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"Let's start with the beginning." A video flashes to life, showing the turtles and Ayana dealing with a one-eyed robot with two legs.

"I first met the Turtles in a battle that raged for hours."

Donnie leaps as the end of his staff transform into a drill. "Since the first battle, I knew - that's not me I'm over here!" The camera pans over to small fuchsia skin and pink and purple stripes, as well as arms. He has blonde hair brushed upright into a pompadour, yellow-green eyes with red pupils, and thick black eyebrows. He also wore a dark blue dress coat with a yellow-green button.

"Prepare to face the awesome wrath of my incredible-" Just then, Donnie lands on him, ending his monologue.

"I knew that at this first fantastical battle, that we would meet again." The next time, Ayana and the turtles fought bowling pin mutants in a bowling alley, and one of them lands on him.

"And again." In daylight, Raph kicks a soccer ball on him, followed by the others. "And again." The worm prepares for a fight right Ayana as she walked home from school with April. As they crossed the street, April laughs at a joke Ayana didn't make unintentionally, wrapping an arm around the teen while giggling. The small worm gets crushed by an oncoming truck.

"For I am Warren Stone, former number one news archer and the greatest foe of the teenage mutant loser turtles and their black-haired friend!" The narcissistic worm believes himself to be the MadDogs greatest nemesis when really they never have interacted with each other before.

An Oozesquito passed by his home as the worm laughed to himself, checking his watch.

"Ooh! I'm late!" Warren exclaimed, hopping over to his tv remote, landing on his face before pressing the power button, which was immediately set to the News channel.

"This is Carly Balmaceda. I'm a replacement for the forgotten Warren Stone," The light Warren's eyes died and he growls in bitterness.

"The search for the missing hypnotist Mezmor-Ron and his Hippopotamus Doug continues," No a single person took note of the Oozesquitos lurking around, "In unrelated news, a monster hippo is terrorizing local magicians and stealing their trick animals. And without animals, there's no magic."

To represent that, there was footage of children crying outside of a theater.

"News flash!" Warren yells, "Those wannabe hero turtles and Ayana will be hot on that mutant hippo's trail, which will make setting a trap for them soooo easy," He notices the camera panning away from him and moves back in place, adjusting his collar. "With their destruction coming in my hands, I won't be reporting the news, I'll BE the news!"

A large hippo spins around in the air, landing on a ladder. It falls from the mammal's weight and it screams, landing on a nearby rooftop. The hippo looks around rapidly before walking up to the side, firming its foot on the ledge. The hippo pulls off its head, allowing Raphael, who was just wearing a large costume, to get some fresh air.

"You're sure that evil mutant hippo is around here?" He calls out, the others revealing themselves. Leo sits on the ledge, holding his weapon on his shoulder. Ayana sits down beside him, laying on her side lazily. "It's a million degrees in this thing."

"Uh, I'd be happy to wear it," Mikey puts on the head. "If you need a break."

"No, no, no, no!" Raph snatches the head from him, hugging it as if he just didn't complain about the suit. "I'm the leader. The leader wears the suit."

"Well, I mean he's got a point. Raph is the most hippo-like," Leo jokes, causing the others, beside Raph, to snicker.

"If I'm gonna attract him, I need a little more of that female hippo scent."  Donnie pulls out a hippo-shaped perfume and sprays it onto his older brother, his cheeks becoming rosy when the puff of smoke made contact with them.

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