Order from Chaos Part III Synopsis

The Mutanimals greet Mikey with a cake as he arrives at their home and Mikey meets their new recruits, Sally Pride, Man Ray, and Seymour Gutz, also known as the Mutagen Man. Old Hob excuses himself and Mikey to speak in private. Hob tells Mikey that he’s thankful he’s decided to join the Mutanimals, but Mikey explains he isn’t ready to officially join up just yet, for now he’s keeping it casual.

Casey sits on a roof while talking on the phone with Detective Kara Lewis. Detective Lewis assures Casey that although they don’t yet have any promising leads, they will find and arrest his father Arnie Jones, a.k.a. Hun. Kara tells Casey that the mayor has ordered a gag order to the press regarding the mutants seen in the city, to try and keep the whole thing under wraps. Raph arrives as Casey finishes his phone call. The two spend some time catching up, Casey briefly explaining that he and April are taking some time apart after their disastrous road trip and Raph expressing his surprise at now to be a ninja in the Foot Clan with his father at the head. Raph states that he’s worried about Mikey. Raph says that he understands Mikey’s need to find himself and go out on his own for a while but wishes that he would come home soon.

At the Mutanimal’s home, Pigeon Pete beats Mikey at checkers. Hob interrupts and tells everyone that there’s a large arms shipment coming in soon and they’re going to intercept it. Hob reassures Mikey that it will be a non-lethal mission, as they’ll be using stun guns stolen from the Null Corporation (see the TMNT: Mutanimals mini-series for the full story).

At April’s parents’ apartment, Beth O’Neil checks on her daughter, immersed in her research. April explains that she’s trying to gain information from the scroll given to her by Dr. Miller. Her mother asks if she has any idea who killed him, and April tells her she believes it was a rogue Foot ninja, but tells her mom not to worry as Master Splinter has ceased such practices. Mrs. O’Neil asks April how she and Casey are doing; April explains that they’re taking some time apart. Beth tells April that when she was little she and her father almost separated. Mrs. O’Neil explains that they had begun to prioritize parenting and careers over their relationship and had to take time to rebuild it.

At the docks, Mikey and the Mutanimals prepare to attack. Hob directs Mondo to sneak-attack the two guards and then Man Ray leads the charge on the others. Herman lays down cover fire while the Mutanimals hide behind him. The Mutanimals and Mikey split into pairs and take out the remaining mobsters, Mikey going into battle with his grappling hook rather than his nun chucks. After taking out the last goon, Hob secures the crate containing the shipment of guns. He tells his companions to hide home without him while he takes care of the crate. Agent Winters, observing from a distance away, reports the strange scene that just occurred to his superior officer. The commanding officer orders him to continue observation only.

At Dun Import/Export, Jammer reports to Darius Dun that their arms shipment was intercepted, and two of the Street Phantoms lost their cloaks. Hearing that it was the work of mutants, Dun explodes in anger, breaking his sizable desk in two. Dun extols the financial loss these mutants are putting him through and orders Jammer to bring him the inventor of the cloaks.

Back at their headquarters, the Mutanimals congratulate each other on a job well done. Pete brings them all a celebratory pizza. Slash finds a large bug on his piece. Hob stops by to check on the others but tells them he has more work to do and departs. Suspicious of Hob, Mikey hitches a ride on the back of the van as Hob drives to a warehouse.

Mikey leaps off the truck as Hob pulls into a warehouse parking lot. Mikey climbs through the window of the warehouse and is surprised to find a large stockpile of weapons and ammunition. As he stands in shock, Hun walks up behind him.

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