A/N: I hope you have all enjoyed this twelfth installment in my series.
Rasputin's gaze flickered from his counterpart to the woman in his arms. And for just a moment he allowed a devious idea to take form. He could keep her. It would be simple enough to lock away his counterpart and keep Sarah as his own. But the thought flew away as soon as it had formed. Sarah would never truly be his. She would never allow such a thing. And the desperate and possessive look in his counterpart's eyes told him, he would rather die than be separated from her. Rasputin relented, stepping forward and offering her to his counterpart.
Donnie had pushed himself from the floor his feet. He accepted her gently into his arms. "Thank you." He stroked her cheek and hair. "Sarah?" She moaned but didn't open her eyes.
"She was given a heavy sedative to stop the seizures." Rasputin explained.
Donnie nodded. "Thank you for taking care of her."
Rasputin touched the bandage on his arm. "I believe it was the other way around. She is…amazing."
Donnie smiled a little. "Yes, she is." In his arms, Sarah stirred and opened her eyes just a slit. Then they shot wide as she threw her arms around his neck.
"Donnie! Oh, Donnie…" She wept into his shoulder as he let her legs down so he could embrace her.
"Shh…" He soothed, running a hand through her hair. "It's all right now." He pressed her tight against him, relief and love washing over them. She leaned back to capture his lips in a watery yet passionate kiss. Rasputin looked away, unable to watch the intense scene. Nearby, Napoleon stared wondering if what Donatello had told him about the healer Amaya and himself could be as powerful.
"I thought we were going to die…" She half choked out. "I thought I'd never see you again."
He brushed away her tears. "I've got you now." He pressed her against him again, allowing his body to relax under her warm touch.
After a long moment she stepped back, her gaze leaving him for the first time. "Where are we?"
"The other side of the portal." Donnie explained.
"I brought you here." Rasputin looked away when she turned to look at him. "The portal was damaged. It was the only choice." He shook his head before meeting Donnie's eyes. "Even if your brothers are able to repair it, I'm not certain they would be able to locate this dimension."
Sarah clung to Donnie as she looked up at him. "Does that mean we're stuck here?"
He shook his head. "No, I can rewire this matter transporter to take us home." He smiled. "And now that you're here, I have the strength to do it."
Genghis groaned, drawing their attention to the group on the ground. Rasputin frowned as he moved to kneel beside Napoleon. "Genghis? What has happened to him?"
Napoleon indicated his side. "He was injured in the battle."
Cat moved around to kneel beside Attila. "I have called the healer. He is on his way."
He smiled at her and stroked her cheek. "Thanks, Kitten."
Sarah watched the exchange with astonishment. She blinked up at Donnie and he shrugged. "Weird, huh?"
"Definitely." She shook her head and took a small step in their direction. "Can I help him?"
Rasputin smiled. "Yes, please." He stood and she took his place beside Genghis.
Donnie put a hand on Rasputin's shoulder. "Why don't you help me with the transporter? With the two of us, we'll have a portal open in no time."
Rasputin nodded with a small frown and the two settled down to work. After several minutes of rewiring in silence, Rasputin glanced over his shoulder at Sarah. "I tried to find her." Rasputin turned his gaze to Donnie, who continued to work. "But she died when she was just a child here." He looked up at his counterpart with true regret in his eyes. "I'm sorry."
Rasputin looked down into the open panel he was working in with a sigh. "I cannot say I am surprised. It is unfortunately the way of things in this world. Nothing good has come from our existence."
"I'm not so sure that's true. It's very possible you and your brothers saved this world from even further destruction. And now that the emperor is gone, you can rebuild it together."
Rasputin frowned, processing the information about the emperor. "You are very optimistic."
Donnie smiled slightly. "It's a trait I picked up from her." He angled his head in his wife's direction. "She always sees the best in a situation and the best in people. I guess it's rubbed off over time."
Rasputin continued to frown. "You have been together a long time."
Don nodded. "Yes."
"I wish it were so for me. I fear there will never be anyone that will fulfil me as she does you."
Donnie stopped, closing the panel and turning to him. "I don't know. Amaya says that souls are connected no matter where they are. And since Sarah's counterpart died when she was just a child, her soul may have been reborn into another." He put a hand on his shoulder. "Look for her. You might just be surprised what you find."
A pair of small feet came running into the room, making everyone look up. A young woman carrying a medical bag, stopped beside the group. She had bright blue eyes and blonde hair streaked with purple highlights. "Commander, I came as soon as I could."
Cat frowned. "Tye, what are you doing here? Where is Cho?"
"He was pinned down. He sent me in his place." She knelt beside them, but paused as she saw who it was. "You want me to save the prince?" Cat nodded and without further hesitation she began to pull out her supplies.
Napoleon caught her hand as she reached for Genghis. He met Attila's gaze. "This child is going to save our brother?"
Tye scowled, yanking her hand away from Napoleon. "Who are you calling a child!"
Cat put up a hand. "Tye is one of our most skilled surgeons. She may be young but she's brilliant."
"And skilled." Attila agreed. "If she can't save him, Cho would not have been able to either."
Tye smirked. "See?" Napoleon frowned but allowed her to begin her cursory exam.
Donnie and Rasputin exchanged a look. There was something strangely familiar about this girl, despite the fact that neither of them had ever seen her before. Donnie lifted an eye ridge. "Could it be…?"
Rasputin's eyes glowed. "Yes, I believe it is."
Sarah stood and moved to Donnie's side. "How's it coming?"
"It's done." He stood, taking her hand. "Are you ready?"
She nodded then turned her gaze to Rasputin. She stepped forward and stood on her tiptoes to place a kiss on his cheek. "Thank you for everything."
He graced her with another small smile as she stepped back to Donnie's side. He placed a hand over his cheek and nodded. He met Donnie's gaze. "I suppose this belongs to you." He slipped the silver band from his finger.
Donnie took it with a smile and slipped it back onto his hand. "It's felt a little strange not wearing it." Sarah smiled up at him, feeling his relief for the returning of the symbol of their love. "I guess these are yours." He pulled off the golden band from his head and the blades that hung at his side.
Rasputin took them. He stared at them for a long moment. Neither of the objects meant what they had once. A part of him wished the situation was reversed and that he was receiving the wedding band and not the weapons. "Yes, I suppose they are."
Napoleon came to stand beside him. "You're leaving?"
Donnie nodded. "We have to get home to our daughter and the rest of our family." He stretched out his hand and Napoleon took it. "I don't think you four are so different from us. You protect each other with everything you have." His gaze went to Genghis who had blacked out from his pain. "Tell him, there is always hope."
Napoleon nodded. "I will. It was good to have you as our brother for a while." He released Donnie's hand to put an arm around Rasputin's shoulders. "But it's better to have our brother home."
Rasputin couldn't help but smile at his brother. He reached down and flipped the switch, creating a portal between the two polls. "Goodbye and good luck."
Donnie took Sarah's hand and without further hesitation they stepped through the blue light back into their own dimension. Rasputin flipped the switch off and the blue light quickly faded away. He frowned and Napoleon put a hand on his shoulder. "Are you all right, brother?"
He nodded slowly. "Yes." As he lifted his eyes to meet a pair of bright blue ones and he knew deep inside him that his future at last held promise. "I will be."
Raph slammed a fist into the top of the portal generator. "Damn it! I have no clue what I'm doing!"
"Raph stop that! The things already busted up enough!" Leo pushed him away from the unit and pried open the top of the console. "We need to salvage what we can."
Mira was sitting at the computer, staring at her father's blue prints trying to understand them. The science itself was still a bit beyond her but the basic mechanics she was able to grasp. Mikey leaned over her shoulder. "What do you think, dudette? Do you think we can do it?"
Mira frowned. "I don't know. Daddy hasn't let me do any of the work on his big machines yet. I get most of it, but there're still parts I don't understand."
"Do you understand enough to try?"
Her frown deepened. "Maybe."
Cat stepped up beside them. She frowned. "Mikey, what are you doing?"
He stood and pulled her a little away from the computer. "Look, Kala doesn't know how to build a portal, she just knows how to work it. She doesn't get all this techno-geek stuff. Mira is the only one of us that does."
Cat continued to frown. "But Mikey, she's just a kid."
He shook his head. "So, Donnie was just a kid when he built the first portal. We all were."
Raph stepped up next to them. "Yeah, and that stupid thing never worked half the time either." He looked past his brother at the small turtle sitting in the rolling chair. "Besides, Donnie was still a lot older than Mira. It ain't fair to put that kinda pressure on her."
It was Mikey's turn to frown. "Yeah, but she needs something to do and I –" He gasped as the room was filled with a blue light from which Don and Sarah stepped.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Mira jumped from the chair and raced across the room to leap into Donnie's arms.
He squeezed her tightly. "We didn't mean to frighten you, sweetheart."
Leo's shoulder's sagged as the portal closed. "Thank goodness."
"We were starting to worry, bro." Mikey slapped a hand on Donnie's shoulder.
"Yeah, about both of you." Cat hugged Sarah.
Raph grinned. "Yeah, Mikey was gonna let Mira take a crack at the portal if you two hadn't showed up soon."
Donnie couldn't help the small laugh. "I don't know if that would have worked or not." He looked down at Mira. "But who knows, maybe it would have."
Kaz came careening around the doorway. He hopped up and down at Donnie's feet. "Uncle! Uncle!"
Donnie laughed and scooped him up with one arm. "I'm glad to see you too, Kaz."
Kala and Amaya stepped into the doorway. "We thought we heard voices. Welcome home guys." Kala smiled brightly.
Amaya smiled as well. "We are all happy you are safe, Donatello."
Donnie chuckled. "So am I."
Mira turned her head towards the door as if she was listening to something. Her face lit up and she hopped down from her father's arms. She grabbed Raph's hand and pulled him towards the door. "Come on!"
Raph blinked but allowed himself to be pulled from the room. "What's goin' on?" She pushed open the door to his room and he gasped. Sitting up in the incubator, supported by the bottom half of the egg shell and the top half on his head, was a tiny turtle. He blinked green eyes at his father. Raph's jaw dropped as he moved further into the room. Cat's sharp inhale alerted him to her presence a moment before she stepped up beside him.
Slowly he reached out to remove the shell from the tiny head and lift him gently into his arms. Tears welled in Raph's eyes as he ran a large finger along the infant's cheek. It had finally happened. He was a father. This tiny being would depend on him for the rest of his life.
Cat touched his arm. She leaned up to kiss his cheek and discreetly wipe away the tears. He swallowed hard as he met her eyes. "It's a boy."
She chuckled, stroking a hand over the infant's tiny head. "You were right again." Her voice cracked. "He's so handsome, just like his father."
Mira smiled. "What's his name?"
Raph and Cat exchanged a look, she nodded. Raph knelt down so Mira could see him. "Mira meet Yoshi."
Mira blinked, her eyes misting up. "Like Sofu."
Raph nodded. "Yes, like Sofu."
Leo swiped a tear from his eye. "This never ceases to amaze me, Donnie."
He shook his head. "I'm just the tool guys. You're the sculptors."
Kaz crept up beside Mira. "Cousin?"
Mira put an arm around him. "His name is Yoshi, Kaz."
"Yoshi." The tot repeated with a smile.
Sarah leaned into Donnie. "He's so beautiful."
Kala smiled. "Yeah, it almost makes me want another one."
Mikey flinched. "What?"
She giggled. "I did say almost."
He looked over his shoulder at Leo and Amaya. "I guess it'll be your turn next, bro."
Leo chuckled. "We'll see." He turned his gaze on Donnie and Sarah again. "But for now, you two need to rest. The last time this happened you slept for hours."
Sarah's eyes landed on Mira and Amaya smiled. "We will watch Mira. Rest and regain your strength."
Donnie nodded. "We will. But first we need to give the little guy his first checkup."
Everyone slowly began to file out of the room and Raph slipped Yoshi into Cat's arms. He cupped her face, kissing her warmly. "I love you, darlin'."
"And I love you, tough guy." She smiled. "But you know what this means, right?"
He blinked. "What?"
"You're going to have to change dirty diapers."
He chuckled. "Right now I'm so high on cloud nine, I'd change Mikey's dirty diapers."
A/N: LOL! Raph changing diapers! -falls out of chair- Don't forget to review. I just love'em so much! Oh, and here's a little secrete. I added an extra chapter but you can only see it on Archive of Our Own. It's, uh, hmm, a little too juicy for ffnet. ^_^ There's also an extra chapter on Revelations and Alone No More. You can probably guess what it is...
