Here we are, on the last word of this challenge. This has been fun. Today is also my last day of freedom before school starts. Dang it. But, you didn't come here to hear me complain about my life, so, without further ado, Zipper.

Zipper- "a large illuminated display of news bulletins or advertisements that rapidly and continously flash by on an upper part of a building."

Leo looked up through the manhole, at the bright zippers, ads, and various lights of Times Square, ducking as a car raced over his head. How they ended up trapped under this place, of all places, he had no idea. The universe obviously just hated them. He looked behind him, to see his brothers huddled up in the tight space, scared. Well, he was sure they were scared. The only one who really showed it was Mikey. Raph had his usual tough-guy face on, and Donnie looked like he was trying to think of a way to get out of this situation.

"You can run, but you can't hide, turtles!" boomed a voice from deeper in the sewer. Actually, thought Leo, to be honest we really can't run or hide right now. He looked back at the wall of rubble that blocked off the other way of escape. When they had run into this tunnel, in hopes of getting away from the Shredder, he thought it lucky that it collapsed behind them. It would take even the Shredder a long time to dig through all of the rocks and pipes, and in the meantime, they could just escape through the manhole. Except for the fact that the manhole lead to one of the biggest, brightest, and busiest places in all New York, if not the whole United States. Even the best ninja couldn't escape to a place like that unnoticed. Especially if that ninja happened to be a mutant turtle. So it was: stay here and face their arch-enemy in a tiny crowded sewer tunnel, or escape but reveal themselves to thousands, maybe even millions?, of people. Yup, the universe hated them.

"Um, guys." Leo finally said, "We have a problem."

"Oh, and what would that problem be, besides the fact that a blade-covered nut case is chasing us through the sewers, and he really wants to kill us?" asked Raph, hiding his fear under sarcasm.

"Well, remember how I said that we could just escape through a manhole?" Everyone nodded. "Well, that plan probably won't work".

"And why not, fearless?"

"Um, well, you should probably just come up here and look yourself". Raph pushed Leo aside, and looked up through the manhole himself.

"Aw, crud. Is that what I think it is?"

"If what you're thinking is Times Square, then yes".

"Wait!" interjected Donnie, "Times Square? As in, Times Square, Times Square?"

Leo nodded, "Yup".

"Aw, crud" said Donnie.

"That's what I said. So, what's the plan now, chief?"

"I'm thinking." Suddenly, the mound of rubble behind them shook.

"I will get you, turtles! You can't hide in there forever."

"Meep!" yelled Mikey, as he backed away from the mound and towards his brothers. "Bros, I think our problem just got worse."

Leo looked up at the manhole in frustration. "What we need is a blackout. Then we should be able to get out unnoticed." There was a horrible sound of scraping metal as a claw burst through the rubble.

"Leo, I don't think we have time to wait for a miracle!" Everyone got their weapons out and ready, as a second claw burst through.

"You know, being a scientific experiment isn't sounding so bad right about now!" cried Mikey.

"Shut up, Mikey!" yelled the older brothers. The Shredder burst through the wall of debris,and laughed an evil laugh at the trapped turtles.

"Fools! You should have escaped when you had the chance. Now none of you will be leaving this place alive!" The Shredder swung his claws at Mikey, and he dodged, causing Shredder's claws to get stuck in a gray box on the wall. The box sparked, and nearly electrocuted Shredder, but he pulled his arm away right as the electricity started to spark towards him. "You can't run forever!" Leo looked up to the heavens, getting what he thought might be his last glimpse of sky, and was surprised when none of the brightness of city shone down into the tunnel. He looked to the sparking gray box, and put two and two together.

Thank you, the universe. He thought, And thank you, Shredder. "Guys! Come on, up the ladder!" His brothers looked over from where they were blocking the Shredder's attacks. "Leo, are you crazy? Did you forget what's up there?" yelled Raph as he dodged a kick from the Shredder.

"That doesn't matter now, just trust me! Come on!" With that, Leo quickly climbed up the ladder into the now dark city. Raph grumbled, but followed Leo. The rest of the turtles followed suit. When they got up, their eyes had to adjust to the darkness, but as soon as they did, they quickly ran across the road, hiding in the shadows until they got to the nearest building and climbed it. They took off across the roof tops, going back towards home. "What just happened?" asked Mikey as they stopped for a break. "Why'd everything just go dark like that?"

"Well, when the Shredder swung at you, he hit some sort of electrical box" explained Leo, "He must have somehow knocked out the power. That, or we were just really lucky."

"If only he would've kept his arm there a little longer. Then we wouldn't have had to worry about the Shredder anymore" said Raph darkly. Leo looked to his immediate younger brother "We may have run away this time, but there's always another fight. One of these days, we will defeat the Shredder, but that day just wasn't today."

"Gosh, Leo, that was beautiful. Write it yourself, did you, or did you just steal it from Captain Ryan?"

Leo's face immediately turned red, "No! I just thought of it."

"Well it was cheesy."

"What!? It was not!" Leo turned to Mikey and Donnie, who were staring at the two, amused. "Guys, was that cheesy?" The two youngest just chuckled, then took off running across the rooftops. "Hey!" yelled Leo, running after them, "Come back here!" Raph stayed behind, laughing, then ran to catch up with his brothers.

I've never been to New York in my life, so if stuff doesn't make any sense, don't yell at me, New Yorkers. The Shredder had to show up at some point, right? And Radiant doesn't really count, since the turtles weren't in it, and he didn't fight. I wondered about this question awhile back. What if the turtles were trapped between the Shredder, and exposing themselves to the world? So I wrote it. So, that's the end of this challenge. Bye everyone! R&R