When the elevator doors opened on the Birthing Room floor, Karai and Dr. Chapman stood there waiting for their arrival but they didn't expect to see this. Both Michelangelo and Splinter struggling to keep from laughing at the perplexed and confused face of Leonardo, Raphael on a stretcher holding a very angry, very pregnant Kayla who seamed to giving everyone one the silent treatment in between contractions and a very very stressed Donatello urging her not to push. Once everyone was out of the tight elevator, Chapman, Splinter and Donatello rushed the stretcher down the hall to the Birthing Room while Karai stood with the remaining two Turtles in the hall just outside of it after helping to move the expecting couple onto the birthing bed. Stepping out of the room so that Kayla could get changed and cleaned up, Splinter spoke briefly to his two sons.

Sitting up on the bed with Kayla between his legs leaning back into his plastron, Raphael helped her to change into a gown then went back to nuzzling her head in reassurance while Donatello scrubbed up over at the sink.

" I can't sit like this Raphie… its hurting my back to much…" Kayla whispered as her bottom lip quivered with fear.

Kissing the top of her head as he looked down her body to her swelled stomach he sighed regretfully before snapping his attention over to his Brother " Hey Bro, is there any other position she can do this in that can ease up on her back?"

Raising an eye ridge in thought he nodded " Well I read that women in some cultures squatted in order to let the baby slide out easier and naturally! We can see if that will help her out…"

Looking down into her pain filled face he nodded " That's what well do! But it may be easier for her to be facing me so she can hold onto my Shell to help her hold still…" Raphael suggested unwilling to admit out loud that it would also give him better access to nuzzle her face.

Helping Kayla up into a squatting position facing his brother, Donatello turned his mask in order to keep from seeing any more of her naked body than necessary while her gown was adjusted so that it opened in the front and covered her back. Raphael on the other hand was getting more than an eye full of her full frontal nudity and was almost becoming aroused at how beautiful he found her right up until she cried out sharply as another camelback contraction ripped threw her body. With her knees out side of Raphael's, Donatello bent his brothers legs up and apart in order to offer her stability and himself better access bellow.

"How's the pressure on your back Sis?" Donatello asked as he stood next to the side of the bed in order to rub her back soothingly " I just checked and you're a 4 out of 10 so it won't be long before we can get down to business!"

Raphael smiled lovingly at Kayla's now peaceful face " She's asleep Dude!" He replied with a lite chuckle.

Smiling as well Donatello reached over and pulled his stool up next to them in order to put his head down on the bed for a moment " Good, we both should try and close our eyes for a bit, its almost midnight anyway and it might be another few hours yet" He recommended tiredly.

" You sleep then Donnie, I'll wake ya when she needs ya!" Raphael whispered softly as he let his one hand go down and rest upon his Brothers bald head.

Over the next few hours the contractions grew closer together and before they knew it it was time. Dr. Chapman brought in the modified infant warming table that now used a special UV light that would help the hatchlings metabolism and strengthen their tiny Shells. Splinter and his two remaining Sons along with Karai had also entered the room, each was assigned a hatchlings number so that Donatello could pass them over once they were born and Chapman would take their measurements to help lighten the medical load the Turtle Medic would face. Raphael had been given an additional job outside of coaching Kayla threw the process, Donatello had noticed a disturbing pattern while checking her vitals and had instructed his Brother to inform him immediately if she showed any signs of distress.

Wheeling his stool up behind Kayla and between his brothers legs, which were covered in plastic absorbent bed pads, he cleared his throat audibly as another contraction hit " Let's do this Kayla, push, push, push, good girl. Make sure she remembers to breath Raph!" he called out pointedly " Here's another, PUSH KAYLA, HARDER, HARDER, COME ON, STOP! Stop we got a head." He shouted excitedly " Hatchling number 1 is on their way out!" he announced proudly.

Kayla in the mean time was trying her hardest not to breakdown in hysterics and gripped Raphael Shell on rather side of his head tightly as she grunted softly in pain " It's tearing me apart! Ahhh,"

Sitting up so that both his hands were holding her ass firmly, Raphael nuzzled her face and neck whispering reassuringly into her ear " You're doing good Baby, soo good! You got this, I know you do"

A slick pop suddenly a squawking was heard along with Donatello's indecipherable mumblings before a loud squawking hit everyone's ears " We have a Hatchling, here" picking up a pair is scissors he put them in his brothers hand " You get to cut the cord Bro!" Donatello smiled happily watching the tear run down Raphael's cheek as he cut the umbilical cord with a shaky hand.

Once the cord was cut and the tiny hatchling, no bigger than a four pound human infant, was passed over to Splinter who wrapped it in a towel and shown it to the couple " Your child my Son!"

Raphael's eyes went wide as he lifter a hand to touch its still messy face " Hey, Look Babe, its like a perfect copy of me!" He exclaimed in wonderment.

Tilting her head on his shoulder Kayla smiled tiredly " Welcome to the world Squirt!" slowly lifting her head she leaned over and placed a loving kiss on its tiny cheek before resting it back onto her boyfriends as it was taken over to the heating bed. " One down, three to.. GOOO" she started to say when it came time to push again.

" Just the placenta! " Donatello noted as he set it onto the tray next to him " I don't see and ripping so far Sis. Ready for round Two?" he asked moving back in place to catch the next hatchling.

" Do I gotta choice? … Ohh God this hurts… Next round of kids Raphs carrying! I'm done after this…" Kayla groaned out as she once again to push as instructed.

Michelangelo found himself chuckling at her last remark while he watched Dr. Chapman and his Father tend to his first Niece or Nephew " Dude Raphie ain't kidding it is a perfect copy of me!" the newborn was almost an exact tiny version of the older Four Turtles.

" MIKEY…" His brothers called out in spite of the current delivery.

" Number two coming up guys!" Donatello called out redirecting the others attentions away from the first one.

" Ahh, That don't look like a Head!" Leonardo noted as he stood by with towel in hand.

" No Shit Sherlock !" Donatello growled lowly " This ones dropping out feet first! Damn it, ya impatient little shit…" everyone couldn't help but look at the normally placid Turtle for his choice in language as Number Two wasn't coming out at it should.

" Make sure the umbilical isn't wrapped around the neck and what ever you do Don't Push Kayla!" Dr Chapman called out helpfully from across the room. " You got it Don, nice and easy, Good Job!"

Letting out the breath he had been holding Donatello quickly handled the umbilical himself before clearing the nose and mouth with the bulb and held it upside a own to flick its tiny feet making the Hatchling cry as well as pissing in face. Everyone couldn't help but to laugh at that " Thanks Kid, can I get cleaned up here please?" he requested as he handed his clearly Nephew over to his Uncle.

Kayla chuckled even more exhaustedly " Looks like a Raph Jr., to me…"

" Donnie?" Raphael called out in consent at how limp she was now feeling in his arms.

Donatello's eyes went wide as he shot up and closed the deciding curtain to keep the others from seeing. Checking her vitals again a panicked looked filled his face " Talk to her just keep her awake! I'll be right back Raph." Donatello spoke softly to his brother not having the heart to tell him Kayla's blood pressure and O2 level had dropped significantly before stepping outside the curtain to speak privately with Dr. Chapman.

Brushing his large fingers back along her head Raphael gazed worriedly at his pregnant girlfriend " Come on baby, we're already half way there. Ya gotta hang in there a bit longer for me! The Squirts are gonna need their Mommy…" he pleaded with her in a hushed whisper.

" 'M tryin'… It's so hard Raphie…" Kayla whispered back letting her one arm wrap around his neck.

" I'm back guys, here I'm going to put an oxygen mask on you Kayla, this should help you feel better" Donatello explained reassuringly to them as he slipped the mask over her face. Leaning in he kissed the top of her head and rubbed her back " Your blood pressure got a little to low and I needed to check on what to do, thankfully oxygen is the most common treatment in these cases. But we gotta step it up and get the last two out because I'm not sure how much more your body can take Sis." He whispered giving her his game plan for the next two " and once your all done, Karai offered to help you take a nice hot bath!"

" What about me? My tails sitting in I don't want to know what here!" Raphael pouted feeling a bit left out of the pampering.

" You know where the shower is Raph!" Donatello chuckled as he went back around to take his place behind her. " Alright Kayla I need you to push for me!" watching as Raphael helped her get into her squatting position and coached her threw urging her to keep going. It didn't take long for hatchling number three to make their way down " Number three, your up Mikey!" he called out in a more relaxed voice.

Stepping around the curtain nervously Michelangelo held his towel covered hand out towards his brother while keeping his eyes looking back over his left shoulder " Umm, How ya holding up back here?" he asked nervously trying not to look at his Sisters naked behind.

Raphael chuckled softly at his Baby Brother " We're doing good Mikey, She just needed some oxygen that's all" he replied as Kayla was a little busy trying not to push as the third hatchling was making their arrival.

" I don't know if you guys noticed or not but um… Its Valentines day!" Michelangelo pointed out right before a loud squawking broke threw " Good luck topping this years gift Bra!" he chuckled after being handed the third hatchling which looked almost exactly like the older two " Dude these guys are so Cute…" he gushed moving over in order to let Raphael and Kayla take a look before walking out to bring it over to the warming bed.

Kissing Kayla's forehead tenderly Raphael nuzzled her more " Three down Baby, just one more to go and you get to have a hot bath and we can get some sleep!" he whispered optimistically into her ear to which she smiled tiredly and rubbed her cheek against his.

" Come on Sis, give me a good hard push to get this one moving"

Whispering to Raphael, Kayla tried to push as Raphael chuckled " She said this one feels like its enjoying all the extra space now the others left!"

Donatello chuckled too at this " Trust me, I know exactly how that feels. Come on push Kayla, I know your tired but you have to push hard for me!"

Giving it everything she had left Kayla soon felt the sweet relief of the last hatchling exiting her body. Leaning heavily against Raphael's plastron with her eyes closed the only thing she truly wanted to do was sleep.

" Great job Baby, you did it! We now have four beautiful hatchling Kayla, I love you so much" Raphael whispered nuzzling her happily.

" I love you too Raphie! Can I sleep now?" she asked as she wrapped her right arm around his neck and let her fingers move lightly against the back of is neck making him shiver.

" Bath first! " Donatello spoke up overhearing her request. " Once your cleaned up and back in your bed I'll be in to check your vitals and get you hooked up on an IV. I want you on full bed rest for right now until I know there's no problems as your system adjusts to not having four Mutant Turtle/Human Hybrids to carry anymore" he began to explain while he finished cleaning her up and stitching up the few small tears she had. "With any luck you'll be feeling like your old self again and not feeling so worn out all the time and we can talk about what you want to do residentially" he added hoping to lift her spirits up.

Unable to ignore the nagging feeling in his gut Raphael began sniffing her closely when a deep guttural growl formed in his throat " Quit what ever get doing Don and check her NOW!" he spoke warningly narrowing his eyes at his Brother.

" Raph I'm sure she's…" Donatello began to reply absentmindedly until he looked up and needed to swallow the large lump that suddenly formed in his throat the second he seen the volatile gleam in Raphael's amber eyes. Standing up quickly in order to clean himself up and to grab everything he needed along with a blood draw kit and a sheet " Alright Raph, I'll check her. But let's get her turned around first!" he recommend.

Working together, with the sheet covering her exposed body, they both got Kayla laying flat on her back on the bed in order for her to be properly examined. Glancing up as he was checking her blood pressure Donatello noted the look of anger and fear in his brothers eyes " Raph, I've got things here so why don't you grab a quick shower and go check on ' your' hatchlings." he suggested calmly mostly because he needed to get him away from Kayla right now. Eyes wide open in confliction, Raphael looked in between his Brother and his seemingly unconscious Girlfriend who had just delivered their children. Exhaling Donatello walked over and stood in front of him " Raphael look at me. The Hatchlings Need their Father right now! Go grab a quick shower and head to the Nursery just across the hall, I will take good care of Kayla. She's my Family too and I would never let her die on my watch you know that!" he spoke softly reassuring him before pulling his older Brother into a crushing embrace. " I love You, Her and my Nibblings, more than I can even put into words Raphie! Please believe and trust me to take care of her…" He whispered nuzzling his face into his shoulder as he sought out his Big Brothers love and support.

Gripping onto his little Brother Raphael nodded against his shoulder " I never stopped believin' in ya Bro! I just can't do this without her… The Squirts need her too!" he whispered wiping his tears off onto Donatello's skin. Pulling apart he leaned over and moved the oxygen mask just enough to kiss Kayla's lips lovingly before forcing himself to leave her side in order for his Brother to get to work saving her life.

Walking out of that room had to be nearly the hardest thing Raphael's ever had to do. He felt like he had just failed Kayla in the worst possible way at that moment, that nothing he did even mattered now if he'd lost her. He felt lost.

Having been standing in the hall right out side the Birthing Room after Donatello had kicked them and the Hatchlings out, Michelangelo leaned his Shell back against the wall when Raphael walked out. Rubbing at his eyes he literally needed to do a double take to make sure he hadn't been seeing things and that his Big Brother and Best Friend looked shattered and lost as he almost mindlessly walked past. Pushing himself off the wall he jogged over to catch up and find out what was going on " Hey wait up Bro… hey, hey, what's going on Raphie?"

" Don said I needed to grab a shower and be with my kids…" Raphael replied in a voice so hushed it was almost difficult for anyone to hear.

Glancing back over his shoulder a moment he wrapped his arm around his Big Brothers Shell " I'll come with you Big Bro" He replied putting on his happy act for his benefit as he led Raphael towards the showers.

In the Birthing Room, Donatello had just finished drawing blood from Kayla's arm and had started cleaning her up as the heart monitor beeped slowly but steadily and the ventilator hissed properly as it took over breathing for her. He was almost positive that she had no internal bleeding that could be the cause of her condition so it got him thinking that this might be the result of whatever was done to her in implanting the fertilized eggs back inside her or simply her body's reaction to the Hatchings genetic make-up. The one thing he knew for certain was that he had a lot of work on his hands in order to save his Sisters life. He hadn't lied to Raphael on how he loved them both, he just couldn't tell him just how deeply he loved her as only his Sister. He would die for her just as he would his Brothers or their Father and especially now his Nibbling's, all three boys and the single girl, were born.

" How is She Donnie?"

Snapping his head up He breathed a sigh of relief " Oh, it's just you Leo… She's stable for now… I just won't know more until I run these tests!" he explained diverting his eyes over to the several small vials of blood.

Walking over Leonardo took the cloth from his brothers hand " After you get something to eat and a few hours of sleep first! Dad, Mikey, Karai, Chapman and I can handle things for now, I'll wake you myself if anything changes…" he said speaking as his Big Brother and not as their Leader.

Letting his shoulders sag Donatello nodded " Alright, I'll get some sleep but only if a cots brought in here for me. You'll also have to take care of Raphie, he'll …. I don't know how he'll react seeing her like this Leo…I almost had to force him out to take a shower and see his kids just so I could do what I had to for her…" he pleaded guiltily with him.

" Mike's with him now at the shower, when he's done there I'll go with him to see the Hatchlings and Dad can sit vagal with her as you sleep!" Leonardo replied reassuringly before shooing him out of the curtain. Picking up where he left off Leonardo finished cleaning her up and dressing her in the clothes set out for her.

After taking a long hot shower, Raphael dried off redressed and headed out the door to go meet his Hatchlings. His head hug low and his feet nearly scooted the floor as he walked back down the hall where he seen Leonardo just leaving the Birthing room where his Kayla lay. Lowering his eyes once again he missed the silent command to his younger Brother who gave him a loving pat on his shoulder before leaving his side as he now stood in front of the Nursery door. His stomach twisted in knots at the thought of how they may never get to meet their mother but he was woken out of him guilt ridden stooper when another hand reached past him and opened the door for him.

" She's stable and resting now." Leonardo reassured him as Raphael finally looked up to meet his gaze " I got Donnie sleeping right now because he was exhausted and over thinking things. We got her on a ventilator right now simply because of how physically exhausted her body was to where her body wasn't getting the oxygen it needs on its own. Dad's now in sitting with them both so why don't we go in and meet the kids?" he explained in a gentle Big Brotherly voice as he put his other arm around his shoulders to guide him in.

The room was normal sized with everything needed to care for four newborns but in the middle was raised crib with four small Turtles laying beneath a Sunning lamp.

Walking up to the crib with his brothers assistance Raphael looked over each Hatchling nervously until something out of place caught his eye about Number 3. " Mikey pulling a prank here cause putting a pink ribbon on his foot ain't fucking funny" he asked pointing out how three had blue ribbons numbered 1,2,4and the pink had 3 on it.

Covering his mouth to try and muffle his chuckling Leonardo shook his head " It's no prank Raph, this is your Baby Girl!" he explained before picking her up by the sides with both hands and placing her lovingly into her Father's arms.

" A G… Girl?" Raphael stuttered nervously as he rigidly cradled her in his arms terrified of crushing or dropping her. When she started to squawk uncomfortably in his arms he shot his older brother a terrified look " She's crying, did I break her? Leo why is she crying?"

Once again trying not to laugh Leonardo motioned for him to sit in the rocking chair to his left " She's only picking up how nervous you are and is trying to let you know she don't like it!" he explained knowingly to him. Once Raphael was seated and began to relax the hatchling quieted down and began looking up towards his face " See!"

A broad smile filled Raphael's face as 'his' little girl started looking up at him with a look of wonder on her little face " Hey there, I'm yer Da.. Daddy!" the word almost stuck in his throat but was able to force it out " I'm a Daddy, Leo!" he spoke looking up at his older Brother who was watching him holding his Daughter with pride.

" Yeah, you are Raph!"

Looking back down at the tiny humanoid Turtle in his arms Raphael lifted a finger and stroked her tiny three fingered hands lightly " How'd you know why she was upset anyway?" he inquired curiously.

Not helping but to laugh awkwardly while stepping closer to them Leonardo smiled down at his Niece " Because she did the same thing to me when Mikey handed her to me and told me exactly what I told you!"

"How'd he…?"

" Beats the hell out of me, but he just seamed to know exactly what each wanted or needed before they finally settled down to nap. How would you like to feed her Raph?" he asked as he walked over to the bottle warmer and picked up an already prepared bottle and spit cloth before handing them over. " Place the cloth under her chin and gently put the nipple in her mouth" he instructed.

Doing as his Brother directed, Raphael had no sooner placed the nipple into her mouth did she start to suck away at it hungrily making him laugh softly " Look at that, she eats just like that Knucklehead!"

" Did you two give any thoughts on names? Number 2 we've been calling RJ" Leonardo inquired curiously.

Raphael could only shrug " Ahh, what do I do now? I think she's done.." he asked changing the topic back.

" I think you just sit her up with the cloth over the hand on her belly and pat her back"

" You think?"

" Well its what I seen Dad do with Number 1…" Leonardo replied sheepishly.

Rolling his eyes Raphael grunted in annoyance and did just his brother suggested. It only took a few pats when she let out a surprisingly large burp for her tiny size that automatically had the older two Turtles laughing their asses off " Some Lady you are Squirt. That was an Uncle Mikey sized burp! " Raphael replied holding his daughter up in front of him with both hands with her two little arms reaching out for his nose " I gotta run this by yer Mommy first, but I think we'll name you Michelangela!" The little Turtle made some happy gurgled noises " Haha, ya like that name huh, well so do I. Yer Uncle Mikey and me are Best Friends ya know!"

Standing back Leonardo watched his brother interacting with his daughter with a content smile on his face. They all had come a long way in the last 25 weeks since escaping their abductors, they regained their emotional and physical health and now their family had doubled by the addition of Kayla and the four Hatchlings. But all of this came with a high cost, Kayla had not only took her Mothers life in defending her new family but nearly lost her own in the delivering of her children. Right now all they could do way pray that she will recover from this in order to be the Mother the hatchlings were meant to have.

Nearly twenty four hours later both Raphael and Splinter were in the nursery feeding, changing diapers on the four active Hatchlings when Leonardo came in breathing hard looking as if he hadn't slept at all. Taking a seat on the floor of the nursery he held up a finger so he could catch his breath before speaking "Before you ask nothing's wrong I just returned from running across town to talk to Raph. " he panted still struggling to calm his breathing.

Moving over to squat next to his older brother while currently feeding RJ, Raphael gave him a puzzled look " Why'd need to go that way for Leo?"

Lifting his hand to brush it against his Nephews little hand " Because I found out where Kayla had been living before and I went to check it out." Raphael's eyes went wide in shock " Before you ask it wasn't anything I had been expecting from getting to know her."

" What did you find out my Son?" Their father inquired from his place in the rocking chair feeding Number 1.

Lowering his hand he bowed his head and shook it as he still struggled to catch his breath " It was a one room efficiency apartment in the basement of this fancy Apartment building, all of the windows were boarded up and she had very little furniture, the kitchen was empty except for a bottle of soda and half a box of cereal. It looked as if she's been trying to live under the radar the best she could. That debit card we used was a prepaid card given to her by someone in the Military over in the Middle East. I don't give a shit what anyone says but she's moving in with us the moment she wakes up!"

" Wow relax Leo, I was already talking with Sensei about that. What else did you find out that's got you this worked up bro?" Raphael asked struggling to remain as calm as Turtly possible.

" This!" Leonardo pulled out a letter from his obi " Her moving out was a nicer way of stating she ran away from her Mother. This letters from Agent St. James sent to Kayla at some address out of state, it simply said that she was being a child for running away from her " responsibility" to her country and her commitment to the EPF. From what I could understand Kayla was being groomed to become an Agent herself but before her Mother could send her away to some " Training School" she took off in the middle of the night and her Mom was furious." Taking a moment to regain his composure Leonardo looked at his Brother " Even with her Mom out of the picture the Earth Protection Force may still try and come after her and the Kids and Donnie's got the Lair so wired up that it's the safest place for them now. They can't stay above like this, not with over half of the Foot waiting for the chance to kick our Shells in." he reasoned.

Cupping the back of his brothers head Raphael pulled their foreheads together " We got this Leo! Now go get a shower and get some sleep" he replied reassuring him.

Pulling himself to his feet Leonardo gave his nephew's head a light kiss before grasping Raphael's shoulder and walk out of the room. Sighing heavily Raphael placed his dozing son back in the crib " Do you got this dad? I'm gonna go check on Kayla"

Smiling lovingly the New Grandfather nodded " Go on My son, everything will be alright in here"

Crossing the hall Raphael entered Kayla's room quietly while Donatello was busy taking her vitals and writing in her medical chart whistling a cheerful tune " Her blood oxygen level is back to normal and her last blood test also showed her body is returning to what should have been normal for a nearly Twenty year old woman. I've already started the process of waking her up if you'd like to talk to her feel free"

Seeing his Brother in this much of a cheerful mood after everything the last forty eight hours had thrown at them was in its self the best feeling in the world to him in that moment " Awesome!" Raphael grinned walking over to stand next to his sleeping Girlfriends side " Oh, Leo's back. He checked out that address and told Sensei and me what he found. He gave us the go ahead to take her 'home' the moment she's awake and ready. " he replied filling him in on what's going on as he picked up Kayla's hand and held it up in front of his plastron with both hands.

" Good, I already have half of the infirmary set up and ready for her until her system is cleared of the lingering traces of the hatchlings mutagenic stem cells. Have you figured any other names out yet?" Donatello inquired changing the topic as they purposely spoke in their normal volumes to aide Kayla in waking up.

Raphael chuckled "I'm still leaning towards Leonidas for Number one and Donzel for Number four"

" You really are naming them after us then, huh?" Donatello smiled feeling very honored that the last one, whom he never revealed to his family almost didn't survive being born, was after him.

"It just feels right Bro!" Raphael exclaimed until the slightest movement on her face caught his full attention " Her mouth just fucking twitched, it Twitched"

Rushing over to his Sisters bedside opposite his brother, Donatello began checking her pupils before lifting her other hand and slapping it firmly " Kayla, Come on Kayla it's time to wake up Sis!"

" Come on Babe, open yer eyes for us!"

" Wake up "

" Time ta get up the Squirts are waiting to meet ya! "

" That's it, come on open your eyes for us! Hey sleepy head " Donatello smiled happily as Kayla finally opened her eyes. Looking back and forth at them she tried to pull her hands away to frantically remove the item going down her throat." Shhh, easy Sis I'll take that tube out now. Just relax Three, two, one and its out. " he replied as he removed the breathing tube and held the straw to a glass of water up to her mouth " sip slowly, your throat might be a little sore!"

" Babies?" Kayla rasped forcing herself to speak as she needed to know about them.

Raphael leaned over and kissed her lips softly " We got three boys and one girl! All four look like me but Don says their body temps almost more human than reptile." He explained moving as close as he possibly could in order to let her hold him.

Donatello nodded " Their all very healthy Sis, we were very lucky!" he informed her " I know you want nothing more than to hold them but we need to get you guys ready to go. The EPF might still be looking for all five of you so we need to get you all loaded up and bellow to our home."

Seeing the urgent gleam in Donatello's eyes Kayla nodded letting him know she understood. Cupping Raphael's cheek she stroked it tenderly with her thumb " I Love You Raphie!" she whispered lovingly to him.

" I Love You Too Baby!" He whispered back kissing her lips tenderly " I'll let Donnie get you ready to go and I'll let the other know its time to go."

Within the hour Kayla and the four hatchlings were ready to be moved home and Karai was just leaving with her Foot Ninja to both cover the island for any trace of the EPFs presence in Manhattan. Hiding the hatchlings in duffel bag identical to the one Donatello normally had on him they easily smuggled them off the blocked off medical floor and into Karai's privet elevator and into the Battle Shell with Leonardo, which wasn't an uncommon sight over the past 25 weeks. This left Raphael, Michelangelo and Master Splinter in charge of sneaking Kayla down to the buildings sub basement where the secret entrance their Brother had personally constructed was located. Only by splitting up into two groups could they get everyone out of the Foot Headquarters without drawing any unwanted attention to the hatchlings or their mother.

Cradling Kayla against his plastron in his arms Raphael carried her protectively wrapped in blankets in-between his Father and his little Brother threw the long abandoned subway tunnel that indirectly led to the tunnels which led to their home. Even though the trip would take several hours by foot they were counting on the others to reach their home where both April and Casey were already waiting to help watch the hatchlings. In spite of how carefully she was being carried and the oxygen mask she wore Kayla still felt a great deal of discomfort in her chest with every breath she took but her fears were soothed by Raphael's hushed voice whispering to her of their children and of the names he had come up with.

Once they reached the familiar tunnels leading to their home their spirits were lifted as their long dark journey, which began in the cold dark cells of captivity by the EPF, had finally come to an end and they could once again start living their new lives raising the next Generation of Ninjas.

~Fin~