TigerClaw approached Shredder with the merchandise as Karai hissed in her glass cage.

"You found the chemical?" Shredder asked.

"When have I failed you, Shredder?" TigerClaw smirked and handed it to Stockman.

"All is ready, my Master. This is the last ingredient I needed to finish the formula that will give you complete control over her," Stockman explained.

Shredder then glanced at Karai, who wouldn't quit hissing at them.

"Before you give it to Karai, test it on the teen mutants," Shredder commanded.

"Brilliant, sir, in case there are unexpected side effects. Prepare yourselves, my willing subjects," Stockman said.

"What are you gonna do to us?" Slash demanded.

"I'd just like to clarify that we're not willing, not at all," Rockwell remarked.

"The serum must be administered directly to your brains, and I have just the creatures to perform the task," Stockman smirked.

"Creatures?" Slash and Rockwell asked.

"Observe my little worm friends," Stockman demonstrated.

He poured the chemical into a big glass container then pulled out a huge worm. He approached Slash with it, ready to put it in him.

"Let us go! I mean it!" Slash demanded then screamed.

Meanwhile, the others were outside thinking of a way to get Slash and Rockwell out of there. Raph was about to charge in until Leo stopped him.

"What are you doing, Raph?" Leo asked.

"Going in all blades blazing, like we should have done weeks ago," Raph answered.

"We don't even know exactly where they are. We need a plan," Leo argued.

"You need a recon fly-by? I'm the birdman for the job. Pigeon Pete's a go!" Pigeon Pete offered, started falling, then flew to the window only to hit it.

Just before they could do anything, they saw Rockwell and Slash leaving Shredder's lair with the Foot behind them.

"Rockwell, we've got to move," Slash said.

"They escaped on their own?" Jamie wondered.

They all soon launched into battle as the Foot trapped Rockwell and Slash in an alley. But they all took them out and checked on the two mutants.

"Slash!" Raph said.

"Are you okay?" Jamie asked, both her and Raph kneeling in front of the Mutanimals' leader.

"Raphael. Jamie," Slash replied weakly.

"What did Shredder do to you?" LeatherHead wondered.

"They don't look so good. We've got to get them back to the lair, guys," Donnie remarked and that's what they did.

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A/N What's wrong with Slash and Rockwell? And what is Shredder's plan?