Wingnut & Screwloose

Okay, so far we have learned the origin of Man Ray and Leatherhead. Man Ray is somewhere in the East Coast and Leatherhead is in Dimension X on Stump Asteroid. The Turtles have returned to Earth, but are stranded on the roof of a building in the middle of a thunderstorm. The next two members of the Mighty Mutanimals will make their entrance with a bang!

Issue #8: Wild Things

A terrible screeching took the turtles by surprise as they felt the pelting of the hard rain drops. Then, BONK, Raphael felt the pelting of stones on the back of his head. A giant man-bat flew around the startled mutants as a smaller mosquito creature sat on his back. "Faithful Screwloose" handed his "boss" another stone to throw, and Wingnut let it fly through the air. SMASH! It slammed right through the skylight of the building. Actually, that's what this duo were aiming at.

"Over a thousand skylights across the city have been broken tonight. Broken... by stones thrown by an unknown hand." April reported the news from her desk at Channel 6, and the Turtles, now home with Splinter, watched on the television.

The Turtles decided to do something about Wingnut and Screwloose. They took off in their blimp to find the creeps, but were ambushed with a sharp talon. Wingnut deflated the blimp, sending the turtles into better maneuverability in the glider. The Turtles finally bested Wingnut and Screwloose but tying them up in ropes. Wingnut sobbed, and Screwloose put him into a deep sleep by injecting him with his needle nose.

While Wingnut was out, Screwloose explained to the turtles why he feared by tied up so much.

"Wingnut is from Huanu, a planet with a perpetual red night... Wingnut lived happily with his parents. He was their only child. Not long ago, alien invaders came to conquer Huanu... Wingnut's parents were killed at the beginning of the invasion, as were most of his people. With all of its females dead, his race is doomed to certain extinction. ... He probably wouldn't have made it this far... if it wasn't for me. ... I, too, am from the planet Huanu. My people had a symbiotic relationship with Wingnut's people: They would provide us with blood ... while our bite was their only means of sleep. Together, our symbiosis had lasted millions of years. Krang's invaders ended it within hours."

"KRANG?!" The Turtles were incredulous. They had not realized how evil this banished warlord was.

Screwloose went on to explain that someone needed to stop Krang, and Wingnut burst out of the ropes exclaiming that they were going to be the one's to do it. But, there were to be other plans for Wingnut and Screwloose. Out of nowhere, Cudley the Cowlick appeared and slurped up the duo. He explained to the Turtles that they had come into this world through a rip in the continuum that he caused when he had last been there. Now, they would be taken to Stump Asteroid where Mister Stump had big plans for them.

Cudley disappeared into the sky.

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