A few hours later, Mikey and Venus were awake, and sitting at the
kitchen table while Master Splinter served them a special tea that he made
to settle their stomachs.
"Man, this must be what it feels like to have a hangover." said Mikey before he sipped some of the tea.
Venus groaned as her stomach made weird sounds.
Raph came out of his room, and went over to where Leo and Donny were standing. "So when are we going back to get Ashton?" he asked.
"Raph, that's gonna be a little while. Mikey and Venus aren't gonna be ready to fight for a good while, much less dodge Bonesteel's poison dart gun." said Donny.
"So we're just gonna let Ashton sit there while Bonesteel probably sells her?" asked Raph.
"We'll need all of us there to successfully rescue Ashton. Mikey and Venus can't go Raph, what else are we gonna do?" asked Donny.
Raph thought for a moment, and sighed. Then he went and picked up his sai, and left the lair.
"Did you really have to ask?" asked Leo.
Donny shrugged.
Raph (still banned from using his motorcycle), traveled on foot to the building where they found Ashton the night before.
When he got there, he looked around, and saw that Bonesteel's truck wasn't there; he must've been out. Raph then went into the building, as it was only halfway dark out, and he of course didn't want to be seen.
Inside the building, he began climbing up the stairs.
Upstairs, Ashton was getting restless.
"I can't stand it here!!" she yelled. She grabbed the bars, and tried pulling them apart or breaking them, but they wouldn't budge. She then shook the cage violently in an attempt to loosen something in the cage that would cause it to open. Nothing happened; this thing was very sturdy. She let out a frustrated, loud, aggressive meow that sounded somewhat like a roar.
"Whoa kid, chill." said Raph as he came into the room.
Ashton's eyes adjusted to the growing darkness, and saw Raph approaching her cage. Her angry expression softened. "Raph!"
"Hey Ashton." he said as he came up to the cage.
"Where are the others?" asked Ashton.
"They're home making sure that Mikey and Venus are okay. They got shot with poison darts when we came to get you last night." explained Raph.
Ashton gasped. "Really? Oh my gosh, are they okay?"
Raph nodded. "They're a little groggy, and their stomachs are upset, but they're okay otherwise."
"Whew, that's a relief." said Ashton. "You came to get me out of here, right?"
"Actually, I came to see how you were doin', to make sure you were okay. I can't open the lock, I already tried last night."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, last time I tried to pick this lock, an alarm went off and Bonesteel came." said Raph.
"Stupid cage." growled Ashton. Then she sighed and sat back in the cage. "I hate being me. Look at me, I'm in a cage like some sort of, animal." Then she thought for a moment. "Because I am." she mumbled lowly.
Raph sighed, he felt sorry for her, and didn't know what to say. "Hey, listen, it'll be okay. Believe it or not, I know a thing or two about feelin' different than everyone else."
Ashton nodded with a sigh. "I know."
"Don't worry kiddo, I'll get Donny to find a way to break this lock and alarm, and you'll be free; I promise."
"Don't make promises you can't keep, Raph." said Ashton.
"I never do." said Raph.
Ashton looked at him; and gave a small smile. "Don't let me down now."
"I won't." said Raph with a smile. "I sure wish I could get you out now though."
"You and me both." said Ashton.
Just then, they heard a truck door slam.
"Uh oh, I think that creep is back." said Ashton.
"I better scram then." said Raph. "I'll be back."
Ashton nodded.
Raph then left very silently.
Bonesteel soon came upstairs and turned on a small light in the room where Ashton was.
"I see you ate your sandwich." he said, then turned to rummaging through some crates.
"It sucked." Ashton said glaring at him.
"Too bad. Be glad you're alive." said Bonesteel.
"If you can even call this living." said Ashton.
"Well get used to it." said Bonesteel, then he turned around and faced her. "Because after tomorrow night, that's gonna be your permanent house. You'll possibly get a bigger one, but it'll still be a cage." he said, then turned away and began packing some things into another crate.
Ashton quickly leaned forward in the cage and held the bars. "What's tomorrow night? Where am I going?" she asked worriedly.
"Your new home, and your new owner." said Bonesteel.
"No, no! You can't do this to me! I'm a living being with free will, you *can't* do this!" Ashton shouted.
"Too bad." said Bonesteel as he turned around and came over to her cage. "Because I just did."
Ashton glared at him angrily, growled, and quickly extending one of her nails, gave him an ugly scratch across upper chest, right below his neck.
"Aah!" Bonesteel jumped back and touched the bleeding scratch on his chest. He angrily looked back at Ashton. "I hope he excavates and _stuffs_ your insolent hide!" Then he walked off.
"When I finally get rescued, *you'll* be the one getting excavated and stuffed!" Ashton shouted after him. She looked off in that direction, then sat there, still clinging to the bars, feeling desperate to escape. "Raph, keep your promise man, please."
"Man, this must be what it feels like to have a hangover." said Mikey before he sipped some of the tea.
Venus groaned as her stomach made weird sounds.
Raph came out of his room, and went over to where Leo and Donny were standing. "So when are we going back to get Ashton?" he asked.
"Raph, that's gonna be a little while. Mikey and Venus aren't gonna be ready to fight for a good while, much less dodge Bonesteel's poison dart gun." said Donny.
"So we're just gonna let Ashton sit there while Bonesteel probably sells her?" asked Raph.
"We'll need all of us there to successfully rescue Ashton. Mikey and Venus can't go Raph, what else are we gonna do?" asked Donny.
Raph thought for a moment, and sighed. Then he went and picked up his sai, and left the lair.
"Did you really have to ask?" asked Leo.
Donny shrugged.
Raph (still banned from using his motorcycle), traveled on foot to the building where they found Ashton the night before.
When he got there, he looked around, and saw that Bonesteel's truck wasn't there; he must've been out. Raph then went into the building, as it was only halfway dark out, and he of course didn't want to be seen.
Inside the building, he began climbing up the stairs.
Upstairs, Ashton was getting restless.
"I can't stand it here!!" she yelled. She grabbed the bars, and tried pulling them apart or breaking them, but they wouldn't budge. She then shook the cage violently in an attempt to loosen something in the cage that would cause it to open. Nothing happened; this thing was very sturdy. She let out a frustrated, loud, aggressive meow that sounded somewhat like a roar.
"Whoa kid, chill." said Raph as he came into the room.
Ashton's eyes adjusted to the growing darkness, and saw Raph approaching her cage. Her angry expression softened. "Raph!"
"Hey Ashton." he said as he came up to the cage.
"Where are the others?" asked Ashton.
"They're home making sure that Mikey and Venus are okay. They got shot with poison darts when we came to get you last night." explained Raph.
Ashton gasped. "Really? Oh my gosh, are they okay?"
Raph nodded. "They're a little groggy, and their stomachs are upset, but they're okay otherwise."
"Whew, that's a relief." said Ashton. "You came to get me out of here, right?"
"Actually, I came to see how you were doin', to make sure you were okay. I can't open the lock, I already tried last night."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, last time I tried to pick this lock, an alarm went off and Bonesteel came." said Raph.
"Stupid cage." growled Ashton. Then she sighed and sat back in the cage. "I hate being me. Look at me, I'm in a cage like some sort of, animal." Then she thought for a moment. "Because I am." she mumbled lowly.
Raph sighed, he felt sorry for her, and didn't know what to say. "Hey, listen, it'll be okay. Believe it or not, I know a thing or two about feelin' different than everyone else."
Ashton nodded with a sigh. "I know."
"Don't worry kiddo, I'll get Donny to find a way to break this lock and alarm, and you'll be free; I promise."
"Don't make promises you can't keep, Raph." said Ashton.
"I never do." said Raph.
Ashton looked at him; and gave a small smile. "Don't let me down now."
"I won't." said Raph with a smile. "I sure wish I could get you out now though."
"You and me both." said Ashton.
Just then, they heard a truck door slam.
"Uh oh, I think that creep is back." said Ashton.
"I better scram then." said Raph. "I'll be back."
Ashton nodded.
Raph then left very silently.
Bonesteel soon came upstairs and turned on a small light in the room where Ashton was.
"I see you ate your sandwich." he said, then turned to rummaging through some crates.
"It sucked." Ashton said glaring at him.
"Too bad. Be glad you're alive." said Bonesteel.
"If you can even call this living." said Ashton.
"Well get used to it." said Bonesteel, then he turned around and faced her. "Because after tomorrow night, that's gonna be your permanent house. You'll possibly get a bigger one, but it'll still be a cage." he said, then turned away and began packing some things into another crate.
Ashton quickly leaned forward in the cage and held the bars. "What's tomorrow night? Where am I going?" she asked worriedly.
"Your new home, and your new owner." said Bonesteel.
"No, no! You can't do this to me! I'm a living being with free will, you *can't* do this!" Ashton shouted.
"Too bad." said Bonesteel as he turned around and came over to her cage. "Because I just did."
Ashton glared at him angrily, growled, and quickly extending one of her nails, gave him an ugly scratch across upper chest, right below his neck.
"Aah!" Bonesteel jumped back and touched the bleeding scratch on his chest. He angrily looked back at Ashton. "I hope he excavates and _stuffs_ your insolent hide!" Then he walked off.
"When I finally get rescued, *you'll* be the one getting excavated and stuffed!" Ashton shouted after him. She looked off in that direction, then sat there, still clinging to the bars, feeling desperate to escape. "Raph, keep your promise man, please."