Previously...

Leatherhead didn't have to think twice when he saw Krang level that gun at Mondo and pull the trigger. In one swift step, the large alligator placed himself in the beam's path, grunting as he felt energy crackling over him. He heard the skater gecko shout his name, terrified, but if this was how he would die, buying Mondo enough time to escape, then so be it!

But... Leatherhead didn't -feel- like he was dying. If anything, he felt like he was... filling up?The energy continued to course through him, making his belly gurgle, his lean stomach swelling rapidly, softening!

"What??" screeched Krang. "That's not supposed to happen! You're supposed to be dead! Something must be wrong with this gun..."

Feeling his limbs starting to thicken, Leatherhead groaned to his smaller lover. "Mondo... get the gun..."

Though Mondo wanted desperately to hold Leatherhead and comfort him, he knew just as much as the alligator that whatever that gun was, it definitely didn't belong in Krang's hands. Rushing past the swelling alligator, Mondo launched himself into a quick cartwheel, smacking the rifle out of the distracted alien's robotic hands with his tail, and then sweeping the robo-suits legs out from under it in the same fluid movement. Krang screamed in fury as Mondo hefted the gun and dashed back past Leatherhead, who had become so swollen and fat, he actually seemed to be growing bigger, too!

"I got it, LH! Let's get out of here!" Mondo ran down the hallway, only to realize that the alligator wasn't following him, instead facing the recovering Krang as he continued to bloat rapidly. "LH?"

Leatherhead looked over his fat shoulder a moment, the energy that had been crackling over him finally starting to fade. "Go, Mondo..." His growly voice sounded like a throaty rumble now, swaddled with lard. "Getting too heavy... to follow." Indeed, his scaley rear end was already resting on the floor, his tail and limbs getting too thick and short to bend. "Take the gun... Find Donatello... He will know... what to do... I will stop Krang..."

Indeed, as his bulk continued to bloat, he was using it to block Krang's path, and even the robo-suit's enhanced strength couldn't heft so much blubber out of the way!

"Mmph... Hurry! Don't worry... hrrf... about me.." Mondo bit his lip and nodded, turning only once to see Leatherhead's body continue growing to a size that nearly filled the space of the hallway from wall to wall, and floor to ceiling. Mondo blushed, distracted for a moment at the thought of so much soft gator, but he knew he couldn't let Leatherhead down, either.

"...Love you, big guy!"

"Hrrgh... Love... you..."

1) Mondo runs off with the 'death ray', looking for help... But what are Donnie and Raph doing? Let's find out!

2) In his search for help, Mondo runs -into- Donnie and Raph! What luck!

3) Whoops! Mondo must have taken a wrong turn, because he runs right into the Shredder!


Rather damn proud of this page, too. I mean, damn, lookit all that gator! Unmph! Mondo oughta get his priorities straight. That final panel was heavily influenced by an artist I really admire. If you're reading this and you haven't +watched  aokmaidu yet, you've got problems. Seriously, go see his awesome-sexy stuff after voting.