Disclaimer: Don't own turtles. This is a rewrite.

Raphael grumbled to himself while he was busy doing flips as punishment for getting into a fight with Leonardo during practice. The fight itself was rather stupid, but at the time, Raph had felt justified.

"Master…Splinter…" he said between flips. "Why…isn't…he…being…punished too?"

Master Splinter looked from Raphael to his other son, Leo, who was currently in meditation next to him. He looked peaceful, the slight bruise on Leo's face being the only thing out of place on the passive turtle. Master Splinter turned back to Raph. "He was injured in the fight. That is punishment enough." Raph finished his last flip and turned to Splinter.

"Yeah, okay." Raph said in his usual condescending tone went back to his room, where everyone could hear loud bangs and things being thrown around in there due to his bout of anger. Donny exited his room with his trench coat in his hands. His room, which was right next to Raph's, no longer was the place of peace and quiet.

"I'm going for a walk," he announced to the room.

"Be careful my son," Splinter said before slipping back into meditation. Donny nodded before donning the trench coat and fedora hat and heading out to the aboveground.

Once above ground, Donny walked in the shadows. He had to avoid being seen, even at night. As usual the people clattered along the streets, sometimes in pairs.

As much as he hated to admit it, sometimes he felt lonely with just his brothers and Splinter. Sure there was April, but she was human and could not offer him the comfort that he longed for as he watched yet another couple pass him, lost in eternal bliss.

Suddenly he felt a presence above him. He looked up and saw a couple of the Foot climbing onto the roof of a building. This surprised him slightly because they were usually so much better at hiding their presence, and they must have seen him prior to climbing up.

"Great," Donny said to himself. He walked to the nearest payphone and telephoned his brothers in the sewers. "Guys, it's Donny," he said the moment someone answered the phone. "Listen, meet me at the corner of 2nd and Marsh (A/N: Fair warning: I don't know actual street names in New York so I'm making up some of my own. Sorry if this offends anyone.) The Foot are here meeting on the roof of some old newspaper office."

Within five minutes the four brothers were standing together at the bottom of the building, each one curious as to what the Foot were up to.

Donny had been watching the building, but hadn't seen any Foot leave only more arrive. "Donny," Leo whispered. Donny turned and nodded for the others to approach his hiding spot.

"What's up?" Mikey asked.

"About 30 of them on the roof, no telling how many more on the surrounding rooftops."

Leo nodded and headed quietly up the fire escape with his three brothers in tow. Their minds were wary of what plan the Foot could be planning without their leader to help them.

They got to the top and stopped to listen, hoping to get more information before just jumping into battle. The Foot was just hanging out up there, not doing anything.

"This is ridiculous," one soldier said quite close to where the turtles were hiding. "Who would have thought that four turtles would cause so much trouble?"

"Damn straight," answered another. "I hope we can get rid of them quickly before we all go nuts. I can't listen to any more bullshit."

"Agreed. Any idea why we're here?"

"No clue."

The two soldiers moved away from their hiding spot and the turtles used this to their advantage. They moved onto the roof with ninja stealth and hid in the shadows. The Foot just stood around talking and hanging out, almost like a bunch of teenagers on a Saturday night rather than a gang of thieves.

Without warning all noise stopped and they looked across at the next building. The turtles looked too, their curiosity getting the better of them. Four pairs of eyes widened in shock at what they saw. It was Shredder.

Shredder landed on the building, opposite from the turtles and began giving orders.

"Tonight, we will finally have our revenge against those meddling turtles. We will start by sending a handful of you into the sewers to keep the turtles occupied while the rest of you will head over to the…"

The turtles didn't hear anymore, didn't really need to. They rushed the crowd of Foot, surprising all, with the exception of Shredder, who seemed oddly amused. Shredder watched as one by one his Foot solders fell at the hands of the turtles. Not once did he try and stop them. Once all the Foot ninjas were down, the turtles turned their attention to Shredder.

"Thought you would show up," Shredder said with a cocky tone to his voice.

"What are you up to Shredder? I thought we killed you."

Shredder laughed and looked at the turtles with smiling eyes. "The ooze version of myself was killed, yes. Once the ooze past through my system, I was left alive, but severely injured. Luckily some of my students thought to search and rescue my body. I am back now to finish what I started those few years ago, eliminating you freaks."

At Shredder's words, Raph snapped and charged at Shredder, anger clear on his face. He was inches from him when a bo came out of nowhere and slammed into his midsection, knocking him off his feet. He flew through the air and finally landed on his side before his brothers.

"Damn, Donny what are you trying to do?" Raph yelled at his brother. Donny narrowed his eyes in confusion.

"I didn't do anything."

Raphael stood and marched over to Donny, holding the side he fell on. He got in Donny's face. "Who the hell else here has a bo, smart ass?"

Suddenly Shredder laughed, drawing the turtles' attention. His arms were crossed about his chest, and he was laughing still looking at the turtles.

Leo held his katanas tightly. "What the fuck is so funny Shredder?"

Shredder continued to laugh, not answering Leo. Leo slowly began to grow angry, but didn't move. "Raph, leave Donny alone. We have bigger problems."

Shredder stopped laughing, but his eyes were smiling at the turtles, begging them to ask him again what he thought was so funny. Leo turned away from Shredder and toward his brothers with fire in his eyes.

"We have to take him down. We did it once, we can do it again." Leo's brothers nodded in agreement. They stood and looked directly at Shredder, who continued to smile. They started to charge him, but he didn't move, didn't flinch.

Donny began to slow down, confused. Why wasn't Shredder moving? Suddenly a nunchuck popped Donny in the head. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Mikey a good two feet away, so he knew it couldn't have been him. Donny stopped moving and looked in the direction the nunchuck had come from.

Standing next to him was another turtle. This one was slimmer than him and shorter too, but only by a few inches. The turtle was outfitted similarly to the Donny, but with a yellow bandana around the eyes. Donny's eyes grew wide with shock, as his mind comprehended what was standing before him.

This was a female mutant turtle.