"Oh, that's not good." Raph said as he continued to fight the Kraang and the snow leopard. The others had caught up and Leo and Mikey started helping Raph while Donnie went to go help the two humans.

"Careful, Donnie! The boy was scratched and the girl got hit with mutagen!" Raph warned as he destroyed the Kraang droid and the snow leopard ran off. The girl had curled up on the ground, whimpering in pain while the boy was out cold. Donnie had somewhat mended his wounds and he would be fine. The turtles all gathered behind Donnie and watched her.

"Mikey, you and me will go after the leopard and at least contain it. Raph, stay with Donnie." Raph nodded to Leo and the two left.

"Should we take her to the lair?" Raph suggested.

"Well, I could sedate her and run some test. She doesn't seem to be reacting to the mutagen very much, which is remarkable and-" suddenly the girl gave out a scream, stopping Donnie mid sentence. The two turtles got back and the boy started to wake up. The girl got to her hands and knees and began to transform.

"Not reacting, huh?" Raph said as he pulled out a sai. But then he stopped, he recognized the girl. She stood up shakily, only she was not just a girl anymore. "Great, another mutant." Donnie took out his weapon, but Raph, he simply stared. She went from a height of 4'8" to 5'7" along with a four foot tail. She had mutated into a snow leopard.


Will had come to and rubbed his head, but as soon as he saw Jade, he quickly got to his feet, ignoring his own pain.

"Jade?" He said in a concerned voice. Jade started to transform and it completely freaked Will out. "Jade!" He ran to her and she screamed. Security guards could be heard running to the scene. The turtle ninjas fled, but Will stood there in fear.

"Get… get out of here!" Jade yelled as she doubled over, her grey and black spotted coat bristled.

"I.. I'm not leaving you!" Will said, but Jade started to run of.

"Get away!" And with that, she was gone.


The turtles got to the Shellraiser and sped off.

"Guys, that was crazy! Kraang, mutagen, a leopard thing, and a new mutant!" Mikey shouted in excitement. "I'll call her, Fuzztail! No, Catclaws!"

"You're not callin' her anything." Raph said in an annoyed voice. "She's a human with an actual name"

"She was a human, Raph, she's a mutant now." Donnie corrected. "And that's not good news."

"Donnie's right. She's out there, scared, confused. I mean who knows how she'll react to, well, anything." Leo said, which only made Raph more upset.

"Even more of a reason to leave her alone!" He crossed his arms and avoided eye contact.

"No, it's even more of a reason to find her." Leo glanced back at Raph, suspicion in his eyes. "Something wrong Raph?"

"Nothin's wrong! I just think we should leave her alone, let her figure things out for herself." Raph turned away from his brothers, his temper flaring. "She has at least that right, doe'n't she?" The other three were quiet, then Donnie spoke up.

"Maybe he's right Leo?" He said as he studied his computer screen. "She's confused and scared. Chances are she'll stick to the shadows and just figure everything out."

"Yeah, and there's also a chance she could cause trouble, or worse the Kraang could get her." Leo said as he drove back to the lair. "We go after her tomorrow night, after we devise a plan to catch her."


Jade was on the run. She stuck to the shadows and moved silently. She breathed heavily, scared of what she had become and confused about how she even became it. But also relived, it was her who got hit with that strange liquid, not Will. Her senses were much more accurate now. So when someone landed behind her, she spun around with great speed. "Who.. while are you?" She questioned at the girl with short hair and a metal mask.

"Name's Karai. And you're coming with us." She said in a smug tone.

"Us?" Her ears perked and pointed behind her. She then turned and only caught a glimpse of a terrifying wolf creature before she got knocked out cold and then tied up.


"We've been out here for hours!" Mikey complained. It was the next night. The turtles were out looking for the snow leopard and quite frankly, we're not having much luck.

"We just have to be patient. We'll find her." Leo said as he closely watched the area. He glanced back at his team only to see the only one actually looking was Donnie. Mikey was goofing off and Raph... Raph was being quiet and looking away at the far end of the rooftop. "Mikey! Quit goofing off and come take my post." Leo ordered.

"Alright, fine." Mickey, whined in response. Leo waited for Mikey and the went over to Raph.

"So, what's your deal, Raph. It's unlike you to be so quiet." Raph ignored Leo and acted as though he wasn't even there. "What, no sarcastic remark?" Again, Raph ignored him. "Come ok, bro, what's wrong? You've been acting weird since last night." Raph signed as he lowered his head.

"Yeah, weird.." he said and looked at the street below.

"It's about that girl, isn't it?" This time, Raph didn't ignore him, instead, he simply noded. There was a moment of cold silence, but then Raph began to explain.

"Her name is Jade. I met her on accident. She's a fighter. I was out on a patrol with Casey, then we.. I saw her. She was in an alley way, getting mugged. He tried to get her backpack and run, but as soon as I started to step in, she started to fight back. He was stronger than her though. I beat the guy up and got her bag back. I was expected a scream, instead of got a thank you." He paused but still avoided eye contact. "She asked my name, I gave it to her. I asked her why she wasn't scared of me, she just said, 'why be scared of someone who saved me? If we're all scared of simple appearance, it's a cold and lonely world we live in.' She then told me her name, and I offered to take her home. She told me sure, but only if I take her by way of fire escapes and rooftops. So I did, and she was able to keep up. We said our good byes and I haven't seen her since. Until last night, that is." He was silent and Leo just looked at him, he then glanced back and saw that Mikey and Donnie were close behind them, listening to ever world. Leo gave a sigh saying to keep quiet, then Raph continued. "Now she's a mutant and it's all my fault."