Disclaimer: I don't own Area 51, Leatherhead or any of the TMNT. I own Alex and Raven. Whom you'll meet later.

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When he woke up, Leatherhead saw Alex curled up in her ball in the corner of the room. She was sobbing hard and rocking herself back and forward. Leatherhead stood up and walked over to her. He sighed deeply as he placed his hand on Alex's head gently.

She looked up at him as she continued to sob. He sat down next to her and he saw she had fresh cuts and stitches on her body. Her jeans and tee shirt were even more blood stained now than they were before she left.

"What happened to you?" Leatherhead asked with deep concern in his voice.

Alex sobbed and tried to go back into her ball when Leatherhead grabbed her and pulled her into a comforting hug. Leatherhead looked down at Alex's trembling body as he growled; she didn't deserve this. He was a monster, but she was a young girl with no hope of being normal, at least, that's what he thought.

"L-Leatherhead?" Alex asked as she slowed her sobbing down to crying.

"Yes, Alex?"

"We have to get out of here. I heard Bishop said he was done playing games; he has to get answers now. He's going to dissect us." Alex muttered. Leatherhead looked at her as she broke away from his hold, "We have got to get outta here."

Leatherhead wanted to say 'you must be kidding me' when he realized Alex was right; Bishop would do anything to figure out what they were. Alex whimpered as Leatherhead let go of Alex's hand and stood up.

"You're right. We have to escape."

"But how? I've been here for a year and I haven't figured out how to get outta here."

"I'm not sure, but I think I know how we can get out of this cell."

Later, Leatherhead was standing in front of the door while Alex was nowhere to be seen. A click was heard and the steel door opened, two soldiers walked in the door and looked at Leatherhead.

"Where's the girl?"

"Right here!" Alex growled as she came from behind the door and knocked both of the guards out, "Let's go."

Alex ran out of the cell first and Leatherhead ran after her. She stopped and listened, no one was there; she shrugged and continued to run with Leatherhead on her tail. Leatherhead stopped abruptly and looked around, something wasn't right.

"Die freak!" A voice yelled.

Leatherhead looked up and saw a man jumping down on him. He grunted as the man tackled him and pulled out a gun. A hiss came from behind the man as a single claw went through his arm. The man fell to the ground and groaned.

Leatherhead looked up and saw Alex panting hard with blood on her face. She pulled her claw back in and motioned for Leatherhead to follow her. He looked at her as they ran through Area 51. Alex wasn't acting the same calm way she usually did. Now, she was a fierce, fighting machine.

Alex stopped only sniff the air before she started running again. Leatherhead grew more and more worried as Alex slashed away at anything that got in her way.

When they got outside, they saw that the sun had set. Alex roared loudly and pulled out her claws, all of them. Leatherhead ran up next to Alex as she tried to claw through the gate. She screamed as the gate shot electricity through her body.

Leatherhead ran up behind her and caught her just as she fell back. She groaned and tried to move, but the volts left her temporarily paralyzed. Leatherhead sighed as he carried Alex through the hole she managed to cut and ran through the desert.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, but for how long?" Alex muttered as a shot hit the sand next to her, "We have to get outta here!"

Leatherhead smiled at her courage as he placed her down on the ground and turned to attack the soldiers behind them. He couldn't stand it anymore; these monsters have done the worst things to them. He roared as he attacked the soldiers, his tail swinging and knocking anything and everything around him down.

Leatherhead punched and swung at anything that came near him. Soon, only one of the soldiers wasn't lying on the ground, senseless. The soldier gulped and ran back to Area 51 as Leatherhead bent down to pick up Alex.

"I'm good, I can stand…I think." Alex said as Leatherhead helped her up.

Alex stood up and smiled at Leatherhead.

"I'm good. You can fight, Leatherhead. That was the best fight I have seen since I stopped watching wrestling. Cena…sorry, I like John Cena, he's my favorite wrestler."

"Let's go, we have to get out of here before Bishop sends more soldiers."

"Right." Alex said as she nodded, "Let's get outta here." Alex started to walk, but stopped, "Where to?"

"New York."

"Ok, we're gonna have to hitch a couple of rides."

Leatherhead laughed as he and Alex started to run through the Arizona desert. Alex smiled and started to run on all fours, the sand tickled her bare feet. After a few minutes, Alex stopped and saw Leatherhead yards behind her running to catch up. Alex turned around and ran back next to him.

"Sorry." Alex said as they slowed down to a walk, "I forgot how fast I was."

"It's okay. You were running fast." Leatherhead said as his tail kicked up some sand. Alex coughed as the dust got in her face.

"Okay cough don't do that again."

Leatherhead chuckled as Alex coughed and tried to get the sand out of her mouth. She grabbed her tail and started to wipe her mouth when she tripped over something. Alex groaned as she stood up, she looked down and saw a piece of cloth not covered by the sand.

"Hmm? What's this?" Alex said as she pulled the piece out of the sand.

Alex gasped, underneath the sand there was a skeleton wrapped in a cloak. She quickly dropped the cloak and took a few steps back. Leatherhead growled, he could tell Bishop's fingerprints were all over this.

Alex sighed and kneeled down next to the skeleton and put her hands together. Leatherhead looked at her as she chanted something in a weird language. After a minute, she nodded her head and stood up as she pulled her hands apart.

"What was that about?" Leatherhead asked, staring at Alex.

"Nothing. I Gonada ne Heloho. I beg for pardon." Alex muttered. She sighed as she grew one claw out and pulled the cloak off the skeleton.

"What are you-"

"Ssh, Leatherhead, I need to concentrate. I Gonada ne Keliala. I beg for purity. I Gonada ne Jounoko. I beg for a peaceful rest."

"Alex-?" Leatherhead asked as Alex stood up with the cloak in her claw.

"My people's speech, they often beg for forgiveness, purity, and a peaceful rest when they find a body left unburied." Alex said as she stood up, her eyes glassy, "Forgiveness for touching the body, purity for the item they take and a peaceful rest for the body."

"I see." Leatherhead muttered as Alex folded up the cloak.

"We'll need this later; for now, let's keep moving. It'll be daylight soon."

Leatherhead sighed as Alex started walking quickly, her feet sinking a few inches in the sand. He shook his head and started to walk towards her when something bothered him. He looked around, but didn't see anything. He shook it off and continued to walk.

"There's a town close by, I can smell the humans." Alex said as she unfolded the cloak, "Here, this'll hide some of your, uh, just put it on."

"You want me to put it on?"

"I said that, didn't I? Yes, Leatherhead, unless you want these people to tell Bishop that we're here, I suggest you put it on."

Leatherhead shrugged as he took the cloak from Alex and slid it on. It was a little tight, but it covered everything except his nose. Alex laughed and grew her claw long enough to pull the hood over his face. It worked, he looked a little awkward, but it worked.

"There, now you're hidden." Alex said as she pulled her claw back in.

"What about you?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah, me. I guess I could try to cover my ears with hair, but my tail's the problem…"

"What can we do about your tail?"

"I dunno, unlike my ears, it's long and not covered with blood."

"That's it!" Leatherhead dug his hands into the sand held up some dirt, letting it run through his fingers.

"I get it! I can cover my tail with sand and my pants too; it should blend in with my pants and, as long as I don't move my tail, it should work." Alex said and Leatherhead smiled, "It's a risk, but it's the only option we have."

Alex sat down in the cool sand and started to cover her pants legs with sand. She dug down into he sand and rubbed the sand all over her legs, leaving her blue jeans now an orange color. She sighed as she grabbed her tail and covered it with the orange sand. The pure white tail turned an orange-red color.

"Do they match?"

"Your tail's a little too light."

Alex growled and shoved her tail into the dirt. Leatherhead looked on amused as Alex packed the dirt onto her tail.

"There! Now?"

"It matches, just don't move your tail."

"Thank you! Let's go." Alex said as she stood up and almost brushed off her pants, "Ha, stopped myself."

Leatherhead shook his head as Alex brushed off her hands. Alex smiled big, showing her fangs as she pulled Leatherhead towards the town. As they walked, Alex messed with her hair, trying to cover her ears.

"Well?" She asked.

"They're covered." Leatherhead said as he frowned, why couldn't they just go around the town?

Did Alex have someone in there she wanted to talk to? And if so, why didn't she just say so? Alex looked over at Leatherhead and saw his worried face.

"Hey, you okay, LH?"

"Huh? Oh yes." Leatherhead muttered.

"You don't seem okay."

"I'm just worried about something."

"I do have a reason for going to this town if that's what you're thinking."

"How'd you-"

"I didn't. It's just the way you were acting, it kinda made me think that's what you were thinking." Alex said as she sighed, "I know a friend in this town like us."

"A mutant?"

"Yeah."

Leatherhead frowned, something about this wasn't right, all the mutants were supposed to be in New York. As he thought about this, they entered the town. People stared at the two as they walked through the streets. Alex frowned as one teen boy stared at Leatherhead.

"What are you looking at?" She asked. The boy looked at her with big, scared eyes and ran inside a nearby house.

"What did you do that for? Now the humans are going to stare at us even more." Leatherhead whispered as he neared Alex.

"Hey, he was starin' at ya, Leatherhead, like you were an alien or something."

Leatherhead sighed, she may be weird, but Alex was looking out for him whether he liked it or not. She knew how to take care of herself and she would take care of anyone that needed it…except Bishop; Leatherhead knew Alex would kill him if she got the chance.

Alex looked back and saw Leatherhead, his eyes full of thought. Alex sighed and grabbed his cloak. Leatherhead looked up and saw Alex smiling at him. She pulled him through the streets to a two-story building; she knocked on the door as Leatherhead caught up with her.

"Hey, Ray, you in there?" Alex yelled as she pounded on the door. A young girl with ash black hair and bright blue eyes answered the door. Alex smiled as the girl opened the door wider.

"Alex! Where you been?" The girl asked as they walked inside. Leatherhead looked and saw the girl was wearing shorts with a white tank top on.

"You know, here, there…Area 51."

"No way! You've been there?"

"Yeah, but not as a pleasure visit. Oh yeah, Leatherhead, Raven. Raven, Leatherhead."

"Pleased to meet you." Raven said as she walked into a separate room, "Alex, want some tea? What about you, Leatherhead?"

"No thank you." Leatherhead said as Alex walked around the house, "Alex?"

"Leatherhead, let's bring Raven with us, she's a great fighter." Alex muttered as she played with a few rocks.

"What?"

"Please, Leatherhead. Oh, Raven, I'll take a cup." Alex yelled into the kitchen.

"I'm going to New York, if she's coming, she'd better know where we're going."

"Okay." Alex said as she ran into the kitchen.

Leatherhead sighed; he hoped she knew what she was doing. Alex may not know what she's getting into, but she's got heart. Alex came out later carrying three trays, one on each arm and another on her head. Leatherhead smiled as Alex laid the trays on the table and then pulled the third one off her head.

"Leatherhead, I got you a cup just on case." She said as she picked up a cup of the hot tea.

"Hey, Alex, help!" Raven's voice said through the kitchen. A crash was heard and a laugh, "Never mind!"

"Raven, you okay?"

"I'm fine!"

"Cool. Anyways, Leatherhead, do you want anything to eat?" Alex asked as she picked up a sandwich from the first tray, "I've got ham, PB&J, and cheese."

"No thank you. I thought you said your friend was a mutant." Leatherhead said as Alex bit into the sandwich.

"She is, but she can hide it."

"Really?"

"Yeah, she's lucky."

Leatherhead sighed as he looked out the window, this place had to have a sewer system. They could travel through it to New York.

"Hmm. Leatherhead, you okay?" Alex asked as Raven came through the door.

"Alex, do you want to stay here or come with me to New York?"

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