Order from Chaos Part V Synopsis

In the Turtle family’s old home underneath the church, Mikey cleans up and works on making it livable again. He picks up a video game controller and remembers a pleasant time playing against Raph, who got angry that he was unable to beat Mikey’s high score. He then finds a Father’s Day present he had made for Master Splinter, a painting of the symbol for father. Mikey remembers the gratitude Splinter expressed and Mikey gets emotional wondering how things got so crazy.

In another part of town, Angel and Alopex are out on patrol. Alopex apologizes for spacing out for a moment. Angel tells her that she should go get some rest as soon as they finish their mission for Harold. Finally the two spot the target of their mission, two members of the Street Phantoms. Alopex heads towards them to goad them into attacking while Angel captures video footage to give to Harold to study the cloaks. The Street Phantoms Maze and Turk spot Alopex and charge towards her, but she deftly avoids them. On their second attack however, one of the Street Phantoms lands a hit on Alopex with his electrically-charged hammer. Undaunted, Alopex leaps in to attack, flying right through the Street Phantoms as they use their cloaks to turn intangible. With the needed video footage obtained, Alopex retreats back to April and the two part ways, leaving the Street Phantoms behind and confused.

Casey, April, and Mr. and Mrs. O’Neil are out for dinner at a local pub to celebrate April’s graduation. Mrs. O’Neil asks Casey if he on going back to school; Casey tells her no. April expresses frustration with Casey not wanting to go back to school; Casey is irritated because he and April have had the same discussion before. Mr. and Mrs. O’Neil try to avoid an awkward moment but they can’t.

At Foot Clan headquarters, Alopex brings Kitsune tea. Alopex tells Kitsune that she’s going to go get ready for bed but Kitsune possess her in an attempt to make her stay and talk. Alopex manages to shake off Kitsune’s control, but Kitsune strikes Alopex in the head and retakes control, showing Alopex a vision of her previous life and the bear she feared (see the Alopex one-shot) as well as her past fights with the Turtles and Splinter, before they were allies. Kitsune instructs Alopex to go to sleep and forget the whole thing. Splinter watches as Alopex groggily makes her way to her quarters, a concerned look on his face.

Parked outside the antique shop in her van, April and Casey argue about the tension at dinner. As April tries to tell Casey how she feels about what’s going on in their relationship, Casey is distracted by a man throwing a piece of trash on the ground. Casey gets out of the van and pins the man to the ground, telling him to pick up his trash and stop littering. April pulls Casey off the man and he flees. April and Casey resume arguing, and things escalate to the point that they stand on the sidewalk shouting at each other. They decide they need to spend some time apart and they leave to go their separate ways.

On Burnow Island, the Fugitoid video chats with Harold Lillja in his lab over the internet. The Fugitoid is worried about the task he is preparing to complete, and their involvement with a mysterious mutant and a deal they made with him. Harold tells Fugitoid he won’t be accompanying the Turtles when they visit Burnow Island.

In his old home made new again, Mikey admires his handiwork. Just then his brothers arrive with a hot fresh pizza. They ask if Mikey would want to join them on a trip to Burnow Island to see the Fugitoid, no Foot business involved. The Turtles dig into the pizza, glad to be reunited for the time being.

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