Baxter Stockman, a half man-half fly mutant, was flying around in a place only called nowhere and buzzing angrily as he searched for a way out though he seemed to be just flying around in circles as everything around was the same with nothing to show for it.
"I'll get back somehow!" he promised himself, buzzing furiously. "I'll get back and I'll have vengeance on that Shredder and those Turtles for what they've done to me! I swear it!"
Baxter had once been a human-being and also a scientist. Then he had joined the Shredder in his attempts to destroy the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and had been sent to Dimension X and after all of his many failed devices to eliminate the turtles the Dimension X leader Krang had decided to eliminate him. He had been placed into a vaporizing unit, however a fly had also gotten in it with him by accident and instead of being vaporized he had become cross-mutated with the fly. And ever since then he had wanted noting more than to have his revenge on those responsible for it, which he was sure the Shredder and also the Turtles.
Finally after all his searching he spotted a round circular swirling whirlpool in the atmosphere above him. This is it, he thought. May be my only chance. He flew at top speed toward the opening and flew through it. The next thing he knew he was back on Earth in New York City. He knew where he was as he could see all the tall buildings.
"Now to get back at those who turned me into a freak!" he declared. "Now I'll find those Turtles and they'll be sure to attract Shredder and I'll have revenge on the both of them if it's the last thing I ever do!"
He began his search flying just above the buildings and scanning the city with his huge red bulging eyes trying to find some trace of his sworn enemies.
Meanwhile in the Tecnodrome in Dimension X the Shredder and Krang were watching as Rocksteady and Bebop practice battling with each other.
Bebop jumped at Rocksteady and pushed him back hard. "Try that again, hog-breath!" he exclaimed as he run back and caught Bebop in a tight headlock.
The Shredder was really getting tired of watching these mutants fight like animals. "Alright! That is enough for today!" he exclaimed.
"Shredder," said Krang. "I am picking up something interesting on the monitor. You might like to see it."
The Shredder turned on the monitor of the surveillance camera in the Tecnodrome's super computer and he discovered to his astonishment, Baxter Stockman as he flew around New York City and terrorized the citizens.
"Well, would you like at that! Old Baxter is back in town!" he said. "I wonder what he's up to this time."
"He is probably out looking for the Turtles again so he can have his revenge," said Krang indifferently.
"But I want revenge on the Turtles!" exclaimed Shredder indignantly. "Hmm... He must want to find the Turtles to get to me next," the Shredder mused. "Well, we won't give him time to do that."
"Well, what are you going to do?" asked Krang sarcastically. "Convince Baxter we're his friends so he'll join our own demise of the Turtles?"
"Exactly!"declared Shredder smiling smugly behind his metal mask. "Make ready for our transportation! We've got ourselves a fly to catch!" he chuckled malevolently to himself.
"Oh! Some people never learn from their past and are doomed to repeat it!" Krang sighed with exasperated frustration.
Meanwhile in the Turtles underground lair the four ninja teens we're practicing their own combat amongst each other. They were watched by their wise sensei Master Splinter who was a mutant rat and was also once human.
"Alright, my turtles. That is enough for today," said Splinter. "You mustn't wear yourselves out. A battle can break out at any given time you must remember."
"We'll remember, Master Splinter," Leonardo assured him.
"Hey, look it's six o'clock!" exclaimed Raphael. "Time for the Happy Hour News with April O' Neil!"
"And with pizza!" exclaimed Michelangelo as he took out their warmed up pizzas form the microwave.
So the turtles and their master all sat on the couch with pizza on their laps and turned the television on to channel six. The image of April O' Neil the station's reporter and the turtles friend appeared on the screen.
"This is April O' Neil with Happy Hour News!" April announced. "Investigators strive to find out what is the cause of so many overturned dumpsters and garbage cans, as well as so many green houses being smashed in and candy stores being mysteriously robbed from. We do however have a few witnesses of the various crimes."
The scene shifted to a pale and disoriented looking older man wearing an apron who spoke into a microphone. "I was just sitting in the shop and minding my own business," the man said. "When suddenly I heard this loud buzzing noise and suddenly the glass door broke open and in flew this giant sized fly and he started smashing everything with his four arms and robbing me of my goods. I had heard of fly's in the sugar bowl but this was ridiculous!"
The scene then shifted back to April. "So who or what is this giant fly? Could it be a new wave of terrorist outfitting? Could it be..."
"It's Baxter Stockman!" the Turtles all exclaimed in unison.
"So that flying pest is back in town again!" said Michelangelo
"I wonder what he'll be up to this time," wondered Donatello.
"I just hope it isn't an army of all the flies in the world like last time," said Raphael.
"Well, whatever he'll be up to we know it must be because he wants revenge on us," said Leonardo.
"Why does he want revenge on us?" asked Michelangelo
"He believes we're responsible for the accident that happened that turned him into a fly mutant," Leonardo reminded them.
"But we're not!" exclaimed Michelangelo "It was all Shredder's fault. Shredder sent Baxter to Dimension X, we didn't!"
"I know, but try reasoning with a fly!" said Raphael sarcastically.
"You know," said Leonardo thoughtfully. "All Baxter Stockman really wants is to be human again."
"I can certainly emphasize with that," said Splinter reflectively.
"So," Leonardo continued. "Perhaps if we could turn him back into a human we could get him to join our side in defeating the Shredder."
Raphael gave a sarcastic laugh. "Even suppose we knew how to turn him back into a human, how could we get him to join our side when he's always been on Shredder's against us?"
"It's true he's been on Shredder's side for as long as we've known him," said Leonardo. "But do we know why he joined Shredder in the first place?"
"Um... No," the three turtles mumbled in unison.
"Well, maybe he thought he had no choice in joining Shredder," Leonardo continued reflectively. "After all, don't any of you remember how nervous he seemed around Shredder when he was still human?"
"Well, whether or not he joined Shredder of his own will I don't want to have anything to do with him after all he's tried to do to us!" declared Raphael. "He's evil, maybe not like Shredder is, but still evil."
"But didn't you ever think that maybe he is that way only because of what's happened to him?" asked Leonardo. "After all, you said that you can't reason with a fly but Baxter Stockman isn't really a fly, he's really a human inside."
"But Master Splinter was a human before he was a rat and we don't see him being a super-villain," countered Raphael.
"It is our choices, not our abilities, that define us," said Splinter.
"That's right," said Leonardo. "And I'm not even sure of this myself but there could still be a spark of human goodness deep inside of Baxter Stockman that is in a lot of pain now because of the accident that happened to him. After all, he never wanted to become a fly mutant in the first place."
The others all looked thoughtful for a few silent moments and then Splinter spoke up.
"There is something much stronger than hate and that is forgiveness. A single act of forgiveness might change the world for the better. And in this case I believe you are right, Leonardo my son."
"So," said Leonardo. "I propose we find Baxter Stockman and bring him here and turn him back into a human and then we may have hope of convincing him that Shredder is the one who is evil, not us or himself."
"But how can we turn him back into a human?" asked Raphael. "After all, the mutagen reversal gun was destroyed a long time ago."
"Well, Donatello," Leonardo turned to the turtle with the purple bands. "What do you propose?"
"Well, since he was cross mutated with a fly and now has the genes of both a fly and a man inside him I suppose I could find a way to debug him of his fly genes," said Donatello.
"Excellent!" said Leonardo. "So, Donny, you start to work on your new project while the rest of us go out and find that fly dude!"