Mutated Earth. Year: 2017

"It was only a short while after the explosion, that I met Ch'rell, and my life completely changed" Leonardo said to his brothers and Mira, as he recounted the story of his past.

A lone mutant turtle walked through the desert, with a heavy limp. Barely anything was recognizable about him, when compared to the way he looked a few months ago. Instead of being a handsome creature, sporting a blue bandana and organized ninja weapons, he was nothing more than a mutated mess whose organs were all in horrific proportions. The sight of him caused most of the creatures in the desert to run away in fear. Thus, no one stopped to help him, and he was short of both food and water.

"Somebody, please help. Anybody." Leonardo said as he meekly looked into the sandy horizon, with a look of of exhaustion on his face.

The only thing that motivated Leonardo to move any further while death was on his doorstep, was the thought of his brothers still being alive. But that was about to change, for Leonardo would soon encounter someone who would change his life forever.

"What is that?" Kako Naso said to his Utrom gang as he ventured through the sandy desert, observing the weak turtle from a great distance.

All four of the evil Utroms stared at the distant Leonardo with much curiosity from the comfort of their android bodies, not yet recognizing who he was.

"Whatever it is, we sure could use some food right about now!" Duke Acurades said in response, staring at the mutant turtle with his mouth watering.

"Hold on. I think he might be the one." The leader of the group, Ch'rell said as he carefully observed the mutant turtle, inching closer towards him with each step. His fellow Utroms then carefully listened to him, as they all looked up to their leader.

It then hit Ch'rell that this one of the ninja turtles who recently killed his master, Kraang Prime. Although the mutant turtle was a mere shadow of himself, Ch'rell could make out the features just enough to remember the time when he witnessed him, alongside his brothers, kill Kraang Prime before his very eyes. Every instance of the Kraang leader getting stabbed in that moment filled Ch'rell with rage, but he was unable to take his revenge due to the bomb going off not soon after. That was until now, when he had the leader of the turtles at his mercy.

"Lets kill him!" Kako Naso psychotically squealed, as he took one opportunity to land a hard blow on the suffering turtle with his android fists, causing Leonardo to fall onto the sand, and groan in pain.

Duke Acurades followed suit, and even the cowardly Torrinan enjoyed his fair share of inflicting abuse, for Leonardo was completely powerless in this situation, desperately grasping for life as he was repeatedly kicked and beaten.

Ch'rell however, was one to use his mind rather than his jaws in such a situation. Standing and pondering, he was thinking about something that his fellow Utroms had not even begun to consider. Where his fellow Utroms were mindless, Ch'rell saw an opportunity.

"Stop!" Ch'rell calmly but firmly demanded of his group, immediately grabbing their attention.

"Yes Master. The final blow belongs to you." Duke Acurades with a evil smile on his face, as he was ready to witness the death of Kraang Prime's killer.

"Death is too good of a fate for the turtle who committed the greatest crime of them all." Ch'rell said as he looked upon the unconscious Leonardo intently. "I refuse to let Leonardo become a martyr and hero, like my master was. Instead, I will keep him alive, and bring upon him the greatest suffering of all. As the destined ruler of this planet, it was Kraang Prime's dying wish that I lead the world with an army of mindless slaves like he did. I shall begin what is rightfully ordained upon me, with this turtle being my first test subject."

"You know best, master." The three Utroms said as he bowed down in respect to Ch'rell.

The four Utroms then carried the unconscious Leonardo to a far away location, where he would eventually wake up to one of the most horrifying things that he would ever experience in his life.

"Where am I?" Leonardo said to himself as he slowly opened his eyes, observing his surroundings. He lay inside a dark cave, but found himself strapped to a table, unable to move even an inch.

Then, a bright life shone on his face, almost blinding the poor turtle.

"You better get comfortable, because you will be here for a long time." A voice from the shadows muttered, as Leonardo moved his eyes to the direction of the sound.

What he saw was the four Utroms, outside his Android body, smiling at him with malicious intent.

"Who are you freaks! What do you want from me!" Leonardo howled as he tried to break free but to no avail.

No one was going to hear Leonardo's cries from help from deep in the cave . No one, but the four Utroms who had enslaved him in the first place.

"You may not know me. But you know well what you have done to deserve this." Ch'rell said as he got inside of his android body, grabbing a number of tools to begin his series of experimentations.

After the howling stopped, Leonardo fell dead silent, for he could do nothing as the four Utroms approached him, ready to inflict untold suffering.

"The pain. It was like nothing I had ever experienced before. But the worst was yet to come. I sometimes wish I was done for right there, but Ch'rell kept me locked for years. He only kept me alive so I would lose my mind, and that I did. What I did as Maximus Kong, I still regret to this day." Leonardo said to his brothers and Mira, as they continued to make their way towards the Scale Tail Headquarters."

And with that, Leonardo continued to tell his story, for he was not finished yet.