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Holding a tight grip on Anna's shoulder May and the turtles walked her through the sewers towards the lair of the other mutant living underneath the city. "So…" Anna started to say, her voice revealing her nerves of meeting yet another mutant creature. "…Leatherhead is-is a turtle too?"

Mikey snorted and then laughed hysterically at her statement.

"Um." May smiled nervously as Leo gave her a look that almost said 'you-deal-with-it' as they continued forward. "Not exactly…he's more of um, of a uh…"

"He's a giant freaking Croc! Geeze!" Raph muttered causing Leo to shoulder check the hot-head before he revealed anything more about their friend.

"A what?" She gasped looking to the blonde. "Yea…he's a croc, but he's really a nice guy- um- mutant. He's super smart too, I think he's probably smarter than Donny."

"When he's not angry!" Mikey chuckled once again causing May to elbow his side. "What?"

"Not now, Mikey." Leo scoffed and then pushed aside a moveable wall. "We are here." Raph climbed through first, followed by May and Anna, Mikey and then Leo last.

"Ah! My friends." Leatherhead's voice called from the second story of his home in the large sewer. Anna held a tighter grip onto May's hand as he revealed himself in the light. "It's good to see you once again. Please, to my laboratory." He pointed to a small corner with a computer and a table lined with science equipment.

"Cool…" Anna's eyes lit up at the sight of the table and being distracted she let go of May while she examined his current procedures. "This is very interesting?" She ducked her head down looking through a microscope for a moment and then looked back up turning right into Leatherhead's very leathery arm. With a startled squeal, Anna fell backwards but luckily May was there to break her fall.

"I am sorry, Miss. I do not know your name." The large crocodile smiled revealing his sharp teeth but a warm and humble smile, "My name is Leatherhead." He offered her a scaly three-fingered hand and cautiously Anna took a hold bobbing her hand quickly. "Anna." She mustered a smile and then ran to hide behind May.

"Sorry big guy." May smirked rolling her eyes. "She just discovered there are mutant turtles living under the sewers her whole life. She wasn't expecting an awesome giant croc too."

"Never mind the meet and greet." Leo interrupted changing the subject, "Here's the bandages and wrappings Donny was wearing before he changed. Do you think you could find something from this?"

The crocodile nodded taking his glasses from out of his white lab coat and onto his face. "Yes. But I might have a hunch at his condition…" Taking the wrappings from Leo's hands, he placed the bandage Don had around his leg in another microscope analyzing the data he had already assumed.

"The tissue sample from Donatello's bandage contains the same DNA qualities we found in the strange mutated creatures you've been battling lately."

"So Don has been affected by the outbreak as well?" Anna asked walking out from behind May's back towards Leatherhead's side. "Could I look?" She asked gaining a smile and a nod from the mutant.

"This is a sample of the mutated creatures from the sewers. If you compare the two, the DNA looks to be very similar."

Anna raised from the first microscope to the next nodding. "Almost exactly…" She sighed.

"In Donatello's case, the mutagen has triggered a secondary mutation in his DNA." Leatherhead turned to face the three turtle brothers with a frown. "What I can't understand, is how it was introduced into Donatello's bloodstream?"

"I think I know." Leo nodded, "Remember when we were fighting the mutants when the outbreak first occurred?" May shuddered at the thought remembering fighting the giant man-cockroach in the nasty sewer water alongside of the guys. "Don got that nasty gash when we were fighting those mutated roaches!"

"Mu-tat-ed roaches?" Anna squealed after Leo's statement almost looking like she was shivering from a bunch of creepy crawlies on her skin. "What is up with you guys?" She shook her head shivering.

"I regret to say, I-" Leatherhead looked up from his set of notes, "I-I, I cannot cure him…"

"WHAT!" Mikey and May screeched simultaneously. "NO!" The jokester of the group continued to panic, holding the sides of his head while he shook it in disbelief.

"Man," Raph growled deep and low in his chest. "I am gonna stick my foot so far up Bishop's-"

"Easy, Raph!" Leo cut his statement off. "We will find a cure. But first we've got to capture Don before he hurts himself…or anyone else…"

"And just how are we gonna capture a 300-pound killer turtle?" May crossed her arms in disbelief while Leatherhead removed a cloth overtop of a giant piece of equipment. "Uh, LH? What's that?" She pointed walking towards the object.

"Well as you know, Donatello and I have been working together, developing ways to neutralize Bishop's mutant threat. We engineered this containment to incarcerate and study larger mutations." He finished placing a large hand on the glass door. "I made this with Donatello. I never imagined we would be using it on Donatello…"

Closing her eyes and lowering her head, May bit her lip attempting not to reveal her raging emotions from the others. There were too many times she and the others took Donny for granted. Now, not having his reassurance for a hopeful outcome, it was proving very difficult to imagine how they were going to make it better without him.

Sniffing and raising her head, May looked back into the face of her human friend who looked just as upset as she felt.

"Don't worry…" Leo sighed making everyone look up at their leader. "We will find a way…we have to…"

Walking through the sewers this time around seemed even harder than before with Leatherhead carrying the large containment chamber on his back. They walked in silence as well- yet another reason to feel uncomfortable while May and the others remembered why they were there in the first place.

A ring of Leo's shell-cell caused May to jump slightly, and then hold her hand to her heart as relief after she realized what the noise had been. "Guys, Don's headed to the lair. Come on!" He motioned forwards pushing the others to run to make up for lost time.

Turning the corner after running for quite a bit, Leo stopped the others with a wave of his hand. "We are almost to the Lair, and Don is close," he stopped checking his tracker for monster Donny. "Real close, we will need someone to send him to us while we set up the containment unit."

"So a distraction?" May whispered turning her head to Mikey. The others did the exact same. "Wha? Me?" the turtle gulped so that they could hear just how nervous he was. "Come on Mikey, you shouldn't be that scared. It's only Don." May giggled patting his shoulder, "And you have your mutant gear still on, so yea. You'll be fine."

"May, take Anna to the lair, wait for us there…we don't need you two to be caught in the middle of this fight." The blue bandana turtle pointed with a stern face.

"Aw, but Leo I can-"

"Now…" he pointed again motioning for Anna to go as well.

With the pull of her hand, May obediently obliged. "Fine…" She scoffed walking with Anna towards the entrance. "Come on, you can meet Master Splinter as well."

"Oh greatttt…" May's friend rolled her eyes before the door shut behind the two. "I've always wanted to meet a giant rat."

"At least he's a friendly rat?" the blonde smiled hopefully walking forwards. "Master Splinter? Yo?" She cupped her hands along her mouth hoping her rat sensei would reveal himself.

With echoing footsteps and a tap of a cane, the large human-sized rat made his way from out of the shadows. "Miss Gibson. Good evening, but where are my- oh." He looked to May's right towards the female cowering next to her. "Is this Miss Gordan that I have heard so much recently?" His smile was warm trying his best to not frighten the already terrified look in her face.

"Yes, Sensei. Anna, this is-" But May stopped and caught her friend just before she hit the ground below. "This is…he-eavy!" May grunted holding her passed out friend in her arms.

After Anna woke and she overcame her fear of Master Splinter, May explained to the old rat the situation of his son. May thought the heartbreaking look in his eyes way heart-wrenching as she told him the story, but that didn't compare to the solemn look and aurora he had when Leatherhead and the others brought Donny into the lair.

With a light touch, Splinter held his hand against the glass while the monstrous Donny beat against the shatter-proof glass. Everyone was quiet, the only sound being heard was from Don banging and growling through the glass.

"I too can sympathize," LH began to say placing a hand on his well built chest, "I too know what it is like to be a monster."

Raph walked next to his father placing one of his hands on his shoulder as a sort of reminder to stay strong, "Poor Donny…" He said with a sigh not knowing what to really say to comfort his dad.

Mikey rose from his position on the floor. "What are we gonna do?" He asked looking to Leo.

"Do?" Leo removed his hand on May's shoulder walking forwards to the cage. "This is Donatello, this is our brother… We are going to hunt down a cure for him. No matter what it takes…no matter what…"

Nodding to the floor, May looked up, "We have to find Bishop." She insisted turning all the heads towards her. "He's the one who created the alien invasion in the first place. That in turn caused the outbreak. He should have some knowledge since he created it…right, LH?" She turned to the croc hopefully.

He only frowned deeper, "Bishop is a tainted and twisted man. I would not suggest his aid."

"But…" May held her fists tight, "He's our only hope right now…" Looking towards Splinter, the blonde gave a serious look, "I won't stop fighting until he's better. He's my family…you all are my family. I promise you this." With a look towards her human strawberry-blonde friend May opened her mouth to say something when Anna cut her off.

"I won't either." She smiled seriously. "I want to help Donny too. He's my friend as well."

"So, let's get to work LH." May smiled waving him towards Don's lab in progress. Anna had warmed up to the giant crocodile fairly well considering she had almost passed out when she first saw him about an hour ago and had even passed out at the sight of Splinter. Now the two were sharing theories and LH had informed the girl of his cruel past with Bishop.

As May took a break from the research, she stood on the second floor staring down at Donny below still attempting to escape from his cage. Wiping a tear from underneath her eyes, May sniffed and tried her best not to let her emotions get the best of her in the venerable state she and the others were in.

"I keep turning to ask Don what we are going to do," Leo held May's hips as he stood behind her whispering into her ear. "To see what type of brilliant plan he's come up with to fix this." Giving her a kiss on the cheek and lifting his head up he frowned, "And then I remember…that is Don."

Nodding her head May turned around wrapping her arms around his neck. "I know…I miss him so much…"

Suddenly from down below Anna coughed trying not to cry as she and the giant croc talked, "I wish I too could speak to Donatello regarding his condition. He did the majority of the work of the outbreak virus."

"Donny is really brilliant isn't he?" Anna sniffed looking back at him pounding his large fists against the unbreakable glass. She shook her head from the moment and then looked back down at the computer she was researching on.

"Indeed he is. Without him, I fear my progress is too slow." The tension growing between the two was so thick May and Leo could see the imaginary cloud forming. "Donatello's condition grows worse by the minute and the outbreak strain is reacting violently with the Utrom mutagen in his blood. His cells are breaking down and it's only a matter of time before he is lost forever."

Anna sighed, "Well thanks for the positive reinforcement…"

Leo had pushed May to the side jumping down towards the two working in the lab. "That's not going to happen!" He yelled with his arms crossed. "We can't let that happen."

Hobbling along the edge of the walls, May watched as Master Splinter made his way to the group. "Every problem has a solution. Every question, an answer…perhaps we are asking the wrong questions…"

Resting her back on the railing, May shook her head not wanting to hear the rest of what the group had to say. She honestly missed Donny. It was hard to think he wasn't around confusing May and the others with his ideas or theories on his projects. He wasn't there to help her study or to listen to her complaints on her teachers.

She hadn't realized it until the warm tears rolled down her cheeks undetected. Closing and placing a hand over her eyes to attempt to stop her tears, May felt a body next to her. Throwing her hand down to attempt to not show her emotions to the person now holding her against their shell, "Raph…" May muttered holding him tightly. "I miss him…" She whispered pulling him closer.

He kissed the side of her cheek placing his whole hand on her blonde head. "Me too…"

Just then the two jumped from their position hearing a scream from Mikey and a growl from the demented Don. From the looks of being above, May gasped now understanding that Mikey had somehow caught himself in the moveable hole in the cage and now Donny was pulling him in.

"Hold on, bro!" Raph jumped down to the first story running to Mikey's aid. Doing the same, May jumped down as well taking a grip of Mikey's other shoulder helping Raph pull the youngest turtle to safety. "Donny! Let him go!" She cried frantically seeing his claws digging into Mikey's ankle just as it did to Raph earlier.

Leo and Splinter ran to the cage as well attempting to talk Don into letting go of Mikey's ankle. "Please, hear my voice, my son." Splinter's voice even soothed May in her time of panic. But she couldn't be distracting from her Master and continued to pull Mikey to safety. "Do not let yourself be lost within this form. Hear my voice, you do not want to hurt your brother…relax, my son."

Anna and Leatherhead ran behind the cage releasing the gas to calm him. May and Raph grunted in the next second as their pull tumbled the orange bandana turtle on top of the two. "Uh, Mikey!" May groaned as he continued to sit on her back.

"Oh, sorry… I just-just wanted to give him some food…" He apologized to the others with a very saddened face.

Just then Don pounded against the glass proving his resistance and strength of the new mutation in his body. "He is becoming resistant to the gas…" Leatherhead frowned pulling Anna back from her astounded gaze. "I will have to work on stronger tranquilizers."

A deep growl rumbled in Leo's chest and for once May was surprised to hear such a thing coming from the newly divine Leo, "That settles it!" he screamed. "We're going after Bishop! We'll MAKE him help Don."

"And HOW exactly are we gonna find him? The last I checked he wasn't listed in Yellow Pages." Raph responded after helping May to her feet.

Leatherhead pointed to his chest, "I know where he is, remember I vowed to catch up to him someday and even the score he caused torturing me. But the journey is long. I fear Donatello doesn't have much time."

Thinking of a way to get to wherever Bishop was located within a decent time frame, May snapped her fingers knowing of a way. "Maybe Donny can help us!" She smiled hopefully, "The last thing he was working on was the helicopter we gained from Stockman."

Looking back into the enlightened faces of her friends and family was very encouraging. "Your right it should get us where we need to go fast enough!" Leo nodded waving for the gang to follow, "Come on, let's get everything ready for Don."

"This is it you guys!" Anna called from the cock pit. She had insisted- despite the lecture she had from Splinter and Leo, to help the turtles to help Donny. "Groom Lake, Nevada. Prep for landing!"

"Wait a minute, Groom Lake, as in Area 51?" Mikey screeched from the back.

"Take it easy, paranoid idiot." Raph muttered causing a smile from May. She looked out the window as the helicopter neared the desert ground. "All right, Mikey, Raph and I are going to go check out the area while you all stay here with Don."

May pouted for a moment as her turtle friends climbed out of the door to search the grounds. Glancing at Splinter and Leatherhead as they conversed a plan to remove the second mutated turtle out of the copter, May slipped out of the door and silently followed her mutant friends as they ducked behind a small hill- May following behind but not paying close attention as she ran into the back of Mikey's arm causing him to squeal. "Wha da? May!" He yelled turning around and holding her against trying to defend himself from the intruder.

"What?" She whispered see the three angered faces. "I wanted to help!" She stuck her lower lip out trying to use her feminine charm against them.

Leo rolled his eyes and head peaking out towards the base in the distance. "There's nothing really to help, I just needed to see what we were up against."

She and the other two did the same as Leo peaking towards the dimly light base. "This can't be right…I mean, Area 51? Maybe Leatherhead is just nuts. This can't be Bishops base."

"Mikey." May ducked down as Leo and Raph took off back towards the copter, "Just do us all a favor and be quiet." She followed suit with the others while Mikey continued to blab. "Maybe we took a wrong turn?"

"This IS Bishop's base, Michelangelo."

"But Area 51?" Mikey just wouldn't drop the issue. "All of those crazy stories. It's the heart of darkness, UFO central! The nexus of weirdness!"

Raph grunted, "Then you'll fit right in." Walking over to the others, Anna pointed a finger towards the youngest of the turtles. "Is he always this hyper?"

May nodded, "You get used to it, and ignore." The statement caused Mikey to stick his tongue out.

"Weird or not, we're going in there. Straight infiltration! Raph, Mikey and I will-"

"Ahem…?" May coughed interrupting Leo from his plan. He looked towards her for a moment and nodded, "Raph, Mikey, May and I will get in and get Bishop. Master Splinter, Anna, and Leatherhead will stay with Don just in case. Once we have Bishop, we'll convince him to help Don."

Raph grinned punching his fist into his palm. "Leatherhead and I can handle that portion with ease. We can be very, very convincing."

Anna bit her lip looking from Raph to the croc and then to May. From the expression on her face, May could tell Anna wasn't exactly sure what to make about this plan and Raphael's aggression. "Is this Bishop guy really that bad?" She questioned and was answered with a grim nod from each person and mutant.

"No mistakes guys, this is a military base and Bishop's turf. Be ready for anything." Leo nodded and then waved his hand forward resulting in the others to proceed with the plan. Looking over her shoulder, May gave Anna a reassuring wink before she ran off behind her turtle friends.

As the four neared the chicken wire and bob-wired fence, Leo jumped up slicing the top wire so the others could hop over it easily. Once they did so, Leo whispered, "Split up and search the place." May and the others nodded and continued to run in silence searching the area for an entryway to invade and infiltrate Bishop to forcefully make him help Donny.

Before May could really use some of her super secret spy moves she learned from watching movies like Mission Impossible, Leo called for the group to make their way over to him in front of an opened garage. "Well, I wasn't expecting this…the place is deserted." Mikey scoffed and followed suit with May and the others.

It didn't seem right, May thought walking into the room in silence. For this to be an authorized military base, there should have at least been guards. But nothing was around… "I'm telling ya, Area 51 is bad news…Aliens check in, but they don't check out-"

"Mikey! What did I say before?" May grunted looking around the dark area. "Say another word Mikey," Raph added, "I'm warnin' ya!"

Leo stopped short causing Mikey to run into the back of his brother's shell while he was being distracted from his threatening thoughts. May turned to look ahead and then shut her eyes as a bright light shined down on a man in front of the group.

"Bishop!" Leo growled causing May to rid of her retreating motion to face the evil man now smiling at the four.

"Welcome, turtles…and Miss Gibson." Bishop's hands were positioned behind his back with his statue indicating a plotting man. "I must say, I'm surprised to see you. We don't get a lot of guests here."

"Aw, I knew this was too easy…you think he saw the copter?" Raph muttered.

"It's Area 51!" Mikey whined again resulting in May slapping her forehead, "They probably have a UFO watching over us right now!"

"Not exactly, Michelangelo. We detected the helicopter as it approached because it's MY helicopter! Doctor Stockman took it to New York on his ill-fated trip." Bishop held a hand out to the side as a small robot made its way into the light.

"Stockman? Still alive?" Raph yelled. "I thought we were done with you for good!"

"Oh I WISH!" The robot began to move as if he were talking. The sound of Stockman's voice filled the room. "Agent Bishop didn't seem fit to let me rest in peace!"

"Enough chit-chat." Bishop turned to the robot and then turned back to look at the small group. "What brings you to my house?"

"There's been an outbreak in New York, caused by your aliens!" Leo yelled out causing Bishop to adjust his collar as if he already knew of the problem. "I'm aware of the situation…" he responded.

"Don got infected! He's been transformed into…into…a monster!" The words stung as Leo finished his statement. The words stung even more as Stockman laughed, "Oh that's rich!" He continued, "So much for the SMART one!"

May could feel the tension growing in her hand as she held onto her Kusari tighter than she had before. "It's NOT funny!" She yelled out forcing the robot to stop. In the heated pause, Bishop raised his eyebrows and then smirked, "Perhaps we can be of aid to one another? What if I told you I could cure your brother?"

Leo shook his bald green head, "Why would you help us?" He questioned.

"I would help your brother because I require something from you in exchange."

"Leo! Dere is NO WAY we should make a deal wit dis guy!" Raph yelled out. "Don's in trouble BECAUSE of Bishop. AND he tried to dissect us, remember?" Mikey added.

"It may be a deal with the devil," Leo retreated his sword behind his shell, "But what choice do we have?"

Dun dun daaaaaa!

*Spoiler alert* (for those of you that have seen and remember what Bishops requires from the turtles) he is going to want something in addition to the item he requires! What is the other thing he wants? Hmmmmm you'll have to find out in the next chapter! Yes, I am evil, I know!