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Leatherhead, part 2 is issue #57 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, published on April 27, 2016 by IDW Publishing.

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"Leatherhead" Part 2! Mysterious intruders bring death and destruction to the new inhabitants of the Technodrome! Does Leatherhead know more than he's letting on? Who can the Turtles trust?

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On Burnow Island, the Turtles, Leatherhead, and several of the awakened Utroms look over the scene of carnage and destruction. Mikey struggles to avoid throwing up in disgust. Donnie looks at the pieces of the Fugitoid worriedly, wondering if he can be repaired and restored to life. Chief Science Advisor Ma'riell,  the senior ranking Utrom now that Councilor Lorqa is dead, demands answers, wanting to know who the Turtles are and the whereabouts of General Krang. The Turtles uneasily explain that Krang had urgent business elsewhere he had to attend to and introduce themselves. Ma’riell asks where the other Utroms are, and Leatherhead says that they’re locked in their rooms for safety. He explains that he had been out for a walk to see the island one last time before he left when he came upon the murdered Utroms and sounded the alarm. Leatherhead recalls that he had smelled smoke like that of a campfire when he’d found the bodies of the slain Utroms, but he hadn’t noted its significance until then, that there were others on the island. Leo tells Donnie to see if he can put the Fugitoid back together again, and tells Mikey to keep watch while he does so. Leo asks Leatherhead if he can take Raph and him to where he smelled the campfire earlier. Ma’riell asks if they may be allowed to inform the other Utroms of what has taken place. Leo tells her that it is her call to make, as it is their safety in question.

Leatherhead leads Raph and Leo down a hallway in the basement of the Burnow Island command center. He explains that it connects to a natural cave system on the island. Suddenly a large M.O.U.S.E.R. robot appears and orders them to stand down. Before Raph and Leo can attack Leatherhead destroys it with a few quick strikes, impressing the Turtles with his formidable strength. Meanwhile, Ma’riell and an Utrom technician named Leeshawn help Donnie try to rebuild Fugitoid. The trio manages to restore power to the Fugitoid’s head and Donnie attempts to communicate with him. Ma’riell tells him that based on the computer readings the Fugitoid’s consciousness is still inside but it is currently in a type of coma and will take some time to return to normal. Technician Leeshawn and Corporal Montuoro state that now that the Fugitoid is alright for the time being they gather the surviving Utroms.They ask why Ma’riell’s brother Corporal Ch’rell remains in stasis.

Leatherhead assures Raph and Leo that they are nearing the end of the tunnel as the water approaches their waist level. Leatherhead admits to them that his life on Burnow Island had not been as idyllic as he’d lead them to believe, or at least his post-mutation life had not. Leatherhead explains that he went from being an alpha predator to prey, hunted by those who would seek to see him contained, as they thought of him as an abomination. Leatherhead states that he understood their desire to capture him, as abominations have no place in Mother Nature’s grand design. Suddenly Sargent Tragg and Granitor, the Stone Soldiers, appear out of nowhere, guns drawn, demanding the Turtles hand over their breathing devices. Leatherhead dives beneath the surface of the water. Leo and Raph accuse Tragg and Granitor of murdering the Utroms but the two appear to have no knowledge of the event. After a short fight, Leo and Raph subdue Tragg and Granitor. The stone soldiers explain that they’d been too weak to leave the safety of the caves due to the harsh atmosphere, and that they could not have been the ones to kill the Utroms. Just then Leatherhead reappears, smashing Tragg into the cave wall with his tail. He tells the others that he has something else to admit.


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