"Did you dust it off?" Donnie asks.
"No." You say. "I only opened the drawers and any of the files I took out went on the desk. Why?"
"The top of the cabinet is clean." Donnie says. Which means that it's been disturbed very recently."
You look at the cabinet versus the rest of the room. You see that Donnie is right as a thick dust layer covers everything but the cabinet.
"Y/N, look at this." Donnie says directing your attention to the floor.
"What am I looking at Donnie?" You ask.
"The gouges in the floor." Donnie says pointing to two large scratches on the floor. "It looks like this cabinet has been dragged out from underneath the desk recently as well."
"And how would you know that?" You ask.
"The dents aren't dusty and it looks new." Donnie says "Look at the scratches, They're rough not smooth like they would be if the action of dragging out the cabinet was a regular thing"
Between you and Donnie you manage to pull the cabinet out without much noise.
"Now what?" You ask. "Why do you think it's been dragged out so many times?"
"The only thing that I can think of is there's a hidden compartment in the back." Donnie says.
You set your backpack by the desk and crawl under. The underneath of the desk was large enough for you to fit but didn't leave much maneuvering space. You back out.
"Can I borrow you headlamp Don?" You ask.
Donnie hands the light to you and back under the desk you crawl.
"Nothing on the back of the cabinet." You say. "But there is a weird hole and pattern on the floor."
You phone buzzes. You pull it out to read. If you just said something I can't hear a word. You crawl back out.
"I can't hear you through the desk." Donnie says. "Whatever wood it's made of it's too thick to let much sound pass through."
"OK headset it is." You say hooking up your phone. "OK is my headset working?"
"Yep your voice is coming through almost static free." Donnie says "Still have a few bugs to work out."
You crawl back under the desk to inspect the pattern on the floor. There are five holes in a star sort of shape. You slowly put your fingers in each hole. You hear a soft click and the board raises a centimeter. Pulling off the cover, you reach inside and find several binders. You grab the top one and back out.
"What cha got there Y/N? " A voice asks.
"Oh hey Leo." You say brushing the hair out of your face. " There is a compartment in the floor under the desk and I found a few binders in it."
You hand the binder to Donnie.
"I believe that this is a log book." Donnie says after skimming the contents. "It has tons of names with amounts next to them. But I'm not sure what these guys are paying for."
"Hey has anyone seen Mikey?" Raph says walking into the room. "I haven't seen him in a bit."
"We'd better go find him." Leo says "Y/N, Donnie put all that back in place please. We'll come back to it as soon as we find Mikey."
It didn't take long for you and Donnie to place everything back in it's spot and join the search.
"Guys come quick!" Mikey yells from further down the hall.
You run into the room and stop short as you see Mikey with his ear pressed against the wall and nothing obviously dangerous near to him.
"What's the matter Mikey?" Leo says almost running into you as he enters the room.
"I'm good." Mikey says "But the walls are talking!"
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A New Home ( TMNT Leonardo love story)
FanfictionWho wouldn't fall in love with the turtles? What could Leo do but fall in love with you? A sweet, kind, funny, brave girl who looks at him as though he's a friend and not a mutant. This is your story. (This is the story version of my who would fall...
