It had been well over and hour since Donny had removed Raph's epidural and was carefully removing the medical tape that held the catheter to Raph's inner thigh. The feeling in Raph's legs was coming back, but it was still hard to move them. Despite that, Donny wanted Raph on his feet as soon as possible.

With the tape out of the way, Donny was able to remove the tube from Raph penis. "Take a deep breath," he ordered, "then let it out slowly." About halfway through his exhale, Donny pulled the catheter the rest of the way out and Raph was grateful that he hadn't regained all of his feeling.

Donny removed the IV needle from Raph's wrist then dropped the sidebar on the bed, "Time to get up."

"My legs still feel heavy," Raph grunted.

"You need to start moving," Donny insisted. "As soon as you do the faster the drugs will leave your system."

Steeling himself against the strain, Raph willed his legs to move toward Don. With Don's hand on his carapace, for extra support, Raph sat up and managed to swing his legs over the edge of the bed. His right leg felt dead so he led with his left and touched his foot to the cold tile. He had to lean heavily on Donny for support do to the fact that his right leg didn't want to support his weight yet.

"Come on," Donny encouraged Raph to take a step. "The more you move the better it will be."

Raph limped his way forward, relying on his brother for support. After a few steps he found his balance and was able to ease up on Donny a bit. By the time they got to the hall, Raph was walking using just the guard rails along the wall for support.

Donny led him to a room and opened the door to let him inside. Splinter, Mikey and Leo were already in the room looking at the eggs in their incubators. Splinter sat in the chair furthest to the left and Leo sat in the chair to Splinter's right. Mikey was standing next to one of the incubators watching the egg inside. Monitors were attached to the eggs and the sounds of their tiny hearts could be heard.

Mikey looked up and pointed to the one that had his attention, "This one has two heart beats." He looked back down at the egg, "I wonder who the father is."

Raph walked over to sit in an empty chair to the right of Leo and Don sat in the chair to the right of Raph. Swallowing hard, Raph eyes stayed focused on the eggs, "I'm sorry. I've screwed up."

Without a word, Leo reached his hand over and grabbed Raph's to give it a gentle squeeze. They sat in silence, holding hands while they looked at the eggs.

"What are we gonna do?" Raph finally broke the silence.

"Love them," Leo answered without looking over. "They're our children and we will do what we need to."

"This is my fault," Raph cried. He hated that he was so emotional. Donny had told him that his hormones were unbalanced and that in time they would level back out, but for now he would have to deal with the mood swings.

"Yeah it is," Leo answered flatly before looking at Raph. "But there is good that came out of all of this. We have something that we thought we never would. Children, our children are in those eggs."

"I don't know," Raph's guilt bubbled to the surface. "I drank while they formed inside me. What if they're all messed up?"

"What's done is done," Leo soothed. "We will deal with it, together. Don't let it eat at you, they could be perfectly fine."

Mikey left the egg that had kept his attention for longer than most things could and walked over to kneel down in front of Raph. "I wasn't very nice to you. I was angry." His blue eyes locked on to Raph's, "I'm sorry."

Raph leaned forward and nuzzled Mikey, "It's okay." Tears streamed down his cheeks, "I was cruel to you. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it." Pulling back, he looked Mikey in the eyes and Raph didn't care that Splinter could hear him. "I want you to know that it wasn't just sex for me, I do love you. I only said what I said because none of you seemed to want an open relationship and you and Leo said that you wanted to be together. I was ready to fight for us but when I realized that I was alone, I backed down. Our time together was special to me." He leaned in and placed a gentle kiss on Mikey's lips. "I miss your giggle. The one you do right after you churr."

"What about Donny?" Mikey asked, pressing his forehead to Raph's.

"I love him too," Raph confessed. "I know it's wrong and that none of you feel the same, but to me it felt right. I wanted all of you."

"I still love you," Mikey moved in for another gentle kiss. "That's why I stayed angry for so long, I was trying to stop loving you." He laid his head down in Raph's lap, "I'm happy with Leo and I love him so much but I miss you sometimes."

"I thought of each of you while I was alone in South America," Leo blurted out. "But I never considered an open relationship. I just…. I don't know. They were just fantasies at the time and didn't think it would ever happen."

"Are you considering it now?" Splinter asked, looking at his sons.

"They would never act against your wishes, Father," Raph answered before the others could and he couldn't hide the anger in his voice. "I just wanted them to know the truth. I don't expect anything more. I love Donny and as long as Leo and Mikey are happy together, then I'm good."

"But, it is still something you would want," Splinter asked, "an open sexual relationship without any real commitment, just sex?"

"You don't understand at all," Raph snapped then caught himself. "Sorry Father. I… I didn't mean to…. But, why is it one or the other for you? Why can't it be both? And, just so you know, I've felt this way for a long time. It's not because of what was done to me. The only thing that it did was push me into acting on it. But it don't matter 'cause they don't feel the same, so it ain't gonna happen. I just wanted Mikey and Leo to know that I wasn't using them."

"I was a little weirded out when you first came to me, but I wouldn't have minded an open relationship," Mikey smiled up at Raph. "If you were honest with me, I would have been okay with it. I was angry at the lie, Raph."

"I agree with Mikey," Donny admitted. "If you had talked to us, back when it all started, then it would have worked out a little different. There was a time I had a crush on Mikey and Leo too, it was just a little stronger with you."

Leo placed his hand over Splinter's, "Would it really be so bad father? We do love each other and we all want it." Splinter looked at Leo, but said nothing so Leo continued. "We've always been a team and we share everything. We need each other in different ways but at the same time, equally. I knew when I was in South America that you would insist on me having to choose just one so I thought about it and it was hard. When I came home, I didn't have time to think about it; then Raph came into my room.

"I didn't like that I lost control and that Raph was calling all the shots but the idea of an open relationship was… something I wanted. I knew that you would not approve so I did back down even though I could see that it hurt Raph." Leo looked at the ground, "I just couldn't stand the thought of you being disappointed in me. And, part of me feared being sent away again." He turned to look at Splinter, "May we have your blessing, to be together? I won't do it without your blessing."

Hearing his conservative brother speak up for them had Raph tightening his grip on Leo's hand while tears fell from his eyes. Donny held tight to Raph's other hand and leaned over to wipe the tears away. Raph couldn't look over at Splinter, but he could hear the internal struggle of his father in the way he was breathing. A deep intake of breath followed by a slow exhale as Splinter readied himself to speak, but changed his mind.

Mikey kept his head in Raph's lap and he smiled up at Donny. The longer their father was silent the better it was for them; it meant that he was seriously considering it and not just dismissing it off hand.

After a few minutes Splinter sighed, "If it is what you all truly want then I will not stop you and I will not disparage your decision in anyway. I just ask that you be discrete about it and don't let it interfere with your training. "

"Thank you, Father," Raph managed to choke out before his throat closed again.

"How long before Raph stops being a big baby," Mikey teased. "I mean, it's not permanent right?"

Raph playfully shoved at Mikey and Donny laughed. "His hormones should balance back out in a few days," Donny reassured Mikey.

Mikey lifted his head from Raph's lap, "Hey Donny?"

"Yeah, Mikey?"

"Did we have sex yesterday?"

Donny blushed, "You begged me to."

"I kinda remember," Mikey grinned up at Don. "I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a really great dream before I told Leo about it." He turned to look at Leo, "That monster filled me with something that gave me such a hard on that it hurt and you were out cold so Donny was nice enough to… help me get rid of it."

"Uh," Leo flushed and glanced awkwardly at Splinter before turning to look down at Mikey. "What part of being discrete did you not understand?"

Mikey blew a raspberry then looked at Raph and Don, "He is no fun outside of the bedroom, by the way. You should feel special that he's still holding your hand, Raph." With that Mikey stood back up and walked over to look at the eggs again. "We're gonna be the best parents ever."

"You ready to be called 'Jiji', Sensei?" Raph smirked as he playfully teased his father. He looked over and saw a slight smile spread across Splinter's face.

"I am actually looking forward to it. And I am ready to guide you as you raise your children." Splinter turned to look at Raph, his smile fading, "I am not mad at you, nor am I disappointed in you. You were frightened and scared; I understand why you did not wish to tell us what had happened to you. It was a difficult part in your life and I'm sorry if it was the fear of my judgment that kept you silent."

"My biggest fear has always been you rejecting me," Raph admitted through his tears.

"I know you are not capable of doing anything that would have me turn my back on you."

Raph couldn't say anything more because he knew if he did it would just come out a garbled mess of words and sobs. He hated being so hormonal.

…..

According to the readouts that he had received from Bishop, the creature that attacked Donatello's brothers was alien in origin. As far as they could tell, it had similar DNA markers as the Triceratons so it most likely came attached to or inside of one of the Triceraton's ships.

This got Donny wondering what roll the creature played on the Triceraton home worlds. He never saw a female when they were prisoners. Was the creature something that aided in the breeding process of the Triceratons or some other creature on their planet?

The extensive research showed that the creature was able to take the DNA in Raph's sperm and create a fully functioning female reproductive system. It took the creature an entire month to finish the work, sustaining Raph's life with nutrients from its own resources and regenerating damaged areas. As a result, Raph was turned into a hermaphrodite, but his hips were not wide enough for the eggs to pass through.

Something else Donny found interesting in the report was that Raph was actually able to store his brother's sperm inside of himself; a trait shared by normal female turtles. So even if they refrained from sex, if Raph still had his ovaries he would have laid more eggs after his next mating cycle.

The Turtles and Splinter had decided to stay close to the eggs and had moved, temporarily, into the compound. As the months passed, Casey and April visited the Turtles often. Casey would tease Raph about being a mother, earning himself a solid punch each time. "They ain't gonna call me mom," Raph would grumble in response.

They had decided to be open with their friends about their relationship and they took it better than they expected them to. April even admitted to believing that they were already in an open relationship with each other. Given the circumstances of their life, it was the more likely outcome to her.

The four Turtles shared a room in the compound and they slept together on a large tatami. Donny had been with both Leo and Mikey, but Raph kept himself aloft from his brothers. At first it was because he was hurting from the cesarean section, but as time passed it was worry that kept him away.

He spent most of his days in the room with the eggs just listening to their heartbeats.

Donny sought out Raph and found him where he expected him to be, listening to the heartbeat of one of the eggs. The steady beating was occasionally disrupted by the sifting of the baby. Raph moved from egg to egg, checking each individually.

When he got to the fourth one, Raph hesitated before turning on the monitor. The heart beat was weak and there was little movement inside. It was smaller than the other three and sonograms had showed that it wasn't developing as well as the others.

"Come on," Raph placed his hand on the small egg and bent over so that his face was next to it. "I'm so sorry," he whispered.

Donny walked up to him, "Come with me," he pleaded as he nuzzled Raph. "I want to feel your touch. They'll hatch in just a few days and once they do we won't have any time together."

"You have Leo and Mikey," Raph didn't look up from the egg.

"But, I've missed you," he wrapped his arms around Raph. "We've been wanting some time with you. It's because of you that we are all together so you should at least get to enjoy it a little before our sex life comes to a shrieking halt." Raph kept his eyes on the little egg so Donny turned Raph's head and pressed their foreheads together. "And you need the distraction."

"Okay," Raph nodded and reached up to turn the sound off on the monitor. Donny guided Raph to their room where Leo and Mikey were waiting for them, sitting together on the large tatami.

Donny closed the door, locking it behind him and Raph took a deep breath, letting it out slowly, "You guys wanna… uh… take turns on me again?"

"Donny said that you still had your… uh… you know," Mikey bit his bottom lip and ran it through his teeth. "We were just wondering if it still worked."

"I don't know," Raph sat on the bed. "I haven't messed with it."

"How are you feeling?" Leo asked, guiding Raph to his back while Donny sat with them on the tatami.

"Bishop says that my blood work has come back normal," Raph answered, parting his legs as Mikey's hand slipped down between them. "I feel okay." He moaned as Mikey parted his lower slit with his thumb and finger, and used the middle one to stimulate Raph's clitoris.

"That feel good?" Mikey looked down at Raph. When Raph nodded, Mikey moved between Raph's legs and after lying on his plastron, planted his beak against Raph's slit and attacked it with his lips and tongue.

Raph bucked his hips, throwing his head back and clinging to the sheets as a wave of pleasure shot through him. Leo leaned forward and started kissing Raph's exposed neck, tracing his tongue over the pulse point and across Raph's collarbone.

"I could get use to this," Raph panted.

"We plan on taking full advantage of that wonderful addition to your body, Raph." Donny moved around to sit next to Raph's head. As Leo worked his way down Raph's body, Raph lifted up to run his tongue up Don's parting slit. When Leo reached Raph's upper slit, hiding his penis, Raph hissed and pulled away.

"That… that was not good," he heaved as his head swam. "Don't do that."

"What happened?" Leo sat up to look down at Raph and Mikey stopped licking to make sure everything was okay.

"I… I don't think I can handle both being stimulated at the same time," Raph rolled back to his carapace. "Just… one or the other, okay."

"Okay," Leo smiled and nodded to Mikey for him to continue then moved to sit on the other side of Raph's head. Mikey started to finger Raph's wet hole while he practically French kissed his clit, his lips gently sucking while his tongue pressed against it.

After Raph encouraged Donny to drop down, he turned his head to work on Leo while he pumped Don to a full erection. He soon had both their cocks in hand, sucking on their tips as they kissed over him.

Mikey continued to lick at Raph's clit while it seemed to harden and pull away from him. Raph gasped and the retracting clit suddenly started to throb under Mikey's tongue while the vaginal walls pulsated around his finger. He worked Raph through his orgasm, lapping up the juices that flowed from him.

"I guess it does still work," Mikey smiled, crawling up Raph and lying down on top of him. He moved up to kiss Raph, in a sloppy mix of tongs, lips and dicks.

Mikey removed his finger, replacing it with his cock and then thrust into Raph. Pushing through the tight muscles caused Raph hiss in pain. "Not so rough," Raph gasped. "It hasn't been used in a while so it's tightened back up. Go slow."

"Sorry," Mikey pulled out a little then continued to work his way in to Raph with short gentle thrusts until he was fully imbedded. "Feels so good," he breathed before his throat closed in a churr.

Raph and Mikey continued to kiss around Leo and Don's cocks while Mikey thrust into Raph. Donny moved his hand down and started to play with Mikey's tail, occasionally dipping his finger down into Mikey's ass.

Turning his head to take as much of Donny's cock into his mouth, Mikey let out a churr. Donny gasped out a churr of his own as the vibrations of Mikey's stimulated him. Without a word, Leo expressed his desire for Mikey to do the same to him by placing his hand on Mikey's head and pushing his dick forward. Mikey complied and deep throated Leo, letting out a churr and earning an answering churr from Leo.

A full body shudder took hold of Raph as he climaxed and Mikey was soon to follow; their bodies pulsating against each other as Mikey staggered out his final thrusts. Mikey pressed in for one more, deep kiss before moving off to make room for Leo but Leo moved to lie down next to Raph. "I want to watch you ride me," Leo pulled on Raph.

Raph got up and straddled Leo's hips, facing his legs and lifting his tail high so Leo could get a good view. Leaning forward, Raph lowered himself down onto Leo's weeping erection. "That's nice," Leo grabbed Raph's ass and squeezed the tight muscles.

The new position managed to stimulate Raph in a different way and he liked having more control; especially over Leo.

He rode Leo hard, eliciting churr after churr from the eldest brother. Donny moved between Leo and Raph's legs, coxing Raph to lean back and stop moving so that he could lick Raph's clit while Leo bucked his hips. "I was enjoying the view, Donny," Leo grunted.

Donny smiled while he licked along Leo's thrusting shaft and Raph's throbbing clit, "Too bad."

"You can have this view," Mikey straddled Leo's shoulders and let his penis dangle in Leo's face. Taking the tip into his mouth, Leo sucked Mikey's member back to life. Raph leaned back against Mikey as another orgasm struck. "Must be nice," Mikey leaned back to nuzzled Raph, "to be able to have back to back orgasms like that."

"It sure is," Raph grunted. "And they last longer too."

"Lean forward again, Raph," Donny instructed.

"Okay," Raph did as he was told and Donny moved out from between their legs and started to play with Raph's ass. Raph looked over his shoulder at him, "What are you doing?"

"Getting you ready here," Donny pushed his finger past the tight ring of muscles. "Does it bother you when I do this?"

"No," Raph gasped.

"Good," Donny quickly prepped Raph then had him lift up and sit back down on Leo, taking the eldest into his puckered entrance. Leo moaned as his cock was enveloped by the tight warmth of Raph's ass. Don then moved in between Leo and Raph's legs and pushed up inside of Raph's vagina.

Donny could go deeper than the others and despite the position he was able to go deep. He may have the smallest frame out of the four brothers, but he had the largest dick.

"I want to use my dick at some point," Raph panted. "So I figured that I would do Leo."

Leo looked past Mikey and up at Raph, "You have a dick? I've never seen it."

"I gonna pound your ass with it," Raph looked over his shoulder at Leo.

The feeling of both of his brothers inside of him made Raph's head spin. He reached out and managed to find Donny's hand; he needed it to keep from falling. His body started to feel heavy and his heart was pounding in his chest.

One of Leo's hands was holding Raph's hip, his fingers digging into Raph's flesh as he thrust. Raph could feel his brothers sliding against each other, each swelling and hardening further as they neared completion. It felt so good that juices dripped from Raph making a slick sound as Donny moved.

Donny rolled his head back and churred at the feel of Raph's wet heat. Raph throbbed around him causing Don's cock to pulse in response. Don's stomach muscles clenched involuntarily and he staggered his movements. His erection hardened and then released inside Raph, causing his body shake.

"Oh, God!" Raph held on to Donny as his own orgasm caused his whole body to tense up. "Harder."

Don and Leo pounded into Raph causing him to gasp in pleasure as he rode out his orgasm and his vision tunneled. Leo churred around Mikey's dick down his throat as he moved through his completion. When it passed Raph fell to the tatami, his body throbbing in the aftershock. He willed himself to move, turning his head to look at Leo, "Your turn."

Mikey finished in Leo's mouth then got up off of Leo and grabbed Donny to lead him to another part of the tatami. They fell to the mattress in a bundle of entangled limbs, kissing and rubbing their bodies against each other.

Raph moved up to sit at Leo's head and started to finger Leo's ass. Leo turned his head to lick along Raph's slit, but Raph pulled back. "Not yet."

"Okay." Leo leaned back and simply enjoyed Raph's finger in him. His erection slowly came back to life. "You sure you don't want me to take you again?" he teased.

"I'm sure," Raph added his other finger. "Besides, your dick was just in my ass. You're not getting in my vag again tonight." His brothers' churrs had Raph looking over his shoulder to see Mikey and Don sucking each other's cocks; the vibrations of their churrs setting the other one off in a cycle. Turing back to Leo, Raph nodded, "I think I'm good for you to start."

Leo turned his head and pressed his mouth against Raph's slit. The transition from his female to male sex organs was harder than he thought it would be. His head spun and his body went numb for a moment.

Leo stopped and looked up at Raph, "Are you okay?"

Raph realized that he had stopped moving but he managed to nod his head, "Yeah. Just keep going."

For a moment Raph feared that his penis was no longer functional; it had been over three months since he had used it for anything other than peeing. But eventually his slit parted and he dropped down into Leo mouth and he heaved a sigh of relief. He ignored the slight chuckle that sounded from Leo as he worked Raph up to a full erection.

"Okay," Raph husked. "I'm ready."

Leo made sure to leave plenty of moisture on Raph's cock so that when Raph pushed inside, it went in easier. It wasn't often that Leo submitted so his ass was tight, eliciting a deep churr from Raph. "It's been too long," Raph moaned.

"So that's what you sound like when you churr," Leo smiled up at him.

Raph blushed, "I don't know why it doesn't happen when my girl parts are stimulated."

"It could be because female turtles don't churr," Leo offered.

"Whatever," Raph buried his beak in the crook of Leo's neck and started to thrust. A hand on his shoulder had Raph turning his head to see that Mikey had moved next to them and Donny was behind Mikey, thrusting into him. The sight of them sent pulses of pleasure to his groin. "This is nice," Raph breathed, leaning over to kiss Mikey, "the four of us together like this." He looked down and saw that Leo's hand had come up to pump Mikey's cock.

"It is," Leo agreed. "We should have done it sooner."

Raph stopped thrusting and lifted his head to look into Leo's eyes, "You were gone."

"I was struggling with my feelings for you guys," Leo admitted. "I honestly never imagined that Splinter would let us be together like this. I was struggling with who to choose."

"I'm glad we don't have to choose," Raph continued to move.

"Me too," Leo managed to say around a churr.

Raph pressed in for a kiss, their tongues darting around each other while Raph increased his pacing. Leo's penis was trapped between them; the pressure of their plastrons pressed together stimulating him as his pre-cum provided the needed lubrication.

Leo's body clenched, staggering Raph for a moment, then throbbed and twitched as his orgasm hit. Raph tried to last through it but failed; he was just too tired and it had been too long since he had had sex. He grunted out his finish with a few solid thrusts into Leo then collapsed to the mattress next to him.

By that time Mikey and Don where done. They cuddled together with Mikey and Leo in the middle and Raph and Don on either side. "Everything's going to be okay," Leo whispered into Raph ear. "We're all together now and you're all better; with a little added bonus."

Raph chuckled, "Yeah. I just hope this all works out for the best."

"Get some sleep, Raph," Leo yawned. "We have about another week before the eggs hatch, and then there will be no sleep for any of us."

"If my kid's anything like me," Mikey mumbled, "he'll love to sleep."

A few chuckles was all Mikey received from his tired brothers before they were all asleep.