Outside of the sewers, the Turtles and Ashton were standing by a manhole they just came out of, on a backstreet.

Ashton's ears twitched in different directions. She heard distant music, cars, people, the rustling of trees . . .

"Trees." said Ashton.

"Trees??" asked Raph. "You gotta hear more than just that."

"Yeah, I do, but I wanna see where the trees are." said Ashton as she began walking off.

"Hey, wait for us." said Mikey.

They all walked for a little while in hidden areas before they reached a park with many trees.

Ashton smiled widely, and quickly jumped up into one.

Suddenly, she shrieked, and jumped back down.

"What happened?" asked Raph.

"Scorpions." said Ashton. "These trees have scorpions!" she said upsetly.

"Maybe that's not how all of them are." said Donny. "Tree scorpions don't live in all sorts of trees."

"Besides, weren't there scorpions in Brazil?" asked Mikey.

"Not really, we had snakes, weird bugs and tarantulas, but I don't remember running into any scorpions." said Ashton. She then looked back up at the tree, and climbed up into it again. The tree shook for a little while, and Ashton could be heard hissing and growling. The noise soon subsided, and all was quiet.

"Ashton?" Leo called up into the tree.

Ashton then laid stretched out on a branch above everyone. "Its fine. The scorpions made the wise choice to move over while I relax up here." she grinned.

Raph chuckled. "Ashton takin charge."

"No doubt." she said with a smile.

"Come on, I wanna see the city." said Mikey.

"No better way to do that than rooftops of abandoned buildings." said Leo. "Come on Ashton, its time to go."

"Aw man, and I was just getting comfy." said Ashton.

"We'll come back another time." said Leo.

Aston reluctantly jumped out of the tree and went with the Turtles to the city.

In the city, they scanned the scene from abandoned rooftops.

"This place ain't too shabby." said Raph. "I bet the pizza still doesn't beat New York's though."

"Oh man, you said the 'P' word Raph!" complained Leo.

"Pizza place! We need to find a pizza place!" said an excited Mikey.

"Well we'd have to go down there to find one." said Donny.

"And we have no disguises with us." said Leo.

"Yeah, but Ashton can go." said Mikey.

"How? I have no hat or sunglasses." said Ashton.

"Look at how some of those people down there are dressed, I don't think they'd care!" said Mikey.

Ashton looked down. "Well, I guess not." she said uneasily "All right, I'll find you a pizza place." She then went down into the city, looking around for a pizza place. She found one, as well as a store where she bought some suede to make new clothes.

That night, after all of their exploring, the Turtles and Ashton went back to their temporary lair to rest.

As they traveled to their lair, they began to hear voices.

"What the . . ." said Raph.

"Do you hear that?" asked Leo.

"Loud and clear." said Ashton.

"Me too." said Donny.

"Where is it coming from?" asked Leo.

Ashton's ears twitched. "I don't know, I can't hear it that well anymore."

"Hmm . . ." thought Donny.

"Come on, let's just get back home." said Leo as he and the others walked more quickly.

Back at the lair, Master Splinter contented himself reading a book while drinking tea.

"We're back Master, and alive." said Raph.

Master Splinter looked up. "Excellent. How was your trip?"

"Fun. The city is really nice." said Mikey.

"I would've liked to spend more time with the trees." Ashton complained.

"We're here for two weeks; you'll have time." said Donny. He then went to his portable "eye in the sky" program and booted it up. He looked at the perimeters, and noticed nothing unusual. "I wonder who the voices belonged to." he thought. A yawn alerted him to the fact that he was more tired than he felt. Donny then got ready for bed.

Everyone was soon in bed, and fast asleep.

Somewhere around the Turtles' temporary lair, two shadows stood nearby talking.

"I heard those voices loud and clear. Who could be down here?" asked a soft-spoken female voice. "No one ever comes down here."

"Well, whoever they are, they better stay away from our part of the sewer." said a female voice that sounded a little tougher than the first. "Or else."

The two shadows then walked off to the opposite direction of the Turtles' temporary lair.