"Get your head in the game, River! Whatcha messin? around wid da phone for??" Ice shouted at his ally as he rappelled down a building wall, securing the last of the oozesquitoes.
"I'm texting Rosa to ask if she's okay!" the operative in yellow answered, pocketing his cel.
She was panicking, panicking really badly. Her hands trembled as she answered her phone, and messaged the yellow ninja. "Riverrrr,,, I think I got mutated...." she began to cry because she was alone. "I'm not sure what to do..."
SHIT. River stared in shock at Rosa's text glowing in his screen.
Ice landed beside him at the building roof deck, "Oozesquitoes secured. Zero casualties."
The black haired ninja showed his phone to the white haired hacker, "Not zero," then pressed call, "Rosa! Where are you?"
She was hiding in a dark alley, sitting behind a dumpster. She jumped when River called. With shaking hands, she answered, "I'm near Middle Park... I think I got bit by one of those oozesquitos..." she began to sob a bit. "I'm hiding in the alley close to it... Find me please..."
Since River connected the speaker to their comms, Ice answered, "I'm triangulating her location. Visors on!"
The Japanese snapped on his visor past yellow dyed hair streaks, as both young men leaped off the roof edge to hurry towards Rosa, directions overlaid in their eyepieces.
She was sniffling and sobbing in terror, holding her phone close against her ear, not aware that River dropped the call. "Please hurry..."
They landed on the alley and River ran towards the figure in pink huddled near a dumpster. His heart sank when he saw her turtle form, "Fuck, it's my fault!"
Ice punched his shoulder as they ran together, "So if she's a bear mutant, it's mine?? It's Draxum's fault! Snap out of it."
She perked up a bit when she heard voices, and raised her head to see them running towards her. She began to sob anew as relief washed over her at the sight of her friend. "River...!" she stood up and ran towards him. "I'm here... I'm here..." she whimpered.
"Let's get to the lab," Ice told River, who scooped Rosa up in his arms and told her to "Hold on."
Nudging her hands to clasp behind his neck he held her with one arm, then shot the grapple gun with the other, Ice doing the same. They shot up and landed back in the rooftops and ran.
She held on tight and buried her face against the crook of his neck, fear of heights making her cling to him tightly. "Thank you," she whispered to him, relieved to not be alone anymore.
Entering Middle Park Zoo they landed on the roof deck of one of the buildings to enter down through the stairs. Once inside his lab, River set her down on the examination table, "We're hooking you up to the monitors, but before that, are you ok? I mean, are you hurt or anything?"
She shook her head. "I'm okay... Just a little... in shock," she looked up at him with a pout, "Sorry for causing you two trouble..."
