So this is a redo of an earlier story where Scarecrow takes a Mutant under his wing, the story ended up fizzling out because I got a little too ambitious with the plot again and ended up just not wanting to finish the story because I made it too complex, and B, I borrowed a lot of elements from earlier stories making this story feel redundant and finally I got the urge to write The Twilight Express and the Wolf Character of Arctica kind of completely stole the Wolf of that story's thunder but I had a bunch of ideas on how to do an improved version of the story using the lessons I learned from Twlight Express namely 'keep things small' this is actually going in the BTAS section because clearly Scarecrow and the Young Mutant's relationship is the heart of the story the Turtles will appear later but how they will come to Gotham will be much different from why they came in the original story.

Another day, another escape from Arkham, Jonathan was merely on his way to a certain warehouse to get the chemicals he needed for his experiments he had no idea he was about to bump into something that would change his life forever.

She wasn't looking where she was going, she was too busy looking behind her, when she collided into something, causing both of them to fall on their rears.

"What in the world is a child doing running around the mean streets of Gotham at night..." Jonathan asked seeing the stooped over figure sitting before him had a child's physique but in the darkness he didn't yet see the child's face...Or notice the child had a tail...

The child then looked up and Scarecrow gasped and jumped back...That was clearly not a human face...And it also wasn't a mask! The child had the head of a river otter!

The child had also seen his fearsome Scarecrow mask and she shrieked in fear "AHHHH!" Her wide open mouth revealing her fangs and immediately she jumped onto a dumpster in an attempt to flee.

However her scream had alerted the ones who were pursuing her "There she is!" Said one burly male voice "Get her!" Said another

Two henchmen, a sight Scarecrow was well familiar with ran into the scene, for a moment they ddin't notice the Scarecrow was even there they were completely focused on the Otter Child.

The Otter Child quickly grabbed a trash can lid and threw it at one of the goon's head knocking him out, the other one, she quickly put her hand to her temple and outstretched her other hand, if Scarecrow could have been able to see it in the dark he would have seen the Otter Child's dark purple eyes begin to glitter in all the colors of the rainbow and she activated her mental powers!

The other good froze, he was as still as a statue! The Otter Child inced closer and closer and her brow furrowed under her fur as she concentrated more, finally she released him from her power, and the Goon collapsed to the ground weeping and hugging his knees...Scarecrow quickly realized what had happened...And he was both frightened but also excited! But also remembering the Otter Child had been also frightened off him, he quickly realized he had to do something to make sure that same power on him!

So he began to applaud!

"Bravo!" Scarecrow said "Magnificent...Whatever you did I recognize the grip of fear in a man...Do not worry...I don't want to hurt you, I merely want to know what you did to him, for I admire your tenchnique!"

The Otter Child was obviously a bit taken aback by this as she still wasn't sure if the Scarecrow was human or not.

"I...I used my psychic power...The Scientists called it...Mind trap...I can trap someone's mind and make them see what I want them to see."

"And what pray tell did you make him see to make him blubber like a baby?" Scarecrow asked grinning like a little boy at a Circus Sideshow.

"I...I had him trapped in a cage." The Otter Child said then she lowered her head and her hesitation made Scarecrow suspect dishonesty or at least that she wasn't telling the whole truth "...Trapped in a cage with fearsome beasts that wanted to eat him..."

"Well I can see you thought that was a fitting punishment." Scarecrow said "By your mention of 'Scientists' I'm already beginning to suspect what you are, you are some kind of experiment, some sort of combining of human and animal DNA."

"You're not going to turn me in are you?!" The Otter Child began backing away

"Oh no! I wouldn't dream of it!" Scarecrow said really trying to sound sympathetic "Because I'm a bit of an outcast myself..." He decided that this creature could be immensly valuable to him and his study of fear, but after seeing her power he knew he was playing with fire so he knew he had to convince her he was on her side.

He took off his hat and mask revealing his human face "I'm Professor Jonathan Crane, though when I'm in this costume I'm the Scarecrow...Do you have a name perchance?"

The Otter Child lowered her head and began twiddling her tumbs bashfully "Enna." She said

"Enna," Jonathan said he was almost expecting her to give out a number instead of a name but he supposed with something that acted so much like a human child the scientists had to give them proper names.

"Well Enna." Jonathan said "Seems like you are in dire need of some protection as your captors are clearly after you...If you came with me, I will provide you with food and a roof over your head and all I ask in exchange if you be my apprentice."

"A-Apprentice?" Enna cocked her head

"After seeing your power I rewlized it could be very important to my work." Jonathan said "If you come with me, I can teach you things new ways to defend yourself so you can protect yourself from those who would harm you!"

All this sounded to Enna like her prayers had been answered! She leapt down from the dumpster and hugged the Scacrecrow around his waist

"Thank you!" She exclaimed "I was so scared that I couldn't trust any humans...But I found one of the good humans!"

Jonathan chuckled awkwardly a bit flabbergasted by this speech "Yes, well we outcasts have to look out for one another..." Jonathan said feeling a bit shabby as he believed the opposite. "Now, you can begin your apprenticship right away by helping me carry some things."

So in this story Jonathan is much more the active party in persuding the Mutant to join him, where in the earlier story the Mutant prwtically through herself at his feet which really does make her come off as a horrible judge of character, here this is a very similar situation like with Slade and Terra in Teen Titans, I realized in the RPG Book TMNT and Other Strangeness the Mind Trap Psychic Ability would instantly fasinate Jonathan and he would do anything to figure out how to attain that power for himself