April could potentially become a new Karai.

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I know number of people on this forum are screaming in outrage at the very notion of this idea, but please bear with me.

However people have pointed out there was that moment in Creeping Doom where Donnie gives April a proud smile. And also the fact that the Don O'Neil has been reduced to an occasional mention, but really hasn't been as focused on as it had been in the last two past seasons. Even in this recent episode when Leo, Raph, and Mikey yell Sensei. Donnie alone shouts out April instead.

But through out the story thus far, the Shredder is ignorant about April's psychic abilities. Shredder knows April holds some importance to Splinter and the turtles. But in his mind she is just a insignificant girl who is being trained by Splinter as a Kunoichi. So the only thing useful about her to him is the fact that she is a friend of the Turtles.

And in the possible spoilers revealed in that kids chapter book...

Spoiler:

April has a emotional psychic outburst that sends Shredder clear across the park

As we know Splinter and April do see each other in surrogate roles. Splinter sees April as a second daughter and April thinks of Splinter as a second father. Neither of them can replace the people that have been taken from them...nor do they desire to. But they can fill in for those roles to a point.

So it wouldn't be too far fetched for April to be brainwashed so that she can force Karai's mind back into the Shredder's control. Or worse yet...figuring that Karai is beyond all hope of being bent under his will. So he forces April to serve as the Kunoichi on his side instead.

Look at it this way. Recently Leo has more or less acknowledged that Donnie's feelings for April are more then just a crush. And in yesterdays episode, when Leo was giving that below the belt statement of "Try Harder" Leo easily could have April dragged into the issue by saying

"You haven't succeed, because you don't want Karai to be here! You don't even like her because she tried to kill April!"

It is true that Donnie holds very little love for Karai as she is now. Heck, he practically says he hates her when he first meets her. And if wasn't for the fact that Karai is Splinter's natural daughter, Donnie would certainly be less on the fence about the issue then he is currently.

In the fourfold trap Donnie did honestly say that he had exhausted everything he can think of to negate the mind worms control over Karai. And both Splinter and Mikey did acknowledge that Donnie has at least made a valiant effort in trying to find a cure. But for Leo, Donnie's efforts were not good enough.



However what if it was April in Karai's place? Donnie would have tried to move heaven and earth itself to save April from the Shredder's control.