And here we go. Dear Nickeloden, how to introduce Mona and Venus. Your Weclome, Super- Ginger.

Now I know, this is opening to Season 3. WTF, the 'magic night' was at the start of Season 2. You mean to tell me that the guys didn't notice for a year?

No, they didn't. And that will be explained later on.


"Aww man, I'm never gonna hear the end of this." Michelangelo said to himself. He was returning from visiting Leather Head and got turned around in the tunnels. "Was it left, left right, or left, right, left?"

"Hello?"

Mickey looked around. There wasn't anyone around him.

"Hellllo?" The voice called again. "Is someone there?" The voice was feminine and coming from down the tunnel.

Mickey ducked into a tunnel and looked down the main tunnel he was just on. Down the tunnel a figure stood in the sunlight from the drain ditch. She looked just as confused as he did. She turned her head down each side that the tunnel was and looking for the owner of the voice. With a shrug, she sat back down in the sunlight with her back to him. The way she was sitting looked like she was meditating.

Mickey ran closer but ducked into a closer tunnel. He peeked out to look again. She was wearing a dark hoodie with the hood around her shoulders. Her brown hair was pulled back in a pony tail. It was slightly poufy in the tail.

Mickey ran again and ducked into the next tunnel. The girl turned her head towards him as if she heard him. "Okay, you're really starting to freak me out. Can you just, ya know, join me in the light?" Mickey clung to the wall, watching her closely. Her brows were creased as she tried to hear him again. "Please?"

"Monica" a second voice called out. It was further down the tunnel. "Who are you talking to?" Another girl.

Monica put her hand over her heart. "Oh, it was just you. "

"Sorry." The second voice said with a smile. "Are you feeling warmer?"

Monica nodded her head. "Yep. I can see why you used to do this all day." She gave a small chuckle.

The second voice gave a small laugh of their own as they stepped closer to the girl. "I'm sorry, but this was all I could find." The second voice stepped into the light and passed the sitting girl a plastic bag. The second girl was wearing a black hoodie with the hood covering her face. She had kacki cargo pants that look a few sizes too large.

Monica took it greedily and opened it. "Aww, beef lo mein. You remembered."

"Consider yourself lucky. Apparently, that Chinese restaurant is selling what they're making. They barely threw anything away this week." The second sat down in the light of the rain trap.

Monica made a sound like she was eating. "Hey Shelly," Monica asked quietly, "how long do we have to live down here?"

The hooded girl leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees. "I don't know." She said exhausted but was laced with worry.

Monica ate a little more. "Can I see my family tonight?" Shelly turned her head but kept her face at the ground. "I know how you feel about this, but I just want to see them. We can go at night, when it's safer." Mickey had a scared look. Monica's a prisoner. The poor girl. After a moment, the hooded girl nodded. Wow, worst kidnapper like ever. Well, hind sight, guess it's a good thing. Monica scooped up some food and ate something. "After that we could-"

"Eat your food. You need to replenish what you lost." Monica gave a sarcastic salute to Shelly. "The next six months will be to prepare for the six months after that when we have to go back into bromine. You need to eat."

Monica gave an exhausted sigh but put something else into her mouth. Mickey took the opportunity to move to get a closer look. He ducked into another tunnel to get a better look at the two girls.

"Did you eat?"

The hooded girl shrugged. "Some apple cores that were in the trash, but it's fine. I still have some reserves."

Mickey placed his shell against the wall and bit his finger nails. What did she mean 'reserves' like fuel reserves? Like a robot? Like a Kraaang bot? Like a Foot bot? Mickey poked his head out of the tunnel to 'keep reconnaissance.'

"I'm sorry I couldn't get you anymore."

Monica shrugged. "Don't worry. This is more than what we've had in a while."

The second sat up and removed her hood and dropped the zipper on her jacket. "They started to notice. I had to get out." Shelly lifted her head towards the sun allowing Mickey a closer look. She had a red band from the outside of her eyes and down to the base of her neck. Her skin was a dark green. Wait, what? Shelly was bald. The female adjusted her jacket to reveal the lip of her shell that came up behind her head.

"You're a turtle?" Mickey shouted, more confused than anything.

Monica turned and smiled. "Ha! I knew someone was there."

The second girl instantly grabbed Monica's hand and tried to pull her to the darkness of the tunnel.

"No, it's cool." Mickey tried to explain as he walked into the light of the street drain. "I'm a turtle too, see." He turned so they could see his shell. He turned around and held his arms wide to show he wasn't a threat.

Monica poked her head out of the darkness to get a closer look. "OMG! Look, he really is." Monica smiled at the discovery and revealing that she also had green skin but it was a lighter green than his own.

"See, just a couple of mutated turtles here."

"Yea that's great. We need to go. Now." The second girl said from the tunnel and making the urgency obvious.

"Nah, it's cool." Mickey tried to relax her. "My name's Michelangelo. Or Mickey. What's yours?"

Monica stepped out of the dark tunnel and took a step towards him. Her hoodie was a dark blue and her jean shorts displayed her legs to end with regular human feet. "My names Monica." She pointed at her chest which showed him she had human hands. "And that's Shelly." She pointed to the darkness where her companion was. "I didn't know there were more like us."

"Neither did we!" Mickey said excitedly.

"What?" Shelly asked from the darkness. Fear present in the one word.

"No, we thought we were the only ones."

"Whose we?"

"Me and my brothers. This is amazing. How long have you guys been in the sewers?"

"How many brothers?" Shelly accused with the same hint of fear.

"Well, there's me, Leo, Donnie and Raph. Man, they are gonna flip out when they see you."

Shelly took one step closer to the orange turtle but stayed in the shadows. "Tell you what, how about we keep this little secret between the three of us, and we go our separate ways. And you never ever tell anyone you saw us. How about that?"

Monica waived her hand as if dismiss her. "Don't mind Shelly, she's just a little over protective. I'd love to meet your brothers."

"No, you don't." Shelly warned behind her.

"No, its cool. We're cool." Mickey took another step towards Monica. "I promise you, when you meet them, you'll love em."

"And that's my queue." Shelly took Monica's hand and pulled her away from the young turtle.

Monica tried to fight her off. "Shelly, he seems nice."

"Well, I'm not going to wait for that to change." Shelly dragged her further down the tunnel.

"Mickey?" another voiced called down the tunnels.

Michelangelo turned and put his hands to his mouth to amplify, "Yo, Leo. I'm down here. Come quick."

Monica smirked. "Is that your brother?"

Mickey jogged to catch up to the girls. "Yea, Leo's our leader. He's going to be so excited to meet you guys."

Shelly pulled Monica in front of her and leaned in close to whisper "he's going to introduce us to four male turtles who have never seen a female. During mating season." Monica gave her a look of confusion that held slight fear. "It's going to be a frenzy. We have to run." In that moment, Monica looked deeply into her blue eyes and saw the fear she had. "Run."

Shelly heard the heavy footsteps of at least two people. "Now." She yelled at Monica. Without thinking, she kicked Michelangelo in the plastron, knocking him back a few feet and ran to catch up with Monica.

Leo appeared as Michelangelo was picking himself up. "You alright? We got worried when you didn't make it back from Leatherhead's."

"Dudes!" He grabbed Leo by the shoulder. "I just saw two female turtles. Like, like us turtles."

Donnie shared a confused look with Leo. "I think the lights are playing a trick on you."

Mickey pointed at his plastron that had a foot print. "Even on my best day, I couldn't do this to myself." He released them and started down the tunnel they went. "Look, just, come on. I'll show you."


Leo watched as Mickey ran down the tunnel. "You might want to call Raph and let him know we found Mickey."

Raph was in a tunnel looking at his Tphone while trying to find a signal. "Donnie, your cutting in an out. Can't hear you."

After the fuzz he could hear "coming your way."

"huh?"

Movement to his right. He turned and saw two people running towards him. "Wait, come back!" Mickey yelled behind the two runners. With a smirk, he drew his sai, gave a spin and braced for impact. The runner in front wearing a hood saw him and only ducked their head as if to ram him. With a smile, Raph pulled back to hit. The lead runner slid under his strike, and kicked his hand that was aimed for him, knocking his sai out of his hand. The hood instantly rolled and started to run again but stopped to look behind.

Monica was held between the new turtle and the three running to catch up. He was stepping fiercely at her. Shelly removed her hood and gave a whistle to catch his attention. Raph fell for it and turned to attack but stopped.

He stood there stunned for a minute while Shelly stood her ground with a cold look. "…you're a turtle." His dumbfounded look continued, allowing Monica to get past him. When she did, the two were gone. The boys caught up to Raph. "That was a turtle." He said pointing at the way they went.

"Yea, we know." Leo yelled back.


Shelly came to a stop when the tunnel divided into two directions. "Which way." Monica breathed heavily.

"Depends, do you want to die quickly or slowly?" Without giving time for Monica time to respond, Shelly took her hand and headed to the left. The opening at the end should be big enough for Monica. But with her sell, Shelly couldn't fit. When they reached the dead end, Shelly dropped and tried to lift the metal bars. "Fucking city workers." She tried again but to no avail.

"Hurry, they're almost here."

"It. Wont"

"Stop." Leo yelled when they reached the same junction. Shelly heard him and tried to pry it off faster.

The boys were getting closer and her escape wasn't working. Shelly stood and put Monica in a corner with her shell between Monica and their weapons. "Stay behind me." Shelly warned.

They took a cautious step closer to the two females. "You have nowhere else to run."

Shelly knew it was true. She looked over her shoulder to the girl behind her. "I'm sorry." She whispered. Monica put her hand on Shelly's shell for comfort. Shelly hardened her gaze to the four male turtles who were slowly getting closer. "What do you want?" Her question was as demanding as her stance to protect the other.

"Honestly," Leo said "I just want to make sure you're real." Shelly stayed quite as he took a step closer to her. He showed her his hand to show that he didn't mean any harm. With one finger, he poked her in the shoulder. "This is amazing."

"Now you know. You can go now." Shelly said with an icy tone.

"You have to come with us. You have to meet our father." Shelly arched a skeptical brow. "I'm sure he'll take you in. Both of you."

"Thanks but-"

"Come on," Mickey said, "you're eating out of the garbage to survive."

"Eww." Raph commented with obvious disgust.

"Please." Leo tried again. "We have plenty of food and shelter for both of you."

"No."

"but-"

"Were either of you exposed to a black-blueish type substance recently?" Donnie asked. The girls shared a look before looking at the purple bandana wearing turtle. "I thought so. You'll have to excuse my brothers. We've been trying to recover as much of it as possible since it usually creates, well monsters. We've never seen a controlled mutation like yours before, with the exception of our own. You'll have to excuse us if we seem excited."

Shelly firmed her cold look. Monica put a hand on her arm to have her step out of the way. When Shelly didn't, Monica spoke from behind her. "What was that stuff?"

"It's called it mutagen. Normally, when an organic life form encounters it, the mutagen will mix with other DNA that is found on the life form. In our case, we were turtles that had human DNA on us. So when exposed, we became humanoid turtles. I assume the same thing happed to you two?"

Monica fought from behind the larger turtle and stood in front of Donatello. "Yes. We were coming back from the vet when both of us were splashed with the ooze. It was like three drops, and I didn't think anything of it."

Donnie tapped his chin in thought. "That would make sense. The less mutagen present must creates less mutation. Whereas more mutagen would create infitinate possibilities." Mickey reached a hand out to poke Monica but his hand was slapped away by the other female and given a stern look.

"Did you hear that?" she turned to Shelly but didn't give her time to respond. "Can you fix it?"

"No." Donnie said with regret. He saw Monica's instant depression. "But, I am working on a retro mutagen. I've made one before, but it takes a few months to make. Right now, no, but I will later on."

Monica instantly smiled and turned to Shelly. "I can go back to my family. We can go back to the way we were."

Shelly's hardened look met with the Dons. "What's the price?"

"uh, well-"

Leo stepped in front. "You have to come with us. One night. Then you'll be free to leave if you want." He gave his best charming smile.

Shelly took a look at the four turtles who were smiling at her and the red one who was still dumbfounded that there were other turtles in the world. With an internal growl, "fine."


Xx Lair xX

Master Splinter and Mitizui were sitting across from each other in the living room. Mitizuki poured Splinter a cup of tea. "It is quiet tonight." Splinter noticed.

"I believe the boys went to check on Leather Head then went on patrol." Mitizuki commented as she poured her own cup of tea.

Splinter lifted the cup to his lips and blew on it to cool it. "Where are the girls?"

"April had to study for midterms and I hope Kari is in her room studying her poisons manual." Mitizuki blew on her tea to cool.

Splinter gave an approving sound as they drank the tea together. Instantly, their eyes opened and tried to hide the pained expressions on their faces. They forced themselves to swallow the tea and sat it aside. "The tea master was out sick. His apprentice suggested this."

Mitizuki gave a cleansing breath. "Ah." They both met each other's eyes but only shared a smile at the folly.

Leo was the first to past the turn style and spotted the Masters. "Sensei Splinter! Sensei Mitizuki!" he called for them with excitement in his voice. Both turned to see him and his brothers enter the lair with two others. "We found them in the sewers. They're mutants like us. They're turtles."

Splinter gave an amused look to hide his surprise. "This is interesting news."

The three boys brought the two to stand before the Masters. They were both dressed in hoodies with the hood down. Monica on the left and Shelly on the right. The one with the red band from her eyes to her neck seemed more stand offish where as the one with hair seemed more eager to meet him.

Monica took a step towards them. "You must be Master Splinter. The boys have been talking all about you." She said with an earnest smile to the rat. "And you must be Master Mitizuki." Mitizuki gave a polite nod at the girl. "My name is Monica Winthrop. And this is Shelly." She pointed to the other turtle who gave a pained look at the sound of her name.

Splinter smirked. "Shelly?"

"I was three." Monica said as if it explained everything.

Splinter didn't argue. Instead he looked to his sons. "My Sons, we have guests. Please prepare them some food and some tea."

"Hi, Sensei." The four said in unison and turned to get everything.

"Two sugars, please" Monica called out to them then returned to Splinter with the same smile.

Splinter returned her innocent smile with one of his smirks. He opened his hand to indicate them to take a seat on the couch. "You must forgive my sons. They have been searching for the mutagen that created them. As well as everything that mutated from it."

Monica was the first to sit down on the couch where Shelly stood over them. Splinter took her defensive stance and decided to sit with the girl. "So, like, what is it? The mutagen stuff?"

"My son, Dontello, can give you a more accurate response. If I may, I see that you have the hump of a shell, but I do not see it under your jacket." Shelly instantly took a step closer to the other female turtle. "Judging from your friend-"

Monica looked down as if ashamed. "I um" she swallowed hard as if to fight the truth. "I don't have one." She admitted silently.

"Oh?" his tone was more understanding than inquisitive.

"But, um, I do have a – umm-" she unzipped her jacket past her stomach and tapped the hardened under shell. "what's this called again?"

"Plastron." Shelly remarked quickly.

Monica smiled. "One of those."

"May I?" Master Splinter asked holding out his hand for her jacket.

Monica looked at Shelly who had her three fingers curled tightly into a fist and a death look in her eyes. Monica stood slowly and removed her jacket. She turned for him to see her back. Her green skin was just barely covering the distended spine. Her ribs were on the verge of springing out.

Master Splinter handed her back her jacket as the boys were exiting the kitchen with a fresh tea kettle and plates of pizza. Shelly moved to help Monica put the jacket back on quickly, but not to enough brush against her back. Once placed on, Monica turned to her friend and zipped it up, wearing the same innocent smile as before.

"You should totally see Shelly's. It looks awesome." Monica suggested. Splinter gave a patient look at the other turtle. With an eye roll, she unzipped the hoodie, and pulled it off. She turned so Splinter could see. Donnie was standing behind her and looking at it. Her shell was black with yellow veins.

"Interesting." Donnie said, "After the mutation, you retained all of your camouflage." Shelly shot him an impatient look. "Judging from the red markings, may I assume you were a red eared slider?" Shelly turned fully to face him. She didn't respond but looked ahead. She noticed Monica giving her a cold look. Shelly rolled her eyes and address Donatello. "Yes, I was."

He just smiled revealing the gap in his teeth. "Pizza?" he offered the plate in his hand.

Shelly raised one of hers to refuse. "I already ate." She noticed Monica give another look. "But thank you." She finished with a fake smile for good measure.

Sensing the attitude, Donatello took a seat opposite the shelled turtle and ate the pizza.

Sensei looked at the same cold turtle then at Monica. "I take it Shelly was your pet turtle."

Shelly gave a pained look at the mention of her name but could hear the chortle from Leo and Raph at each mention. Monica had half a pizza slice in her mouth but nodded. "Yea. I've had her for 12 years. We got her when I was three from Lake Eerie. Family vacation."

Splinter nodded. "Can you tell me how you were mutated?"

Monica wiped her mouth of the grease. "Well, according to Donnie, we were, umm, exposed to the mutagen. But it wasn't a lot. A few drops each. And," she turned and looked at her partner, "Ta Da."

"What were you doing outside?"

"Well, umm, I noticed that Shelly" who flinched, "was being lethargic in her tank. She wouldn't eat, she wouldn't swim. So I took her to the vet. They did some test and found out that she had stomach cancer. Like, stage three." Monica's happy expression seemed to drop into severe depression. "My family doesn't really have a lot of money. So, I took her home. I wanted her to be comfortable in someplace familiar." She took a moment to collect her emotions and smiled. "But then, we got sprayed, and now, she seems fine."

Donnie held up one hand. "I could run some tests, if you'd like."

"That wasn't part of the deal." Shelly snapped.

"Aww" Raphael said, "I think some turtle needs to get poked." She instantly shot him a look of anger but then looked away to take a breath and relaxed.

Splinter nodded at the girl. "You are welcome to stay here if you like. If you need anything, please feel free to ask my sons. I am sure they will attend to your needs." He stood from the couch and gave a bow to the room as he retired to his room.

Mitizui gave a calm look at the two new turtles. But with a mothers smile, she gave them a gracious bow, and retired to her room as well.

Monica sat on the couch letting the air hang with excited silence. Her facial expression had awkward written all over it. She kept fidgeting and looking around the room. She saw a milk crate full of VHS's and squinted to read it better. "Is that Mecatron Mega Force?"

Shelly instantly threw her head back in disbelief as she took a seat on the couch and knew they were going to be there for a few hours.


A few hours after everyone had gone to bed, Shelly felt the urge she'd been fighting all day. She looked across the living room to see that Monica was asleep on the couch. The blanket the boys found for her was crumpled on the floor. As silently as she could, she gently placed the blanket over her back. The sharp pain of the weight of the blanket woke her up. Monica looked up to see Shelly standing over her. Shelly gave a soft smile that caused her to smile and drift off to sleep. Shelly swallowed back the urge until Monica's breathing returned back to a sleeping rhythm.

Shelly silently jumped the turn style and walked down the tracks until she couldn't hold it back anymore. With both hands planted on the wall, she heaved everything in her stomach. The few bits of apple core she was able to keep down came back up. Wave after wave of dry heaves left her weak and helpless.

She sat down next to her puddle of vomit with her shell resting on the wall and gathered her breath. What felt like hours of waiting for her strength to return, she stood, using the wall for support. Part of her half expected to see one of the boys standing in the entry to the lair. Thankfully, only half of her was disappointed when it was clear. She walked back using the wall for support.

She gently went back to the couch and fell asleep again.