me: hello readers! Things are starting to get mixed together. And by that I mean I've combined episodes from the 2012 series. See if you can see which ones!
April 27th… 2012… New York City… The Lair… 6:32pm…
Although it was New York City, that didn't mean there was always going to be something to do. Case in point, when the turtles went rooftop jumping/ patrol of the city last night, they found no alien activity or any sign of the mad scientist, Dr Stockman. They figured there were going to be quiet nights like that sometimes… well, as quiet as the city can get anyway…
Though, the city was going to get a little more exciting from now on, as Leo found out as he sat on the family's sofa and watching the Channel 6 News on the TV,
"Carlos Chang O'Brian Gambe here with a special news report: Violence on the streets is spiking to a worrying high, as a new gang calling themselves 'The Purple Dragons', have terrorized local businesses and destroyed buildings. Although the police say that these attacks are random violent acts, victims say otherwise. They say that the Purple Dragons burned down their businesses when they refused to assist them. On the same note about the Purple Dragons, around 4 of their members were rushed to a nearby hospital when a new vigilante beat them all nearly half to death. Residents are urged now to stay indoors, inside their homes to avoid the increasing violence."
When Leo was finished with the news, he went to see Master Splinter about this new vigilante, but when he asked, Leo was told to… "… not put any unnecessary weight on your shoulders, Leonardo. Unless if you are directly confronted with no other course of action, you must avoid any fight if you can help it."
10:34pm… Eastman Land Abandoned Warehouse…
This was it for Casey. The abandoned warehouse that he found was perfect for keeping himself safe as he slept, not only did it provide for him a solid roof over his head, but also no one who would inevitably see him would bat an eyelid at why he was there. To them, he would be just another homeless guy, roaming the streets of the city. At least by day. By night, he would gear up to beat down any Purple Dragon scum he would come across. As of right now he was only thinking of one thing: revenge. Revenge against the Purple Dragons for destroying his life and revenge against the man who murdered his father: Hun. The moment he thought of that hulking figure, he would snap and get angry in an instant. Just like last night and the night he first arrived at the warehouse. His rage would not subside unless he beat down a group or so of the Purple Dragons. And right now, was time again.
His choice of gear was the equipment that was left behind in his father's basement that he managed to save when he found it. He wore a hockey mask and his hooded jacket to conceal his features. Of course, he also wore his grey pants and trainers, but the weaponry he took with him were all carried around in the golf bag that was on his back. The golf bag contained two baseball bats, two golf clubs, and a cricket bat while his hands were covered by a pair of hockey gloves and he used a rectangular shaped martial art hitting target as a shield on his left arm. One thing was certain: he was ready to fight any gang he came across.
Once he was ready, he wasted no time in exiting the warehouse to fight against the Purple Dragons for a third time now. However, if he had waited a few more minutes, he would have witnessed the ground opening inside the warehouse and an egg-shaped elevator rise from the ground and also four mutant turtles exiting it in order to start their patrol of the city.
April 30th… 6:31pm…
"Carlos Chang O'Brian Gambe here with yet another Purple Dragon related incident: although with several arrests have been made against the Purple Dragons, it doesn't seem to be decreasing the level of violence that the Purple Dragons have displayed. Their numbers are ever increasing as are more reports of Purple Dragon related violence. Also, people are now speculating about who the mystery vigilante is, who is attacking any and every Purple Dragon he comes across."
11:55pm… Eastman Land Abandoned Warehouse…
Another patrol of the city, and once again, nothing. Though to Mikey, jumping across rooftops like the ninjas that they were, was an excellent freedom to have. The other three wouldn't admit but they also enjoyed the freedom it brought. With nothing else to do, they entered the egg-shaped elevator and it then brought them down to the Lair to get a good night's sleep.
If Casey Jones had been a little faster, he would have seen four mutant turtles entering an egg-shaped chamber and then see it descend through the earth as it sealed itself. But when he entered, he saw the same empty room. No giant eggs, no mutants, nothing. It was the same warehouse that provided shelter for him, just like tonight after another Purple dragon beatdown.
May 1st… 6:35pm…
"Carlos Chang O'Brian Gambe here for Channel 6 News. Violence is still at an all-time high, courtesy of the Purple Dragon gangs. The violence is making so many wonder, what on earth is being done about this? Well for one, the mystery vigilante that has been focusing his attacks solely on the Purple Dragons. Thanks to this vigilante, the number of gang members in the hospital has now increased to eighteen, with three of them fully recovered and going to jail."
10:49pm… April's Apartment Balcony…
It was starting to become a routine for April and the turtles: before the four ninja turtles began their patrols of the city, they would first check in with April to see if she had anything new to tell. Or rather, Donnie would eagerly volunteer to chat with her whilst the other three surveyed the rooftop and kept a lookout in order to make sure they weren't ambushed or anything while they were getting some info.
It was usually the same: Donnie would blush and stutter a bit as he talked with April, alone, while April would brush it off as she thought that he didn't have much practise talking to girls. Though this time around, she had something different to say to him…
"Really? You're sure, April?" Donnie asked as was processing this new information,
"Yeah, I'm sure Donnie. There is a lab on 47th street, and I tell you, I saw the same look-a-like alien robots in human suits, staring out of a van at the building. They were preoccupied with the building that they didn't even notice that I was there!" April said,
"Alright, April. We'll check it out!" Donnie said aloud and April gave a slight smile towards him that made him blush heavily, and he was lost for intelligent words.
Soon however, he came back to his senses and eventually stood on the apartment rooftop with his three brothers.
"Guys!" Donnie said and gaining his brother's attention,
"What is it, Donnie?" Leo asked,
"April said she spotted some of those same alien robots checking out a lab on 47th. They're up to something." Donnie said and Raph spoke up,
"Another kidnapping attempt. We already know they're going around kidnapping scientists." Raph said and it was a definite possibility that Leo came to a decision,
"Okay, we'll scope out the lab on 47th, and find out what the aliens are up to and stop them." Leo said but Raph just looked at him in a nonchalant expression,
"That was the idea anyway, Captain Obvious." Raph said and Leo just glared at him with a cartoon sized forehead vein above him.
11:03pm… Chinatown Alleyways…
Location didn't matter to Casey, just as long as he could clobber some Purple Dragons. Nothing but the usual that you would normally find in an alleyway; dumpsters, garbage, used crates, other bins etc. And as Casey walked through it, wearing his vigilante gear, he knew that if he was patient enough or if continued walking in random directions, he would eventually come across a Purple Dragon or two. They weren't very difficult to find, they had the stupidest hairstyles in the world and it was even more easier to find them because they started tattooing Purple Dragon symbols onto their bodies. All Casey had to do was wait and patrol until he finds one. Find one and others will surely be close.
He didn't have to wait long or patrol much however, as when he turned a corner, he quickly dived back to avoid detection by his newest targets; a group of four, one with black leather jeans, boots and bodywarmer, skinny as well. Easy. Another with similar clothing but was a bit more muscular with a ridiculous looking moustache, armguards and a small ponytail. Also, easy. The third looked to be more muscle than brains, also wore similar clothing except his pants went as far as his shins, wore silver bracelets and a purple headband. Another easy one. The fourth wore a white tank top and blue jeans and looked a bit uglier in Casey's eyes. And in his eyes, he saw them; the Purple Dragon tattoos on all four of them. Perfect. Targets found.
Without wasting another second, Casey picked up a small metal bin by one of its handles and threw it around the corner. It hits the Purple Dragon in the white tank top hit across his head and the response was instantaneous. The other three were stunned and taken aback a bit as their Purple Dragon friend slumped to the floor, most likely unconscious and won't be getting up soon. The still standing three Purple Dragons turned towards the one responsible inside the alley as Casey emerged from the corner.
"Purple Dragon scum. You slime balls are just like weeds." Casey said quietly behind his mask but it was just loud enough for the three remaining Purple Dragons to hear him,
"Hey, I've hearda dis guy, it's that vigilante whose been layin' da smackdown on the other Purple Dragons!" said the skinny one,
"Pfft! Hey, what's with the stupid costume?" said the muscular one, and all three were ignorant of what Casey was capable of.
"What? You don't know? Pffthehehehe! Thanks to this getup, I'm going to be the last thing you see before you either wake up in the hospital or a prison cell." Casey said and with nothing else left to say he attacked with one of the hockey sticks that he brought out from his golf bag.
The skinny Purple Dragon was first, with anger and experience backing Casey up, he smacked the skinny crook across the left side of his head with his hockey stick and sent the criminal flying into the brick wall, and landed face down on the ground. Casey didn't stop there as he charged the muscular man next, he jumped up and swung the hockey stick down ward but the muscular man raised his arms and blocks the attack, and as Casey landed, the moustache man attacked with a pocket knife, he swung at Casey's gut area but Casey reacted by jumping back and jumped back again to get some distance. He then brings out a baseball bat from his golf bag with his left hand and charged the armed man, the armed man reacts by thrusting the knife forward intending to stab Casey, but Casey reacts by swinging the bat down at the man's attacking hand, the bat hits the man's wrist and with a grunt of pain and natural reflex, the man drops his knife and gave Casey the perfect opportunity to whack him over the head. Which he did. With the bat. The hit sent him flying into the nearby dumpster, hitting hard, so much so that it made some of the contents spill out of it. He then his attention back to the muscular man who then charged him intending to slam a punch into Casey's mask covering face, but Casey reacts by swinging the hockey stick upward. The hockey stick connects right in between the man's legs making his eyes bulge out and he then squealed at the pain that no man wants to feel… ever. He then decided to the man out of his misery by swinging his bat downwards onto the squealing man's head. He won't be getting up anytime soon. He then turned around to see the other two. The skinny Purple Dragon at that point had gotten up from being slammed into the wall earlier and decided to make a break for it. Luckily for Casey, he wasn't going to go far, as one of the spilled dumpster contents was an empty glass bottle, and it was laying right at Casey's feet. Grinning behind his mask, he lined up the empty glass bottle with his hockey stick and rears it up,
"Casey Jones shoots- "Casey at that point hit the empty glass bottle in the style of shooting a hockey puck, the empty glass bottle is sent soaring across the alleyway and it didn't stop until it made contact and shattering against the back of the Purple Dragon's head. The hit made the crook stumble and fall forward, "-HE SCORES!" and with that, four Purple Dragons taken down in just under a minute or so. Scratch that, three down. The man who got hit over the head with the projectile bin, got up at that moment and looking at the carnage around him, he decided to run away into the alleyway. With no other projectile to use, Casey bellowed,
"I AM NOT DONE WITH YOU YET! GET BACK HERE, PURPLE DRAGON SCUM!" he shouted as he gave chase, and leaving the carnage and three unconscious men behind. Casey didn't care how far he would chase him, just that when he caught up with him, he was going to be bruised all over.
11:17pm… 47th Street… Apartment rooftop…
Empty. That was probably the only good word to describe this street. Only the sounds of something going on in another part of the city.
"Anything?" Leo asked,
"Nothing yet." Answered Donnie as he peered into a small telescope that was pointed at the street below.
Though with nothing to do themselves, Raph and Mikey were understandably bored, Raph was sat next to a pyramid shaped window with Mikey on top of it, but when it came to Mikey, the word bored was taboo. So, he entertained himself, much to Raph's annoyance. And so it was that Mikey, from he was, decided to do so by gently poking the top of Raph's bald green head, with Raph trying to swat him away. But after about the third or fourth attempt at poking him, Mikey suddenly yelped as Raph unexpectedly grabbed his poking finger and twisted it slightly,
"Guys! When ninjas are on surveillance, they are supposed to be silent!" Leo said as he got annoyed at their antics,
"Sorry, Leo. I'll scream quieter." Mikey said after which he slowly poked Raph's head again and chuckled, but Raph growled and grabbed Mikey's poking finger and instead of twisting it slightly, he instead threw Mikey overhead and slammed him into the floor. He wasn't done yet as he then put Mikey in a headlock,
"Say it." Raph said,
"Raph, be quiet." Leo said as he felt that Raph was being too loud… again.
"Not until Mikey says it!"
"Raphael is all wise and powerful…"
"Aaand?"
"And he's better than me in every possible way!"
Raph then shoved Mikey into the ground and held him there,
"Aaand?"
"And I'm a lowly worm who isn't fit to live in the same planet as him, cause he's so amazing and I'm a dirt-clod!"
Raph then licks his finger and then places it inches away from Mikey's face which made him squirm as he looked at it,
"Aaand?"
"IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE, THERE'S NEVER BEEN-"
"Okay, enough!" Leo suddenly ordered, but Raph was satisfied with what he got and let Mikey go. He then approached Leo with an I'm-bored-and-annoyed-as-hell look,
"We're wasting our time. The aliens aren't gonna show up." Raph said,
"Have a little patience, will you?" Leo said as Donnie looked away from his telescope and looked towards Raph,
"Trust me, guys. They're going to break into the lab tonight. I have reliable intel." Donnie said but as he said, 'reliable intel', Raph just smirked and pointed out,
"Intel? You mean, April told you." Raph said and then Mikey chimed in,
"You mean your girlfriend?" Mikey aimed this at Donnie which seemed annoyed him to no end,
"She's not my girlfriend, Mikey. She's a girl, who's a friend, whose Dad got kidnapped by the same aliens who are going to break into that lab and we're gonna stop them!" Donnie all but blurted out,
"Or we'll just sit out on a cold roof or not for no reason." Raph said and he was almost right, but down below, there was going to be a reason for sitting out on the rooftop.
11:18pm…
Down in the alleyway below, a thoroughly annoyed Casey Jones had finally cornered the runaway Purple Dragon. Unarmed but somehow still thinking he had a chance, he attacked with nothing but his fists, but as he charged the mask wearing vigilante, Casey responded by slamming his baseball bat into the Purple Dragon's left side, the blow made him wince as he probably got a few ribs broken as a result but didn't have time to think on it as Casey then wacked the top of his head with the same baseball bat.
Up above the, the sounds of the scuffle below in the alley had reached, Raph's ears, who then walked to the edge to investigate what was happening below. What he saw was a masked vigilante approaching an unconscious punk-like person and wielding a baseball bat and Raph assumed he was going to finish him,
"That guy's gonna kill him? Not on my watch!" Raph said as he pulled out his twin sai and jumped down from the rooftop to the alley below but not before Leo spotted him,
"Raph, wait!" but not only was Leo too late in stopping him, but at that point, Donnie suddenly bellowed out,
"Guys, it's the aliens!" the timing could not get any more convenient or coincidental but the reason why they were here had arrived and Leo made his decision,
"Raph can take care of himself. But we cannot let those aliens get whatever it is they're looking for! Come on!" Leo said as he leapt from the rooftop to the street below to engage the aliens as Donnie and Mikey followed him.
In the alley…
Casey approached the unconscious Purple Dragon with his weapon still in his hand, but seeing as the Purple Dragon was seemingly unconscious, he was going to check for a pulse like he would do, but knew he didn't hit the man that hard. But as he stopped in order to confirm to himself, a shadowy blur suddenly emerged from the shadows above and not only snatched the bat from his hand but also kicked him away from the unconscious person. Casey spun around quickly and just as quickly drew another bat from his golf bag and pointed it in every direction he could see as he saw no one in the alley with him.
"Wh-who's back there? Show yourself!" Casey ordered as he stood on the spot and trying to see who momentarily got the upper hand on him.
Raph didn't know what compelled him but as the mask wearing vigilante shouted, 'Show yourself', Raph emerged from the shadows of his hiding place behind a dumpster.
Casey couldn't believe what he was seeing; a green humanoid turtle wearing a red mask and some paddings on his elbows and knees and white wrappings on his arms and legs,
"What? The hell?!" it was all Casey could manage to say at his startled reaction but Raph just stared him down,
"Anything else you wanna add?" Raph said but at that point, Casey regained his bearings,
"Wait. So, what are you? Some kinda… turtle ninja?" at the words he just said, Casey couldn't help but laugh at the reality he was faced with, which made Raph mad that this punk was laughing at him for being what he is. Though at that point, the Purple Dragon suddenly regained consciousness and didn't bother looking around as he made a run for it back into the maze of alleys. Noticing this, Casey turned his attention back to the fleeing Purple Dragon,
"HEY, I'm still not done with you yet!" as Casey said this, he tried to give chase back a green hand suddenly grabbed his shoulder and the strength from it stopped him,
"Dude, whatever happened, you made yer point. Now let him go." Raph said as it sounded like an order that Leo would make but Casey's response was to punch Raph in the stomach area which made him stumble back a bit,
"Okay, first of all- "as Raph said this, he approached the masked vigilante and used both his hands to push him back, "-you need to cool off for a while." Raph said in a tone that would suggest that he should take his own advice,
"That's it, lizard! I'm done with you!" Casey said as he drew the third baseball bat from his golf bag and charged at Raph with a bat in each hand. Raph responded by pulling his twin sai from his belt to fight the vigilante.
Raphael vs Casey Jones
Even though Casey had not trained in any martial arts dojo, he was still fighting a highly trained Raph fairly evenly. Bats met sai at seemingly every strike, until in one instant when the bats and the twin sai locked them together for a second,
"I told you to back off!" Raph said as he used his strength to overpower and shove Casey back and followed up with a jump spin kick that struck Casey's chest and sent him flying into the wall behind him and landed in the empty dumpster. It was at that point that he heard laser fire from the street at decided to join his brothers in the fight against the aliens but at that point, Casey had jumped out from the dumpster and in front of Raph. Seeing that the Purple Dragon was probably long gone by now had Casey looking for some payback with Raph being the target of said payback,
"You let that scumbag go! You're gonna pay for that!" once Casey stated his intentions, he charged at Raph. Raph responded by aiming a strong punch towards Casey, but Casey quickly ducked as he charged and tackled Raph into the wall behind him, he then swung his bat at Raph's head but he misses as Raph ducked and rolled out the way, the moment that the bat hit the wall, Casey quickly turned around swung both bats at Raph who then backflips out the way and then threw some of his hidden shuriken at Casey. Casey quickly raised his fighting target to shield himself with success as the shuriken embedded themselves in it.
"Gotta admit, throwing stars are cool." Casey said as he looked at his shuriken embedded shield.
"Let me show you what my sai are about!" Raph said as he raised his twin sai again.
Meanwhile in the street…
Leo was incredibly annoyed with Raph at the moment, but that would have to wait as he now stood on the pavement with Donnie and Mikey with the intention of stopping alien brains in their robot bodies from whatever it was they had planned. The aliens spotted them as they heard the sound of something landing on the pavement,
"It is the ones that are mutant creatures!" one of the aliens said in a monotone voice,
"They have come to stop the plans that are the plans of the Kraang's plans!" said another alien, but Leo noticed something the alien said,
"'Kraang?'" Leo said,
"It must be what they call themselves." Donnie said,
"Dudes, that is such a weak name, I woulda called them 'The Brain Blobs'!" Mikey said which made the other two look at him as if he grew a second head.
The two turtles didn't get a chance to let Mikey know how bad of a name that was since the 'Kraang' as they called themselves suddenly brought out their weapons and fired at the three turtles. The three turtles were quick to react as they leaded and scattered to avoid the laser fire, the lasers hitting only parked cars and the walls. With the Kraang, for whatever reason, they were really bad shots. So bad in fact that their target would've had to stand directly in front of the blaster, fortunately for the three turtles, their quick reactions and agility made it so that eventually they were in front of each Kraang and with their weapons, they sliced, stabbed, bashed and knocked each of their robot bodies into uselessness. It was confirmed that they won when each of the Kraang sprang out from each of their broken robot bodies and scurried and shrieked into the darkness of the alleys.
"Phew! That wasn't so bad!" Mikey said and the other two agreed with him, but then all three had wondered about Raph. As soon as they did, they noticed the sounds of fighting coming from the alley that their brother was in, and they knew it was him fighting as they could hear his grunts along with someone elses.
"…Raph… what the hell? Why are you fighting?" Leo said but as soon as he that he realised that this was Raph he was talking about and Raph loved to fight, but Donnie and Mikey were not mind readers,
"Leo… you do realise this is Raph right?"
"Yeah, dude! He would fight all of New York's best fighters if he was allowed to."
Then Leo face-palmed for saying something so daft.
Back in the alley…
Abruptly, the sounds of lasers firing from the street had stopped. Raph realised that his brothers had defeated the aliens without much trouble (not realising the name of the aliens yet), now his attention was on the mask wearing vigilante and if he was honest, he liked to brawl with this guy. Maybe it was each other's intent to fight was even for them both, or maybe because he found someone who was just as hot-headed as he could get or if it was something else entirely, but nonetheless, they were still fighting.
Once again, twin sai would hit against the bats (or vice versa), as they attempted to get the upper hand on one another. The two eventually locked weapons again except this time, Casey withdrew the bat in his right hand and slammed it against Raph's weapons, the shock of the attack made Raph stumble back, then Casey leapt to his side and then jumped behind him and smacked his shell with his two bats which caused Raph to fall forward onto his plastron. Casey smirked behind his mask as he approached the downed turtles,
"Heh, aren't turtles supposed to be endangered?" Casey said in a cocky tone and the response he got was Raph turning onto his back and then onto his shoulders,
"Only the ones that can't do THIS!" at that, Raph sprang up and simultaneously kicked Casey in the face so hard that he sent the vigilante flying out of the alley and onto the road in the street, where just a few feet away were the other three brothers.
Raph exited the alley and then a second later, the other three turtles were at his sides. Casey at that point had gotten up from being knocked onto the road and saw the four turtles standing side by side, with Raph holding his twin sai but the other three had their weapons in their holsters/belts.
"There's… four of them?" Casey said quietly said and with his mask still on, it made his words inaudible. Casey realised that if the red wearing turtles was anything to go by, then the other three must be good fighters as well and after getting his first defeat as a vigilante (he was reluctant to admit it), he wasn't about to take his chances at taking on all four of them at once. He wanted to them, but first he needed to recover from being beaten first and then try t find out what he was dealing with.
"You haven't seen the last of me yet, turtle!" Casey said and with that, he dashed to another alley in a different part of the street and didn't stop running until he was certain that the four weren't following him. They follow him anyway. Well… save for one… Raph…
"Yeah, you better run!" Raph shouted and then Leo stood in front of him in order to stop him going after the vigilante.
"What? I wasn't going to go after him." Raph said but Leo was having none of it,
"That doesn't matter, Raph! What matters, is that you revealed yourself to fight some guy in a mask! And also forced us three to reveal ourselves to him. But more than that, you left us alone to fight the Kraang!" Leo said in a tone that suggested he was greatly annoyed at Raph. He was going to fight back but at the mention of the word 'Kraang' he looked a bit confused until Donnie answered for him,
"Kraang is the name those aliens are calling themselves."
"Leo, someone was about to get seriously hurt. Are you telling me we should just let someone put someone else in a morgue?" Raph argued and from there, another argument between Leo and raph began, and Donnie and Mikey just stood back to avoid them,
"You don't know that! And besides you missed what I said! You left us alone to fight the Kraang!"
"Oh, what? Like you needed help?"
"Only this time! But what if they had more numbers, or had bigger weapons, then what? You can't just run off to fight random strangers!" it was at that point that Donnie chose this moment to but in (bravely),
"Guys, we can discuss this back at the Lair. We accomplished what we came to do here." Donnie said and with that, the four turtles began their (tense) trek back home. Tense because Leo and Raph were having a silent argument and intense glaring at each other. Donnie and Mikey looked at the two and sweat-dropped, but glad that they weren't the subject of the argument.
11:25pm… Eastman Land Abandoned warehouse…
Though the short journey to the abandoned warehouse was tense, the four turtle ninjas nonetheless got to their destination. And as ever, the warehouse was empty, except for the large egg-shaped elevator that would take them below ground. One thing was for certain; Raph was going to get lectured by Master Splinter, and although Raph knew this as well as his three brothers, it still didn't stop him from feeling like he did something good. Within a few seconds, the four turtles entered the egg-shaped elevator and the moment they did, the elevator closed itself and descended below ground. The ground sealed itself and so too did any evidence that there was an elevator inside at all. Just in time as well, as a few seconds later, Casey entered the warehouse looking a little bruised from his encounter with Raph but otherwise had no idea that the same turtle had entered the warehouse with his three brothers and vanished below ground. Still, it didn't stop him walking to the back of the warehouse where his boxes of equipment were and stripping himself of his gear and leaving himself in his everyday clothes (literally since he had nothing else to wear). As he sat by his boxed-up equipment, his mind went back to the red wearing turtle from before. As soon as he did, his adrenaline from their fight was drained and he suddenly felt himself fighting to stay awake. It was only the first time they met, and it would probably not be the last. With this in mind, he soon gave in to his sleepy body's demands and although uncomfortable where he was, he was soon getting used to it, much to his dismay. He didn't want to get used to it, but he was as he would rather get used to a new bed or a mattress at least.
He soon drifted asleep, unaware that below him, the four turtles had begun to talk about tonights event to their Sensei.
me: hey there! So... when the 2012 series was aired, I wasn't satisfied with Casey being introduced in the second season, I felt as though he could have had more of an impact if he had been introduced in the first season. So I made sure to introduce him as early as i could! What do you guys think? Was this how you envisioned Raph and Casey's first meeting or do you think it needed room for improvement? Either way, I'm satisfied with this chapter and the next will complete Casey's story arc. Until then!
