Angel: No, I won't do something using lyrics, Raven perez. Lyrics aren't allowed in fanfics, so that's just asking for me to get in trouble. Sorry this is late, this episode took later than usual to be uploaded than it would on a Sunday. Plus, by the time it was uploaded, I was busy with doing the dishes. Since this is another special like Mystic Mayhem, it took longer to do. By the time I finished, it was already early in the morning (like, 1 in the morning), and I was tired, so I waited until this morning.

Also, I've changed the order (which is hopefully permanent), so that people won't get confused. See you guys in December with the next episode, Al is Back!

The Turtle Tank is being driven on the street, with Amy following next to it. She's wearing her helmet over her face and she is wearing a pink suit with a bug logo that's crossed off. The turtles are wearing the same suits as her, but in their respective colors.

"Donnie, I need an update," Mikey calls out as he's driving.

"Okay, one more time. Baron Draxum created ooze and put it in carrier bugs that bite people and turn 'em into mutants. And for some reason, it's up to us to stop the whole situation," Donnie states, Raph and Leo grinning.

"I dunno, because we set them free?" Amy asks from their communicator. It's located in front of Mikey.

"Shh!" Donnie shushes her and she rolls her eyes.

"No, I need an update for my phone," Mikey corrects.

"Focus!" Raph tells him. "The new hotel is full of Oozesquitoes. We're suited up, so let's get down to business!"

They arrive at the hotel to find people running away screaming. Amy tilts her bike to a stop and lifts off her helmet. Her hair flows nicely in a low ponytail, which is tied loosely with a white ribbon. Her axe is held by a sheath which rests on her back. The Turtle Tank parks in front of the entrance. They jump inside, taking on poses as Raph holds a bug zapper in his hands. Oozesquitoes are everywhere, but the place is nearly empty. Raph points his zapper at him.

"Okay bugs, it's just you and us," Raph says, but someone pops out from the front desk.

"And me!" He holds up a hand, as he's the bellhop of the hotel. "I'm here too!"

They all blink at him, wondering why he was still there when everyone else evacuated. Leo steps over to him, along with Amy.

"Do not fear, sir. We are unlicensed amateurs, and we have this situation mildly under control."

"Emphasis on amateur," Amy gestures to herself.

"Ugh, your skin's all green!" He exclaims in disgust.

"Relax, sir, it's a perfectly normal side effect of all the chemicals we use," Leo explains, as they rehearsed to say that in case someone suspects their looks. "Isn't that right, my lady?" He glances at Amy, who pulls out her axe.

"That's right, and they are highly dangerous, so if you could just stay right here." She follows after Leo, leaving the bellhop confused as he's never heard of any chemicals that turn peoples' skin green. And not only that, but Amy was still a human...but he waved it off.

"Alright, remember the plan," Raph orders as he's standing in front of them. "We trap and smash," He punches a fist. "Zap, smash. Bash, smash!"

"Alright, we get it," Amy snaps in slight annoyance. When he turns around, he knocks a vase off a table.

"Ah, no!" The bellhop panics, jumping and catching it with his hands. "No, no! No! Don't break anything! The boss'll have my hide!" Two oozesquitoes fly near him and he screams, running away from them.

"I say we revise Raph's plan to make sure this guy doesn't get mutated," Leo jerks a thumb at the bellhop, who's trying to fend off the oozesquitoes.

"Stick to the plan," Raph warns him. "If we capture the oozesquitoes, nobody gets mutated. Alright? Mikey, you're up."

"Roger, Skipper!" Mikey salutes at him. "Honey-based distraction released!" He releases some honey onto him from his shell. "I'm so sweet, baby!" He strikes a pose as the words 'mmm, mmm, tasty!' appear above him. "Come get me!" He shakes his butt as he attracts some of the bugs over to him. The bellhop sees Mikey making a mess.

"No, no, no!" He catches a lamp that was about to fall. If anything breaks, it'll be his fault and he might get fired! "Hey, be careful!" He catches another vase, falling onto the ground. He stands up, glaring at them. "No no, gentle." He sees Raph swinging his zapper around, tiptoeing to a statue, which has an oozesquito on top of it. "No, no!"

"Zappin' like a-" The bellhop covers the statue from Raph and gets zapped instead, falling onto the ground.

"Not me, the bugs!"

"Get behind me," Leo stands in front of the bellhop, holding something that spews gas. "My trusty catanoxious gas will save you!" The bellhop holds his breath.

"Leo, you're wasting it! We need that for the bugs!" Raph exclaims at him.

"I'm protecting this guy!" Leo retorts back and they start fighting.

"Hey, hey!" Amy pushes them apart, snatching the nozzle from Leo and turning it off. "You, I'll help," she points to Leo. "You," She points to Raph, "Take a hint and realize that protecting someone from getting mutated is a priority and if we don't keep an eye on him, IT. WILL. HAPPEN!" She towers over Raph as her head gets bigger anime style. Raph shrinks slightly in fear.

Donnie eyes a bug flying around and keeps watch over it. "Okay, bugs, check in time is now a clock," He throws a purple sphere, which traps the bug. "Yesssss!" Donnie pumps a fist and gets the sphere, laughing. A camera is watching him from behind, which he doesn't notice. The bug tries to escape, which breaks the sphere and releases it.

"Cowabunga!" Mikey leaps towards Donnie and crashes into him, activating something from Donnie's suit. The same sphere traps them both inside and they move around like a pinball. They fly towards the other two, trapping them inside as well. Amy's axe turns into a bow and arrow. She grabs an arrow and prepares to trap an oozesquito...until the sphere trap bounces towards her and she's trapped as well. They're all covered in honey due to Mikey.

"Plan is really coming in together, Raph," Leo states sarcastically. "No more hunting next plan."

The bellhop sighs in relief that nothing is broken. He didn't care if the place was a mess, that could be dealt with easy. He places down the vase and starts dusting it. An oozesquito flies towards him from behind and bites him in the neck.

"Oh! Oh, that's odd," He groans as he mutates into a bull. The camera from before is getting all this footage.

"Hm, so that's how it happens," A woman says in interest. "Oh, his love of beef jerky was his downfall."

The bull goes crazy, running around and knocking down some antiques. He then runs out of the hotel, with the oozesquitoes escaping. A chandelier breaks into pieces as it lands on the rugs. Amy sighs at the damages that she would possibly have to pay for.

"Gah, no! Leo, Mellie, if you'd just listen to me, we would've gotten the bugs and be hosing down Mikey right now," He looks at the honey.

"We did listen to you, Raph, and that persnickety guy was ironically mutated into a clumsy bull," Leo points out.

"Let's get one thing straight. Raph, you're the leader of this team. And I'm your friend," Amy glances at the others. "So just because you're a few months older than me doesn't mean you can control me like I'm some puppet!" She yells in frustration right into his ear, the turtles cringing. "I do what I want, and I do it regardless. You'd think you'd learn that after all the time I spend with you. And guess what, Leo and I were right anyway. So take your attitude and shove it up your shell." Amy was usually a rational thinker like Leo, but she also tried to be fair since it's clear that besides Donnie, she's the most responsible of the five. Owning a business would do that. She didn't care if someone, she'd say Raph, disagreed with her.

"Sorry," Raph cringes at her, as it wasn't his intention to make her angry.

"Nice going, Raph, you made pink-a-boo mad," Leo glares at him. Anyone who disrespected his lady is bound to get into trouble with him.

"Hey, how about we continue this classic Raph-Amy-Leo argument outside the trap?" Donnie asks, as he wanted his personal space.

Suddenly, a spark appears and all the turtles are shocked along with Amy. Donnie enlarges the sphere trap, setting them free. Then it shrinks into a star, falling onto the ground. They all stretch their legs, Mikey holding the vase.

"Look at this mess. We gotta do the right thing, guys...and get out of here and have Amy pay like she always does," Mikey throws away the vase.

"You couldn't have waited until after we were free?" Donnie asks as Amy pulls out her wallet.

"Donnie, we all know that I have no self-control over them unless I'm dancing. Sorry if I'd get tired doing that 24/7," Amy shrugs, pulling out some dollar bills. Donnie thinks to himself as he needed to find a way to get that under control...

The elevator opens and they whip around. A purple-skinned lady is standing there. She's wearing a dark purple jacket with light purple cuffs, with some green poof on the collar, a brooch on her chest, and a light purple skirt. Her hair is silver and shaped like a bud, and she wears clear lenses on her face.

"Uh oh."

"Omigosh. Humans. Be cool."

"Let's just hear what she has to say so I can pay and get out of here," Amy whispers to them.

The employees surround her and roll out the red carpet. It rolls all the way to the entrance and they stare, never seeing an entrance like this one from any human. They wonder just who she is. She's escorted to them and jumps onto her feet.

"Well, you've turned my hotel into quite the fizzy winkle!" She smiles slightly, chuckling.

"Fizzy winkle?" Amy asks in disbelief.

"You sure that was us?" Raph fibs as the others smile nervously. "I tell you what, we totally human exterminators will have our friend pay the usual fee and-"

"Don't fret," She interrupts, shaking her head. "My people will sort out this cracker-doo!" She claps and some workers come out of nowhere, even from an air vent as they start to clean up the damages.

"Well, since you have this under control, we'll be heading back to our human office like humans do," Raph smiles, as this all worked out.

"No need for flim flam. You're amongst your own kind," She gestures to herself, Amy glancing at her brooch. She narrows her eyes at it as she finds all this to be very suspicious. No one acts this nice about damages to a business. The lady claps again and the human workers press a button from their chest, revealing themselves to be mutants.

"Whoa!" Mikey exclaims as they also press a button, taking off their suits. "Mutants can work here?"

"Ugh, this many in one room?" Amy looks in horror. "Dealing with four is enough..."

"Mutant? What strange words you use. We prefer to call ourselves yokai. Come, I'll give you the grand tour. Your human friend can come along too, everyone is welcome!" She waves them forward, three of the turtles smiling at her hospitality. Leo and Amy glance at each other, feeling that something was weird here.

"Okay," Leo calls out as his brothers start walking. "Anyone else think we shouldn't follow a stranger we just met into who knows what now?"

"Can't believe I'm saying this, but he has a point. We don't even know her name!" Amy points out to Raph, who groans at them.

"She's a nice lady, guys. What's not to trust?" Raph replies, Amy scoffing at him as they walk forward without her.

"Who has mutants work in a hotel?" She mutters to herself as she catches up to them. They get into the elevators and Amy looks around at all the brass.

"Yokai, number five, please," The lady says to a pigeon dressed like a concierge.

"Yes Big Mama!" He chirps. "Welcome, gentle-turtles and lady, to the best hotel in town!" He releases some energy, changing the interior to green, with an eye looking down at them. Amy shivers uncomfortably and 'Big Mama' places her hands on her shoulders.

"Not particular to yokai, are you? Judging how you hang around our kind, you must have some compassion for them!" She looks at the turtles.

"Oh, us?" Mikey smiles, "That's because she likes us~"

"Like is a loosely used term I'd use," Amy crosses her arms, but they all knew she was only lying to look tough. After all, she does like them enough to tell them about bits of her personal life. "But other...yokai aren't worth my time."

"Oh, you'll change your tune when you've seen the place!" Big Mama chirps and Amy backs away slightly. This lady was too positive for her taste, and she felt...something when Big Mama touched her. It was like she was setting her up for something, whatever it is. And not just because of all the mutants. Something bigger is involved.

The concierge pulls a lever and the doors open at their floor.

"Whoa..."

"Whoa."

"Awesome!"

It's a casino filled with mutants, and they're all acting like as if they're regular human customers. "Ugh," Amy deadpans when she looks around.

"Draxum created everyone in here?" Raph wonders, questioning just how many mutants he's been the cause of...

"Draxum? Whatever is a Draxum?" She turns to look at them.

"I'm sorry, you've never heard of Baron Draxum? Tall, ugly dude with talking gargolyes for shoulder pads?" Leo raises an eyebrow. Oozesquitoes were the only way to turn all these people into mutants, and with her high status, it's a little weird that she wouldn't know him. "Likes to make mutants in his spare time? None of that rings a bell?"

"Hmm," She thinks as she places a finger on her cheek. "Sounds fascinating. No, we yokai have existed for thousands of eons. Most live in the Hidden City, but my hotel gives them a chance to kick up their flippers and stretch out their holidoes." She snaps her finger and a door dissects to reveal a room that's filled with mutants also, but has spheres overlooking over other areas.

"This place is amazing!" Mikey exclaims, "What is it?"

"Our sporting lounge, where you can take in the ferocious fights at the Battle Nexus," She explains as they look around.

"Hm," Amy hums slightly, as it was a little nice that mutants could live regular lives like her...well, not as regular as her life was. Maybe there was hope for them after all. But she still doesn't like 'em.

"Sounds scary," Mikey comments as mutants are in battle somewhere.

"Heavens no," Big Mama turns around to them. "Unless you're put off by blood-curdling battles where warriors are ripped limb from liberty limb." She giggles at her exaggeration, Amy's eyes wide. "Oh no, dearie, I would never put you through that trouble. Us ladies have to keep ourselves clean and beautiful!"

"Guys, remind me not to ask anymore questions," Mikey whispers to them. As they're exploring, Huginn and Muninn see them, as they were watching the battles too. They're the ones that hang off Baron Draxum's shoulders.

"Do those turtles and that girl look familiar to you?" Huginn asks, looking at the group.

"I think they do, but I can't be sure," Muninn shrugs cluelessly.

"Well, that's what familiar means," Huginn reminds him, "I think they're the ones who exploded the boss' lab and let all these oozesquitoes loose."

"Oh yeah! I thought I just knew 'em from spin class!" Muninn replies, his partner facepalming and shaking his head.


Soon, the five are in Big Mama's office, which has a view of some buildings of New York. Amy looks around in awe at the decorations and glamour, as her office isn't nearly this nice.

"So, this Draxum's 'oozysquitoes' are causing quite the tissle tassle." She looks at photos of the mutant silverfish, Hypno, Meat Sweats, Warren Stone, Todd Capybara, a mutant cockroach, Stewart, Clem, and Repo Mantis. "Creating all these new...'mutants.' Oh, so troubling, gives us yokai a bad name." The images disappear as she turns around. "I prefer a low profile. Excuse me while I slip into something a little more comfortable."

She presses her brooch, and a purple tornado surrounds her.

"Uh oh."

"Oh no."

"Omigosh!"

She turns into a large mutant spider, with seafoam green hair, six eyes, and a large body, shocking the others.

"Mutant arachnid!"

"Ladybug!"

"Oh, we knew it!" Leo pumps his fist, wrapping an arm around Amy's shoulder. "Not that specifically, but there had to be something!"

"We told you so," Amy leans her head to look at the others. She then looks at Leo's arm and slaps it off.

"I see my true form shocks you," She places an arm to her forehead.

"You would hurt a nice spider lady's feelings, wouldn't you, guys?" Raph glares at Leo and Amy.

"Boo!" Mikey calls out to them and Amy looks at them in annoyance, Leo narrowing his eyes.

"You know, come to think of it," Big Mama states while Leo is crossing his arms, pouting. "Perhaps my webs could be of use in catching the bugs. I have no means to slot them around them, but surely a genius!" She leans in towards Donnie. "Just like you could create a device to capture the bugs."

"Okay, I know what you're doing," Donnie points at her as he comes closer. "You're just trying to flatter me...with the truth! And I love it!"

"Well then," She leans back in her chair, "Allow me." She throws a bucket at Donnie, which hits his head before he catches it. He looks up as she spits her webs at him. He's knocked against the wall, covered in the sticky substance.

"As fascinating as it is," He tries not to throw up, "Hideous...oh, I hate it," He falls onto the ground and the others give a sound of disgust. Raph glances at Big Mama, who's wiping her mouth with a napkin. Amy turns to glare at her while she attends to Donnie to see if he's okay. She had just grossed him out for the sake of a demonstration.

"Once you catch those squitoes, bring them to me and I'll safely turn them to the Hidden City."

"You," Raph points at her. "Got yourself a deal." He chuckles as he walks away, Amy and Leo's eye twitching.

"Raph," Leo and Amy lean in towards him. "What are we getting ourselves into? In case you haven't noticed, these mystic types have a nasty habit of trying to kill us!"

"Yeah, I don't trust this 'Big Mama' acting all nice over here," Amy jerks a thumb to the desk. "There's something about her that turns me off."

"You're both being crazy," Raph dismisses their suspicious. "She's helping us catch the oozesquitoes! Don't look a gift spider in the mouth."

"Never look in the...mouth," Donnie shudders in horror.


The very next morning, they drive down the street. "I looked it up, bitey bugs from phylum Ahumada are attracted to carbon dioxide," Donnie states as Amy is driving next to the vehicle.

"Leo! Mellie! Let it loose!" Raph calls out as Leo is strapped to a tank, with Amy having a tank attached to her bike. They both let out a sigh that they're doing this and Leo releases the gas. Amy presses a button from her bike and lets some out.

"Fire up the bug slapper." Donnie is running onto the rooftops, seeing a lone bug flying in the air.

"Genius powers, go!" He jumps down and presses a button from a briefcase. He throws it and it turns into a bike, with Big Mama's webs stored inside. He flies near the gas and pulls down his goggles, chuckling. He sees the bug in his sights and shoots the webs from the front. The bug flies near Amy and she moves to the left. Donnie flies above her and continues firing. He turns a corner and continues shooting the webs. He shoots enough times to make a web. "What? No no!" He turns around and continues his pursuit. "Eat silk, bug-eyes!" He captures the oozesquito. "Good-eye Donnie shoots and touchdown! Or insert sports reference."

"I think I'll go with the latter," Amy comments, Huginn and Muninn watching them from a tower.

"Woo, Draxum ain't gonna like that," Muninn replies.

"Dibs on not telling him," The two say in unison. "No, you tell him! Jinx, you owe me a corndog. You tell him, no takebacks! Fine, we'll tell him together." They both leave to the Hidden City.

Amy has her eyes on a bug and she pulls out her bow, with her arrow having a device attached to the tip. She closes an eye as she pulls backwards, remaining focused on it. She lets go and the arrow pierces through the bug. When it lands against a pole, the arrow traps the bug into a cocoon of Big Mama's silk web. The bug then disappears and reappears into the jar the turtles have inside the Tank.

"Nice one getting that oozesquito, Amy!" Donnie calls out. He then fires and the sticky substance lands on Leo's forehead, to his annoyance.

"Got another!"

Some of it lands on a fruit stand. "Oops, that is a cantaloupe."

Then he somehow gets a basketball player. "That's a pro basketball player, sorry sir, my mistake."

"Yeah!" Mikey takes a selfie with the player and Amy sighs, firing another arrow which cuts through all the silk, setting him free.

"Boo to the yah!" Donnie cheers as they have the jar full of them. "Got another oozesquito! You know, Big Mama was right to believe in me, because I am killing it!" He's flying in front of a web of the bugs.

"Nice work, team," Raph states as he looks at the jar. "We must've got a hundred of them, maybe twice the amount with the jar Mellie's got! Good thing we didn't do her and Leo's idea of being afraid of spiders." He laughs and Amy growls slightly.

"I don't know, I still don't trust her!" Leo calls out from outside, a newspaper landing on his face.

"Yeah, I wanna know exactly who and what I'm risking my life catching these things for," Amy replies as she rides past the Tank. Leo stares after her, knowing that she's taking this personally since Draxum killed her siblings. Seeing her remarks to Raph earlier, it was a little obvious. He just hoped that she would calm herself down before she does something she might regret.

Amy and the Tank stop in front of the hotel, Amy and Donnie each holding a jar of all the bugs they caught. They arrive at the elevator and when it opens, the concierge is now a large owl.

"So, other guy's day off?" Leo asks smugly, the owl grunting in annoyance. Nevertheless, he lets them inside. They arrive on the office floor, where they're immediately surrounded by mutants. Leo gives a nervous look, stepping closer to Amy as the two step inside. To the two, it felt a little too crowded and tense for their liking. The other turtles are humming a song as they don't suspect a thing. Amy touches her arm with Leo and gasps tensely. Leo places his hands on her waist to steady her. Amy looks up at him and he nods, silently telling her that he wouldn't let them harm her if they tried to. The brunette smiles weakly in relief, hugging the jar closer to her chest.

Leo tries to move as they both needed some space away from them, sighing in defeat when he realizes that's not gonna happen. The doors open, but this time, it's suspiciously darker than before. Donnie's device turns on along with the lights, scaring the turtle a little. The office is covered in webs. Donnie chuckles nervously as the others are staring at him, rubbing his neck.

"Greenie-boos!" They look up at Big Mama as she appears. "Give to Big Mama!"

"Oozesquitoes!" Raph holds up the two jars. "But we're almost out of web goo."

"Fantentious. And look at that marvelous device you've built me," She looks at Donnie's new invention.

"Oh, glad you like it. But, uh, actually, it's mine," Donnie turns the device back into the briefcase. "And why are your extra-large bellhops standing so close to us all of a sudden?" One of them takes the jars.

"Oh, they'll just be taking those bugs and your device," Big Mama answers as Raph gets a bad feeling. "My Battle Nexus thanks you," She scratches Donnie on the head.

"Wait a minute," Raph turns to her, "You run that barbaric Battle Nexus?!"

"Yes, Big Mama's kind of the bee's knees down in the Hidden City," She confirms, crawling up to her screens. "You see, the pickings have gotten a little slim lately," She gestures to one of her bellhops and Stewart fighting rather weakly. "And with these squitoes, I'll be creating wondrous warrior mutants who will be more exciting than ever!" She closes her eyes in delight. "And I'll be putting you boys to work in my Battle Nexus as well!"

"No way!" Mikey denies, "We are not fighting for you."

"Oh, pfft, heavens no. You'll be my bumbling arena clowns," She shows clowns being chased by warriors.

"No we won't!" Mikey points to her, as they still didn't wanna do it. He slips on a banana peel, crashing into the others.

"Ow!" Donnie cries out in pain. Big Mama laughs, as they were perfect.

"Okay Mellie, Leo," Raph opens his eyes. "I admit it, you two were right. You. Were. Right! Guys? Hey, where are they?"

"I'm sure wherever they are, they're trying to save us," Mikey states, but Leo's actually pressing the button as quickly as he can, holding onto Amy whose eyes are wide. Not because of the situation, but because of Leo's tight grip on her. The doors close and Leo cringes.

"Find the blue one and their friend!" Big Mama orders and her bellhops take off, the turtles wondering if their respective members just ditched them. The bellhops jump onto them, knocking them to the ground. They're held with mystic restraints.

"Hey," Donnie protests.

"Wait!" Big Mama calls out, stopping her minions. "I've got a better idea. Gus!"

"Gus?" Donnie asks in disbelief. "What kind of mutant is named Gus?"

He gets his answer as a door opens in front of them. A large mutant is standing behind a gate and steps out into the shadows. Gus unsheathes his claws and shows his sharp teeth.

"Uh oh."

"Oh no," Donnie and Mikey say in unison, fearing that he might eat them. Gus then reveals himself to show that he's a mutant dog. He howls at them.

"Huh?" Mikey murmurs in confusion.

"Yup, that's a Gus," Raph comments and Gus slides in front of them.

"Whoa, dudes, is this about me chewing all those slippers? I totally didn't do it!" He holds his hands in a pleading way.

"Nevermind the stupid slippers! Get their scent and find the missing turtle and female," Big Mama points at the turtles. While not having something of Amy's, she's been around them long enough to have her scent on them somewhere. Gus howls and turns to the turtles.

"On it, brah!" He sniffs them, the three giving nervous looks. He growls as he's got something and shows spikes on his back, howling again. He runs past them and exits to the elevator.

"Put this splendiferous ingenious contrapulation in my safe," She hands Donnie's device to a bellhop and the turtle looks irritated that she's stealing his invention.

"Huh, I'm flattered, but also betrayed," Donnie states.

"Take these charming young clowns to the Battle Nexus gateway," Big Mama orders and they grow nervous as the bellhops loom over them.


Leo is running down the hall with Amy in his arms. He slides underneath a moving glass piece from two bellhops who were moving it. "Where are we going?!" Amy calls out as he turns the corner.

"I gotta get you to safety," He looks down at her, as he didn't want her to get hurt or kidnapped like his brothers have.

"Safety...?" Amy murmurs, glancing up at him as he has a serious look on his face. "Leo, take us back, I wanna help."

Leo exits the hotel and puts her down. "Are you crazy?!"

"Hey, they're my friends! I don't wanna be in the sidelines! Please Leo...I can handle it," She pleads, staring at him in the eye. Leo thinks it over. It would be faster if he had help...and she could take care of herself.

"Okay," he takes a hold of her hand. "But you stay close to me and we work together."

"Of course," She nods in agreement.

"How are we gonna get back inside? If Big Mama's gotten to those guys in the lobby, we won't have a chance," He glances at the building. Amy joins his side and points up to the roof.

"Nowhere to go but up."


Leo clutches onto the vent, struggling to climb up. Amy is on his back piggyback style. She crawls off of him, sensing his struggle and holds onto the vent using her elbows. They're in the elevator shaft of the building.

"You go first," Leo pulls his mask so that he's blindfolded. "Don't worry. I won't look."

Amy looks at him in awe at his respect of her and smiles, climbing inside. She looks down at Leo. "Okay, I'll help you inside now."

Since Leo can't see, he's using his hand to feel around. His hand eventually lands on Amy's lips and her eyes widen.

"What am I touching...?" Leo murmurs as she glances at him. He touches her upper lip and she finds her face getting hotter. His hand felt so warm against her skin...

"L-Leo." She removes his hand and pulls his arms, bumping her forehead against his.

"Ow!" They both say in unison. "Sorry. No, don't apologize, it was my fault."

They both start laughing at how awkward they are all of a sudden and Amy pulls him inside.

"Oh man, I didn't touch anything I wasn't supposed to, didn't I?!" He panics and she grins to herself, trying not to laugh.

"No, you're okay," She assures him, but he did wonder what exactly he did touch...and why it was so soft...

"Let's go." Amy climbs forward inside the vent.

"Come out to the mutant hotel," Leo mocks as he climbs after Amy slowly. "Get together, have a few laughs. Oh, I knew we couldn't trust spider lady!" He hears a ding and Amy rolls around, peeking out so they see the inside of a room. A bellhop is holding the two jars of bugs. The bellhop presses into a painting, revealing the wall to be a large gold safe. Leo narrows his eyes. They see him put the code, which are all 1s. The safe opens up and the bellhop throws the device, along with the jars, inside. The door closes and he sweeps his hands, leaving the room. Leo grins before turning to Amy. Their eyes widen as their faces are close to each other. Amy clears her throat and Leo covers his eyes with his mask again. Amy flips around and continues crawling.

"I can't wait to save Raph, so I can rub it in his face!" Leo says in excitement and Amy giggles. She stops when she sees a maid doing laundry.

"Be a henchman, see the world. Worst job ever," the mutant walks away and yelps. Amy opens the door as they knocked out the maid, Leo falling onto the ground from the scent. Amy puts a gas mask over her face.

"First it's the mutants, now it's their clothes. Could I possibly get any lower?" She mutters in disbelief.

"Oh boy, dirty yokai laundry is not gonna be fun. Those guys are gonna owe us!" Leo wraps an arm around Amy's waist and they jump inside. They bump along the way, yelping before they land in the laundry chute. Leo lifts his head up as underwear is around his face.

"I'm just gonna tell myself this is a t-shirt," It snaps back onto his face and he yelps in disgust, Amy sighing at him.


The other turtles are being escorted to the entrance of the Battle Nexus.

"Oh, I can't believe we're gonna end up being rodeo clowns!" Donnie complains to his two brothers. He was supposed to do something great, and he ends up being downgraded.

"And you laughed at me for taking that class. Who's gonna be laughing when I'm minding up a storm?" Mikey retorts, Raph hitting him from behind. They come to a stop as they can hear cheering from the other side of a portal. "Omigosh."

"Here we are. Gateway to the Battle Nexus. Say goodbye to New York, turtles," The seal bellhop pushes them forward. A laundry chute stops in front of them, blocking their path.

"Alright now hold on. Laundry in the middle of the hallway?" The owl bellhop asks skeptically.

"Obviously a trap," The seal bellhop pushes Mikey out of the way. "I shall investigate." He removes all the clothes to reveal nothing. "Oh, it's empty. I guess we can let our guard down, then."

"Sounds right," his partner steps up to him. While they're distracted, a sword appears out of nowhere from the ceiling. The sword moves around and Leo growls in annoyance.

"Come on. Make a portal!"

"Leo, calm down...and just concentrate," Amy advises him as she's laying down in front of him. "Right there in the middle of the rug."

He takes a deep breath and manages to open the portal. "Yes!" He leans in and kisses Amy on the cheek triumphantly. "Step back, step back," Leo encourages as a foot is almost there. Amy places a hand to her cheek, wondering what just happened. But...it felt nice... "Yes! Now step into our trap, you-" The air vent shakes before it breaks, dropping the two through the portal.

"Cowabunga!" Mikey cheers as the others jump through, disappearing before the bellhops can go after them. They all scream before they land on one of the floors.

"You're welcome for saving you!" Leo tells them before he and Amy cut them free.

"If you two hadn't left us, we all could've saved ourselves together," Raph scolds.

"What?" Leo and Amy ask, irritated at his statement.

"Are you even hearing yourself?" Amy deadpans and they hear a howl, turning to the hallway. Gus leaps towards them. They all hug Raph since he's the largest and Mikey holds out a tennis ball.

"Hey buddy, sit." Gus skids to a stop.

"Whoa, what is that?" Mikey moves his hand to the left and Gus follows his movement, being a dog after all. "Oh man, I gotta get that thing and bring it back!" Mikey throws it and Gus pushes past all of them, chasing after the ball. Amy lets out a small sneeze.

"I'm sorry, who was that?" Leo gestures to where Gus disappeared.

"Gus was sent to eat you," Donnie explains bluntly.

"In that case, maybe it's time to blow this balloon factory," Leo presses the button to open the elevator, handing Amy a tissue. "Once we're safe at home, we can brag about how right we were, and in turn, how wrong you were. So glad to do it."

"I got it!" Raph slams his hand against the wall at Leo's cheeky smile. "But we're not going without Donnie's bug slapper and the oozesquitoes. We can't leave them in Queen 8 Leg's hands." Donnie and Mikey grudgingly follow, Amy wiping her nose as she stands next to Leo.

"Well, since we indubitably have no idea where-" Leo presses a button to get to the lobby.

"Spill the beans, Leo! Every time you say indubitably, I know you're up to something," Raph accuses, Amy rubbing a temple.

"Fine, everything's in Big Mama's office and we can risk our lives getting it back right now," Leo presses the button.

"And that's exactly what we're gonna do. Guys...stealth mode!" Raph punches his hands.

"Or...stealth mode," Leo whispers the term, Raph glaring at him. He places a hand on Amy's shoulder. "You gonna be okay? You need your allergy pills?"

Amy shakes her head. "I'm okay...wait, how'd you know it's pills?" She eyes him.

"I'm all about stealth," Leo grins at her. "You keep them around in your office, remember?"

"Right..." She murmurs, smiling slightly. The other turtles eye the two suspiciously, as there was something...different about them all of a sudden.

"What exactly happened with you two?" Mikey wonders and Amy leans against the wall, Leo crossing his arms.

"Nothing," Amy denies with a huff.

"None of your business," Leo replies smugly and the three glare.

They arrive in Big Mama's office and they peek inside, seeing no one. They sneak into the room and Donnie turns around, knocking a pitcher with his staff. He gasps sharply and catches it at the last second, sighing in relief. Raph shushes him and Leo glances around for the painting.

"There," Amy whispers, pointing at it. Leo slowly touches it and the safe reveals itself. He smiles smugly.

"This calls for the delicate touch of a genius," Donnie's staff turns into a saw as he proceeds to break in, loudly.

"I'll cover the sound for you!" Mikey calls out over the noise, knocking down a lamp. He gives Donnie a thumbs up and Amy facepalms.

"We should be through in a couple of hours!" Donnie shouts over the sawing.

"Or we could do this," Leo puts in the last 1 of the code.

"Yeah Donnie, that was the only way inside. Sure," Amy says sarcastically and he pouts.

"But my way was fun!"

The door opens and Leo gestures inside. They jump in.

"That's awesome!" Raph congratulates while Mikey stays behind on lookout.

A ball rolls to Mikey's feet: a tennis ball. "Hey, my ball."

"Wait, Mikey," Amy calls out as they look from inside. "Did you just say your-"

A growl interrupts her and they see Gus at the elevator.

"Don't start a game of fetch you can't finish," he narrows his eyes at them.

"Oh no, no, no, no, no, dears. This simply will not do," Big Mama says from her chair. She's back in her human form as she turns her chair to them. "If there's one rule Big Mama has-"

"Is it forgive and forget?" Leo asks hopefully.

"Is it don't chew on the guest slippers?" Raph questions in confusion.

"Is it no using Raph's toothbrush?" Mikey brushes his teeth with Raph's toothbrush.

"Is it home's law?" Donnie asks mysteriously.

"...What?" Amy questions with utter confusion.

"No!" She turns back into her spider form. She spits three webs, trapping all the turtles into cocoons. "My rule is no stealing from Big Mama!" She grabs Amy and pushes her against the wall, holding onto her right shoulder.

"Mellie!"

"No!"

"You let her go!" Leo demands as Amy is struggling, trying to pull the arm off her shoulder.

"Get off of me!" Amy shouts and Big Mama smiles.

"Oh dearie, I shall put an end to your suffering," She cups Amy's cheek and she moves away from her.

A shadow appears at the window, making a circle into the glass before barging in: Baron Draxum. "And my rule is no stealing from me!"

"Mr. Sheep to the rescue!" Mikey cheers at his appearance.

"And that's a good thing? He tried to destroy us last time we saw him," Donnie reminds his brother.

"Scrambelent to see you again, Baron Draxum," Big Mama looks away from Amy. "But you really must learn to use the dimply door," She points to her office door.

"You must learn to use real words," he retorts back.

"Oh, they know each other," Leo looks at Raph. "If only one of us had seen that coming, or even two of us," he rolls his eyes.

"You are a poor winner, Leo," Raph remarks.

"Those are my property," Baron points to the jar of oozesquitoes. "Fetch them, my pets!" Huginn and Muninn leap down from his shoulders, laughing. They're suddenly tackled by Gus, screaming as he attacks them.

"I need these bumpily bugs for all those tasty victims. They will mutate for my Battle Nexus."

"Those are meant for something much greater than your silly Battle Nexus. They will eliminate the human threat forever. I will have every last one on the surface, starting with you," Baron Draxum points to Amy, who's trying to move her hand to her weapon.

"No! She will be my first warrior!" Big Mama reaches out to open one of the jars, but Baron Draxum turns his arms into drills, attacking the spider mutant. She drops Amy in the process and she falls onto the ground, hyperventilating. She...she could've been a mutant...she growls at the fact that Draxum wanted to do that to her. Hadn't she already been through enough? The brunette takes a deep breath, making one of her hands into a fist. She can't get angry...not here. Not now. No matter how much she wanted to...

Big Mama blocks the attack and kicks Baron's leg, throwing him to her face. He leaps forward and attempts another attack, but big Mama kicks him to her desk. He shoots purple vines and the turtles roll out of the way as Big Mama maneuvers past them. She jumps up higher and spins, firing her webs at him. He captures her web with his hand and pulls her forward so he can punch her. The turtles are further rolled away.

"What is this, another one of your success-proof plans?" Leo wonders.

"Yes! I mean no, no!" Raph whispers before turning to the brunette. "Psst! Mellie, you okay?"

Amy looks towards them and nods. "Use your weapon to free us!"

She sneaks over to them and holds up her axe, slicing off the cocoon in one slice. Gus follows the ball inside the safe.

"To the roof," Baron orders his minions. "Time for this yokai to take over the surface." The two take the jars and use the vines to advance to the roof.

"Leo, portal to the roof, now!" Raph orders urgently.

"There you go," Leo rolls his eyes, "Telling me what to do again. Well, actually, that's a plan I can get behind."

"Stop whining and just do it," Amy tells him and he circles around all of them, making a portal.

"Yes!" The two turtles and Amy cheer.

"Can we rename today Leo and pink-a-boo day?" Raph pushes Leo and Amy through, but the portal immediately closes, leaving Mikey and Donnie behind.

"What are we supposed to do?" Mikey asks before Big Mama reveals herself. "Oh, right."

"This'll teach you to compliment my work, and give me my first positive reinforcement from a parent-agent adult ever!" Donnie declares angrily, throwing up his device. He jumps onto it, with Mikey behind him.

"Cowabunga!"

Draxum has made it to the roof, where he looks over the city...his city. Huginn and Muninn fly over to him, but Leo, Amy, and Raph crash into them.

"Leon's got it!" Leo calls out as he holds the jar, Amy holding the other one. They're standing on top of Raph. Draxum flings vines at them and they scramble out of the way. Leo tosses his jar to Raph, Amy doing the same with hers. They play keep away with the two jars before Leo is flung into the air.

"Leo! Toss me the oozesquitoes!"

Leo drops the jars and Raph lunges forward, catching them. Leo flies to the edge of the roof, but a vine catches him by the mask, holding him in the air and threatening to drop him onto the street.

"I may have created you, but I will not hesitate to destroy you," Draxum threatens and Amy gasps at the revelation.

"What...?"

Leo slowly turns around. "Uh, who created what now?"

"Let my brother go," Raph threatens, Leo holding up a finger.

"Not literally!"

"Put. Him. Down," Amy growls, clenching a fist.

"Oh, brotherly loyalty and love between you and a human," Baron mocks and Amy stutters, blushing.

"I don't love him!" She denies immediately.

"But my bugs are important to you as well. Which one will you choose?" He turns back to the duo.

"Give him the bugs, just give him the bugs!" Leo thrashes around, trying to get free.

"I'm not giving him the bugs. These villains are all talk. He ain't gonna-" Baron drops Leo. "NO!"

"Leonardo!" Amy screams in horror.

"With my last breath, I told you so! My lady, I love you!" Leo calls out, but Amy doesn't register that last part as she jumps after him.

"Leoooo!" Raph tries to go after him, but the vine grabs him and snatches the bugs. He falls too, screaming. Leo looks up as he can feel the wind, squinting at Amy's eyes as she looks down at him. There's something in them, but he can barely see from his distance.

Are those...tears...?

"Power-jump jitsu!" Raph's body turns red as a fist reaches out to Leo and Amy. Leo shouts in surprise, moving out of the way. Amy reaches out to him, but she can't get a grip on his hand. She gasps as they're nearing the pavement. This was it, she was gonna die. She squeezes her eyes shut. "Saving like a boss!" The fist turns into a body with Raph inside, landing in front of the hotel. He holds out his hands so that he catches Leo and Amy. The body disappears and they land on top of a car.

"Thanks buddy," Leo pats Raph on the plastron.

"What was that?" Amy murmurs in confusion.

"I have no idea what I just did, but anytime!"

"Hey, what happened to the bugs?" Leo wonders. They look up to see Baron Draxum releasing them.

"Go and mutate the humans!" And with that, he disappears to go back to the Hidden City.

"Man," Amy facepalms at their failure.

Big Mamma chases Donnie and Mikey around in her office. They fly out into the open where Baron had barged in, Big Mama capturing Mikey's leg with her web. Donnie is stuck and he looks at the control panel, seeing that the remaining webs are almost gone.

"Oh, only one web left." Better make it count."

"Let me go!" Mikey growls at the spider.

"No, Mikey, you let go," Donnie informs him.

"Ohhh," Mikey says in understanding. "Okie dokie." He does so and Donnie giggles, turning around so that he's facing Big Mama. He fires his last web at her, hitting her in the face. She crashes into her safe and the door closes.

Mikey screams as he falls, but Donnie saves him by flying underneath Mikey. He rubs Mikey's head in reassurance.

Leo, Raph, and Amy wait silently until Donnie and Mikey appear. "Everyone okay?"

"We're fine, but the oozesquitoes got away. Another failed mission," Raph crosses his arms.

"Not a total failure," Donnie points out, "We've got this to go get 'em now. Oh, I-I am, however, out of webs, so...uh, partial failure? Yaaaay."

Amy rolls her eyes and Leo points to his brother. "Raph, what was that crazy power-up? You saved our lives!"

"I dunno," Raph shrugs casually, "I just knew that if I didn't save your lives, I'd never hear the end of it from you two."

"And on a side note," Leo holds up a finger. "Draxum created us! He told me right before he threw me off the roof, so I don't think he's very attached."

"What?" Mikey looks up. "Does that mean we're teenage..."

"Mutant."

"Ninja."

"Sheep-men?" Raph asks in confusion and they all stare at him. Leo sighs as he takes his sword and notices Amy thinking to herself.

"What's on your mind, Amy?" Donnie wonders and she turns around to him.

"This may be a lost cause, but if Draxum created you," She points to them, "And killed off my siblings, I wonder if they're connected somehow...if this all happened around the same time, that is, I dunno." She stands up. And she's also wondering how Splinter fit into all of this if the turtles were created by Draxum. Amy sighs to herself. Even though her friends were created by a mutant...she couldn't hate them. They were too hard to hate. Hating them just felt...wrong. That's like saying she hates baking, which would never happen.

"Huh. That's a good point," Raph agrees with her. "Why kill off your brother and sister when he could've mutated them? And then he creates us? That's a 180 change."

"At least you kept your cool, Amy," Mikey says in sympathy.

"Yeah...only because I didn't have much of a choice," She reminds him, rubbing her shoulder. "Either way, I know that I have to be calm about this. I don't wanna do something I might regret...Lucia and Marco wouldn't have wanted that, anyway."

The turtles all smile softly at her, as they didn't need to worry about her going too far anymore. Raph takes off, with Donnie and Mikey flying away as Amy's motorcycle appears.

"Ames?"

"Hm?" She turns around to Leo.

"...Why were you crying?"

"Huh?" She murmurs in confusion as she wasn't expecting that.

"Earlier, when I got thrown off the roof...I saw tears from your eyes."

As Amy was falling towards him, tears were disappearing from her eyes.

She pauses, not knowing what to say or how he would react. She places a hand on her handlebar. "I...I was really scared. I thought you were gonna...gonna die."

Leo's eyes widen as his mask flies to the side. Amy could feel the wind in her hair as there's silence.

"You...actually shed tears...for me. Cried for me..." He steps forward and hugs her, surprising the brunette. "I...didn't think you'd cry...for me." It was the first time she actually cried for him...not his brothers, not April, and certainly not Splinter. She cried for his safety, despite the fact that he's a mutant.

Amy hugs him back, sniffling. "You're fine, right? You're not injured or anything?"

"Yes," He rubs her back to calm her down. She hums at his touch, finding him warm...she actually didn't want to let go this time...

"You guys coming or what?" Raph calls out and they turn to see him. "Oh, uh, I wasn't interrupting anything, was I?"

"...No," Leo and Amy say in unison, grinning to each other. Amy mounts her bike and Leo joins her. They both drive out into the open and Amy's bike wheels turn to the left, turning into flight wheels. She flies after Donnie, both her and Leo smiling as they both think to themselves.

I'll never leave you...


Back in the Hidden City, Draxum is in his lair, and his lab has been repaired in the time that's passed. "My plan is coming to fruition. My bugs have hard work, turning humans into your kind."

"Oozesquitoes," Muninn corrects him.

"What?" He asks in confusion.

"Yeah, it's oozesquitoes. Uh, that-that's, uh, what those turtles and Amy were callin' em."

"It is so catchy," Huginn replies, smiling.

"I know. It just rolls off the tongue."

"Mullions of humans will be mutated," Draxum looks at someone in a pod. "If I don't get rid of the turtles and Amelia, they'll ruin everything. I must eliminate them."