▁into ▁hiding ▁to ▁continue ▁his ▁research ▁in ▁a ▁rat - inf ested ▁lab ▁before ▁he ▁is ▁subject ed ▁to ▁an ▁explos ion ▁caused ▁when ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁r ats ▁g na wed ▁through ▁an ▁elect rical ▁wire ▁that ▁fell ▁into ▁the ▁ne uro chem ical . ▁While ▁the ▁explos ion ▁left ▁Fal co ▁blind ▁and ▁hor rib ly ▁dis fig ured , ▁it ▁gave ▁him ▁the ▁means ▁to ▁tele path ically ▁control ▁r ats ▁and ▁see ▁through ▁their ▁eyes . ▁▁ ▁Now ▁ga unt ▁and ▁cor pse - like , ▁Fal co ▁dub bed ▁himself ▁The ▁Rat ▁King ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁use ▁his ▁new ▁psych ic ▁ab ilities ▁to ▁manipulate ▁S pl inter ▁into ▁fighting ▁and ▁killing ▁his ▁own ▁mut ated ▁t urt le ▁sons , ▁but ▁S pl inter ▁reg ain ▁control ▁of ▁himself ▁and ▁knock s ▁out ▁Rat ▁King ▁with ▁nothing ▁but ▁two ▁fingers , ▁whose ▁un cons cious ▁body ▁was ▁carried ▁away ▁by ▁his ▁r ats . ▁In ▁" Of ▁R ats ▁and ▁Men ," ▁The ▁Rat ▁King ▁returns ▁and ▁used ▁his ▁ab ilities ▁to ▁access ▁S pl inter ' s ▁mind ▁for ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁mut agen ▁to ▁create ▁an ▁army ▁of ▁mut ant ▁r ats ▁under ▁his ▁control . ▁Despite ▁his ▁increasing ▁control ▁of ▁S pl inter ▁as ▁he ▁used ▁him ▁to ▁attack ▁the ▁T urt les , ▁S pl inter ▁continued ▁to ▁resist ▁Rat ▁King ' s ▁control , ▁which ▁was ▁broken ▁when ▁Michael ang elo ▁threw ▁his ▁" ice ▁cre am ▁k itt y " ▁at