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Chapter 10:

(3rd:)

"No, wait a minute." Leo tried again to reason with the man only for one of the guards to put a foot on his back in order to keep him from getting up again.

"Leo!" Raph growled through his teeth, clearly getting ready to attack.

"No Raph, don't hurt them." Leo ordered sternly before turning back to look at the guard. "You don't understand." He told the guy respectfully; but he just glared at the turtle.

"Don't hurt us?" The man repeated and Leo winced wishing he hadn't said that now. "You're in no position to threaten us."

"It wasn't a threat." Leo declared truthfully. "Please just let me explain. We do not work for Shredder or anyone else. We're free."

"Then why are his gangs so active?" The man grumbled.

"Gangs?" Leo repeated before realizing that he was talking about the Purple Dragons out in Hell's Kitchen. "They work for Shredder?" He asked in shock, leaving the man to scoff at them before looking toward his men and nodded which caused them to start hauling the turtles to their feet so they could lead them down the hall, despite Leo's attempt to start the conversation again.

"What about our phone call?" Donnie suddenly demanded causing everything to come to a stop. "You cannot legally detain us without first offering us one phone call to provide proof of our innocence."

"That doesn't apply in a case like this." The main guard countered.

"Not true." Donnie carried on calmly. "There is no law stating specifically that a person under the possible control of another is forfeit from the simple right to remain innocent until proven guilty."

The man just growled like he didn't care either way before giving in and turned back to Leo. "Give this one a phone, take the others to a cell." He ordered and his men promptly followed out the commands, leaving Leo to watch as his family was hauled away.

(Donnie's POV)

"This is stupid." Raph complained loudly and I sighed. "I can break us out a here in a second." He added with a growl.

"Yeah that'd certainly prove our innocence." I stated sarcastically.

"And what are we supposed ta do if the system back-fires on us?" He countered grouchily.

"Well – then you can break us out in a second." I declared with a smile causing him to glare at me.

"Smart ass!" He insulted and I laughed just before the door was opened again and Leo was walked in.

"Well that was –" He started after the door closed behind him again and he rubbed his wrists, clearly wanting to talk about something else. "I don't know what that was." He finally admitted sourly, before turning to take a seat next to me.

"This is ridicules Leo." Raph repeated demandingly and I quickly leaned back to knock my head against the wall tiredly.

"Here we go again." I muttered under my breath.

"We shouldn't have ta go crawlin' ta Bishop. Now we're gonna owe him." Raph continued loudly.

"The way I see he owed us for the London thing, now we're even." Leo countered tiredly.

"I still don' like it." Raph yelled and Leo sighed loudly as he rubbed his temple in annoyance.

"If my opinion is worth anything, I agree with Red." Zira suddenly perked up and everyone stared at her in shock, even Raph.

"Well now we're domed." Mikey quailed dramatically leaving me to lean back and close my eyes, in an attempt to pretend that I was on a beach somewhere.

"I'm just saying." Zira continued. "Bishop's cruelty toward races different than his own is known even on my world." She explained sourly as she took a seat to cross her arms and legs in a huff.

"So is he the reason you don't like humans?" I asked curiously.

"He's part of the reason." She admitted. "But what makes you think he's human?" She added causing us all to look at her questionably.

"Isn't he?" Leo asked and she shrugged.

"I don't know that much about humans but I do know that their average lifespan is about 100 years." She answered simply. "Bishop – or at least the man we know as Bishop has been floating around your world since the year 1776."

"What?" My brothers and I all asked at the same time but she just waved her hand in a dismissing manner.

"That's all I know." She muttered sourly. "I don't know how it happened, if he's a mutant or an alien or a genetic experiment, I just know that he's caused a lot of trouble for a very long time."

We just kind of stared at her for a minute as we absorbed that information until Raph turned back to Leo. "Ya still want ta trust him?" He demanded sternly causing our oldest brother to promptly glare at him.

"Being different is not a crime Raph." He stated seriously. "That being said I don't trust him – but I do trust Kale." He added calmly as he turned to look at the floor thoughtfully. "He says he's changed, so we'll see if that's true."

I noticed as time passed that my brothers became twitchier and twitchier about being confined to such a small space which made me wonder if I was use to it after having visited so many cells recently, which only made me that much more depressed as it was really not something I wanted to get accustomed to.

So to say that I was noticeably relieved when the door finally opened again would have been an understatement, but that didn't even scratch the surface of how happy August looked when he rushed in to see us.

"Hey Unc." Mikey greeted as the man came to a halt in his footsteps to stare at us in shock.

"Oh my –" He proclaimed in wonder as he walked up to throw an arm around Raph's shoulders with a smile. "When the hell did you guys get so tall?" He demanded lovingly.

"It's a long complicated process of growing pains and muscular developmental – stuff." Mikey announced knowledgably before reverting to his usual answer for when he didn't understand something. "Ask Donnie."

August just laughed as he turned to find me and raised an eyebrow in question.

"Do I really need to explain it?" I asked painfully, causing him to burst into joy as he rampaged over to trap me in a head lock.

"He speaks." The man quailed loudly.

"Oh honestly." I complained sourly as he let me go again. "This is the second time in a week – is it really that surprising?" I demanded dryly.

"Yes, yes it is." He stated and I glared at him.

"You didn't speak?" Zira suddenly asked me and I face-palmed as August turned to greet her as well.

"Well now – who is this lovely creature?" He cooed with a smile and I groaned as Zira grinned at him for the compliment.

"I like him." She whispered in my ear.

"Shocking!" I answered sarcastically before Leo came to my rescue.

"August, what's happened?" He asked seriously causing the man to get back to the real subject that had been lost in transition.

"I've been out there trying to get them to let you out for about an hour now. Then this guy in a coat came strolling up, said a few words and now you're free to go." He proclaimed with a confused look. "Where did you meet a guy like that anyway?"

"Oh don't make us go into all the details, it's just too painful." Mikey complained dramatically looking at the ceiling in distress and causing August to raise an eyebrow at him before turning back to Leo.

"You probably don't want to know." He answered more clearly and the man nodded before turning around.

"Well then let's get you guys out of here before they change their minds." He stated and quickly led the way back out into the hall which was suspiciously quite for having just been on high-alert.

"I guess I should have anticipated that." Bishop's voice suddenly declared which had us all turning around wildly to find him standing in the middle of the hallway which had been empty just a second ago.

"Damn –" Mikey exclaimed in shock. "And I thought we were sneaky."

"What's the big idea?" Raph demanded of the man loudly. "Why'd ya send us in here if ya knew that was gonna happen?"

"I wasn't aware that they had the technology to locate nano-bots." Bishop proclaimed calmly as he adjusted his sunglasses. "But I must admit it's good to know."

"Ya dirty son-of-a –" Raph challenged before charging him.

"Raph wait! It's a –" I called but he didn't hear me as he attacked; only to go straight through the guy and hit the ground on the other side. "– Hologram." I finished with a sigh as Mikey walked up to run his hand through the image curiously.

"Cool." He proclaimed with a grin before turning back to me like a kid in a candy store. "I want one." He declared.

"If you mow the lawn and take out the trash." I told him sarcastically as Leo walked around to help Raph back to his feet, who was now swearing up a storm and glaring at the hologram in such a manner that should have caused the man to spontaneously combust.

"I've taken the liberty of having all of the information they obtained from you destroyed." Bishop continued as I reached down to pick up the little device that was scurrying about on the floor to upload his image. "You can check again if you like." He added as his picture became smaller to compensate for the height difference.

"However while you're in there, I was hoping that you could do me a favor." He continued calmly while I used the time to study the little gadget curiously.

It was very well made; I had to admit I was impressed.

"Not a chance!" Raph answered immediately trying to take the machine so he could smash it, but I quickly held it protectively out of his reach.

"No!" I told him as if I was scolding a child, leaving him to fold his arms in a huff to glare at the wall again.

"What is it Bishop?" Leo asked as I brought the man's image back down so we could speak with him again.

"There is a woman I would like you to find." He answered simply.

"Old girlfriend?" Zira countered with a smirk. "Can't imagine why she left you." She added sarcastically.

"Hardly!" He answered sourly before going on. "She was once Shredder's secretary."

"Secretary?" Mikey repeated disbelievingly. "Shredder had a secretary?"

"'Had' being the operative word." Bishop continued. "To this day she is the only one to get so close to Shredder and walk away clean."

"But we still have to find April and Casey." Mikey complained truthfully.

"And I would never ask you to forgo that task." Bishop proclaimed calmly. "I have already been working to locate them on my end as well, and any information I find will be uploaded to this device. I'm sure Donatello has already found it."

I looked up from my study of the contraption when I heard my name and nodded toward Leo that I was indeed discovering a lot of helpful information that would aid us in our search.

"And I believe that finding this woman will in fact help you in locating your friends." Bishop finished simply.

"And how is that?" Raph demanded sourly but it was me that answered this time.

"Because Raph –" I started nervously as I looked up from the data in the device to make eye contact with him. "Shredder's the one that took them."

The End


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