Holly and April walked up to the apartment building roughly an hour before the turtles were supposed to show up. Bud was indeed working that night, so Holly decided to try and gain an extra advantage.

"Hey Bud, how's it going tonight?" Holly asked.

"Pretty good, it's been quiet tonight." He replied.

"That's too bad. Do you do anything when it's quiet?" Holly kept buttering him up, not like she really needed to.

"Yeah, I read a lot." He chuckled.

"That's awesone! Could you do me a favor? I just need you to let me know if the new guy comes home, mum made him a welcome cake and I don't want it to go bad if he shows up." She gave him her sweetest smile.

"Sure, do you want me to buzz your apartment?" he smiled back at her.

"No, just give me a quick call as we may be in my room and I can't hear the buzzer in there." She scribbled her number down quickly and handed it to him. "Thanks Bud, I owe you one."

As the girls entered the elevator, April looked at Holly. "Where did that come from?"

Holly Shrugged, "I figured an extra heads up could be helpful!"

April just laughed. They reached Hollys' apartment and decided to test their lock picking abilities on her front door, if they could pick that, they should be able to get into Stockmans' apartment. Holly tried first, it took a while but she got it eventually. April tried too and managed it much faster. She practiced from when they arrived until the guys were supposed to show up, and by then she could get the door open in about a minute consistently. So long as there was nothing unusual about this guy's apartment they should be able to get in.

There was a tapping on the balcony doors, and April skipped over to them to let the guys in. Again, Raph was the one waiting on the balcony and once April had made sure none of the neighbors were peeking out of their windows, she beckoned the other three down. They stood in Hollys' kitchen quickly going over the plan one more time, just to make sure Mikey knew what was going on.

"We should keep in contact the whole way using Aprils phone, I need mine free just in case Bud calls me." Holly wiggled her phone around.

"Ok, well let's get going. There's no point waiting any longer." Leo stood up, the other followed suit.

Once the turtles were safely back on the roof, Holly and April took the stairs down to the floor below. No one used the stairs here, they were all too busy to take the extra time out of their day. They peeked through the door, making sure the coast was clear, and hurried into the hallway as silently as possible. Granted it was a quiet building, so they didn't expect any trouble.

"Go for it." Holly said as they reached the correct door, continuing to the corner to make sure no one was standing by the elevators.

April crouched down and inserted the lock pick into the mechanism, she jiggled it around for a moment to no avail. This was tougher than Hollys' door, the lock was hardly used so it required more precise positioning to get it open. April wiped her hands on her pants and tried again. This time the lock popped open.

"I'm in," She hissed to Holly, and then more quietly into her cell phone, "We'll see you boys' in a moment." she pushed the door open and rushed inside, and as soon as both girls were in the closed the door again. They looked around the apartment and quickly opened a window and pulled out the mesh screen that kept out bugs, not a moment later, the four turtles were standing right beside them.

"That was easier than I thought." Said Donnie with a grin.

"Well, don't get cocky yet. Who knows what this guy has lurking around." Leo said bringing everyone back down to earth. They were breaking and entering into a computer genius's home after all.

"Where do we start?" asked Holly looking around. The apartment its-self was pretty standard, it was furnished and seemed like any normal Joe-shmoe lived here. Except for the work benches pushed up against one wall where any normal bachelor would put a big screen television.

"This is a two-bedroom unit." Holly said suddenly. She frowned as she realized that the layout of this unit was exactly the same as her own home upstairs.

"He's using one room as extra work space." Donnie concurred. The two teens moved down the hallway to the room that would have been Holly's if it was her home. They pushed open the door and Holly gasped as they saw a little two-legged robot dangling from wires just above another workbench.

"What the hell is that?" April joined the others and stood just behind Donatello, she pointed at the creation in the middle of the room.

"It looks like a robot," Donatello moved into the room, Holly following right behind him. They moved around the work space rifling through all of the paperwork on the desks. Holly pulled open a draw of the filing cabinet and starting looking through Stockmans' notes.

"He's calling it a "M.O.U.S.E.R.", It stands for Minefield Ordnance Unarming System Enhanced Robots." Donnie read off of a stack of papers.

"What are they for?" Mikey asked, inching closer to the robot.

"It says here that they're going to be used to help with the rat infestation in New York." Donnie continued reading.

"That's good isn't it? The rats are nasty anyway." Mikey said, poking the Mouser with one finger.

"It would be, if they weren't going to release these little guys into the sewer systems." Donatello looked up, he knew that they couldn't let that happen, they would be exposed to the world above.

"They're not operational yet though" Holly turned around, hands full of more notes. "He can't find hardware tough enough to cope with all the information they're gathering. The motherboards keep frying."

"So he's been hiring the foot to steal parts that he can test with and modify for his needs." Leo summarized. It was all clicking into place now. He stayed outside the room with Raph, keeping an eye and an ear out for trouble.

"It would seem that way yes." Donnie replied, he put the notes back on the table making sure they were in roughly the same place he had picked them up from.

"But why steal the parts, I thought he was supposed to be the best? Surely his company would invest in this project, the possibility for profit is almost limitless since rats are everywhere." Holly asked the room.

"Looks like he was fired from his job about a month ago," April said holding up a newspaper clipping. "for gross negligence of the factory employees safety."

"So he clearly doesn't care about anything".

Before anyone could answer, Hollys phone chirped in her pocket. She looked at the screen and answered it as quietly as she could. "Hello?"

"Hey Holly, it's Bud." The doorman's voice came back through the speaker. "I wanted to let you know, a guy just came in the building heading for Stockans apartment, but its not him. Don't go down and try to give him the cake, he looks like bad news. I had to let him up as he has Stockmans keys and was pretty intimidating when I tried to tell him no. " The doorman sounded rattled and like he was worried his job was in jeopardy.

"Oh, that's too bad, I'll be sure to avoid him. I won't tell anyone you let him up, it sounds like Stockman may be involved with some bad people"

"I think I may need to talk to the building management about this."

Hollys face paled, but she tried to sound calm. "Thanks Bud. I think you did the right thing. Stay safe." She looked at the rest of the group as she hung up on the poor man, "We have to go, now!" she hissed.

Nobody even hesitated, Holly stuffed the papers roughly back into the filing cabinet and closed it as quietly as she could. They had no idea how long they had to get out of there.

Leo and Mikey launched themselves out of the window, Raph and Donnie waited a fraction of a second to make sure the girls were ok. Holly and April ran for the door, but holly stopped and turned around. They had to at least close the window to make it look like they weren't here.

April cracked the door open and peeked in the direction of the elevators. They were too late, there were two of the Gang members laughing and being obnoxious striding toward the apartment. April closed the door as softly as she could.

"Hide!" she whispered.

Holly had to pull the window shut, they were all stuck now. Raph grabbed April by the waist and ran with her into the master bedroom, it was highly unlikely that they would need to go in there.

Holly was stuck on the far side of the room with Donatello, they would have made a run for it, but they heard the sound of a key being slotted into the handle so they were out of time. Donnie grabbed her and dove behind the couch. They landed just as the door opened, hopefully the goons were too busy goofing off to hear the thud.

"Let's just get the hard drive and get out of here, I'm starving." Said goon number one.

"What are you feeling? I could eat anything." replied goon number two.

"Right now I don't care, Stockman said to get the drive and bring it back to him. We do that, then we eat." Goon number one announced irritatedly.

Holly, who had landed on Donnie's shell, leaned down and whispered as softly as she could "Leo can follow them to Stockman."

Donnie just nodded, she felt him shift his weight slightly and he pulled out his phone. He texted Leo what the Purple Dragons had just unknowingly revealed, and mentioned not to text them back and give away their hideout.

"Did he tell you where he put it?" asked the second henchman. He didn't sound terribly bright.

"He said in the second bedroom, just stay here. I'll find it." They heard one of the pair moving toward the room they had just been in, the other one sounded like he was moving closer. Donnie frowned slightly, why would he need to wander around the apartment? Then, a heavyset man flung himself onto the couch. Both Donnie and Holly were squished against the wall, they both gritted their teeth against the pain and tears prickled Hollys' eyes. This guy must be a monster.

The huge man looked around, Stockmans' place was nice. He wondered how the computer guy could afford to place since he didn't have a job right now. He stood back up and went to poke around the rest of the room. Donnie and Holly let out a silent breath, at least the big guy had moved off of them. He checked out the Kitchen, opening the fridge and rummaging around. He then moved down the hall and snooped in the bathroom, and from there he started toward the other bedroom.

Inside the main bedroom, Raph and April were crouching behind the bed. This way they had a clear shot to the door to the hall, and the door to the bathroom since it was attached. Also, worst case scenario, they could dive for the walkin closet from where they were if someone were to come into the room. Nothing happened for a while. They heard muffled conversation, which would mean Holly and Donnie were undiscovered, then nothing.

"Do you think Holly and Donatello are ok?" whispered April, she was crouched right next to Raph.

"They'll be fine, we only need to worry if we hear shouting." He reassured her. April nodded, he was right.

They waited for what seemed like hours until they heard the other bathroom door open. It closed again shortly after, but then the bedroom door started opening. Both April and Raph ducked down, hoping that it was just one of the others coming to tell them the coast was clear.

"Swanky digs." Said a gruff voice. They heard foot septs' moving into the room, if the big moron moved toward their position they would have to engage. They were completely pinned.

"What are you doing?" Came another voice, this one higher pitched but still male.

"Just poking around." said the bigger guy, giggling to himself.

"Well knock it off, I got the hard drive. Let's go." The first guy moved away from the door, and after a moment the bigger guy left the room and closed the door. Raph and April exhaled a breath they didn't realize they were holding, and after a moment they crept out from behind the bed and over to the door. Raph opened it a crack, the goons should be gone by now.

He heard some struggling and he saw Holly climbing out from behind the couch through a crack in the door. Raph rushed out into the living room and began to help her get free without stepping on his little brother.

"You guys alright?" He said quietly, just in case. Holly was clutching her side wincing, but she nodded.

"We have to get out of here, they could come back." Donnie said once he was upright again. April was giving him a once over and once he had assured her he was ok, he walked over to the window again.

Raph and Donnie climbed up to the roof, while April and Holly put the screen back in place and closed the window once again. They moved over to the door, peeked out, and made a run for it. The door would lock itsself once it was closed again, so they wasted no time making sure it was closed properly and ran up the stairs as fast as Holly could manage.

Once they were back in the apartment, April ran to the balcony doors and called the boys down. Donnie had been on the phone with Mikey, who had told him they were following the Purple Dragons by roof top and they would let them know where they were once they had reached their destination.

"That was way too close." Raph said to the girls. "And we didn't learn much."

"Of course we did," snapped Holly, only to wince again and clutch her side. "We know what Stockman is building, why and where he is. As soon as the others call."

"What did you do?" Asked Raph, gripping her elbow to help steady the poor girl.

"I think the big dude brushed my ribs when he sat on the couch. Didn't he squish you too?" she looked a Donnie.

"My ribs are good, I have a shell. He did get my arm pretty good though." Donnie massaged his bicep.

"Are you going to be ok?" Raph asked with actual concern in his voice.

"Yeah, I'll just ice it and wrap it for the night and I should be good." Holly said. She got up and moved to the kitchen looking for an ice pack.

"Hey, I just got a text from Leo. You won't believe this." Donnie said looking irritated. "Stockman is at the fortune cookie factory. He's staying with the Purple dragons."

"You had better be kidding me." Raph said.

"I'll tell the others that well meet them back at the lair, there's no need to confront Stockman tonight." Donnie said.

"Yeah, I've had enough excitement for tonight." Holly came back into the living room, holding a bag of frozen peas up to her side.

"Do you need me to stay with you tonight?" April offered Holly.

"If you like, I will need help wrapping my ribs if you are leaving though." She rolled up her shirt and the beginnings of a bruise was starting to form on her side. "That's going to hurt tomorrow. Training is going to be a blast." She said with fake enthusiasm.

"Let me call my aunt and I'll see if I can stay, I don't think she'll mind too much." April walked into the kitchen to get some privacy.

"We had better get going, Leo and Mikey are already heading home." Donnie said to Raph with a quick glance toward the kitchen. Neither of the turtle teens wanted to leave, this was one of the first times they had been alone with the two girls.

"Yeah I know." Raph let the tiniest hint of disappointment reach his voice, if anyone knew how he was feeling right now, it was Donnie. They silently agreed to at least let April get back so they could say good bye, but they knew they had to go. Leo would want to go over all the information they had uncovered with Splinter as soon as possible.

"Don't worry Donnie," Holly said putting a hand on his shell, "Well see you tomorrow, and probably most days this next week." she winked at him for good measure. Donnie smiled sheepishly.

"Alright, I can stay, since it's Friday." April walked back into the living room looking pleased.

"We have to get going. See you tomorrow?" Donnie asked it as a question.

"Of course." April replied brightly. Donnie couldn't help it, he smiled his big gap-toothed grin, which made Holly chuckle, only to follow with another wince.

"Alright, get lost before I keep hurting myself." Holly pointed at the door.

Raph smirked, "See you later, take care of her." He added to April.

"Get going you big softie." Holly gave him a shove.

"I'm not soft!" He glared at her, but kept moving. April took care of neighbor watch while the two turtles scurried up to the roof and off into the night.

"That went smooth." Holly said once April was back inside. She lifted up her shirt again and threw a rolled-up bandage to April. "Be gentle, I'm fragile."

April laughed, and started to wind the white cotton around her friends' bruised torso. Training really was going to suck tomorrow.