While Donatello focuses on collecting Splinter’s data bits, his brothers find themselves pulled into a war between The Foot and the Purple Dragons; Baxter Stockman has been hacking into the Foot's funding for the Purple Dragons. Cyber-Shredder possesses Stockman's robotic body. Stockman abandons the body, having learned never to get too comfy in one. Stockman's body proves formidable under Cyber-Shredder's control, taking all the attacks they throw at it. Stockman contacts Donatello, informing him of the situation; Donny gives up on retrieving Splinter's data-bits and distracts Cyber-Shredder, allowing Baxter to upload a firewall to keep the Shredder trapped in cyberspace.