Nalong - Chapter 3

Disclaimer: If this is still connected to the first chapter, and the prologue, and the second chapter all of which have disclaimers do I really need to say this again? I don't own the turtles. I don't get paid for this.

A/N: Hello and thanks for the reviews

Sorry it took me so long to get this one up. Things have been a little crazy here of late. But we get a break next week! YAY!

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Jeans started off the introductions. It only seemed fair since it had been his suggestion. Also he had kind of taken the two younger humans under his wing and so far he hadn't been impressed by his own manners. Though he had been surprised by the turtles capacity for speech, that was no reason to stand there staring like he was.

"My name is Steve, and this is Eric, and Annie." He gestured to the young man in black by Donatello, who smiled, then to the woman who had come in with them.

Noticing the use of what were probably nicknames by Steve, Leonardo continued similarly. "I am Leo, and this is Mikey, Raph and Don." He replied. Each of his brothers responded to their names by nodding or waving.

"So," Annie started, "You must be the girl the guards were talking about." She smiled at Donnie and turned to Eric. "That might explain the screwy signature."

They had spilled the English secret, but had kept as much to themselves as they could, much to Donnie's dismay. Donatello briefly glared up at Leo before turning it on the much closer Raphael while the humans were occupied amongst themselves. The responding look on Raph's face said, 'what are you looking at me for?"

"No way Annie. That might be part of it, but the tracer for that stupid drug they use is definitely way too strong. I'm surprised that it's up at all."

"Not 'it'." Annie corrected harshly. "She, You're surprised that she's up at all."

Don turned his glare back on his brother in blue. Leo just shrugged at him and disappeared back onto his own bed. He knew Donatello wasn't happy with the situation, especially the bit about being Raph's girlfriend, but he didn't see a way around it. They hadn't asked if Donatello was girl or not, simply assumed the guards had been correct in their assumption that one of the turtles was a girl. Don and Dawn sound exactly the same, so based on names and headband colors they had reached the same conclusion as the guards. It was all a big vicious circle and Leo saw no reason to correct them. In his head Leo could hear the arguments that his purple-clad brother would make. They're not guards Leo. They are prisoners just like us. He paused and considered what he knew Don would say as soon as he got the chance. Leo could almost feel Donnie's glare through the mattress and he knew that his brother would have more on the subject. They're going to be ticked when they find out I'm a guy and we didn't correct them. Next time you get to be the girl! Leo sighed. He couldn't do this to his brother. If it had been him he would have corrected these people long ago, and the same was true for Raph. Mikey might let it go at first but he never kept to a charade for long, especially among those who could be counted as possible allies. Only Donnie would suffer quietly as he was and Leo didn't like taking advantage of that. After what seemed like forever, but was in reality only seconds he spoke, breaking up the argument that had sprouted between Eric and Annie. From Steve's reaction, or rather his non-reaction, this was a common occurrence.

"He, actually," Leo corrected.

"What?" The two bickering humans questioned.

"You're surprised that HE'S up at all." Leo explained slowly. He was leaning over the edge of the bed and didn't miss the shocked look on Donatello's face.

Don had been convinced that Leo wanted to keep every secret they could and had just settled into being annoyed when Leo evidently changed his mind. It was a nice surprise, so Don certainly didn't object, but that didn't change the fact that he was astounded.

"So why did the guards think he was a she?" Annie asked. All eyes turned to Leonardo.

"Actually, I think it's my fault more than anything." Raph supplied rubbing his head and shocking the humans again. Somehow they had assumed that Leo was the only one who could talk.

"Sure was!" Mikey interjected, earning himself a glare from Raph and Leo.

"I was unconscious." Don added, "or it probably wouldn't have happened in the first place."

The turtles explained the events that lead to the guards assumptions. When they were through Steve was the first to speak.

"You've got a bit of a temper on you don't you?" His voice laughed as he spoke to Raphael.

"Yeah, I guess I do." The red banded turtle admitted.

"Guess?" Mikey questioned smiling down at Raph from above, who glared for a moment before he eventually smiled back.

"You might want to keep that in check in here. It can get you in trouble." Eric supplied.

"Tell me about it." Don put in. The room filled with laughter.

Suddenly Steve turned silent and the rest of the room followed suit.

"They're coming." He informed quietly as he hurried to the nearest available bed. "Lights out all" Annie and Eric jumped into beds as well. "We need to be silent from here on out. Get some sleep guys." It was a strong suggestion just short of an order. The turtles took it as such and obeyed. The lights flicked out by themselves. Donatello wondered if they were on a timer, or if one of their roommates had been responsible for that little trick.

They slept lightly, the events of the day replaying and sorting themselves out in their minds. Sooner or later the guards would figure out that they did speak English, and that Don was their brother, not Raph's girl. Tomorrow they would start working on a way to get out of here. At least that was the plan...

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The next morning the turtles rose very early. Their roommates were still asleep, and part of their minds told them they should sleep for as long as they could and should talk tonight. Instead they were all up and at Leo's suggestion, or rather coercion, were practicing their katas as silently as possible. Their three roommates never noticed, even when Don leapt over Mikey when, in the small space, the orange banded brother got too close and nearly knocked him over. Don's landing had been slightly off and he had made some noise, but no one seemed to notice. They had moved on to a little stretching and preparation for the day when their roommates finally roused.

"Geez guys, how long have you been up?" Annie asked blearily.

"Oh, a half hour or so," Michelangelo responded lightly. He would NEVER admit it out loud, but the morning training sessions always helped wake him up, and he rather enjoyed them. He knew that deep down Don and Raph felt the same way, and Leo... well Leo lived and breathed ninjitsu, so getting him to practice at any time was never a problem.

"You guys are crazy you know that right?" Annie continued.

"Maybe a little." Mikey admitted.

Annie, Steve, and Eric started preparing for the day. Pulling on articles of clothing they had shed the night before when they went to bed. They also went about finding their shoes and socks and getting them on too. The turtles stretched for they had nothing else to do. It was one of the benefits of wearing only joint pads, belts and bandanas.

"I hope you boys didn't use up all your energy this morning because you are going to need it to get through the day." Steve warned them.

"We went easy this morning." Leo informed him. He had no idea what they were in for and they needed to be ready for that, but they would never get out of here if they neglected their ninja training.

"Just a word of warning," Eric piped up, "they'll probably separate you during the day. Put you in different work groups. I know you'll be separated if they think you're a girl." He said to Donatello.

"Oh yeah. Thanks for reminding me." Donnie replied dryly. "We should probably go back to using Japanese too."

"Probably wise," Steve told them, "you don't want your cover blown until it has to be."

Moments later a trumpet sounded and Steve, Eric and Annie led the way out of the barracks. Leo had almost been the first to follow, but had stood aside letting Raph by to return to the story the guards had believed the night before. Leo followed his red banded brother then Mikey and finally Donnie exited as well. The two guards from the night before were nowhere to be seen, but there were plenty of other guards around. Steve, Eric, and Annie formed a line directly in front of the building and the turtles followed suit. One of the guards approached the building.

"CH723, MT824." He called out. At the prompting Annie stepped forward, and at a look from her Donnie took a step forward too. So he was a number now. MT824. He could remember that. Well, his number had been a little obvious since it had been called with Annie's; he hoped that his brothers could figure out theirs before anything bad happened to them. The guard led Donnie and Annie away from the group remaining at the barracks. It wasn't long before another guard came and called more numbers.

"CH712, MT811, and MT813 You're with me." The guard's voice was like ice. Leo took a miniscule step backwards letting his brothers know that they were probably the ones the guard was referring to. Based on how things went last night Leo had a feeling that he would have a 2 at the end of his number, especially having already heard 4, 1, and 3 as obviously referring to his family, and 3 and 2 referring to their roommates. Raphael and Mikey took the clue and stepped forward with Eric. The guard led them away heading the same direction as Annie and Donnie had just been taken. It was only moments before a third guard came along.

"TH711 and MT812 Move along now."

Leo had no idea what to expect from here on out. What he did suspect was that 1) he wasn't going to like it, and 2) it was going to be a very long day. Especially since he didn't know what was happening to his brothers. Leonardo did not like this one little bit.

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