Chapter 10

"That's ridiculous. I'm not doing it. Not going to happen. Sorry."

Mickey ran to stand in front of Rory, gently laying his hands on her shoulders. "But this is Splinter we're talking about! The guy who raised me! How can you say no!?"
Rory put her hands on her hips. "Like this; no." She shoved past Mickey and continued her way to her room."Besides what makes you think that if the TGRI info is taken back they'll actually give him back? Hm?" Rory paused in the doorway and faced the turtles.
"She's got a point..." Donny shrugged from across the room, earning him a glare from his oldest brother.
"We can try." Leo snapped.
"Ain't ya done enough tryin' fer one day, fearless? I think it's time we take action and do somethin'." Raphael cracked his knuckles and leaned against the table.
"If you want to go get yourself killed, be my guest." Leo snapped.
"Leo's right, Raph. If they over powered Leo and Val you know they're good. Besides, where would you start? We have no idea where they could be hiding him."
"It couldn't be too hard ya find them." Raph grumbled before turning to his older brother with a glare. "And Leo? Kiss my a-" Ari put a hand over the turtles mouth and gave him a concerned look. Raph yanked his head away and looked down. "Yea, whateva."
Mickey turned to Rory with a pout and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Please Rory? A life or information?"
"Mickey this information will save hundreds of lives! Don't you think your father would want that?"
"We don't need yer approval." Raphael snarled. "April's the only one really relevant here."
Rory glared at the turtle. "You tell without my consent I leave."
"So?"
"So if I leave we all do. Including Ari."
Raphael clenched his jaw. "Not if she doesn't want to. And I think she'd rather stay here, right Ari?"
"No, she'd come with me. I'm the one who kept her safe all these years. She just met you. Isn't that Ari?"
"Well she loves me."
"She loves me too!"
"Not in the same way as me!" Both heads turned around to face the young bird girl, saying in perfect harmony, "Ari!?"
Ari's face was pale as snow as she looked between the two. Her breathing quickened as a tear slide down her cheek. Raphael's face twisted into a look of concern.
"Ari, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell..."
Rory nodded her head and put out a hand to comfort her. "We got carried away."
The two took a step towards the girl, getting sent flying back across the room as she snapped out her wings and ran to the roof.
"Ari! Wait!" Both Raphael and Rory said. They looked at each other and said together, "This is your fault!"
Raph snarled and grabbed his sais, running towards Ari.
"Where are you going?! Raph we need you here!" Leo shouted. His brother turned and glared at him.
"If I stay here one more minute, I will kill 'er!" He pointed to Rory and, with a last glare, went running up the stairs. Mickey gave Rory a look of disbelief.
"We saved you. Can't you return the favor?" Rory's stormy eyes softened. She slide a hand down her face and sighed."Fine. I don't like it... But fine."
Mickey tackled the girl with a hug. "Thank you!" he grinned.
"About time." Leo glared at rory and started to walk down stairs. "I'll let April know."
Donny shook his head with a sigh and walked over to the bathroom. "I'm going to tell Faye the plan. She'll want to know what's going on."The door behind him closed softly, leaving only Micky and Rory still in the room. Rory sighed and walked the rest of the way into her room, quickly joined by the youngest turtle. She sat on the bed and raised an eyebrow at him.
"I told you it's fine... So what do you want?" Mickey half smile and sat down next to Rory.
"Remember how you kissed me on the cheek before you rushed off to ask April about the TGRI info? Well now you kinda got me all twisted on where you and I stand... On where we are. Are... Are we... You know?.."
Rory put her hands over her eyes and flopped on the bed.
"Can I sleep before I answer that question?" she asked. Mickey's shoulders drooped.
"Yea... Ok." he got up and walked out of the room, letting the door swing shut behind him.

A building, tall and empirical, stood pridefully in the cool mist of the oncoming morning. Two burley men waited at its front door, the only entryway that Val had yet to find. A dragon, long sleek and purple, coiled around each mans' chest and up to the sides if their necks as if it were trying to eat them.
-this is the place- The thought running long sharp claws through her thick longish fur on the top of her head. She sighed, stood up from behind the trash can she had been hiding behind and dusted herself off. - here goes nothing-
She approached the men, seeing them tense instantly and rack their eyes up and down her. The faint smell of antiseptic almost made Val stop in her tracks, but she shook the thought away an continued onward till she was standing only a few feet away. She held her hands out, palms up, with a smirk.
"Well what're you waiting for?" she laughed. "I surrender."