Author's Note - Hope you enjoy the story :)
Also I don't own the picture used, but I just really love it :)
I don't own TMNT
"They got Karai" Leo says worried "We're too late... Raph, fire up the weapons!"
"No, it's too dangerous" Splinter warns "Follow close, but don't let them spot us."
"Whatever you require, I can create it" Baxter Stockman says to himself "More mutagen, a few chemicals, and some.."
"Stockman" Shredder interrupts.
"Aah! Oops" Baxter says knocking over a few chemicals into a bottle. "Um, that should be okay... Master Shredder."
"Is the mutagen ready?" Shredder questions.
"Prepared to your specifications" Baxter says "The DNA is ready" dropping the bottle into a giant tank of mutagen.
"No, you wouldn't!" Karai says horrified as Tiger claw put a piece of duck tape on her mouth.
"Make sure she is secure" Shredder says ignoring her. As Karai is locked into a cage and hoisted up over a huge tank of mutagen.
"You are more ruthless than I thought" Tiger Claw says shocked and a little impressed "mutating your own cub."
"I have no intention of mutating her" Shredder states "She is bait... When the turtles attempt to rescue her, I will drop them into the mutagen...This will mutate them into mindless serpents" smiling evilly "I want Splinter to witness his own pupils become one of the rat's deadliest predators... Then when his spirit is broken, I will shatter his body."
Tiger Claw sniffs the air and says "I smell the rat."
"Welcome, Hamato Yoshi " Shredder says smiling evilly.
"Let my daughter go" Splinter declares strongly.
"You are welcome to rescue her if you can" Shredder says still smiling evilly. The fight begins Shredder tries to stab Splinter with his metal claw. Splinter successfully dodges the attack, attempting to hit Shredder in the process. Shredder backs away before getting hit and starts smiling "Yes, fight me, rat!"
Meanwhile the turtles where fighting off Footbots when all of a sudden Raph Donnie and Mikey all fell backwards into traps.
Donnie yelps "Huh?"
"Gah!" Raph yelps.
Some Footbots finally were able to push Leo backwards into another trap. But Leo pushes one of his swords in between the cage and the lock, and is able to break free of the cage. Looking around seeing Splinter being tied up by Footbots and looking up at Karai he quickly decides to take action and get Karai down.
"Hang on, Karai" Leo says jumping up on top of the cage holding onto the chain that held the cage up. Crouching down to takes the piece of duck tape off of Karai's mouth.
"Thanks" Karai says greatful just as Leo cuts the cage open and cuts the cuffs off of Karai and grabbing her hand to pull her up on to the top of the cage. Leo looks at Karai sigh " having to be saved twice in one day" she says shaking her head "well I guess as long as its family it's okay." Karai looks at the ground not seeing the huge smile on Leo's face.
Raph, and Donnie all look up at Karai and Leo in shock. Hearing what Karai said Mikey smiles, Splinter smiling up at them, out of the corner of his eye sees Shredder getting ready to jump up towards them on the cage.
Splinter screamed "Leonardo!" Trying to warn them about the coming attack.
Leo hearing this looks at Splinter and then looks around noticing Shredder coming up behind Karai. Only having a split second to think Leo pulls Karai's arm so she lands in his arms.
Shredder now standing where Karai, was swung his steel claw attempting to hit Leo. However Leo ducked at the last second and the steel claw hits the chain that was holding up the cage. Shredder falls towards the left of the mutagen tank. Leo at the last second grabbed the chain and attempted to grab Karai's arm but was to late, Karai and the cage fell into the mutagen.
Karai screams / Splinter scream "Miwa!" / Shredder scream "Karai!" at the same time.
Everyone in the room had wide-eyes at the scene. Karai drags herself out of the mutagen tank and falls down the side. Splinter cuts the ropes with his sword, that was holding him back, runs and jumps up catching Karai.
"Miwa, my child" Splinter says stroking her cheek.
Karai blinks open her eyes "uuhhh what happened" Karai says groggy, rubbling her eyes, still in Splinters arms.
"You fell into mutagen" Raph says as Leo pops opens his cage, and then they both work on the others.
"Great what animal am I" Karai asks jumping out of Splinters arms and grabbing a mirror that was on Baxter Stockman's lab table. In the process knocking over an oil canaster towards a broken foot soldier, catching fire. Looking in the mirror she sees a pair of black cat ears with blonde tips, a black tail and long black hair. She is wearing her normal outfit but the sleeves on her shirt are gone, the shirt is cut so you can see her belly button and her pants are cut to be shorts, no shoes and she has silver bracelets on her arms and legs no doubt from her armor that mysteriously disappeared. "Ahahahahahah" Karai laughs "that was your evil plan... turning me into a sexy cat" Karai says still laughing.
"Baxter what happened to the snake DNA" Shredder asks furious.
"Yah! No, my lab!" Baxter screams at the sight of his lab in flames, not hearing Shredder at all.
"You, Hamato Yoshi" Shredder says pushing Baxter aside pointing a finger at Splinter "you did this!" getting ready to attack him again, however is cut short when the ceiling starts to give out and it falls in between Splinter and Shredder cutting off the fight "No!"
"Master Shredder, we must go" Tiger claws trying to reason with him, before the rest o the ceiling gives out.
"Leave me" Shredder yells looking at, Karai who was still standing looking in the mirror as if the fire wasn't even there.
"Splinter will suffer for what has happened today" Tiger Claw says "you have won."
"Won?" Shredder questions looking at Tiger Claw then back at Karai "I shall avenge you, my daughter." before leaving.
"Huh" Karai says finally looking up at the scene before her, "when did the fire start?"
Donnie says in a hurry "We gotta get out of here!"
"Not without Karai" Leo says towards Karai.
"Karai, you must listen to me" Splinter says walking closer to Karai but the wall gives out and cuts them off "MIWA" Splinter yells and start digging through the burning wall to get to Karai before, Raph grabs him and screams in pain burning his eyes on the ash in the air and finally pulls Splinter out of the building.
Karai looks up in time to see the ceiling falling around her. She jumps on the mutagen tank and then jumps and barely grabs the railing on the second floor, burning her hands in the process and runs out the nearest exit.
The turtles and Splinter on a near by roof top, all look down at the building in flames waiting to see if Karai got out, as the fire trucks and police come up to the scene.
"Ah" Raph cries as Donnie poured a bottle of water in Raph's eyes "enough! I can see fine now." Pushing the water away and going to look over the edge at the fire.
Leo looks up at Splinter, who was watching the scene not even blinking, waiting for the news if his only daughter had made it out.
"I'm sorry sensei, this is all my fault" Leo takes a deep breath "I should've stopped her when I had the chance." Leo looks down ashamed.
"It's not like you really could have" Karai interrupts as she climbs over the other side of the roof. "Ahh" Karai says blowing on her burned hands as everyone turns around to her.
Splinter was the first to move after a few seconds of shock, running up and hugs her.
Karai at first shocked returns the hug and says "i'm in huge trouble now aren't I"
"Yes, yes you are" Splinter says and the others move in and join in for a group hug.
Karai falls against Splinter.
"Miwa" Splinter asks holding her in his arms before laying her down on the floor of the roof.
"Is she ok" Mikey asks looking at Donnie take her pulse.
"I think her body is in shock of turning into a cat, that and she may have inhaled to much smoke" Donnie says worried ad in a hurry" we should get her to the lair stat."
At The Lair
Splinter picks Karai up bridal style from the Shellraiser and carries her into Donnies lab with the others following close behind. Splinter lays her on the table while Donnie grabs an oxygen mask and puts it on Karai. Donnie finishes wrapping her burned hands in gaws, then takes a bunch of blood samples from Karai and looks at the new mutated DNA in her blood.
"This is impossible" Donnies says.
"Whats impossible" Leo asks in a hurry.
Donnie looks up at all of them and says "Baxter Stinkman must have been working on his own retromutagen and I think some of it might have spilled into the DNA he used because she is part human and part cat." Donnie looks down at the DNA still in amazement.
"Is she gonna be ok" Mikey asks worried.
"I think so, she just needs to be kept on oxygen for a few hours and she should wake up soon" Donnie says confidently, "for now we should just let her rest, everybody out." As everyone left Donnie turned around noticing Splinter take a seat by her. Donnie sighed and went back to his desk, to look more closely at Karai's blood.
"Miwa" Splinter sighed grabbing hold of her hand "please, please be alright in the morning."
Author's Note- Alright thank you so much for reading this chapter
I hope you liked it :)