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Metalhead 2.0, part 2 is an issue in IDW Publishing's TMNT Universe comic series.
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"Metalhead 2.0" Part 2! Donatello realizes that Metalhead is now following a new programing protocol and must make a drastic decision before it's too late! Will the robot end up as an enemy or ally?
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Donatello tearfully begs for Metal-Don to not kill him, which brings back memories of being attacked by Rocksteady and Bebop, his near-death experience and Splinter's words about him. Overwhelmed, the robot blasts out of the zoo, leaving a winded, wounded Donatello to limp home.
His brothers are playing video games when he returns, and are horrified by the revelation that Metal-Don attacked him. Fortunately, Metal-Don has a tracking device on him, and Donatello is convinced that he can rework the programming and save his robotic doppelgänger.
But when they get to Harold Lilja's old lab, Donatello finds the lifeless Metalhead body on the floor. Devastated, he checks the security footage of Metal-Don blasting the lab apart, saying that he hates the lab, can't cope with all the data and that he has to "end this." He climbs through a hole in the wall and finds an upgraded Metalhead body, which he believes has the processing power to relieve his overwhelming pain. Donatello states that he's a computer trying to solve an emotional problem, and that is the core of his behavior.
The Turtles head to TCRI, where they find Metal-Don accessing the computer server core. Donatello is afraid that a surge from the power supply could drive him insane, and also blow up the entire building. He tries to reach out to Metal-Don, telling him that he understands how it feels to be a consciousness in a robot body, and that they're family. But Metal-Don rejects this, saying that Donatello "makes sense" in his body and the world. Even worse, he says that he's cutting ties to his "faulty emotions."
Leonardo severs the link with the core, and Metal-Don begins beating down the Turtles with his superior strength. He then activates his self-destruct sequence. Donatello begs him to stop... but when the countdown ends, Metal-Don reboots instead of blowing up.
He then reveals that he has gotten rid of the "corrupt" "virus" of feelings, humanity and empathy, making him now a coldly unfeeling monster without any of Donatello's warmth or emotions. Declaring that "Metal-Don is dead," he blasts off into the sky.
For the next two days, Donatello is depressed and stays in his lab. Finally his brothers come in to try to cheer him up, and reaffirm their love for him.
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- The Turtles mention their last visit to the TCRI Building as well as their shaky alliance with Baxter Stockman from TMNT Universe #4.