[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by ***First of Two Latin Kings***

You're all wrong. Bellybomb wanted to borrow Slash's blade, but Krang says "it isn't so much that I need to prune, as re-shape and cast anew... like so!!!" He doesn't just pop off, Raphael pries him off. Shredder says "no longer must I ensure his flesh within my mind." Krang, being made of brain tissue, was able to penetrate and control Shredder's brain, and Shredder, though semi-conscious, couldn't do anything about it.

That sounds right to me.