Sorry for the late upload, I again had writers block and I was focusing on my TMNT/TF Crossover fic 'Turtles and Transformers' but I'm hoping to have gotten the ball rolling with this fic, well no promises.
Note: References to the fics '13 Candles' and 'United by Fate' are brought up in this chapter.
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Discovered
Back in Mutopia, Hacker was sitting in his Security Room, Computer screen everywhere, all connected to the caves surround the sanctuary, as well as some connected to cameras and networks all over the city of Chicago.
True to his name, the mutant spider had been clever at hacking into databases to access the surveillance cameras so he could track any criminal activity, not just through Hugh, or Cam and Barry when they scavenged.
Ever since Pandora had gone missing, he had been using all his skills to access the surveillance around the city just in case she was seen, yet he had found nothing.
After Tyroth had reported to him that he and Monalisa had discovered that Pandora had been taken to Diablo, he along with Hugh had tried to investigate any news reports or police reports that would connect to the Raven's activities but for the first forty-eight hours, they found nothing, apart from the previous crimes Tyroth had found out occurred in Michigan.
Jake and Amber had joined Hacker in helping him see what they could find out, even with Jake giving the spider notes he had taken from previous reports regarding the raven, they still hadn't found anything useful.
It was now the third day, and the Spider was starting to lose hope, as well as sleep.
He had slept in his computer room, which wasn't uncommon, he had a room in the residential area, but he didn't often sleep there as he had a bed in his room if he needed to take a short nap and this was one of these times.
All over the room, he was surrounded by empty energy drinks and quick meals like hot pockets, his eight arms still tapping away at the keyboards.
Taking another sip of an energy drink which he wasn't sure what number it was since he had lost count, he sighed.
"I don't know how much more I can do..." he thought "It's hopeless."
He sat up to stretch, yet as he did, two of his eight eyes caught sight of one of the screens where a news report came up.
Seeing it, he quickly put on the volume.
"Good evening, Chicago, I'm Larry Davies, staff and residents at a Motel a few miles east to the border to Missouri were shocked to discover two rooms ransacked and the guests within had disappeared."
Hacker narrowed his eyes as he listened, and he instantly typed a few keys so he could record what he was seeing.
"Guests report they were awakened around 3am from loud noises which included scuffling then the sound of vehicles driving away, when staff went to inspect, they found the rooms trashed and the belongings of the guests gone. At first it was believed that the guests had fled in the night without paying, but when police arrived, they found traces of blood and hair."
Hacker kept quiet as he listened then his eyes widened when he heard that the guests in that room had belonged to some Neo Nazi's the Police had been tracking.
"No way!" he thought "That's got to be Diablo's doing!"
He picked up his cell phone and quickly texted Tyroth requesting him to come, as well as get the Hamato Clan.
At the same time, Donatello, Sarah and Sharky were in the rec room, Donatello was channel surfing as he was trying to find the news channels hoping that he too could find some clues to where Diablo and his Disciples may have disappeared to.
Sharky and Sarah were sitting with their elbows on their laps and their chins in their hands both looking bored and fed up and were staring at the brainy turtle.
They had been sitting with him for over ten minutes and were starting to lose their patience, even though they knew why Donatello was doing what he was doing, they were starting to wonder whether to go and do something else, since they had been given no new instructions until there was a lead on where Diablo was and for three whole days apart from doing their mandatory training and scouting Chicago, they just had to sit tight and wait.
Sarah watched Donatello keep surfing the channels for another few seconds and before long she snapped.
"That's it!" she snapped "I can't take it anymore! This is just so pointless!"
Donatello said nothing but he just kept channel hoping.
"What do you think's gonna happen huh?" the cheetah asked the unresponsive turtle "The news will come up with a new lead? Chances of that happening are a million to one!"
"Keep your spots on!" Sharky said looking up at Sarah "You got any better ideas?"
Sarah was a little shocked and opened her mouth to speak but she couldn't think of what to say back.
"Then don't say anything!"
A voice made the shark and cheetah look over to see Kate appear.
"Like getting all impatient and stroppy's gonna change anything?" the viper asked, "Hacker's been working his eight arms off and Hugh's trying to see what he can find that will lead us to Diablo!"
"I hope it's soon!" Sharky snapped "And we can get Pandora back as well as make that Raven pay for what he did to us!"
So saying he rubbed the side of his neck where the Raven had stabbed him with a meth filled syringe those years back.
"He almost killed me by dropping me from a height if you remember!" Sarah reminded them "I would have gone splat if Percy hadn't caught me!"
"And he shot me, Percy and Mike!" Kate snapped.
"Everyone shut up!"
The three Knights jumped as they looked over to Donatello who had stopped on a channel, and it showed a news report.
"Five men were found on a forest road just outside the border leading to Missouri, four were found tortured and blooded up in woodland about a mile from the road and one was found dead after being hit by a pick-up truck."
The Viper, Shark, Cheetah and Turtle looked at the screen and Donatello quickly turned up the volume.
"The four men have been identified as the Neo Nazi's who had been involved with an attack on a Jewish Community in Michigan and had fled the scene when the police were involved, they had apparently been staying in a motel a few miles away before they were somehow ambushed and tortured, the four victims have been taken to hospital for injuries but will be interviewed by the police for their involvement on the Hate related attack."
"No way!" Kate gasped as she listened.
Donatello frowned as he turned the volume up more and before long other occupants in the room heard the tv and walked over curiously and before long they were shocked at what they saw.
They soon saw a news reporter interviewing a police officer about what had happened.
"I'm Mary Lewis on scene" the reporter said before turning to the officer "What can you tell us so far?"
"Hello Mary, so far we're still investigating what took place, but according to the nature of the injuries on the victims, we have reason to believe it is down to the vigilantes dressed as humanoid Animals, those known as Diablo and his Disciples." The police officer said, "But to be sure, forensics are on sight and the victims are going to be interviewed."
"And what of the driver of the pick-up truck that killed the fifth man?" the reporter asked.
"Very distressed." The officer said, "But she is being interviewed about the accident and hopefully we will find out the true story, as such we always need to gather the evidence to get the full story."
"Thank you," the Reporter said, "This is Mary Lewis on scene, back to the studio."
Donatello muted the tv and looked to everyone in the room.
As well as Kate, Sarah and Sharky and himself, the other occupants who had gone over to have a look were Chloe the Butterfly, Rose the Lynx and Bill the Duck who had been playing pool and reading respectively.
"You guys saw that right?" Donatello asked looking at the Knights, Butterfly, Lynx and Duck.
"You bet we did!" Rose confirmed.
"No doubt it was Diablo and his Disciples!" Kate cried.
"And Pandora was with him? Did she join in the torture?" Donatello asked fearfully to which Sharky placed a hand on his shell in comfort.
Sarah and Kate sighed sadly as they looked at each other, yet before either of them could speak, Jack appeared in the door.
"Guys!" he cried making everyone jump "Hacker's quarters, now!"
"Has the spider found something?" Kate asked.
"Just come with me!" Jack said and ran out of the room before anyone could speak.
Donatello jumped up first and took out his shell cell so he could get online to find out any further reports on what he had seen, Sharky, Sarah and Kate following him.
After a few seconds, the five mutants arrived at Hacker's Computer room where Tyroth, Sephie, the rest of the Hamato Clan, the Knights and Old George were.
It was a bit of a squeeze, but everyone was about to get in and look and Hacker's screens as the Spider brought up the News reports.
Donatello, Sarah, Sharky and Kate were able to tell Tyroth about what they had seen on the TV as well as find a few links to the reports which the Spider was able to take down so he could bring them up on his screens.
As he did, everyone was horrified to see what the news reports, and the Spider was able to find some images of the victims through his clever hacking into the police databases.
"By Odin..." Tyroth murmured as he saw the all-to known wounds, the carved words and symbols.
"Sick..." Heather muttered.
"Despite the fact they deserve it." Kate growled.
"I haven't been able to find anything regarding the one that was killed, but all I found out was that he was the youngest of the group and the son of one of the men found tied up and tortured." Hacker reported.
Monalisa and Raphael winced and Monalisa lowered her head as she wondered if her daughter had played a part in killing him.
Even though there had been times they killed their enemies, whether they be Foot Ninja, or Dr Arden's experiments, or sometimes in rare cases Purple Dragon gangsters.
"Oh my baby girl.' Monalisa lamented as Raphael held her close "What has Diablo turned you into?"
Jake who was standing next to her glared.
"Brother...what have you done?" he asked, anger filling up within him as he placed his hands on his sister's shoulders.
"So far we don't know if Pandora joined in," Sephie said as she watched the news.
"Just like we don't know if she's with the Disciples willingly or a prisoner." Percy muttered.
"If she was a prisoner, she would be trying to get away from them!" Michelangelo said "I know she would, just like she escaped the Foot Head Quarters those months back with the Kemeko Clone!"
Tyroth sighed.
"Something tells me she's not a prisoner." He said in a grave tone.
"Big T?" Leonardo asked, his eyes widening.
Since he and Kemeko had returned from Japan, it had been hard hitting to learn Pandora was missing, but learning she was in the possession of Diablo, it was too much to bear and Kemeko was devastated.
"If Pandora had been taken prisoner, she would have tried to get away ages ago, but she hasn't tried to get back or even attempt to contact us" the Dragon spoke.
"And after what she did, sneaking away from the Sanctuary to fight her own battles for her own agenda..." Sephie murmured yet she was stopped mid-sentence as Raphael clapped his hands and began to sign.
"I refuse to believe my daughter would turn traitor and join Diablo!" Raphael signed as well as growled slightly as he watched the screens.
"I know my daughter! She never would!"
"Raphael." Splinter placed his paw on his son's arm.
"We all know she wouldn't!" Michelangelo agreed "I know my little Geisha!"
"We know son." Old George joined in trying to calm the situation.
Tyroth sighed.
"Guys!" he said, "We can save the debates for whether Pandora is willingly with Diablo or by any other reason, we don't know the truth so we can't be certain."
"You seem certain enough Big T!" Raphael accused through sign language to which Tyroth gave him a death like stare making the red-masked turtle go silent, yet he didn't stop frowning at him.
"So, what now boss?" Jack asked.
"We head to the destination where Diablo attacked! Then we follow the trail from there! If we move quickly, the smells and tracks might still be there!"
"Oh yeah! I was hoping you'd say that!" Percy cheered.
"I might be able to track them." Devina said, "With Jack's sense of spell and my magic, we should pick up their trail!"
"Then we best get ready!" Tyroth announced "Gather your things, and inform Jun, we'll need him for extra muscle, and get James and Dahlia as well, we may need medical assistance."
At once everyone left Hacker's computer room to gather their weapons and all they needed if they were going to hunt for Diablo and his Disciples.
Monalisa closed her eyes as she prayed.
"Pandora, my baby girl! We're coming! Mummy and Daddy are coming!"
Raphael also prayed silently to the powers that be as well as to Yoshi, Tang Shen, the Ancient One, Karai and Dr Chaplin that Pandora would be found and would come home.
Despite what she had done, he loved his daughter and wanted her home.
"We will come for you and bring you home!" he thought within "We love you so much, we all love you, you don't belong with Diablo, you're no Disciple! You're Hamato! You're an honourable Knight, you belong with us!"
News reports of Diablo and his Disciple's Activities have been revealed and they have reached Mutopia!
Looks like The Knights and the Hamato Clan are about to start their search for their Lost Little Geisha as well as the Mutopian Traitor!