementary level math and reading! It's not his fault everything looked weird and backwards on paper! So here he was now studying under Pascal…it wasn't all bad…he supposed
"Remember the techniques we practiced earlier, read slowly and focus on one letter at a time." Pascal said and blinked "Er…in this case numbers hehe" She chuckled scratching her head "Anyway we're working on algebra today"
Algebra….great, the turtle groaned "Can't we train? Like hand to hand combat? I'm good at that" he complained frowning as he looked at the page filled with numbers, this was Donnie's thing…Donnie…damn he missed his brothers…even Mikey…not for the first time since his capture did he berate himself for getting caught and being shown to the public…he could only hope to stay in New York and near his family
Pascal watched Raphael for a moment, he was thinking about something that secret of his that he refused to tell anyone, lowering her ears she looked away "Five problem, just solve five problems and we can train" she said making a compromise with him.
The turtle looked at her and nodded feeling that was the best he could get from her, Pascal was about as stubborn as a wall! If the past few weeks thought him nothing it was if Pascal wanted something she'd get it somehow. Sending her a little glare he spoke "Fine you got yourself a deal" he picked up a pencil and grabbed the calculator.
Step by step it felt like each problem was taking forever to solve! Who needed this junk!? He groaned loudly slamming his head on the table, "Raph it's only been five minute! And your half way done with the 2nd problem" Pascal said trying to encourage him.
A few more head slams on the table he tried focusing on the problem once more, "It maybe easy for you but not for me…this sucks" Raphael said frowning displeased.
"Ah and I thought tutoring Alepex was hard" Pascal said sighing, "Come on Raph! It's not really that hard" She began writing out the formula once again somewhat irritated.
"Well excuse me princess not all of us has a big brain!" He shouted crossing him arms, glaring at the paper as if offended him.
The cat mutant growled slightly, "It has nothing to do with brain size! It's about logic and these are the same problems we went over yesterday! You should still have your notes from then!" She shouted back
Raph grumbled and pulled out his math notes from yesterday and looked over them and writing down the equation from his notes "There! Done! Can we please stop doing stupid school work!?" He demanded
Pascal hissed silently "Yes" she said sharply standing up and gathered up all the papers and books.
The terrapin however was more then glad this study session was over "I'm almost wishing you dissected me anything is better then this torture!" he bemoaned glaring at the cat before smirking "But now its time for some real fun!"
"What is with you? Both you and Alopex? All you both love to do is fight! You never think with your head! Your going to get in trouble with your rash behavior" Pascal said folding her ears back
Raph stood up and poked the smaller mutant "Well it ain't my fault your so weak!" he snapped at her
"Choosing not to fight isn't a weakness! In the words of Gandhi I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.' one bullet kills a man and leaves his family to mourn, in war…everyone loses" Pascal said looking away with a sad look in her eyes "I didn't chose to be a solider but my choice for any fight will always be to cause as little harm as possible"
The turtle huffed and crossed his arms "Whatever! Lets go to the training room you promised!" he said heading off with an agitated cat following him.
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Six weeks, that's how long it had been since Raphael had been captured by the military. Six weeks since their family was whole. Things changed drastically Splinter was now training them harder then ever, Leo was keeping a distance from everyone, Donnie was locked up in his lab, and April when she came over it was always with news about the new Mutant Command Center that was being set-up….
And then there was Mikey, trying so hard to be himself and keep his spirits up as well as keep the family together…he just needed a clue how…the orange terrapin stood before the door to Donatello's lab one hand placed upon it "Donnie…" He said softly leaning forward and placing his forehead on the cold steal "I know your in there everyone's asking where you've been..they say have courage and I'm trying to…I'm right out here for you…sooo…let me in" Mikey sang softly to the door, maybe yes he did watch Frozen a few times to many, "We only have each other just you and me…what are we gonna do? Do you wanna build a snowman?" he knew Donnie could hear him, but as long as the door was locked…Michelangelo couldn't even get hope to get in….
The youngest turtle turned and walked away from the door, he then glanced at the dojo where he knew Leo and Master Splinter were and made his way to the door. He glanced, both mutants were heavily focused on their katas…Mikey frowned before putting on a determined look on his face. Maybe he needed to do something? Donnie was stressing how to hack the government and remove a tracking chip while Master Splinter and Leonardo trained harder then ever before…
Mikey moved away from the dojo…maybe if he could just get a glimpse of Raph…maybe he could speak to his missing brother…the youngest slowly moved towards the turnstiles, he needed to fix his family and the only was to get a message from Raph! He jumped the turnstiles and headed for the surface! It was time to find Raphael!
Donatello listened out from the door, Mikey was trying so hard! He felt his heart breaking at the sad song…part of him wanted to go to the door and hug the poor turtle; however, he couldn't leave his work! He looked at his screen, Donnie felt so close to figuring out how to creak the code as well as prevention system to stop any possibility of tracing the single back to him.
"But the command center…is whole other problem…" He muttered looking at the articles April brought to him, "I still can't believe even more mutants are being brought in…" he picked up the article looking it over. The Government was going implement a new plan for using the mutants created by the lab as well as the so-called rogue mutants…make them useful to the community.
The Mutant Command Center was going to be the first of many command centers to be built around the country and possibly the world. The center would begin the induction of mutants into society were they would take on various roles such as law enforcement and even construction workers.
This didn't meet to well with much of the public, rallies were popping up, protestors holding 'go home mutants' and other stupid protest signs. Many claiming that mutants were going to be a plight on the already strained job market…what was the military even thinking when they had the insane idea to even do this.
Donatello sighed again what was he going to do? He needed answers….he just didn't know where to find them…all he had was questions. Lots of questions.
In the dojo was another tale being spun, Leonardo followed his father's movements in perfect sync. He needed to be stronger! It was going to be up to him to save Raphael….oh why did his little brother have to get caught? Was he not fast enough? Were these girls stronger then they looked?
Over the course of six weeks these girls managed to round up most of their mutant enemies had already been caught, Dr. Rockwell turned himself in, Slash and the remaining mutanimals remained uncaught.
But for how long? Leo needed to focus on his ninja skills if he was going to protect the rest of his family…
Leo glanced over to the door and spotted Mikey and frowned. He'd been neglecting his youngest sibling…he knew Mikey hated being ignored or left alone for long periods of time…however his training needed to take precedence over anything else at the moment.
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Alopex clutched her gun as she silently moved through the halls of the abandoned Krang lab, Jack was out in head. Alopex quickly moved next to Jack standing shoulder to shoulder with the colonel "Sir, what are we hoping to find here exactly?" she questioned raising an eyebrow "Cause so far all I've seen is hallway, hallway, and dead end hallways" she said sarcastically
"According to Carter's research using one of those Krang do-hicky things, this was a lab" Jack said sternly, "We're looking for anything useful, weapons would be nice….phasers would be better"
"Trekie" Alopex said rolling her eyes as she followed behind him, "Seriously what with you and that lame show?"
Jack glared at her "Oh and Glee was so much better? Pointless teenage drama with musical interludes" he chastised her as they approached a metal looking door.
"Well this looks like prospect" The fox said glancing at Jack as they reached the door, "SO….whose knocking?"she lowered her ears and backed away her tail swaying slowly behind her.
The colonel sighed "Right" He siad approaching the door as he pulled out some c4 and pressed it to the door readying the charge for a minor explosion "Get clear" He said back away with Alopex.
"Oh I do love this part" Alopex said as Jack pressed the detonator as the door exploded allowing them to enter, "Why can't we just do like REALLY big explosion! I like big explosion"
Jack cocked an eyebrow at her and said "And this is why we don't allow you near the c4" he stride forward gun still ready for anything. The colonel entered the lab with Alopex following behind.
The fox crept forward past Jack and took in the lab "Well…this..is…new" She made mental notes for later. This lab was different from the previously investigated; however, what really caught her eye was a bio-tube "Looks occupied" She said approaching it, there was a figure inside it and it looked huge. What monster was the Krang planning on unleashing? Or perhaps what poor creature was tortured?
"And let's leave it occupied we'll take it back to base and open it under security procedures" Jack said walking past the capsule and headed to the main console and pulled out an adaptor device and plugged it into the console "Ok downloading the system" he whistled while he waited.
Alopex pulled out her walkie "All clear send the remaining squadron in" she said stowing the device away as she moved further into the lab. The whole placed looked like it had been abandoned years ago even prior to the invasion, the question is why? This was something Pascal was better at figuring out then she was.
Jack glanced up as the rest of the squad entered the lab, "Okay bag and tag everyone leave nothing behind" He said unplugging the device. He walked to the opposite of the lab, he glanced at something covered by a stone tablet "This looks really…old" it was circular and appeared to have some Egyptian hieroglyphs. He stepped closer "Well the scientist will certainly have fun with…whatever this is"
"I get a creep feeling from it" Alopex said suddenly she folded her ears back and turned "HEY!" She shouted and began looking around "I saw something move be on guard!" she moved forward pulling out the tranq gun just in case, she honestly didn't want to kill anything…just knock them out.
Jack nodded pulling out his own tranq gun as well, "Be on point Alopex" he said trying to find whatever it was that in here with them. The rest of the squadron was circled together all keeping aim up high ready for anything that would jump at them.
The fox kept trying to find the fast shadow "I smell it…stinky…like sewer scum" she said but still saw nothing…not even a glimpse "Stand down its not here but be on guard" She ordered. She made her way from the lab "I'm heading out to the transport, I'm going to keep an eye things out side"
Jack gave a nod of approve as more soliders came in and started carefully prepping everything for transport. He moved cautiously further through the lab, he saw nothing…
Outside was a different story, Michelangelo breathed a sigh of relief he managed to get out before getting spotted. When he had seen the military convoy he'd hoped to see Raphie…no such luck. So his next plan was going to follow them! That way he'd find where Raph was being kept…Mikey pulled out a letter he wrote to his big brother…he just needed to get it to him…some how…
Alopex kept a vigil watch over the area from atop one of the trucks, she noticed a few citizens stopping and watching, some simply staring at her. She stood up straight and smiled "H..hello New Yorkers! Lovely evening!" She greeted nervously and tried not to wince when some took pictures of her waving and smiling. A few more photos were taken and Alopex turned away, she was becoming unfocused by her own nervousness "Too many people around" She said
The soldiers started coming out with things from the lab including the slab covered circle thing and the bio-tube still hooked up to an external power source and being moved into a van.
Once everything was loaded up Alopex jumped off the truck and climbed into the van, passenger side and waited for Jack to enter and take them back to base. The fox let out a yawn, most boring mission ever! Not even a nasty something to fight!
Jack climbed into the van and started the engine "Well at least that's over with" he said and shifted the gears to drive. He followed behind most of the trucks back to base. Unaware of the shadow fallowing behind.
Mikey followed quickly he couldn't afford to lose sight of the trucks. Left turns, right turns, over the bridge and nearly morning the rays of the morning sun just peaking over the city. However Mikey diligently followed the military convoyed with unwavering determination! He was going to find where they were keeping Raphie no matter what! No matter how tired he was feeling "I'm coming big brother!" He said encouraging himself to move onward.
Jack pulled the van into the base's garage after the trucks finished parking, climbing out he watched as all the trucks were being unloaded "Come on Alopex, we need to debrief" he said walking off.
The fox climbed out of the van and followed behind, she glanced at the bio-tube as it was unloaded…a shadow flew by "Huh?!" She gasped turning around and looking every place she could…she swore she saw something "Maybe too many zombie movies…" She muttered turning around and walking into the base.
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Pascal was thrown to the mat again, groaning in pain as she looked up at the turtle and source of said pain "Are we done training yet" She whimpered getting up on her poor feet again.
"You know what your problem is?" Raphael asked moving over to her, "Your not centering yourself, you need a firmer stance" He said and began moving Pascal's body to show her a better defense stance; however, he hadn't a clue as to why he was even helping her?
The cat was blushing with every touch as he moved her body into position "Ho..how will this help? Alopex is better at hand-to-hand then I am" she stated when Raphael suddenly put both hands on her hips and straightened her back.
"There..now I'm going to throw a punch, your going to raise your left arm and block it!" He said demonstrating the move she needed to perform. Raph smirked and prepared himself to punch her.
Pascal looked unsure, her ears were folded downward as Raph threw the promised punch, the cat flinched snapped her eyes but blocked the punch as Raphael had told her to…Pascal opened her eyes and blinked when she saw Raphael smirking at her with his fist blocked…
"Good job kitten" He said moving around her and once more putting his hands on her hips and twisting her hips clockwise "Now your going to roll your hips and give me a nice side kick" why was this kind of fun? he questioned himself
Pascal followed his motion into a decent side kick it wasn't nearly as high as what Raph and Alopex could do…
"Okay your going to block my punch don't flinch and then your going to side kick me" Raphael said backing to his previous position "This time don't flinch just move" he instructed and threw his punch. He smirked when she blocked and followed up with the kick, it wasn't that powerful but that would come with time "Good!" He said actually feeling a little proud.
The cat smiled shyly feeling a little more confident "H..how did you learn to fight" she asked as once again Raphael was manipulating her body for another stance.
The turtle went quite for a moment "Ah…I spied on a lot martial arts schools and training after hours" he lied "Your waist is small…do you eat enough?" he asked changing subjects as he noticed how his hands encircled her so easily…in fact she was really small…
"Well…I uh…eat…well…enough" Pascal said blushing, thank god her fur hid any evidence of such embarrassments…
The two trained like this for a while, Raphael even showing her a few katas he mastered. Pascal was actually enjoying training for once. It felt almost like they were dancing a tiny smile was on the cat's face, Raphael placed his hands on her again fixing her stance.
"Well you two sure are chummy" Jack said entering the training room, he wasn't against Pascal getting some combat training in and Raph seemed to be doing a decent job….however he didn't like how…hands on he was being "Pascal, Doctor Carter wants you to assist her in the lab we just brought a whole truck full of alien tech screaming to be looked over"
"Really? That's wonderful" Pascal said excitedly walking past Jack and grabbing her towel "I'll head over to the lab ASAP!" she said exiting hurriedly with a large smile on her face.
Raph watched her leave, it suddenly felt lonely "I'll catch ya later kitten" he called out to her. He turned to Jack who seemed to be smiling smugly at him "What?" he glanced around the training room and quickly his own towel to wipe the sweat off.
"Kitten? Really? That's the best pet name you could come up with" Jack joked much to the reptiles dismay "Oh looks like christmas is here earlier" He teased seeing the bright red blush on the turtle's face.
"S…shut up!" Raph shouted looking away, "I'm going to get some food" he said storming away much to Jack's amusement.
Jack laughed at the retreating mutant, "It makes me feel so young" He chuckled leaving shortly after to speak with General Hammond about the Krang lab he just raided.
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Pascal had gone to inspect the trucks, they still had many things left to unload but for the time being everyone was on a short break for breakfast which gave Pascal a chance to take a look over the remaining items and start categorizing them.
With a clip board in hand she jump into one of the trucks and began looking over everything a smile on her face. Yes she knew Sam wanted her in the lab; however, after talking they decided to have her look over some of the unloaded things.
Pascal was jotting away on her clip board, unaware of a large shadow raising up behind her…
"Grrrrrrr" A growl from behind alerted the tiny mutant cat, Pascal slowly turned…
Her eyes widened at the sight behind her, a ginormous tiger mutant stood behind her "Ah!" She screamed as a large hand gripped her throat stopping any further screaming.
"Listen little cub and listen well" The tiger growled, "You will take me into the base and lead me to the turtle you captured!" He hissed squeezing her throat tightly.
Pascal grunted "Go to the hell!" She spate at him with a glare.
The tiger mutant roared in her face and slammed her into the walls of the truck "Don't be foolish cub! I could spare your life if only you do as I command!"
Pascal began struggling for air, the tiger was cutting off her air supply, it was getting hard to even stay conscious at this point! A shadow suddenly swooped by kicking the tiger and forcing him to drop her.
The cat watched as the shadow and tiger battled it out, she tried to move away as she watched gasping for air…if only she could reach the alarm! Each truck was equipped with one all she had to do was reach it!
The tiger was thrown into the wall near by…knocked out and a three fingered hand grabbed Pascal's own while another kept her face from looking at her rescuer, "Don't look, don't move" A gentle male voice said…
Pascal said nothing as the hand left her face, she heard a rustling and then felt something being pressed into her hand "Give that to Raphael" the hands were removed and the alarm went off…and the shadow was gone…
The cat looked at the thing in her hand…a note and a shell shaped device…she pocketed them quickly as the soldiers came rushing in, a huge commotion was made and orders were given out… Pascal was placed on a stretcher and carted away as the tiger was given a tranq to keep him under as he was hauled away to a cell….
Raphael had been leaving the mess hall when he had seen Tiger Claw being hauled away "T..Tiger Claw!" He stuttered and saw Jack coming down the hallway looking none to pleased. The turtle rushed over to him "What happened?" he questioned.
Jack looked to Raph and frowned "This beast broke in and nearly strangled Pascal, she's in the infirmary at the moment. I don't know what he wanted but you bet I'm sure as hell going to find out" He said walking past Raph
The turtle stood still for a moment, "Pascal…" he ran off to see her. Why was he so concerned? So what if she got beaten up by Tiger Claw! But…she was…kind of his only friend in this place… and she did offer him lots of help with all that stupid school work…okay so maybe she was his friend…
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Alopex crossed her arms and glared at the sleeping tiger handcuffed and strapped down "How about we neuter him?" She asked glancing at Jack.
Jack snorted and paused "Do you think we can do that?" he asked cocking his head to the side
"Well it just basically chopping off his balls" The fox retorted and nearly gasped "Ok I was joking! We don't need to be serious about this" She said holding up her hands in utter shock.
The colonel said nothing for the moment as if he were actually contemplating the idea of neutering the tiger "It's a tempting thought…I'll file it away for later"
Alopex blinked and moved away slightly worried she might be next on the fixing list "Riiiight file it FAR away" She said folding her ears back "A…anyway um interrogation…what am I going to learn teacher?"
Jack smirked "Oh lots" He said stepping forward "Interrogation 101 is in session" he walked over to the tiger "Let's have fun"
Alopex watched as Jack threw some water at the tiger forcing him awake "Good morning Tiger feeling like talking?" He asked with a smirk only to be met with a fierce growl. "Now, now don't be so angry we're not going to hurt ya"
"We're not? I thought that was the whole point of interrogation" Alopex said shocked and somewhat angry "After all he's obviously a bad guy, look at the eye patch!" her tail was bristled out and her ears folded back.
Jack looked at her "The point of an interrogation is to gain information, by legal law we're not allowed torment or abuse the rights of other" He said crossing his arms "but we can annoy him" he smirked
"I am Tiger Claw and I will say nothing more to you" The mutant growled out in an Asian accent glaring at the two before him. Tiger Claw tested the restrains holding him, they were quite secure…he smirked but amateur nothing could hold him.
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Raphael looked at Pascal, the dumb cat was simply smiling at him, "I'm going to kill that bastard" He said moving over to her and looking her over. He looked at the wrappings around her neck "bruised trait or something like that…"
"Trachea, Raph my trachea is bruised" Pascal corrected him "And I'm fine aside from that and being a little hoarse for a while…I'll survive" she said and motioned for him to come closer.
The turtle came in close and watched as Pascal pulled something out of clothes and look at him. Raphael blinked when she reached for his hand, out of instinct he held out his hand figuring she just wanted a comforting touch…kind of like Mikey when he was hurt…
Pascal pushed the two items into his opened hand "I didn't knock him out…I lied to a commanding officer…someone saved me…green with three fingers…he told me to give these to you" She said making sure his hand was enclosed around the latter and the device "I owe him, so…I don't know anything" she said laying back down "Now…I am FULL of pain medication and sleep is calling my name" she said
Raph laughed a little before looking down at the things she had given him…to his shock it was a shell cell and a note…in very familiar hand writing. He looked at Pascal and blinked owlishly "Wow…you fell asleep fast" He commented and smiled "Thanks kitten" with that he pocketed the items and left for his room.
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Mikey while he had wanted to gather everyone in the same room wished it wasn't like this…to scold him for staying out so late…
"You could have gotten hurt! Or captured! What if the foot had seen you!" Leonardo scolded
Even Donnie was there throwing in his two cents ever so often while Splinter was busy deciding what punishment his youngest would face.
Donnie's phone suddenly went off, thinking and hoping it was April he looked to see who was calling "Mikey…did you lose your shell cell?" he asked wondering if it was safe to answer…
"I gave it to Raph" Mikey said sternly "Answer it he's waiting"
The brainy turtle looked at the phone and pressed accept "Hello?" he said cautiously.
"DONNIE!" Raph's voice shouted over the phone with joy, "I never thought I'd miss your nerdy voice!"
The family was now staring at the phone and then back at Mikey "Mikey actually did something right!" Leonardo said shocked "But how?"
"Pascal…Mikey saved her life and as thanks she..she gave me the note and t-phone…and said she knew nothing…as a favor to you Mikey" Raph said solemnly "And thanks…for saving her…she has kind of been the only friend I've had since getting in here"
Splinter stepped forward "My son…how…how have they been treating you?" He asked almost fearful and waiting to here the worse. He reached out to the phone and gently touched it.
Raph was silent for a moment "It's…weird…they gave me a medical exam…said my iron was a little high put me on a ridicules diet. Forced me to take some kind of test….and there making me study all these stupid problems" He said not really sure what else to say.
"I…I also told them everything I know about the Krang…if I didn't they were going to send me away…I said nothing about the family…I told them I worked alone" He was waiting for the berating…
Splinter smiled "I'm proud of you my son" he said wishing he could hug his poor son, "Keep doing what they tell you we will save you…some how" He said
"Dude their making you do school work?" Mikey pointed out "That's awesome!"
The two older brother blinked and looked at each other before turning to the phone, Leo then spoke "Just do what they say…now that Mikey knows where the building your being held at we can make a plan to save you" He said sternly
"If Pascal really is your friend see what she knows about the tracking chip" Donatello said taking the phone and almost cradling it "Any info I can get…I can use"
"Alright you guys I'll see what I can do…at least for now we can talk I'll keep you informed on everything happening to me…" Raph said with a soft sorrow evident voice "Good bye" and with that the phone clicked off
The family for the first time in several weeks felt a little calmer then they had been; however, Master Splinter turned to Michelangelo "My son your grounded"
The orange banded turtle gasped in shock "Why?!" He cried in dismay looking like he had been punched in the gut by his father's word. Hadn't he done something right? Why was he getting punished?
"You left the lair without telling anyone, you also put yourself in potential danger, risked being caught by the same people that took your brother" Splinter said stepping closer and placed a hand on the youngest's head trying to comfort his distraught "I love all my sons dearly it hurts that Raphael is not with us at the moment…but you…if something were to happen to you…I believe this family wouldn't survive"
Mikey looked confused, he cocked his head to the side and blinked as lifted his eyes to meet his fathers.
Splinter took a seat besides his youngest son "You have a special light my son, you act the fool but their is much more to you than that…you always try your best to make others smile and laugh…without that spirit this lair wouldn't truly be home"
"Thanks Father" Mikey said smiling and suddenly wrapped his arms around the rat giving him a warm hug "But…can I please not be punished?"
"No, your grounded no tv for a week and extra training" Splinter said smiling as he stood up and headed back to the dojo to meditate for a while.
After Splinter left the room, Leo and Donnie turned and looked at Mikey. With large smiles on their faces they both lunged at him enveloping the youngest turtle in a tender embrace.
"You did good Mikey" Leonardo said rubbing his littlest brother's head "I'm so proud of you"
Donatello had a few tears falling from his eyes "You did real good Mikey….but don't ever put yourself in danger ever again!" He cried holding the freckled turtle tightly.
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Alarms were going off, the base was in a panic! Soldiers were rushing about getting weapons and tranqs and sensitive areas were being locked down. Tiger Claw had escaped and was going on a rampage! He was tearing the place up "Where is the turtle!" He demanded
He already had several tranquilizers embedded in his skin and yet he was still rampaging! Jack and Alopex were leading the charge as best they could.
"Damn it! What does it take to bring this bastard down!" Alopex shouted pretty much unloading her gun into the tiger "How the hell did Pascal knock him out?" the fox growled
Jack almost paused, how did Pascal take this behemoth down…and she was a tiny thing? It seems little Pascal was being dishonest. That wasn't good, "Do you think Raphael might be a bad influence on her?" he asked dodging a thrusting claw.
"I think Raphie should be turned to turtle soup!" Alopex growled dodging another punch "He's slowing down! I think we need another elephant tanq!" She shouted
"TIGER CLAW!" A voice shouted and familiar green mutant charged past them, "You want me you got me!" The turtle cried out throwing a punch at the mutant tiger and quickly moving back "You made a big mistake hurting Pascal" He threatened
Tiger Claw grinned "At last" He snarled "If I cannot end all of you, at least I can end ONE of you!" He charged in exciting a round house kick followed up with another swipe of his claw.
"HOLD FIRE!" Jack shouted holding up his hands "We don't want to hit Raphael!" He ordered signaling the squad to fall back as a fierce fight broke out before him. He was impressed by the turtle's fighting skills.
Alopex folded back her ears, their was no way she was letting Raph take all the glory! She charged in and delivered a nice kick to the Tiger's face "He's not the only mutant around here you should be looking for!" she snapped
"Alopex! Now isn't the time for showing off!" Raphael blinked, "Did I really just say that?" Oh man was he turning into Leo or something? He shook it off really wishing he had his Sais right about now as he flipped backwards and sweep kicked at Tiger Claws feet. It seemed the tranqs were finally starting to kick in.
The fox glared "I don't take orders from you!" She snapped at the turtle, her tail was bristled out in aggravation and her claws flexed as she charged back in only to be backhanded into the wall.
Geez! Was he this aggravating?! He might have to let up on Leo when he got out of here, "You can't just charge in! That's my thing to do!" he ducked a punch "And this is when he's sluggish!" He shouted
Tiger Claw let out a menacing growl, "I…I will not fail in disposing of you this time!" he charged again but, the tranqs finally took their toll as the large tiger fell to the ground.
Jack stepped forward "Keep this bastard under, and forget interrogating him send him straight to the compound this one is too dangerous to keep anywhere near…anything" he said and turned to the two mutants "And you two…you will learn to get along, Alopex as of right now Raphael is your commanding officer"
The fox looked indignantly at Jack "What!? I'm more experienced! I've been military trained my whole life! I should be his commanding officer!" She shouted only to back away when Jack glared coldly at her.
"Now listen here, you've been arrogant, reckless, and in general a grade-a asshole!" He shouted "My orders stand, Raphael is your commanding officer. I'd take notes" he said sarcastically as he turned and escorted the unconscious Tiger Claw away.
Raphael turned to Alopex "Looks like I'm giving the orders now" He said narrowing his eyes, he turned to her "Tiger Claw is one of the toughest mutants even I can't handle him alone what makes you think an inexperience rookie like you, whose never had a real fight could even hope to take on that master assassin!" His voice was unusually calm, steady and even but the bite was their ready to strike.
The fox turned to him "O'Neil may have given you a higher rank then me but that won't matter! Once he realizes his mistake I'll be in charge!" She snapped, "Just stay outta my way!" She stormed off.
"Oh god it's like talking to myself!" Raphael moaned rubbing his head, here he was going to check on Pascal after his phone call to his family only to get involved in a fight with Tiger Claw, suddenly earned a military ranking, and finally began understanding what Leonardo went through when he was being a jerk.
Shaking his head the turtle once more began heading towards the infirmary….he needed to check on Pascal.
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Leonardo sat before Master Splinter in the lotus position "Master Splinter, now that we know Raphael is alright…I still feel lost," He admitted sadly trying hard to not look away, "Raph was seen…on TV even if we wanted to rescue him…whats to stop the military from posting his picture all over the news and announcing he's gone renegade" He asked softly
"Raphael put himself in a difficult position, all we can do for now is wait for a moment of opportunity to show itself" Splinter said watching his eldest son for any sign of emotional despair. As Father and mentor, he would have to be even stronger for his boys "His life is going to change drastically, so far his captor have not ill-treated him" he admitted lifting his hand and placing it on top of Leonardo's head, "Eventually we may need to confront this Colonel O'Neill" he warned.
Leo nodded and looked away, "Even if we confront this Colonel whats to make him listen? Whats to stop him from shooting and tagging us on sight?" he questioned
Splinter looked to his son, "Sometimes we find allies in the most unlikeliest of places" He said simply, "And something tells me Colonel O'Neill is more then what he seems" the rat had watched the Colonel on TV, watched him go into battle with the young mutants, protect them and even vouch in believing 'rough' mutants could be reformed and placed in society…Splinter believed this Jack O'Neill was an honorable man…
The young teen stood and bowed before leaving the room to face his brothers; however, before he could get in a word edge wise Mikey ran over to him, hugged him tightly "Leo…I know you'll get Raphie out and I know you'll try even harder to protect us…but…remember bro…we're here for you too" he said still hugging his older brother.
Leonardo smiled and wrapped his arms around the smaller turtle "I know bro, I know…" He looked at Donnie and motioned for the tall turtle to join in.
The genius only smiled before making his way over to the other two and joining in the group hug, "Mikey is right, we're here for you…and we'll be here for Raph when he gets home" he said
The three turtle teens remained there for a while hoping only for the best. They were a broken family but they knew in their hearts that they would be made whole again, no matter what they would get Raphael out of that place.
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The fox was on the prowl again, she needed to speak to Hammond about what Jack said. There was no way Raphael was getting a military statues before her! Military statues was everything Alopex had worked so hard for!
She leaned against a nearby wall to gather her jumbled thoughts and focus, closing her eyes and sighing softly, her ears folding back slightly. "I choose this life…" She said to no one, they may have been created to be soldiers and many hated being soldiers or even the thought of being soldiers, but Alopex embraced it!
She wanted to be a solider! Particularly part of the air force like Colonel O'Neill was! The thought of flying a f-47 or a bomber, or just about anything was her dream! She wanted to fly a aircraft! flight was the only reason to even study math! She wanted the uniform, she wanted the helmet, and most of all she wanted the pilot wings!
Opening her eyes and pushing away from the wall she turned to Hammond's office and thought for a moment, Alopex narrowed her eyes and marched forward "General!" She called out saluting him and waiting for permission to enter this time.
George rised an eyebrow at this sudden sign of respect "Enter Alopex" He granted her permission "I think I know what this is about, Raphael's possible military statue…" He gestured for her to take a seat.
Alopex nervously took the chair before the desk and folded her hands in her lap "Well…yes…your not…Sir…he's got no military training! I've been waning this my whole life!" she tried her best to contain her voice and not shout.
"Alopex" Their was sympathy in his voice, "Out of a good handful of the mutant raised that actually want to be solider you are one of the best!" He encouraged her as he stood up and began walking around the desk to her, "What Jack said was rash but will be taken into consideration after the appropriate time of one year" he placed a hand on her shoulder
The fox looked up at him and cocked her head to the side "So he won't outrank me?" she cursed herself for sounded so childish, "Sir…I need to know…do I get Military status?" she looked desperate.
George smiled taking his hand away and moving back around to his desk "Alopex I've taken a lot into consideration spoken to the President" He took his seat, "Along with military statue its been decided you'll also get the pay grade or that status…Airman Alopex"
She gasped loudly and felt herself stop breathing, "Airman…" she stood and saluted "Thank You Sir!" She said proudly with a smile. Airman Alopex! She was official one step closer to being a pilot!
"The president wants you to start training in the flight simulator more often and eventually get some hands on experience" George sounded proud, "But Jack is also right, you'll need to wheel that attitude in! We don't leave our people behind and we don't try to one up each other! You could have been killed by that rouge mutant " he scolded harshly, "From now on your an Airman you WILL follow your commanding officer's orders!" he shouted taking his seat "Dismissed Airman"
Alopex nodded and quickly left a happy step in her walk, she spotted Jack and slowed her pace as she approached…
"I'm guessing you got the good news?" He smirked, "I'm proud of you, don't make me regret recommending you for this, follow orders and stop being envious of Raph" he said walking past her.
The fox only stood there for a moment her ears stood up and her tail twitched. She really didn't like Raphael…he was a jerk! She hated that he was better in combat…she wasn't used to…well not being the best…but she'd show him…she was the best!
To be continued….
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