Hey! This is my first TMNT story so please go easy on me.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters below except for Rabbit eyes.

Shredder tapped his fingers rapidly as he waited for the new wannabe flunky to show up. He balanced his heel on the steps that led to his throne like chair. He was honestly so feed up with all of these mutants showing up, thinking that they can take on the turtles just because they are teenagers only to disappoint him. The cycle kept repeating and it was starting to tick him off. He could have sent Karai to finish them off, but they would be expecting that. Besides, he started to question her abilities after her failed mission with the O'Neil girl. It was downright embarrassing.

The large black doors in front of him opened. Two useless foot soldiers walked, dragging a tall man in a trench coat in with them. The first thing that Shredder noticed about him was that he wasn't shaking like a leaf like his other allies when they first met them. The creature's head was looking to the floor, but surely he would've heard stories about him from some scared soul. I mean, he was the Shredder. The confidence he had surprised the warrior. Interesting.

Shredder stood up from his throne as the soldiers pushed the mutant down on his knees. Beady black eyes met his. There was no fear in them; only pain and the fire of vengeance that had already burned out the humanity in him. The creature reminded him of himself. Uh, please don't tell me this is the Rat King I've heard so much about. It burned Shredder inside to know that some guy who popped up out of nowhere managed to control Homato Yoshi even if it was for less than a day.

"What is your name?"

"Rabbit eyes." Before the ninja could ask him to, the man stripped off trench coat and hat. In place of his skin was snow white fur. His whiskers twitched as he straightened out the black jacket he was wearing. Shredder couldn't help but notice that one of his hands was only half rabbit. The other half looked like human bones that had been broken and fused back together in an odd fashion. A purple orb with gray clouds floated inside a necklace that laid just above his heart. Rabbit eyes' hind legs remained still as Shredder examined him. He did not fear him and if he did, the man was doing a good job in hiding it, although he didn't see why the creature wasn't. Even for a human sized rabbit he was still smaller than him and his muscles were nonexistent.

"You obviously have nothing strength wise to help me, but since you are a mutant you must have some sort of power. Show it to me."

Rabbit eyes smirked, snickering as if a power warrior wasn't in front of him ready to strike. "Now why would I do that? It would ruin all the fun."

Shredder couldn't hide his shock. A mere rabbit was defying him? The man could and has torn men in half for statements like that. He grabbed the animal by the front of his jacket and stuck his swords in furry face.

"I hope you know who you are talking to you filthy pest." Shredder's heart was pounding against his ribs. He had to remind himself to not let his anger make him do something he'd regret.

"Of course I do. You're the almighty Shredder; master ninja and ruthless killer. Arch enemy of the teen turtles and their master. I must say, I'm a fan of your work." The rabbit was fanned himself with his deformed hand and gave Shredder a goofy smile.

"Then you know what I can do to a man."

"Well I am obviously not a man…. anymore. But when I was though, I believed actions spoke louder than words." Rabbit eyes slipped out of Shredder's grip. How'd that happened?

"Mr. Shredder I know you are a very busy man with trying to take over the city and everything, so I won't waste your time any further with my presence. However, I will return and I will have what you so desperately want." He leaned close to whisper into the warrior's ear. "A turtle to play with."

Shredder felt his control of the situation slipping away for the first time. He needed to get it together now! "Alright rabbit, I shall give you a chance, but I will need to make sure you will return."

The rabbit reached inside of his jacket pocket and handed Shredder a picture of a little girl, no more than 7 years old. Brunette hair was done up in pigtails while she hugged her 4ft tall teddy bear.

"That is a picture of my daughter Opal. On the back is her current location. If I don't return in 24 hours, you have my permission to kill her."

Across Town

"Focus Michelangelo. A great ninja must be able to concentrate on multiple things in his surroundings in order to keep the upper hand on his enemy." Splinter watched his son as he struggled to balance on wire five feet above the ground while his brothers shot arrows with plungers at him.

The youngest turtle flipped and jumped repeatedly to avoid the arrows that his brothers were shooting at him. He was breathing so hard that he thought that his lungs had collapsed. Plus the shifting of the wire wasn't helping his stomach. All Mikey wanted to do was eat some pizza, beat Raph's high score on Skullracer 4 and go to bed, but he couldn't. He had to finish his training and his brothers weren't making it easy on him. Especially Raph. He kept aiming at the blind spots at his feet and back.

"What's a matter Mike? Does da baby want his baba?"

"Shut up Raph." Sweat dripped off his reptilian skin. His legs felt like they were about to give out. He was so close to betting his last time, he could almost taste it. However, a hit from Leo sent Mikey flying to the floor, landing flat on his face. His head spun in circles, but Mikey could still make out Donnie and Raph laughing at him. The youngest turtle pushed himself on his elbow pad when he saw a hand in front of his face.

"Better luck next time, Mikey," the honorable leader said, helping him to his feet.

"You said that last time dude."

Leo lost his composure for a second and involuntarily scratched the back of his head. Raph rolled his eyes and pushed his older brother out of the way. "He's only saying that because he has to dip shell."

"No he's not! Right Leo?" Mikey's baby blues pierced holes in his heart. Tiny prickles of sweat collected on his brow and his eyes shifted from Donnie to Raph. Dang it, Mikey. Gotta come up with something fast.

"Uhhh…. Who wants pizza?"

Mikey, seeming to have forgotten about the previous conversation, bounded up and down on his toes with his hand raised over his head. The youngest ninja only stopped when Splinter hit his cane on the ground, sending deafening silence throughout the room. The ninjas got down in a straight line and kneeled before their sensei.

"You have done well today, my sons."

"Well…"

"One word out of you Raphael and I will have you cleaning every inch of this dojo, starting with Michelangelo's room."

The muscled turtle gulped and bit the inside of his lip. He however couldn't stop himself from glaring at his snickering brothers.

"Tonight's training is finished. You may go, but make sure you are well rested for tomorrow. I have something…. special planned."

All four brothers turned pale. Every time Master Splinter had something special planned, they were left sore for weeks. They didn't get a chance to ask him to elaborate before he was gone with a swish of his robe.

After a mind numbing amount of Space Heroes, which Leo approved of, the team went to bed completely exhausted. Each of them was out before they actually hit their pillows.

They were so tired that nobody heard the soft creek of footsteps up the stairs to their rooms.

Nobody saw the animal shaped shadow moving along the walls.

Nobody, not even Master Splinter, heard one door squeak as it was opened.

Instead, they all slept snuggly in their beds, dreaming sweet dreams, not knowing three turtles were going to wake up to a nightmare.

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