"A clone?" Karai asked when she and Casey arrived at the lair with Justin, where they found not only the turtles, but also Angel and, of all people, Irma.

"Wait so you didn't join the purple dragons?" Casey asked his sister, but the hope in his voice diminished when she shook her head.

"Sorry Casey but that was me," She confessed, "but I'm done with them, I promise." She hastily added, she had been replaced for two months and those lowlifes who are buried up to their noses in Kraang intel didn't even notice.

"You better be," Casey said in a warning tone and she nodded, she hadn't exactly expected him to be nice about this.

"So what'd I miss?" She questioned

"First off, are we sure this one isn't the clone?" Karai asked Donnie who nodded

"I gave her a blood test," he confirmed

"Donnie, I'm no scientist but wouldn't her DNA be exactly the same as a clone's?" Casey questioned skeptically, he may not be have graduated with honors, but a few too many sci-fi movies had educated him in the basic principles of cloning.

"Yes but her iron level is extremely low, as well pretty much every other nutrient level for that matter. It checks out with her story, she's definitely been held captive for the past two months." He explained and Casey accepted that answer, well almost.

"Just to be sure… tell me something only the real Angel would know," He challenged and she sighed with a roll of her eyes.

"Justin was created in a Kraang lab, your middle name is Anthony, and my favorite food is blueberry pie despite the fact that I can't stand blueberry's in anything else or on their own." She listed off

"Yup it's Angel," he agreed as April approached the group standing around in the lab.

"Well I can't get through to Irma," she announced, "the only useful thing she told me is that she remembers me and Casey but she says she never knew us very well. Apparently the Kraang kidnapped her just after Christmas 2013, a few months before second semester when she started talking to me, or Kraang subprime did." She explained and the faces of everyone fell, Irma's been locked up for a long time and from what Angel's said she spent most of it alone.

"Let me talk to her," Karai spoke up, causing the other four currently in the lab to look at her.

"Karai no offense but I think she might respond better to someone she at least recognizes." Donnie said gently

"I get that but she's not responding to April, and no one knows better than me what it's like to be kidnapped. Maybe she'll respond to that," she suggested, looking to her brother and April for approval.

"Couldn't hurt," April said to Donnie with a shrug

"Technically it could, as it could potentially plunge Irma into an even deeper state of depression and isolation. But ignoring her would probably have the same effect, and we should get her used to new faces…" Donnie trailed off, weighing the options that they had. "Ok," he finally agreed.

April led Karai from the lab, and they walked in silence all the way down the hall to the kunoichi's old bedroom.

"Thanks again for letting us put her in here," April said, it was obvious from when she had to quite literally drag Irma from the cell that she couldn't handle being around a ton of people right now, so they needed a secluded room for her to go to before she had a full on heart attack, and Karai's vacant room was perfect since no one had any reason to be going in or out of there.

"No problem," Karai said as they reached her door.

With a nod and a smile as a silent 'thank you' April walked away and left her friend standing there. Karai took a deep breath before giving the door a small knock and then opening it softly as she could.

"Hi," she said in a soft voice as she entered the room

"H-hi," the woman inside stuttered, she had the light off and Karai wouldn't dare turn it on if that wasn't something Irma wanted.

For a moment Karai studied her appearance, from what she could make out in the dark it was physically obvious that Irma had been held captive for a long time. Her skin was pale as if it had never seen the sun, and she smelt to the point where Karai nearly gagged, what was that about pregnancy heightening your sense of smell? Shaking her head and trying to get past that she also noticed that Irma's long dark hair reached her waist and was cut at ragged, uneven angles like she had cut it in the dark, she probably had. Her clothes were also much too small on her, sure they hung off her tiny frame but they were too short and nearly destroyed; much like her cracked glasses.

"My name's Karai," Karai introduced as she took a seat on the ground across from Irma, who only nodded in response. "Irma I know what it's like to be kidnapped and brought back to a different world-" she cut herself off when Irma looked at her in surprise. "When I was a baby, I was kidnapped by a man named Oroku Saki. He raised me to be a killer, and my target was Hamato Yoshi, the man Saki told me murdered my mother." She paused to see if Irma was listening, she was and quite intently. "The turtles who rescued you, they're Hamato Yoshi's adopted sons." She normally never specified that her relationship with her brothers is an adoptive one, because really it doesn't matter, but in this case it's important in order to ensure that Irma understands. "When I was seventeen I found out the truth, that Hamato Yoshi was my true father and Saki was the one who killed my mother. Look I know the Kraang didn't put me in a cell, but I went my whole life believing this lie until one day, it was like I woke up. All of the sudden I was the oldest of five kids, the idea of vengeance was highly discouraged, and then two weeks later I became a mom." Irma's eyes widened when she heard that, "I know it's not that same as what you went through, but you need to know that you're not the only one who's world changed overnight." She said, "and if this isn't helpful try talking to Leo, he once fell into a coma for three months and when he woke up… well the world had changed." She finished.


Mickey had just returned to Casey and Karai's apartment only to find it locked and them gone. Groaning out of frustration she was debating what to do when her phone went off, the screen lightly up with the I.D. of her boyfriend. At first her heart stopped, he hadn't tried to contact her since she left. After a moments hesitation she answered the call and brought the phone to her ear.

"Hello,"

"Mickey!" Damian exclaimed on the other end, "Where are you? Are you ok?" He demanded

"Like you care," she spat

"What? Mickey what happened? What did that guy at the apartment do to you?" He was panicking, leaving Mickey genuinely confused.

"Damian I'm not in the mood for this," she growled

"Mickey I swear, I was kidnapped by the Kraang, that guy at the apartment is a clone!" He shouted

"A clone? Damian that's insane!" She shouted back into the phone

"Do you believe me?" He asked her hopefully and Mickey couldn't help but sigh.

"I shouldn't… but you know I do," she said and despite the obvious panic and shortness of breath from her boyfriend on the other end she could hear him smile.

"Mickey, I have never loved you more!" He exclaimed and Mickey couldn't help but giggle, this was her Damian she was talking too.


Karai gave Irma some new clothes; suddenly grateful she keeps a spare set of training clothes at the lair. It was just some yoga pants and a tank top, but it was something that fit Irma. She also allowed Irma to borrow the hairbrush she keeps here to brush out her long hair, which Irma gratefully did before asking Karai if she wouldn't mind cutting her hair.

"Are you sure?" Karai asked skeptically and Irma nodded

"I always had my hair short, please?" She asked again and Karai nodded,

"I'll go get some scissors." She said before opening the door to leave the room. The instant she opened the door, however, she nearly jumped at the sight of Leo standing right in front of her. "Jeez Leo, eavesdrop much?" She questioned as she shut the door behind her and pushed past her brother.

"Do you think we can trust her?" He questioned, following her down the hall and into the kitchen.

"Believe me Leo I would not have told her about Shredder if I thought we couldn't," she replied whilst rummaging through a drawer for the scissors.

"Karai, if what Angel and Irma say is true and the Kraang were replacing humans with super clones, then you, Justin, Casey, and April can't trust anyone up there." He warned

"We'll be careful. I appreciate the concern Leo but the four of us can't come running to the lair every time we smell danger, we'll be fine." She said and Leo sighed but didn't press the issue further, he knows the human members of his family can take care of themselves.

Just as Karai found what she was looking for Angel came walking in with a sly grin on her face.

"What?" Karai asked the teen

"Casey told me what I missed," she said knowingly and it took Karai a minute to understand what exactly she was referring to.

"Oh," she finally said

"Yeah oh," Angel mocked with a smile, "I can't believe it took him this long to actually get you pregnant," she laughed and while Karai's face turned beat red Leo just paled and stared at her awkwardly, of course he knew that she and Casey had been… active… for awhile now, he isn't stupid. But it's one of those things where the less he knows the better, and what he does know he pretends he doesn't.

"I'm going to go cut Irma's hair," Karai finally said, leaving Leo and Angel in the kitchen.


Mickey was standing outside of Murakami's, right where Damian told her to meet him. A part of her, a really big part of her, was wondering why she was here. There's no way the Damian who hit her was a clone; it's impossible.

Sure, as impossible as an alien apocalypse. The small part of her mind that she was actually listening to said.

Just then she saw Damian come barreling around the corner, looking as though he were running for his life. Before Mickey could ask he reached her and wrapped his arms around her, pressing her tightly against him.

"Oh thank god," he gasped, then proceeded to bury his face in her shoulder for a moment before he looked back up and pulled away from the hug. "What happened? Did he hurt you?" He demanded; his hands gripped tightly on her shoulders. Mickey opened her mouth to answer, but stopped herself when she saw who was running around the corner, now there was no doubt in her mind that Damian was telling the truth.


"That's not going to work Mikey!" Donnie hissed, presently everyone was gathered in the lab, save for Karai and Irma, to listen to Angel's explanation of the past two months she had spent in a Kraang cell and what she had found out when they scanned her in order to make a clone. Apparently the idea was vaguely similar to something Mikey had seen on Kim Possible in which the clones were defeated by splashing soda on them.

"Actually it might," Angel said, causing everyone to stare at her in disbelief. "Not soda obviously," she quickly added, "but I remember that episode. The soda destroyed the clones because they were chemically imbalanced, and so the soda's chemical make up corrupted their instability enough to dissolve them; maybe these things have a similar weakness." She suggested and still everybody stared at her, "what? I pay attention in school." She defended

"So, with the right weapon, these things will just dissolve?" Leo questioned, now turning his attention to Donnie.

"Theoretically, but I'd need to obtain a sample from one in order to figure out a formula, then there's the matter of dispersing it throughout the city." He responded

"Let's focus on getting a sample first," Raph suggested and then the conversation was abruptly halted when Karai and Irma made their way into the lab.

Karai came first, followed slowly and unsurely by Irma. She was now dressed in a pair of Karai's yoga pants as well as one of her tank tops. Her glasses were still cracked but her hair had been brushed out and cut to her shoulders, making her slightly resemble the girl she had been before she was kidnapped.

"Not to ruin your plans but we might have other problems," Karai said

"Like what?" Leo questioned

"Well you guys said there were a few other prisoners who ran out of that building without seeing you. So what happens when they go home and there's another 'them' there?" She asked and the others all exchanged glances.

"Some crackpot's might blame the matrix," Angel joked, though clearly now wasn't the time.

As the group discussed this Casey answered his ringing phone, the one that was lighting up with Mickey's caller I.D.

"Mick I'm sorry we left but there's a key-"

"Casey, would you believe me if I told you something crazy?" Mickey interrupted him, she sounded like she was running.

"What is it?" Casey asked

"I'm with Damian, and we're being chased… by his clone."

Casey's heart stopped, but he quickly recovered from the shock and used his hand to signal everyone else in the room to stop talking.

"Ok Mickey first chance you get, duck into the sewers!" He exclaimed into the phone, ignoring the surprised glances from everyone else. "Call me when you do," he finished before hanging up the phone and facing the others.

"I think we just found out what happens when they go home," He said; fear etching it's way into his voice.


Mickey and Damian did as Casey said and got down to the sewers the first chance they saw, and the second their feet touched the ground Damian pushed his girlfriend up against the concrete wall and smashed their lips together.

"I'm against a sewer wall," Mickey chuckled when she pulled away briefly for air.

With a grin Damian chuckled back, "if you hate it that much-" he began but Mickey cut him off.

"No," she practically whispered as she kissed him again, "I've missed you too much to care." She said before kissing him one more time before quickly pulling away again. "I've got to call Casey," she said

"Doubt you'll get a signal down here," Damian said but he was proven wrong when his girlfriend not only took out her phone, but also dialed it and began talking to their hockey-obsessed friend.

"Ok, Casey says he'll be here in a few minutes." She announced

"What's he going to do?" Damian questioned and Mickey shrugged, they had no idea what was in store.


Casey left to go meet his friends, he, Karai, and April have all known them for years and so after some persuading the guys agreed that it they could be trusted with the secret; besides Damian could've seen something during his escape for all they know. Karai was going to go with him, but Justin caught her before they left.

"What's gonna happen to Madeline?" He asked her; she looked down at him and then at Casey.

"You go," she encouraged, Casey looked liked he wanted to argue but he ultimately decided against it and left the lair. Karai knelt down to get at an equal height with her son. "Sweetheart that wasn't Madeline who knocked you out," she said

"I know!" Justin quickly interrupted, "But what about the real Madeline? What if her mommy and daddy don't believe her?" He asked and at first Karai didn't know what to tell him, because it is possible.

"Where does she live?" Angel's voice interrupted the conversation, "I'll go check on her." She offered

"Thanks Angel but you don't have to," Karai said

"I'd feel a lot better if I did," the young girl said and so Karai stood up and pulled her aside.

"Angel you know I trust you-" she began to say but Angel cut her off.

"First off no you don't," she said, "and I understand that, I don't exactly have a trustworthy record. But I saw some of the files that were destroyed when the guys trashed the lair, these things have a kill order if they see their original." She explained and Karai's eyes went wide.

"Ok just be careful," she agreed and Angel nodded.

"Don't worry."