Mutant High

[The Stryker]

((nope,i barely know where i am half the time))

[Jade Green]

Beau looked up from his magazine and raised an eyebrow at the turtle, "Yeah, how can I help ya." He asked, looking slightly amused on Mike's appearance.

He hadn't known there were other mutant turtles parading around. 'wonder if this dude knows Randi.'

[heretic888]

Mike knew Beau was thinking about Randi when he saw his appearance.

Michelangelo, although not really a telepath, possessed quite powerful telempathic abilities from his ninjutsu training---which was one of the reasons his combat skills were so refined. You have a serious advantage in a fight if you can feel the intentions of others.

A quick 'flash' appeared in Mike's mind's 'eye'. It was Randi.

"You know Randi??" Mike asked with a smile.

[Jade Green]

Beau shrugged, "Sorta, repeat customer--dominates the DDR machine over there." He gestered to the large machine with the dance pad. "How d'you know her?" He eyed Mike curiously and then recalled that Randi had mentioned something about 'highschool' to that tall rabbit and lizard she sometimes brought with her. "Met her at highschool?"

[heretic888]

Beau shrugged, "Sorta, repeat customer--dominates the DDR machine over there." He gestered to the large machine with the dance pad.

Hmmm...... interesting.

"How d'you know her?" He eyed Mike curiously and then recalled that Randi had mentioned something about 'highschool' to that tall rabbit and lizard she sometimes brought with her. "Met her at highschool?"

"Yeah, I met her at that school." Mike was just as displeased about going to that place as Randi, but was better at controlling his disapproval. Unlike Randi, though, he was trying to maintain a positive outlook on the situation, seeing it as something of a learning experience. It was a school, right??

Of course, the possible re-emergence of Oroku Saki was enough to ruin even Mike's optimism and exuberance. He had to find out what he could.

"That's part o' the reason I'm here now. I think she might be in some kinda trouble. She helped me out a bit today, so I though it would be appropriate to return the favor.... Don't s'pose you've seen anything odd or out o' the norm 'round here lately, neh??"

[Jade Green]

"Wrong?" The man blinked and looked as if he was recalling the past few days, "Nope, SSDD, Same **** different day. What sort o' trouble do you think Randi might be in, huh? Some people botherin' her?" Beau set down the magazine and sat up right in his chair crossing his arms, "Why don't you give me the low down on what's going on--maybe I can help."

((Beau looks like that mean biker gang type, but he's just a big kid ))

[Kameko]

Cody frowed past her last bite of cheeseburger. No turtles in site. Pretty much everthing else she could imagine -- armadillos, dogs, things that didn't really look like animals or humans.... the most interesting so far had been the penguin. She couldn't help but laugh as that one came in the room -- it reminded her absurdly of the old batman movie she'd seen when she was a kid.

But still no turtles.

Washing down the last bit of burger with her soda, she stood up and started towards the door, not bothering to carry her tray to the return counter.

Looks like she was gonna have to go to them after all. At least now she wouldn't be distracted by the growling in her stomach.

[The Stryker]

popping his head out of a trashcan stryker saw cody

"hey! you....come over here...i got some clues as to where the turtles are!...theres an accomplice..."

[Kameko]

Cody jumped and hissed at the sudden appearance of Stryker. Her fur standing on end and her claws at the ready, she looked like she was ready to rip him apart. She responded in an angry whisper.

"What the hell is wrong with you, man? Are you trying to give me a heart attack???"

Then she noticed that he was in the trash can. A lunch-room trash can.

"Man. That's just disgusting. You couldn't'a chosen a better place to hide?" She sighed, running a hand over the top of her head in an effort to flatten her hair. "What have you got? What accomplice?"

[The Stryker]

"its another turtle...and it seems the one known as "mike" has been seen with her....my ninja's guesses say that shes headed to a place for big screen entertainment....but my ninjas talk in weird phrases anyway so get going....i'll meet up with you later"

*stryker then lowered back into the trashcan*

[Kameko]

"Big screen entertainment? What the hell is that supposed to mean? A movie theater?"

Stryker disappeared back into the trash can. Cody scowled and glanced around to see if anybody had been watching. No one had, but she noticed a tray somebody else had left behind. And she got an idea.

The tray was full of the leftovers of somebody's spaghetti, and a melted ice cream. And an open carton of milk. She grinned, a mischievious glint in her eyes, and grabbed the tray, promptly dumping it's contents into the trash can.

"Bon appetite, Stryker."

She left the cafeteria and started down the hall towards the exit that led to the parking lot. She mulled over what Stryker had told her.

'Big screen entertainment? That's gotta be a movie theater... Wait -- isn't there a mall nearby?'

She remembered a mall she had hung out at, for a while, while she'd been on the streets. Unless she was completely lost thanks to her forced move to the school, it wasn't very far away.

'Might as well give it a shot. ...But what about security....?'

She detoured out a side door and headed for the trees that lined the school grounds. They appeared to wrap around clear to the road, and hopefully they'd give her enough cover to get off school grounds unnoticed.

[heretic888]

"Wrong?" The man blinked and looked as if he was recalling the past few days, "Nope, SSDD, Same sh** different day. What sort o' trouble do you think Randi might be in, huh? Some people botherin' her?" Beau set down the magazine and sat up right in his chair crossing his arms, "Why don't you give me the low down on what's going on--maybe I can help."

((Beau looks like that mean biker gang type, but he's just a big kid ))

((oh boy, its Casey Jone's twin brother!! ))

"No, I don't think it's anything like that. Right now, it's more of a hunch I got than anything else. There's a possibility she might be involved with some characters my brothers and I have dealt with in the past." Mike replied casually, with a calming smile on his face. "Then again, she might not."

Michelangelo paused for a moment, stretching his neck muscles. "You know anythin' about that lil' group she's with?? Military types, I think..."

[Jade Green]

Beau frowned, "Military types?" He pursed his lips thought fully and shrugged, "I really don't pay attention to other people's conversations." He admitted, "That Fishro guy she mentioned once seemed military-like though."

"What all did she say about him?" Leo asked, FINALLY coming on to the scene.

"Eh?" Beau glanced to Leo looking surprised, "Didn't see you come in, then again, didn't see this dude come in either."

"About Fishro," Leo sighed, "What did Randi say about Fishro."

"Eh, it aint anythin that can actually be repeated if you get my drift." He replied, "Doesn't exactly like the guy."

[Kameko]

((Wow, I got wordy, didn't I? Oh well, Cody had a lot to do!))

Cody grinned. This feline body was useful for something after all. She'd slipped through the trees and out to the street without arousing any notice.

After a few minutes, she spotted a bus coming by. 'Perfect. Here comes my ride...' She didn't have any bud fare, but she wasn't worried about it. She waited near the back of the bus until it pulled out, then nonchalantly leapt up on the rear bumper and hung on for dear life. Free --albeit rather hair-raising -- ride. Occasionally she became brave enough to let go with one hand and wave innocently at the various motorists and pedestrians who were staring.

'Right, like none of them have ever seen anyone do this before...'

Then she heard a siren. Glancing around, she spotted the mall she was trying to get to nearby. She waited until the bus slowed for a red light and jumped off, easily outrunning the two overweight cops that had jumped out of thier squad car ('fell' was more like it) to chase her and arrest her for her little not-so-legal ride.

Ducking behind some cars in the crowded parking lot, she maneuvered through them and soon lost the police officers. Just to be safe, she stripped off her sweatshirt, revealing a black tshirt that read simply 'Buzz Off.' Dropping her sweatshirt behind a trashcan where she could retrieve it later (her face had been mostly hidden while she was wearing it), she strolled into the mall as if all were right with the world.

She was starting to like this game. Running from the police had been a rush. How much more fun it was to be chasing her own 'prey' -- and they didn't have a clue!

She walked through the mall, hands casually tucked in her pockets, pointedly ignoring the stares her feline appearance drew. She glanced in each little store as she went past -- Hot Topic (one of her favorites), Victoria's Secret (bleh!), The Gap. And an arcade. She idly wondered if she could still get the high score on Mortal Kombat. She'd been a legend in the laundrymat (sp?) back home.

She entered the arcade more out of curiosity than to search for her quarry, and then... she quickly stepped behind an ancient 'Ms. Pac-Man' game.

'Well, two down....'

It suddenly occured to her that she didn't really know what to do next.

[The Stryker]

Stryker followed cody to her current location and approached her

"hey....hows the hunt going?..."

"i've decided to tag-along with you.....unless you like being a mutant you'll have no objections......."

[Jade Green]

Leo, though he kept his attention on Beau all ready knew that there were two others in the arcade, (due the radius thing that Heretics all ways talking about ), but he did not bother to look, muchless clue to his knowledge of their presence. He frowned, seemingly at Beau's last comment and decided it wasn't best to ask any more questions at the moment. "All right, thank you for your help."

Beau shrugged, "Just don't do anything to the girl, she's a good kid--needs to watch the temper though."[/i]

[Kameko]

Cody's ears perked up at the sound of Stryker's voice.

'Looks like he either dodged the lunch avalanche or already got cleaned up. Shame.'

At his last statement she glanced down at her hands, thinking of the claws hidden in them. She thought of her improved hearing, her improved speed and agility. She sighed.

"What would you think if I said I was having second thoughts?"

She frowned and shook her head, and pointed 'through' the machine next to her.

"Anyways.... I do believe I've found two of them."

[The Stryker]

"do you think that being a freak in the eyes of others and never being accepted in the real world fine?!"

stryker then shook that off and looked at the two that cody was pointing at

*sigh* "good work though...."

[Kameko]

"Thanks... I dunno... I've been walking around this mall with my mutation in plain view and nobody's exactly jumped me yet... not that that would be a good idea -- I'd rip them to shreds -- but still..."

[The Stryker]

Stryker stopped suddenly and fell to the floor

"crap....not now!"

Stryker then got up slowly...his pupils a straight burning red

((he's possessed by shredder's spirit and in turn his stats are the same as shredder when he is possessed))

".....leonardo....."