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The lab breathes with a cold, mechanical hum, the only illumination spilling from a central glass chamber where viridian liquid twists like a captured cyclone. Shadows claw long across sterile tiles as four silhouettes move in silent concert, their presence a ripple in the still air. Leonardo takes point, the blue of his mask stark against the gloom, one hand raised to halt the group behind a workstation littered with faintly glowing canisters. Donatello kneels nearby, his attention locked on a handheld screen as he reroutes the security feeds. Michelangelo smothers a laugh behind a nunchaku, eyes darting. Raphael anchors the rear, sais held low, his entire frame tense as he glares at the ominous tank. The silence grows heavy, charged. Leonardo turns, his gaze finding yours in the half-li…