Raphael paced the length of the cell for the umpteenth time that night, or day, or whatever time it was. His head hurt and his bones ached and his left arm was in pain. But he wasn't thinking about that. The only thing he could think about was getting out this stupid cell and doing some serious Krang busting.

 Now Raphael Hamato knew a lot of things. And despite what his brothers might have thought, he was actually smarter than they gave him credit for. He knew how to pick locks, and how crack key codes, and how to hotwire a vehicle. Too bad I don't know how to get out of here, he thought with annoyance, but maybe-He looked over at Mona Lisa, who was sitting against the side wall, apparently lost in thought. Then her chocolate colored eyes looked up at him, as though she had sensed his gaze on her. "You said you'd escaped from the Krang before. How?"

The brunette lizard patted the floor next to her in invitation. Raph walked over and plopped himself down beside her, leaning his carapace against the wall with his arms crossed over his plastron. Mona turned towards him, pausing to push some of the long, brown hair out of her face. "There's more than one way to escape a Krang detention center. The first time I escaped the Krang were transporting me to a new cell block. I outsmarted them and managed to stay hidden until I found a way out. And the second time, I used a pocket laser that I had reverse engineered from the Krang technology to cut into the wall and defused the lock."

"So basically, the only way out is if they take you out for some reason. Or you happen to be in possession of some high-tech gadgets that they haven't confiscated."

"Pretty much."

"Guess I might as well prepare to spend the rest of my life in here then."

"It wouldn't be all that bad." He gave her a look that basically said: Are you crazy? "You'd have me to keep you company." She said with a smirk. 

"Oh and that's supposed to be a good thing?" Raph replied with a teasing smile on his face, only to replace it with a grimace of pain when she punched him the arm for the comment. "Ow. That was my bad arm."

"You deserved it."

"Deserved it! I didn't do anything to deserve that!"

"Says you." She smiled at the put-out expression on his face and the cell was silent once again.

"We're a lot alike huh?" He murmured, breaking the silence. She canted her head at him with one eyebrow raised. "I mean-we both hate the Krang-no, that's not what I was trying to say, I just..." Raph looked everywhere in the room except at her rubbing the back of his neck with one hand, nervously as he slowly tried to get out what he wanted to say. In the end his voice faded away and he swallowed.

Mona watched him stuttering nervously with a look of amusement on her face. Where's all this coming from? He's really cute when he's nervous. Then again, he's pretty handsome anyway. Wait a minute-do I like him? She wondered, watching her cell-mate as he shifted nervously. Mona Lisa glanced at him as she thought it over. No. No, he's just a friend, that's all.

"I think you're pretty cool."

Seriously? She smiled and decided to tease him a little bit. "That's it? All that work jus for that?" Mona asked disbelievingly. She smiled as he nervously shifted his weight. "You give complements much?"

"Almost never." Raphael said in earnest.

She smiled at him. "It shows."

Silence ensued once again. If there was one thing Raphael hated most about captivity, it was the silence. "There must be some way we can get outta here." He muttered.

"Escaping is not something that the one called Raphael will be doing from this place." A robotic voice stated evenly. 

Both of the cells occupants jumped to their feet as four armed Krang guards entered the cell. 

Raph stepped protectively in front of Mona Lisa, which made her raise an eyebrow. She quickly pushed those thoughts aside and tuned back in to the situation at hand.  

"What do you want Krang?" Raph growled dangerously with his fists clenched and his muscles tense.

"The one called Raphael will come with Krang."

Bright green eyes narrowed. "Or what?"

More Krang guards arrived with plasma guns. "Krang will be force to take alternative action." When the turtle didn't budge the guard continued. "Krang, seize the one known as Raphael."

Raph pushed Mona off to the side as he successfully knocked down the first two Krang units, before two others grabbed his arms from behind, holding him back. More Krang grabbed him, forcing his arms behind his back into some kind of high-tech handcuffs.

"Leave him alone!" Mona Lisa yelled as she attempted to pull the Krang away from him. One of the Krang struck her, throwing her to the wall, where she fell to the ground.

"Mona Lisa!" Raphael cried out, he could feel the panic welling up inside of him when she fell to the ground, unmoving. "Let me go, you dumb aliens!" He struggled even more vigorously as they began dragging him away. "Mona!"