In the center village, the Shell Tribe and their humans/alligator friends gave serious expressions while in ready stances as they created a circle around the dragon turtle statue. "Are you all ready, my friends?" Orimuira questioned them with his arms behind his back.
"Casey Jones was born ready." Casey said as he lowered his mask.
"We all are," Jenny added, raising a mop.
"We are at your command, Grand Master," Leatherhead told the Black-Clad turtle as the others all gave their approval or agreement.
Orimura nodded and raised a broom, "Leave no stone unturned, eliminate every speck of this filth you see!" He ordered as they all nodded and raised various cleaning supplies, "Charge!"
"Aaahh!" They all gave battle cries and spread out to accomplish their greatest battle yet…
…Spring Cleaning!
Each of the heroes took on cleaning positions around the village while helping pick up some trash, dusting some dust off, brooming, mopping, and even cleaning from the roofs. "Window cleaner on, window cleaner off." Leo said seriously while cleaning the windows. "Window cleaner on, window cleaner off. Window cleaner on, window cleaner off." He repeated as he kept cleaning before he saw Vee, cleaning the other side of the window, "Oh, hey, Vee." He said with a surprised smile.
"What, you think you can have the windows all to yourself?" Vee asked with a smirk as she cleaned a window. "Make room for player 2, Heroboy." She joked.
"Well, Game On." Leo said with a small smile as they cleaned the windows together as Tal walked off holding a bucket while Donnie saw her coming as he twirled the mop around with the bucket attached to it as he did a few spins and went up next to her.
"Hey, check me out, Tal!" Donnie called while raising his mop up while giving her a flirty smile.
Tal chuckled in amusement. "Good one, Donnie. Trying to impress me, huh?"
"Uh, well, um…" Donnie stuttered with a sheepish smirk. "I mean, maybe." He said before Tal chuckled and playfully patted his cheek as she walked off.
"Good try." Tal said as she walked off as Donnie put the bucket down with a smile and went back to mopping.
Robyn and April were inside the Healer's Pavilion and were cleaning up some walls. "Looking good, O'Neils." Casey's voice said as they turned and saw him lying on one of the beds. "Keep up all the hard work." He flirted with a wink and click of his tongue, as the two sisters raised a brow.
"Real funny, Jones." April said before tossing the sponge and hitting him on the face.
"Now quick slacking off and start cleaning or Orimuira's gonna have your hide." Robyn advised.
"Anything for you mon cherrys." Casey teased which Keno heard.
"It's pronounced mon cherie, Casey. I can help you, girls." Keno said as he got Casey out of the tub and pushed him out of the room. "And don't mind Casey, he's been trying too hard to win you after Donnie moved on."
"I wonder why he kept on trying." April wondered.
Outside, Mikey was dusting up a bench. "Uh-huh. Put your dust rag on it!" He sang before Casey crashed into him, causing them to roll across the village and head straight toward Raph.
"Oh, you gotta be kid-WHOA!" Raph cried as he collided with the two as they rolled across the village, causing the other turtles to move out of the way before crashing into a tree on the back border of the village.
The tribe rushed towards them as Olly was at the front and he groaned. "Oh, guys! We just cleaned up!" He complained.
"Oh, yeah?" Raph questioned as he took off the bucket from his head. "Well, I'm about to mop the floor with Mikey!"
"Hey, don't blame Mikey." Keno said to them. "Blame Jones for being a lazy bum."
"Hey!" Casey called out with a look as he stood up. "You're the one who pushed me out of the healer's place!"
"Alright, c, let's not do anything rash." Naomi advised before Mikey looked down and saw something.
"Whoa, guys. Check it out!" Mikey called as he moved aside for them to see a deep trail leading away from the village.
"Huh? What's that?" Olly questioned with a brow. "I didn't know this was close to the villages' borders."
"Where do you suppose this leads?" Leo wondered.
Mikey thought for a moment and visualized a scary clown giving a creepy laugh as he hid behind Ames. "Evil clown! Evil clown!" He cried out.
"Well, only one way to find out." Jenny said with a serious look. "We should follow that this trail and see where it leads."
"Wait, seriously?" Tal asked nervously as they all looked at the trail.
"Uh, who's going first?" Donnie asked.
"Not it!" They all, except for Leo and Olly, quickly said as they turned to their leaders with smirks as the two lead turtles groaned.
"Should've seen that coming." Olly muttered.
"Let's just go together. Stay behind us." Leo said as they all nodded and they ventured down the trail.
After a bit of trekking, they came upon area that looked like something had crashed here some time ago.
"Huh, this trail looked to be pretty old. Like, a few years old." Tal inspected as they looked around. "It must've landed here when we were still pretty little."
"Well, looks like we found our thing." Ames said with a nervous smile. "So how about we go home and-"
"Guys, look!" Donnie called as they turned to him when they shined their flashlights at a familiar sight, which made them gasp when they found out it was a Kraang Stealth Ship, half buried and covered in rush and dust.
"The Kraang!" Leo growled when they saw it as they walked closer to it.
"Whoa." Mikey said in shock.
"But, that's impossible." Jenny said in complete shock.
"It can't be." Robyn muttered.
"It's a Kraang Stealth Ship." Donnie said.
"Wicked!" Casey said in excitement before Tal smacked him on the head, "Ow!"
"More like, terrible!" Tal stated.
"But how, how did they find us?" April asked while Donnie inspected the ship.
"I don't think they did." Donnie said as he noticed the amount of dust on the ship. "This ship looks like it's been stuck here for years." He noted.
"What on earth is a Kraang Stealth Ship doing on our island?" Olly questioned before the hatch beeped and opened up while releasing some smoke.
"Only one way to find out. Come on." Leo said as he took the lead and they all entered the ship while looking around the room.
"This ship is in surprisingly good condition." Keno noted. "Despite the power being out, it's still in one piece."
"And it doesn't look there was crew on board either," Tal noted as there were no sleep cells or other remains of Kraang here, "If there was the Kraang would've attacked us a long time ago,"
"Hey uh, guys, Look," Raph called as he found what looked like a pod and there was something inside it.
The others squinted a bit and saw the person a woman, "Is that a… lady in there?" Casey asked.
Donnie and Tal examined the pod, "Okay, nobody touches anything," Donnie said.
"Repeat," Tal said looking at Ames and Mikey specifically, who both backed away nervously, "Do not, touch anything-" She was cut off when Mikey accidentally touched the command console.
"Mikey!" Donnie yelled when the ship came back online.
"Oops. I promise not to touch anything starting… now?" Mikey said nervously.
"Uh, guys?" Robyn asked as she pointed to the pod, which opened up revealing a blonde woman in a dark dress and purple blouse.
The O'Neil sisters gasped when they saw her as she groaned and woke up. "Mom?" They asked in complete shock.
"Mom?" Casey asked in surprise.
"Wait, what?" Jenny asked as Mrs. O'Neil got out as she wobbled before Donnie and Tal caught her.
"Take it easy, Ma'am." Donnie said to her.
"Hold on there." Tal added as Mrs. O'Neil got her bearings and saw the turtles as she screamed in fear and elbowed the two turtles holding her.
"Mutants!" Ms. O'Neil cried out as she tried to run, but nearly tripped before Keno and Casey caught her.
"It's okay, Mrs. O'Neil. They're good mutants. Friends." Keno assured as he and Casey helped her up and they turned to the turtles.
"Except for Donnie. He's kinda a jerk." Casey quickly added with a smirk.
"Yeah-Hey!" Donnie yelled with a look.
"Where am I?" Mrs. O'Neil asked before turning to the boys, "And how do you know my…" she trailed off as she turned and saw the O'Neil sisters who were looking at her, completely speechless. "Robyn? April? B-But how? Just a few days ago, you were six years old, April. And Robyn, you were only eight years old…" She said as she then fainted before Casey caught her.
"Mom." April said.
"You're…" Robyn spoke next before the two sisters fainted as well before Mikey and Ames caught them.
"Snap." Mikey commented.
"Yeah, definitely family." Ames added as they all looked at the three O'Neils in shock.
A little bit later, the Teens brought Mrs. O'Neil back to the village and into the grand hut to rest and answer their questions. "So, there's been a Kraang Ship just outside the village for years, and the O'Neils' mother was trapped within it," Orimura concluded what the children told them as Dariyasa prepared some tea for them.
"That's pretty much the gist of it, Father." Olly nodded as the others looked at Mrs. O'Neil, who felt uncomfortable before Dariyasa brought her a cup.
"Here you are, Mrs. O'Neil. There's no reason to be afraid of us." Dariyasa said softly while Mrs. O'Neil accepted the tea.
"Thank you, Grand Mistress. I'm still a little shaky." Mrs. O'Neil said as she checked her tea.
"Perhaps you can answer some questions we have on the Kraang ship you were imprisoned in," Orimura said while raising a brow at Mrs. O'Neil. "How were you placed in it, what happened to the crew and how did that ship get onto my island?"
"I know this is hard to believe but…" Mrs. O'Neil started while trying to remember what happened. "The Kraang Ship crashed on my family's old farmhouse years ago. It was my grandfather who discovered it, and made the mistake of awakening the Kraang. They paid him back by experimenting on him…And his entire bloodline. They knew we were the key to unlocking their precious mutagen, we were their guinea pigs." She said spitefully.
"Aw! Guniea pigs are so cute!" Mikey interrupted with a smile.
"I told you not to be stupid, you moron." Raph said as he flicked Mikey on the head.
"Ow!" Mikey cried from the flick.
"Raphael, Michelangelo, enough." Dariyasa said as the two stayed quiet, "Go on, Mrs. O'Neil." she said as Mrs. O'Neil nodded.
"After April was born it was clear she was very special, we knew it was only a matter of time before the Kraang came for her," Mrs. O'Neil continued, "So one night, when the Kraang invaded our farmhouse, we escaped. Kirby fled with the girls to the city but I was recaptured and put into stasis before the Kraang used the Ship's autopilot to send it to somewhere it would never be found,"
"So, they sent it to Turtle Island?" Keno asked in surprise.
"Actually, Donnie and I checked the ship's data logs, and its coordinates showed it was supposed to fall into the middle of the ocean." Tal said while checking her T-Phone, which shocked them.
"Wait, they were trying to drown mother?" Robyn asked in shock.
"Tried to." Donnie corrected. "But if we have to guess, Turtle Island must've intercepted its trajectory and must've crashed here instead."
"So in a crazy way, the Island saved her," Tal concluded.
The others looked at each other or Mrs. O'Neil, still reeling from what they learned, "All these years, we never knew what happened to you, we didn't know what to think," April said while looking down, "Dad would never tell us,"
"Well now you do, and now we never have to be apart again," Mrs. O'Neil said with a smile and holding April's hands before realizing something, "But, where is Kirby anyway?" She asked.
They all immediately flinched and looked at each other nervously, "Kirby?" Casey asked before he remembered and smiled. "Oh, he got turned into a wicked Kraang-headed mu-!" He said before Jenny punched him on the head.
"You just had to pull a Mikames, didn't ya?" Jenny whispered.
"Ahah! You pulled a Mikames." Mikey laughed before he realized what he said.
"Wait, you made us into a verb?" Ames questioned with a brow.
"He's just kidding, Mrs. O'Neil." Leo said with a nervous smile. "Kirby is, uh, back in New York, while we're here on, uh, vacation. We won't be going back for a while now," He said as he nervously sipped some tea.
Mrs. O'Neil then turned back to April with a warm smile, "I'm just so glad to have my April back," She said before April smiled back and they hugged.
Robyn looked at them with a weird look while Mikey and Ames looked at them strangely. "Is it us, or does your mom seem a little off?" Ames asked Robyn.
"You're telling me." Robyn said in agreement. "I mean, isn't she glad to see me too?"
"Eh, she's just giving the younger child the love. I'm sure she hasn't forgotten about you." Keno assured.
"I don't know, Keno. Somethings not right here." Robyn said.
"She's right. I'm getting those ninja vibes. I don't trust her." Mikey said suspiciously as Naomi placed a hand on him.
"Well whatever you sense, just observe and do not act unless she had done something that will endanger anyone," Naomi instructed.
MIkey, Ames and Robyn nodded in understand before looking back at Mrs. O'Neil opened her eyes with a dark glint in them.
A bit later, the O'Neils were sitting by the Turtle Dragon statue while looking at the night sky. "Remember how we used to sit outside by the farmhouse in the summertime and look out at the stars?" Mrs. O'Neil asked her younger daughter.
"Like it was yesterday." April said fondly before frowning, "But… so much has happened, so much time has passed." she said solemnly before Mrs. O'Neil brushed her hair.
"And that's what it is, the past, we're together again." Mrs. O'Neil assured giving April a hug.
"Oh, Mom," April said, returning the hug while Robyn gave a suspicious look.
"Am I being paranoid or," She asked herself, feeling something was off right now as Leatherhead was passing by and turned to the O'Neils.
"We can start over, we can be a family again." Mrs. O'Neil assured.
"If only Dad were here." April said sadly, April's mom heard a twig snap and as her face turned blank, and leaned closer to April while Robyn wasn't looking.
"Leatherhead?" Robyn asked. "What are you doing?"
Leatherhead then sensed something coming from Mrs. O'Neil before his eyes widened, "Kra…Kra…KRAAANNNG!" He roared as his eyes glazed over in rage and charged at Mrs. O'Neil, who screamed in terror before April and Robyn got in front of him.
"Leatherhead! What are you doing?!" April questioned while she and Robyn held him back.
"Dude! Chill! Chill!" Robyn told the Alligator mutant.
"You! Stay away from my friends!" Leatherhead warned Mrs. O'Neil, who cried and ran back to the hut as he tried to follow, but April stopped him.
"What the heck is wrong with you?! Have you lost your mind?! You know what? Don't answer that!" April said angrily at Leatherhead before running after her mother. "Mom, wait!"
"April! Please wait!" Leatherhead called as the others, except for Robyn, Ames, and Mikey, gave him a look.
A few moments later in the Lab, a light shined on Leatherhead's face as the others surrounded him, while he sat down while resting his hands on his knees. "Leatherhead…" Donnie started with a low voice. "You. Attacked. Robyn and April's…" He started before he leaned close down to him with white eyes. "MOTHER!?" He roared as a gust of wind blew at Leatherhead's face.
"Leatherhead, have you completely flipped your gourd?!" Tal demanded, "How could you attack a defenseless woman?!"
Leatherhead snarled in protest, "I do not trust her!" He stated firmly, "She reeks of the Kraang's vile stench!" he growled.
"What?" Keno asked with a confused, "Dude, she just got out of a Kraang ship, of course she would smell Kraang on her!"
"Come on guys! LH is right. She's all kinds of wrong." Mikey said in defense for Leatherhead. "We should believe him." He said before Leo raised his hand.
"Oh just like that time tiny elves stole your nunchucks and replaced them with mozzarella sticks." Leo said mockingly as Mikey imagined the image.
"Yes!" Mikey said in defense before Raph joined in.
"Or the time you, Ames, and Ice Cream Kitty entered a break dance competition?" Raph added as he imagined that as well.
"Exactly!" Ames said pointing at him.
"Stop it, guys!" Casey yelled. "Do you three have any idea how much this means to the girls? If you ruined this for them-"
"Enough!" Robyn yelled out, which made them all turn to her in startled as she had a rageful look. "There's no us with our mother! Ever since we let her out she's only been focused on April and ignoring me! Don't you think it's weird how she only gives April attention when we're both her daughters?!"
"Robyn, she's probably just adjusting to being free again and she probably understands that April missed her a lot," Vee reasoned, "There's no need to be so jealous,"
"What?! Jealous?! Me?!" Robyn questioned as she looked at them in rage. "Seriously, you all only just met my mom and you think you know her better than her own daughter?!" She questioned.
"It's… It's not what we're saying." Olly tried to reason with her.
"Save it!" Robyn yelled with her hand up. "Clearly you all don't believe us, so I'll just prove something's up here! Leatherhead, Ames, Mikey, let's go! We got a secret to crack." She said as she began to walk out the door.
"Robyn, wait." Leo tried to say and held her shoulder before Robyn whipped around and punched him in the face, sending him to the floor while the others gasped in shock as Vee came down to Leo in concern.
"Stay out of our way." Robyn growled as he walked out the door, with Leatherhead, Ames, and Mikey following while the others looked at each other in concern and shock.
Meanwhile, outside at the gates, April found her mother standing around and approached her, "Mom?" She called walking up to her, "Are you okay?" She asked.
"I was just thinking about the time we'd picnic in the woods by the stream." Mrs. O'Neil said looking out.
"Those were some of my favorite memories." April said giving her a hug, "I'm sorry about Leatherhead. He's a good guy but, the Kraang tortured him since he was little so he has a loose grip on his anger."
Mrs. O'Neil then broke the hug, " We should go somewhere April, just the two of us. Just sail or fly off, leave these creatures behind. I don't trust them!" Shel said in worry.
April was surprised by this suggestion "I.. I can't do that." she said hesitantly.
"Why not?" She asked worried.
"They're like family, they've always been there for me." April explained, "And what about Robyn? She's my sister and your daughter too."
"From just seeing her, Robyn is old enough to take care of herself." Mrs. O'Neil said to April. "She made her choice and she has to be responsible for herself, I'm just worried about us." She said before she walked off while April reached out to her, feeling conflicted by what her mother said about her choice of going with her or staying with her sister and the others.
In the eating hut, Robyn, Mikey, Ames, and Leatherhead are sitting at the table, looking solemn, "Man, we've tailing mom all night and have gotten zilch," Robyn said while leaning against her palm, "Maybe the others were right and maybe mom's just slowly adjusting after all."
"Coul be. But most of the time, no one gets me. No one but you guys and you." Mike said while petting Ice Cream Kitty, who popped up and gave her a meow. "See, you're just so cute I could eat you up! Num, num, num!" He said as he poured some whipped cream on Ice Cream Kitty and placed a cherry on top.
"Be grateful that Ice Cream Kitty can regenerate her ice cream." Ames said with a small smile. "Still, we need to find proof Mrs. O'Neil is up to no good."
"I don't know why. But there is something about her that reminds me of the Kraang." Leatherhead said with a growl. "She is not who she claims to be."
Ice Cream Kitty then started hissing and growling angrily behind them, which made them confused. "What is it, girl?" Robyn asked as they turned and saw Mrs. O'Neil walking into the forest.
The others got suspicious as they gave a serious look. "Why is Mom going into the woods?" Robyn questioned with a brow.
"What do you think guys? Go after her?" Mikey asked.
"My thoughts exactly, Mikey." Ames nodded with a serious look.
"You two go follow mom. Leatherhead and aren't as stealthy as you two." Robyn said seriously.
"You got it, Robyn." Mikey said with a salute.
"Be cautious my friends," Leatherhead warned as Mikey and Ames followed Mrs. O'Neil into the forest.
In the forest, Mikey and Ames are following Mrs. O'Neil while hiding in the bushes. But when they saw her turn her head, she had a pink disfigured head with glowing pink eyes, which made them gasp as they hid behind the logs. "Sweet Mother of Mutagen!" Mikey whispered squeakily.
"Mikey, was that a…" Ames trailed off in fright as Mikey nodded in fright. "Let's keep following her!" She whispered as they continued following her. After following Mrs. O'Neil for a bit, they saw her near a creak while holding a canister of mutagen in her hands. "She got mutagen?! Where did she get that!?"
"She must've snatched it from Donnie and Tal's Lab," Mikey realized before they saw her kneeling to the water, "She's gonna put it in the drinking water!"
"Not if we have any say in that matter!" Ames called as she used her whip and snatched the mutage away as it spilled onto the ground as Mikey came out and drew his nunchucks. "Oh no you don't! No mutagen spilling on my island!"
"You foolish whelps." Mrs. O'Neil said as she turned to the two with a look.
"Flattery won't work on us, mom!" Mikey shot back.
Mrs. O'Neil gave a smirk. "You shouldn't have done that, Michelangelo and Amoly. Now you've both made mother very angry!" She called as she drew a pair of scissors, which made their eyes widen.
"Leatherhead was right about you! You're with the Kraang!" Mikey yelled out as he and Ames got into ready stances.
"Yes. I will capture April O'Neil and take her to my masters." Mrs. O'Neil said as she was about to slash her scissors at them, but Mikey swatted away with his weapon.
"Well, 'Mom', things are about to get a lot worse." Mikey said as he then tried to give her a slash, but surprisingly, Mrs. O'Neil dodged it. "What the?!"
"Stay still you!" Ames said lashing her whips at Mrs. O'Neil but she dodged again and grabbed her by the bandanas before throwing her into Mikey and they crashed into a tree, "Ugh, Mrs. O'Neil's lot faster than she looks," She groaned.
"Yeah, she's as quick as Shredder," Mikey moaned while rubbing his head before he and Ames turned to Mrs. O'Neil behind them, "What are you really?!" Mikey demanded.
Mrs. O'Neil gave a smirk as her hand started twitching in every which way, which made the two turtles look in horror as the shadow of a creature fell over them with a loud roar.
"HELP!" Both Mikey and Ames yelled as it echoed throughout the whole island at night.
With Donnie and Tal, they were inside the Kraang Stealth Ship while Donnie hooked up his laptop to the ship while Tal looked through some of the screens on the main controls. "What up D and T?" Mikey suddenly announced which scarred them as they turned they found Mikey standing near the wall with a strange smile and an odd look in his eyes.
"Oh, Mikey it's just you, you scared us," Tal said while taking a breather.
"We're just looking over the data from the Cryotube's computers." Donnie answered. "Some of these readouts don't make sense." He said in concern.
"We know that Leatherhead wouldn't just flip out on someone for no reason," Tal explained as she continued looking through the computer, "Maybe the Kraang did something to her that made Leatherhead react like that,"
"Donnie, Tal?" The two smart turtles turned and saw April walking in, "Have you seen our mom?"
"No. We haven't. What's up?" Donnie asked.
"We sorta had a little argument earlier and now she's gone, probably because Leatherhead freaked her out." April said annoyed.
"Don't worry, April, I'm sure she's around. I'll be up in a minute to help look around for her." Mikey said with the same strange smile.
"Thanks, Mikey. But maybe I should asked Robyn, Keno, and Casey for help." April suggested. "To give her a more human comfort around, no offense."
"Yeah, uh, maybe you should try and talk to your sister first, April." Tal suggested. "Earlier, she got upset about your mother having more attention towards you than her, she even punched Leo in the face."
"What?!" April asked in shock. "Even when Leo had an injured Leg?!"
"It's clear Robyn feels like your mom choosing you over her," Donnie told her, "Are you sure you haven't seen anything that implies she only cares about you and not Robyn?" He asked.
April thought for a moment before she remembered how her mother wanted her to leave with her and leave Robyn behind. It took her a moment to realize that her mom had basically wanted to disown Robyn. "O-Oh. Oh my gosh. I… I didn't realize." She said in shock while holding her head, "I, I need to find Robyn." She said before rushing out.
"Now let's see exactly why the Kraang put Mrs. O'Neil on this ship." Donnie said as he went back to the computer.
"You think it was because she didn't have the perfected blood like April does?" Tal asked.
"If so, the Kraang would use more creative methods of getting rid of her, why send her into the-" Donnie stopped himself when he stumbled upon a certain file, "No, i-it can't be. S-She's…She's not…" He stuttered.
"What is it, Don?" Tal asked as Donnie moved aside for her to see the file and her eyes widened. "Oh no, she's not even… she's a… We gotta warn the others!" She exclaimed and felt someone behind her. "Mikey come on-"
The two turned and saw Mrs. O'Neil right in front of them, staring creepily into their eyes, "Hello, Talena and Donatello," Mrs. O'Neil said in a foreboding tone.
"Ah! M-Mrs. O'Neil!" Tal screamed out as she and Donnie backed away from her.
"W-Wha… What happened to Mikey?" Donnie asked before he and Tal were smacked away and fell to the floor before Mrs. O'Neil smashed the laptop and tossed it to them as they quickly got up before a hissing sound was heard as a Kraang tentacle appeared as the two drew their weapons. "We gotta war the others!"
"And fast!" Tal added as the creature grabbed their weapons and tossed them around until they hit the floor and then grabbed their legs.
"Let us go!" Donnie yelled before he and Tal screamed as they were pulled toward Mrs. O'Neil.
A bit later, Vee and Leo walked into the Kraang Ship searching around. "Mrs. O'Neil?" Vee called out.
"Uh, Mom?" Leo asked in confusion.
"That is a weird call out since she's not your mother, Heroboy." Vee said with a chuckle.
"What? We never know her full name." Leo said in defense before they saw Donnie standing with his back turned. "Uh, hey Donnie. Uh, where's Mrs. O'Neil?"
"No one's here but me." Donnie said strangely with a shrug.
"That's weird. We could've sworn just saw her come in here." Vee said in confusion. "And where's Tal? Wasn't she with you?"
"Oh, sorry, Vee. Haven't seen her or Mrs. O'Neil." Donnie said before the two turtles saw Donnie's smashed laptop on the ground.
"Okay, guess we were mistaken," Leo said suspiciously.
"Guess we'll just see you later," Vee said as they turned around slowly.
But then, Donnie turned as he shot a Kraang-like tentacle from his arm, which Leo quickly turned and sliced it before it grabbed them as he fell to his knee with a yell. "Leo?!" Vee called out as she caught him by the shoulder before they saw the tentacle wiggling on the floor. "Is that a Kraang tentacle?!"
"That's not the worst part!" Leo said as they looked up and saw that Donnie was now part Kraang with some tentacles sprouting from his shell and arms as he hissed. "We gotta move!"
"I gotcha, Leo!" Vee said, helping Leo up as they ran out of the ship and turned to see 'Donnie' coming out of the ship with a smirk and hiss as he twitched. "Okay, that is not right!" She said as they rushed towards the exit before Leo tripped and fell down. "Leo!" She rushed up to him before she looked up just before 'Donnie' pounced at them.
Raph and Jenny were heading back with new food and supplies before they heard Leo and Vee scream, causing them to jump, "What the-?!" Raph said in surprise as they rushed into the woods and saw Leo on the ground. "Leo!" He called in worry as Leo tried to stand, but he fell down while keeping his balance.
"Leo, are you okay?" Jenny asked as she and Raph supported Leo and sat him down on a stone.
"Yeah. Think so." Leo said while rubbing his head.
"Leo, what happened? And where's Vee?" Raph asked.
"Leatherhead was right, Mrs. O'Neil really is some kind of Kraang creature." Leo said to them. "She took Vee."
"What?!" Jenny questioned as she and Raph drew their weapons and stood guard. "Where is it?!" She questioned as Leo then stood up.
"Here." 'Leo' said in an ominous tone, which spooked the two turtles perked up and slowly turned to see Leo had Kraang tentacles on him before he hissed and lunged at them.
Raph whipped around and tried to stab 'Leo' but his arm was grabbed by a tentacle before being whacked to the other end of the Stealth Ship. "Raph!" Jenny called out before the tentacles grabbed her and then Raph as 'Leo' looked at them with hisses before Raph used a knife to his tentacle while Jenny used her claws to cut themselves free as 'Leo' moved back in pain and rushed at the two.
"Now you see us…!" Raph called as he threw a smoke bomb down, which created dust that once it cleared, he and Jenny were gone while 'Leo' searched around them.
Back in the village, April was sitting with her sister, with Keno, Casey, Leatherhead, Naomi, Olly, Orimura, and Dariyasa watching them, "I'm sorry Robyn, I should've seen how mom was neglecting you," April apologized.
"You think?" Robyn asked with a brow. "I mean, I've missed Mom as much as you, April, but how she's only focused on you while thinking that I don't exist? Mom never played favorites between us"
"Well, it has been ten years since we last saw her, but you might be right on that." April said while scratching her head.
"You might have been too young to remember April, but I know that Mom would never choose one daughter over the other. She loved us both and would've do anything for us both." Robyn said with a frown. "Did she really ask you to leave with her and not with me?"
"Well, yeah. Mom's gonna leave tonight, and if I don't go with her… she's going anyway. She also said that you're old enough to be responsible and be on your own. She's too scared of the turtles and Leatherhead." April said sadly.
"If she wishes to leave, then it is not our place to stop her," Orimura stated.
"We get that it's her choice, Grandmaster, but something seems off about her." Naomi said while rubbing her chin. "Her aura is, very disturbing."
"What do you mean, Naomi?" Olly asked with a brow at his girlfriend.
Before she could answer however, Raph and Jenny rushed towards the others, "Guys! Guys!" Jenny called as they rushed towards them and leaned on their knees to catch their breath.
"Raphael? Jennika?" Dariyasa asked in concern as the others came to them. "What is wrong?"
The two Hotheads panted, "It's Mrs. O'Neil! She's not-" Raph sputtered, trying to catch his breath.
"Leatherhead's right!" Jenny continued. "She really is some kind of Kraang experiment and she's done something to the others!" She exclaimed.
"What?!" Orimura questioned in complete shock. "Are you certain?" He questioned his daughter.
"We saw it with our own eyes! She even took the others' form and used them like puppets!" Raph added in horror.
"No. No, you're all wrong!" April denied.
"Oh, come on, guys. Not you too." Casey said with a frown before Robyn shoved them.
"You guys really need to listen if others are seeing the truth the hard way!" Robyn yelled out.
"I knew she couldn't be trusted!" Leatherhead growled.
"April," They all turned and saw Mrs. O'Neil suddenly say as she appeared from the gates, "April, I told you to pack your bags." She said with a frown as she walked towards them.
"Stay back!" Jenny yelled as she and Raph faced her as Mrs. O'Neil glared at them as they drew their weapons.
"What did you do to our siblings!?" Raph threatened.
"April, now," Mrs. O'Neil ordered, ignoring the turtles.
"We said stand back Mom… Thing?" Jenny demanded, unintentionally naming her as she glanced away a bit. "Should've let Ames or Mikey name her."
"Stop it guys! Stop it right now!" April yelled as she pushed them aside before Robyn grabbed her sister and pushed her behind her before Mrs. O'Neil could grab her. "Sis, what are you doing?!"
"April, wake up and listen to us!" Robyn told her sister, before marching up to the woman, "I don't what you are but if you think you can discrete my mother's memory by pretending to be her you-" She was cut off when Mrs. O'Neil backhanded her to the face, knocking her away.
"Robyn!" The others exclaimed while April was horrified.
"Mom?! What are you doing?!" April questioned in shock as she was about to rush up to her sister, but Mrs. O'Neil grabbed her.
"That's it! We're leaving, now!" Mrs. O'Neil yelled as she dragged April away.
"What's going on?!" April questioned as she tried to pull away from her.
"I'm you're MOTHER!" Mrs. O'Neil yelled as she turned to April, but had a warped Kraang face, which caused April to scream as tentacles began to form.
"What the heck!?" Keno yelled in shock.
Orimura narrowed his eyes and drew his sword, "Unhand her you ungodly beast!" He ordered as he charged and sliced the tentacle holding April, releasing her.
Leatherhead then pounced on Mrs. O'Neil, grabbing her in his jaws, bitting down, thrashing around, slamming her against the ground before throwing her away into a woodpile.
They all rushed up to April, "My friend, are you alright?" Leatherhead asked the girl.
"Y-Yeah." April said nervously before turning towards her 'Mother'. "B-But Mom…"
"That's not mom." Robyn said while rubbing her head and giving a glare where her 'Mother' had crashed. "No mother would ever hurt her own daughter! She's not even our real mom!"
"But if she's not Mrs. O'Neil, than what-" Dariyasa was cut off when they heard inhuman screaming and thrashing coming from the wood pile.
"I think we're about to find out!" Olly called as Mom-Thing's head came out while still screaming as her body then started changing in a horrifying way. Under the face, she has baby blue skin and large pointy ears, and her hair pointed back. She had six long zombie-like legs almost like a Kraang. On her back were six large sticking-up tubes that connect to her body with a large hole on her back.
The heroes looked at Mom-Thing with expressions mixed with shock, horror, ferocity and disgust. "Oh my goodness." Naomi said in horror.
"I think I'm gonna puke!" Casey said in disgust.
"That's just wrong!" Keno exclaimed.
Olly turned to Orimura, "Father, I think we might need back up!" He exclaimed in fear.
Orimura glared and turned to the gong beneath the grand hut and then slammed it hard, "Shell Tribe, to battle!" He called as every turtle warrior rushed from their huts and armed themselves, "Lure that creature away from the village!" He ordered, pointing at Mom-Thing.
"Move!" Raph ordered as they all ran away with Mom-Thing behind them, "Casey come on!" He called as Casey grabbed an axe and ran after the others.
Soon they came to the front of the island, and looked back, waiting for Mom-Thing to burst from the trees until she appeared from beneath and behind them. She screeched and split her head in half, freaking them out even more, "Okay, that's just so wrong!" Robyn exclaimed while clutching her head as the turtles then started attacking at Mom-Thing, but she then swatted them one by one as they were knocked to the ground or slammed them with her tentacles.
Mom-Thing lashed a tentacle at April but Ryuga sliced it, as it wriggled around with April in its grip. "Leave my friends alone!" Leatherhead roared, pouncing on Mom-Thing but she grabbed him and threw him away.
Raph charged at Mom-Thing, avoiding her attacks before kicked her in the face, repeatedly. Mom-Thing climbed up a large rock on the beach, and shot green slime at him before Jenny kicked her in the face, knocking her down again but she got up and roared before continuing her assault.
"There's no way to stop this thing! It's unbeatable!" Olly exclaimed while ducking to avoid a turtle about to collide with him.
"She was frozen when we found her! Maybe we can freeze her again!" April suggested as she got free.
"No! We fry it!" Casey suggested as he saw a torch on the other side of the village. "Time for Casey Jones to play some offense! Goongala!" He called as he skid underneath Mom-Thing and mocked her as she roared at him, but he grabbed the torch and jabbed it in her mouth, causing her to scream in pain as they all watched in anticipation.
After a few moments, Mom-Thing took out the torch and turned to them, roaring with flames in her mouth. "Yeah, that didn't work." Raph said fearfully.
"Is there nothing to stop this creature?!" Orimura questioned while taking a firm grip on his sword.
"We're open to suggestions here!" Keno called while reading his new batons.
"We just gotta hack it to pieces!" Casey called while raising a farm axe.
"Fine by me!" Jenny said as she, Raph, Olly, Naomi, Casey and Keno jumped at Mom-Thing. But then Mom-Thing shot out a huge tentacle from the hole in her back, grabbing the six and pulling them towards her.
"Get your slimy suckers off of me!" Raph yelled as they struggled to break free while Dariyasa, Orimura, Leatherhead and the O'Neil sisters watched in horror.
"Guys!/My Friends!/Children!" They all yelled as Mom-Thing pulled the six into herself.
"No! No!" April yelled while Robyn backed away in horror.
"This can't be happening! It's not! It's not!" Robyn cried out while clutching her head, her pain increasing without answer.
"This, this has to be a nightmare!" April said with tears in her eyes.
"April, we can be together," Mom-Thing reaching out to April, "No more pain, no more sorrow," She said as the faces of the turtles appeared from her neck.
"Join us/become one/one of us!" the disembodied heads moaned as Mom-Thing, in her normal face, looked at her.
"One of us! One of us!" She repeated while Dariyasa covered her mouth in horror at the sight of her children while Orimura kept an arm infront of his wife.
"You are not my mother! My mother wouldn't do that to my friends or hurt my sister!" April yelled out to her as Robyn kept clutching her head with Leatherhead, Dariyasa, Orimura and the rest of the Shell Tribe stood in front of the O'Neil sisters Mom-Thing then lashed out tentacles, pinning the other turtles and Leathehead while her back tentacle grabbed April, "No! NO!" April cried as the tentacle prevented her from using her powers.
"We will be a family again. It's all we ever wanted!" Mom-Thing said as she was about to pull April into her.
Robyn's eyes shrunk in horror as her headache reached its peak and mutagen-color veins appeared on the ground beneath her, "NO! NNNOOO!" She screamed as from her head she released Psychic waves of energy as the veins glowed brightly.
"Robyn?!" Leatherhead asked as he and the others watched in shock as the shockwave hit Mom-Thing, which made her scream in pain before a flash of pink light blinded them for a brief moment. After the light faded, the group looked and saw April, the turtles, Casey, and Keno on the ground surrounded by the remains of Mom-Thing as they all groaned. "My friends!" He called as he rushed up to them, as did, Robyn, Orimura, Dariyasa, and the rest of the tribe.
"Are you guys okay?" Robyn asked as she rushed up to April and helped her up while the others got up as well.
"Let me put it to you this way, I'm pretty sure I'd swallowed about 15 pounds of slime." Donnie moaned as Tal supported him.
"Ugh, I feel like if puke could puke, it would be us." Mikey moaned before his cheeks puffed up and he turned and puke while Ames placed a hand on his shell.
Leo turned to Robyn, "Nice job, Robyn," He complimented.
Robyn smiled back but looked confused, "But, how did I do that? I was freaking out, felt something powering me and then, BOOM! Mom-Thing was history," She said in wonder.
"The Great One lent you its power," Dariyasa answered as she held Olly close to her.
"The Great One?" April asked before they heard the sound of water falling, and they all turned to see something coming up from the ocean, "Uh, what's that?" She asked.
The Shell Tribe immediately got down and kneeled, as did Olly's family, while the New Yorkers remained standing in confusion as rising up from the sea was the massive head of a giant scale creature with kelp, coral, and algae growing on it.
"By Darwin's Beard," Donnie muttered as they all gaped in shock as the giant turtle head gave a yawn-like roar and turned to them with a goldish brown eye.
"Greetings young ones." The giant turtle head said to them in a wise voice.
"Holy Chalupa, that has got to be the biggest turtle I've ever seen!" Mikey said in awed before Raph smacked him on the back of his head.
Orimura stood up, looking to the New Yorkers, "My friends, Behold, the being who gives us refuge and sustains, the Great One: Aspidochelone!" He introduced gesturing to the massive turtle.
The New Yorkers were still in awe before Olly nudged Leo, "I'd kneel if I were you," He whispered as Four brothers, the human teens and Leatherhead, bowed their heads.
"Welcome Warriors of New York. I am pleased to see that you are all doing well." Aspidochelone said with a wise smile. "And I see your gift has awoken within you, young Robyn." He said to Robyn.
Robyn blinked, "Wait, so that wasn't you?" She asked, "It was, me?"
"This power has always been part of yourself, my child; I merely added to the fire that was already kindled within your soul," Aspidochelone explained.
Donnie then realized, "That's the same thing that happened with April back in the city," He said, turning to Robyn, "That was Psychic power."
"Wait, so you mean that…" Robyn said as she looked at her hands before April placed a hand on her shoulder with a smile.
"You have powers, sis. Just like me!" April said with a smile.
"Indeed, you saw your friends and those you love in great danger, and from that fear and desire to protect those you care about, a great power had been unlocked," Aspidochelone explained.
Robyn looked at her hands in awe, "Whoa," She said in amazement.
Leo then hobbled over to Aspidochelone, "Great Aspidochelone, please can you tell us what we need to save our city? What do we have to do to defeat the Shredder?" He asked.
"You will find that answer in time, Leonardo," Aspidochelone said to him, which made Leo and the others frown before he gave a small smile. "But know that your journey will save countless lives, and to overcome the Darkness, you must find the light within your hearts," he said as the others all smiled at him and nodded and bowed in respect to the giant turtle.
A bit later, they returned to the village, where Donnie fixed up his laptop and typed on it. "So when we downloaded the data in the Kraang ship, we discovered the creature wasn't really Mrs. O'Neil. It just had her memories in it." Donnie explained to the group.
"So what was that thing?" Jenny questioned.
"Some sort of early infiltration experiment that utilized a combination of the real Mrs O'Neil's DNA and Kraang DNA," Tal explained to them. "But it was too dangerous for the Kraang to control."
"So the Kraang put it in a deep freeze and tried to drown it at the bottom of the ocean," Raph concluded with a scowl. "It all makes sense."
Olly and Leo then turned and saw April sitting together on the ground. "Guys. Do we have to talk about this right now?" Leo questioned.
Robyn frowned in sympathy as she sat next to her little sister and pulled her into a hug, "You okay?" She asked softly.
"Yeah. It's just… it feels like we just lost our family all over again." April said sadly. "Even if it wasn't our mom. Maybe she really is gone forever. But maybe… maybe she's still out there, somewhere." She said hopefully.
"If she is, we'll find her," Robyn said, caressing April's head, "And when we get back to New York, we'll save Dad," She said while helping April up.
"She's right, you can't give up hope. Trust me on that." Leo said in agreement, knowing the feeling since he lost Splinter as they all smiled.
"And you haven't lost your family, because it's right here," Mikey said, gesturing to all of them as the O'Neil sister smiled.
"Allow me to extend that statement," Orimura said as they all turned to them, "Though none of you were born to Aspidochelone like I and the others here, I consider you all part of my family. So know that as of this moment, you are now part of the Shell Tribe, one of us," He said as he gestured to Shell Tribe as all the turtles raised their fists and cheered in agreement.
The New York Gang all smiled in appreciation as Mikey stood in the center, "And I wanna say to you all…Ames, Robyn, Leatherhead, and I were right! In your face! In your face!" Mikey did a brag dance in front of them while pointing at his brother's faces while the others just laughed.
"Okay, easy there, Mikey," Jenny said in annoyance.
"Wait, didn't you and Ames mention something about mutagen being spilled in the woods?" Donnie asked the two turtles.
"Well, yeah." Ames nodded. "Mom-Thing was gonna spill it in our drinking water. Luckily we stopped her when she did."
"Well, do you two remember which part of the creek it was?" Tal asked.
Ames and Mikey looked at each other as they tried to remember where the mutagen was. "Nope." They both said.
"Oh, no." Leo said while placing a hand on his head. "You know what this means, right?" He asked as they all knew the answer.
In the forest, at the spot where Ames tossed the mutagen, the spilled canister was on a few frogs, and they crawled around it as one ribbited. Whatever would happen next, it was clear there were gonna be some new mutants crawling around Turtle Island soon.