The group traveled through the sewers for a while before coming to a stepladder that led further down into the sewers.
"Wow, how deep underground do these sewers go?" asked Leo.
"Apparently pretty deep." said Donny. "Come on, the deeper the better. No one's gonna find us down there."
They all climbed down the ladder and into the lower part of the sewer.
"Wow, it sure smells a whole lot better than it does up there too." said Ashton.
"I agree." said Venus.
They walked around for a while before finding a secluded corridor that was reached by walking through a small passageway.
Leo looked around once they were inside. "It looks secure enough."
Donny checked some parts of the ceiling. "Shouldn't be hard to put lights up in here either."
"Well then, I think we have found our temporary home." said Master Splinter.
"Yes! Now let's set things up before nighttime, I wanna take a look around tonight." said Mikey as he put down his luggage.
Splinter looked wary about the idea of letting them look around, but he knew he couldn't stop them if he wanted to. He just sighed and began unpacking.
By late afternoon, Donny had set up lights, and a semi-sophisticated alarm system to notify them of any intruders in the vicinity.
They had all had a nice lunch, and were lounging around on their beach chairs and blankets, as they had no time to get furniture.
Splinter peacefully napped on his blanket in his corner of the room, basking in the warmth of the lair.
Ashton looked around the lair somewhat disappointedly.
"What's the matter Ashton?" asked Mikey.
"There isn't anything to climb up on." she said dejectedly.
"Oh, sorry kiddo." said Donny. "Maybe when we go out tonight there'll be some trees for you to climb or something."
"I sure hope so." said Ashton.
That night, the group prepared to leave for a night on the town.
"Be careful." warned Splinter. "You are not familiar with this area, there could be dangers that you are not aware of."
"We know Master, we'll be careful." said Leo.
"Besides, we got Ashton, she'll hear the danger before we even see it." said Raph.
"Take good care to make sure everyone is safe." said Splinter.
"Don't worry, I will." said Ashton.
"Let's rock n' roll!" said Mikey as they began leaving.
"Kids." said Master Splinter, shaking his head.
As the Turtles and Ashton left, Donny noticed something shining in the corner of the lair. He examined it briefly to find it was a small metal box with a lock on it.
"Hmm, I wonder how this got here." he thought to himself.
"Come on Donny!" Mikey shouted towards him.
"Coming!" said Donny. He curiously looked back at the small metal box, then went and followed everyone else out.
