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Chapter Three: Mission Compromised

"Mr. Decross, you must tell me who your lovely companion is."

"Why certainly, Miss Karai. This is Miss Olivia Branson, a friend of the family."

"A pleasure to meet you, Miss Branson, and will Mrs. Decross be here tonight?"

SMACK! "Ow, what?"

"Mikey, be serious or at the very least keep quiet."

Mikey grinned and returned his gaze to the binoculars. Donatello and Michelangelo were across the street from the Hotel Tenshi, the latest addition to the city courtesy of the Oroku family. There had been a dedication ceremony earlier that evening and now the city's richest were gathered in the hotel's finest restaurant enjoying champagne and something that looked like spam on crackers. The hostess of the soiree was the ever busy, Karai.

The two turtles were watching the party, and more specifically; Karai, through a couple of binoculars Donnie had managed to 'throw together' in time for tonight's mission. Donnie held a simple disposable cell phone to the side of his head.

"Okay, we're in." Leo's voice told him.

"Good, now the suite you're looking for should be two floors above you. It'll basically be the entire floor." Donnie replied. He consulted a notebook he had with him, sorely missing his PDA. "There should be a utility shaft to your right, see if you can get in there and go up."

"Right." Leo replied. Silence followed.

"Ya know? Karai really doesn't know how to throw a party. This one's L-A-M-E." Mikey said.

"It's a society party Mike, I think they're supposed to be boring." Donnie replied.

"Then why throw a society party? I mean, none of these people even seem to like each other. Except for that one guy and his granddaughter, they're getting along pretty well."

Donnie glanced through his binoculars at the man in question. "Mikey, I don't think that's his granddaughter… I think that's his date."

"… Ew."

"Don, we've found the shaft, but only Kit can fit inside."

"I'm trying to find an alternate route, but all that's left is the elevator." Donnie reported. He flipped a few pages in the notebook. "There might be another way from the floor above but that one's iffy at best." He listened as to the faint whisper of voices on the other end of the line.

"I'm going to give Kit the phone and she'll head up on her own. Raph and I will try the alternate route."

"Okay Leo, but be careful." Donnie agreed.

"That's my line Don." Leo replied.

"Why do they have to be careful? I mean, besides the obvious." Mikey looked worried.

"A slight change in plans. Kit's heading up alone while Raph and Leo are trying something else." Donnie explained.

Mikey frowned but returned his gaze to the party. Over the phone Donnie could hear metal scraping, followed by a little more unintelligible conversation and an odd clicking scrapping noise. Finally a sing-songed, "Hello-o Donnie."

Donnie rolled his eyes, "Hello Kit. You sound strange."

"Fone in mouf." Came the reply. Although she couldn't see him, Donnie nodded. She probably needed both hands to climb the shaft.

Several minutes passed in which the only sounds coming from the phone were muted and unidentifiable. At one point there was an audible grunt and something metallic scraped against metal, then more silence.

As the minutes stretched on, Mikey resumed narrating the party. 'Mr. Luke' had just confessed his undying apathy to an uninterested 'Miss. Gwen' when Kit announced "Okay, I'm in her suite. Any ideas as to where I should start looking?"

"Try looking for a briefcase or a safe or something." Donnie suggested, his sudden speech startling Mikey.

"Right." Came the reply.

In the silence that followed Mikey looked questioningly at Donnie. "She's in." Donnie told him.

Mikey nodded and turned his attention back to Karai at her party. "Any idea where Raph and Donnie are now?" He asked.

"It's been about twelve minutes since I last heard from them. They should be-"

"Uh-oh." Mikey interrupted.

Donnie quickly picked up his binoculars, "What is it?" He asked, Karai was smiling and nodding to the couple she was speaking with. A moment later she walked away from them.

"Some dude in a tux just came up to her and whispered in her ear. I doubt he was her date."

"Kit, Karai might be aware of your presence." Donnie relayed through the phone. "But we can't relay the information to Raph and Leo."

"Understood." Kit replied. "I'll keep searching until they get here. Call you then." The connection was broken.

Donnie swallowed and dropped the phone.

"So what's going on now?" Mikey asked.

"I have no idea Mike. I have no idea."

Meanwhile, Karai left the party and headed straight for her private suite.