At the lair, the next day, Mikey and Venus were much better and back
to normal, both practicing in the dojo with Splinter.
Donny was at his desk and computer; steadily working at making something to open the lock on the cage Ashton was in.
Raph impatiently stood nearby leaned against a cabinet, watching Donny.
Donny was screwing something into place.
"Are you done yet?" asked Raph.
Donny let out a heavy sigh and looked at Raph. "Raph, if you continue asking me that every 5 minutes, I'll have to take time out of my concentration to tell you, once again, that I'm not done. I will tell you when I'm done."
Raph sighed heavily, then went to the dojo where Venus just exited. "Are you all done yet?"
"Well, I am. But Michealangelo is still working on righting his coordination again. I fear the poison affected him most." said Venus.
"Man, why is everything takin' so long?"
"Calm down Raphael, we will get to Ashton before it is too late." said Venus.
"Yeah yeah yeah, that's what everyone tells me." said Raph. Then he walked past Venus and went into the dojo.
"Raphael, leave. You will distract Michealangelo." said Splinter sternly.
"But . . ."
"Go."
"But Master . . ."
"Go!"
"But I just wanted to know if I can ride my motorcycle yet."
"No, now go!" said Splinter.
Raphael dejectedly left the dojo and slumped into the living room. "This sucks." he said. He looked to the side and noticed Leo sharpening his katanna, and watched him for a moment. "You suck too."
Leo looked over at him for a moment. "Whatever." he said, then went back to sharpening his sword.
Raph got annoyed by the sound of Leo's over-sharpening, and he got up, and paced around.
Later that evening, as Mikey had finally left the dojo, the alarm in the lair went off.
"What's that for? Dragons?" asked Leo.
Donny booted up the 'eye in the sky' program on his computer. "No, it's an alert. Ashton's cage is being moved."
"That's it, we've gotta go, *now*." said Raph.
"I agree, Bonesteel could be taking her anywhere." said Venus.
Raph grabbed his sai, and the keys to the hummer.
Splinter then took the keys from him.
"Aw come on Master, I can't even . . ."
Splinter then handed him the keys to his motorcycle.
Raph grinned. "Oh yeah! Thanks Master!"
Splinter nodded with a small smile.
"Let's go!" said Raph as he quickly left the lair.
"Wait!" said Donny.
Everyone turned around.
"Don't forget those communicators I made. It took me months to make them, so we better use them." said Donny.
The others each picked up a communicator, Mikey picking one up to give to Raph.
Mikey, Leo, and Venus then grabbed their weapons from the rack and left too.
Donny carefully picked up his invention for the lock on Ashton's cage, as well as a screwdriver, and his Bo staff, then left the lair as well.
Using a portable tracking device, Donny rode in the front while Leo drove.
"Turn left here." said Donny.
Leo did so as the tires screeched on the pavement.
Raph followed the hummer and all of the turns it made, and finally figured out where they were going. "Oh no." he said. Then he revved up his motor, and sped ahead of the hummer.
"Hey, where's Raph going?" asked Leo.
"Wherever it is, the tracker indicates he's going straight towards Ashton." said Donny.
Leo pressed harder on the accelerator, and the hummer went faster.
After a while, the Turtles heard the clanking of bells, and a railroad crossing sign.
"The train station. Bonesteel must be shipping Ashton off by train." said Donny.
"Come on, we gotta get her." said Mikey as he got out of the hummer.
The others got out as well, and saw Raph was already checking train cars.
"I can't find her." said Raph in frustration.
"Keep looking." said Mikey as he peeked into a few.
Suddenly, the train horn blew long and hard, and the train began moving.
"Oh no, no no." said Raph. "Stop!" He began chasing the train as it began moving.
"Is she even on board?" asked Leo.
Donny looked at his tracker. "Oh man. I don't even know, the stupid thing shut down." He said, shaking the machine.
Just then, Mikey and Venus saw Bonesteel going to his truck, as he counted money.
"Heh heh, I'm a rich man." he gloated to himself.
Venus gasped. "She *is* on the train!"
Raph began losing pace with the train as it picked up speed.
("Don't let me down now." "I won't.")
Raph thought about what he last said to Ashton. "I won't. I can't let her down." With all his force, he jumped up, and grabbed onto a door handle.
"He got on!" said Mikey.
The train moved rapidly as Raph tried to hold on. He looked back, and soon lost sight of the others as the train rode off into the distance.
Just then, ahead of him he saw that the train was coming to a rail that had a steep cliff on each side.
"Oh crap." he said. Using all his might, Raph slid the door open, accidentally hitting the side of the train as well. "Ow!" He then used all his strength, and climbed into the car. It was a cargo train, so there really weren't any people aboard except for the conductor and a few others closer to the front.
Once he was inside, he relaxed, and leaned against a bail of hay, breathing hard from all of the energy he just used.
"Raph, are you there? Come in Raph." said Donny's voice over his communicator.
Raph picked up his communicator. "Yeah I'm here? I just got in the train."
The others cheered.
"Way to go dude!" said Mikey.
Raph chuckled. "It wasn't easy though."
"I guess not." said Leo.
"Did you find Ashton yet?" asked Venus.
"No, not yet. I'm gonna look for her in another minute." said Raph.
"Okay, well tell us when you do, and where the train stops so I can be there with the lock opener." said Donny.
"Sure thing." said Raph.
"Be careful Raph." said Leo.
"Yeah, sure." said Raph, then he put his communicator in his belt, and got up to find Ashton.
Donny was at his desk and computer; steadily working at making something to open the lock on the cage Ashton was in.
Raph impatiently stood nearby leaned against a cabinet, watching Donny.
Donny was screwing something into place.
"Are you done yet?" asked Raph.
Donny let out a heavy sigh and looked at Raph. "Raph, if you continue asking me that every 5 minutes, I'll have to take time out of my concentration to tell you, once again, that I'm not done. I will tell you when I'm done."
Raph sighed heavily, then went to the dojo where Venus just exited. "Are you all done yet?"
"Well, I am. But Michealangelo is still working on righting his coordination again. I fear the poison affected him most." said Venus.
"Man, why is everything takin' so long?"
"Calm down Raphael, we will get to Ashton before it is too late." said Venus.
"Yeah yeah yeah, that's what everyone tells me." said Raph. Then he walked past Venus and went into the dojo.
"Raphael, leave. You will distract Michealangelo." said Splinter sternly.
"But . . ."
"Go."
"But Master . . ."
"Go!"
"But I just wanted to know if I can ride my motorcycle yet."
"No, now go!" said Splinter.
Raphael dejectedly left the dojo and slumped into the living room. "This sucks." he said. He looked to the side and noticed Leo sharpening his katanna, and watched him for a moment. "You suck too."
Leo looked over at him for a moment. "Whatever." he said, then went back to sharpening his sword.
Raph got annoyed by the sound of Leo's over-sharpening, and he got up, and paced around.
Later that evening, as Mikey had finally left the dojo, the alarm in the lair went off.
"What's that for? Dragons?" asked Leo.
Donny booted up the 'eye in the sky' program on his computer. "No, it's an alert. Ashton's cage is being moved."
"That's it, we've gotta go, *now*." said Raph.
"I agree, Bonesteel could be taking her anywhere." said Venus.
Raph grabbed his sai, and the keys to the hummer.
Splinter then took the keys from him.
"Aw come on Master, I can't even . . ."
Splinter then handed him the keys to his motorcycle.
Raph grinned. "Oh yeah! Thanks Master!"
Splinter nodded with a small smile.
"Let's go!" said Raph as he quickly left the lair.
"Wait!" said Donny.
Everyone turned around.
"Don't forget those communicators I made. It took me months to make them, so we better use them." said Donny.
The others each picked up a communicator, Mikey picking one up to give to Raph.
Mikey, Leo, and Venus then grabbed their weapons from the rack and left too.
Donny carefully picked up his invention for the lock on Ashton's cage, as well as a screwdriver, and his Bo staff, then left the lair as well.
Using a portable tracking device, Donny rode in the front while Leo drove.
"Turn left here." said Donny.
Leo did so as the tires screeched on the pavement.
Raph followed the hummer and all of the turns it made, and finally figured out where they were going. "Oh no." he said. Then he revved up his motor, and sped ahead of the hummer.
"Hey, where's Raph going?" asked Leo.
"Wherever it is, the tracker indicates he's going straight towards Ashton." said Donny.
Leo pressed harder on the accelerator, and the hummer went faster.
After a while, the Turtles heard the clanking of bells, and a railroad crossing sign.
"The train station. Bonesteel must be shipping Ashton off by train." said Donny.
"Come on, we gotta get her." said Mikey as he got out of the hummer.
The others got out as well, and saw Raph was already checking train cars.
"I can't find her." said Raph in frustration.
"Keep looking." said Mikey as he peeked into a few.
Suddenly, the train horn blew long and hard, and the train began moving.
"Oh no, no no." said Raph. "Stop!" He began chasing the train as it began moving.
"Is she even on board?" asked Leo.
Donny looked at his tracker. "Oh man. I don't even know, the stupid thing shut down." He said, shaking the machine.
Just then, Mikey and Venus saw Bonesteel going to his truck, as he counted money.
"Heh heh, I'm a rich man." he gloated to himself.
Venus gasped. "She *is* on the train!"
Raph began losing pace with the train as it picked up speed.
("Don't let me down now." "I won't.")
Raph thought about what he last said to Ashton. "I won't. I can't let her down." With all his force, he jumped up, and grabbed onto a door handle.
"He got on!" said Mikey.
The train moved rapidly as Raph tried to hold on. He looked back, and soon lost sight of the others as the train rode off into the distance.
Just then, ahead of him he saw that the train was coming to a rail that had a steep cliff on each side.
"Oh crap." he said. Using all his might, Raph slid the door open, accidentally hitting the side of the train as well. "Ow!" He then used all his strength, and climbed into the car. It was a cargo train, so there really weren't any people aboard except for the conductor and a few others closer to the front.
Once he was inside, he relaxed, and leaned against a bail of hay, breathing hard from all of the energy he just used.
"Raph, are you there? Come in Raph." said Donny's voice over his communicator.
Raph picked up his communicator. "Yeah I'm here? I just got in the train."
The others cheered.
"Way to go dude!" said Mikey.
Raph chuckled. "It wasn't easy though."
"I guess not." said Leo.
"Did you find Ashton yet?" asked Venus.
"No, not yet. I'm gonna look for her in another minute." said Raph.
"Okay, well tell us when you do, and where the train stops so I can be there with the lock opener." said Donny.
"Sure thing." said Raph.
"Be careful Raph." said Leo.
"Yeah, sure." said Raph, then he put his communicator in his belt, and got up to find Ashton.