This fanfic involves Leo x Karai and Donnie x April, but no smut or lemons, this story involves a little romance but nothing more. Leo and his brothers finally free Karai and they take her home. Karai finds out that Leo was told to raise a little girl named Chole (the girl from tmnt 2012 episode: Slash and destroy) after the death of her parents by Shredder. Everything goes well and everyone is finally happy now that it is peaceful, but how long will this peace last when some family members starts to disappear? Leo and Chole must face things they thought were impossible but now common. Can this struggling family stay together and fight the pain or will they crumble to theirs deaths for the ultimate sacrifice?

After Leo's mutation with the Death Ringers, everyone goes back home. Donnie instantly tries to find a cure for him but still nothing. So Sensei helps Leo any way he can in controlling his new forms and helps his son learn how to use it, but when a mission to stop some Footbots goes wrong they are forced to retreat. Raph is very upset with this and says something that changes everything for Leo. Chole is at a sleepover when this takes place and Karai and Leo have told everyone about them dating which suprised everyone a little bit at first but they don't mind. Karai also told everyone to start calling her Miwa instead of Karai so she can try to break away from Shredder as much as possible.