Katherine was feeling rather numb at the moment, walking as if in slow motion in between cars and police officers. Director Kelley had led her to the security station on the second level, where he'd been summoned to come and review camera footage from the last hour and a half. The man hesitated in the doorway, casting her a careful glance.

"I'm going to ask you to wait out here Agent James. I'll be back in a few minutes."

"I want to go look for Luke's car at least." She said softly. "I just want to see if it's here or not."

"Do what you need to, and then come back here. I'll let you know if the video feed has pertinent information."

Katherine wasn't used to feeling this shaky around a crime scene. Normally she would be slightly detached, focused, and professional. Right now, she felt absolutely none of the above.

Luke, what could have happened here? Where in the world are you?

Her reflection was broken by her phone going off a few seconds later.

"Donnie, tell me you have something." She said mechanically.

"We do Kat, his signal has popped back up on the grid, it's traveling north on I-81. We're around the block grabbing Marcus, and then we'll hit the turnpike. Have you found out anything on your end yet?"

"No." She said tightly. "I got inside finally, thanks to my Director. There's a dead body in here, connected to Morello's circle somehow."

"The big fish? Do they think this is connected somehow?"

"They don't think anything Donnie, I don't even know that anyone believes Luke is missing yet!" She hesitated for a beat, and then continued, sounding more weary than before. "But Luke's car definitely never left, I'm staring at it right now. I should be with you guys. I should be going AFTER him!" She exploded.

"Kat, we need you where you are! Nothing is ever as simple as it could be. You've got to stay, and then try and get information back to us. We're following his signal, but other than that, we're traveling blind here Kat! We have no idea what kind of vehicle we're looking for, what kind of men these are, or what they could possibly want from him! We need you. It doesn't matter how far we have to chase 'em. We're not going to rest until we catch up, until we find him. Do you understand me?"

"Yes." She said, her voice choking with emotion. "I trust you guys. I know if anyone can get him back in one piece...it's you."


"How's she doin'?" Mike asked Donnie when he hung up.

"Not good. She's upset - how could she not be?" Don answered, sounding troubled himself.

"So we're gonna get on the trail now, chase these jokers up the highway?" Mike continued.

Donatello exchanged a concerned look with Leonardo, who took a deep breath before responding himself.

"We're taking a massive risk, but we don't have a choice." Leonardo said. "If it was one of us missing, we would go without question. Luke is no different. So darn the torpedoes, and full speed ahead!"


Donatello was antsy to get on the open road. Raphael had stopped about five minutes ago to pick up Marcus, but to Donatello's surprise he didn't head for the Lincoln tunnel like he'd expected him to. Instead, he was driving in a completely different direction, turning in the most random places. Donnie had absolutely no patience for it, and swiftly called him.

"Raph, what in the heck are you doing? Why are you wasting time?"

"Genius, we got an issue here." Raphael said back, with a rare note of anxiety in his tone. "We've got somebody tailin' us, he's been with us since the hospital, followed us to Marc's place. No matter where I turn, he's stayed with us."

"Shell, we don't have time for this! You're gonna have to lose him Raph!"

"It ain't that easy Donnie, I'm sorta afraid to do anything drastic here to set him off. He's got cop written all over him. The last thing we need is him puttin' an APB out on the van!"

Donatello took a very deep breath to calm himself down. "Okay. Keep trailing him around Raph, and I'll call Kat."


The woman answered on the first ring. "What's going on Don?"

"Kat, we haven't been able to get onto the turnpike yet, we have a tail. Raph thinks it could be an undercover cop."

"What kind of car? Can you see the license plate?"

"Raph said it's a Jeep Liberty, looks maybe dark green or black?" Donatello told her, and then read off the number Raphael had gotten off of it.

Katherine was seriously irritated now - she knew that car without even having to search out a laptop for BMV records.

"Oh for the love of--just get on the turnpike already! I'll handle him!" Katherine slapped her phone shut angrily, and then re-opened it to make the next all important phone call. She tapped her foot rapidly on the concrete as she waited for the man to answer.

"Greg Heffernan! Where in the heck are you?!" She exclaimed without so much as a greeting.

Katherine had already called her partner while she was en route to the hospital. Her intention had been to merely inform him that she wouldn't be taking the flight out with him that morning, and he had immediately insisted that he was coming to meet her at the garage. Now instead of showing up like a good partner, he was slowing down the turtle's progress!

"I'm sorry James, I got a little sidetracked." He answered. "I pulled up to the crime scene, and while I was looking for parking, I saw this van, okay? It stood out like a sore thumb, gave me a really weird feeling. When it left a couple minutes later, I followed 'em. Honestly, I think they're probably on to me, we're not exactly going anywhere fast."

"Greg, will you please just get your tail back here? I need your help. Stop chasing these rabbit trails, and come make yourself useful!" Kat's impatience and anxiety made her extremely sharp.

"I'm sorry." He repeated, clearly admonished. "I'm turning back - where can I find you?"

"Just come to the second level, I'm heading for security central. They have some footage of whatever happened, I'm hoping the Director will let me in on some of it!"

"Alright, I'm coming."

She hung up without so much as a goodbye, and immediately dialed Raphael.

"You should be losing your tail here in a matter of seconds." She informed him. "Are you headed back for the tunnel?"

"I was about to turn around. You're right Kat, he's leavin'. How'd you swing that so fast?"

"Easy - that was my ding-bat partner following you."

"You're yanking my chain."

"No, I'm not Raph. Hurry up and get after Luke!"


When Raphael got off with her, he called Donnie in the back.

"Okay Donnie, we're in the clear. That was her bonehead partner chasing us."

"Are you serious right now?"

"I couldn't make that up. I'm getting us back on the right road."

"Raphael, wait. You'd better pull over, let Marc take the wheel, and get your shell in the back."

"What? Now that we're ready for lift off?"

"It's gonna be daylight soon bro, you can't go tearing down the highway. We have to let Marc and Jenna do this part."

Rather grumpily, Raphael pulled over, and relinquished the wheel to Marcus. When he went around to the back, Jenna hopped out to move up front, to give the brothers more space.

"Sure, you let me do all the annoying junk." Raphael complained. "Oh, I am so ready to bust some heads! How far behind are we genius?"

The look in Donatello's eyes was far from comforting. "We're way behind them now Raph. Catching up is going to be no easy feat at this rate."

"There you go again with the negative talk." Leonardo said reproachfully. "Let's be grateful that we have something to go on Donnie! They have to stop eventually, and they're bound to make some mistakes along the way."

"That's right Donnie, they are humans after all." Mike cracked.

"You're lucky our humans didn't hear that." Donatello said with a small smile, and then heaved a giant sigh. "Alright, here we go."