Ames and Mikey watched the TV together, watching an old Cartoon about a group of humans and a monkey alien that pilot a giant robot 'Super Robo Mecha Force Five Team Five! Go!" The characters declared while the other turtles watched from behind.

"What the heck is this nonsense? It's terrible." Raph commented.

"Terribly awesome!" Mikey cheered.

"Mikey and I found these old tapes in the dumpster while we were out on patrol." Ames said while picking up a crate full of tapes.

"Tapes?" Olly asked as Ames showed them.

"There what humans used to record movies and cartoons before DVDs," Donnie explained as he inspected one of them.

"Guys, this is awful!" Leo commented. "And you guys complain about Space Heroes." He added in amusement.

"There lips don't even match what they're saying." Jenny added while crossing her arms. "There's no way I could watch a show this bad,"


Contrary to her earlier statement however, the turtles were all gathered around the TV as they're eyes, minus Ames and Mikey, were white disks of amazement. "So she's the princess of an entire plant? Cool!" Jenny said with a smile.

"Yup, and she also pilots the robot's left leg. She rules!" Ames cheered.

"But the scientist dude made the robot!" Mikey said.

"I must admit, the show is most aesthetically pleasing," Naomi complimented with a smile.

"The story has such an intricate, layered plot. Four stars!" Tali cheered in awe.

'Princess, I'd like to invite you for a space dinner, if you please. Yes." The scientist said to the princess nervously.

'What? I, date a weakling like you? Not for ten thousand zarkon crystals!' The princess said harshly as the Scientist had a crushed look on his face.

The turtles, sans Tal and Donnie, laughed at the reaction, even Naomi giggled slightly. "Donnie, that is so you and April, dude!" Mikey teased.

"It is not!" Donnie denied. "Ah, this show is lame anyway. The plot makes zero sense." He said as he stood up and walked into the garage. "I'll be in the lab." He said as he entered his lab.

Tal watched him go before glaring at the others. "Can't you guys be more sensitive around Donnie?" She questioned them with a look. "He still feels bad for what happened to April's father."

"What? We're just messing with him." Raph said in defense.

Tal sighed and stood up, "I'll check on Donnie," She said before walking away.


Tal entered the lab as she saw Donnie looking at the pictures on his wall, particularly the one of him pushing April on a swing, "What am I to April anyway? I'm worse than a nerd. I'm a freak! We're all total and complete frea-" He was cut off when he saw Tal looking at him worry, "Oh geez. Tal, I'm sorry I…"

"Don't worry, Donnie." Tal said as she walked up to him. "Losing your first friend is hard, especially when you really care about them. Though, I think the freak part might hurt Timothy a little more." She pointed to Timothy in the jar, having been told about his willing mutation to stop Shredder, which backed fired.

"Right. I'm sorry, Timothy." Donnie apologized as Timothy licked the jar end where Donnie's hand is placed as he feed Timothy with some food before looking at the picture again sadly. "It doesn't matter anyway. April blames us for her dad's mutation." He said as he put the picture down and went off to grab something.

"But you know you didn't mean for that to happen." Tal said to him as she took the photo. "That Kraang ship was out of control, you didn't know it was carrying Mutagen and you were fighting a Kraang Bio-Droid, something was bound to go wrong." She stated while looking at April with a slight frown while Timothy looked at it with interest.

"Still, I feel bad for that. I have to find an antidote." Donnie said as he placed a vile of mutagen on his counter. "A retro-mutagen. And pretty soon, Timothy won't have to be a barely-sentient glob of intestinal goo any longer." He said as he mixed some chemicals in his squirter.

"Uh, are you sure it's a good idea to temper with a highly unstable chemical from an alternate dimension, Donnie?" Tal asked with uncertainty as neither noticed Timothy's mouth reaching out of his container. "This stuff is dangerously unpredictable. Not to mention, there's no evidence if there is a cure."

"I have to at least try." Donnie said as he poured some chemicals into his beaker. "Now, let's see." He said as the mutagen completely froze and shattered, which made the two turtles flinched. "Frozen?" He asked in shock.

"Well, at least we know what happens when you combine liquid nitrogen with mutagen," Tal said optimistically.

Donnie however groaned in frustration, "Oh great, another batch lost!" He said in frustration.

"Hey, you still have some left, Donnie. And there's still plenty of more canisters search for out in the city," Tal said as she held his shoulders, "Don't worry, we'll find a cure for April's dad, I promise," She said with a smile.

"I hope so, Tal. If it's the last thing I do I will find a cure and get April back." Donnie said while slamming his fist down on the table.

Tal frowned a bit before smiling,"How about we take a break, Don? Maybe play some pinball?" She suggested.

"I guess so. Maybe I just need some time to not think about April for a while," Donnie admitted before walking out of the lab.

Tal stayed behind before she took the picture of Donnie and April, and frowned at it, "What does he see in a girl who cut ties with her friends over a total accident? You don't deserve Donnie, O'Neil," She said lowly before putting the photo down, "Next time I see you, I'm putting you in your place." She promised before walking out of the room.

As she walked out though, she didn't notice Timothy mouth hovering over the rest of the mutagen and proceeded to drink it as his tank turned green, 'Not if, I find her first,' He thought to himself with a determined look.


Meanwhile, at Roosevelt High School, April is opening her locker while deep in thought. "This is it, April. A new start. Just pretend you're a normal girl. Don't talk about alien robots or mutant dad and don't even think about turtles." She said before something knocked her off her feet and she fell to the floor with her books. She groaned and saw a hockey puck next to her. "Are you serious?" She asked.

Then a hockey stick came by and took the puck. "Nice job stopping my puck like that." a boy's voice said as he was a street kid wearing a bandana with a hue gab in the middle of his teeth. "You got some moves, Red." He teased.

"Um, you could start with 'sorry'." April said as she picked up her books.

"Sorry you got in the way." the boy teased as he moved around. "What were you doing blocking the hallway like that anyway?"

"Blocking the…" April sputtered at the boy's rudeness, "Exactly who do you think you are?"

"You signed up for extra credit, right?" The boy asked as he came up to April. "Well congrats, cause I'm the guy your gonna tutor,"

"Oh, great." April groaned.

The boy then gave a pleading look. "Look, if I don't pass trig, they'll kick me off the hockey team. Nobody else wants to tutor me. They're all intimidated by my supreme awesomeness." He said with a smirk.

"So, this is you asking me for help?" April scoffed. "Charming." She added as the boy leaned down with a smirk as she sighed as the bell rang. "Fine. Meet me at the park at 7. Don't be late." She instructed.

"It's a date then, nice," the boy declared as hit his puck across the hall and it hit the water fountain, "Nice!" He said but then his puck hit another student in the face as he cringed, shrugged and then walked away.

"So, what's your name anyway?" April asked as the boy turned back to her with a smirk.

"Casey Jones." He answered as April gave a brow from that.


"Buh, buh, booyakasha!" Mikey cheered as he skateboarded across the rooftop before he stopped. "Whoa!" He then saw a slice of pizza in a box as he looked around. "Hello? This slice belongs to anyone? Huh?" He asked before he smirked. "Hah! Then it's all mine!" He called before some shadowy figures in the shadows were spying on him.

Mikey turned when he thought he saw something, but saw no one as he was about to eat the slice but then he was flipped over as he fell to the floor. "Ow!" He called with a pink ribbon wrapped around him. "What the heck was that?!" He questioned as Ames ate his slice.

"That was my favorite move: The Stealth Attack!" Ames laughed as she retracted her whip.

Leo then approached them, "And that's what we're practicing tonight," He said as he helped Mikey up.

"No fair, I couldn't see her coming," Mikey complained.

"Uh, that's why it's called a 'Stealth' attack, Mikey," Olly told him with a brow.

"Didn't you think it was just a little suspicious there was a random pizza slice in front of you," Vee asked as Mikey looked up to see her sitting on the water tower, "Why would you eat a random pizza you found on the roof anyway?" She questioned with a brow.

"Roof Pizza is like one of my top 10 favorite pizzas," Mikey said with a smile.

"Okay, guys, listen up." Leo spoke up. "The two keys to stealth: misdirection and camouflage. Got it?"

"Raphael, Michelangelo, Amoly, Jennika, you four will demonstrate." Naomi said to them.

"Wait, Wha?" Ames asked in worry as Raph and Jenny smirked.

Mikey groaned, "I don't wanna do this anymore, do you Raph?" He asked only to realize he and Ames were the only ones around, "Raph? Jenny?"

"Where'd they go?" Ames asked as they looked around for them as Mikey's skateboard came to them, but with them looking at the board, Raph and Jenny appeared behind them and grabbed their shells as they lifted them up.

"Shell wedgie!" The two turtles declared as they lifted Ames and Mikey up, then backed down as they lifted them up again as they yelped in pain.

"Hey! No fair! We weren't ready!" Ames yelled in pain.

"Steal attacks are lame!" Mikey added as his and Ames' shells were lifted again as they squeaked in pain.

Tal chuckled at them before she noticed Donnie walking away and decided to follow him, "Donnie, where are you going?" She asked.

"Well, April's always studying at the park around this time." Donnie answered as they stopped. "Would it seem weird for me to just show up?" He asked.

"Do you see any other giant man-sized turtles she holding unfair grudges against walking around the rooftops?" Tal asked sarcastically.

Donnie laughed nervously before they looked down and saw April and Casey talking on the swingset, as they quickly hid on the ground as they heard April speaking. "Okay, show me how you solve for X." She said while Casey kept swinging.

"You just, dig, right? Cause X marks the spot." Casey stated before April grabbed his swing and held out her book.

"Have you ever opened this book?" April questioned before she tossed the book down.

"School isn't really my thing." Casey admitted. "When I graduate, I'm becoming either a pro hockey player or an international bounty hunter."

"Those are quite the options." April said in thought.

"Who wants a normal life anyway, right?" Casey asked with a smile before April closed her eyes and moved her hair, since he reminded her of her time with the turtles. "Hold still, Red. You got a smudge on your face." He said reaching out to her.

Tal gave a brow from this. "Well, this is weird." She muttered before seeing Donnie so stiff while looking down. "Uh, Donnie? You okay?"

"She's on a date?" Donnie asked in shock. "I can't believe it! With some punk human kid!" He called.

Tal gave Donnie a look, "Donnie, I think he's just a friend and their just talking about homework, nothing to be alarmed about,"

Donnie realizes what she meant. "I guess you're right. I must've just… WHOA!" He screamed as he fell from the roof and into the dumpster, which got April and Casey's attention while Tal cringed.

"Oh, that's just sad. And I think for Donnie, it really stinks." Tal commented.


Back in the lair, Tal watches Donnie working on a communication device for Timothy. "Ridiculous! And they were swinging together. Swinging! And then she looked at him. Can you two believe it? She gave him that look. Like this." He then made a cute face while winking very fas before he frowned at the same time before turning back to Donnie.

Tal blushed hard at his face and immediately looked away while fanning herself, 'Keep your cool! Keep your cool! Keep your cool!' She told herself in her head while Timothy just blinked at the two.

"Ugh." Donnie sighed as Metalhead walked past them. "Why was she even with him? Because he's human, that's why. Big deal! You know how many people are human?" He vented out.

"8.347 billion in New York City alone?" Tal said in confusion.

"That wasn't what I meant, but nice calculation, Tal." Donnie said as he came up to Timothy and placed the device on his tank. "I'm almost done with your voice box. How's that?" He asked Timothy.

"Speaking to you, Donnie!" Timothy said through his voice box, which made Tal and Donnie smile widely.

"It works! Your amazing Don-" Tal stopped herself and shook her head, "I mean, that's amazing Donnie!" She quickly corrected with a blush.

"Thanks! Hah! Let's see April's 'boyfriend' design something like this!" Donnie bragged.

"I like April, guys." Timothy said as Donnie frowned and placed a hand on his glass.

"Yeah, you and me both, Pulverizer." Donnie frowned as he placed some more beakers on his desk. "I just have to face it, guys. She'll never wanna be friends again." He said as he placed a new batch of mutagen on the table.

"April friend?" Timothy asked.

"Not a very good friend if you ask me, Timothy," Tal commented with her arms crossed.

"Donnatello, my son," The two turtles turned to see Master Splinter at the door, "I would like to speak to you,"

"Um, sure Master Splinter." Donnie nodded as he stood up and walked out of the lab.

"He's really had a hard time letting go. That's for sure." Tal commented while shaking her head.

"Talena, Would you care to join us?" Splinter asked.

"Well, okay." Tal nodded as she walked out of the lab. Not seeing Timothy got his mouth free while licking his lips at the mutagen Donnie left on the counter.


In the Dojo, Donnie and Tal stood ready. "Today, I will be teaching you two how to enjoy falling down." Splinter said to them.

"What?" Tal asked in confusion.

"Why would we ever-Whoa!" Donnie was cut off when Splinter went behind them and swept Donnie down with his cane while doing the same to Tal with his tail.

"Did you two enjoy that?" Splinter asked.

"No. Not even a little." Tal said as Donnie nodded in agreement.

"Then let's keep trying," Splinter said with a smirk as he kept knocking Tal and Donnie down repeatedly many times as he offered his hand. "Do you like it yet?" He asked.

"No, Sensei. Not at all!" Donnie answered as Splinter helped them up.

"How is anyone supposed to like falling down?" Tal asked while rubbing her head.

"Hmm. Then perhaps one cannot make someone like something." Splinter said while stroking his beard while looking at Donnie.

"Of course not! No one wants to be-" Donnie stopped when he realized what his father meant. "Oh. I get it. You're talking about me and April."

"No offense Donnie, for being the smartest turtle, you're completely oblivious to what's in front of you," Tali commented with her hands on hips.

"Indeed, so much so you cannot even see something clear for all to see," Splinter added while looking at Tal who flinched and realized what he meant.


In Donnie's lab, Timothy had finished drinking the Mutagen as from the four connectors of his container he grew arms and legs made of green slime before he detached himself from the wall, "Must find April," He moaned, moving his mouth over the photo of Donnie and April.

Back in the dojo, Splinter, Donnie and Tal heard the boom, "What was that?" Splinter asked.

Tal gasped, "That came from the lab!" She said as they headed for the lab and saw Metalhead on the floor, "Metalhead, what happened?" She asked, helping the robot up.

Metalhead pointed to the wall, while twitching, as they turned and saw a hole where Timothy used to be, "Timothy, he's gone," Donnie gasped in shock.

"He just walked out of here." Tal said in shock as well as they looked at the hole while Metalhead beeped.

"Yep, it's a mess, Metalhead." Donnie said in agreement.

"Donnie? Tal? Sensei?" Mikey asked as he and the others looked and saw the hole in the lab.

"What happened in here?!" Olly asked in shock.

"Are you guys okay?" Leo asked next.

"Timothy somehow escaped, and I think he went after April." Donnie said to them.

"Why would he be after April?" Naomi asked in wonder.

"It's pretty much the only word he hears from Donnie at this point," Tal commented as they turned to Donnie as he chuckled nervously.

"Hehe, come on! I'll explain on the way!" Donnie told his team as they rushed through the hole.


On the rooftops, the turtles are jumping as they run through the roofs. "I didn't know it, but I think all my April talk made Timothy go after her." Donnie finished after explaining what had happened.

"You told your thoughts and feelings to a pile of guts in a jar?" Raph questioned his brother weirdly.

"Hey! I was there too! And to be honest, Timothy is a good listener!" Tal said in defense as Leo tried to call her through his T-Phone.

"How dangerous is this thing?" Leo asked as he tried to call April.

"He obviously doesn't know his own strength." Donnie explained. "He could end up hurting her."

"Or anyone else between him and April," Vee commented.

"Her T-Phone's still off." Leo answered with no call from April. "There's no way of tracing the signal."

"Actually, she might be at the park." Donnie said before turning his head with a look. "On a date." He muttered as the team all stopped when Donnie said that as Mikey tripped off his board as they turned to him.

"And you know this how, Donnie?" Jenny asked with a suspicious brow.

Donnie looked sheepish before Tal answered, "Because he was spying on her hanging out with some kid at the park earlier," She explained dully as Donnie gave an embarrassed look while the others just looked annoyed.

"Well, that's not being a total creeptastic stalker or anything," Ames commented as Leo facepalmed herself.

"Okay, so they're either at the park or April's headed back home." Leo spoke up.

"Okay, since you four know where April lives, we'll split into teams." Olly said to them. "Donnie, you, Leo, Tal, Vee, and I will take the park. The rest of you, head towards April's place. If you see Timothy, call the others and hold him off until we get there."

With that, they split up to search for Timothy, not noticing April and Casey walking by below them. "We didn't get much studying done." April said.

"Is studying all you do?" Casey asked in amusement. "You gotta learn to relax. Cut loose a bit."

"Hey, I cut loose." April countered. "You have no idea the kind of crazy things I do."

"What, like being a science Olympian?" Casey teased with a smirk, which made April smirk back.

"You like pushing buttons, don't you Jones?" April asked in amusement. "I bet you-"

"April!" Timothy's voice can be heard as the two turn to the alley as April gasped when they saw him.

"Donnie's monster?" April asked, recognizing Timothy from Donnie's lab before she frowned. "Can't I go a month without some mutant attacking me?" She questioned tiredly as Casey stood in front of her. "What are you doing?"

"Whatever that thing is, it's pure evil and completely cool-looking." Casey said with a smirk. "I'll handle this, sweetheart."

"Sweetheart?" April questioned with a brow.

"You, punk kid!" Timothy spoke with an angry look.

"I don't think it likes you." April noted.

"We're even," Casey smirked as Timothy charged at them but they jumped out of the way and he crashed into some cars.

Casey then dug through a dumpster, searching for a good weapon, "Come on, come on. Give me something, give me something! Yes!" Timothy then slammed Casey in the dumpster and tossed him away as the dumpster rolled before Casey got his arm out with a pike. "Yes!" He cheered as he then started using the pipe as a hockey stick and whacking things at Timothy. "Goongala!" He called as he charged at Timothy, but then the mutagen monster smacked him to the walk as he lost consciousness.

"Now, I crush you!" Timothy said as he loomed over Casey only to get hit by a black metal fan.

April caught the fan and held it out, "Back off, Gruesome!" She warned before she started attacking Timothy. Casey watched how April is fighting.

"I'm liking what I see." Casey said with a smirk as Timothy backed up from April's attack.

"Wait! April friend!" Timothy said to her.

"Friend? You're the one who attacked us, you walking anatomy class!" April retorted as Casey stood up as the two attacked Timothy and knocked him down before Timothy grabbed Casey's pipe and melted it.

"Acid hands? Wow-!" Casey said in amazement before Timothy punched him away.

April tried to attack him from behind but she got knocked on her back, "April!" Timothy said as he moved over her.

Until Casey zoomed past him on his bike, grabbed April and rode off down the street. "How fast can you pedal?" April asked nervously.

"No!" Timothy cried out as he ran after them, knocking away vehicles in his path. "Stop! April friend, come back!" He yelled as he got closer to them.

"For a big… guy… thing, he's fast!" April called out in fear.

"Let's see him outrun this!" Casey exclaimed, throwing the remainder of his pipe at Timothy, causing him to trip and roll across the road before a truck collided with him, sending him into the side of a building as the two cheered. "Yeah! We did it!" He called as he rode off.

"April, wait! Be good friend!" Timothy called as he tried to get up.

"Not so fast barrel full of ugly!" Mikey's voice called out as Timothy turned to see him, Raph, Ames, Jenny and Naomi.

"Whoa mama!" Jenny said in awe, "Tim's been taking his vitamins!"

"Donnie and Tal were right. Pulverizer's been drinking mutagen!" Raph said.

"No! Must find April!" Timothy said as Mikey flipped over him.

"What happened to you, Pulverizer?" Mikey asked. "You turned into some kind of… Mutagen Man." He said.

Timothy roared in anger as the turtles ready their weapons, but Timothy slammed the ground knocking them off their feet before he punted Mikey, Ames, Raph, and Naomi away with ease as trash pinned them down before pinning Jenny down.

"Guys!" Jenny yelled while struggling to break free. "Let me go!"

"Die, Turtle." Timothy said as he raised his acid hand over Jenny and she gave a horrified look.

But before he could touch her, Olly jumped in a sliced off Timothy's hand as it melted away, "Acid Hands off my sister!" He told the walking container.

Timothy then started squirting some acid around as he hit a cat, who meowed and ran off in pain while the others freed Ames, Mikey, Raph, and Naomi. "Thanks, guys." Raph said to them as Olly advanced towards Timothy before Donnie stepped in front of him.

"No! Don't hurt him!" Donnie told them, much to their shock.

"What?! That thing just tried to melt my face right off!" Jenny exclaimed while gesturing to her head.

"All Timothy wants is to make April our friend again!" Donnie explained to them.

"No!" Timothy retorted as Donnie turned to him, "April not turtle friend! April only, my friend!"

"What?! I thought you were trying to get April back for me!" Donnie called while the others gave him looks. "Um, us." He quickly corrected.

"Turtles hurt April! Hurt me!" Timothy yelled while gesturing to his cut-off hand before it grew back. "Must destroy turtles!" He yelled as the turtles drew their weapons, but then the green mutagen drained out of his tank. "No! Powering down." He moaned as he fell down when his arms and legs shriveled up.

"What happened?" Leo asked in surprise.

"He ran out of mutagen, that was source of his powers," Tal explained.

"Quick, let's get him into the Shellraiser!" Donnie called.


A short bit later, they all crowded into the Shellraiser as Leo drove as fast as he could. "Remind me why we're bringing Mr. Personality here back to the lair?" Raph questioned while pointing to Timothy on the floor.

"What he did isn't his fault, Raph. It's mine. He's lonely." Donnie said to him. "All my April talk made him want a friend."

"But more importantly, we think Timothy's DNA could be the key to creating Retro Mutagen," Tal explained as Timothy's mouth reach out to a spare canister of mutagen.

"You mean that antidote for Mr. O'Neil and any other mutants running around the City?" Olly asked the smart turtles.

"That's what we're trying to…" Donnie was cut off when they heard slurping as they turned and saw Timothy drinking a canister of mutagen. "Oh, no!"

"Oh not again," Tal muttered as the turtles yelled in panic as Timothy busted out of the Shellraiser.

"April!" He roared as he walked towards April's house.

The Shellraiser came to a stop and the turtles came out, "I thought he was out cold!" Jenny stated.

"He was playing dead, impressive," Naomi commented, "We should split up and search for him,"

"No need to split up. We know where he's going." Donnie said as they all turned to him.


At April's place, April and Casey looked around as they walked up from an alley. "Hmm. No sign of any hideous organ monsters." Casey said as April walked up to her home. "So, do all your study sessions go like this?" He asked.

"You have no idea." April said with a sigh as Timothy was secretly spying on them from an alley.

"So when's our next date? You can tell me about that crazy metal fan you're carrying." Casey said with a smirk.

"Date? Don't get ahead of yourself there, Jones." April said with a smirk while Timothy watches.

"April, I'm coming for-" He was caught off as the turtles jumped in front of him.

"Where do you think you're going, handsome? April's house?" Raph questioned with a smirk.

"We have to keep him in the alley and out of eyesight." Naomi said. "We cannot let April's boyfriend see us." She added as Donnie twitched and growled at her with a glare.

"Leave Mutagen Man alone!" Timothy called as he slammed his fist down at them as they dodged.

"So, another study session tomorrow? April asked.

"Possibility." Casey said with a smirk as April then looked behind him and saw Mikey and Olly fighting Timothy.

Just as Casey turned to leave, April stopped him, "Wait hold on!" She said as Casey turned back to her as Raph got flung out before running back into the alley.

"I knew it. Something you want to say to me, Red?" Casey teased.

"Yeah. You don't want to go down this way." April said nervously. "Because… toxic fumes. Why don't you take this side street over here? You can get home faster." She suggested.

"Whatever you say, O'Neil. Later!" Casey called as he took off in the other direction and rode his bike down.

Once Casey was gone, April looked down the alley and saw Timothy fighting the turtles. "What the… Ten turtles?!" She whispered in shock. "Where did they come from?" She questioned.

Tal turned and saw April, "Hey, O'Neil! Are you gonna help us or not?" She called to the human girl.

April was surprised at how Tal knew her name but she frowned, "Just keep walking April, it's not your problem," She told her before she quickly dodged a trashcan and got out of sight.

"Why that no good…" Tal was cut off as she dodged Timothy's attack as Mikey dodged and landed on the wall to avoid a slap.

"Eww! Man hands!" He exclaimed in disgust as Vee jumped in and kicked him, but she was punched back and crashed into a trash bin.

"Try not to hurt him! Lead him away from the street!" Donnie called as Raph dodged Timothy's attacks.

"Little tough when he's swinging acid hands at me!" Raph exclaimed as Timothy grabbed a car and tossed it at them, which they dodged as it exploded on the street.

Jenny and Olly tried to attack Timothy from the side but got whacked aside before he grabbed Raph, "Booyakasha!" Ames yelled as she jumped on top of Timothy before she grabbed by the foot and slammed ontop of Mikey, both their eyes turning into 'X's.

Leo and Naomi charged at him but Timothy wrapped them with his mouth and throat, 'April, is, MINE!' He roared slamming Ames and Raph together, his acid hands burning their scales.

"Not if I can help it!" Donnie called as he did a flip and whacked his mouth, causing Timothy to let go of the others.

"Destroy you all!" Timothy yelled as he punched Donnie to a wall.

Tal then leaped beside him, "Donnie, we have no choice." She told him as Timothy knocked the other turtles away like flies, "Whatever Timothy was, is gone now, everything good about him is washed away by that mutagen,"

"But if we destroy him, I might never find a retro-mutagen," Donnie pointed out. "What about April's dad?"

"What about April?" Jenny questioned as Timothy yelled.

"I got an idea, but we have to distract him." Tal said with determination as she brought out her bow. "Misdirection and camouflage!" She called.

"Everyone, to the Shadows!" Naomi ordered as their eyes turned blank white and they disappeared into the shadows of the ally.

"Turtles gone?" Timothy said in confusion.


In the ShellRaiser, Tal pulled Donnie inside as he tripped while she gathered a mutagen canister and the rest of the chemicals they needed, "Are you sure about this?" Donnie asked Tal in worry.

"We have to do this, Donnie, it's the only way to save the others and April," Tal said before looking at him, "Do you trust me?"

Donnie looked at her for a moment before he took a breath. "I do." He nodded.

"Then let's get to work," Tal declared as they then got to work on her plan.


Timothy is searching for the other turtles as they all stuck to the shadows before they started striking Timothy as they retreated back to the shadows before they tripped him. "Over here, Mutagen Man!" Ames called as Timothy knocked over some trashcans.

"No! Over here!" Olly yelled next as Mutagen Man repeated before Donnie and Tal appeared.

"No, over here!" Leo called as Timothy grabbed some trash bags.

"Hey, Timothy! Mutagen!" Donnie called as he and Tal appeared and held up a canister, but the mutagen inside is more ice blue color as Timothy turned to them.

"That's right. This way. Come closer." Tal called to him.

"More mutagen!" Timothy called as he knocked Donnie away as he spilled the mutagen.

"No! Don't drink it, Timothy!" Donnie warned but was too late as Timothy put his mouth into the mutagen and proceeded to drink it.

"Oh no, not again!" Mikey called as Timothy finished his drink and laughed.

However Timothy's joy was cut short as he suddenly felt cold, "Donnie, Tal, something…is…wrong…" He said as he instantly froze solid.

"Sorry Timothy," Tal said in sympathy as Timothy moved for a moment before he froze up again and his tank shut down.

The others joined the two smart turtles, "Heh, nice job guys." Leo complimented, "Real scientific!"

"Yeah, real scientific." Donnie said sadly as he placed his hand on Timothy's tank. "Don't worry my friend. One day… I'll find a cure." He promised as Tal placed a hand on his shoulder.

"If it helps he's just frozen, Donnie. He's not dead, just, in a sort of hibernation." Tal said to him. "He won't hurt anyone or himself if he's like this."

"Yeah. But, it still doesn't make me feel better." Donnie said as the other turtles comfort him.

"We did what we had to do, Donnie. Let's go home." Raph said as he, Olly, Leo and Jenn lifted Timothy up and headed to the Shellraiser.

Tal stopped for a moment as she turned to April's Apartment while glaring, "Hey, Tali, you coming?" Ames called.

"I'll catch up later," She told them before turning to the rooftops. "I got something to do first." She added as she jumped off while the others shrugged.

Tal then climbed up to the top of April's apartment before knocking on the window, she waited for a bit before April opened the window, while still frowning. "Okay, if you guys are still trying to-" April stopped when she saw Tal by the window with her arms crossed. "Oh, you're just one of those new turtles."

"Yeah, and I have a few words for you, O'Neil." Tal said with a glare.

"And what is that-" April was cut off when Tal slapped her hard in the face, which caused her to stagger back. "Ow! What was that for?!" She questioned angrily.

"For being so dense!" Tal called while pointing at April. "You are a real class act, you know that?! You think that it's all Donnie and his brothers' fault, right?! That they caused your father to be mutated, which made you think you had the right to ditch them when they needed you, ha!? Well, I got a news flash, sister, your father's mutation was his own fault!" She stated.

"Excuse me?!" April demanded.

"You heard me! Your father only got mutated because he was trying to protect you from a complete and total accident!" Tal yelled firmly. "Donnie and the others told me and my siblings about the mutagen spill, and how your father risked himself to protect you from that mutagen, but then once you realized that it was the boys' mistake, you turned your back on them and ran!"

"Oh, and how is that any better?!" April yelled angrily. "I just had my dad back after he was captured by the Kraang just months ago, only to see him get mutated and flying off somewhere! How is that fair!?"

"Don't push it, O'Neil." Tal retorted. "You can't hold what happened against Donnie and his brothers, and you especially can't run away to leave your friends to deal with a mutant over a stupid grudge. I bet if you held a grudge against that other kid, you'd leave him to get melted alive, wouldn't you!"

"Hey! I just met Casey!" April yelled. "And he's a friend I met a school! Ugh! Why are you even talking to me! Were you mutated by the spill the guys-"

"I was born a mutant turtle, O'Neil!" Tal yelled, which made April flinched in surprise. "You think Donnie and his brothers are the first turtles, well news flash redhead, there's more of them like me out there in the world! But with how your turtle friends are, you were their first real, friend. But now you ditched them just because of a total accident! You hurt them! And worse of all, you hurt Donnie's feelings!" She growled.

April flinched back as Tal then turned away from her. "Donnie's working himself to bone on a cure to reverse your father's mutation. And you better be grateful he still cares about you, because if you don't let this grudge go soon, you'll find yourself alone, on a Kraang dissection table or with Shredder's blade in your throat." She said as she jumped away, leaving April in deep thought by her words before she slowly closed the window.


In the lair, the others are watching the SRMFFTF as they cheer at the show while Donnie sits a bit far from them when Tal comes back and sits next to him, "Donnie, you okay?" She asked him.

"Tal, I created a monster who could have squashed the girl I'm totally into." Donnie said sadly. "How do you think I feel? I'll probably never see her again."

"Donnie, I know that April staying away is a hard, but, you have to know that she needs some space to clear her head." Tal said to him while placing a hand on his shoulder. "She can be stubborn from what you told me."

"She is correct, son." Splinter said as Tal and Donnie flinched as they turned and saw him behind them. "April's decision to stay away is her own choice. We must let her come back in her own time."

"But what if she never does?" Donnie wondered hopelessly.

"Never lose hope, Donnatello." Splinter said as he looked to Tal and nodded.

Tal blushed and turned to Donnie, "And until she comes back, I'll be at your side no matter what." She promised while holding Donnie's hand as they saw the princess with the scientist boy again on the show.

"Oh, Dr. Blip, you save me with all of your might and brave intelligence. How I adore this!" The princess called as she started kissing Dr. Blip on the cheeks as he froze in stunt while the Monkey chirped on his shoulder.

Donnie gave a small smile as he held Tal's hand. "Yeah. There's always hope." He said with as smile while turning to Tal, "And if there's anyone I want to help me create a retro mutagen, I'm glad it's you Tal," He said as Tal returned the smile as the two enjoy the rest of the show.