Kraang droids marching around the city had become the new normal, all the power was still out, and there were a few stray mutated human captives seen; Ivan Steranko looked out through a window and quickly hid inside with Anton Zeck sitting at his desk.
"It has been months since the aliens invasions; there must be way out of the city!" Steranko said stubbornly.
"Why not use one of your fancy tanks to get us out, big S?" Zeck asked before Steranko pushed him out of his chair.
"How many times I must tell you? Show models only, I get them big discount!" Steranko pointed out, Zeck saw some open cans of soup, but a rat came out of it and ran off.
Zeck then stood up, "I'm starving! All our food is gone! We're down to moldy ketchup and dead cockroaches!" He shouted as he held the two items in his hands.
He then put the ketchup on the cockroach, but before he could eat it, Steranko took it, "Secret headquarters mine, moldy ketchup and cockroaches mine." Steranko said as he ate the cockroach.
"Oh snap, Steranko, that's cold-blooded!" Zeck cried out, "We gotta get out of this city dawg! We gotta get out of this city!" He said in a high-pitched voice.
"Hmm." Steranko hummed as he knew he was right.
The two were on the rooftops, barely able to avoid being seen by the army of Kraang droids. "No way out, comrade henchmen try to make it out of city, they all gets mutate!" Steranko said before looking proud, "Ivan Steranko never turn into freak!" he said determined to escape with his humanity.
"But how are we gonna make it past a million alien robots?" Zeck questioned while gesturing to his suit. "My invisible field is totally jacked! I'm jacked!" He shouted worriedly, they both gasped as another Kraang scanner passed by them and they quickly hid away and went into an alley.
"Whew! It's dangerous. But Shredder, only one who can get us out of city," Steranko said as he looked around the bend, "We make deal."
"That's brilliant baby Steranko! Brilliant!" Zeck cheered before he rubbed his chin. "But what have we got that Shredder want's?" He asked curiously.
Steranko smirked and pulled out a photo of Miwa. "Right here, we find his daughter, Karai." He said and Zeck pushed up his visor to look at it. "She was mutated by same stuff that made those turtle freaks. Shredder has searched for her ever since." He said as they hid from more scanners.
"So you're saying, we can use her as a bargaining chip with Shredder to get out of this city?" Zeck asked with a hopeful smile, wanting confirmation.
"Da! Oroku Saki will have no choice." Steranko said as they both laughed together looking at the photo.
In the abandoned warehouse, the Hamato Warriors and some of the turtle tribes were setting up some monitors, couches, beds, and equipment while a portal was opened on one of the side walls while the Party Wagon and Hot Rod were parked in an empty room.
"Looking good, people." Catilyn said with a smile, "We'll have this outpost fixed up in no time."
"Yup." April said with a smile. "Pretty soon, this will be a real outpost."
"We just need a few more decorations." Mikey said as he then showed kid drawings on the wall. "What do you think, kid?" He asked with a smile.
"Yeah…" April said slowly. "I think it looks great." She said with a soft smile.
"Seems okay." Catilyn said with a shrug while Master Splinter was close by, lost in thought, which Mikey noticed.
"You okay, Sensei?" Mikey asked as he and the two girls turned to him.
Splinter perked up and turned to the three teens as they and the other turtles looked at him in concern."Hmm? Forgive me..My thoughts are elsewhere, Michelangelo. It is very dangerous out there." Splinter said as he looked out the window and saw more droids walking by. "Casey, Keno, Zach and your siblings have been gone for a long time." He said.
In the upper level of the Warehouse, Donnie and Tal were working on the Retro-Mutagen at their new lab as Robyn and April walked in. "How's the new lab set up?" Robyn asked.
"Kinda makeshift and a total rushed job." Tal said while gesturing to the equipment still in the boxes or on the table while there's a huge hole on the ground at the side wall.
"We're brewing a batch of retro-mutagen we started back at the island, takes forever," Donnie said since he and Tal spent so much time making Retro-Mutagen when they first started back on Turtle Island.
"Then we can demutate our dad back?" April asked hopefully. "Hopefully for good this time?"
"Along with everyone else who mutated as well?" Robyn asked while giving a brow at her sister. "April, it's not just dad we need to save, but millions of people too." She reminded her.
"Well that's the plan, but this specific Retro-Mutagen is for Miwa," Tal explained, "This one takes especially long since Miwa's not like other mutants."
"Wait, what do you mean by that?" April asked in confusion.
"After checking the DNA scales from Miwa the last time we saw her and the mutagen I sampled from Stockman's old lab, I think she's only half mutant." Tal said while typing in on a computer and showing a DNA strand. "My guess is that Stockman must've put something into the mutagen that mixed with the snake DNA before Miwa fell in."
"So what does it mean for Miwa?" Robyn asked.
"That normal retro-mutagen wouldn't work on her, and even with this new formula, she may never be fully human again." Tal said with a frown. "But with this specialized version, her mutant form and mind should be stable enough for her to control."
They then saw Splinter and Mikey coming in when he heard what they said. "Miwa." He said sadly as they all gave sympathetic looks to him as coming out of the hole was Keno, Casey, Zach, Leo, Vee, Ames, Jenny, Raph, Olly, and Naomi as they cheered victorious.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we got one word for you…" Raph started as they then showed them the boxes of their things. "Score!" He cheered.
"You did it?" Robyn asked with a smile. "You all manage to sneak back into the lair?"
"It wasn't easy avoiding all those patrols down in the sewers, but we managed to give 'em the slip." Olly said as he placed a box down. "Still, we can only get so many. So until the Kraang are beaten and New York is free, the furniture and other things in the lair will remain down there."
"But hey, Tal, Don, check it out." Casey said as he walked up and gave Donnie a box with chemicals and equipment. "We got you some sweet chemicals."
"Oh, wow! Awesome!" Donnie cheered happily as he saw the rest of his chemicals and equipment in the box.
Ames then walked up to Mikey. "And even though the Kraang were bugging us big time, we didn't forget…" She started with a smirk as she walked up in front of Mikey. "Your big request, Mikey."
Mikey opened the box to see the TV with the VHS tapes collection as Mikey's eyes frizzed out before he smiled widely. "TV!" He cheered as he then danced around. "Now we can watch Crognard again! Oh yeah!" He cheered while Ames giggled at his reaction.
"Figures if this outpost could feel like home, why not add a little entertainment for it?" Jenny asked with a shrug.
"In the words of the Great Master, 'Home is Where to Hang Your Hat,'" Olly quipped before walking up to Splinter, "By the way, I never had the chance to give to you earlier, Splinter," He said, passing Splinter his family photo.
Splinter gave the photo a longing expression, "You have a truly noble soul, Olivier," He said graciously.
In the living quarters, Mikey moved aside some things and placed the TV on a desk stool. "What an awesome base we have. It even has that 'Sweet Sewer Stank' smell." Mikey said with his hands on his hips.
"It's pretty room for my liking." April said as she sat on a couch close to Casey, which they looked away from each other before April gave a small smile.
Splinter was still looking at his family photo. "Home for me will never be complete without my daughter." He said sadly.
"Then our next step is finding Miwa and turning her human again," Naomi said before turning to the smart turtles, "Talena, Dontatello, how goes the Retro-Mutagen?"
"Well, it's still not finished." Donnie said to them. "We're still a few days off."
"But the longer Miwa's out there alone, the more she risks losing her humanity." Leo said in concern.
"We can help her." Vee said with determination. "We just have to keep looking."
"For all we know, Shredder or the Kraang have her." Raph said with his arms crossed.
"No," Splinter answered as he looked at his photo, "I saw her only a few days ago roaming the streets at night, but I was not in my right mind. I could not help her," He explained, implying that his animalistic behavior prevented him from staying with his daughter.
"Then it's a start." Olly said with a serious tone. "Donnie, Tal, you think we can find her?"
"Well, we have been updating all of our surveillance tech, so we might be able to track Miwa down if we find a sample of her DNA." Tal said as they drew their weapons.
"Alright, guys. Let's do this!" April said eagerly.
"Sorry April, but with all the Kraang out there, too many of us out there is too risky." Leo said with a firm tone. "You, Casey, Zach, Keno, Leatherhead, Catilyn, and Robyn stay here with Splinter and the others and keep fixing up our outpost."
"The ten of us will find Miwa." Olly said as he and his brothers, sisters and girlfriend walked out to the hatch in the lab's floor.
"What?! You need us!" April protested.
"Come on, guys!" Keno pleaded.
"That's not fair! I wanna trash some alien scum too!" Casey yelled as he marched forward. "Why do you gotta pent up my rage, guys!?" He angrily said as he crossed his arms as they were out of the outpost.
In Shredder's lair, Shredder looked down at Tigerclaw, Koya, Rahzar and Fishface while Kitsune was at his side, "You continue to fail me in your search to find my daughter!" Shredder said in frustration.
"Ehh, Master Shredder, Karai is just too scaly, I-I mean stealthy! and the city is so big," Fishface said in defense.
"It's like when we're in the same spot as that Shelia she slithers off to another part," Koya added anxiously.
"She's as slippery as a serpent!" Rahzar said before realizing his unintentional pun, "Oh, uh, um, I mean…"
"We have searched the city top to bottom for Karai, Master." Tigerclaw said calmly. "Though we have covered much already, we have yet to search everywhere."
"You will find her or I will turn all four of you over to Kitsune." Shredder threatened while Kitsune kept her arms crossed. "She is bored of having little entertainment." He said as Kitsune gave a smirk at the four mutants while pulling her hypno-chain in emphasis causing the four to gulp.
"Y-Yes, Master." Rahzar said nervously.
"No problem." Fishface quickly said.
"We will double our search," Tigerclaw added as they backed up.
"We'll be back in two shakes of a Kangaroo's Kisser." Koya finished as they exited the lair while Shredder place his fingers together.
The Party Wagon drove up in an alley section as they stopped and the turtles exited the vehicle. "Alright, team. This is the last place Master Splinter saw Miwa." Leo said to them.
"Start searching for anything Snake-related." Olly instructed and turned to Tal who had put on Donnie's ooze-spec goggles, "Tal, you got anything?"
"Picking trace amounts of mutagenized DNA. Scanning now." Tal said while lowering the goggles before they pick up a speck on some white scales on the ground before a DNA bar showed. "That's it! Snake cells/human hybrid DNA sequencing. It's Miwa!" She cheered as Mikey jumped down in front of the scales.
"Oh, snap! Check it out, potato chips!" Mikey said as he picked the scales up and started eating them, much to the others' disgust. "Mmm. Kinda stale, but not bad." He said as he kept eating. "Do I detect sour, cream and chives?" He asked while trying to figure out the taste.
"Actually those are snake scales, Mikey." Tal said with a brow, while Mikey's eyes widened in shock. "Miwa must be shedding her snake-half skin." She added as Mikey dropped the remaining scales and stuck his tongue out as he gagged in disgust.
"Alright team, let's follow the trail," Olly spoke up. "Lead the way, Tal." He instructed as Tal led the group while Mikey followed behind while still grossed out that he ate a piece of Miwa.
On a rooftop, Zeck was scanning the area nearby to find Miwa. Steranko was looking down and found some skin. "Ooh, this is funky fresh, snake skin, recently shed. I am a better hunter than my brother Boltak." Steranko said, holding out some shed skin.
"Stop messing with that butt nasty skin. What you want is right down there son! Heh heh!" Zeck said confidently as he could see Miwa nearby. "She thinks she's hiding."
Steranko held out a taser gun and aimed it at a green and purple serpent that was moving near the direction. "Now I make it go to sleep.. steady.. steady.." Steranko said before Mikey came in and blew his tongue at him."Turtle face?!" He was shocked before a ninja star hit his weapon. "Mother Russia!" He was surprised as he saw the other turtles looking down at them.
"Leave Miwa alone!" Leo yelled out to them
"Aw, man! Not these freaks again!" Zeck complained.
"Freaks?" Raph questioned before he gave a smirk. ""Nice outfit. 1987 called, it wants it's jumpsuit back." He mocked much to Zeck's disbelief.
"Oh wha wha wha?! You making fun of my suit?!" Zeck demanded, "I will bust in your dang head!" Zeck spun around, charging up his mohawk, and threw an energy blast at them as the group threw throwing stars at him, but he danced around as he dodged them.
Steranko went over and pulled out a massive weapon."Finish them off, once and for all!" Steranko shouted as he started firing at them like crazy with a laugh while the others all dodged the shots. "Turtle pests! You are like fleas in back of powerful Russian Bear!" He taunted as the Turtles dodged the shots while Zeck jumped above them, doing some noises and dance moves before firing another energy mohawk, which they dodged.
On the ground, Mikey and Miwa watched the fight as Mikey turned to her. "Miwa, you have to stay here. Wait for us. Understand?" He asked softly to her Miwa just gave a soft hiss as Mikey rushed off. Miwa then saw a Kraang drone scanning by as she quickly hid behind a dumpster to avoid getting caught.
Leo, Vee, Donnie, Tal, and Naomi were still fighting off Zeck as he kept dancing around making Michael Jackson noises."Why is he making those noises?!" Donnie asked, annoyed at him.
"He's just trying to distract us!" Leo shouted as he charged at him with anger.
"Doing a pretty good job I can tell you that much!" Tal added while dodging another laser.
"Which is really annoying since it's not the 70s anymore!" Vee added.
"He is most vexing." Naomi added as they kept dodging the shots.
The other half of the team are fighting Steranko, who kept blasting at them while Mikey jumped in and avoided the shots as he tried to pull Steranko's weapon away, but he was tugged forward and was tossed to the ground as they tried to fight him in close combat.
Steranko then bashed his brass-knuckles together, which are two parts of the Russian symbol, as he then punched Raph away hard while also punching the others back as Raph stood up with a hook mark on his forehead. "Why you…!" He yelled in rage as he charged up and fought Steranko before he punched him back.
"Freaks." Steranko growled as he took out a flash grenade and launched at them, which blinded the turtles as he rushed up and aimed his dart gun at Miwa's behind, "Ahh, it's perfect." He said with a smirk, but before he fired, Raph nudged him, which got his aim out of shot as the dart nearly hit Miwa, which she saw as she hissed from the rooftop and slithered off while the others fought Steranko.
"Miwa's on the move! We gotta go after her!" Leo exclaimed.
Ames then pulled a smoke bomb, "AB See ya!" She quipped before throwing it on the ground, creating a smoke cloud, which made Steranko and Zech cough before the smoke cleared and they saw the turtles gone.
"Steranko, not happy." Steranko said with an angry look.
"We had that snake in the can, man!" Zech exclaimed.
"Come. The game has not end, Nyat." Steranko said as he walked off with a determined look.
In another part of the city, Koya searched for Miwa from the skies while Rahzar jumped across the rooftops and picked up a scent. "I don't smell snake, I smell a different kind of reptile." He said with a smirk he rushed off to inform the others.
Miwa slithers stealthily past the Kraang troops on the streets while the turtles watches her go on rooftops. "What's it look like, Tal?" Donnie whispered.
"Miwa's moving fast." Tal whispered. "We gotta get down there!"
"Kraang droids are everywhere." Leo stated.
"Be stealthy my ninjas," Mikey said with a smile, "Let's do this!"
"Let's move!" Olly whispered as more droids were marching around as Leo and the others stayed quiet within the shadows. They passed by some more droids, Ames and Mikey were about to follow, but the Kraang Droids turned around as they quickly hid back as the others saw this.
"Oh, no." Naomi muttered when she noticed two of them were missing.
"Where's Ames and Mikey?" Raph questioned.
Ames and Mikey then pop up behind him, "We're right here. Jeez, what took you so long?" Ames asked amusedly.
Tal looked down and saw a trail on the path with her goggles. "She's this way." She pointed ahead until they saw a warehouse in front of them where the path went into. "There! She's in that warehouse." She said as they rushed to it.
As they entered the Warehouse they looked around, "Alright, let's split up and find that serpent," Olly said as they spread out.
"Miwa, you here? It's us!" Leo called out as they heard hissing sounds.
"Miwa, come out." Raph called next.
"Where are you?!" Donnie called out.
"We're not gonna hurt you, Miwa! We wanna help!" Ames called next.
"Miwa, come out!" Vee added.
"We'll find a safe place for her to stay." Leo said as they kept looking around.
"So what are we gonna do when we find her?" Jenny questioned. "Invite her back to the outpost for pizza?" She said sarcastically.
"That's a good question." Donnie said while rubbing his chin. "The retro-mutagen still isn't finished." He said as he kept going, but then he heard a beep as he turned and ready his staff when he saw a squad of Kraang aiming their blasters at them.
"The Kraang!" Naomi called as they all drew their weapons.
"Take them down before they alert more!" Leo ordered.
But before they could do anything, Miwa came out of hiding with a hiss as she then ripped, bitten, and tossed the Kraang to pieces before she look at Donnie. "Uh, thanks?" Donnie said nervously as Miwa gave him a hiss.
Ames then came up to Miwa, "Miwa it's okay. It's us, your friends," She said calmly.
"Miwa, remember us." Leo said as he jumped down to her. "We're your friends. Remember who you are." He said as Miwa gave another hiss.
"She's become more snake-like by the hour." Donnie theorized. "She doesn't understand, Leo." He said before Miwa used her snake arms and hissed at him as he leaned back.
"She understands, Donnie." Leo said firmly as Miwa turned to him. "You're changing, Miwa. We wanna help you." He said as Miwa leaned in and hissed at him, but Leo stood there with a brave look as Miwa stood in silence for a moment.
"Leo…" Miwa managed to say before she gave a loud hiss as her body shifted to her human face, much to the turtles amazement.
"Whoa." Mikey said in awed.
"Help me…" Miwa said as she managed to lift her head up, but it was still pale with scales and she still have her snake eyes. "Pleassssse." She said with her snake tongue.
"So I was right, you are half-mutant," Tal said in wonder.
"Come back with us, Miwa." Lea pleaded, reaching to Miwa.
"No." Miwa said as she curled up, "Too dangeroussss." She said solemnly as she closed her eyes.
"Hey, no member of the Family left behind, that's our rule," Olly said firmly as he kneeled down to her, "You're one of Miwa, and nothing's gonna change that,"
"Wise words from a cub," Tigerclaw spoke as they all looked up and saw him and the rest of the Foot Warriors jumping down, surrounding Miwa.
"Looks like they made our job a whole lot easier," Fishface said with a smirk as Karai turned back into her snake form and tried attacking him, but he dodged out of the way and strapped the taser around her neck, and she screamed in pain as she got tased badly.
"Miwa! No!" Olly called out as they all charged at them, but Koya pulled out a smoke grenade.
"Have a nice whiff of poison, ya Drongos," Koya said as she tossed it down and a green mist cloud formed.
They started coughing. "We need to move!" Naomi called as she helped Olly up. They ran to the second level, and they used their weapons to fan the poison away.
"Can't let them… get away." Leo wheezed as the Foot Warriors walked out with Miwa.
Meanwhile, outside, Zeck was watching the happening through his thermal vision vizor and saw the Four Warriors walking out with Miwa in Rahzar's claws, "What is goings on, Comrade Zeck?" Steranko asked as Zeck turned to him.
Zeck laughed, "Haha, our bargaining chip, is about to walk out through that door yo!" Zeck said before he activated his lightbeam skates and moved down to the streets.
The Foot Mutants then came to an alley, "Nice job back there, mates," Koya said as Rahzar handed her Miwa, "I'll take this Shiela back to Master Shredder," She said before turning away.
"Wait? Why do you get to take her to Shredder?" Rahzar questioned, thinking Koya was trying to hog all the glory.
"Because you blokes are too big, slimy, bony, beefy, and more importantly, you can't fly," Koya answered as she was about to fly off.
"Eh! Watch it, Featherduster!" Fishface called as he drew his butterfly knife at her, which caused Miwa to be dropped onto Fishface's bike.
"Hey, keep your fins off, Sushi-Lips!" Koya snapped as she drew her feather daggers while Rahzar raised his claws.
"Enough!" Tigerclaw spoke up, shooting his blaster into the air, getting their attention. "We will all take Karai back to Master Shredder and-" He said before Zeck came down and landed on Fishface's bike.
"Hahah! Thanks for the ride, fellas!" Zeck called as he drove off with Miwa. The Foot Warriors looked shocked when they saw the same thief who stole the Kuro Kabuto.
"What just happened?" Fishface asked, dropping his knife in disbelief.
Zeck drove off while the turtles on the food saw him with Miwa. "Look! There she is!" Olly called out.
"No! Miwa…" Leo said in despair as Vee placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
When the sun was coming up, Steranko was waiting in an alley as Zeck drove in. "Oh ho! Is nice work, comrade Zeck!" Steranko commended, "You get snake girl, and steal cool looking motor scooter" he said in amazement.
"I barely made it big S, these streets are full of Kraang." Zeck said, walking up to Steranko, "Let's dial up Shredder and get the heck out of dodge." he added as Steranko pulled out his phone, but Zeck noticed a cockroach on his shoulder.
"Hi, is Steranko." Steranko said on the phone, Zeck tried getting it off him but he was pushed away.
"You got a cockroach on your dang-" Zeck tried to say before Steranko shushed him.
"Stop it, shush! Is Shredder!" Steranko whispered, holding out the phone again.
"We has your snake daughter, make deal. Da, at the docks, one hour. Dasvidaniya." Steranko said as he hung up and turned back to him. "All is according to plan." He said, not noticing the cockroach on his shoulder recording everything.
An hour later, the Turtles stood on some shipping crates as thunder clashed. "Donnie, you sure they're here?" Olly whispered.
"I planted a whole bunch of spy roaches on Steranko during the fight," Donnie whispered as he looked at his T-Phone. "I'm sure he ate most of them, but there's still one little guy left." He said while seeing the spy roach waving in the T-Phone before looking down. "Yeah, yeah. They're definitely down there."
"So once Miwa pops out, we jump 'em, right?" Ames asked.
"That if no other trouble shows," Leo said as they looked down and saw Zeck looking around.
"So, the thief who stole from me desires to make a deal," Shredder spoke up as Zeck saw him coming out of a shipping container. "Where is Karai?" He asked in a demanding voice, Zeck pointed over to another building, and he saw Steranko coming out with Miwa trying to escape. Shredder gripped his hands with rage seeing them hold her like this.
"You get us out of city safe, you get girl. That is deal." Steranko offered.
"I don't make deals," Shredder said, mad at them as the Foot Warriors came onto the scene. "But perhaps this is the exception, give me Karai, and you will leave this city alive." He bargained.
"I got a better idea!" Olly spoke up as they all looked up, "You let her go, and we let you walk away alive!" He called as they saw the turtles jump out with their weapons raised, much to the two group's shock.
Fishface was the first to make a move as he dashed right at Zeck, who jumped to the pier, "Back off, Fishman!" Zeck warned as they started fighting.
Tigerclaw, Koya, Kitsune, and Shredder are fighting the turtles as they all clash and whack their enemies. But with Shredder, he simply waved off the hits as he took on the New Yorker turtles like flies. "You are nothing to me!" He called before Olly kicked him in the back.
"We're just getting warmed up!" Olly called with his axe drawn as he charged at him with a yell.
With Steranko, he was smacked to the wall face-first as he glared at Rahzar. "It's simple. Give her to me, and the pain will stop." Rahzar said, holding out his claw.
"Attack, vicious Snake-woman!" Steranko ordered, moving Miwa to Rahzar.
"Coward!" Rahzar called as he backed away from Miwa's snake arms.
Zeck and Fishface are still fighting each other while Zeck dodges his strikes. "That's right! Put your weight on it, home fish!" Zeck mocked, firing multiple lasers at him.
"You talk too much! And that says a lot coming from me!" Fishface countered as he landed on a barrel, which exploded, sending him into the air; Zeck bent down and charged up a blast with his hair and sent him flying down into the water.
"Whoo! Sham on! uh, sham on!" Zeck said in victory as he danced around and was about to leave, but Fishface emerged from the ground below and kicked him in the face, sending him flying into a wall and groaning in pain.
"That's better; I can finally hear myself think again," Fishface said, relieved, and resumed fighting him.
With the turtles, they are still fighting Kitsune, Tigerclaw, Koya, and Shredder, with Jenny, Raph, and Tal fighting Tigerclaw. Donnie, Mikey, and Ames fighting Koya, Naomi, and Vee fighting Kitsune, and Leo and Olly fighting Shredder as they tried to fight him off, but they were quick as Shredder flung Olly and Leo to a wall while the others fought him and his three warriors.
However, Shredder was distracted when he saw Miwa being restrained by Steranko, "Karai," He shouted.
"Don't turn your back on me!" Olly called as he slashed at Shredder's back, causing him to yell in pain. "Leo! Go!" He called as he held off Shredder.
"On it!" Leo nodded as he stood up and kicked Rahzar in the back, which caused him to crash into Steranko as they tumbled across the harbor, and Leo slashed the collar off Miwa as he gently held her. "Miwa, you have to go. Hurry. Don't let them take you."
Miwa looked at Leo sadly before she nodded and pointed to the east side of New York. "Comet… Comet…" She strained out.
"Comet?" Leo asked before Miwa shot into the water, "But what does that mean?" He wondered.
"No!" Leo turned to see Olly struggling against Shredder, "My daughter!" Shredder yelled.
"She's not your daughter!" Leo said with a glare.
"I'd raised her! Cared for her! She is mine!" Shredder yelled as he pushed harder against Olly.
Olly just growled, "Would you give me a break?!" He roared before punching him in the chest, knocking him back, "You never raised Miwa out of love. You were just bitter that Tang Shen didn't choose you so you took what you thought you should've had, and you wanted to make Splinter suffer by turning his daughter into your perfect weapon against him! Everything you did for her, including her mutation, was all in the name of your pathetic vendetta!" He called the man out.
Shredder growled as he drew his blade at him, "You know nothing!" But before he could jab it through, Olly threw a smoke bomb down, blinding Shredder as he jabbed his blade, but only jab the wall as he looked around and saw the turtles had vanished. "What?!" He roared as he looked around.
He then turned to see his minions restraining Steranko and Zeck, "Nevermind the turtles, Master, these two should still face punishment," Kitsune said with a sneer at the two men.
"Yes. They must pay for this." Shredder growled as he glared down at the two men. "Take them to Stockman's laboratory." He ordered.
In another part of the docks, the turtles swam out of the ocean and behind a building as they climbed back up to the docks. "What happened back there? We had her!" Raph called as Jenny helped him up.
"It was getting too dangerous, Raph," Olly said to him. "We couldn't get Miwa to safety without the Foot chasing us and under her condition."
"But don't worry. We'll find her again." Tal assured them.
"She'd gave me a clue where she is though," Leo said to them as he looked east with the others following his gaze. "She pointed east and said comet." He said as they all looked at the east side of New York, now having a clue of where Miwa was hiding.
In Shredder's lair, Zeck and Steranko were brought to Stockman's lab and they could see a huge tank of mutagen in the middle of the whole place. Stockman flew over to a console to get things ready while the two looked around in shock, seeing them on the monitors with the images of a warthog and rhinoceros.
"Some excellent DNA to be spliced with don't you think" Fishface mocked as Zeck could see he had a warthog DNA on a computer and Steranko's was of a rhino.
Tigerclaw smirked with his arms crossed, "I believe the rhinoceros suits you perfectly, Steranko," He commented.
"Heh heh, I wouldn't wanna be a warthog." Rahzar mocked, laughing at his joke. "A warthog!" He laughed harder.
"But hey, everybody loves a good Australian pig roast!" Koya joked with a laugh as well while Zeck pushed up his visor and looked horrified.
"I don't wanna be a mutant I'm to handsome!" Zeck said terrified while holding Steranko. "The ladies love me!"
"You stole my sacred helmet. Hunted my daughter, your fates are sealed." Shredder said, coming out of the shadows.
"No no! Shredder! How long have we known each other? It is ten years! huh?" Steranko asked hopefully, Shredder simply narrowed his eyes, unmoved.
Stockman made some adjustments and put the warthog DNA in the mutagen. "Master, we are ready to proceed," Kitsune said before turning to the two men, "Your recommendation?"
"Anton Zeck shall be first. For stealing the Kuro Kabuto." Shredder ordered.
Zeck looked terrified as Koya and Fishface pushed him to the edge of the tank. "Can we talk about this, G?!" Zeck begged before he was shoved into the mutagen vast.
Steranko looked on with horror as he watched his comrade scream and writhe in pain within the tank while Tigerclaw and the other mutants watched with evil amused smiles. Zeck's body glowed as the mutagen had fully transformed him, the tank opened up and Zeck fell to the platform below, now mutated fully into a human/Warthog hybrid with his tech-suit merged with his body.
Zeck groaned and pushed himself up, "Oh no! Look at me!" Zeck cried, terrified looking at himself. "I'm a dang warthog!"
"And now, Ivan Steranko, my old friend." Shredder sneered while Steranko turned to him in worry. "Your animal is apropos." He said as the screen changed to Ivan and the Rhino.
"Let us become reasonable! I am more useful to you as normal guy! Not mutant!" Steranko begged, Shredder looked over to Tigerclaw and Rahzar as they nodded in understanding. "Nyat! Nyat!" Steranko tried to make a break for it before both the wolf and tiger mutants kicked Steranko into the hole, "NYAT!" He screamed and fell into mutagen.
Zeck watched from below as Steranko screamed and glowed in the tank while Shredder and servants watched in anticipation. When his mutation was complete he banged his large fists against the glass before the tank opened up and Steranko came falling down, mutated into a rhino with gold shoulder pads and knuckles, his glass eye fused into him, and wearing military clothing. "Oh.. don't feel so well…" Steranko moaned before he saw his new form, "Oh Nyet... look at me!" he said in horror and standing up.
"They've turned us into freaks!" Zeck shouted as he and Steranko made roars of anger.
Shredder and the Foot Mutants watched the two vent out their anger, "Just look at me! Y-You turned me into a dang, dirty pig! I don't wanna be a pig! The ladies don't love pigs!" Zeck complained to Shredder, "Can't you turn me into something cool?! Like a mongoose-"
Steranko then pushed Zeck aside as he stepped forward. "Oh, you mutate me into giant talking Rhino?! You will pay for me Shredder!" Steranko shouted as he and Zeck jumped above the ground and roared at Shredder with rage.
Shredder's warriors moved to attack until Shredder stopped them. "No, I will deal with them myself." Shredder instructed.
Zeck powered up his techsuit and started dancing around and firing lasers from his laser belt. Shredder instantly slid under them and delivered a strong punch to Zeck's chest, knocking the wind out of him and coughed roughly. Steranko got down on all fours and charged head first at him, but Shredder grabbed his horn and tripped his leg before sending him flying back into Zeck and they groaned in pain.
"Ivan Steranko, Anton Zeck, you will either serve me, or fall by my hand." Shredder threatened looking down at them.
Zeck and Steranko then sat up, "Ugh, being a pig Does have limited employment options," Zeck noted before sighing, "The bacon's in." He said, pointing to Shredder.
"Da.. We serve you Shredder, for now." Steranko said to his old friend with a look. "What is it you want us to do?" He asked curiously.
"You found my daughter once, you will help my men in finding her again." Shredder instructed before turning to Kitsune and the others, "Fail me, and I will introduce you all to new forms of pain." Shredder threatened which made them afraid, knowing that if one of them failed, they'd all be punished.