So decided to no longer beat around the bush and get to the part where they finally find Enna.
As they rode in the Battle Shell (Because of the severity of the situation, no one had commented how they seem to have found someone who could match Nygma for groan worthy puns) Riddler opened up a little bit about his sudden strange change of character, that listening to the story reminded him of his own childhood, both his parents were alcoholics among other things and regurally neglected him, oftentimes forgetting to even feed him!
"...And when I looked at him..." Edward sighed "...I saw my genius combined with my Father's wretched slovenliness! And that frightened me beyond all measure! In helping you at that moment I felt I was defeating that terrible apparition I saw before me so I wouldn't become such a wretch!"
"Hmmm." Jonathan said with a nod "Trust me Nygma I know you're pain well, and now do you see why those Mutant Children are deserving of rescue? Leaving aside a few leftover instincts which are mostly benign they are mentally and emotionally the same as human beings and are not mindless predators that see humans as compition for resources...Unless the humans treat them in such a way that leads them to that conclusion..." He said remembering the Terror Bears and Enna's dream about them.
Borden told Donatello to stop at a certain building at the edge of the forest.
"From what I've been able to listen to..." Borden said "...This is where they've taken Enna as they've deemed her 'especially dangerous' as they've seen she's spent time with the Scarecrow, so they took her to this extra high security facility for study and then to determine...What to do with her."
Everyone felt a child go down their spines as they didn't know how much time they had left.
"I can no longer use my card to gain entry..." Borden said as they got out of the Battle Shell. "...I was hoping with Donatello's hacking skills we could..."
"With all due respect to the young terrapin." Riddler interjecting feeling he was beginning to get his bearings back "I can both dismantle the security and bamboozle everyone by tangling it up with my signigture riddles."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Leo asked "I thought this was supposed to be a stealth mission."
"Hang on." Borden said "I see some potential here...Riddler can you hack so most of the staff get locked into their rooms by the security doors?"
"It should be child's play!" Riddler chuckled cracking his knuckles
Don pouted slightly as this show off was taking the role Borden intended for him!
So connecting a wire to a handheld device Riddler could use for hacking, he did rather effortlessly turn off of the security cameras and set off the security doors to confine nearly everyone to a small portion of the facility so they were free to go to where Enna was being held and free her.
Don had to admit Nygma was indeed good when it came to hacking.
They had to travel to the lowest level deep underground, fortunatly the evevator they needed to get down their was still operational.
"So..." Don said as he thought about what the Riddler said "You...Tangled up the security with your riddles? Like does that mean they just have to solve the riddle to get back online?"
"Yes." Nygma said "Don't worry I used my hardest riddles imaginable for this one!"
'I assume by that you mean you didn't use 'How is a raven like a writing desk?' Don thought irriatably as he knew this was insanly risky giving the enemies a relativly easy means to free themselves if they knew the answers, and these were supposed to be scientists! Not brain-dead like your average Purple Dragon thug!
Finally they reached the room where 'Dangerous' Mutants were held, this door was hacked to be open, and there was Enna, strapped to a metal chair looking quite ill and bleary eyed...
"P-Professor!" She stammered "Y-You came for me!"
"Yes My Dear." Jonathan said taking off his hat and mask so she could see his face "Oh! Let's get you out of there! What have they done to you?!
As he unstrapped her from the chair Enna explained what had happened to her "They took my blood," She said "A lot of it...They said I wouldn't be able to do my mind trap if I couldn't get enough blood to my brain, also they took it to study it, in fact I learned that's why they cut our arms and legs, to study our innards a bit and take tiny bits of muscle and stuff like that..."
Jonathan also noticed they had removed Enna's costume weather they destroyed it or not it no longer mattered to Jonathan, all that mattered was getting Enna out of here to somewhere safe!
He tried to pick her up, only to find that because of how frazzled his nerves were at the moment, he was not in the position to carry Enna.
"Would you like me to Professor?" Don said "Otters are like torpedoes of muscle and when you make them bigger..."
"Yes, yes..." Jonathan grunted as he passed Enna to the Mutant Turtle "...Thank you Donatello!"
Don was strong enough he could cradle her in one arm while he felt her forehead and cheeks with the back of his three fingered hand "Wow..." He said "...You do feel real clammy under your fur...We got to get you somewhere else quick!"
Jonathan watched this and mused how it was either because they had a furry rat for a father they were able to detect things under fur, or as Mutant Animals who didn't really wear clothing they were simply more senstive period.
Kind of like the bit of envy Don has towards Riddler where in the earlier version of the story Nygma was envious towards Don, and Don being mostly unflappable, but Don's worry is about to come true someone is going to figure out the riddles to bust themselves out!