Back at the Lair, Hours Later
"Where in the world could she have gone?" Leo mused aloud.
"Hey, maybe she went somewhere else, figured it wasn't worth her while to stay here," Raph said, leaning back into the couch.
"But she seemed like she was ok, not like she was planning on leaving," Donatello said. April and Casey had headed back earlier but April had said to bring Ryoko up to her place whenever she came back so that she could meet her.
"She can take care of herself. We don't need to worry about her," Raph said.
"But if something did happen, such as a surprise attack by the Foot. We have no way of knowing how to find her. At least with us, Donnie has us outfitted with the shell cells for us to find us and we at least know where everybody has gone. With Ryoko, she has no device and we have no idea where she went," Leo said.
"Look, I don't trust her and I say good riddance. If the Foot got her, then one less danger I need to worry about," Raph said.
Leo shook his head. "Whatever, Raph, but I am going topside to look for her. You two coming with me?" he asked his other two brothers.
Mikey and Don looked at each other. "Yeah, sure. I am a little worried about her," Don said.
"Look, if she's in trouble, the great and powerful Battle Nexus Champ will save her!" Mikey said, striking a pose. Raph came up behind him and slapped his upside the head. "Oww!"
"She ain't in any trouble, just ran off, since she figured she wasn't welcomed here," Raph said, ignoring Mikey.
"She wasn't welcomed here by you. The rest of us have," Leo pointed out. "Anyways, let's go look for her," he said as he started walking towards the lair door.
Back with Ryoko
Oww, what's wrong with my head? Feels like a box of rocks landed on it, she thought as she went to move, but quickly realized that she couldn't move her arms or legs. Her eyes flew open and she immediately saw that her hands and feet were bound to a table. She looked around the room and it was filled with scientific looking stuff. Where am I? Oh yeah, that's right, Agent Bishop and his men caught me.
"I see you are finally awake," a voice said to her right, She jerked her head to look that direction. Agent Bishop walked into the light. "You have been sleeping for two hours now," he said.
"Well, I didn't sleep well last night, so thanks for the sleeping pill, I really needed it," she said snidely.
"You have quite an attitude. However, that will quickly disappear after we run my little…experiments on you." Bishop walked up to her table where she was.
Ryoko started to jerk on her bounds. "Well, you picked the wrong person. I am known to have an attitude with people I don't like, no matter the circumstance."
"Well, maybe this will cool your attitude," Bishop said as he pushed a button, releasing her.
Ryoko stood quickly, eyeing Bishop warily. "Why did you let me go?"
"First, I want to run some physical tests on you, to see how you work in action. I have observed you from afar, but I wish to see you in action a little…closer," Bishop said, fingers stroking her face. She jerked away.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Oh, believe me, I know your family's history of being the most notorious family in Japan for being mercenaries. Quick, quiet, and with the possibility of being deadly. I wish to see you in action, gather some data on you, than I will decide from there what I want to do with you. You have two choices. Either you stay and do my experiments or you fight to get out and get hurt. Your choice."
"I don't have anything to live for, so I'll fight you," she said, readying herself to fight.
"So you would want to put the turtles' lives in danger?" Bishop asked. He smirked when he saw the shocked look on her face.
"You know about them? How?" she asked, relaxing her stance slightly.
"I have known about them for a long time. I watch them and I know that you are their friend. Do you really want something bad to happen to them?" Bishop asked, circling her.
Ryoko shook her head. "No, I don't," she said quietly.
"Ok, then if you perform everything as I tell you to, I will not hurt them and will stop hunting them. Is that a deal?" Bishop asked.
Ryoko thought for a moment, than nodded her head. "It's a deal. I'll perform these tests for you. But you promise to leave them alone?" she asked.
"I promise," Bishop said, extending his hand. Ryoko eyed his hand suspiciously, then reached forward and took his hand. Bishop grinned. "Excellent."
Back with the Turtles on the Rooftop
"Leo, I think I found something," Don said over the walkie-talkie.
"Where are you, Don?" Leo asked.
Don told him where he was at and Leo and Mikey headed that way. When they got there, Don was holding a necklace and a tranquillizer dart in his hands. Leo walked up to him. "It's her necklace and a tranquillizer dart. Guessing by the messed up trash bags, she may have fallen down there and was jumped, then she must have jumped from wall to wall to get up here and she was shot with a tranquillizer. Whoever it was has her," Don said, shaking his head.
"And I think I know who," Leo said, turning the tranquillizer over, showing the letters EPF.
"Bishop has her?!" Mikey exclaimed.
"Yeah, and who knows what he wants with her," Don shuddered, not wanting to think about it.
"We need to find where Bishop's lab is and get her out of there. Let's head back to the lair and tell Raph and Master Splinter," Leo said, standing up.
Back with Ryoko
"When are you going to stop with these stupid attacks?!" she shouted up at the window where she knew Bishop was.
"Whenever you collapse from exhaustion, my dear," he said.
"Well, that's going to be awhile," she grumbled.
"And that's what I want," Bishop said, smirking.
Ryoko growled but kept dodging the lasers that had been shooting at her for the last hour.
Two Hours Later
"She has a high level of endurance. We have increased the rate and number of lasers firing and she is still holding her own fairly well," a lab tech said to Bishop.
"She is performing even beyond what I had expected," he said.
He watched as she dodged laser shots one after the other. There was a break in the firing and she stood, breathing heavy. The shooting commenced again. She groaned and started to dodge again. Bishop shook his head. She is definitely no ordinary human.
He was just about ready to stop the test when Ryoko was not fast enough to dodge a laser. A laser hit her, sending her back against the wall. She didn't move to get up. She sat there, breathing heavy. Bishop nodded. So that is her breaking point. Beyond anything I could currently engineer. He walked into the room where she was. She glared at him as he walked up.
"Done with this stupid test, Bishop?" she growled.
"Yes," he said. He stood over her. She glared at him as some men in lab coats came in, shackles in hand, but Bishop stopped them. "I'll take care of her," he said as he bent down and picked her up and carried her out.
Ryoko's eyes got wide. She would have fought, but she didn't have the strength. That laser took the little strength she had left out of her. "What exactly are you trying to do?" she growled.
"You performed beyond anything I could ever imagine," he said. "Consider it as a gesture of admiration in your abilities."
"Sounds like some cheesy pick up line," she mumbled.
"It isn't a pick up line. I've already picked you up," he said.
Ryoko blinked. "Is that supposed to be a joke, 'cause it ain't funny."
"No, I picked you up. Not sure why you would need a line, though," he said.
She shook her head, not believing her ears. "You don't know what a pick up line is, do you?" she asked.
Bishop looked down at her. "No."
"It's something a guy normally says to get a date or get laid," she said.
"Why would he need to say something to lie down?" Bishop asked, slightly confused.
"Not laid as in lie down, well, I guess it can be that, but I mean as in, you know, the act of reproduction between a man and a woman," Ryoko said, face tinged red.
Bishop noticed. He knew what she was talking about now. He smirked. "Do you mean sex?" he asked. He smirked even bigger when he saw her duck her head and noticed her ears were bright red. She mumbled something. "Sorry, I couldn't hear you," he said. She mumbled again. "Sorry, I still couldn't hear you."
She jerked her head up. "I said yes, I meant sex!" she shouted, then turned ten shades of red and ducked her head back down. Bishop smirked.
A minute later, he came to a door that opened automatically. He carried her over to the bed and set her down on it. "So I guess this is my prison cell," she said, pushing herself up to look at where she was at.
"No, this is a private suite. My room is just down the hall," he said. Ryoko looked up at him quizzically. "What is it?"
"Why are you being so nice to me?" she asked.
Bishop looked across the room. "It is to keep you in top condition. You are not like my genetically engineered projects. You are a human with non-human capabilities. Can't have you in an emotionally distressed situation."
Ryoko laughed. "Nice cover story, but what is it really?" she asked.
Bishop glared at her. "That is it." He turned to leave. Ryoko sat up and grabbed his coat sleeve.
"Some big, bad man like you, someone who is cold and calculating, would never care about his test subjects emotional wellbeing. Now, what is the real reason you are being nice to me? Why carry me here? Why give me a normal room? What are you trying to hide?" she asked.
Bishop looked back at her. Her eyes seemed to pierce through him. They are so much like HERS. "There is no other reason," he jerked his sleeve out of her hand and walked out.
Ryoko shook her head. She was not going to give up.