Synopsis of chapter three: After Splinter's premonition, Leo, Raph, Don, and Oni go out to try and find the threat first. They run into Randi, who's being chased by a group of mutants. They also have a run in with the Rat King. The voice in Oni's mind finally made itself known by taking over Oni's body, attacking the others. With Randi's help, she trapped it. They all head back to the lair for some much-needed rest.

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Leo stepped into the lair. "Master Splinter? Mike?"

Oni asked Raph to help her over to the couch so she could sit down.

Randi followed in after them and sighed deeply as Leonardo called for Master Splinter and Mike, whomever they were, and stayed close to the farthest wall. Her mind raced with calculations of how possible it was to meet mutants out side of the islands. The possiblity of there being one Mutant was 1 to 6. Billion. The possiblilty of there being two was... Randi couldn't even think of what the number would be called... and for those two mutants to meet... It was mind boggling! And here, in New York, where one person was like a needle in a huge hay stack, she had bumped into four. And if she was right, Mike and Master Splinter were Mutants too...

Splinter walked out from his room. "I am glad you are home, I was worried. You need to tell me what happened." He looked to Oni and Raphael, both of whom looked a little worse for wear. He then looked towards Randi. "And I see we have another guest."

"Yeah, but... other than the possession Oni had, nothing happened really," Raph explained to Splinter as he led Oni over the couch for her to sit down.

Splinter twitched his nose. "Possession? I assume you defeated the monster."

Oni sighed. "Kind of, with Randi's help. It... It's still in here," she tapped her temple, "but trapped. I can destroy it, but it would take time."

Splinter nodded. He was aware of the process, although he had never witnessed it because it had to be done alone, over the course of several days.

Oni spoke again before he could say anything. "I'm truly sorry for all the trouble this caused. It said that it would take me to find others like me. I wanted to believe it so badly, I guess I didn't think. I had no idea it wanted to destroy you until it was too late."

"If that was its true goal, it would have found a way eventually." Splinter said.

Leo patted her shoulder. "It's all right, really, no one blames you. But do you know why it wants to destroy us?"

Oni shook her head.

Raph crossed his arms, "Well, it's gonna die trying." He was still feeling big of himself for not letting this demon controlling Oni's body have the upper hand. But it took Raph longer to realize what he said.

"I mean, *it* is... not you, Oni," he looked at her with apologetic look in his eyes.

Oni smiled at Raph. "I know what you mean, Raphael."

Randi stayed where she was near the wall and nodded to Master Splinter respectfully. She had no idea what to do in such a situation like this, her mind still raced with possibilites of action that Colonel Marx and his small troup would take.

Leonardo looked around. "Where's Mike?"

"I have not seen him since you left," Splinter said. "But I have been meditating."

Raph itched once at the scratch on his face, then sat down with a plop on the couch next to Oni.

He decided to leave it to Leo to keep Splinter company, and lookied over to Randi. "We don't bite, come on over and make yourself at home."

Randi merely sighe in response before moving to the lay-z-boy next to the couch and closing her eyes half way.

"Any clues?" Colonel Marx snarled to one of his subordinates.
The mutant soldier shook his head and replied, "Sir, we lost track of her; but, if I may speak freely?"
The mutant Rat frowned at the other mutant with fierce eyes. "Go on."
"Sir, as being one that had trained under her," He replied, "I believe that she may still be in the sewers. Hiding and waiting us out."
Marx smirked. "Hide, she can do... wait us out, she won't. CONTINUE SEARCHING!"

Leonardo stood off to the side with Splinter. "So what are we going to do?"

"About the demon?" Splinter shook his head. "Nothing. It is up to Oni how she is going to deal with it."

"Randi also mentioned a group of mutants were after her. I told Don to check the security systems. You were right, sensei, we should have stayed here."

Splinter touched his son's arm. "If you had, the demon still would have taken over Oni's body. And you would not have met Randi. Everything happens for a reason, Leonardo, remember that."

Leo lowered his head slightly. "I'm going to try and find Mike." He went off to Mike's room, hoping to find his brother there.

(( So is Mike gonna RP here ... or his he not interested anymore? ))

((I have no clue. This is a lot easier when players give advanced notice that they won't be here for long periods. Mikey, if you read this, do you still want to play?))

(( looks around -- yah know, I don't think he is now... ))

OOC: Okay, we need a new Mike. Anyone up for it? Under the circumstances, I can't give him away permanently, just until Michaelangelo comes back, but you'd play him until we got word. I'd play him myself, but I don't trust myself with it. I tried to write a part but it turned quite, uh, slashy.

(*Thinks for a moment* Mike acts like a male version of K.Lynn on a sugar high... he loves to cook (From some stories I've seen) acts happy but thats only his exterrior... I guess I could try to play him for a while. Hell I play him in other RPs)

(OOC: Cool with me.)

Leo knocked on Mike's bedroom door. "Hey, Mikey, you in there?"

"Mrr?" Mike replied from inside his room, "Yeah..." he murmured and stood up from where he had been sitting and opened the door. "You guys back already?"

Randi continued to sit where she was with her eyes half closed. Part of her was thankfull that Leonardo had asked her to come, but another part of her was even more nervous than before.

(( Mikey's soooo fun to RP, esp when on a sugar high! ))

"Have one," Raph came up behind Randi and set a cold can of cook of her shoulder. (he's holding the rest of the six-pack in his other hand)