Arionna sighed as she got to her feet. "You should have just got in my car when I found you on the street." She mumbled, staring down at Jack as the girl slept in her bed. The barista pulled a light blanket up over her friend. Exiting the room she was instantly greeted by Raphael and Mikey.

"How is she?" Raphael demanded.

"Unconscious." She said simply.

He snorted.

"Will she be okay? What's with the green skin on her face? When is she going to wake up?" Mikey bombarded her with questions.

Arionna held up her hands, in one was a vile of a thick red fluid. "I don't know." She started walking towards Donatello's room. "I'm only in pre-med. I'm not a chemist or a biologist. I can stich her up but I have no idea what… happened with the skin." She glanced at Leo and then back to Raph. "Even I have realized Donnie is smarter than I am. Once he is feeling better, maybe he can tell you something more."

Walking into the room she set the vile of Jack's blood on a stand near a microscope and grabbed a bottle of pills. Returning to the living room she stepped up to Raphael and shoved the pills into his hand.

"Jack tore all of the stitches on her side open, the skin is a tattered mess I couldn't stitch it back together so I just bandaged it the best I could. I made sure her shoulder was still in it's socket and dressed whatever other wounds I found. These are antibiotics. She'll need to take them twice a day to make sure that gash in her side doesn't get infected. I'm sure she'll also need plenty of pain killers."

Raph stared down at the bottle in his hand and then headed over to the room that held the woman he had failed to protect.

Across the room, Leo was standing at the dining room table with Usagi. He was holding one of his katana, his fingers flexing around the handle.

"How does it feel?" The rabbit asked.

"Strange." Leo said simply. "Unbalanced. I don't like it…" He frowned.

"Excuse me."

They both looked at Arionna.

"Sorry to interrupt. Raph is really preoccupied with Jack, I just wanted to let someone a bit more level headed know what is going on with Donnie."

"You are the one that took off his leg?" Leo asked her abruptly.

She nodded.

He sighed. "Thank you for looking out for him while we were gone."

Again she nodded. "Look, he is going to need a lot of rest. He needs antibiotics and painkillers on a regular basis. His bandages need changed every day and the stitches need checked to make sure that the muscle and bone are sitting properly in the stump and they haven't dislodged and moved too close to the edge of the incisions. Keep him in bed. I understand he might be able to give you guys some answers but he needs rest. He won't be able to move for a few weeks. Minimum."

The eldest turtle nodded, his mismatching eyes meeting the human's before him. "I'll make sure he takes it easy. But I'll be honest with you, we have some problems we need to deal with and his expertise is needed… and I'm not talking about… my own current issues." He flexed his hand and dropped it to his side.

"Just take it easy on him." She turned towards the door, or what was left of it. "I have class in the morning and work… it'll be like that for the rest of the week. But if anything happens, if anything goes wrong with either of them, or any of you for that matter, just call me." With that she left and headed back to the surface.

Dual colored eyes slowly opened as Jack brought a hand to her temple. Her head hurt, her side more. She coughed a bit as she tried to get her eyes to focus. That's when she heard the familiar snoring of someone she knew well. Turning her head she found Raphael sitting in a chair, hunched over at her side. He was leaning on the side of her bed, sleeping, holding loosely to her other hand.

Smiling softly Jack pulled her hand from him and placed it on his head. She gently rubbed the smooth skin of his head, careful of the strap for his eye patch and the bandanna around his eyes. "Hey…" She tried to say, but her voice cracked, rough and raspy. Clearing her throat she tried again. "Hey." It was soft, but at least coherent this time.

The large turtle grumbled as he lifted his head still half asleep. Rubbing at his eye it took him a second to realize what had woken him up.

"Jack!" He exclaimed. Sitting up he took her hand in his. "How do you feel?"

"Sore… but I'll be okay." She smiled slightly.

Raph's impulses took over and he leaned up on the bed. A hand cupped the side of her face as he brought their lips together in a desperate kiss. It surprised the woman lying in the bed but she kissed him in return after a moment. When he pulled away, both of their faces were red. "I'm sorry I…"

"Don't…" Jack's hand found his and gave a small squeeze. "So, what happened exactly?" She asked to get his mind off his embarrassment. "The last thing I remember was looking for you."

Raph clung to her hand as he leaned back in his chair. "That was about a week ago."

"A week?" Her brow furrowed and Raph watched the green skin around her brow wrinkle slightly.

"Yeah…" He rubbed the back of his head and pulled off his mask. Rubbing his temples he reclaimed her hand. "I'm sorry I wasn't there. You went looking for me and I wasn't there to protect you. You went to Xanus and found Leo and Ant…"

"That's right." She started to remember. "They were in these little cells"

Raphael nodded. "They told us all about it. How they filled with some kind of fog and you did something to open the doors. What they don't know is what happened to Leo to make him revert back to a normal pet turtle. Or to make him go back."

"It's the patterns my brother taught me." She told him. "The first thing I typed in opened Ant's door but not Leo's… he had messed with wires inside his cell… By the time I got his door open he had been changed back. It's the mutagen. They figured out how to undo it. They don't know I know how to re do it. I remembered the other patterns…."

"Ant said he had to type something in."

Jack nodded. "I went inside Leo's cell and had to fix the wires. The door closed and we were both stuck inside. He's okay right? Back to normal?"

"For the most part." He looked away from her.

She didn't like that and squeezed his hand. "What do you mean for the most part?"

He shook his head. "We can talk about it later. For now you need to focus on getting better." He reached over and moved some hair out of her face. "Can I check your side?" When she nodded he knelt down and pulled the blanket back before lifting up her shirt. As he moved the bandages and checked the injury the woman lying on the bed kept talking.

"Why is it I always end up in bed for weeks. I'm so pathetic." She put her hand on her face and froze.

"You aren't-"

"What's on my face?" She asked abruptly, cutting him off.

Raphael hesitated as he let her bandage go and looked up at the shocked expression she wore.

"Raph?" Her eyes found his, her two colored eyes. "Raph, answer me."

He sighed. "Something happened while you and Leo were in that cell together. When he was changing back something… happened to the two of you."

She frowned and tried to sit up. Raphael helped her, keeping most of her weight off her sore arm and helping to not strain her side. "What exactly happened us?" She asked him more forcefully.

Hanging his head Raphael took her hands again. "We don't know exactly, what we do know is that you now have one of Leo's eyes and skin like ours on your face. Leo has one of your eyes… and hands like yours."

"What?" She seemed in shock.

Raphael got to his feet and went to the wall where a small mirror was hanging. He spied his own reflection, he looked like hell. Not having slept for nearly the entire week would do that. Pulling the mirror down, he brought it over to the woman on the bed. Holding it up for Jack he watched as she slowly reached up and touched her face, prodding the green skin that haloed her blue eye. Then she looked down at her hands and flexed them, thinking of Leo.

"Is this permanent?" She asked quietly.

"We don't know." Raph set the mirror aside and looked at her. "Donnie is in bad shape. He has only been able to work on occasion. I'm not entirely sure what he has found out."

Her eyes looked up at him filled with fear. "What's this going to do to me? To…" She swallowed hard. "Are you…" Her lip started to tremble. "Do you think…"

Raphael stared at her a bit confused for a moment. Then he realized she was scared of what he was going to think. "Jacquelyn… don't." He moved to sit on the edge of the bed. He put a large hand on the side of her face and turned her to look at him. "How could you ever think that something as small as this would make me think any differently about you?" He kissed the side of her head. He wanted to pull her into his arms but with her injuries he didn't want to hurt her further. "You have a few new additions, but that doesn't mean they are bad. Just different. We can figure it all out together."

Leaning into him she nodded and tried to wrap her mind around it all. "I guess I won't be able to go shopping with April any more… or go to work."

Raphael hadn't thought about that. But she was right, with reptilian skin on her face she wouldn't be able to go wondering the streets of the city during the day. She didn't really need to focus on that now though, they could worry about that later. "Why don't I help you to the bathroom, you can get a bath and clean up a bit. I'll make you some dinner while you are in there." He looked down at her. "How's that sound?"

"That sounds good." She smiled slightly as she pulled back the blanket.

"Good. But if you even think of doing any training any time soon I'm going to lock you in your room." He threatened with a smirk, trying to lighten her mood.

She looked up at him. "Lock yourself in with me and I might not complain about that."

He stumbled a bit and stared at her, heat converging on his face and turning it red. Jack giggled and looked at him as she held on to his arm and slowly got to her feet. The turtle simply cleared his throat and tried to not dwell on the thought. The walk across their home was slow, but the woman insisted on doing it herself, only using Raph as support. The brothers had managed to clean up the place, they fixed the front door, acquired some new furniture and gotten rid of the stains on the floor. It was practically back to normal.

Once at the bathroom, Raph hunched down and plugged up the tub to let it fill with hot water for the woman standing beside him. He found her a clean towel and set it beside her on the sink. "If you need help getting out…" His face turned red at the thought of the situation. "Just yell. I'll be right in the kitchen. You don't need to stress your side or anything."

"Okay I will."

Excusing himself Raphael returned to her room and found her something clean to wear. Once he set the clean clothes on a chair outside the bathroom he made his way to the kitchen.

"What's with all the pacing Raph?" Mikey asked without looking over the back of the sofa.

"Jack is up." He said simply as he turned to the fridge.

That got the younger turtle to pause his game. He turned around and looked at his brother. "She's awake?" He asked excitedly, then paused. "This seems all too familiar… and not in a good way."

"Tell me about it." Raph had no idea what to make her, they didn't have much, no one had bothered to ask the Jones' to get them more groceries in the past week. "How's Donnie doing?"

Mikey shrugged. "I think Ant went in there just a few minutes ago to make sure he had taken his pills so Don's probably awake."

"Can you order us some pizza Mike?" Raph turned from the empty cupboards. "I wanted to talk to Don really quick before Jack gets out of the bath."

The one wearing orange nodded and picked up the phone as his brother walked toward Donatello's room. He knocked gently and then let himself in. He paused briefly once inside but then shook his head with a smirk, he should have been surprised by the sight that greeted him. Donnie had someone help him move nearly half his computer screens and table tops to surround his bed. He was propped up against the wall with stands and tables surrounding him for easy access.

"I see you never change." He commented.

Donnie and Ant looked up.

"Like you ever have." Donnie retorted. "It's good you have finally left Jack's room, or so I've heard, I have found some interesting things."

Raph was thoroughly intrigued now. "What's that?"

"Well I was hoping Leo would be here as well but, he's been in thorough meditation… he doesn't like the fact that Mona was somehow involved. I'm not sure he believes she had a part in all of it."

That made an angry knot twist in Raphael's gut. Mona started the damn thing, Leo had to come to terms with that.

"Anyway, come here." Donnie motioned him over. "I've been running some tests on the blood samples we took from Jack and Leo when they got back from Xanus. And I've been comparing them to old samples from both of them as well."

"Okay…" Raphael didn't know what that meant.

"Their DNA has been changed." Donnie glanced at his brothers. "Leo has a high concentration of human genes mixed in with his reptilian genes. Hence the obvious physical changes. Jacquelyn also has reptilian DNA fused in with her own."

"That's why she's got the green skin…" Raph mused out loud.

He nodded. "The key part is that they seemed to have swapped different gene structures. Leo and Jack literally swapped genes or shared them."

Ant looked at Raph. "She doesn't just have Reptile genes, she had turtle genes. Jack is even more like us now." He grinned.

Raph frowned. "Is it permanent?"

The smile faded from Ant's face as he looked back to Donnie.

"Well, if Jack knows the codes, she could probably undo a normal retromutagen mutation. But since the two of them are cross mutated at such odd levels, I'm not sure I'd be safe to try. They could end up being mutated together more. I'm not sure anyone would want that. Or something even worse could happen."

"Right." Raph rubbed the back of his head. "So Jack is going to be stuck down here in the sewer with us for the rest of her life." He looked at his brother.

Donatello frowned at that thought dawned on him. "Yeah... Yeah I guess so."

"That's not the life I wanted for her." Raph turned around and headed back to check on the status of the pizza and Jack.