Back at the Turtle lair, it was the next morning, and everyone had just gotten back from the train station.

"Man I'm hungry!" said Mikey as he headed to the kitchen.

"How did the mission go?" Pidgina asked curiously.

"It went rather well. We blew up what we needed to; so that should be it." said Rita as she put down some things on her desk.

"And Schiam isn't gonna bother me anymore." said Ashton as she sat down on the couch.

"How so?" Splinter asked curiously.

Ashton shrugged. "Change of heart I suppose."

"Didn't know he had one." mumbled Raph.

"Neither did I." said Ashton with a light laugh.

"So that's it? The ooze is destroyed?" asked Pidgina. "What about those dreadful dragons? Are they staying here?"

"They'll probably be leaving soon." said Leo. "With no more ooze, why would they stay?"

"True." said Pidgina.

"No more talk, let's get some food! I'm hungry!" said Shelly as she went to the kitchen.

Cori looked in the fridge. "Well, there's nothing here to cook. Guess we'll have to opt for pizza and Chinese food again."

Everyone then looked at Ashton.

"Wha . . . . oh never mind." said Ashton as she got up. "Ain't like Schiam is gonna come."

"Thank you Ashton." said everyone.

"Whateva." Ashton said rolling her eyes, but trying to suppress a smile. She then grabbed some money from a drawer where they kept it, and left the lair.

Back at Dragon Lord's fortress, a couple of warriors came limping in. Their uniforms were singed with ash, and one of them was coughing. They nearly collapsed at the foot of Dragon Lord's throne.

Dragon Lord looked at them with a surprised look on his face. "What happened?"

"We were (cough) at the lab (cough) your majesty." coughed one.

"We were trying to collect the ooze, but the Turtles and the feline came." said the other.

Dragon Lord growled lowly as his eyes momentarily glowed red.

"Well, did you get it?" asked Wick impatiently.

"No, we were not able to." said the one that wasn't coughing.

"And why not?!" exclaimed Dragon Lord angrily.

"They blew up certain parts of the lab (cough) your majesty (cough) where the ooze (cough) was being made." said the other.

Dragon Lord's eyes glowed red for the longest time. "NO!!"

The warriors shuddered.

Dragon Lord sat there seething angrily and thinking. He then turned to the warriors. "Where are the others that went on the mission?"

"They were killed in the explosion your majesty." replied one warrior.

"Go, get cleaned up and report to the sick area." ordered Dragon Lord.

"Yes your majesty." the warriors said, then they bowed quickly, and limped off.

Wick looked at Dragon Lord who sat very quietly, just staring straight ahead. "What are you going to do your majesty?"

"I cannot let those Turtles and that cat win; I have come too far." said Dragon Lord. He then turned to Wick. "Alert the warriors to start intense training, and to pack up." He then looked straight ahead again. "We're going to the lab ourselves."

At the laboratory, the sign that was on top of the lab fell off and into an ashy mess in front of the lab.

Inside the laboratory, sparks of electricity that came from broken wires crackled, simmering ash caused a thin cloud to form, small fires still crackled, and some technicians who used fire extinguishers to control some of the fire were still around putting out the rest of the small fires.

"Ruined!! Everything, ruined!!!" exclaimed the T.G.R.I. scientist as he came up from the basement of the lab, which was the only part unharmed by explosives.

Technicians came up from downstairs and looked around at the mess. They were in awe at how much was destroyed.

"Do you know how long it will take to fix this place up? Months, years, decades!!!!!" he complained. "I can't finish the experiments until the ooze is back in production!"

"Calm down Dr. Rigler. We still have an auxiliary production tank downstairs. I'm sure we can get it going within the next few days." said one technician.

Dr. Rigler looked at him, then turned back to the mess before him. "Start on it now."

The technician walked off followed by a couple of others.

"The rest of you, get this mess cleaned up, and quickly! Especially the outside; I don't want any suspicions arisen. Especially from law enforcement. Hurry up!" ordered Dr. Rigler.

The rest of the technicians ran off to begin the heavy task of cleanup.