I watched the TMNT 2012 episode: "Vengeance is Mine" recently and I had an idea, so I turned that idea into a story!

Note: if you find that the dialogue does not correspond with the actual episode, don't worry. I meant to do that. In some places it corresponds, in others, it doesn't.

Disclaimer: I do not own Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012, or any other version for that matter... But I would absolutely love to!

"So, we all good with the plan?" Leo asked his brothers after a thorough explanation of the mission to rescue Karai. "I'm on board for the whole 'rescue Karai' thing, but if were going through the trouble of invading Shredder's lair, we gotta take him down once and for all!" Raph argued. Leo sighed. "That's too risky, Raph. I told you, we get Karai and get out. That's the mission. Any more questions?" "Uh, yeah! Why do I have to be bait when Donnie lazes around in the ShellRaiser?!" Mikey complained. "Well, someone's gotta be the getaway driver, and I'm not lazing around!" Donnie shot back. "Look, everyone is important here!" Leo said, trying to stop his brothers from fighting.

"Disagreement about the mission is never a good way to begin" Master Splinter said, startling the four turtles. "Leonardo, may I speak with you?" It was more of an order than a question, so Leo silently obeyed and followed his sensei. Once they were alone, Splinter said,"I know you are anxious to free Karai, but a plan that leads to confrontation with the Shredder is doomed to failure." "Even if we have to face Shredder, isn't it worth it to rescue your own daughter?" Leo asked. "I'm not willing to risk your lives, or my daughter's!" Splinter said, then he walked away as Leo said, "Hai, sensei."

Once Leo got back, Mikey asked, "So... is that a no–go on operation 'Rescue Karai'?" "No, Splinter's wrong, we can't wait." Leo replied. "Then let's do this!" Raph said.

Later...

Donnie was in the ShellRaiser giving his brothers cover from a distance, Mikey was distracting Rahzar and Fishface, and Leo and Raph snuck in from the sewers.

The lights in Shredder's lair went out. Rahzar and Fishface saw shadows on the roof cast by the moon's glow, and they rushed up as fast as they could to see who was there. All they could see though, were more shadows. Rahzar went one way and Fishface went in another, following the shadows. Pretty soon, though, they crashed into each other and realized that the whole thing was a trick as soon as they saw Mikey. "It's the little one, probably meant as a distraction." Fishface said. "The real battle is down there" Rahzar said, pointing to the inside of the building. "Come on! I was just starting to have fun!" Mikey complained. "We'll get you later!" Fishface said as he ran to get inside the building.

Meanwhile, with Leo and Raph...

Leo and Raph had freed Karai, and were heading out until Karai asked them, "How did you get past Tiger Claw?" "They didn't." A voice said. Tiger Claw. In both Leo and Raph's head there was only one thought: this was not good.

Donnie, having hacked into the security cameras, saw that Tiger Claw was about to attack Leo and Raph, so he decided to try the dog whistle. "Let's hope this dog whistle works on cats!" Donnie said before he hit the button. A very high pitched whistle rang out in the tunnel, but for some reason, it didn't have any effect on Tiger Claw, except that it made him angrier.

He attacked Raph, Leo, and Karai at full speed. Raph dodged a lot of Tiger Claw's attempts to hit him, and tried many times to land a blow with his sais, but it was no use, as Tiger Claw was much better than even Raph. Leo didn't dodge much, but instead blocked Tiger Claw's hits using his katanas. Karai had found a sword earlier and decided to use it to help attack Tiger Claw. She jumped from in between Raph and Leo, sword drawn. Tiger Claw caught the blade in between his paws, bent it in half, and threw it to the side. Then he grabbed Karai and shook her like a rag doll, then he threw her back into the prison. Tiger Claw hit Raph a few times, even scratched his leg, but Raph kept going. When Tiger Claw landed a good blow to Raph's head, Raph was thrown towards a wall where he crashed into it, then his world went black.

Leo, seeing that his brother was down, was furious, and he knew just who to take it out on. Leo and Tiger Claw battled for a good seven minutes before Tiger Claw hit Leo in the side of his head with the back of one of his own katanas, and Leo was also out.

Donnie watched from the ShellRaiser in horror, and decided that it was up to him to do something about this. Donnie jumped out of the ShellRaiser, grabbed his bo staff, and went into the sewers to get to Leo and Raph.

Mikey was casting shadow puppets and comparing them to see which one was the scariest. When Mikey saw Donny run out of the ShellRaiser, he wondered what could be going on. As soon as Donnie was out of sight, Mikey hopped down and ran into the ShellRaiser.

When Mikey was in the ShellRaiser, he looked around for anything out of the ordinary. The monitors of Donnie's computers were on, and they showed something truly scary. Leo and Raph, Mikey's brothers, were being dragged by Tiger Claw to the main room if the lair. Mikey was about to leave to help when he saw Donnie come into the scene. Mikey watched, terrified, as his older brother was beat up by Tiger Claw and was added to the pile of turtles he was dragging to the main room.

So, what will Mikey do? Find out in chapter 2, ( wow that rhymes ) up in one and a half weeks!

~Cap'nJS