5 DAYS AGO

DON'S POV

"Any luck Don?" Leo ask as he lead over me.

"Not yet. None of these people's records indicate any associated with Bishop."

"Alright, keep looking Don". Leo patted my shoulder and left; he probably when into the dojo to practice his swords.

Just a few weeks ago my brothers and I just destroyed another one of Bishop's bases. The destruction of those bases always saddens me. Oh don't get me wrong, I can't stand Bishop, its the technology I hate to see destroyed. Bishop maybe insane, but he has great taste in technology. At least I can salvage some of it after a battle. Although we won, our victory was short lived. Mikey told us some disturbing news when we came back to the lair that night.

"Um you guys, I got some bad news," I could hear Mikey from my lab

"What? Did ya miss your favorite cartoon show?" Raph said jokingly. A disapproving grunt came from Mikey, Raph must have taken the remote.

"Well that too, but Bishop totally had some help! He had an evil sidekick, just like the villains in my comic books!"

Bishop had help? Bishop never has help. I left my invention and headed towards the living room. It was one of those times that I wish Mikey was playing one of his jokes.

"What are you talking about Michelangelo?" Leo said. I could tell he didn't believe him.

All eyes fell upon Mikey.

"Remember when all those dudes that overtook us at the base, and you guys ditch me."

"No duh genius that happen only few hours ago. And we didn't ditch ya, ya idiot. Ya ran the other direction when we called your name!" Leo glared at Raph, he wanted Mikey to finish his story.

"Anyway as you guys ditch me, I ran into a hallway. I, a lone turtle, venturing out into the unknown without his bros. Man, I felt like a rat in a maze". Mikey paused for a moment and look around. We try not to use the 'rat' examples, seeing how our father is one.

"I could hear some of Bishop's men, so I had to enter one of the rooms."

Mikey went on explaining how the room was "totally high tech". From his description, I envision a lightly dimmed circular room. With half of it cover with screens and the other half with computers hard drives of some sort. It seems most of the light came from the computer screens, and a circular railing above the room, where Mikey was. Mikey said that Bishop was staring intently at the screens, while on the phone.

"So what did he say?" Raph asked.

"Well . . ." Mikey looked at the ground.

It seems that Mikey only hear half of what Bishop had said. He had to keep a certain amount of distance between himself and Bishop if he didn't want to get caught. So it became hard to hear when he had to back off.

"Bishop said 'Thank you for the help . . . I know I will . . . of bargain . . . Doctor . . . don't worry I will . . . after I . . . the mutants . . . won't your help". Mikey tried to imitate Bishop; it was a horrible, but kind of funny.

"Ya probably didn't understand him Mike." Raph said

"I agree. Bishops never works with partners. Leo?" The look on Leo's eyes was telling me he was taking into consideration of what Mikey had said.

"We should at least look into this . . ."

Right there and then, Raph and Leo got into a fight about what Mikey had said. Leo stated that we should be safe than sorry. Raph went on and told Leo he worries too much and how Mikey wasn't a reliable source. As he put it "he got no brains". It was only when Master Splinter came out, that they stopped. Leo had filled him in about the conversation we just had with Mikey. After Splinter meditated on the situation for awhile, he told us we should search for this enemy, but not get consumed with finding an enemy that may not exist. Since Leo is the leader, Splinter told him he had to decide when to call off the search.

It's been over a month now, today is the last day of the search. I can finally go back to my inventions. I've been meaning to upgrade the battle shell, I've been thinking about . . . wait, what is this? Interesting . . . mmmm, Doctor Sanderson. I started to type more viscously. After hours of research I call Leo over.

"Leo come over here."

"What is it Donnie?" Leo asked

"It's this researcher, Doctor Sanderson. Something isn't right about this doctor."

"What do you mean?"

"There have been numerous complaints and charges against her. All were either drop or inclusive. Most of the detail doesn't even go into public record because she's found 'innocent'. Charges consist of animal treatment and the IRS. Worst case I've seen was a puppy." I started to read directly from the report.

"A black puppy was found in central park on January 4, 2009. It was taken in by a young couple and their daughter. "Our daughter wanted the puppy so much, but our apartment doesn't aloud pets, so we took it to the humane society" stated . A check up is required for all animals that are brought in. Upon the check up, the dog's blood seems to be carrying unknown substances. When the puppy was shaved, imitated signs of abuse could be seen and puncture wounds from needles. Sadly the puppy was put to rest. Further investigation showed that the puppy belong to the animal research center, own by Doctor Sanderson. She is best known for her research on Death's Kiss.

"Those 'substances' that were found aren't even supposed to be available to researches' like her."

I could fell Leo leaning over me; he's probably reading what I just read. I gave a small shutter for what I had to tell his next.

"The most disturbing case involves Human crudity. The good doctor was charged with murdering, and there was a witness.

"Was?"

"His apartment was brined down, along with him. He didn't go into any detail about whom or how she killed. The witness just stated that 'She is a monster. I'll probably be dead before I could testify. There are others like me, but too afraid to speak. Unlike them, I don't have families.'"

"What about the fire?"

"The arsons department started that the fire started from across the hall." I turn to Leo. "Leo it looks like it was an accident, but I smell a rat." Ya I used the 'rat' example. "What's worst is that that most of her activities go unnotice. She probably has done a lot more than the media has recorded."

Leo was disturbed by this. As he shifted his weight back and forth. Both of us were thinking the same thing, that witness was murdered. Even if she wasn't working with Bishop, she needs to be stop before others ended up in graves.

"So . . . when do we leave?"

"Tonight. Donnie get the schematics of the building. Then-"

"Leo! Can I come? PLEASE!"

Oh, I forgot, Mikey was in the living room, he could probably hear everything that Leo and I were saying. He hasn't been out of the lair for a week now. Mikey going to become relentless about tagging along, especially since it involves a puppy. My little brother loves animals; he saved an orange tabby cat last Christmas. It's been part of the family since. The reason he can't come is he still getting over a cold. Only yesterday was he able to get out of bed. He tried to practice with us, but he can't last a minute without getting too dizzy.

"Mikey you know you can't come, so don't ask. And your puppy eyes aren't going to work."

"Leo." his focus was back on me now. "She owns two buildings. Which one do you want to go for?"

"The one that she's in the most"

That night we headed towards the main research center that was located downtown. The building was simple and small compare to other research center. The building was light peach and had four stories with tinted windows except on the first floor. The doctor's name's was display in the center. We hid on the roof nearest to the building We sat there letting my spy bot to do the work. This research center was more public and open 24/7 to the workers. We waited for hours, but nothing was showing up on my screen that looked promising.

"Maybe its in the other building"

"Oh no! Donnie doncha tell me that we wasted a whole night. I coulda been with Casey busting some PD's right about now.

"Raph"

"What fearless"

Oh great, I wish Mikey was here now.

"Ok lets head back" Leo and Raph turned

"Wait! I need to get my robot"

"What! Donnie, just leave the stupid thing behind, you could make some more."

"Ok Don, we'll wait-"

"It's ok Leo, you and Raph head back to the lair, I'll meet with you shortly"

"Don-"

"Leo there is nothing here. I'm a ninja, give me some credit."

"Fine, if you're not back in 30 minutes, I'm coming back."

They left. I don't know how long I waited, but finally my bot came out. It was about to reach the point when someone accidentally kick towards a shadowy side of the building.

Oh great just my luck, now I would have to get out of my hiding place to retrieve it. Its almost been 30 minutes, I should probably wait till Leo gets back so he doesn't have a heart attack. I look around the surroundings. Nothing here, the parking lot is empty.

I rush out of my hiding place to pick up my bot. Wow, its a lot more darker than I realize. As I started to look for my bot, butterflies started to form in my stomach. Something isn't right here and I don't think it has to do with how dark it is here.

Whack! Something metal hits my head. My head is pounding with pain as I hit the floor. Before I lost consciousness, I could barely make out a man walking towards me. He seem to be a lawyer of some sort or someone with a high status with that suit of his. He has a crow bar in his right hand. . . Oh, shell, why didn't I wait for Leo.