Rachel wiped the tears from her eyes and, with her voice a little quieter, continued the story."John told me all I wanted to know. Including the man he worked for, his friend, Oroku Saki." A strangled gasp whispered across the silent room. "He said that the people I had been treating for months were called Prawns."

A much younger Rachel was standing in a dark, damp room, in front of John but with the turtle behind her. "What are Prawns?" She demanded.

John chuckled darkly and took a step closer to Rachel, who took a step back. "They are robots made of flesh and blood. Little cyborgs. You know I love a good game of chess, dear. And a chess game needs prawns, bishops...and a king and queen."

"Well, you have the prawns, but no others." Rachel took the memory Michelangelo's hand and gave him a reassuring smile that said 'don't worry, it won't let him get you."

John grinned and patted Michel on the head. "Why do you think I have captured this mutant? I am going to use his DNA to make more, invincible soldiers. Castles and knights you might say. And I think that my children will make wonderful bishops. And you, dear, will be a magnificent queen."

"Queen?"

"Yes, dear, you are intelligent, understanding and quite the looker. As King and Queen we will rule the Earth as a chess game."

"And what if I do not wish to be your Queen?"

John's eyes glinted with insanity. "You have gotten quite close to the turtle. It will be a shame if he suddenly...how should I say...disappeared?"

Rachel's eyes widened. She looked at e turtle and nodded. "Alright. I will do as you say."

The hurtful memory faded and Rachel took a deep breath. "After that, I continued giving Michel aid and eventually told Jack and Tiana about him. They agreed that what John was doing was wrong and we came up with a plan to save him. Tiana would distract John while Jack and I would get. Michel out. But...but...Tiana...betrayed us. John came with Oroku Saki..."

Memory Rachel stood firm in a fighting position against one wall on the right was Michel while Jack stood to her left. A man dressed in steal armour was blocking the exit of the basement. In his hand was a switch and on the opposite was a large pile of dynamite. John and Tiana were both adding yet more dynamite to the ever growing pile.

Joh stopped and winked at Rachel. "Now, dear, if you want you and your helpers to survive this, then give up and give me the turtle."

Rachel glared at John. "Why do you need. Michelangelo?"

"Why don't you know? I genetically mutated him so his offspring will look human, but will have the capabilities of a turtle. They will be the perfect knights."

Jack,who had been frozen to the spot for a while now, chose this moment to fight back. "No chance, Dad!" And he pushed Rachel and. Michelangelo under the steel table and ran into Oroku Saki, causing his finger to slip and push the switch.

Now Michel's eyes were watering as Rachel came to the worst part. "We don't know what happened after that. When we woke up it was dark and there was no sign of Jack, John, Tiana or Oroku. Although Oroku's armour was intact, it was empty except for a few burnt ashes." Nearly everyone in room wanted to cheer, but didn't when they remembered that Jackw as also tones and probably dead. "But the force of the explosion caused the stitches on Michel's arm to become undone. And this time, I couldn't repair it."

Raph raised an eyebrow at this. "So that's how you lost your arm?" Michel nodded. "But what happened after that?"

This time, Rachel smiled for the first time during the horrible story. "I was born and raised in Spain. I have friends there so we decided to flee there. Michel thought you were all dead so he came to. We thought it would be best to leave until we knew for certain that John and Oroku was dead. I managed to sneak Michel on the next flight out."