"Where is he?" asked Leo as he began pacing around the lair. "Donny's been gone over an hour now."
"Maybe there's a lot to map out?" suggested Mikey.
Leo looked at him skeptically.
At the other lair, Donny was laid down on a couch.
"Nice going Cori, you knocked him out cold." said Rita after looking Donny over.
"Wow cool, a like, guy Turtle." said another female Turtle, this one with a yellow bandanna. "Think there's like, anymore?"
"Who knows." said Rita. "Its fascinating that we're not the only mutants though."
"Coming through." said a female British voice.
A mutant pigeon came through the crowd of female Turtles with a pan of cold water and a washcloth. She then dipped the washcloth in the pan, wrung it out a little, then began patting Donny's face with it.
"Corina dear, what were you doing knocking people over their heads with a bloody wrench anyway?" asked the pigeon.
"I'm sorry Pidgina, I, I thought he was gonna take my cycle, like he took Rita's table and chairs. I didn't know he was a . . . . sorry." said Cori.
Just then, Donny groaned and began stirring a lot.
"He's waking up." said Pidgina, as she began standing back.
Donny turned his head a bit, and slowly began opening his eyes. Everything was fuzzy, then became clearer. He stared straight up at Rita, and his eyes widened in surprise.
"Aah!" he exclaimed.
Rita was startled. "Aah!"
"Why are you like, screaming? Its not like he's a like, human." said the yellow-banded Turtle.
Donny sat up quickly, then winced. "Ow, my head . . . " he said while holding it.
"Sorry." said Cori.
Donny looked over at Cori with a puzzled expression on his face.
"I kinda sorta maybe hit ya over the head with a pretty heavy duty wrench."
"Ah geez, thanks." Donny said, holding his head. "Why?"
"I thought you were gonna take my cycle." said Cori as Pidgina gave Donny some tea. "Like you took Rita's table."
"And chairs." Rita added.
Donny looked at her. "Those were yours?"
Rita nodded.
"I'm sorry."
"Its ok, you didn't know." said Rita, somewhat shyly. She'd never been around a guy Turtle before, and she was a bit shy about it.
Donny sipped some tea as his headache went away. "Mmm." he swallowed the tea. "The others are probably worried about me."
"Others?" asked Rita curiously.
"Yeah, we came here on vacation."
"More like, guys?" asked the yellow-banded one.
"Yeah . . . ."
"Psychedelic!"
"Shelly, do calm down dear." Pidgina said to the yellow-banded one.
Shelly calmed down outside, but still felt excited inside; she couldn't wait to see the others.
"I should really tell them what happened." said Donny as he began to stand up. "Leo's liable to be pacing around right about now." As he stood up, a wave of dizziness overcame him, and he sat back down. "Ohh man."
"What's the matter?" asked Rita.
"I got a little dizzy there." said Donny, holding his head.
Rita sighed heavily then gave Cori an accusive stare.
"I'll be fine." said Donny as he began to get up again.
Rita stopped him from getting up. "No, you're not fine yet. You're still recovering from that . . . incident." she said, then turned to Cori. "Why don't you go get them?"
"I don't even know where they are." said Cori.
"They're in a passageway a little while's away from where I found that motorcycle." said Donny.
Rita thought for a moment. "Sounds like the area I left my diskette case . . ."
"Was it in a metal box?" asked Donny.
Rita nodded.
"That's it then." said Donny. "I saw the box the first day we were there."
"Ohh, then that's settled." said Rita, then she turned to Cori. "It's where I planned on relocating my lab to."
"Ohh, over there." said Cori. "All right. So I just go there, and say, 'hey, I knocked your friend out, now he's back at our place, let's go'?"
"Don't be silly." said Pidgina. "Tell them that they're friend is quite all right and is recovering . . . um, is at our residence."
"I wanna come!" exclaimed Shelly excitedly.
"No, you have to help me clear this place up, it's a sty!" said Pidgina.
"Awww, do I have to?" asked Shelly disappointedly.
"You most certainly do. I will not have guests here with all this mess!" said Pidgina.
Shelly sighed heavily as she got up to start cleaning.
Cori then began leaving. "I'll be back soon."
Donny watched her leave, then turned to Rita. "She's not gonna, ya know, hurt them too is she?"
"No." said Rita with a slight giggle. "She may get a little violent at times, but right now, I think she's too embarrassed to do anything more."
Donny sighed in relief.
"Now, you sit right here and rest while I get you something for that headache." said Rita, taking Donny's empty teacup from him.
"Thanks." smiled Donny.
"No problem." said Rita, smiling back.
