when baby maria was a year old leo tried to make her give up the blanket as he didn't want her getting overly attached to it but she wouldn't let go of it so eventually leo went to splinter and said "dad can you give me some advice please?" and splinter said "of course my son what do you need advice on?" and leo said "i don't want maria getting overly attached to her blanket but she won't let go of it" then splinter said "it is just a phase she will grow out of it eventually" then leo said "thanks dad you wanna hold her for a minute?" and splinter said "of course i do if i cannot make time for my only grandchild then i cannot make time for anyone" so leo laid maria in splinters arms.

just as splinter started to cuddle his grandchild leatherhead walked in and when he saw splinter holding maria he said "splinter our children are all running riot and are hungry but you are just sat here with that child it isn't even yours" then splinter said "leatherhead i just want a little time with my first grandchild i only just took hold of her" then leatherhead said "you should be focussing on our kids not your grandchild" then splinter said "you do not understand she is the most precious thing in my life right now and the youngest she needs me and so does leonardo" then leatherhead said "sometimes i think you love her and your sons more than me" then splinter said "i love you all equally but she needs her grandfather right now and leonardo needs his father" then leo said "please don't argue guys" but leatherhead was in a fit of pure rage so he yelled "if you cannot care for our children maybe we should all go and let you be alone with your own little perfect family" but then maria started crying so splinter said "we will talk about this later i am going to take maria for a short walk to calm her down" then leo said "dad i think she's just tired" then splinter said "ok you take her to bed but i am still going for a walk i need to blow off some steam" then he handed leo his baby and ran out of the house.

when splinter was gone leo said "leatherhead i gave him maria he didn't want her but i needed a break you shouldn't have yelled at him like that" then leatherhead said "i need to go after him and tell him how sorry i am" then leo said "i wouldn't i'll go after him you take maria for me" so leatherhead did then leo ran out after splinter but as splinter had a headstart on him but meanwhile splinter was actually only half a mile away but as he was about to round another corner he heard a noise so he looked carefully around the corner but he didn't see what he was expecting as he thought he would see a ninja or the scientist who had kidnapped leo but all he saw was a young girl lying in the water so he ran to her.

when splinter was stood next to the girl he said "little girl are you alright?" but the girl was unconscious so splinter rolled her over and saw she had a bad head wound then he saw her leg was badly broken as well so he picked her up and started to walk but she was heavy so he didn't get far but then he hear leo yell "dad where are you?" so he shouted out "i am here leonardo" then a few minutes later leo rushed into the tunnel and when he saw splinter and the girl he said "who is that dad?" then splinter said "i do not know" then leo said "what happened to her?" and splinter said "i think she was thrown down here and abandoned to die" then leo said "so what are we going to do with her?" and splinter said "she needs treatment for her wounds she cannot survive alone" then leo said "ok we'll take her home with us then?" and splinter said "yes we shall can you pick her up please? she is too heavy for me" so leo picked the girl up and they ran back to the lair.

when they both ran in the door splinter said "leatherhead, donatello come quickly" so they ran in and leatherhead said "what's wrong splinter?" and splinter said "i found a girl in the sewers she is hurt badly and needs treatment please help her" then leo showed leatherhead the girl and leatherhead said "she really is hurt badly what happened to her?" and splinter said "she was dropped into the sewers from the street and i think she hit her head on the floor" so donny then came over and said "we'll help her dad she could be out for a while though or she may not wake up" but just then they all heard a noise so they looked and saw it was the girl who was slowly coming around.

as soon as the girl opened her eyes and saw the mutants she screamed and tried to stand up to run away but then she collapsed so splinter said "calm down little girl you are hurt and we want to help you" then the girl said "my head hurts" and donny said "it will you had quite a bad wound when we found you" then the girl said "please let me go i wanna go home" then splinter said "do you remember how this happened?" and the girl said "no i don't remember a lot just my name" then splinter said "so what are you called?" and the girl said "sally" then splinter said "well sally maybe you should just let us help you while you are here then we will do as you wish" so sally let them help her.

an hour later sally was sat in a bed with her leg in a splint for a while until they could operate to fix it or get her to a real hospital and her head wound was bandaged then she said "i want to thank you all for helping me when you could have left me to die" then splinter said "what is it you wish to do?" and sally said "i wanna stay with you but how are you gonna fix my leg?" then donny said "well me and leatherhead can fix it with an operation" then sally said "no i dont want you to cut me is there another way?" and splinter said "only one" then sally said "how?" and splinter said "if i disguise myself i might pass as a human i could take you to a hospital and get you treated there claiming to be your father" then sally said "but they would take one look at my medical records and know that i wasnt your child" then splinter said "if i give them your proper name if i say you are sally hamato and that we just arrived from abroad they would not look for your medical records" then sally said "would you wait for me?" and splinter said "yes my child of course i would" then sally said "thank you for doing this for me" then donny said "we can treat her here dad there's no point in risking being revealed to the world when we could treat her right here" then sally said "i wanna be treated properly no offense" then splinter said "we will respect her wishes i will go disguise myself and take her to the hospital" then splinter went off and when he came back he picked sally up and took her to the nearest hospital.