Leo kept to himself for the next few days, letting his emotions calm down some more. He didn't eat or sleep much, he just preferred to be alone and train with all his might.

But soon, Splinter ordered Leo to take a break and get something to eat and rest himself. The turtle in blue reluctantly did so.

Casey had gone home by now and hoped things worked out. Randall had stayed longer, but he decided to leave too in the end, taking a much needed break from Leo's anger issues.

Don got on his computer and looked up effects on people who had gone through a bad traumatizing event, and found that sometimes, people who have PTSD, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, could become their own worst enemy. Donatello had heard of it before, and never thought that his big brother had had it. This was distressing all the more, and he had no idea how to help his oldest brother. He was glad his physical injuries had healed at least. Leo wouldn't hardly let even him get near him now.

Leo's behavior was just driving his friends and family further away from him. It was alienating him from others and making the others not like him as much. His bros and father still loved him though, no matter what. But Leo just wasn't willing to open up to anyone.

Randall was glad to be back at April's home, in his own apartment. He decided he wasn't going to the lair for awhile. He just hated being around that kind of intoxicating aroma of hatred. That's what had changed him in the first place, beginning with his jerky fraternity so long ago, then some traumatic events over the years and competing too harshly with his rival on the Scare Floor, and the destruction of his machine and his illegal banishment. It had taken him so long to overcome that.

He would be there if needed, but he just needed time away from Leonardo. He just hoped his behavior would change, and sooner the better.

…

Many days later, there began some new threats on the streets. A teenage boy called Jako was starting a new street gang called the Turks.

He was a nasty one. He was a black boy who had a band-aid on his face and had one piercing on his lip and another on his left eyebrow. He also wore a white cloth tied on his head.

Jako would beat up his own recruits if he saw fit.

One of the turtles' other allies, a former policeman who actually accepted them, who had only met Mikey and Leo once, and had Mikey's phone number, was trying to stop the Turks. It was Nobody. There were many a witness that Jako had ratted out.

One final time, and an old man had witnessed Jako beating the other boy. Jako was about to take the old man out too if it hadn't been for police showing up.

Help was called for the injured boy. A paramedic said he was lucky to be alive. Then the police interviewed the old man and gave him his name and address.

Jako had listened on the conversation. He was going to make that old man pay for interfering in his business.

…

Leo had finally come around and talked to his brothers again, but he was still as stern as ever. He still sparred with his brothers and on this particular night, Randall had stayed at April's, but Leo had ordered he and his brothers go topside and do some exercises outside the lair.

After a good run, they went to a building's skeleton as it was being built and they started doing pull ups. Leo wanted them to keep their arm strength up just as much as leg strength. He told them to turn their shell cells off so it would be not interrupted.

Leo counted as they went along and wanted to get to 400. When they got over 200, a shell cell started ringing.

Raph and Don checked theirs and they weren't on. Leo already had his off. "Mikey, you left your shell cell on." Leo reminded him.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize we were going to be doing a pull up marathon, Mr. Grumpy Leonardo." Mikey complained.

Don hit Mikey on the head. "Ow!"

"Don, don't hit Mikey. That's my job." Raph said. He hit Mikey's head too.

"Hey! Do I look like a piñata?!" Mikey stated. He hated the hits on the head all the time.

"Just answer your phone." Don ordered. The ringing was getting on their nerves.

Mikey picked up finally, "Talk to the turtle. Uh huh." He said it many times before saying, "We'll be there."

"Who was it?" Raph asked, annoyed.

"Nobody." Mikey replied.

That was a questioning answer.

"Leo, remember the guy in black, Nobody?" Mikey asked the leader.

"Yeah. What about him?" Leo demanded.

"He said he needs our help. I said we'd be at the location." Mikey said.

"We owe him for helping him last time." Leo said.

They quickly finished their pull ups and Mikey told them where to meet Nobody. They took off across town. They would start over on pull ups later.

…

The turtle brothers took to the sewers and followed Leo to where he knew the location was. He had been familiar with it the most, going there on some of his lone runarounds. They soon stopped and got out of the sewers and ran over to what looked like an old, abandoned building.

"You sure this is the place?" Raph asked.

Then a punk kid came flying out of the building, crashing through the two boards that were on the entryway. He got up and started running away. Nobody jumped out next and started giving chase. The punk kid took out a laser gun and started firing back at him.

Nobody jumped into an alley to avoid being shot. Then the boy took off again.

"Come on! He's getting away!" Mikey declared. He and his bros took off after him, but when a rope fired out in front of them, they had to stop.

"Let him go!" Nobody shouted and pulled his rope back to him.

"You're slipping, Nobody. That punk kid almost took you out." Leo said.

"I told him to." Nobody, a man in a black costume and cape, started walking down the alley so he could talk more in private. The turtles followed him. "He's my informant. Goes by the name X-ray. That performance you witnessed was just in case anyone was watching." he explained. "X-ray's infiltrated a dangerous new gang called the Turks. But they're beginning to get suspicious."

He stopped at an apartment building and fired his rope up to the top. "Follow me." and he reeled himself up. The turtles climbed up the building and met him at the top.

Nobody continued as they arrived up there. "The Turks plan to take care of an old man who saw their leader try to take out a gang member who they thought was an informant. He plans to take care of the old man, tonight." he explained.

The guys knew they had to be a part of this. They couldn't let that happen. Then Nobody slipped behind the shed and got out of his costume. He changed into a police suit. "If we can stop them, I think we can shut down the whole gang. I know some of these kids. Most of them aren't half bad. It's their leader, Jako. I need extra eyes and ears; ones I can trust."

"A stakeout!" Mikey said excitedly. "Cool!"

"Something like that. I'm going to check on the old man. He lives right downstairs. Wait here, I'll be back." Nobody said.

The turtles hoped their friend had a good plan on how he was going to help this senior citizen.

Nobody caught the man as he was walking out of his apartment before he could knock on his door. He told him he was from the Witness Protection Program.

"I have to get you out of here for your own protection, Sir. You and your wife. I know the gang plans to visit you here tonight. I have to get you to safety."

"Why, yes, Sir. Of course. Just let me get my wife." The man said. He went back into the apartment and told his wife what was going on. She agreed that they should go.

Nobody also told them that he had special backup helping him out as well. They would be taking their place in their apartment to help take down the gang. He got them out just in time, and the turtles went over the plan with him before all they could do was wait. They were taking shelter in a hidden spot in the super's office.

Don and Mikey would be taking the man and woman's places in the apartment while Leo, Raph, and Nobody waited on the roof. Nobody was now back in his costume. The turtles did go back to the lair and get their modes of transportation.

Within a couple of hours, the Turks showed up on their doorstep, while on the street, X-ray was cornered by some other Turk members, who said that Jako wanted to talk to him. He knew what it meant: he was in trouble.

In the apartment, four Turks broke in to take care of what they were sent for; to take care of the old man. They had seen him come back into the building after getting a paper. The punks saw a couple sitting on a couch, but they didn't acknowledge them.

"Hey! You old farts deaf or something?!" A brown haired one wearing a yellow shirt with a cue ball number 9 on it snapped at them. He had a crowbar in his hand. He lowered the newspaper that was what he thought was the old man, and instead, there was a green face in his place.

"Evening, boys." Donny greeted them. "Shall we, Granny?" He had tried to change his voice to an elderly tone so to speak.

"Why yes, Grandpa." Mikey replied in a female-like voice.

Don and Mikey struck out and fought back against the gang members. They each were thrown about some and Don even found himself being held by the shirt against a closet, about to be punched hard by one. Mikey saw this and threw a un-open can of soda into his head, knocking him out and down.

"Nobody manhandles my husband." Mikey joked.

There was one gangster, the one in the yellow shirt, that got out when he realized they had been played. It was a possible setup to be arrested. He wasn't going to jail! "I'm out of here!" Then he jumped out the window and fell into the dumpster below. He got out and went running for the car.

Don saw it and called Leo. "Grandpa to Green Sleeves. Everything is going as planned. One of them is on the move."

Leo and Nobody were on the roof and saw the punk get in his car and drive off. Raph was down on the Shell Cycle in an alley across the street. Leo called him, "Raph!"

"Already on it." Raph growled and fired up the motorcycle. He took off after the car first.

Leo and Nobody got down off the rooftops and went to where the Battle Shell was parked. They landed safely and got in. Leo drove the truck and followed as well.

….

At the Turks' hideout, X-ray was being questioned by Jako. He had been found out. Now he was going to be in trouble, that was before they heard squealing tires outside. One of their other members ran in.

"Jako! It was crazy, man! These green aliens! They were trying to abduct us or something!" The boy exclaimed in a terrified voice.

Jako grabbed him. "Was it the caped freak? Did he follow you here?! Did he?!" he demanded.

Leo and Raph were hot on the trail. "That's the hideout up ahead!" Leo told Raph. Nobody had gotten onto the Battle Shell's roof.

"Open the door, Leo, and let me in." Raph ordered.

Nobody jumped upwards just as Leo was going to ram into the building. He got the armor ready and rammed into a boarded wall and they were inside. They were ready for action.

The Turks heard car and motorcycle noises outside their main room. Jako ordered the Turks to get their weapons, which were guns.

Just as they spread out and were ready to fire, Raph sped into the room. Leo had gotten out of the truck and got up higher. Two Turks were about to fire on Raph when Leo jumped down from the ceiling pipes and sliced the front of their guns, making them now useless.

Jako threatened to shoot X-ray if they didn't surrender. More Turks surrounded them from above, aiming their guns on them.

"Smoke these… whatever they are! Smoke 'em!" Jako ordered.

The Turks started firing.

Leo and Raph didn't surrender and Raph sped around to not be shot. Leo slid under a pool table and went under the stairwell. Raph rounded a corner and drove the Shell Cycle up the stairwell.

Nobody then jumped down on some of them and distracted them long enough and they saw Raph coming at them. Some jumped over the railing, and Raph pushed the last one down.

Down below, Turks were still firing at Leo. Raph stopped his bike and jumped down to assist his brother. He knocked the first two out by grabbing them and slamming them together. Then he fought the last guy, the one with the yellow shirt.

"Nine ball, huh?" Then he swung him down hard on the pool table. "How about nine ball, corner pocket?" He made a funny.

Nobody was up on the pipes on the ceiling and he went over to rescue X-ray. He was still standing by Jako. He used his rope hook to reel him up and away from danger.

Jako had been firing towards Leo and he was taken aback when X-ray went up into the air. "What the-?" He started firing up toward the ceiling.

Nobody caught X-ray and led him over to an exit point on the roof. "Sorry for cutting it so close, X-ray, but you did good." Nobody said.

"Thanks, Boss." X-ray thanked him.

"Alert the police."

"On it." X-ray ran off to go find a phone.

Nobody closed the vent and went back to action, to take care of Jako. He was still looking for Nobody. Even Raph and Leo had stopped fighting, as they had taken out the other Turks.

Nobody snuck up and punched Jako in the ribs, winding him. He fell to his knees.

"What are you all waiting for? Waste him!" Jako ordered.

The other Turks stood up. Leo and Raph were waiting for their next move.

Nobody spoke up, "Listen to me, all of you. You don't have to follow this punk, Jako. All you're going to have is a short life of fear and violence that leads to a tow-tag at the city morgue. You know it's true. I can see it in your eyes." He did see doubting looks on the boys' faces. "It's not too late. You can walk away. Just walk away."

Of course, they didn't want that. Maybe what this guy was saying made sense. One of them looked at his fallen leader.

"What's you waitin' for?! Waste him!" Jako ordered.

The boy hated that order. He did the opposite. He dropped his gun. The other Turks did the same. Jako was shocked that they would go against his orders. Then, they all took off the Turks jacket.

Leo and Raph smiled at one another. They were making the right choices to walk away.

"It's over, Jako. Your Turks have wised up. You're on your own." Nobody said.

Jako wasn't going to let that stop him. "I don't need them losers anyway, because I'm Jako!" He backed over to a wooden crate and opened it up and took out a bazooka.

That had the other boys terrified. The boys took off for the exit.

"I don't need you, you pack of losers!" Then Jako turned the bazooka on Nobody. He pulled the trigger and Nobody ran to avoid the missile released. He jumped upwards and the missile hit the wall.

"So much for the big guy. Now, for the help." Jako then took aim and fired on Leo and Raph.

Leo and Raph jumped away from the missile and it too, ended up in the wall.

"Ha! A little wide. But I won't miss you freaks again!" Jako remarked evilly.

The two turtles started running for cover towards the exit.

Nobody let his rope go up and it reeled him over the smoke, and he went down and shot the rope onto the next missile that was released at him, and he caught it with his rope and twisted it back at Jako. Jako fired back.

Leo and Raph got to the exit. "Raph! We've got injured!" Leo shouted. "Let's get him outside." Leo picked up the boy and carried him outside. Raph helped him.

They set him down outside against another building. "I hope Nobody's okay." Raph admitted.

Inside, there was fire burning. Jako was looking around for Nobody. "You best be hidin' hero man." Then a rope came down out from the pipes above and it pulled the bazooka up out of Jako's reach.

"No!" Jako cried out in shock.

Nobody then jumped down and kicked him in the ribs again.

"No! Who… who are you, man?" Jako cried out in fear.

Nobody picked Jako up by the shirt and jacket. "I'm Nobody." he said before he punched Jako in the face. It knocked him unconscious. He then put handcuffs on him.

Soon, there were sirens coming. Police cars and fire trucks alike.

Nobody and the two turtles went back up to the rooftops and watched the action. Leo called Don and told him and Mikey to rejoin them. It was over.

"Well, that's that." Raph stated.

"I think we did some real good here today. Without Jako, those kids stand a better chance at a better life." Nobody said. Jako had woken up and was being led and put into a police car, under arrest.

"I'd still like to know who hooked Jako up with that mini arsenal." Leo said.

"So would I." Nobody agreed.

Then Don and Mikey joined them. Mikey was still wearing the old lady's outfit.

"Mikey, you can lose the dress now." Raph pointed out.

"Why? Do I look fat in this? Tell me the truth now, I can take it." Mikey said.

"I'm just glad Mikey stopped referring to me as his husband." Don admitted.

"It was just for during the stakeout, Donny-boy." Mikey stated.

"I get that, Mikey, but I am not now, nor will I ever be your real husband." Don made his point.

They all couldn't help but laugh at that. Even Leo.

….

Karai was still the turtles' ally, even though they hadn't heard from her in a long time. Not since the night of Leo's rescue from the rogue ninjas.

Yogami had escaped Karai's custody and managed to start up a new ninja group, far away from Karai's headquarters. It was outside the city's limits. The organization had grown really big.

The Purple Dragons were associated with them. Dragon Face ordered one of his top henchmen to scratch off Jako and his Turks as possible recruits to their cause.

Yogami was preparing his ninja clan, the Dark Dragons, for the total destruction of the turtles, and real soon. He had the technology to do it with his scientists.

At the real Foot headquarters, Karai was creating a special library to her father in his honor, although she had no plans to go after the turtles. She just wanted to honor her father for the way that she had seen him, as a humanitarian.