Chapter 3
All That Glitters
"So what do you make of it, Donnie?" Phoebe questioned, as Donnie ran the fine piece of fabric through the spectrograph machine. "From what I can see this is some complex stuff, Phoebe. I'm not sure what to make of it." He replied, taking a closer look at the screen on the spectrograph. "There are traces of phosphorous, aluminum, and silver oh, oh, and some nylon." Continued, Donnie. "Gaia said that Artie's attacker might have been wearing a suit made of this stuff…" quoted phoebe. "Which would explain why she couldn't see what or who was attacking… OF COURSE!, the mixture of the different elements being added to the fabric,… That's it! It's a refracting jumpsuit!" exclaimed Donnie. "A refractal whosy Whatchamacallit?" said Gaia as she came in behind the two at the screen. "A refracting jumpsuit. I-it's a light bending suit it reflects light, making the wearer seem invisible. This is amazing. The military has been trying to make theses for years but there's never been a successful trial, but this, this is the real deal. See how it looks invisible when you tilt it in the light." Donnie explained. Donnie ran some more tests in an attempt to see how the elements worked together.
Artemis was sitting in her room when Gaia and Venus came in. "How you feeling, Artie?" inquired Venus. "Had better days, but I'll be all right" she said, "Donnie, says he has a bead on what was going on. Your invisible glowworm is wearing some kind of light bending suit. "Great but that ain't helping me get back my Kamas." Artemis replied. " We're working on it, you know Donnie, where there's science there's a way.
"I GOT IT!" shouted Donnie. "I figured out the molecular mix, It's a synthetic compound based off the tree elements found in the piece of material Gaia found on Artemis. There's one small error though." said Donnie "What's that?" Phoebe asked with anticipation. "The compound is missing something, Argonium 16. With out Argonium 16 the compound in the "Suit" will become unstable. I cross-checked it though my Balanced Ratio Amplification Image Nebulizer, A.K.A. B.R.A.I.N. I developed it a while back. It can take any set of elements and design a stable compound. It gives you the element to element ratios needed to create any compound." Donnie explained.
"That's the reason it has a blue shimmer when the light hits it the right way. The molecular structure of the compound in the suit must be breaking down. That blue shimmer is the phosphorus picking up light. What that also means that who ever is wearing the suit is leaving a trail." Donnie concluded. "So, Einstein can you make something to track it." Said Raph in his usual charming manner. "Ahhh!" Yelped Donnie and Phoebe simultaneously frightened by the sudden appearance of a 5 foot turtle in a Humphrey Bogart Trench coat and hat. "RAPH! One of these days!" Donnie warned. "Super stealth ninja, Raph, one…Brain-Cases zero." Said Raph with a chuckle.
"I've been listening to the scanner and doing some investigating of my own. There have been 9 break ins over the last few weeks, all at major museums all over the city. The funny thing is, nothin' was stolen. In each case, according to the web, the cameras caught footage of some type of blue image. So I decided I'd check out the last place our lil space invader hit. When I was leavin' I felt like something was wrong. I turned back and there was Casper the not so friendly ghost fleeing the scene. Must've gone back for something, but what. I started chasing what ever it was, it threw a trash can at me and vanished. But what I DID find was this." Raph pulled out another piece the same material from before.
"That's it! That's our guy. It's the same material Artemis brought back. The cameras were able to see the phosphorous in the suit as the light hit it. Now All I have to do is figure out how to track or make it visible."
"So how's the science project goin' Donnie boy," said Artemis giving Donatello a friendly pat on the shell. "Great, after three weeks, I think I've finally almost got it…just one more tweak…there, I got it. Try this on." Donnie said triumphantly. "What's this?" Artemis asked. "It's a new mask fitted with Spectral lenses. The lenses look clear and you can see normally, but watch what happens when you tap the button on the side. Go ahead try it ". Donnie urged. Artemis tried on her new mask and tapped the button on the side. "I don't see anything different." She said in a disappointed tone. "Now, look at the pieces of material on the desk" said Donnie.
Artemis followed Donnie's direction and to her surprise she saw the two thin pieces of material glow a turquoise blue. "Hooolllyy!" Artemis squealed. "This has got to be the coolest thing ever. You did it Donnie'…you did it! How the heck? These are awesome" she continued. "I made a pair for every body. They've also got night vision. I figure you never know when they'll come in handy." Donnie said. "You are a genius, ya know that?" She said. "So I've been told." He replied. " I could kiss you Donnie, you are the best. We've got to show the others!" Artemis said excitedly as she left the room to go get the others.
"Dude, These are SWEE-EE-T!" hooted Mikey" "I gotta agree Don these are pret-ty cool bro" said Raph. "I can't wait to try'em out! Said Mikey. "You just read my mind big bro! Whose up for a little test run! WHOOO!" said Artemis. All 8 turtles suited up and put on their new masks and took off towards the lair entrance.