Authors note-Sorry I took so long, I had a large case of writers block, but now it is cured!!

Donatello sighed as he shut down his computer. He had just finished being 'Donnie, the friendly ITT tech support' turtle for the day and was tired. He just wanted to go and study in his lab and then go to bed. He sighed again; normally he and his brothers would be training, but since Leonardo was gone, he and his younger brother Michelangelo or 'Mikey' had to get jobs. Mikey was in entertainment for children's birthdays, while he was an ITT tech supporter from home. He glanced at the clock and blinked. 'Mikey should be getting home soon,' he thought. 'Actually, he should be home.' Frowning, he began to wonder where his brother was.

Mikey got into his van and rubbed the now forming bruises on his arms and legs. 'Dude, I don't care what people say,' Mikey thought. 'Kids are evil!' He winced at one particular bruise on his shoulder, started the vehicle and started to drive off. 'This isn't worth getting hit by kids just to get some cash and leftover birthday cake for Master Splinter. This day couldn't get any worse!'

Heather grumbled as she looked in the small bookstore. She glanced over her shoulder to see that the boy and his friends were still looking at her. They were all quite young, about 13 or so and not the ones that you would consider adorable either. As she looked back at the shelves, she frowned some more at the book she was holding. She had already read the first chapter while standing in the store and she really liked it. Her only problem was that she didn't have enough money without using the dreaded 'plastic'.

"Do you need help ma'am?" a voice asked. She turned to see that the biggest of the three boys had walked up to her while she was frowning about her dilemma.

"No I'm fine," she smiled politely. "But thanks for asking."

"I betcha can't afford it huh?"

"Um…" she started with a glance at the book. "Yeah, but I'll get over it."

"I can pay the difference." He said with a polite smile. Heather was about to smile and thank him when he added, "there's just one thing that you've gotta do, okay?"

Heather glanced at the other two boys who now had wry smiles on their faces and realized what they were getting at. Glaring at him she replied, her words a cold fire, "No thanks, like I said, I'll get over it." putting the book back on the shelf, she glared at the now upset boys and walked out the door. 'I can't believe that!' Heather thought fuming as she walked out on the sidewalk. 'Three junior high school kids trying to hit on me, fucking perverts!' As she continued to think about her previous situation, she didn't see the green van speeding down the road.

BEEP! BEEP!

Heather jumped just in time, yet she fell down in the process. Sitting on the sidewalk, she watched as the van continued to speed off. In anger, Heather jumped onto her feet and shouted, "Hey watch where you're going you bastard!" as he turned down an alleyway, she ran after the van knowing that he would probably stop at a house. When she reached the alleyway, 

she saw that the vehicle or the driver was nowhere to be found. The strangest thing about it all was that the alley was a dead end.

With a confused look she walked down the alley, puzzling over the situation. 'I could've sworn that he went down this alley... and there is no way that he could have disappeared.' With a frustrated sigh and a shrug she turned around and walked out of the alley. Staring down at the ground, she began to walk along the sidewalk, not paying attention to If she was going the right directions or what street she was on. Finally, she glanced around and began to panic. 'Where in the hell am I?' she asked herself. 'Isn't there supposed to be a little diner right here?' As the questions and thoughts sunk in, she became more frightened. 'Oh shit, I'm lost!'