Ch4 Kidnapped

Next night was quite as normal as it had been before. Splinter had gone up to the rooftop to meditate more. Besides, Mimi was making the boys watch a silent anime film she had rented from an old video store, he would have stayed and gotten bored along with them, but thanks to his aches and pains from yesterday's fight, it made the film sound too loud and action packed for him to bear.

The city wind nipped at his nose as he breathed in the fresh night air. He needed to be out to calm his nerves, and the quiet streets gave the perfect atmosphere, the darkness hid him from anyone's sight so there were no worries about being seen.

As he quietly meditated, the image of the locket kept coming back to him, he tried to shake it away from his mind, and it was just an object to not get too attached to right? Though, that's what he kept telling himself, it was a valued treasure and remembrance of his master.

He closed his eyes again and concentrated harder to keep his mind out of the object. A vibe in the air suddenly broke his focus and opened his eyes, somebody was watching him.

Sniffing the air, he definitely knew that he was not alone; he got up on his feet and was ready to run. Then without warning, a huge net fell over him and pinned him heavily to the ground.

"What's happening!?" he yelled in surprise, he struggled through the tangle of wires and tried to chew his way out harder than he had ever chewed before, but they were tougher than the thickest wires.

A large light shined brightly blinded him, he covered his eyes halfway seeing the silhouette of two people walking his way. Next thing he knows was the two grabbing the net and dragging him away while he kicked and clawed in futile.

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Yumiko stalked in the shadowy corners of the vicinity, darting by in the alleyways without a noise like a ghost. Right now she was not in the same neighborhood before, she was in a different one, and a thief never steals from the same place twice.

Passing by a few stores in the empty sidewalks, her eyes caught an antique store's window. Her eyes glistened hungrily like two blazing jewels at her next piece of collection.

Displayed on the very front was the most strikingly glittering necklace she had ever seen. The band was sterling silver, studded with gleaming diamonds that shined like stars, and the charm on the center was deep sapphire blue. A smile curved on her lips.

Unlocking the back door with ease, she carefully made her way in aware of any security alarms or cameras. Swiftly as ever, she glided towards the pedestal that held the pendant. Slowly and steadily, her hands reached out for her prize,her hands felt hot with eagerness. Inches by inches she got closer, but before she could get it, a flash of light blinded her sight. Yumiko let out a small squeak as a large net was cast and wrapped itself tightly around her.

"What the heck!?" she sputtered out in shock. The illumination was so severe she had to squint to get a view of two dark shapes.

"Woo! What a beauty, the boss would love her!" one person said "We had loads of trouble trying to find you, clever ain't ya? Good thing we were lucky tonight."

The other laughed, "Boss is an animal person, and he loves any of you ugly creatures!"

Both roared with laughter as she was hauled away.

Yumiko found herself being bound and thrown into the back of a large truck. Tumbling in, she bumped into another furry passenger. Shaking her head, she looked upon the face of Splinter tied up tightly.

"You!" they both said at the same time.

Without any hesitation, they wormed their way to head butt each other straining and grunting to inflict hurt, although very unsuccessfully.

"I am going to bash your cheese face into next week!" Yumiko screeched and wormed an inch.

"I'm going to…to…uhhh." Splinter couldn't think of a good comeback, and boy did he wish he had Raph's talent right now.

Splinter rolled to his side and tried to sit up, as he did, the truck revved and lurched forward knocking him off balance.

He landed hard on top of Yumiko they were face to face as he stared into her bicolor eyes.

"Um…sorry?"

Yumiko frowned at him, "Get off." She said simply and pushed back up with her free tail.

"How'd you get here?" Splinter asked.

Yumiko rolled her eyes, "Same as you did idiot." She replied sourly.

The trucked bumped and jerked as it moved along the road making the two sway from side to side, the speed was picking up faster and faster. The truck abruptly swerved to the left, Yumiko was knocked over and this time she was on top.

"Sorry?" she slightly blushed.

"Now, you get off."

*BAM! SCREEEEECH!!*

Went the truck's wheels, whatever it was running over, the rats inside bounced left to right, the ride was the most uncomfortable one they've ever been in. Splinter swore his son Donatello drove better than this. They weren't able to count how long the trip was since their heads hurt from being tossed to and fro into the walls in each sharp turn that was made. They were starting to feel all rattled like the inside of a maraca.

Outside, the truck had driven off into another suburban area of New York, up ahead was a humongous fancy mansion on top of a grassy hill. The travel towards it was less bumpy and much better than the curvy twists and jerky turns from before.

They felt the truck start to slow down and stop, indicating that they have arrived somewhere at their destination.

There was a large whirring noise coming from outside, suddenly the floor started to elevate as they were lifted from the vehicle's storage and saw that they were now in a cage. The cage had been compacted inside and was now carefully hoisted by a hook.

Slowly it was placed on the ground in the middle of a dark chamber, they really couldn't identify where they were at the moment. The only light around the room was a spotlight that shined down on a lookout window on the wall, a shadow moved around inside.

"Welcome my visitors." A voice boomed in the loudspeaker.

"Who are you!? Yumiko snapped hastily, "Why'd you bring us here!!"

"Ah and this one can talk, how remarkable!" he said amused not bothering to answer her question, Splinter tensed up unable to hold back a demand.

"What do you want with us? Release us at once!"

The man ignored him and cleared his throat, "Allow me to introduce myself, to my subordinates I am called Mr. Frost and you are in Silverfield mansion, your new home and you two are my new pets."

The rats blinked, pets? They were captured to be his pets? Yumiko finally snapped, she let out a roar and lunged for the bars of the cage. She shook them in frenzied rage and took out her own staff hitting them crazily.

"ARE YOU INSANE?! Haven't you heard of a pet store before? We are not the caged type!"

"Yumiko calm down!!" Splinter commanded in his sharp voice, obediently she stopped her riot.

"We demand to be set free. We're not just common animals you can just capture for your own pleasure." He said.

The man let out a sickening laugh, "What's not so common about you? You're a rat for pete's sake, a big one, but still a rat. I'm rich and being rich can get boring, so I've decided to keep such adorable creatures like you to entertain me."

"Entertain you?" Yumiko repeated, "How?"

"You'll see." He replied and pressed a blue button on his control board opening a trap door underneath their feet.

Splinter and Yumiko let out a scream as they fell through the deep dark hole.

"Get some rest my darlings you'll need it for my fun time."