Chapter 6: Fallen Hawks

The turtles, Master Splinter, April, and Casey all watched from the tree line as a truck left the lab below them, the vary place that Shela's tracking signal was coming from.

"So this is it huh? Doesn't look like security's gong to be too tight, but still how are we going to get inside?" Mikey asked. All eyes turned to Donny and Leo.

"I'm not to sure about their defences let me see if I can remotely hake into their computer system." Don said as he pulled out his trusty lap top and stared to type away. 10 minutes latter he looked up at them and shook his head.

"Well we'll just have to get closer and scoit it out." Leo said as he led the way down to the chain link fence. Well the rest joined him he cut through the fence, and went to the nearest wall. They spread out and kept watch as Don and April worked on a door. They soon had it opened and snuck inside.

As they walked down the hall, fallowing Shela's tracking single, as quiet as possible so as to not draw unwonted attention. They didn't cross anyone until they rounded a corner and ran into two security guards, caching them completely of guard. They were about to engage when both guards suddenly fell forward and revelling stun gun cables stuck in their backs.

The man responsible stepped over their bodies as he approached them and looked at them with interest. His hair was red; he had a strong build, and was averaged height. "So- you're the turtles and friends I've heard so much about." he stated, then with out waiting for a response, he motioned them to fallow him as he turned and began to walk away.

"Hey why are you helping us, aren't you one of them?" Raph snapped.

He looked back at them. "Do you won't get caught or do you won't to save Shela?"

They exchanged looks before fallowing him. He led them down a series of hall ways before he reached a door, entered the code on the key pad and ushered them inside. It was a small lab with 2 beds, a desk and 3 wall mounted screens with different things on each of them. Raph had to close Donny's mouth as he stared to drool with longing at the tech.

Leo turned to the man as he finished locking the door and head over to the desk. "Ok so were is she, and as my bro asked earlier why are you helping us, Rex?"

Rex looked at him, shocked. "How do you know my name?"

"Shela told us about you, though not what you looked like, but it stances to reason that it would be you, she said that you're the only one who cares." Leo explained.

Rex smiled as he pushed a button hidden under the desk, the wall on the far right side opened up reviling weapons, gear, and a laptop computer.

"I have never liked what been going on here, but I have remanded because I know two things: one I could be helpful to those who were being tested on, second with what I know of the goings on here, Dr. Osler would turn me into a test subject in a heart beet if I tried to leave. He's done it before." He explained well he toke down gear and threw it at them.

"When they brought Shela back, they told me to do a quick examination on her but instead I brought her around and got the story from her."

Flashback

Rex's pov

I waited till the security guards left, then injected a counter agent that would wake her up, if only for a few moments. The moment she came around and saw me she whimpered, I got her to keep her calm, and I soon got the whole story of what had happened her séance she left. I almost didn't believe her.

"Rex what's going to happen to me now?" she whispered when she was done telling me.

I didn't know how to answer her, I knew the moment I cleared her and she regained full concones they would put her back into the Electro room. When I didn't answer her question, she asked the one question I didn't won't to answer.

"Were are my parents, are they alright?"

I looked at her sadly, hesitated, and then told her the truth. "Shela, - I'm so sorry, Dick had them moved to the core room."

Her eyes showed shock as they teared up. She then tried to get up off the bed saying she needed to get them out of there, but I pined her down.

"Shela, your in no condition to rescue them, you'll be lucky to stay awake long enough to even make it a cross the room." I told her as I felt her strength failing.

She stopped fighting me as her eyes began to drop. "Then I guise I'll have to wait till the turtles get here, they'll be able to do it."

"How can they? They don't even know were you are." I reminded her.

A small smile reached her lips. "I know that Donny put a tracking device on me, they'll come." with that she fell asleep.

I didn't move or say a word as I toke in what she had told me, I would have pondered more but I heard a code being inputted. So I gabbed my scanning tool and looked busy as I heard the door open.

"How dose she look Dr. Tennyson, anything out of the ordinary?" I recognised Dick's voice right away.

"Well, she's après be alright on the surface, but her energy is in a state of flux. Her power hasn't been completely restored from the lightning strikes and the over load dart. I suggest we wait a few days till it stabiles." I suggested as I continued to scan.

"Dr. Osler, my I see with my scanner, it is a little more sophisticated." a voice I didn't know asked, so I finally turned to see a women with two swords strapped to her back and a man in a lab coat with red hair, a goatee and glasses.

"Ah yes allow me to introduce Mistress Karai and Dr. Chaplin. They and some other scientists are on lone from Mr. Oruksai. They'll be looking at our research as well as helping out for a short time." Dick explained as Dr. Chaplin walked over to Shela's bed and proceeded to scan her with his own device.

"That better be shield agents' high energy sources, otherwise Shela will either drain it or cause it to combust." I warned him.

"No need to worry I made sure that that would not happen. Dr. Tennyson is correct about the power flux but it doesn't appear to be at a dangers level." he said.

I scowled at him. "That my be true, but the moment she is exposed to any energy, she could easily self destruct or wake up and bring this place down on us."

"How can you be sure?" Dr. Chaplin asked a little sceptical.

"She nearly did both a year ago, not to long after gaining these powers." I explained as bluntly as I could, hoping to get through to them. But no such luck.

"We have séance then improved our safety measures in dealing with her, the precautions will hold. Have her taken to the Electro Room and when she wakes we will continue with the tests." Dick ordered before he left, taking them with him.

End of Flashback End of Rex's Pov

They all stared at him dumb founded.

"This guy Dick is insane; who ever let him get his PHD must have been blind to his personality." Don said, well everyone looked at him funny.

"Were is this Electro Room?" Leo asked.

"Don't worry I'll lead you there my self, but first which one of you is Donny?" Rex asked as he picked something small up. Don held up his hand and caught the memory stick Rex threw at him.

"What's this?" he asked;

"It contains all of Shela's test history, the changes to her DNA, the list of chemicals and instructions on how to make the stabilizer. I image when this is all over she'll stay with you. So you're going to need it for the future. Now let's go save her from her nightmare."

…..

When Shela came around everything was dark, and a terrible smell filled her noise, with those two things she immediately knew exactly were she was. She begin to panic as she got up off the floor and swinging her hands around to find a wall. As she did her hand found one of the prongs, she quickly backed away into the nearest wall.

It was then he spoke.

"Hello number one, it's good to see you a wake."

"Dick, let me out of here please, I wont out." she pleaded with him.

She heard him tsk. "I'm sorry, but I can't do that."

"You mean you won't jerk." she snapped.

"Well with your little "trip" taking so much time from our research, we're going to have to work over time to get back on schedule." he said as the distinct sound of the machine powering up toke over, as she pounded on the wall and yell at the top of her lungs.

"How dose it look?" Dick asked the nearest operator.

"The machinery is performing at peak efficiency but the subject is not cooperating." the man explained.

Dick looked down at the monitor as the video feed came in, she was hysterical. "Keep raising the current, she will cooperate one way or another." with that he left with Karai right behind him, and Chaplin toke his place.

A few moments went by when suddenly the room filled with smoke, as the turtles, Master Splinter, and the others came into the room. They quickly toke the sciences out and moved them out of Rex's way, as he sat in front of the controls.

"Ah crap." he said as his fingers flew across the keyboard.

"What is it, what wrong?" Leo asked.

"They've already started the cycle and it can't be stopped for the next 5minutes, but with the sate she's in I don't won't to wait." Just then they heard a scream, looking down at the monitor they saw that the electric current had found her.

"Can't you do an emergency shutdown?" Donny suggested.

"Only if there is a disruption in the energy flow, which can be done." Rex said.

"Were are those controls?" Raph asked.

"There over there. All you have to do-" Rex stopped as one of Raph's Sais went into the console. They immediately heard the machinery shutdown. They watched as Shela collapsed in the other room as the lightning receded.

"That easily could have made matters worse, an over load would have killed her." Rex snapped at Raph as he pulled out his Sai.

"Well it didn't, now let's get her out of there." Raph said as the door opened. They went into the small room, Rex, who was the first to reach, was unexpectedly punch right in the face. As he hit the floor, Shela was going to attack him again when April gently grabbed her, and gave her a shake.

"Shela stop its us, we came to rescue you." She said as Shela blinked at her then gave her eyes a good rub, seemingly to bring her eyes back into focus. Then as she looked at them all her eyes filled up and she pulled April into a hug.

"You all came, thank you." she said through April's cloths.

"Sure they get thanked, well I get punched." Rex said as he rubbed his jaw.

"I'm sorry Rex, I didn't-"

"Don't worry about it, but we should get out of here before someone finds us." he said as he got to his feet.

"We need to go to the core and get my parents; I'm not leaving without them." Shela said looking stubborn as she leaned agents April.

"NO, you know that anyone who goes in there doesn't come out ever again, alive. We need to go well we can." Rex said as he headed to the door.

"I can't leave them here; we have to idlest try, there my family." Shela said.

Master Splinter put a hand on her shoulder; well everyone was silent watching Rex closely as her words caused him to stop walking.

Leo spoke up. "I agree with Shela, we have to try, but you don't have to come. Just tell us were to go, and how to get in."

They watched Rex as he thought it over, a moral dilemma clearly going through his head, when he finally came to a decision.

"Fallow me, its time I come to terms with what I have helped them do to these people." he said leading the way out of the room.

…..

He lead them down a few floors, avoiding patrols as he did, until they reached a heavily secured door with two guards posted in front of it.

"That's it; we have to take down those guards, take their access keys, and then get their retina scans. But if we rush them they'll sound the alarm and we'll be surrounded before we get close to it." Rex explained as the guys exchanged smiles.

"Leave this to us." Mikey said. When Shela turned to ask what they had in mind only to find them, and their master, gone. A few moments passed as they waited in silence, when suddenly the turtles, drooped from the ceiling and toke the guards down.

"Nice work, when this is over, your so teaching how you did that." Shela said as they joined them.

They quickly used the keys and got the guards retina scans to open the door and went inside. Only when they were sure the door was secure did they take a look at their surroundings. It was a large room with what appeared to be rows of glass cells, which held two occupants in each on beds. They looked at some of the rooms and were disgusted by what had been done to them. In the middle of the room there was a desk with various computer screens.

"Theses were once people?" April asked braking the awkward silence that had fallen on them.

"Yes unfortunately." Rex said as he toke a set at the desk and started typing away on the controls.

"How dose any of this have to do with dieses control research, or is Dick just using the government funds for something different?" Don asked as he stood next to him.

"You hit the nail right on the head, but he never has said what he was really doing. I've tried to find out but I never found anything solid to confirm his motives." Rex explained.

"Hey Rex are the door controls for these rooms over there?" Shela suddenly asked. Looking around they spotted her standing in front of one of the cells.

"Yes, why?'

"I need you to open cell number 5-0795. I think I just found my parents." she answered. As he entered the unlock sequence Raph joined her.

"I'll come in with you, and give you a hand, ok?" he asked as he put a hand on her shoulder and discovered she was trembling. When the door opened she immediately went to one of the beds.

The occupant was covered with what appeared to be swollen skin that distorted the face, arms and legs, and almost covering her eyes. The other was even worse then her, séance his eyes were completely covered.

"Mom! Mom, please wake up, its me, Shela." she said as she gently pushed her mother, the skin easily gave under her hands like a sponge. They watched as she was barley able to open her eyes.

"Sh-shela?" she stammered, blinked at her daughter for a few minutes. Then her eyes showed what little shock the skin would allow her as she stared to cry red tears.

"O-oh Sh- Shela, my d- daughter." she stammered again.

"Yes mom its me I came back, to keep my promise to get you and dad out of here. Just relax the nightmare will soon be over." Shela said as her own tears started to run down her checks as she started to unstrap her.

"Yes it s- soon will b- be, b- but not in the way your th- thinking. Your f- father and I a- are d- dieing d- d- dear, l- leave w- with-out u- us." Leta's voice got worse as blood mixed with saliva and stared to leak out a whole in the side of her head. Shela gently wiped it away with her sleeve.

"No, I'm not leaving without you."

"Your Mother is right Flash Hopper." they all looked at her father, they weren't even aware that he was even conscious. "We don't have long, the treatments done to us have taken there toll. You need to leave before its to-" Steven suddenly coughed, spraying blood as he did. Raph quickly went to his side and helped him out well Shela's mom finally toke notice of him.

"W- who's your f-friend?" she asked.

"This is Raph his family and close friends have been helping me." she told her.

Leta blinked at him. "I think my eyes are playing tricks on me, because he looks like a giant turtle to me." she said without any trouble.

Shela laughed as Raph turned and scowled at her mom. "That's because I am."

"M-my apologies-se, I d- didn't realises, Th- thank you f- for h- helping h- her and ex-excepting h- her Eunice ab- abilities. P- please promise u- us t- that you'll k- keep h- her s- safe?" Leta asked as her father grabbed his arm. Raph looked so unsure of what to do.

"Please promise us." Steven said.

Raph looked at both parents before his eyes rested on her. "You have my word, my brothers and I will keep her safe."

Shela was surprised by this, Is this the same turtle I had first meet? she wondered as her father released him and called her over. She quickly went to his side.

"We love Flash Hopper, live a good life and remember the good times." he smiled at her, and then they both were gone.