Splinter: "It's been a long time" to April

[beeshaw]

Originally Posted by Olmosa

Splinter and the turtles may have belonged to April as pets when she was a child. This could be where she names them. Her dad may have been experimenting with the mutagen and needed test subjects. He tells April that her pets died when in reality he's using them at his lab. After much experimentation, Splinter and the turtles may be growing smarter and smarter. Someone (possibly Sachs) doesn't like what her dad is doing (maybe wants the credit for himself), kills him off and lights the place on fire to cover it up. The "test subjects" escape and grow up in the sewers. All the while, someone (possibly Sachs again) continues the TCRI research going in his "honor." Thinking Sachs though is running things for Oroku Saki who may have been passed the mutagen down through the generations and is overseeing everything. I can only speculate that the ooze was from an ancient alien clash like the one depicted in the wall mural. Just my two cents.

What if the the turtles are being experimented on separately from the ooze. An altercation between Kirby and Sachs heats up there's a scuffle, table or racking with the turtles, Splinter and the ooze all get knocked over... The fire gets set accidentally, Sachs takes off, Kirby is killed accidentally (or just isn't saved), turtles, ooze and Splinter are washed away down the sewers... ?

That would connect all the dots and squashes all this 'destiny' crap. Still an accident that causes their mutation.

edit - April can visit the lab a few times and 'befriend' Splinter and the Turtles. There. April dot connected too.