Splinter pours Leatherhead a cup of tea in his room.
"I cannot tell you what a relief it is to be amongst friends," Leatherhead said. "Master Splinter, your hospitality knows no bounds."
"You are welcome to live here with us, Leatherhead," "As long as you wish."
Suddenly, the doors open and Leo steps in, holding two wooden swords. "Leatherhead, could you help me practice my sparring?"
"Hey," Donnie peeks in from behind Leo. "LH, can you help me out with this hydro compressor I'm working on?"
"Croc man," Raph walks in. "Wrestle re-match, no holds barred," He flexes his muscles.
"Big guy," Mikey runs in waving a comic book in the air. "The new issue of Justice Force vs. Team Salarus just came out. I'll let you read it!"
"As you can see, we all enjoy your company," Splinter tells Leatherhead. "Perhaps a little too much."
Leatherhead sighs as he starts to get up, only to crush a tea cup with his hand as he did. "Master Splinter, oh," He scrambled to pick up the pieces but he knocks over the teapot with his tail. "I'm sorry, I-I didn't mean to."
Raph walks up to him and laughs. "Just like a giant croc in a china shop," He jokes nudging Leatherhead.
Leatherhead lets out an angry growl. "That is not funny. I did not mean to break it!"
He pushes Raph a bit. "Whoa, Leatherhead, I was just joking," Raph protested as he backs away.
"Everything is not a joke. I am not a joke! I am not a joke!" Leatherhead shouted. He crashes through the doors and runs off. The others gathered around at the door, confused by what just happened.
"Uh, is it just me, or did Leatherhead overreact just a little bit?" Donnie questioned.
"Come on," Leo speaks. "We'd better see what we can do."
Leatherhead sighs as he sits on the floor, attempting to fix the broken tea cup. The others approach from behind him, cautiously. Mikey gestures Raph, pushing him towards the crocodile. Raph walks up behind Leatherhead.
"Uh, LH? I'm sorry, big guy, I didn't mean to-"
"No friend, I am sorry," Leatherhead interrupted. "My temper has become so much worse since the tortures I endured in Agent Bishop's laboratory."
"It's okay," Raph puts a hand on his shoulder. "I understand. You know, some guys think I have a little problem keeping my cool."
"Yeah, you do, Raph," Mikey calls out as Leo smiles. "But man, Leatherhead was like a raging wolverine with a-" Leo smacks him. "Ow!"
"I seem to have no control over it. Whatever Bishop did to me in his genetics laboratory, it as though apart of me is separated from my mind. My animal side grows stronger. I am sorry," Leatherhead places the last remaining piece back onto the tea cup. "I do not know what to do."
"It's going to be okay, Leatherhead," Leo tells him, putting a hand on Leatherhead's shoulder, comforting him. "We'll work through it."
"You'll see, everything is gonna be just fine," Donnie reassures.
"Except for that teapot," Mikey commented and Donnie flicks him on the forehead. "Ow!" Leo pulls down the tail ends of Mikey's mask. "Ow! what?!" He whines as he rubs his head.
Rats were eating some leftover food over a large footprint. They scurry away as someone approached. "Well, well, well," A hunter steps up to the foot print, along with a machine, wheeling up to him. "Crocodylus porosus. Seems we've come to the right place."
The machine hands him a newspaper with a title saying "Giant Croc Roams New York."
"Yes, Amelia, looks like you can believe what you read in the papers. Now, what we say we get Betsy here geared up for the game, eh?" He holds up his gun and cocks it.
"We're gonna bag us a croc."
Splinter was watching the news and on it was Oroku Saki who was having an ceremony.
"And in the ceremony today, the mayor of New York gave the key to the city to our newest hero, entrepreneur and inventor, Oroku Saki has pledge his time and unlimited funds to help rebuild our fair town," The mayor hands him a key and bows to Saki. "With friends like Oroku Saki, New York City will be back in her full glory in no time at all."
Splinter glares in anger.
"Shredder."
It was nighttime, in the middle of the night, Raph was loudly snoring in his hammock with Mona sleeping on top of him with a blanket draped over them. Donnie was snoring as well, cuddling Venus as she was sleeping with him. Yuuki had slept over and was sleeping with Leo as she laid on his arm. He pulled her close to his plastron, lightly snoring as well.
"Here comes the turtle titan," Mikey mumbled in his sleep.
Everyone was sound asleep, all except for Alopex.
She was lying beside Mikey watching him sleep. Alopex was completely restless. Everytime she close her eyes she couldn't relax. Only Mikey appeared in her thoughts. She groaned in frustration and rolled onto her back and stared up at the ceiling. Then she turned her head looking at the teal green turtle that was sleeping next to her. She was drawn to how cute he was as he was mumbling in his sleep. She was also fascinated by the color of the turtle's scales.
Then the next thing she knew, her body moved on it's own and Alopex was sitting on top of Mikey staring down at him as she straddled his waist. She leaned down and without thinking, she began to suck on his neck and soon began to nibble softly on it. Mikey stirred and churred deeply in his sleep as she did. Completely lost in a trance, as her vision began to grow hazy. Alopex's eyes began to turn into a goldish color, growling.
Mikey groaned and gasps underneath of her. He had never felt like this before, completely overwhelmed of pleasure as sparks send throughout his body. He had never had a dream like this before. He dreamed that "Alopex" was on top of him wearing a very revealing dress. He gulped nervously as his eyes were fixated on her breasts that we're barely contained. He quickly darted them away looking else where but the beautiful woman in front of him. Then he felt a sharp prick as teeth began to bite gently on his neck. He jumped realizing that it was "Alopex."
"A-Ali, What are you doing?!" Mikey squeaked out nervously. "Sensei and the others are going to hear us!"
"Alopex" smirked as she looked down at him with a flirtatious look.
"Do You want me to stop, Mr. Battle Nexus Champion?" She teased.
Mikey's whole body began to heat up as "Alopex" continued until she started to go lower. He churred as she did.
He wished that it would never stop. Then, he found himself pressed against the fox as he leaned over her. He was completely lost in the same eyes that drawled him in.
"Take me, Mikey," "Alopex" said as she reached out to him. "I am yours."
Mikey growled as he griped the blankets tightly in his hands. Alopex let out an animalistic growl as she felt her whole body heat up. She purred looking down at her prey who was completely defenseless underneath her. Alopex moved her hands towards Mikey's plastron and slowly began to stroke small circles on it's smooth surface. Mikey stirred as she did. Next, Alopex's body began to move on its own. She arched her back as she moaned out Mikey's name.
Mikey groaned underneath of her as beads of sweat began to form on his face as he pants.
"A-Alopex," He pants, still sleeping. "I-I love you."
Alopex's eyes widen and she gasps in shock, snapping out of her trance. She immediately stopped what she was doing.
She looked down and was completely mortified by what she had done. She had almost forced herself on Mikey. She had tried to claim him as hers. Alopex felt nothing but shame for not controlling herself.
Just like your mother... A harsh condescending voice echoed in her mind.
She flinched as an she saw an elder fox woman wearing a dark pink yukata holding a cane, with red fur and reddish black hair glaring down at her with a judgmental look. Her grandmother. Alopex quickly shook her head.
Slowly, trying not to wake Mikey up, Alopex slid off of him and started to walk towards the exit of his room. She looked down, covering her mouth with disgust by her actions. She growled in frustration.
It's getting closer. The full moon. Alopex cursed in her mind.
Suddenly, her foot hit a crumpled ball of paper and she picked it up, reading it. She realizes that it was one of Mikey's stories that he was working on still.
"The Rose Among The Thorns"
"Hey, what are you doing up?" Alopex hears Mikey murmured as he sits up.
"Couldn't sleep," Alopex said, not looking at him. She tossed the paper aside.
Alopex heard him get up and started to walk towards her. "Don't come any closer," Alopex said. "Please."
Mikey stopped. "What's wrong? Why are you acting so wierd?" He questioned.
"I'm not acting wierd,"
"Then why aren't you looking at me when you're talking to me?" Mikey asked, reaching his hand out to her to comfort her. "I know that there's something wrong, you can tell me."
Half-breed! Half-breed! Half-breed! The voices echoed in her mind, singing, as they mocked and taunted her.
"No!" Alopex snapped. "Don't touch me!" Mikey reeled his hand back as if he had burned it.
"Alopex," Mikey looked at her in shock. "What's gotten into you?"
Then the two of them heard loud growling noises that was coming from the living room. They both realized that it was Leatherhead.
"Come on!" Mikey shouted as the two run towards the living room.
Leatherhead was sleeping in the living room in a chair. He pants heavily as he was having a nightmare.
"Leatherhead," He hears and opens his eyes. "What? Where?" Leatherhead asked, confused. He looks around to see that he was in the lair, but it looked like a graveyard. He hears voices echoing, calling him a monster. "What is happening?" Leatherhead turns around to see a monster version of Bishop, who had red eyes and fangs. He gasps and sees Baxter Stockman, and the Shredder next to him, laughing at him. Then Leatherhead sees monster versions of the turtles and the girls with their tongues hanging out of their mouths.
Leatherhead gasps and he holds up a pillow. "Stay away!" They inch closer towards him and Bishop fires a gun. "No!" Leatherhead runs away and the pillow was shot, instead. Shredder, the turtles and the girls inch closer towards him, laughing. Shredder kicks Leatherhead towards Stockman, who holds Leatherheads' arms behind his back. Shredder punches him and Leatherhead lets out a growl in anger. Donnie laughs spinning his staff and hits Leatherhead, knocking him back.
Everyone laughs again and Leatherhead throws up a table only for Leo to slice it. He runs up to Leatherhead and punches him in the face before leaping up and kicking him. Raph elbows him in the stomach from behind and knocks him down. He looks up and Mikey and Alopex who were holding their weapons. "Wake up, Leatherhead," Mikey said as he spins his nunchucks. "You are having a nightmare." Alopex grinned as she and Mikey smack him.
Leatherhead lets out a growl. Alopex and Mikey was standing over him, trying to wake him up. "Leatherhead," Alopex said. Leatherhead grabs Mikey's wrist. "Wake up!" He throws Mikey against a pillar pinning him against it, growling. Then his tail bashes Alopex hitting her on the head and knocks her against the pillar. She slumps to the floor.
"Leatherhead, wait, it's me!" Mikey shouted. Leatherhead picks him up and slams Mikey hard on the floor. His vision went dark as she saw Leatherhead standing over him, roaring.
Leatherhead relaxes and his eyes return to normal. He looks down seeing Alopex and Mikey, lying on the floor. Not moving. "What have I done?" He kneels down. "What have I... No! I'm sorry," Leatherhead picks up Mikey holding him then Alopex. "I'm so sorry."
Everyone came into the room hearing the commotion. The others call out and was about to run over to them when Splinter stopped them.
"Leatherhead, what happened?" He asked.
"I'm a monster," Leatherhead murmured, in guilt. "A horrible monster." He sets Mikey and Alopex down gently on the floor. "Get back, all off you," He stands up backing away from everyone. "Stay away from me. I'm not safe, not safe! I'm a monster!" He runs out the front entrance, shouting.
"Mikey," Raph kneels down to Mikey, holding him. "Come on, bro. No, please Mikey, say something!"
"I guess I'm lucky you didn't give me mouth-to-mouth." Mikey groans as he opens his eyes.
Raph gives an annoyed looks and drops him. "He's fine,"
"OW!" Mikey shouted as he rubs his head. Then he sees Alopex lying near him and picks her up. She groans, holding her head.
"You okay?" Mikey asked.
"Yeah," Alopex replied. "Just a little dizzy."
"Someone please tell me what happened," Splinter demanded as Leo and Donnie help Alopex and Mikey up.
"Well, Leatherhead was having some kind of nightmare and then he totally wigged out," Mikey explained.
His eyes widen when he doesn't'see him. "Where is he? I got to see if he's okay!" He said, worried.
"He disappeared into the sewers," Leo explained.
"I think he thinks you're...you know," Donnie said, rubbing the back of his head, nervously.
"Oh man, poor Leatherhead," Mikey said, as he looks down in concern.
"We've got to find him, and let 'em know that Mikey and Alopex are okay," Raph speaks.
"Yes, but be careful. There are parts in his nature he can no longer control. He may see you as family or as enemies," Splinter warned.
Raph turns to Mona "I want you to stay here with Splinter," He tells her.
"But, I want to go with you." Mona said.
"I don't want to risk you or the baby getting hurt. Please stay here," He tells her.
Mona sighs. "Okay, be careful."
She watches Raph leave as he chases after the others.
Splinter places a hand on Mona's back leading her towards Raph's room.
"Come, my child," He said. "You need your rest."
Leatherhead was walking in the sewers, sadly ranting over what he had done.
"My friends take me in and this is how I repay them. I am a savage, horrible monster. There can be no home for me."
A rat runs away from a piece of food as the hunter looks down at the freshly made footprints that was left behind by Leatherhead.
"Incredible. Ladies, this ain't no ordinary croc, this beauty is walking on two legs," He touches the footprint. "This is gonna be our greatest trophy ever! Amelia, deploy the sentries."
His machine throws up trackers and cameras on the walls and ceiling. "We've better watch our back, wouldn't want that nasty croc sneaking up behind us," The hunter uses his watch to shut off the lights from the trackers, so they would be invisible.
"Ladies, let the hunt begin.
The same rat goes over to the piece of food only to run away as Raph approached.
He sees Leatherhead's footprints on the ground. "It's Leatherhead,"
"And he's not alone," Mikey speaks as they see wheel tracks that were with Leatherhead's footprints as well. "He's being followed."
"Who'd be down here?" Leo questioned.
"I don't like this," Donnie said, concerned. He didn't like the idea that someone else was in the sewers.
"We better stick to the shadows," Leo ordered.
"We could do that, we're ninja, remember?" Mikey answered and jumps. Raph and Donnie shrugged before following after him, the others do as well. However, they didn't know that they were being watched as well from the hidden trackers.
Then Yuuki noticed something on Mikey's neck as she saw a small bruise along with teeth marks.
"Mikey," Yuuki asked "What's that?"
"What's what?" Mikey asked confused, rubbing his neck where Yuuki was pointing at. He hissed in pain as a sharp sting hits his neck.
"It kind of looks like someone was biting your neck. There are fang marks on it." She pointed out.
Fang marks? Confused, Mikey gently, and slowly, rubbed his finger along the bruise to feel small indents of teeth marks. His eyes widen in realization. It wasn't a dream. What happened between him and Alopex really did happen.
"What's this?" The hunter looks at his watch to see infrared figures of the turtles, Yuuki, Venus, and Alopex. "Six more weird creatures prowling the sewers? This is turning out to be the hunt of a lifetime. Amelia, Betsy, let's check it out," He runs to the tunnel were the trackers spotted the turtles, Yuuki, Venus and Alopex. He looks down seeing the their footprints.
"This certainly aren't no croc tracks, like nothing I've ever seen before. And there's a human girl with them, as well. Probably, holding her hostage. Bagging this many creatures calls for a little something extra," He walks up to his machine. "Amelia, what do we have that will do the job and still leave enough for the animal to stuff and mount on the wall?"
He pulls out a mine.
"This might work."
The others follow Leatherhead's footprints, leading to an intersection, stopping at the water. But, they also see a pair of human footprints as well.
"Leatherhead's marks are faint," Mikey speaks. "But whoever this dude following him is, he sure is easy to track."
"Yeah," Donnie explained. "perhaps a little too easy."
Raph takes a step forward looking around. But, he doesn't notice a laser in front of him. He steps through it, trigger the trap as more lasers came out of the water, firing at them. Raph makes a shout in surprise and jumps up, while Leo dodges the lasers using his swords. The others dodge the lasers as well, but more of them appear from behind.
"Let's take these things out!" Leo called out.
"You don't gotta tell me twice!" Raph answered and jumps up, throwing his sais at two lasers. Leo cuts down the last one one from the front while they dodge the lasers from behind. Mikey and Donnie jump up and destroyed two lasers. Alopex slices the last one with her knives.
"Whoa, what were those things?" Mikey asked.
"More, importantly, what were they doing there?" Donnie pointed.
"Whoever's tracking Leatherhead, they're playing for keeps," Leo said.
As they walked in the sewer water, Raph senses something wasn't right. He looks down and gasps when he sees mines in the water.
"Guys, be careful, this tunnel's loaded with-" Leo hears a beep underneath him and he cringes when he sees that he had stepped on a mine.
"Mines." Raph finishes.
Leo looks down at shock at the mine. "Stupid, stupid, stupid! I can't believe I stepped on a mine!" He scolded himself.
"That makes two of us!" Raph speaks.
"Donnie, deactivate it!" Yuuki begged.
"Okay," Donnie takes out his staff. "this is gonna take a steady hand, a great sense of timing, and a whole lot of luck," He hands the staff to Mikey and steps up to Leo, placing a shuriken next to Leo's foot. "Mikey, the bo staff," He called out and Mikey walks over to him. "Okay Leo, step off after 3," Donnie instructed as Mikey places his staff on top of the shuriken. "1...2...3..." Leo takes his foot off and Donnie and Mikey quickly moved the staff over the mine. Mikey was now holding the staff on the shuriken over the mine.
"Mikey, keep constant pressure on that bo staff," Donnie tells him as he and Leo backed up.
"Okay, now what?" Mikey questioned, curiously.
"Now, Leo, Raph, Yuuki, Venus, Alopex and I go get some lunch," Donnie answered, leading the five away. Alopex laughs a little.
"Guys! Don't leave me here!" Mikey called out, panicking. "Guys! It's not funny!"
"I'll go get him," Leo tells them and he walks back to Mikey. He takes the staff. "Go on Mikey, I'll be right behind you."
Mikey jumps over the mines while Leo was holding pressure on the staff that was on the mine. Taking a deep breath, Leo jumps up, throwing himself in air, directing the mine away. The mine breaks apart and exploded, setting off every single one in the tunnel. Leo struggles as he runs as the mines exploded behind him. He jumps to the rock where the others where taking cover. Yuuki and Donnie quickly pulled him back as the rest of the mines exploded.
As the smoke clears, everyone stepped out.
"Next time, Leo, watch where you're putting those big feet of yours," Raph tells him.
"What kind off wack-bag would put mines in the sewers?!" Mikey exclaimed.
"The kind of wack-bag that knows he's being followed," Donnie explained, narrowing his eyes.
Leatherhead was sitting at an dead end tunnel, completely emotional distraught. The hunter appears as well, watching him from the corner.
"Michelangelo, Alopex" Leatherhead sniffs as he cried. "How could I hurt them? It's all too horrible. Too horrible," He covers his eyes. "What have I become?"
His mind was flooded with memories of Bishop.
Bishop holds up a saw. "You are a monster." Leatherhead looks away as he was strapped to the table. His eyes narrowed into slits as he grew anger and he roared. Then Mikey and Alopex were lying on the floor at his feet.
"Michelangelo! Alopex!" Leo's voice called out as well as the others.
"I'm...I'm a monster," Leatherhead sobbed. "I'm a monster!" He slammed his fist against the wall behind him as he cried, kneeling down on the floor.
The hunters turns to the machine. "Alright, ladies," He steps out from the corner pointing his gun at Leatherhead. "Let's bag the beastie."
"Good!" Leatherhead said as he heard him. "Whoever you are, I'm glad you found me. A monster such as myself deserves to be hunted and destroyed! Oblivion would be a welcome outcome to such a grotesque life," He ranted sadly, falling to the floor.
"Do you hear that, girls?" The hunter questioned as he steps towards Leatherhead. "We are gonna be famous! We got ourselves a talking croc. And once we've bag those six other creatures, and rescue their human hostage, we're gonna be superstars, I tell ya!"
"Six...other creatures? Human hostage?" Leatherhead asked. He realizes who he was talking about and stands up. "My friends? Hurt my friends? Hurt my friends?!" Leatherhead growls, his eyes turning green. The hunter gives a look of surprise as Leatherhead smacks him with his tail. He grabs the hunter's gun in his mouth, trying to crush it.
"No! Betsy!" The hunter exclaimed. He uses his wrist watch and shocks Leatherhead with "Betsy". He falls on the ground, unconscious, dropping the gun. The hunter picks it up. "You okay, Betsy? You gave him a right nasty shock, didn't ya, girl?" He pats the gun. "That's my good girl. So, those other freaks are friends of yours, eh, Mr. Croc?" He circles around Leatherhead, placing his foot on him.
"I think we should hang you someplace where your mates are sure to find you. Amelia, Betsy, and me would love to witness such a touching reunion."
The turtles and the three girls walked in the tunnel, following the footprints. Donnie stops them when he sees a laser wall in front of them. He picks up a rock next to him and throws it. They give a shout of surprise when the rock flames up as it was incinerated.
"One false move," Donnie starts.
"And it's turtle, lizard, fox, and human flambe," Mikey finishes.
"Couldn't be any worse than big feet Leonardo of the land mines," Raph taunted, jerking his thumb at Leo, who growls and crosses his arms.
"Just kidding', bro," Raph tells him, patting his arm. "You go first." Raph nervously gestured towards the laser wall.
"My pleasure," Leo answered running up to the wall. He jumps over the lasers with ease. He lands safely on the other side and turns to the others who clapped.
"Hmm, nicely done," Mikey commented.
"Come on," Leo called out as he started to walk away. The others look at each other then smirked. They do the same moves as Leo and jumped over him, landing in front of him.
"Show offs," Leo murmured.
Leatherhead was hanging upside down with a rope over a whirlpool. The turtles and the three girls peeked and saw him.
"Leatherhead?" Donnie questioned.
"What the shell?" Leo asked.
"Come on, we gotta get him down from there," Raph murmured.
They jumped down to the bridge and walk up to Leatherhead. They were completely unaware that the hunter was aiming at them from the shadows.
"Look what our bait's brought in. Seems we'll be adding giant turtles, and a fox to our trophy room," He puts his finger on the trigger.
Alopex ears perked up as she senses something. She hears a click and looked up. "Here we go, ladies. " Alopex sees a glint from the shadows and her eyes widen in shock. She quickly pulled Mikey towards her.
"No!"
The laser hits a podium instead. Everyone turn towards the hunter and jump to him. He fires at them and they dodge. Leo manages to get to him first and kicks the gun to the side as the hunter fired, destroying his machine.
"Amelia!"
The stray laser cuts off the rope from Leatherhead, making him drop into the whirlpool. He was still unconscious as he hands and feet were bound. He was heading towards an operating fan below him.
"We gotta save Leatherhead!" Mikey exclaimed, jumping into the water. Donnie, Venus, Yuuki, Alopex and Raph follow after him. Leo was wrestling with the hunter. He throws him over his shoulder and onto the bridge and jumps into the water. The others were trying to get Leatherhead away from the fan, but it was pulling them in. Donnie swims down and uses his staff, jamming it into the fan, making the whirlpool stop.
They surface with Leatherhead, pulling him to shore. They place him down and Leo cuts off his restraints. Leatherhead slowly opens his eyes.
"Leatherhead," Mikey said.
"Are you okay?" Alopex asked.
"Michelangelo, Alopex, is that you?" Leatherhead said, happily. "You're alright!" He places his hands on their shoulders.
"Sure, we're alright," Mikey tells him.
"We're a pretty thick skinned bunch," Raph explained.
"And Ali is pretty hard headed, " Venus added. Alopex gives Venus a look.
"You must be careful." Leatherhead warned. "There is a hunter in these-"
"We know," Leo interrupts him, gently. "Let's just get you out of here. We'll deal with him."
They climb back onto the bridge to see the hunter's hat was left behind. "Hey, looks like the great white hunter up and skedaddled," Mikey pointed out as Leo picks up the hat.
"Then let's get the shell out of here," Donnie said as they started to leave.
They stop when they see the hunter in front of them, approaching them with his gun sparking. "Don't move!" He threatened. "I finally gotcha. You lot hurt Amelia and Betsy here, she's going critical, she is."
"She's not going to make it and she's taking us all with her. She's just that type of girl. Personally, I don't mind. That's the hunt: Sometimes you get the croc, sometimes the croc gets you. It's a shame, really. No one will know that with my last breath, I hunted down six of the most amazing creatures I've ever seen. At least I'll be able to sacrifice the human hostage from being ripped apart be the likes of you!"
"I'm not a hostage, you idiot!" Yuuki shouted at him.
Leatherhead lets out an angry growl and tackles the hunter.
"Leatherhead, no!" Mikey exclaimed.
Leatherhead and the hunter fall over the railings to the water below.
"Leatherhead!" Leo shouted.
Then there was an explosion in the water.
"Do you see Leatherhead?" Leo questioned as they looked down to the water.
"I don't see 'em," Raph answered.
"He gave his life to save ours," Donnie said, gravely.
Then a hand grabs the bar of the bridge.
"Actually, that statement would be an error, Donatello," Leatherhead speaks and he smiles as they cheer for him.
They leave the tunnel with Leatherhead, following behind them.
"Let's go home, guys," Leo ordered.
"No," They turn to Leatherhead. "I cannot. I simply will not risk staying with you. My temper, my anger. What if I can't control it? What if I had really hurt Michelangelo, and Alopex...or worse?"
"We'll help you, you'll learn how to control it, how to live with it," Donnie tells him.
"Yeah, you can do it. I mean, look at Mikey, he's learned to live with that face," Raph commented and Mikey crosses his arms.
"I want to stay with you, but I cannot risk it," Leatherhead explained, starting to walk away.
"You know," Donnie called out, making Leatherhead turn to him. "I think I have a solution."
Soon, they were standing in front of a gate. "Leatherhead, if you would do the honors?" Donnie questioned.
Leatherhead rips apart the gate and throws it away. "Follow me," Donnie tells them and they walk into the tunnel.
"Donnie, where are we?" Leo asked as they appear at an abandoned dark subway station.
"It's an abandoned station from the 19th century. I found it on some archived blueprints I hacked off City hall computers," Donnie explained.
"It's beautiful," Leatherhead murmured in awe.
"Here you'll be three minutes away from the lair," Donnie pointed out.
"And it will give you a little space to work things out," Raph finishes.
"I don't know how to thank you," Leatherhead said, happily.
"You don't have to thank us, Leatherhead,"
"Yeah, us mutants got to stick together," Mikey puts an arm around Leo's shoulders, patting his plastron. "Family and all that."
"Yes, family," Leatherhead murmured, thinking of his family, the Utroms.