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Alright, that's it. Now on to the story! Oh yeah, be warned, Raphael has a potty mouth.
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Lona stood unmoving for what seemed like an eternity. She couldn't tear her eyes away from the vent she would soon be crawling through.
Lona took a deep breath and laid her hand on the first rung of the maintenance ladder. Shutting her eyes, she clenched her teeth and began to climb. I can do this. I can do this. Oh god, I can't do this!
Opening her eyes, Lona discovered she was at the top of the ladder. Drawing a shaky breath, Lona reached up with a trembling hand and pushed open the cover to the vent.
When she had pulled herself inside, Lona pushed her body against the wall. She could see how high she was through gaps in the metal, and she didn't like it. Sighing, she gritted her teeth once more and began to crawl, occasionally stopping to control the shaking in her hands. Hold on, guys.
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Mikey sat with his knees drawn up to his chest, his shell against the wall. "Um…I spy something…beginning with 'f,'" Mikey said.
"Is it 'floor?'" Leo asked tiredly. 'I Spy' was starting to get on his nerves.
"Yeah. Um…I spy something…"
"Would ya shut the fuck up about the stupid I Spy?" Raph yelled from across the room. He had gained consciousness about twenty minutes ago, and was not very happy to discover they had been captured after all.
"Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Mikey retorted.
"He's just trying to pass the time, Raph," Don said, starting to get fed up with his brother's attitude. Being locked in a room with all three of them didn't make things better.
"Well can't he pass the time by being quiet!?" Raph grumbled.
"Oh yeah, like you can be quieter than him," Leo said. "That'll happen."
"Shut up, Leo," Raph warned.
"Make me."
Raph snapped. With a roar, he threw himself on top of Leo. The two rolled around on the floor, punching wherever they could get a hit in.
"Guys, stop!" Don warned, "If the caretakers see you fighting, they'll put you in solitary confinement!"
Donnie's words were unheard by his two older brothers. Mikey sat in a corner, watching with wide eyes as Leo kicked Raph off him and got to his feet.
Raph got to his feet as well, and the two circled each other, glaring for a minute before Raph leapt again, swinging his left fist in a feint and getting Leonardo in the eye with his right.
Leo staggered backwards for a moment, and then retaliated, aiming a spin kick right for Raph's chest. It connected, and Raph fell back against the wall.
Don and Mike watched on in worry, both secretely happy that all their weapons had been taken away.
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Lona had been crawling for at least ten minutes, and she hoped she was going the right way. She could see into rooms below her through the grate of the vent. Each time she passed into a room with people in it, she was surprised they didn't look up and discover her. How would she explain being in a vent?
Lona looked down quickly to see where she was, then looked back straight ahead. Heights still freaked her out. She crawled for another minute or so, then glanced down again.
She smiled, seeing Mikey and his brothers, but her face quickly lost that smile as she noticed Leo and Raph were physically fighting.
Lona realized she hadn't thought this all the way through. She couldn't get out of the vent now! There was no maintenance hatch here like there was in the beginning.
Quickly she knocked on the metal, causing Mike and Don to look up. She waved, and they waved back, confused. She continued crawling, hoping there would be a hatch in the next room.
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Mikey's look of confusion increased as Lona waved at him, then disappeared.
"What the heck is she doing?" He wondered out loud. "Where'd she go?"
"I think she's looking for a way out," Don said. "There's no opening in this room."
Mikey settled back. "Oh…" he turned to look at Raph and Leo, who were still fighting, but not as viciously as before. "Think we should try to stop them?"
Don shook his head no. "They'll stop by themselves. Look."
Already their older brothers were starting to get tired, and couldn't even remember why they were fighting in the first place. Raph gave one last glare to Leo before flipping him off and retreating back to his corner.
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As Lona entered the next room, her spirits lifted as she saw an opening. Glancing down to make no one was in the room, she lifted the hatch and climbed down the ladder.
Standing still for a minute so the shaking could stop, Lona couldn't help but feel proud of herself. She had conquered one height, at least.
Lona quickly located the door, but as she was about to leave, she noticed something more interesting on the table. Mikey's nunchucks, Leo's katanas, Don's bo and Raph's sais were all piled in a heap on the table.
Lona stuck the nunchucks and sais into her pockets, she would have to carry the bo and the swords. Gathering up the weapons, she ran out of the room and down a hall. Spotting a door marked 'Quarantine,' she stopped and tried the handle. It was locked.
Lona knocked hard on the metal door. "Mikey?"
There was an answering knock on the other side of the door, and then Mikey's unmistakable voice. "Lona? What are you doing here?"
Lona rolled her eyes. "Trying to get you out, duh."
There was silence, and then, "But…aren't you working for the Foot?"
Lona was shocked. How could they think she worked for the Foot? What did she…oh yeah. Lona winced, with all the adrenaline flowing through her, she had forgotten what she had done to Mikey.
"Hang on, we'll talk about this later," she said. "And no, I'm not." Withdrawing the ever-trusty shuriken from her pocket, she turned it so only one point of the razor sharp star was sticking out.
She stuck the point into the lock hole and wiggled it around until she heard a small 'click.' Lona grinned, then pushed open the door.
Lona saw four confused faces look up at her. She raised an eyebrow. "What?"
Nobody answered her. Lona sighed. "Jeez, what is this, high school? It's like a rumor cycle or something! No, I'm not part of the Foot!"
Raph came up to her, arms crossed. "Oh yeah? Then why'd you have to go and hurt our little brother?"
Lona looked at Mikey, who had become extremely interested in the ground.
"I had to," she said quietly. "Jared was gonna hurt you guys."
"He already got us fucking here, didn't he?" Raph said angrily.
"I couldn't help it!" Lona said, "He and his Foot friends outnumbered me. But I'm here now! Here!" She pulled his sais out of her pocket and handed them to him.
She went to each turtle in turn and gave them their weapons back. Mikey stopped her when she got to him. "So…you don't mind going out with a mutant?" Mikey asked. "And you don't hate me."
Lona smiled warmly. "Don't be silly Mikey, I could never hate you. And going out with a mutant is way better than going out with a jackass like Jared." She pushed his nunchucks into his hands.
Suddenly Lona remembered something. "Hey…where's April?"
Mikey's eyes widened. "Oh! I forgot! She got captured right before they put us in here. I think she's still in the truck."
"Well, come on then!" Leo said, already at the door, katanas drawn.
Lona went to follow, but was pulled back by Mikey. "Lona…wait." She looked up at him, confusion in her brown eyes.
Mikey bent his head and kissed her. Breaking the kiss, he smiled. "Uh…forgot to give that to ya."
Lona shook her head. "Mikey, you goof! We'll have time for that later. Come on!" She grabbed Mikey by the arm and pulled him out the door, following his brothers.
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A/N: I'm sorry, I know this chapter is kind of short andboring, but it's not pointless! One more chapter to go!