So just got an anoymous review on A Rogue and His Mutant and that person's review was basically correcting me on the name of Karai's husband is CHAPLIN not Chapman...And Oh! The embarrassment! I think what happened is I crossed this character in my mind with my love for Homestar Runner and their creators the Chapman Brothers and I got to admit I really don't like Karai as a character and I think it's an extention of not liking the Shredder in any of his incarnation of the 2003 version they are the least interesting villians I much rather watch the more odd/comical villains not affiliated with the Foot Clan like Garbageman, the H.A.T.E group or even that Chuthulu rip off in The Darkness Within episode

Perhaps Igor might have been able to fight back if he wasn't hung over, but more likely it was simply that Feral and his Mutant Slaves underestimated just how skilled and strong any of the Ninja Turtles were...They didn't realize they had finally bitten off more than they could chew with this Mutant...

Igor realized in terror that this Turtle might actually kill him and knowing he had to save his life in the here and now and he could destroy the evidence later he choked out "All right...All right..."

Don loosened his grip a little to let him speak better.

"I presume you want to get out of here..." Igor said quietly "...Do you realize that if you get too far away from the Lab the controll collar will electricute you to death?"

"You saying you'll remove our collars?" Don asked

"I've secretly deactivated mine..." Igor said touching his collar "...Nobody knows, Feral would kill me if he knew...I can do the same for you, as for actually getting the collar off...You're on your own for that."

"You'll deactivate our collars and let us out?" Don asked

Igor was a bit worried the Turtle would demand he release all the Mutant Prisoners but seeing he had no other choice Igor wearily nodded.

He reached over to Don's neck Don knew because he couldn't look at his own neck he had no way of knowing what Igor was doing but he did here a small 'Beep' sound and the the place where the collar was bolted to his neck felt...Like something had loosened up slightly.

"All right...Don said finally releasing the White Rat's throat and tossing him toward Arctica "Do the same for her."

Arctica bowed her heard as she let Igor to the same for her...Finally! After two long months, she was finally getting out! She felt hot tears stinging her eyes...

Then Igor opened the cage doors first Arctica's then Donatello's

However Don sure as heck was not going to let any fellow Mutant rot in this House of Horrors if he could help it! He grabbed Igor by the scruff, holding him up and saying "Look! Your Jailers are completely at our mercy! We can let you all out! I know it will be a risk a huge crowd of Mutants..." Don hesitated as he just realized what complications it would be to keep a crowd of Mutants safe...He didn't know exactly how many were here, looking around he did see there were many empty cages, seemed Feral was slowly going through all the Mutants he had captured on his 'Safaris' probably starting with the most exotic species and these were the only Mutants left... Don felt a lump in his throat as he spoke "But...I can't in good conscience leave you here!" In that moment the terryfying warrior fell away and Don seemed more like a scared little boy begging someone not to die.

The nearby Mutants, the Pig, the Yorkshire Terrier the scruffy brown mongrel dog who was in the other cage next to Don's opposite to Arctica's who seemed to be one of the older mutants as evidenced by his gray muzzle...All seemed amazed by what the two 'Newcomers' had accomplished and also slightly horrified they had actually managed to accomplish it!

"Don't torment us with words of hope..." The Pig finally said crossing his arms "...We know it's no world for monsterous animals like us out there! Even if Igor did deactivate all our collars we'd all just captured again! There is no beating Feral! He's no ordinary human! He's like a God among men!"

"You're wrong!" Don shouted/pleaded perhaps scared he might get demoralized himself despite the fact he had just walked out of his cage "Can't you see you're thinking what Feral wants you to think?! Please trust me! I've got friends! I know people! All kinds of people! They could help you!" Don had to take a moment to slow down his mouth was running faster than his mind and he had to stop before he was just slurring and spitting.

Taking a deep breath he felt a profound clarity "It's clear you fear punishment..." He said more calmly "...You fear if you escape and are recaptured Feral will immediately kill you, but can't you see you're all going to die anyway? You're so ruled by your fear you'd rather cling to whatever life you have left here, even though it's barely a life!"

And with that the little Yorkshire Terrier Girl burst into tears, she realized Don was right they all knew, Don had called them on their cowardice but still they clung to their fear too terrified to take the risk.

The Pig reached through his bars and touch the Terrier's back "Please..." He said "...You've done enough, both of you just leave us alone."

And Don sighed knowing he couldn't help who wouldn't be help but at least he tried so at least his mind could rest easy knowing that he at least tried.

Igor for his part felt relief the rest of them were too cowardly to attempt to escape he felt in that respect he had done his job well as Don released him.

"Follow me Arctica..." Don said "...And follow me exactly put your feet where I put my feet...I can see the seems where the traps are laid."

Arctica looked at her large wolf feet and gulped, her feet weren't that much larger than Don's feet but on her home world she had heard all the jokes about Wolf People's large feet.

""Put my feet where you put your feet." Arctica said keeping her sharp wolf eyes on Don's feet.

They walked straight through the center of the aisle headed towards where the operating table was placed like a horrific altar, next to it was a shelf filled with jars of organs and net to the shelf was a giant tank with more organs including some Don couldn't recognize as they didn't look like anything that had come from any Eartly species along with several eyeballs, Don felt the bile going up his throat and he chocked it back down he wasn't sure how he would be able to eat meat after this...Then he saw something furter away surrounded by several computers...It was his duffel bag! And his Bo staff was right next to it!

With several sprightly steps Don went over to see if everything was still in his bag, to his relief everything was! Feral was primarily interested in his body not his stuff most of this stuff was just Kid's stuff to Feral not realizing what Don could do with the simplest of tools.

But just as Don felt it was all smooth sailing he noticed a machine attached to the computer's something that seemed very similar to the Psionic helmet he was working on but his was based on Professor Honeycutt's design this thing seemed more like a mechanical serpent with metal tentacles that attached to the head via suction cups.

Don saw some notes written on lined paper on the desk, he went over and read them, they were Feral's notes, but so innocuous seeming neither Karl nor Igor had noticed them, Arctica was standing a few feet away, she didn't see what Don was reading and he didn't read aloud but she did notice his face becoming very, very pale as he read.

He turned to the 'Mentawave Device' as it was called in the notes and realizing what a danger this thing could be not just to his fellow Mutants but to everyone on Earth, Don took his Bo and smashed the machine as best he could...Knowing it would take Feral a while to repair it.

Turning back to Igor he said "I see there as two exits...Which is the best one?"

Igor sighed "The one you're near goes to Feral's private bedroom, if you go that way you'll run into Feral's loyal human staff, your better option if to go through the opposite exit that one leads to the rear loading area in the kitchen.

Don sighed "Well...C'mon Arctica..." Then he noticed the Wolf Girl was wobbling

"Oh geez..." He said "You've been here longer than I have you've no doubt suffered some muscle atropy..." He then kneeled "Better you let me carry you out."

"It's really OK if I piggyback ride on you?" Arctica said

"Don't worry," Don said "Climb on."

As Arctica climbed onto his back and secured her place by interlocking her fingers in front his plastron she realized this was ideal because his hard plaston protected his torso from her claws

"You sure I'm not tto heavy?" She asked

"No," Don said "In fact...From what I'm feeling you're not as heavy as a wolf should be...We'll soon be able to get to work on that..." And with that they began heading for the opposite exit.

But as they ran Igor noticed something on the computer that was in charge of all the control collars...

Igor burst out laughing "Fools!' He called after them "I may have deactivated the shock but your collars are still transmitting a signal! With that Feral will be able to track you down and recapture you effortlessly!"

Don and Arctica both heard that as they ran up the stairs and Don was sweating bullets knowing he could not go home again...

So yeah this was a long chapter with a lot of things happening in it...Kind of like how I made the jerk prisoners slightly sympathetic even as the called them out for their cowardice had to check the RPG Books to get some the details right mostly the TMNT corebook and TMNT Guide to the Universe mostly to check the illistrations for what things in the lab and the Mentawave device looked like