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Shadows in the night	By : selfless1978 Category: +S through Z > Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Views: 2281 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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The woman turned to Leo. "And why should I do that?" she said, her eyes hard.
Leo started to feel his anger bubbling up again. Before he could lose his temper Raph stepped up next to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. Leo understood his brother's silent message and took a deep breath. Having regained his composure he said. "Because that thing tried to splatter my brother across a wall the other night. I tend to take that very personally." He couldn't help the anger in the last few words and he felt the hand on his shoulder squeeze a little 'Easy Leo' it seemed to say to him.
Something in her eyes softened when he said 'brother'. "You guys are brothers?" she then looked them over "What are you guys anyway?"
"Turtles waitng for answers." Raph told her.
"Um, guys, I hate to interrupt but this might not be the best location to talk." Donnie said. Sirens were in the distance.
"Come with us, we will get you somewhere safe." Raph told her. At first she looked like she was going to refuse but then reconsidered. She nodded. Raph picked her up and Leo led them up the side of the building to the rooftop the monster had went up shortly before. This time Leo took no chances, he scouted the area to make sure it was actually gone. Then he gave the others the all clear to come up. They then moved some distance away to get away from the noise on the street below as the cop cars started to pull in.
Once they had found a quiet secluded spot Raph put the woman down. Leo turned to Mikey. "Go back home and tell them everthing is ok. Then meet us back here." Mikey nodded and began his decent from the building.
Leo turned his gaze to the woman. "Now will you please tell us what's going on?"
"I don't know where to start." she said quietly.
"Well how about your name, unless you want us to call you 'Hey you.' " Raph said leaning on a wall crossing his arms.
"Fair enough. My name is Lucy."
"I'm Leo. The one that carried you is Raph. The other one is Donnie. The little one I sent off is Mikey, the one that almost became a wall ornament."
She closed her eyes and sighed. "I'm sorry he did that."
"Who is 'he'?" Leo asked her.
"My husband, Brian." she said. Leo saw her eyes fill with tears.
"Well, that brings us to the obvious queston." Raph said.
"Give her a few minutes, Raph." Leo told his brother. Raph looked at her and nodded.
She then sat down on the rooftop and leaned back on the wall to the stairhouse they were next too. Lucy closed her eyes and sat quietly crying on the floor for awhile, trying to bring herself to talk to them. Finally she took a deep breath to compose herself. "We have known each other since we were kids. We grew up together in the same town in Kansas. When we got to high school we started dating. He was the school science nerd, and I have an interest in it as well, so it brought us closer together. Especially since we were great targets for bullies."
"I can relate to that." Donnie muttered.
"You like science?"
Leo chuckled. "He's our resident scientist."
Lucy smiled. "Anyway, He ended up getting a full scholarship to a college here in New York. We decided to get married and moved here together. He ended up graduating with the highest of honors and got a job here in town in a lab. For a few months everything went fine, then he started to get...moody I guess. Something was bothering him but he wouldn't tell me what. Then one day he just didn't come home..." her eyes filled with tears again.
Donnie knelt down and put a hand on her shoulder. She took a deep breath again. "Later that night some men broke into our apartment and told me they were going to take me somewhere. Then Brian came but he had been changed...He fought the men off then fled with me. I was so scared because I didn't know it was him at first, until he gave me his wedding band. I don't know what happened to him. He can't talk like you guys can. All I know is he left me there and I've been trying to find him. I'm so confused about what's going on."
No wonder she didn't seem to shocked at their appearance after what she's been through Leo figured her shock meter was pretty much broken.
Donnie had been lost in thought, still kneeling next to her. "Lucy, just out of curiosity and I know this sounds morbid, but did he kill those men that came to your apartment that night?"
Luck looked at him a little shocked. "No. He just knocked them out. Why would you ask that?"
"Shit." Donnie whispered. "Just humor me. Is he an aggressive type person?"
"No. He wouldn't have hurt anyone. But now, after tonight, I don't know. That's the first time I have seen him do that..." She looked like she was going to be sick.
"I'm sorry. I know this is hard on you but I needed to know."
Leo looked at his brother. "What is going through your mind, Donnie?"
Donnie rubbed his eyes with his hand and sighed. Then looked at Lucy then at Leo obviously not sure if he should say anything.
Lucy caught the look. "Please tell me. I need to know."
Donnie looked back at her. "Lucy, I'm going to be honest with you. This isn't the first time we have seen what he can do and from your description of him he doesn't sound like that type naturally. I've got a bad feeling that whatever happened to him is changing him more than physically. It is quite possible that the change might be effecting his humanity. I have never seen something like this before. The mutants we have faced before aways kept their personalities."
"Why is this time different?" Leo asked.
"I don't know. I need to find out what exactly happened to him."
"I got a question." Raph said. They looked over to him. "Why are these goons after her? She obviously don't know anything."
Leo narrowed his eyes there was only one reason he could figure out that made sense. "Bait. Use her to catch him since obviously they can't do it the other way. That apparently was the plan from the get go but he came and got her that night so they have been trying to wing it without her."
"And not getting anywhere with that strategy." Raph said. "Another question. How do these guys keep finding him but we couldn't?"
"I would bet he maybe has some kind of tracking device on him." Donnie said.
"So they were tracking him, she just happens to pop up in the area Brian is in and runs into those blockheads." Leo summarized. Not to mention she had almost stumbled onto their home looking for him. But he was going to keep that part quiet.
"So what do we do now?" Raph asked.
"Lucy, do you know if he made it to work that day?" Leo asked her.
"Yes. I called him on his office line right after his lunch break."
"So he made it to work but never made it home."
"Yes."
"Now where exactly did he work?"
"Bachman Bio Lab."
"Well I guess it's a good thing I brought this with me, dudes. I had a feeling we might need it." Mikey said climbing on to the roof and handing Leo the key card.
"Mikey, sometimes you amaze me." Leo laughed.
"Where did you get that?" Lucy asked.
"Mikey found it on one of the guys that were after your husband." Leo told her. "It's to much of a coincidence that the man had a key card for the place your husband worked at. Donnie, you got your bag of tricks?"
"How many times are you going to ask me that. I always carry it on me. Just in case."
"Guys, I think its time we visited this lab." Leo said.
"That's not going to be easy, Leo. It could take us forever to find what we need." Raph said.
"I can go with you." Lucy said "I know where his work area is and I know the basic layout of the place. I've been there a few times."
"Guys? Opinions?" Leo asked his brothers.
'Leo, we know next to nothing about the place except they have hired goons with assault rifles." Raph said.
"But having her there would speed things up. I have a feeling Brian might be on borrowed time as it is. Can we really waste the time searching ourselves?" Donnie replied.
"Guys, what if she drew us a map or something." Mikey piped in.
Leo thought about it for a minute. He really didn't want to take her. Yes having her there would speed things up but there was the fact that they were looking for her already. He couldn't risk it. He looked at Lucy. "Can you draw us a sketch of the place?"
"Yes, I suppose I could." he heard the disappointment in her voice.
Leo walked over to her and knelt on one knee next to her where she still was sitting. "Lucy, I understand that you want to help your husband. I can fully sympathize. But there is the fact that they already are looking for you and I'm not going to deliver you to them. Sometimes these things go wrong. I know a safe place where you can wait for us. I promise we will come back and get you as soon as we find what we need. OK?"
"Alright. I guess I didn't think about it like that."
"I kind have of have to." Leo said with a half smile.
"So where are we taking her?" Raph asked as they were getting up.
"Well it's been awhile since we pestered April and Casey." Leo grinned.
"Your going to get yelled at."
"Oh well."
Raph laughed. "Come on Lucy. I'll carry you. We have an unusual way to travel. It might be hard for you keep up."
Lucy nodded and Raph lifted her effortlessly. "Hold on, Lucy." She wrapped her arms around him.
Leo noticed her eyes were a bit fearful. "It's alright. He won't let you fall. It's not our first time doing this." then he grinned "Just ask April. Ready Raph?" Raph nodded.
"Let's go." And he lead the way as they ran, leapt and flipped over the rooftops of the city. As they made their way to the home of their friends, Leo heard Lucy starting to laugh with delight. He smiled, at least they were able to give her some fun tonight.
They arrived at the apartment not long after. "Wait here." Leo said "I can get yelled at without an audience." They chuckled as he made his way down. He tapped lightly on their bedroom window after he reached the balcony. He saw a light come on and a moment later Casey was at the window. "What on earth are you doing here?"
"Hi to you to, Casey."
"Everything alright?"
"I need to ask you a favor."
Casey groaned. "Let me guess...You found someone who needs a place to stay."
"At least for a few hours."
"Stop giving him a hard time, Casey." April said coming to the window.
"It's just one woman. She needs a place to stay while we take care of something. I'll fill you in once we all get inside."
April nodded. "Ok, bring her in."
Leo went back up and motioned them to come in. They climbed down and entered the apartment and gathered into the living room.
"April can we get a pen and some paper from you?" Leo asked her.
"Sure." She went to the desk and handed him some and he passed it to Lucy who started to sketch. As she drew Leo quickly filled April and Casey in on the events.
"Busy night already and it's just past ten." April laughed.
"The joys of being a ninja turtle." Donnie smiled.
Lucy finished her sketch and handed it to Leo. Leo took it and looked at her "I know it's hard right now but try and get some rest. We will be back as soon as we can."
She nodded and looked up at him. "Thank you. For everything."
Raph came up and laid a hand on her shoulder. "No problem."
Leo looked at his brothers. "Let's go." And they slipped back out into the night once more running across the rooftops, shadows in the night time skyline.
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