Mᴜᴛᴀɴᴛ Aᴘᴏᴄᴀʟʏᴘsᴇ 6: Tʜᴇ Vᴀʟʟᴇʏ

26 || 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐏

Laura and Lance are already being taken care of by Bayard, Donnie, and a few guards in a private room inside Woodward. While things were being handled in the room, Duke arrived after hearing what happened to his wife and friend. "Hey!" He breathed out. "I just got here. Are you okay?" he clutched Vincent's arms.

Vincent nodded, giving him a very quick hug. "Yeah, but I just had a gun pointed at me and my prosthetic is damaged." She replied, bummed to see that two of the fingers on her robotic user are no longer functioning correctly. 

"What?! A gun was pointed at --" Duke freaked.

"Babe, it's okay! I had it handled. You can ask Donnie." She assured him, gesturing her head to their tall turtle friend.

Duke sighed in relief, happy to hear his beloved wife wasn't injured. As he kept Vv close to him, he overheard a conversation taking place between the Booth Woman. Her name is Janette. "I...I..." The woman stuttered, nervous about speaking her part to Donnie and Bayard. "They just demanded more supplies for themselves."

"Has there been anyone else doing that?" Asked Honey, who was standing against the wall of the hallway.

Janette shook her head. "No, just them. Honestly, I'm glad they're caught."

"Interesting," Donnie said. "Vv, what do you think?"

Vincent shrugged at her best friend's question. "We need to know what they were exchanging our supplies for. Maybe that will help us figure out who they are working with."

It was an apparent agreement. Janette will go into further questioning so the Raccoons can be dealt with. Laura and Lance are in handcuffs, restrained in chairs. Laura is the only one fully conscious; her partner is still passed out. "Let us go!" She growled at Donnie, Duke, Vv, Honey, and Bayard.

"Save your breath, Laura..." Says Vincent.

"You'll be hearing from our boss if you don't let us out of here!" She cried out to the interrogators with pure rage. Out of anger, Laura mentioned her boss, which only raised most eyebrows in the room.

"Boss?" Asked Duke, coming up beside Donnie. "I dunno, man. I'm not liking this. There could be other communities besides ours."

The mutant turtle remained calm. "There's nothing we can do right now. If we charge into a community not knowing anything, it could be disastrous." Said Donnie, watching Bayard get the conversation started with Laura.

"Who do you work for? It's a simple answer, right?" Bay asked Laura, waiting for her to open up. All he got was a silent coon, refusing to answer. Whoever she is working for, she is loyal enough to keep quiet, but she wasn't quiet enough a couple of minutes ago. As she sat in the chair, her tail barely twitched, but her ears and nose did. She is nervous and she is doing her absolute best to hide it.

Donatello heard the silence from Laura and looks at Vincent on his right side. "Being nice won't get us anywhere."

Then, Vv had a suggestion that might get this entire thing going. "Maybe you should go in there. Play the 'bad cop' routine. I've seen you be ruthless when you want to be."

It was probably the best idea they had at the moment. If someone this aggressive doesn't cooperate, then it must be done. Bad cop is coming into play... Don walks into the room and tapped on the Woodward leader. "Excuse me for interrupting Bay, but...I think I should handle this. He said, taking a knife out from his thigh pocket holster. Vv and Duke peek into the room, eager to see what their friend is planning to whip up.

Whoever was watching this interrogation, they were curious to see what Donatello will do. Will he remove Laura's claws? Pop off her kneecap? Use Lance against her? There were so many thrilling options here. Bayard stepped back and was at the doorway, watching with Vv, Duke, Honey, and Woodward guards.