"Ah!" Donnie shouted in surprise.

Raph grabbed the turtles wrists to prevent anymore damage to anyone else's face. "We ain't gonna hurt ya!" The turtle was struggling madly but Raph was stronger. "Stop!"

The child slowly began to calm as he noticed that resistance was futile, though his face showed that he didn't approve. Don rubbed his beak to make sure he wasn't injured.

"Are you alright Donnie?" Leo asked.

"Yeah, he just caught me off guard." was his reply.

"Donatello," Master Splinter had Donnie's attention, "a ninja never puts their guard down."

"Hai sensei."

All eyes went back to the angered young turtle, who tried not to show that he shrunk down under the attention. "It's alright! We're nice!" Mikey smiled. "You're safe now, the Kraang can't get you here."

The kids eyes widened and began thrashing again. "Mikey!" all his brothers shouted.

Master Splinter was near the child in an instant and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. Instantly the turtle calmed and looked into Splinter's eyes, almost pleading. He looked around the room then at the wires attached to him. Widened eyes showed his fear and it was almost as if he had had experience with such machines.

"But I've chosen!" The turtle pleaded though no one knew what for, and all were awestruck at his sudden expression with voice.

"What have you chosen little one?" Splinter leaned down to eye level with the child.

"I woke! You said that if one was to awaken without permission from Kraang, that one shall be disposed of! I have chosen disposal over more experiments." The young turtle pulled on his wrists but to no avail, Raph held tight. The kid was staring at the heart monitor, almost as if trying to remove it with his eyes.

"Here," Donnie leaned over and took away the suction cups and wires that made up his homemade heart monitor. "They were to monitor your heart for further problems."

The child was stared at Donnie puzzled. It seemed as if he had never gotten his way before. "Why am I here?"

"Because, we rescued you from the Kraang's warehouse of horrors." Raph replied.

"Re-scued?" He hadn't heard that word before.

"Yes," Leo joined, "We saved you from the Kraang and you are never going back." He grinned and nodded having made up his mind.

Both shock and relief both showed on his face. "So...you're not doing more tests on me?"

"No, you're safe here." Splinter removed his hand and Raph hesitantly let go of the young turtles wrists.

"I've never seen clones as old as you appear to be."

"We're not clones dude!" Mikey beamed, "We are the real deal!"

"Not clones?" Again the young turtle was puzzled, "Then where did your DNA come from then?"

"Regular turtles," Replied Don, "We were mutated into the handsome company you see here. All but Raph, something must have gone wrong." Don humorously pondered as he looked Raph over in a joking manner.

The child giggled. Then a scared expression covered his face an instant later as if someone would punish him for it. The teens and Splinter tried to ignore it.

"What is your name?" Mikey asked innocently.

"He was with the Kraang Mikey!" Raph glared, "He probably doesn't have one." Then smacked Mikey in the back of the head like usual.

"I am clone number 76, one of the oldest of the survivors." again all eyes were on the speaker, "I was one of the main test subjects for the Kraang's experiments." He shuddered.

"We saw other clones in liquid filled cylinders. Is that where you and the others were normally kept?" Donnie asked.

"Yes, the liquid inside was used to stimulate growth so that we may fulfill our destiny at a sooner time." He shuddered again.

"Your destiny?" Asked Leo.

"To destroy those known as the turtles."