Chapter 3

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Cleo was now a turtle, as in, mutant. 

After looking in the mirror, she said sadly, "I helped the aliens..."

And with that, the android pushed her off the balcony, a fall that would obviously kill her.

Unless, of course, a friend came to her rescue.

Out of nowhere, the Raph swung by with the grappling hook tied around his ankle and caught her before she fell.

The android tried to shoot him out of the sky, but either Raph was too awesome to be hit, the android was a rookie, or the creator of this story did not want him to fall.

As Raph swung out of view, the android looked as upset as an android can be. "...KRAANG will be upset that KRAANG let the one known as Cleopatra escape..."

Then the building exploded, and the android got even more upset. I wonder why.

Raph swung to the building where the other turtles were, with Cleo in his arms.

Once they landed, Raph put Cleo down.

"You okay?"

Cleo weakly said, "No I'm not...I helped the KRAANG..." She looked lost.

Donnie said," You did not! They shot you with a dart! You couldn't prevent that."

"Look at me! I helped them out!" Tears streamed down her face. "They ruined my life! I never even had a life because of them! And I helped them!"

"Snap out of it girl!"

Tears fell down her cheeks. She groaned and then passed out, the aftermath of the dart. Raph caught her before she fell.

Mikey came back from monkeying around. "Hey guys! Did that girl pass out? Wait, she looks different. Oh, whoa. It's a good thing she passed out. That means she can't hear."

"Mikey, why do you want her to not hear?"

"For this."

He calmly walked away then pumped his fists in the air. "OH MY GOSH! SHE'S A TURTLE MUTANT! JUST LIKE US!"

Mikey flinched. This would usually be the time where Raph hit him, but Raph was occupied with staring at the smallish mutant turtle in his arms.

"Whoa, you really are in love with her."

"One more word and Donnie will have to pull your head out of your shell with a crowbar!"

"Hey! Why do I have to help him?"

Raph ignored him and started running along the roof, heading home.

"...Okay then. Let's head home."

In the sewers

Cleo lay on the couch where Raph had sat her down. The guys had explained everything to Master Splinter and April. April was looking curiously at the girl while Master Splinter was looking at Raph thoughtfully.

"So, this girl... Was in the KRAAANG building when you got there?" April asked.

"Yeah. I wonder what she was doing there."

"Raphael, did you really swing from a building, with a grappling hook tied around your ankle?"

"Yes!" Raph said, looking very proud of himself.

"...Did you at least use a proper knot?"

Raph looked kind of shocked. "... What?"

"Did you tie the grappling hook onto your ankle with a proper knot?"

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