Radical Transformation
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"Excuse me! Hey - can you tell me about four teenagers that were brought in?" April asked desperately at the counter. She had received a call on her cell phone from Dr. Hera, and had come down here straight away with Casey.
"Hey, Ape, cool it," Casey said gently. "They'll be okay."
"Miss O'Neil?" A female voice asked behind them.
They turned around to see Dr. Hera, with a polite smile on her face.
"Nice to see you again," the Doctor said warmly, and shook hands with Casey. "I'm Dr. Hera," she told him.
"Casey Jones," he said back, and then put an arm around April's shoulders.
"Are they okay?" April asked. "What happened? You said one of them had concussion and another one was unconscious."
"They're going to be just fine now," Hera assured her. "Three of them are sleeping at the minute, very tired, and I really don't want them to be disturbed, but you may see, er forgot the names, you can see the . . . one in the red? Yes, him, he's still out, but you may visit him." She turned and started to walk away, leading them to the room. April and Casey followed.
"Raph got knocked unconscious," April muttered.
Casey snorted. "I can understand why." April hit him.
They were lead up a staircase to the First floor, through two corridors and finally a quiet corridor, where they passed two rooms and entered the next one. It was a smallish room, with another door to the left. The bed was in the middle, surrounded by the medical equipment that was in use. And Raph was laid on the bed under the white sheets, head to one side.
Hera turned to leave, having shown them into the room, but April spoke up.
"What about the other two, you said one had concussion?" She asked.
"The other two are fine, but very tired, and when they wake, very achy I expect," Hera said. Then she turned and left.
The door inside the room on the left wall opened and a nurse walked in, smiling at April and Casey as they walked closer to the bed.
"Do you know how he got like this?" April asked the nurse, who was checking the flow of liquid in Raph's IV drip.
"From what I heard, the police said they had been called down to check out a fight that had been happening in an alleyway. An old woman said she saw these guys and a lot of men in black suits messing around, and a girl screaming. She had called the ambulance as well, I guess she saw this guy being beaten up." The nurse finished her check of the equipment, nodded to April and Casey, and walked back through the door.
"No . . . the woman thought the Foot . . . needed the ambulance," came a groggy voice.
April and Casey looked down at the bed. Raph was awake. He rubbed his eyes and then just laid back, taking in his surroundings.
"Raph!" April said, and hugged him. He inhaled in pain, and she quickly let go.
"Hey Raph, the brain implant went well," Casey smirked. "You're looking better already."
"Yeah . . . better than you'll ever look," Raph grinned, or at least tried to. He then started to get up, and out of bed.
"What are you doing?" April asked, stopping him.
"Prida was caught . . . by the Foot," he said, through gritted teeth, wincing as he moved. "We have to . . . save her."
"You can't save her, you're in no shape," April argued, pushing him back.
Casey looked at April, and then Raph. "Do you know where she is?"
Raph paused, and looked up. "We'll find her -"
"Why don't you let us speak to your brothers first?" April suggested, pulling the sheets back over him. "Maybe they might have heard something."
Raph said nothing, so April looked and Casey and motioned with her head to go and find Leo, Don and Mikey so they could ask them. They'd have to wake them up, something that April didn't like to do, but they had a crisis here. April and Casey glanced back at Raph before leaving the room. They stopped outside in the corridor.
"Did Hera say what room the others were in?" Casey asked, watching a nurse pass and go into the room next to them.
"No, but we can ask at the desk," April replied, then looked over Casey's shoulder to the nurse running into Raph's room. A few loud voices could be heard. Casey looked back from the room to April.
"You go find the room where the others are, I'll check this out," he said, and he turned around and disappeared to find out what was going on, while April turned around the opposite way and made her way down to the front desk on Ground Floor. She almost went through the wrong door, but then took the right one and found the staircase that lead down.
"'Scuse me!" She said as she trotted to the front desk, laying her hands on it and leaning over slightly. "Could you tell me what room three - er - triplets are in? They were brought in about a half hour ago."
"Through those doors, keep going right 'til you get to a room with no number, it's that one," a woman behind the desk said, and then went back to her phone call.
"Thanks," April said, and started walking over to the double doors that the woman had pointed at. She followed the directions and turned right two times and came to a door with no number. She looked in through the glass window. The room was dark, but she could make out three beds, and three figures on them. She opened the door slowly, walked in and closed it behind her. None of them moved, so she walked over to the nearest bed. It was hard to tell what color the bandana was because it was dark, and they didn't have their colored shirts on. It was either blue or purple, but April didn't need the aid of colors: this was Leo. She studied him for a second, taking in the gauze bandage on his check, and another larger one on the side of his forehead. April frowned. Just what had happened to these guys? She knew her friends were the best Ninjas in the city, better than the Foot, but it seemed the Foot had beaten them. It worried her.
"Leo," she said in a soft voice, placing a hand on his shoulder and very gently shaking him. "Leeooo."
"Huh - April?"
April looked up from Leo and saw Donny sitting up, shaking his head and rubbing his eyes from the middle bed.
"Donny," April said, and walked over to him. She hugged him and sat down on the edge of his bed. Then she took hold of his arms and looked him in the face "What happened?"
Donny inhaled. "We were attacked by the Foot, but they were strong, and there were loads of 'um. I think they were there following Prida, because she was heading over to your apartment, I think, to see us . . . Raph saw her, and he saw the Foot and ran off." Don chuckled quietly. "We almost got run over by another truck. It stopped me, Leo and Mike from following Raph, but when it passed we were attacked by the Foot. We barely held off fifteen of these, all three of us, and Leo was knocked down, given concussion. The Foot took Prida, and left Raph unconscious." Donny sighed wearily. "A woman from the building we were fighting near called the police and the hospital."
"Is Mikey okay?" April asked, looking past Donny to the furthest bed.
"Yeah, he's just really tired, we all a-are," Donny finished with a yawn. April rubbed his arm.
"Well, at least you're all okay, I'm worried about Prida now," April said. "Do you know if any of the Foot mentioned where they might haven taken her?"
"Laid Street, the old factory there," Donny said, his eyelids drooping. "We have to be there -" He yawned again "- before dawn."
"Okay," April nodded solemnly. "And you guys are going? When you're like this?"
"We have to."
"Yeah, well that's what Raph thinks too," April said, looking around the dark room.
"He's awake?" Donny asked, sitting up because he had been leaning back down.
"Yeah, woke up about five minutes ago, wanted to take off straight away. Didn't know where he was going though. Casey's with him."
The door clicked and opened, and Casey walked in, pushing it closed behind him with his foot.
April looked back at Donny with a half smile. "He WAS with him."
Casey walked away from the door to Donny and April. "Donny, looking better than Raph, well, now anyways."
"What was that all about?" April asked, looking up and him.
"Well, let's say he won't be rescuing Prida for a while, the doctors made sure of that," Casey said, one hand on is side, the other running a hand through his hair. "He was . . . trying to get out."
April shook her head and turned back to Donny. "We'll help you save -"
"No," Donny interrupted her. "I don't want you getting hurt, these guys mean serious business. Anyway, I think you should stay with Raph, he gets freaked out in hospitals." Donny looked at Mikey. "Gives Mikey a good excuse to leave anyway."
April remained silent, but she nodded slowly to show she would stay here.
"But - c'mon guys, you're gunna need my help," Casey said.
"We might do, but these guys obviously mean to kill us, and anyone with us . . ." Donny said.
April put a hand on Casey's arm, "Fine," he said shortly.
April turned back to Donny. "When are you guys planning on leaving?"
Donny didn't answer straight away. He looked over at Leo on the bed. "Soon." Was all he said. April nodded slowly again.
"Well, you guys're gunna need all the strength you can get," Casey said. "Want some chow?"
"Good idea," April said, and stood up. "You'll need it, I'll see if I can get some somewhere." She walked over to the door. "Be right back," she said, and disappeared.
Casey moved over and sat down on Donny's bed. Donny was staring at the floor.
"I guess we ruined your night with April, huh?" Donny said.
Casey shrugged casually. "Not really. I mean, I was just gunna pop the big question to her, with the ring and everything, then her phone went off and she jumped out her chair. No, it wasn't ruined." He looked at Donny then smiled cockily. Donny stared then grinned.
()()()()
It was amazing how busy the hospital could be at this time of night, Mikey thought as he sat there on his bed and listened to the sounds of distance people. He had woken up to the sounds of someone talking near him, and had looked around to see April and Casey. April had hugged him, and offered him some food, which he ate hungrily. Donny explained to him that they knew where Prida was, and that they had until dawn to save her. Dawn was about four hours away, and even though it seemed quite a while, Mikey wanted to get off straight away. He hated sitting around when something like this had happened. Leo had not woken yet, but Donny said that Leo needed as must rest as he could get.
"I just hope you guys don't go down at the first punch," April said in a flat voice.
"We won't, but whoever it is who ordered the Foot to attack us just so we're weak later on is a coward, and boy is he gunna get it when we're through with him," Donny said. He looked over at Mikey. "You okay Mike? You don't still feel sick do you?"
"No, I'm good," Mikey said, even though he did still feel sick. He hoped he wouldn't throw up when they started fighting. He laid back down on his bed with his head in his hand, his elbow on the pillow. His thoughts wandered wild in his head, and the sounds of April, Casey and Donny's voices droned on in the back of his minds.
()()()()
Mikey looked at the clock again, two hours until dawn! Time flew by, and he didn't know how long they needed to find the place and get Prida out of there. What happened in those two hours that seemed like ten minutes? It seemed nothing happened, but Leo had only just woken up a few minutes before Mikey looked at the clock. He had eaten, but not much. He looked slightly better now he had gotten some rest, but he still looked as though he DID need a few days in hospital.
"We should be moving," he announced, fifteen minutes after he had woken up. Mikey was convinced Leo had an inside-alarm clock that lets him wake up at the right time, because he was sure Leo would have needed waking by Donny or Mikey.
But before they actually sneaked out of the hospital, Leo wanted to see Raph. So a few minutes after Leo announced they should be moving (which caused some wincing), they were following April and Casey upstairs to room 113. Just before they had reached the door to Raph's room, Dr. Hera appeared out of the room two doors down, and Leo, Don and Mikey quickly moved into Room 113 and hid behind the wall, while April and Casey smiled as the doctor went past, and then entered.
"That was close," Leo said quietly.
"Yeah, a little too close," Mikey said, grinning. Leo looked at him, eyebrow raised.
Donny, grinned, nudged Mikey and pointed to the bed in the middle of the room. "Look, there's Raph!" He whispered.
Mikey grinned. "Yeah -" he looked at Leo, who was looking staring at him sternly. "Yeah, Raph . . ." April smiled, and shook her head. They could still be funny in any situation.
Casey stayed at the door, while the others moved over to Raph, who was looking quite peaceful, with his head to one side, asleep.
"Look, he's fine," Mikey pointed out. "He's not going anywhere, we have to go."
"Wrong . . . Mike," Raph suddenly said, eyes still closed. "I . . . have to . . . come too." He turned his head and opened his eyes, well, at least tried to open his eyes. He shut them again, feeling it was too much effort.
"Raph, we have to go now," Leo said, bending down, putting his hands on Raph's arm. "We'll be back with Prida, we promise . . ."
"You're not going to do much good against the Foot like that," Mikey pointed out.
"Guys, we gotta go," Donny whispered, glancing at the clock on the wall. Leo looked as well.
"Okay," he said, standing up. "Let's go." He glanced at his brother in bed, and then he walked over to the door, glancing both ways before exiting the room. Mikey quickly grasped Raph's hand, "See ya later Bro," he said, before following Donny. April remained in the room next to Raph.
"Good luck guys," Casey said as they passed him. "You sure as hell need it."
Leo, Don and Mikey ran silently down the corridor, taking the elevator instead of the stairs; they didn't want to run into Hera or Bruine. As they got out the elevator they just saw Hera passing them, only a few meters away, but they were in a crowd of people, and ducked as she walked by. She was heading to the staircase.
"Okay guys, let's go," Leo said as they ran into the waiting room, looked around, and then slowed down to a small trot past the desk as to not draw attention and through the doors leading outside.
They were met by cool air, and the black sky. They took a second to stop and inhale the air.
"Where's Laird Street?" Leo asked Donny, their walking City map for tonight.
"Follow me," Donny said, and took off at a small run.
()()()()
Thirty minutes later they found themselves down a dark, eerie street. Most buildings here look deserted, and on the walls of some, there were graffiti symbols too dark to see properly. Leo, Don and Mikey stopped at a corner of one of the buildings, peering around it at the biggest building on the street, the darkest and the end building.
"That's it," Donny broke the silence. "That's the old factory, this is Laird Street."
"Dudes, how exactly do we get in?" Mikey asked, staring at the building, and trying to see if there was any movement.
Leo and Donny looked at each other, thinking. Then they looked back at the building. Mikey glanced at them.
Leo bit the inside of his lip, looking along the base of the building for any basement window or something that wasn't boarded up that maybe they could climb through.
"With stealth, agility . . ." he said, seeing nothing but the main entrance. "And a whole load of luck . . .
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Wow, a chapter finished so soon after the last! *Writes it down in her personal record book*. Thanks for the reviews guys - and ya didn't have to wait too long DanceingFae! It wud have been up earlier but I don't think anyone cud post anything. - and Lenni, you kick those asses - there shud be a load of ass kicking later, and ALL the guys get to kick ass, lol. Thanks for the gud luck Hex ;) . .. And lookie - I managed to shorten this chapter out! It could have been a bit longer, heh. Do you think the guys should just walk in the front door, or actually find another way in? I'm not sure just yet, hehe, but I'll make my mind up soon. - oh, incase someone for some insane reason hadn't seen the second movie you might not get the little joke in there - I'm sure y'all HAVE seen the 2nd movie, right? If anyone says they haven't I'll have to gasp so hard I'll die, lol. Cya, peace! Turtle Power!
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"Excuse me! Hey - can you tell me about four teenagers that were brought in?" April asked desperately at the counter. She had received a call on her cell phone from Dr. Hera, and had come down here straight away with Casey.
"Hey, Ape, cool it," Casey said gently. "They'll be okay."
"Miss O'Neil?" A female voice asked behind them.
They turned around to see Dr. Hera, with a polite smile on her face.
"Nice to see you again," the Doctor said warmly, and shook hands with Casey. "I'm Dr. Hera," she told him.
"Casey Jones," he said back, and then put an arm around April's shoulders.
"Are they okay?" April asked. "What happened? You said one of them had concussion and another one was unconscious."
"They're going to be just fine now," Hera assured her. "Three of them are sleeping at the minute, very tired, and I really don't want them to be disturbed, but you may see, er forgot the names, you can see the . . . one in the red? Yes, him, he's still out, but you may visit him." She turned and started to walk away, leading them to the room. April and Casey followed.
"Raph got knocked unconscious," April muttered.
Casey snorted. "I can understand why." April hit him.
They were lead up a staircase to the First floor, through two corridors and finally a quiet corridor, where they passed two rooms and entered the next one. It was a smallish room, with another door to the left. The bed was in the middle, surrounded by the medical equipment that was in use. And Raph was laid on the bed under the white sheets, head to one side.
Hera turned to leave, having shown them into the room, but April spoke up.
"What about the other two, you said one had concussion?" She asked.
"The other two are fine, but very tired, and when they wake, very achy I expect," Hera said. Then she turned and left.
The door inside the room on the left wall opened and a nurse walked in, smiling at April and Casey as they walked closer to the bed.
"Do you know how he got like this?" April asked the nurse, who was checking the flow of liquid in Raph's IV drip.
"From what I heard, the police said they had been called down to check out a fight that had been happening in an alleyway. An old woman said she saw these guys and a lot of men in black suits messing around, and a girl screaming. She had called the ambulance as well, I guess she saw this guy being beaten up." The nurse finished her check of the equipment, nodded to April and Casey, and walked back through the door.
"No . . . the woman thought the Foot . . . needed the ambulance," came a groggy voice.
April and Casey looked down at the bed. Raph was awake. He rubbed his eyes and then just laid back, taking in his surroundings.
"Raph!" April said, and hugged him. He inhaled in pain, and she quickly let go.
"Hey Raph, the brain implant went well," Casey smirked. "You're looking better already."
"Yeah . . . better than you'll ever look," Raph grinned, or at least tried to. He then started to get up, and out of bed.
"What are you doing?" April asked, stopping him.
"Prida was caught . . . by the Foot," he said, through gritted teeth, wincing as he moved. "We have to . . . save her."
"You can't save her, you're in no shape," April argued, pushing him back.
Casey looked at April, and then Raph. "Do you know where she is?"
Raph paused, and looked up. "We'll find her -"
"Why don't you let us speak to your brothers first?" April suggested, pulling the sheets back over him. "Maybe they might have heard something."
Raph said nothing, so April looked and Casey and motioned with her head to go and find Leo, Don and Mikey so they could ask them. They'd have to wake them up, something that April didn't like to do, but they had a crisis here. April and Casey glanced back at Raph before leaving the room. They stopped outside in the corridor.
"Did Hera say what room the others were in?" Casey asked, watching a nurse pass and go into the room next to them.
"No, but we can ask at the desk," April replied, then looked over Casey's shoulder to the nurse running into Raph's room. A few loud voices could be heard. Casey looked back from the room to April.
"You go find the room where the others are, I'll check this out," he said, and he turned around and disappeared to find out what was going on, while April turned around the opposite way and made her way down to the front desk on Ground Floor. She almost went through the wrong door, but then took the right one and found the staircase that lead down.
"'Scuse me!" She said as she trotted to the front desk, laying her hands on it and leaning over slightly. "Could you tell me what room three - er - triplets are in? They were brought in about a half hour ago."
"Through those doors, keep going right 'til you get to a room with no number, it's that one," a woman behind the desk said, and then went back to her phone call.
"Thanks," April said, and started walking over to the double doors that the woman had pointed at. She followed the directions and turned right two times and came to a door with no number. She looked in through the glass window. The room was dark, but she could make out three beds, and three figures on them. She opened the door slowly, walked in and closed it behind her. None of them moved, so she walked over to the nearest bed. It was hard to tell what color the bandana was because it was dark, and they didn't have their colored shirts on. It was either blue or purple, but April didn't need the aid of colors: this was Leo. She studied him for a second, taking in the gauze bandage on his check, and another larger one on the side of his forehead. April frowned. Just what had happened to these guys? She knew her friends were the best Ninjas in the city, better than the Foot, but it seemed the Foot had beaten them. It worried her.
"Leo," she said in a soft voice, placing a hand on his shoulder and very gently shaking him. "Leeooo."
"Huh - April?"
April looked up from Leo and saw Donny sitting up, shaking his head and rubbing his eyes from the middle bed.
"Donny," April said, and walked over to him. She hugged him and sat down on the edge of his bed. Then she took hold of his arms and looked him in the face "What happened?"
Donny inhaled. "We were attacked by the Foot, but they were strong, and there were loads of 'um. I think they were there following Prida, because she was heading over to your apartment, I think, to see us . . . Raph saw her, and he saw the Foot and ran off." Don chuckled quietly. "We almost got run over by another truck. It stopped me, Leo and Mike from following Raph, but when it passed we were attacked by the Foot. We barely held off fifteen of these, all three of us, and Leo was knocked down, given concussion. The Foot took Prida, and left Raph unconscious." Donny sighed wearily. "A woman from the building we were fighting near called the police and the hospital."
"Is Mikey okay?" April asked, looking past Donny to the furthest bed.
"Yeah, he's just really tired, we all a-are," Donny finished with a yawn. April rubbed his arm.
"Well, at least you're all okay, I'm worried about Prida now," April said. "Do you know if any of the Foot mentioned where they might haven taken her?"
"Laid Street, the old factory there," Donny said, his eyelids drooping. "We have to be there -" He yawned again "- before dawn."
"Okay," April nodded solemnly. "And you guys are going? When you're like this?"
"We have to."
"Yeah, well that's what Raph thinks too," April said, looking around the dark room.
"He's awake?" Donny asked, sitting up because he had been leaning back down.
"Yeah, woke up about five minutes ago, wanted to take off straight away. Didn't know where he was going though. Casey's with him."
The door clicked and opened, and Casey walked in, pushing it closed behind him with his foot.
April looked back at Donny with a half smile. "He WAS with him."
Casey walked away from the door to Donny and April. "Donny, looking better than Raph, well, now anyways."
"What was that all about?" April asked, looking up and him.
"Well, let's say he won't be rescuing Prida for a while, the doctors made sure of that," Casey said, one hand on is side, the other running a hand through his hair. "He was . . . trying to get out."
April shook her head and turned back to Donny. "We'll help you save -"
"No," Donny interrupted her. "I don't want you getting hurt, these guys mean serious business. Anyway, I think you should stay with Raph, he gets freaked out in hospitals." Donny looked at Mikey. "Gives Mikey a good excuse to leave anyway."
April remained silent, but she nodded slowly to show she would stay here.
"But - c'mon guys, you're gunna need my help," Casey said.
"We might do, but these guys obviously mean to kill us, and anyone with us . . ." Donny said.
April put a hand on Casey's arm, "Fine," he said shortly.
April turned back to Donny. "When are you guys planning on leaving?"
Donny didn't answer straight away. He looked over at Leo on the bed. "Soon." Was all he said. April nodded slowly again.
"Well, you guys're gunna need all the strength you can get," Casey said. "Want some chow?"
"Good idea," April said, and stood up. "You'll need it, I'll see if I can get some somewhere." She walked over to the door. "Be right back," she said, and disappeared.
Casey moved over and sat down on Donny's bed. Donny was staring at the floor.
"I guess we ruined your night with April, huh?" Donny said.
Casey shrugged casually. "Not really. I mean, I was just gunna pop the big question to her, with the ring and everything, then her phone went off and she jumped out her chair. No, it wasn't ruined." He looked at Donny then smiled cockily. Donny stared then grinned.
()()()()
It was amazing how busy the hospital could be at this time of night, Mikey thought as he sat there on his bed and listened to the sounds of distance people. He had woken up to the sounds of someone talking near him, and had looked around to see April and Casey. April had hugged him, and offered him some food, which he ate hungrily. Donny explained to him that they knew where Prida was, and that they had until dawn to save her. Dawn was about four hours away, and even though it seemed quite a while, Mikey wanted to get off straight away. He hated sitting around when something like this had happened. Leo had not woken yet, but Donny said that Leo needed as must rest as he could get.
"I just hope you guys don't go down at the first punch," April said in a flat voice.
"We won't, but whoever it is who ordered the Foot to attack us just so we're weak later on is a coward, and boy is he gunna get it when we're through with him," Donny said. He looked over at Mikey. "You okay Mike? You don't still feel sick do you?"
"No, I'm good," Mikey said, even though he did still feel sick. He hoped he wouldn't throw up when they started fighting. He laid back down on his bed with his head in his hand, his elbow on the pillow. His thoughts wandered wild in his head, and the sounds of April, Casey and Donny's voices droned on in the back of his minds.
()()()()
Mikey looked at the clock again, two hours until dawn! Time flew by, and he didn't know how long they needed to find the place and get Prida out of there. What happened in those two hours that seemed like ten minutes? It seemed nothing happened, but Leo had only just woken up a few minutes before Mikey looked at the clock. He had eaten, but not much. He looked slightly better now he had gotten some rest, but he still looked as though he DID need a few days in hospital.
"We should be moving," he announced, fifteen minutes after he had woken up. Mikey was convinced Leo had an inside-alarm clock that lets him wake up at the right time, because he was sure Leo would have needed waking by Donny or Mikey.
But before they actually sneaked out of the hospital, Leo wanted to see Raph. So a few minutes after Leo announced they should be moving (which caused some wincing), they were following April and Casey upstairs to room 113. Just before they had reached the door to Raph's room, Dr. Hera appeared out of the room two doors down, and Leo, Don and Mikey quickly moved into Room 113 and hid behind the wall, while April and Casey smiled as the doctor went past, and then entered.
"That was close," Leo said quietly.
"Yeah, a little too close," Mikey said, grinning. Leo looked at him, eyebrow raised.
Donny, grinned, nudged Mikey and pointed to the bed in the middle of the room. "Look, there's Raph!" He whispered.
Mikey grinned. "Yeah -" he looked at Leo, who was looking staring at him sternly. "Yeah, Raph . . ." April smiled, and shook her head. They could still be funny in any situation.
Casey stayed at the door, while the others moved over to Raph, who was looking quite peaceful, with his head to one side, asleep.
"Look, he's fine," Mikey pointed out. "He's not going anywhere, we have to go."
"Wrong . . . Mike," Raph suddenly said, eyes still closed. "I . . . have to . . . come too." He turned his head and opened his eyes, well, at least tried to open his eyes. He shut them again, feeling it was too much effort.
"Raph, we have to go now," Leo said, bending down, putting his hands on Raph's arm. "We'll be back with Prida, we promise . . ."
"You're not going to do much good against the Foot like that," Mikey pointed out.
"Guys, we gotta go," Donny whispered, glancing at the clock on the wall. Leo looked as well.
"Okay," he said, standing up. "Let's go." He glanced at his brother in bed, and then he walked over to the door, glancing both ways before exiting the room. Mikey quickly grasped Raph's hand, "See ya later Bro," he said, before following Donny. April remained in the room next to Raph.
"Good luck guys," Casey said as they passed him. "You sure as hell need it."
Leo, Don and Mikey ran silently down the corridor, taking the elevator instead of the stairs; they didn't want to run into Hera or Bruine. As they got out the elevator they just saw Hera passing them, only a few meters away, but they were in a crowd of people, and ducked as she walked by. She was heading to the staircase.
"Okay guys, let's go," Leo said as they ran into the waiting room, looked around, and then slowed down to a small trot past the desk as to not draw attention and through the doors leading outside.
They were met by cool air, and the black sky. They took a second to stop and inhale the air.
"Where's Laird Street?" Leo asked Donny, their walking City map for tonight.
"Follow me," Donny said, and took off at a small run.
()()()()
Thirty minutes later they found themselves down a dark, eerie street. Most buildings here look deserted, and on the walls of some, there were graffiti symbols too dark to see properly. Leo, Don and Mikey stopped at a corner of one of the buildings, peering around it at the biggest building on the street, the darkest and the end building.
"That's it," Donny broke the silence. "That's the old factory, this is Laird Street."
"Dudes, how exactly do we get in?" Mikey asked, staring at the building, and trying to see if there was any movement.
Leo and Donny looked at each other, thinking. Then they looked back at the building. Mikey glanced at them.
Leo bit the inside of his lip, looking along the base of the building for any basement window or something that wasn't boarded up that maybe they could climb through.
"With stealth, agility . . ." he said, seeing nothing but the main entrance. "And a whole load of luck . . .
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Wow, a chapter finished so soon after the last! *Writes it down in her personal record book*. Thanks for the reviews guys - and ya didn't have to wait too long DanceingFae! It wud have been up earlier but I don't think anyone cud post anything. - and Lenni, you kick those asses - there shud be a load of ass kicking later, and ALL the guys get to kick ass, lol. Thanks for the gud luck Hex ;) . .. And lookie - I managed to shorten this chapter out! It could have been a bit longer, heh. Do you think the guys should just walk in the front door, or actually find another way in? I'm not sure just yet, hehe, but I'll make my mind up soon. - oh, incase someone for some insane reason hadn't seen the second movie you might not get the little joke in there - I'm sure y'all HAVE seen the 2nd movie, right? If anyone says they haven't I'll have to gasp so hard I'll die, lol. Cya, peace! Turtle Power!