Catherine POV
As soon as I woke up I immediately started searching the bedroom walls for Baxster. When I didn't spot him I started calling out to him. "Baxster?" Upon receiving no answer I opened my door and called to him once more. "Baxster? Oh where could he be?" I decided to search the different rooms until I located him. "Baxster" I called opening the nearest door slightly. However, instead of finding Baxster I found a large Werewolf looking creature . I gulped and shut the door as quietly as I could so not to disturb the strange creature. However, I was determined to locate my friend. So I  opened yet another door slightly. "Baxster" I whispered.

"Well hello" came the sound of Tiger Claw's voice. That was defiantly not Baxster. I began slowly backing away as the door opened revealing a human sized Tiger.

"Don't be afraid child. I won't hurt you." Tiger Claw said as he approached me.

I backed away "I... I... I've got to go!" I replied turning and running as fast as I could down the hallway.

"What's your hurry?" The Tiger creature called to me but I didn't answer.

"Baxster! Where are you?" I yelled out tears starting to form in my eyes. I glanced behind me to see if the Tiger creature was following me and he was. However, he wasn't the only one. The werewolf creature had joined him as had an eel creature on robotic legs, a dog raccoon hybrid, a rhino and a warthog. I began to tremble where was Baxster? Who were these strange creatures? Where was I ? Not looking where I was going I bumped into a giant skunk creature.

"Just where do you think your going?" The skunk creature asked with a smile grabbing me by the arm.

"Let go of me!" I cried struggling to free myself  from the strange creature's grip. "Help! Someone please help! Baxster! Baxster where are you?" I cried and to my relief Baxster came flying around the corner.

"There you are princess! I waszz looking all over for you! Sukankuzumi release her at once!" Baxster demanded angrily.

"Whatever, it wasn't like I was going to hurt the girl!" Sukankuzumi replied throwing me in Baxster's direction.

I buried my head in Baxster's chest and started to sob. "I was so scared. I didn't know where you were."

"There, there Princess, everything is alright. Your safe, no one will hurt you here not while both I and the Master are around." With that Baxster turned towards the others and scolded them. "What were you thinking? Frightening the Princess like that? You should be ashamed of yourselfs! Your lucky I was the one who came around that corner and not the Master. He would have had your heads! Now go about your business and stop bothering the Princess! You know the Master will be furious to learn that you have scared her like this."

At this the warthog and Rhino creatures looked worried. "I'm sorry ! I never meant to frighten you Bebop replied. "Ditto" replied the others except two of them. The dog/ raccoon and the skunk/ porcupine like creature.

"Speak for yourselves" Sukankuzumi replied looking at me with an evil glare. Then turning his attention towards Baxster he replied, "What's your problem bug? I was just having a little fun, besides, She's not my Princess" muttered Sukankuzumi. Looking at me once again with a slight snarl.

I shrunk further back behind Baxster. The skunk creature's voice sounded familiar but where had I heard it before? Of all the creatures I was afraid of him the most.
"I'd be careful if I were you Sukankuzumi, the Master is already angry with you. I'd hate to have to report that you'd purposefully frightened his daughter. Who knows what he'll do to you. Now run along, I'm sure you have things you should be doing!"

Sukankuzumi  growled as he walked past me. "Stupid fly!" He muttered under his breath.

"I'm sorry about that Princess, those guys are imbeciles. Sometimes I think they'd loose their heads if it weren't attached to their shoulders. Come, the Master is waiting for you." Baxster said hurrying me down the corridor.

"Good morning Daughter. I trust you slept well." The Shredder questioned.

"Yes thank you. I. I don't mean to be rude but how do I address you?" I asked.

The Shredder chuckled "Why you address me as Father of course or if you prefer you can also call me daddy."

"So I don't need to refer to you as Master?" I asked in curiosity.

"Not right now. Once we restart your training then you can refer to me as Master."

"Training?" I replied looking at him in confusion.

"To be a kunoichi." The Shredder could tell that I was confused. So he reiterated, "a kunoichi is a female ninja. We train here in the art of ninjutsu an ancient form of fighting."

"Oh I see. Father, might I ask you a question?"

"Of course my dear you can ask me anything."

Soon I bombarded the Shredder with question after question. "Why do you wear a mask and helmet that cover your face? Why do people call you the Shredder? Why is there a girl my age locked up in a prison cell? What did she do to deserve that? What is my relationship with the turtles? Who were those strange creatures I met this morning? Were they once human like Baxster? How did they become what they are now? Why did the dog/ raccoon and skunk/ porcupine like creatures take delight in frightening me? What did I do to make them hate me so?"

The Shredder frowned at the last two questions. He would have to deal with Tanuki and Sukankuzumi later. Obviously they hadn't learned their lesson. "Perhaps it would be best if I started at the beginning." The Shredder replied with a hint of slight amusement in his voice. "Before you were born many years ago I lived in Japan and had a wonderful wife and daughter. A man known as Hamato Yoshi was extremely jealous and kidnapped her and our child and held them prisoner. During this time she wound up with a thing called stockhold syndrome and he convinced her that they were married and that Karai was their daughter. She is the girl in the prison I will explain why in a little bit. During a effort to rescue my wife from him he half blinded me in one eye and left a huge scar across my face."

Karai could hear what the Shredder was telling the girl and she was furious. How dare he tell those lies. How dare he take her father's story and make it sound as if it were his own. "Liar!" She screamed with all her might causing the Shredder and I to turn in her direction momentarily.

I turned towards Karai's direction and then back at The Shredder confused. "Who is that and why did she call you a liar father?" I asked concerned.

The Shredder paused. "That my dear is your sister Karai. I adopted her years ago before I met your mother. She is currently locked up for her own safety as well as ours. When she was but a baby Hamato Yoshi now know as Splinter the rat, murdered her mother in cold blood. I rescued her and raised her as  my own. However, recently Karai had a run in with the turtles and their rat sensi and told her lies concerning the Foot Clan.  To make matters worse during a battle she was doused with mutagen and turned into a snake creature. Baxster was able to reverse the mutation but she thought that we had tried to brainwash her during this healing process. She hates me because she feels that I lied to her. She believes the Rat to be her father and that I am nothing more then an evil heartless monster."

Again Karai yelled out this time addressing me. "Don't believe him! He's a liar! He kidnapped me as an act of revenge. He is the reason my mother is dead and why your mother is dying. Hamato Yoshi is no murderer but the one I use to call father, the one telling you these lies is a ruthless murderer. He cares for no one, everything he does he does for revenge against my father."

I turned to the Shredder confused, "What is she talking about?" she asked. "what does she mean my Mommy is dying?"

The Shredder sighed, "these are lies the turtles have filled her head with. As for your mother she is recovering. Karai doesn't know what she's saying. Now to answer the rest of your questions, I wear the mask because it is tradition. When you are feeling better You will once again don your shinobi shozuku better known in English as a traditional Nina outfit. As for my kabuto it has been in our family for generations. I wear it as as sign of leadership and for protection. I am known as the Shredder because of The battle armor I wear. The creatures you met this morning are some of my ninjas. To answer your question yes they were all once human. However, during confrontations with the turtles each of them came to be as they are now. As for the the skunk creature I suppose that the reason he seems to dislike you is partly my fault. You see, he once used to be a police officer who I hired to locate you after those turtles kidnapped you. Like the others he was mutated because of a confrontation with them. When he located you and attempted to rescue you he was doused with mutagen and hit with a garbage bag that held clothes that had been hit by a skunk and radioactive chemicals. Thus mutating him into Sukankuzumi. The truth is my dear that during the battle Sukankuzumi accidentally hit you causing you to become ill. The Turtles left you where you fell because they thought their friends April O'Neil and Casey Jones were in danger. They chose them over you knowing that you could die. They never cared about you my dear you were only a weapon to them."

My eyes filled with tears how could the turtles do this to me? If what the Shredder had told me was true, then the turtles were truly evil soulless monsters. If they ever came anywhere near me again I'd make them pay for what they done to me.