Chapter 9
Donnie's P.O.V.
I was now seven months pregnant and it was getting very hard to move about the lair. The twins were now six months old and are now toddling around the lair. They could now say simple words and have yet to put together sentences but I'm thinking that they would be doing that by their first birthday or possibly their second.
"How you doing, Donnie?" Leo asked. I was on the couch nursing a cup of tea watching TV with Mikey. "Tired, I need to go to the bathroom, help me up will ya?" I asked. Leo helped me up off the couch and I walked into the bathroom. The baby began kicking again as I walked out and went into the kitchen. Raph was in there with the twins giving them lunch.
"Is the little turtle giving you some grief bro?" Raph asked. "A little. Do we have some strawberry ice cream?" I asked. "Yeah, April brought another gallon down the other day." Raph said. I went and grabbed a bowl and filled it with the delectable ice cream.
Out of nowhere the alarms blared throughout the lair. "What the shell is going on?" I asked. "It's Bishop." Leo said. Mikey's face paled and Raph quickly grabbed bags for the twins and we headed up to the garage.
"Hurry up; we need to get out of here." Mikey said. "We will my daughter, they do not know about our warehouse entrance. Donatello you need to calm down. It is not good for the child." Master Splinter said. I nodded and put my hand on my swollen belly. Raph climbed in behind the wheel and we drove out of there.
"Where are we going to go?" I asked. "How about the farmhouse. When we get there we can tell April and Casey and they can meet us up there." Leo suggested. "Excellent my son. Now Raphael, may I suggest that we get there quickly but without announcing our presence." Sensei said. Raph nodded and we got out of there quickly but quietly.
I fell asleep with Leo by my side and he was keeping an eye on the twins. My dreams were filled with horrible nightmares about having my child ripped out of me while I was strapped to an exam table. When I woke up I was gasping for breath with my hand flying to my stomach. I sighed in relief when I realized that Raph was still driving and I noticed that we were getting close to the Farmhouse.
"Are you okay babe?" Leo asked. "Just a bad dream." I said. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked. "Not right now. How are the twins?" I asked. "They seemed to be sleeping. Those stuffed animals were a good distraction. I really need the thank April for them." Leo said. "Guys, we're almost there." Raph said. Suddenly Mikey screamed and sat up.
"Mikey it's okay, it was just a dream." Leo said. I looked over at my little sister to see tears in her eyes. "Where are Luca and Carissa? Please tell me that Bishop didn't get them." she said.
"Mama," Luca said tiredly. Mikey shot out of her seat and picked her son up. "It was all a dream. Just a horrible dream. It's alright baby I got you." Mikey said. "Mikey, sit down." Leo said. Mikey did and just held her son while Carissa was still asleep sucking on a binky.
Soon we pulled up to the farmhouse. "I'll give April and Casey a call. It might be better to just stay here until our little one is born." Leo said. I nodded and all of us climbed out of the van. Master Splinter was holding Carissa and Raph had grabbed the bags. I helped Mikey set up a playpen for the twins for them to sleep in and then Leo came in with the rest of our hastily packed bags.
"So what did April and Casey say?" I asked. "They will be here tomorrow with some essentials. They were hiding in the alley when I called. Apparently Bishop is after Mikey not the twins. They don't know why but they could see a whole bunch of people looking pissed about something." Leo said. Leo wrapped his arms around me and Raph wrapped his around Mikey.
"My children, we are safe for now. However we need to talk about something." Master Splinter said. We sat down me with a little help from Leo. "What is it Sensei?" Leo asked. "Sense we may be here for a while, I would like to set some ground rules. Michela, Raphael, please make sure that Luca and Carissa are not seen. And this last request goes for all of you. Please refrain from your usual activities when I can possibly here it." Master Splinter said. We all blushed and looked to the floor.
Master Splinter chuckled and the twins started to cry. Mikey and Raph looked at Master Splinter. "Go, that is all that I wanted to talk to you about." Sensei said. Mikey and Raph got up and went to check on the twins. Leo stood up and helped me up as well.
"How are you two doing with all this?" Leo asked. "I'll be okay; I just need something to do. Maybe if I give April a call she can see about getting me a laptop and possibly getting some other equipment together so I can see if the baby is fine." I said. "Don't worry about it Donnie, April knows you pretty well. I'm sure that she will get everything you need." Leo said. I nodded and I kissed him but we couldn't really do anything else since we were away from home.
Raph's P.O.V.
Mikey held Carissa as she gave her a bottle. "I wonder why Bishop wants me?" she asked. "I don't know, but I promise that I won't let him take you again." I said. I nodded and Cari fell asleep in the middle of feeding her. "How's Luca doing babe?" she asked. "His diaper needs changing. Don't worry I've got it. You must be exhausted. Go ahead and go to sleep. I will be up here in a few." I said. Mikey nodded and placed Cari in the playpen and crawled into one of the beds. I tucked Luca in as well and then went over and tucked in my mate.
I soon went back downstairs and sat on the couch. "You okay bro?" Leo asked. "I'll be fine once I know that Mikey is fine." I said in a growl. Leo sat down next to me and placed a hand on my shoulder. "I can understand that. How is she doing?" he asked. "She's sleeping; I'm going to be heading up here in a second. I just need to get a breather without waking up the twins. How is Donnie doing?" I asked. "He's worried; we are going to be heading up here soon. Please just listen to Master Splinter on this one bro." Leo said.
I looked at my big brother and chuckled and nodded before going back upstairs. I crawled in next to Mikey and held her. I didn't go to sleep though. I couldn't, not with Bishop possibly being after us. So even though it seemed like I was asleep I was alert and I could hear Mikey breathing, the twins sucking on their binkies. I even heard it when Leo and Donnie came up to bed.
"Who knew that Raph was a spooner?" Leo asked. "I know, it's actually really sweet. Mikey really needs him right now." Donnie said. "She doesn't need just him though. She needs all of us. I will die before letting Bishop get his hands on her again." Leo said. "Come on, let's head to bed. Your child doesn't like to give me peace." Donnie said.
"That's because he's part Leo." I mumbled. "You up Raph?" Leo asked. "Yeah, I can't sleep. I heard everything by the way." I chuckled. Donnie blushed and I noticed that Leo was holding Donnie the same way I was holding Mikey. "You're not going to catch any sleep are you Raph?" Leo asked. "Probably not, go ahead and go to sleep, I'll get you up if anything happens." I said. Leo nodded and they went to sleep. I looked down at Mikey, who was drooling on my chest but I couldn't help but smile and I looked over at the playpen. It was set up next to our bed and I saw that Luca and Carissa were cuddled next to each other. It was kind of cute. Before I knew it the sun was up and I heard the April and Casey come into the house.