A couple of evenings later, the Turtles and Ashton were getting ready to head out to the old laboratory.
"Does everyone have their disguises on?" asked Leo as he glanced around at everyone.
"Sure do." said Mikey, putting on his hat.
"Like, check." said Shelly, putting the hood of her cloak over her head.
Ashton put her hat on. "Ditto."
"Great, then I guess we're ready to go." said Leo.
"Okay everyone, we're gonna go to the local subway station and take the subway as close to the lab as possible, then just walk the rest of the way there, which isn't a long walk." said Rita.
"After that, you all know the plan. Go in, and map out the important areas." said Donny.
"Yeah yeah yeah, we got it, let's just go." said Cori. "I ain't feelin this stuffy old cloak."
"This trenchcoat itches." said Mikey, scratching his arm.
"Oh stop complaining." said Donny as he put his Bo staff in his belt.
"Be careful." said Splinter.
"Don't let your disguises fall off." said Pidgina. "Oh dear, I do so hate this whole thing."
"We'll be fine." said Cori.
Pidgina sighed heavily.
The Turtles and Ashton then left the lair and went to the local subway station.
At the subway station, the Turtles and Ashton ducked into the shadows, snuck past the paying booths, and went down into the subway system.
"That was easy." said Mikey.
"Yeah." grinned Shelly.
"Which train are we taking?" asked Ashton.
A train soon stopped on their side of the tracks.
"This one." said Donny.
They all got onto the train, and took the emptiest traincar.
"How long a ride are we talkin?" asked Raph.
Rita glanced at her watch. "About an hour."
"Sheesh." said Cori.
"Better get settled." said Leo.
"Aw man, and I forgot to bring my Gameboy." said Mikey.
"Oh man." said Shelly.
Venus just glanced at them, then leaned on Leo and began falling asleep.
About an hour later, the train stopped.
"All right gang, this is our stop." said Donny.
They all got up, stretched, and exited the traincar. They then made their way out of the train station, and down a nearby hill.
The group soon reached the other side of town, and saw the eerie-looking old laboratory. Greenish light poured out from some of the windows, vines grew alongside the building, and a rusted old sign hung on one hinge of its holder. The only words of the sign that could still be made out were "Labs", being that the rest of the sign was rusted over. A single swinging light flickered its dimming light over the sign.
"Are you like, sure we have to like, go in there?" asked a leery Shelly.
"We gotta do, what we gotta do." said Leo.
"Come on." said Donny as he stepped forward towards the building. He opened a manhole in front of the building, and they all went inside.
They walked through the sewers until they found a manhole directly underneath of the building, and went inside.
Inside, they ended up in the basement. It was dark, chilly, and smelled of sulfur and something else that made the Turtles and Ashton somewhat uneasy.
"Is that blood I smell?" asked Ashton.
"Umm, I think so." said Rita.
"Proceed cautiously everyone; we don't want that blood to be ours." said Donny.
"You don't gotta tell me twice." said Cori.
Donny and Rita handed everyone a flashlight, and mapping device.
"Now try and remember how to use these things; I gave lessons before and I don't feel like going through it again." said Donny.
"We got it, we got it." said Raph impatiently.
"Wait." said Ashton as everyone was about to go.
"What?" asked Venus.
"I hear people; not a lot, but there are a few of them." said Ashton.
"Where?" asked Donny.
"Upstairs. I think this seemingly broken down old lab is still very active and buzzing with activity. There may be more people than we thought." said Ashton.
"Oh great." said Donny sarcastically.
"Come on, people or not, this still has to be done." said Rita. "Just be extra careful."
"I agree." said Venus. "Let's go."
They all then found stairs going up from the basement, and began climbing up to the first floor.
