Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Page #4

named April O'Neil

who took our picture,

but we took care of it.

Idiot.

Oh, no, my worst fears

have been realized.

Don't worry about it.

Donnie erased the picture!

We're not in danger.

No. It's April O'Neil who is in danger!

Find the girl. Bring her here.

But, sensei, you said to not go...

Find the girl!

Find the girl.

That's what I told Thompson

and she fired me.

So they're aliens?

No, that's stupid.

They're reptiles.

They help people, I guess.

Heroes in the half-shell.

- Okay.

- Come on. It's not that crazy. I...

The animal kingdom is full of...

I used to have a dog

that could moonwalk.

- Thanks for the ride, Vern.

- Yeah. No problem.

Nothing better than

dropping off a pretty girl

at a rich guy's house.

Hi, it's April O'Neil,

here to see Eric Sacks.

April's arrived early this year.

I'm sorry to barge in on you

like this, Mr. Sacks.

No, no, no. Please, please.

Thank you.

I've been working on a story.

And I have this theory that

there are these vigilantes

that are fighting back against the Foot.

I think you and my father

may have created them.

Uh, I'm not sure I...

Can you please tell me

everything that you know

about Project Renaissance?

Hmm.

Well, um, it was a dream.

A dream that died with your father.

What if it isn't dead?

That's impossible.

We lost all our research in the fire,

all our specimens, everything.

I've spent the last 15 years

trying to replicate the results.

You didn't lose everything in the fire.

- This can't be real.

- It is real.

I saw all four of them.

Do you really want to know

about Project Renaissance?

- Yes.

- Come with me.

I was born in Japan,

at a military base in Okinawa.

My father went to Vietnam.

Didn't come back.

I was an outsider in a foreign land.

A freak.

I was a powerless and helpless boy.

Until a local sensei

took me under his wing.

And he saved me.

Taught me lessons that I later

shared with your father.

Ninth-century Japan.

An evil warlord ruled the land.

He poisoned the water supply,

bringing on the dark ages.

Death and disease

and suffering ran rampant.

Not unlike the Foot Clan

and what they'd like to do to our city.

Then one day, a hero arose.

A great alchemist

discovered the antidote

to the warlord's poison.

The cure-all

for his evil.

Your father and I were trying

to recreate that cure-all.

We developed a mutagen

capable of stimulating self-repair

on a cellular level.

What were you going to do with it?

Imagine New York City,

being victim to a chemical attack.

This mutagen would be able

to reverse its effects.

It would save the city,

it would save the people.

Those test subjects, those turtles...

Running in their blood

is the last of this precious mutagen.

And up until a few moments ago,

I thought we failed.

I thought they died in the fire. How...

How could they have lived?

Because I saved them.

Of course you did.

April, the mutagen possesses powers

beyond our wildest hopes.

Whatever resources you need,

I'm here.

Let's work together. We'll find them.

The course of human history

may depend on it.

I'll show you out.

Bam! You've been hacked!

By Donatello. Remember me?

Turtle. Four eyes. But enough about me.

We told you we'd find you.

Meet us here.

And come alone. Or... Or else we're...

You shall be punished and stuff.

Hello?

You told me to come here.

I didn't bring anyone with me.

I did exactly...

Okay! Are you April O'Neil?

Initiating retinal scan.

Scanning, scanning, scanning, scanning.

Scan complete. It's her. It's her.

Guys, it's her!

Of course it's her, Donnie.

Hey. Really glad you could make it.

Hey. There's someone important

we want to introduce you to, but first...

Aw, yeah,

welcome to my crib, girl.

Where are we?

Hey,

it's our Fortress of Solitude.

Our Hogwarts.

Our Xavier Academy.

Our next generation,

state-of-the-art WonderDome!

Ugh.

Are we in the sewer?

No.

- Technically, yes.

- Yeah.

Yeah, it's a sewer.

You brought us here, April.

Splinter?

How does she know his name?

Did you tell her his name?

- Maybe she's clairvoyant.

- Maybe she's a Jedi!

Come closer.

It's been a long time.

Mmm.

You always did have your father's eyes.

I don't understand.

Don't be afraid. All will be made clear.

This is crazy.

Why are you here?

Student.

There's been a miracle.

The vigilantes who've been

causing us so much trouble?

They're the test subjects.

Those itty-bitty box turtles

that we thought we lost in the fire?

They're alive, Master Shredder.

And they've grown into something

powerful.

It won't be easy to capture

them, but if we can,

we can finally carry out the plan

that we had all those years ago.

My Foot Clan will have unlimited power.

And you will have your money.

The city will be ours.

Find them.

O'Neil's daughter

was the one who found them

and she will be the one who

will take us right to them.

There's the ping.

We've breached the cloaking security.

Listen closely, April.

I don't remember a time

before living in that laboratory.

That fateful night started like any other.

Sacks gave us our injections.

Your father made sure

our vital signs were strong.

And you, as always,

provided us with a special treat.

After the brothers went to sleep,

I heard loud voices.

There was the smell of smoke.

Alarms sounded.

Your father had discovered the truth

behind the man he was working for.

He set fire to the lab.

His last breath was taken

trying to destroy Shredder's plan.

I was terrified.

But then, you appeared.

And ushered us to safety.

I never had a voice then,

but I thank you now, April.

Mmm.

We wandered the sewers

until I found this place.

It was then that the mutagen

that was injected into our blood

began to change us in miraculous ways.

I saw how your father loved you

and I knew I had to show

that same love to the turtles.

I became their father

and they became my sons.

Like all children, they were drawn

to the distractions of popular culture.

And I knew one day they would

want to explore the world above.

They would be ridiculed.

They would need to learn

to protect themselves,

both mentally and physically.

Hey. Does anyone

want to play Buck-Buck?

Buck one!

Buck two!

Buck three!

Where you going, Raph?

Come on.

I can't do it by myself.

I need all four!

You're a Buck short.

Yeah, that sounds stupid.

Like you, Mikey!

That's why you're just the hype man, bra.

- See these moves?

- Yeah, whatever, man.

And then I found a way.

First, I would teach myself

the ancient art of Ninjutsu.

Oh!

The brothers followed my lead,

accelerating at a wondrous rate!

Wassup, bra? Want some of this?

I'm like a ghost!

I'm over here, now I'm over here, bra.

Like a shadow!

I'm a flame shadow fire dragon!

Ow!

Their gift

was also their passion.

They lived, breathed and dreamed

all things martial arts.

Then, they were ready.

The katana, most noble of all the blades.

It is the weapon of a leader.

Everything they are,

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