Should have said this in the beginning but here goes. I don't own the tmnt or anything. The only thing I own is the character Nancy. :o)

            The room disappeared and was replaced by an alley. Nancy ran to the end of the road and flagged a passing cab. As they drove away, Nancy looked back and saw several of the foot running out of the alley. Nancy asked the cab driver what time it was and he told her that it was two am. She had him drop her off in front of the news building. Paying him twelve dollars, Nancy went hoping that someone would be there to let her in. The security told her that no one would be there for another four hours. Too jumpy to stay in one spot, Nancy went to the ATM to get some money for a motel room. She put her card in, punched in her information, and her card was spit back out to her. Surprised, Nancy tried again with the same result.

            Nancy then ran to a pay phone to call her parents. She called collect and waited. A man gruffly answered the phone. When he heard it was a collect call he screamed into the phone wrong number and denied the call. Nancy thought she must have dialed wrong and tried again. The same man answered the phone and Nancy hung up before he could scream at her again. Calling the operator this time, she asked her to look up her parents phone number. Their names were not found.

            Nancy slowly hung up the phone and looked around. 'No bank access, no parents, maybe Shredder took me to another dimension. That would explain how so much of this is able to be true. If Shredder and Kriang were real then the turtles must be here too.' Walking away from the payphone, Nancy saw a manhole. She got down on all fours and listened. Okay, she knew she looked pathetic, but what else was she going to do? Police wouldn't take her seriously, and shouting could attract the wrong attention, foot or otherwise.

            At every manhole, Nancy would get on all fours and listen. She did this for several hours and it was starting to get light out. Anyone who see's her might call the mental ward if she wasn't careful. Sitting up, Nancy closed her eyes, stretched and groaned. When Nancy opened her eyes, she fell back when she saw someone standing in front of her. Embarrassed, Nancy kept her face down.

            "What are you doing?" The man asked bluntly. Nancy sighed.

            "You would not believe me if I told you." Nancy said.

            "Well, if your lost, I suggest using a phone and not crawling around on the streets." The guy stood there waiting for Nancy to reply. Her cheeks were burning and she didn't want this guy to see. Seeing movement behind him, Nancy recognized the foot. As she gasped, the guy spun around and one of the foot fell back, a sai sticking out of his head. Nancy breathed a sigh of relief, she had found them at last.

            A few more surrounded him. First one charged at him and the turtle caught him in a headlock. Two more charged and he let go of the one in the headlock, making them all run into each other. As Nancy watched the turtle, one soldier grabbed her from behind. Hearing Nancy's scream, the turtle punted the soldier in the stomach causing it to throw Nancy in the air. With one arm, the turtle caught her and set her down gently, and quickly took out the remaining few soldiers. He looked at Nancy to make sure she was alright, then turned and started walking away.

            "Wait please," Nancy stumbled to her feet. He stopped and grabbed his sai out of the soldier's head and kept walking. Running after him Nancy called out, "Please Raphael." He stopped in his tracks. "I've been looking for you and your brothers all night." As Nancy stepped into the light of a street lamp, Raphael gasped like he had seen a ghost.

            "What, what's wrong?" Nancy asked running over to him.

            "You look just like, but it can't be."

            "Like who?"

            "Shannon, but your," Raphael paused and took a breath. "She's dead."

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