"WHAT!" The Shredder shouted. "YOU DEFIED MY ORDERS KARAI? You do know the consequences for defying my orders to not engage with the Turtles until I came back from Japan, Karai." Karai smiled a bit. "Yes Father, but there is a reward that comes with the defiance, Father." "And what is it?" The Shredder asked her. "Stockman has created a retro-mutagen that will prevent the turtles from being our enemy again." "Interesting." Shredder stated. "Were there any problems?" "The fourth turtle, Michelangelo, managed to escape without being sprayed with the retro-mutagen." "Then how is that considered a victory when my enemies are not completely destroyed?" "Father, though the plan did not work completely, the other turtles cannot help him, now that they have reverted back into regular turtles. The fourth turtle will be weak without the others, so he will not be considered a major threat to us." "Hmm." The Shredder thought about it for a moment. "The plan may not be completely successful, but this will prevent the turtles from getting in the way of my plans. Still, DO NOT defy me again Karai, you know the consequences of defiance." "Yes Father." She respectfully agreed. The Shredder ended the call.
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"How could this have happened?" Master Splinter asked worriedly. Mikey rushed from the Shellraiser as soon as the Shellraiser reached the lair, together with the bag of belongings and the 3 regular turtles. When Master Splinter asked him why his brothers had not returned home with him, Mikey quickly filled him in on the retro-mutagen incident, from top to bottom. "I don't know Sensei. Could they have some sort of plan?" "Perhaps, Michelangelo." Master Splinter reached for his 3 other sons. "I have to warn you Michelangelo, whatever you do, be careful. Your brothers cannot help you anymore, so dealing with the Shredder and his minions will be more difficult." "Hai Sensei." Mikey obediently agreed. "Master Splinter, since they were covered with retro-mutagen, maybe they can mutate back when they are covered with mutagen again!" "That might be the case, Michelangelo." Master Splinter said. "However, without Donatello's expertise, we cannot be certain, but remember this Michelangelo, you will find the answer to the situation at hand when the time is ripe." "Hai Sensei." Mikey agreed. "Now Michelangelo, it is time for bed. Tomorrow we will start training first thing in the morning." "Hai Sensei, good night." "Good night Michelangelo." After Mikey left, Master Splinter turned to the 3 other turtles. "I don't know whether you can understand or even hear me my sons, but we will find a way to deal with the situation at hand." He put the 3 turtles in a fish bowl that he once found in the sewers. "Good night, my sons." The 3 turtles starred at him obediently and started to fidget about, as if they are answering Master Splinter. Smiling, Master Splinter went into his room.
In the next morning, Mikey woke up to prepare breakfast. He took the 3 other turtles out into the kitchen. "I don't know what to feed you now that you are regular turtles now." Mikey said. "Ok, what did Raph feed Spike with? Leaves, of course! Why didn't I think of that?" He immediately found a lettuce from the fridge, wash it and feed the leaves to the 3 other turtles. "Look dudes, I know you guys may want pizza, but you can't eat that anymore. So why don't you enjoy this?" The 3 other turtles looked at Mikey for a moment before chewing on the leaves that each turtle gets. "Good! Now I gotta prepare my own!" Mikey smiled happily before searching the fridge and cardboards for ingredients. He soon made his and Master Splinter's and sat down to eat.
Soon after, he went into the dojo and carried the 3 other turtles into the dojo for training.
"Michelangelo, from now on, your training will intensify. As you will have to face Shredder's minions or even the Shredder himself alone, you will have to be prepared and focused on the battlefield. Are you ready Michelangelo?" "Hai Sensei!" "Alright then. Hajime!"
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