Outside, the Turtles and Ashton ran far into the field in front of the lab. Soon, explosions were heard inside of the laboratory. Glass, metal, and other objects flew out of some of the windows. Fire engulfed the two floors above the basement.
They all stood in the field watching in amazement as the laboratory almost completely went up in flames.
"Whoa." said Mikey.
"Oh I do hope nobody was killed." said Rita worriedly.
"Who cares?" Ashton said bitterly. "They're all there for one purpose, and one purpose only. The world would be better without people like them anyway."
"Ashton!" scolded Leo. "Is that any way to think about human lives?"
"Let her alone Leo." said Raph. "She has a different history with those type of people than we do. Its how she thinks."
Ashton's expression agreed with Raph's comment.
Leo sighed.
Just then, Venus began stirring.
Leo kneeled by her side. "Mei?"
Venus slowly opened her eyes. She saw Leo and a small smile came over her face. "Hey."
"Are you ok? Are you hurt anywhere?" asked Leo concernedly.
"My neck aches a little, but I am fine otherwise." said Venus. "The dragons were here."
"Yeah, we know." said Leo.
Venus looked up and saw the moon. She didn't even realize they were outside. "We finished the mission?"
"Yep." said Leo. He helped sit Venus up on the grass.
Venus looked at the burning building in front of them with wide-eyed amazement. "Wow."
"Hopefully that's all we have to do here." said Raph.
"Yeah, hopefully." said Mikey.
"Come on, let's go back to the train station. We can check on things tomorrow." said Donny.
"Good idea." said Leo. He helped Venus completely stand up, and they all began walking back.
Cori noticed Ashton lingering behind. "Ash?"
Ashton glanced back at her. "Yeah?"
"You comin or what?" asked Cori.
"You all keep goin, I'll catch up." said Ashton.
"Ya sure?" asked Cori.
Ashton nodded as she turned back to the lab.
Cori shrugged, then kept on walking.
Ashton stared up at the building and imagined all the scientists in their white lab coats being gone forever. She smiled to herself behind that, and felt guilty for thinking that way, though she didn't know why. Deciding to join the others, Ashton turned around and began walking back.
As she was walking back, she heard rustling in some bushes nearby. Looking around, she saw nothing, until a figure stepped out of some thick brush. The figure happened to be none other than Schiam.
"Oh man, not you again." said Ashton.
"I'm afraid so." said Schiam as he began approaching her.
