One night in the sewers of New York, four turtles were gathered around the TV watching their favorite show, "Space Heros".

"Alright I'm bored." Raphael said, crossing his arms.

"Oh come on Raph, how can you get bored watching Space Heros?" Miley asked, clearly offended by his older brother's words.

Raph rolled his eyes and gave out a small sigh. "Whatever, I'm gonna go see if I can bust some heads if you know what I mean." Raph grabbed his sais and t-phone then headed for the entrance. "I'll call y'all if I see anything serious."

"Be careful." Leo waved.

(On the rooftops)

"Man there's nothing, absolutely..." Raph stopped his sentence short feeling a sharp pain in his head. "What the shell?" Raph looked over to the next rooftop and saw a giant lizard with pitch black skin. It had sharp teeth and claws with glowing green eyes. The lizard creature was staring right at Raph. Then, in a blink of an eye, it was gone. "What tha... OMF!" Raph was knocked off his feet, the lizard right behind him.

"You have something I want." It hissed at Raph. 'It can TALK?!' Raph shouted in his mind. "I am Shadow, and I have been searching years for what you have. And I will not stop until I get what I want!" Shadow lunged at Raphael. Raph ducked out of the way then tried to use his sais to stab Shadow.

Shadow grabbed both of Raph's hands with one hand, and tossed his sais over to the next building with the other. "Why don't you use your ability?" He questioned Raph. "Maybe you need help activating it."

With that said, Shadow gave out a loud screech in Raph's ear, making his headache intensify. Raph screamed in pain. Suddenly more pain, pain he'd never felt before, filled his body. Raph could a handle it.

Shadow stopped screeching and released the now unconscious turtle. "Maybe I'll let you live for now. It might be fun." Shadow gave a cruel laugh then disappeared, leaving Raph on the roof.

(with the others)

"Guys, I think something's wrong." Leo said, looking at his t-phone. "I called Raph four times and he still hasn't responded. He's been gone for over three hours!"

"Maybe his t-phone died?" Donnie guessed. "Never mind, he charged it before he left."

"Go Leonardo, I too sense something is wrong." Splinter said, concern in his voice. "Return home safely and swiftly my sons."

(on the rooftops)

"Guys, Raph should be up ahead, in tracking his t-phone." Donnie shouted, running behind Leo. All of a sudden Leo stopped dead in his tracks, causing Donnie and Mikey to bump into the back of his shell. Leo bent down and picked up two very familiar sais. "Oh no." Donnie whispered.

"Guys look!" Mikey shouted, pointing to the next roof. They all ran to where Mikey was pointing and gasped. There on the roof was Raph asleep, only, he didn't look like himself. The Raph they were looking at had a white bandana and seven different colored crystals lined up across his belt. All the crystals were small except the one in the center, which was bigger and wider.

Leonardo bent down and shook Raph's shoulder. "Raph," he whispered, "Raph wake up please." Raph gave out a slight groan but didn't open his eyes.

"Look at these bruises on his wrists." Donnie stated,"it looks like someone or something was squeezing him... Maybe trying to hold him down." Donnie looked at Mikey and Leo with worry.

"Dudes, I'm freaking out!" Mikey shrieked in panic."What the shell is going on?!"

"Mikey calm down, we need to take Raph home and find out what happened." Leo stated calmly, carefully grabbing Raph's upper body."Donnie, come help me carry Raph."

"Sure thing Leo." Donatello replied, grabbing Raph's lower half."Come on Mikey."