Blinding white light greeted me when I opened my eyes.

I groaned, closing them. My head pounded horribly, and I fought the urge to vomit. The sound of feet running across floor greeted my ears.

"Ah, good morning, guy. I imagine you have quite the headache." A woman's voice said to me.

I cracked one eye open. A petite blond woman stared at me, wide eyes full of awe and kindness.

"Wha-" I choked on my dry throat, and my eyes welled. Her eyes widened, and she scurried off. She returned with a bottle of water with a straw.

She helped me sit up and drink some. When my throat was properly lubricated, I spoke.

"Where am I?"

"You're in my husband's lab. Good thing, too. You and your brother out there all alone. You might have been caught by some crazy." She giggles maniacally. "We rescued you!"

Brother? One of my brothers is here?

"Where is my brother?" I demanded, grabbing her shirt. It's only then I realize my arms are chained to the bed I'm lying in. The woman's smile didn't waver.

"He's right next door! He asked about you, but you were still unconscious. I'll push you to the window so you can see him... but you have to kinda let go first."

I released her shirt, blushing slightly. Giggling, she moved to the head of the bed, rolling it to a wall covered by a curtain. She slid the curtain back.

The sight of Leo is both comforting and tragic. On inspection, he seems to be fine, though his face is filled with worry.

"I'll just let you two chat." Humming, the woman leaves.

"Donnie! Are you ok?" His voice is muffled by the glass.

"Yes! You?"

"Head hurts, but other than that yes. Don't worry! We'll be ok!"

I nod slowly. I have full faith in my brothers ability to scale sticky situations. However...

"Leo?"

"Yeah?"

"What happened?"

His eyes widened. "You don't remember?"

I shook my head and instantly regret it.

"You and Raph got into that big argument. You stormed out of the lair and I went after you. We were shot with tranqs I think."

I mulled over his words. Raph and I, in a fight? We never fight. What could have set us off so bad that I left the lair?

"I think you guys were yelling about babies. How did that come up?"

Oh.

I'd been online, watching videos of babies doing silly cute things. I knew i shouldn't have, but i couldn't help it. They were just so cute. Not so secretly, I always wanted a baby. Out of the four of us, I'd always been the most maternal. I'd once brought up this dream to Raph, only to be shot down in flames. Raph had demanded I never speak of kids again, and I had complied. I never did bring it up again.

But that didn't stop me from watching the videos in the privacy of my room.

I wasn't sure why Raph had gotten so upset. When he caught me watching the video, it had taken no time at all for him to start screaming. I could only sit and cry as Raph ranted and raved. We'd never have a kid, he'd said. I was wasting my time obsessing over them, and it pissed him off. When was I ever going to let it go?

At one point, I stood up and screamed "I would never have a child with you anyway, you hothead jerk!" Raph abruptly stopped ranting. He stared at me, his eyes showing hurt and guilt. Slowly, I stood, my face streaked with tears - and ran out of the lair.

My memory is hazy after that, and try as I might, I can't remember. I sighed.

"Don't worry Donnie. We'll get home to them." Leo said. I could tell he was trying to reassure himself as well.

I nodded slowly. Leo was right. There was never a situation we couldn't get out of. Why was that one any different?

Neither of us was aware then how much that situation would change us.

Ok so I wrote this on my phone. Excuse any grammar errors. For those of you who are reading my frost bunny fic, I swear I'm working on it.