Rosie looked at her alligator uncle for a few more seconds, but seeing the way he was looking at her made her for some reason feel intimidated by him and took small steps back making the larger mutant take step forward, but it got worse when he yelled, "Don't you think on running away!" he then roared and caught her in his jaws getting the little turtle completely by surprise. She screamed and squirmed in his jaws reaching for Mikey desperately yelling, "MOMMY!"
"ROSIE!" Mikey panicked while little Jiro began to cry at all the screaming as he ran up to him and shouted in a pitiful attempt, "Leatherhead, let her go!"
"I do not think so..." Then came an image that would've given any mother a heart attack, Leatherhead started closing his jaw ever so slowly with Rosie still in it, menacing for the worst. She felt the pressure on her plastron and shell already hurting as she whined pressing her little hands on his jaws hoping to set herself free, but her strength was by far no match for his. Mikey gasped loudly and soon took out his nunchucku even if he wasn't supposed to be fighting. But had to do the most daring thing to protect ALL his kids, "Don't make me have to hurt you!" He said with a deep glare to what he was doing with his daughter.
The gator chuckled until he spit Rosie out of his mouth and having her in his claws, "How could you hurt me, turtle? You can't even run from danger in the delicate condition you are in. You would easily...kill your child before it even gets here." He smiled evilly.
The orange clad turtle stared him down about what he said, knowing that that could be true, and looked over to his daughter while the others quivered with fear and started to cry. He wanted to do all he could to get his little girl back but that would also put at risk the baby he was expecting.
Trying to do her best, Amy went up to Leatherhead and stomped her little foot on the ground, "Wet Rosie go!"
"I think not, you little brat." He laughed at her, "I think Master would be quite pleased to see his new prize. But having three more would be even better!" He started marching over to them with a hiss making Kota cower terribly and hid behind Mikey shivering uncontrollably.
That's what got the youngest ninja brother mad.
"Alright, that's it! If this is what it's going to be...then take this!" He swung and after took out the blades to his nunchucku as he then goes to lash his bladed chucks at him hoping to free his Rosie.
But with not enough strength or the needed balance, LH caught the blade in his jaw with ease and pulled it with brute force.
Michelangelo yelled at being yanked and did his best to pull back as Jiro still in the slinger started to wail loudly while the kids stepped further back, "What's wrong with you?!" He cried out, "You are not the Leatherhead I know and love!"
"Then you did not know me that well! I will do what it takes to please my Master, even if it means to get rid of you and that small life inside of you!" He threatened as he launched himself towards him.
The poor pregnant turtle did his best to dodge him but luckily managed as he yelled, "NO! I do know you! You needed my help after what the Kraang did to you all those years! Remember how they made you suffer!? Remember how I brought you in to help you control your rage for what they did!?"
In all his talking, Mikey got pinned to the wall as Leatherhead moved his face closer to his with a snarl, "Talk all you want, it will not save you... Now to finish my mission..." He turned to glare at the tots on the ground as they gasped. He closed his clawed fist more with Rosie still in it, she tried to reach for Mikey once more while she sobbed.
At seeing the mutant gator getting closer to them, Amy cried loudly as she held her brother tight, "MOMMY!"
The freckled turtle growled angrily trying to think of anything that could help them all out. And then the thought hit him. He remembered how they managed to get the brain worms out of them the last time and thought it would work the second time, he smirked towards his former friend and said, "You know what? That's fine, I'll talk all I want! Maybe I should've left you for the Kraang when I found you! You're nothin' but an overgrown baby with a huge temper tantrum!"
That got his attention alright, LH stopped right on his tracks and turned back to Mikey exposing his fangs, "Silence, you turtle!"
"Jeez, when was the last time you brushed your teeth? You sure can use a breath mint for that halitosis of yours! Pee-yew!"
The alligator growled more at his words stomping over to him, "Enough! Do not make me hurt more than I could now!"
"Oh yeah?! Well, you're nothing but a big softie! You may look tough, but you're just a big fat pansy on the inside!"
That got to his boiling point, he roared angrily and just as he was about to throw a good punch on the pregnant turtle he stopped, about an inch away from his face he cupped a clawed hand on his mouth with gagging noises until a small and ugly worm came out of his mouth. Landing right in front of them while it screeched and wiggled on the ground. Mikey made the attempt to stomp on the worm as it gushed all over, however it made him grossed out and suddenly felt sick to his stomach, "Ohh... I should've not done that..."
LH finally came to his senses after all these months of fighting the brain worm's control, he blinked several times to adjust his vision and to find out where he was in the first place turned to the small pregnant turtle with a hand to his head saying, "...Michelan—"
He couldn't finish asking when he saw the way his friend slapped a hand on his mouth feeling like he was about to puke, he hurriedly gave Leatherhead Jiro without hesitation and ran to the other side of the tunnel and vomited, making the alligator flinch when he heard the retching sounds from afar. But then he suddenly remembered all that happened just now with them and even threatening to kill his unborn baby. He felt guilt rise up from the pit of his stomach.
The poor ninja was still retching until he was finally done for his sake, he panted and stumbled back over to the kids and LH stuttering, "Than—Thank you..."
"You're...you're welcome..." He stared to him with a frown and then looked to the kids, who saw him with fear now. It was something he never wanted to see in them and now it came true, "...I do not deserve any gratitude... I have done awful things once more." He looked to Rosie and Jiro in his arms, but Rosie saw him fearfully with tears stained on her face. Just as he tried to talk to her, she cried out and reached for Mikey desperately one more time until Mikey soon took her into his arms and cradled her soothingly while hushing her.
Leatherhead felt his heart break at seeing that little girl that loved him so much start to fear him. He turned to the twins and saw them hugging and shivering in their place, making his guilt rise even more, "...I should leave!" He said out loud before he gave Jiro to Mikey and made a turn to get out of the tunnel.
"Leatherhead! Wait! It wasn't your fault!"
The mutant gator stopped on his tracks to look at him with sadness, he wanted to believe him and think it was all an accident, but seeing the terrified faces of those small creatures towards him literally felt like a stab to the heart, so he said his final words to him, "...It would be best if that little one on the way never gets to know me..." with that he made it out of the tunnel without another look back.
Suddenly sadness came to Michelangelo's eyes after watching him run down the tunnel, so with all his effort he tried to go after him, "No, wait dude! You gotta believe me! You were being controlled by Shredder! He got to Rockwell and Slash as well!" But he couldn't go any further when he felt a bit pain in his abdomen, with the baby's weight and his delicate condition he couldn't continue and thus had to let him go.
After that, he was long gone feeling terrible for what he almost did. Rosie clung to Mikey after what happened with her uncle Leatherhead as she sobbed in his arms. Just like her, her mom's eyes glistened and held Rosie closer along with Jiro in his embrace. Soon a few stream of tears fell from his eyes and felt he was never going to see his closest friend again after what happened. That just showed how vile Shredder could be for tearing up their friendship.
Kota got closer to Mikey and hugged his leg with a frown at seeing him tear up, "Uncle Mikey...no sad." He said in a soft tone while Amy hugged him too and looked up to him.
Then the youngest ninja started to cry when everything today started out alright until this all suddenly happened in having to leave their home worrying if his mate was going to be alright and now lost his best friend. His daughter sniffled in his embrace and looked up to him saying, "...Mommy? No be sad..." she then looked down and then patted his stomach, "Baby sistah get sad too..."
Her mom sniffled and then looked to her as he nodded slightly before clearing his throat a bit, "Come on guys. We should get going and get to April's..."
The younger twin nodded and held onto Amy closer as they all followed Mikey to the party wagon to get another of their allies to help. But all fell into silence on their way after what happened with Leatherhead, now they didn't know what else could happen from here on out.
Once when Mikey found the party wagon, he had to focus on what was more important and worry about everything else later with Leatherhead. He buckled the kids in the back and had Amy hold onto Jiro so he wouldn't get hurt if he was still in the slinger with him. Kota took a seat next to her and then turned back to the tunnel with a worried look.
"Uncle Mikey, we no wait for Mommy n' Daddy?" Kota asked.
"We've gotta make haste and protect you kids before anything else happens. I am not going to let anything happen to you as long as I'm around."
But Rosabella then tapped on his arm getting his attention, "But no want Daddy gone!"
"Rosie, your Daddy is not gonna lose on us. Remember, he's tough, and he'll be coming back to us sooner than you think."
"But want him now!" She teared up with frustration.
Amy saw the way her cousin was getting about all that was happening and slowly scooted closer to her, "Wosie, I wan' Mommy n' Daddy too, but bad guys and mean ol' Unckie Swash no stop them."
The pink skirted turtle looked to her with a glare then turned around sniffling and wiping her nose, "No wike it... Stupid Uncle Swashie!"
"Uncle Slash will be ok. Just hope they can be able to cure him of that brain worm again..."
Kota began to whimper at all that was happening and turned back to his uncle, "We go wit Auntie Apwil?"
"We're headin' there now, so sit tight." He started the ignition and drove at full speed and up to the surface of New York.
Just as they made their way to the red head's apartment building, April was sitting at her desk doing homework for her last year of middle school. She tapped her pencil on the paper bored out of her mind while she looked at the numbers and equations on it.
"Ugh... after a while this gets boring, I don't think it'd be a bad idea to pay the guys a visit and see how Mikey's doing."
And just then she suddenly heard a yell coming from her window.
"Yo, April! Are you home?"
"Huh?" She went to her window and saw Mikey with a glimpse of the tots with him, that quickly got her attention, "Mikey?! Hold on, I'll be right down!" She scrambled to the first floor of the building and made it to the wagon panting a bit, "Mikey, why are you driving the van? And why aren't the others with you?" Before she could ask more, Kota unbuckled himself and made grabby hands for April.
"Auntie Apwil! Mommy n' Daddy gone!"
"What?" The red head asked not understanding as she picked him up.
"We're in big trouble! The Mutanimals were brainwashed by Shredder and they were planning to take the kids away from us until the Kraang suddenly flooded the lair! We managed to escape but the others are back fighting them off!" Mikey explained rather agitated.
"Shredder's back?! That's terrible news! And now Kraang?! Oh man this is really bad! I should tell Casey about this, maybe he can help out. And it's good that you escaped, it would be awful if you'd expose your baby."
"Yeah, and other mutant friends of ours are helping out thanks to Pigeon Pete."
"Auntie Apwil and Unckie Casey help Mommy n' Daddy?" Little Amy asked with Jiro still in her arms.
"Oh course we will, sweetie. How about all of you stay at my apartment while we help out. My dad's in, so in case you need anything he'll be there to help." She said with a reassuring smile.
"Thanks, dudette." The freckled turtle said, "We really appreciate it."
"It's no problem. Now come on, I'll help you out with the kids and get you upstairs. Thankfully a lot of our next door neighbors are out so it'll be easier to go unseen." She helped him open the van and took the other twin into her arm. Mikey held Rosie and Jiro in his slinger as he carefully went up the stairs hopefully not hurting his back with the added weight on him with his large belly.
Once they made it upstairs, she opened the door and let the kids walk around the apartment then let Mikey take a seat at the sofa seeing that he looked very tired at making their way up here. She patted his shell and gave him a small smile.
"You take a rest, you look like you ran a marathon."
"Ugh... I felt like I ran the whole world!" He plopped on the sofa exhaling and placed a hand to his belly.
"But well, you gotta pass through that to have another little baby in your life now." April giggled a bit while she patted his stomach softly.
"Yeah, I am glad Raph and I were finally having another..." But as he mentioned his name, Mikey began to think about him worrying what was happening back at the lair with the Kraang and Slash battling his family.
The human hybrid's smile faded and leaned in closer to him saying, "...Don't worry, I'm sure they're going to be alright. This time your kids aren't exposed and you're in a safe place. They'll come back."
"You're right." He turned to her, "Just gotta think positive and pray for Raph and the others to get out of there safely."
"You'll see they will. I'm sure of it." To change the subject so he wouldn't worry anymore, she turned to the kids with a smile, "So how are you getting along with Jiro so far?"
"I ok wit him." Amy said sitting in the living room with the rest of the kids.
"Awww, that's good to know Amy. You're a good big sister to your brothers."
But on the other hand, Kota pouted on the corner and crossed his arms, already missing his parents more after the whole incident happening with the Mutanimals and those scary looking pink aliens. He thought more to himself until little Jiro crawled over to him curious about his older brother. The oldest tot of Leo and Don saw her brother's face and turned back to April continuing her talk with her.
"Kota and I jealous of Jiwo. Think Mommy n' Daddy wove him more than us."
"Jealous? Sweetie you shouldn't be, he just needs a bit more attention in some things but your Mommy and Daddy love you all the same."
When he heard those words so similar to the ones his uncle Raph said, Kotaro shook his head completely disagreeing, "Nu-uh, wove him more!" He gave him a sour look as the little baby stared at his older brother with a little line of drool going down his lower lip.
"They save us fo'm bad guys, Kota. If no wove us, they no come save us fo'm meanies."
"He make bad guys get you! He make noise n' they come!"
"What 'bout big meanie Unckie Swash take you? Jiwo had no do it!"
The younger twin didn't say more as he shot another look at Jiro as the little baby made his way closer to him, he made a plop sound on the floor and looked up to his big brother with a curious look and cooed.
"Go 'way, Jiwo!" His big brother said as stuck his tongue out at him.
But that didn't offend the baby in the least. He didn't even know what that meant, Jiro began to laugh and also stuck his tongue out at him, mostly imitating his expression. Kota was surprised that he stuck his tongue out too but he then blew him a raspberry hoping he'd get the message. Much to his annoyance he didn't, the little brother did the same and blew a raspberry at him and giggled, enjoying the little "game" they were playing.
That only made Kota angrier at the baby until he shoved him away, "Go 'way!" with that, Jiro tumbled backwards on his shell and started to whimper since he couldn't get up. Amy quickly letting her big sister side take over, went towards her brothers and pouted over to Kotaro with hands on her hips.
"Kota, no push him. More twouble wit Mommy n' Daddy not here!" All she got was a pout as her answer as he then turned away.
"Come on, kids." Mikey interfered, "This isn't the time or the place to fight about who likes who best. In fact, when I was your age, your mom, dad, Uncle Raph and I use to bicker at who Grandpa Splinter loved the most. And in the end, he said he loved each and every one of us just the same."
"Yeah kids, don't take it so personal." April cut in as well, "You're all loved equally by your parents and uncles there's no need to fuss over it. Why don't you try to get along for when Mommy and Daddy come back they see you all happy, ok?"
Amy nodded to April and then went to help Jiro up as she later looked to Kota who did the same to her and then to Jiro, slowly softening his pout and nodded.
"We stick togeth'r so they come back. They wove us." Amedea said to him hoping it would help.
"Ok..." he answered but didn't say it with much enthusiasm.
"Good kids. Now come over here we don't want the meanies knowing you're here." The teen girl gestured for them to come.
When he saw the kids and Rosie coming over to where they were, Mikey sighed, "Just hope the guys are alright. It's like a nightmare happening all over again. And if I do anymore damage I could hurt our baby."
"Don't stress yourself so much, Mikey. The little one needs you to be safe. Everything will be alright I'm sure of it." His female friend said as she placed a hand to his shoulder.
"Thanks, April. I don't know what I could've done without you."
"There's nothing to thank, it's the least I could do for what you've done for me and my dad."
"We're ninjas. It's what we do, girl!" He said with a grin while April giggled at him and saw his belly make a little jump.
"Ah! Looks like the little one is a bit excited."
"Guess it's happy you're happy again!"
"Yeah, I have to be somewhat happy for the little fella." He said patting his belly, "After all we've been through today."
"Yeah, but I bet the guys are handling it well. Maybe they already beat them off."
"I wonder where Casey is at. If he knew what was going on, he'd be crushing Kraang drones into hot cakes! Speaking of... Do you have anything I can munch on? The baby is getting a little hungry over here."
"I'm sure he's aware of this. He can actually look for trouble for fun." She laughed a bit and got up, "Sure, just wait here and I'll see what I can whip up for you and your little sweetie." She then smiled and went into the kitchen.
"Thanks, April!" He thanked as he heard little Jiro with the kids.
Jiro began to coo again looking over to his oldest sister as Amy looked to him and made some goofy faces at him, making her baby brother giggle at her. It was nice to see that at least one twin wasn't so jealous anymore. Just as he saw this happening with his siblings, Kota got up from his spot and made it to the window standing in his tiptoes trying to see outside.
"Daddy, Mommy where you go...?"
Elsewhere, the turtles and their mutant friends managed to fight off more Kraangdroids than they could after more kept coming from portal after portal until they couldn't fight no more. Donnie swung his bo staff more times until he felt he needed to catch his breath. He felt his knees shake a bit from exhaustion and panted at watching all the motionless droids on the floor surrounding them saying, "I can't take much more of this...!"
"There's just too many with more coming!" Leo exclaimed, slashing a few more drones as their heads sparked and blew up, "They won't stop at nothing!"
"At this rate, we're going to have to flee and make haste until we've figure a solution to stop them from coming in!" Splinter suggested to them.
Raph banged two droids together and saw them spark, "Then let's get out of here! It's way out of hand!" He turned to how the other mutants, both allies and controlled ones, fought each other.
Between the battle and hearing Splinter's words, Mondo ducked on the floor while shielding his head from the Kraang striking him, "I'd totally agree with that, dudes!"
"Then what are we waiting for?! Let's get outta here!"
The tortoise didn't like the sound of that at all, Slash suddenly threw his mace at them shouting, "You're not going anywhere until I have all of you begging for mercy! And Master Shredder will be very pleased that I'll have you turtles as my prisoners. Then you'll have no choice but to tell us where your kids and that idiot brother of yours is hiding!"
"Like heck we're telling you where they are!" Raph growled at hearing what his former friend just said about Shredder and mostly how he addressed to his mate. He swung a sai and aimed for him with a cry.
"What's the matter, Raphie-Boy? Afraid something terrible will happen to your little girl and your dimwitted lover carrying your second baby? But don't worry... Rockwell is sure to take good care of them. He's already looking for them right now as we speak."
The second oldest was about to strike him when he heard the last part about the other mind controlled friend. He stared at Slash for a second and started to snarl at him, "He lays a finger on Mikey or my daughter and he's dead!" He turned to try and leave the lair to catch up with Rockwell hoping he wasn't too far.
"I just told you earlier... None of you are going nowhere...!" He ran over to them and jumped to the entrance where the others were trying to escape as he grabbed his mace.
The blue masked turtle clenched his teeth at how they weren't getting anywhere with this, he shouted, "Slash! Enough of this! You're just going to let us stand around while our children and Mikey are out there all alone?!"
"Get out of the way, Slash! Or all of us will end up doing something we'll regret! You really want to risk the lives of little kids and one that isn't even born yet?!" Raph asked trying to snap him back to reality.
"Not quite so. Master Shredder has other things in store for your children and intends to keep them alive. As for the unborn... I believe it'll be of no use once Michelangelo has been obsolete."
With that said, Raphael dropped his sais. Did he really just say that? Was he serious? How dare he... With a loud roar the red clad turtle charged and aimed for a full body tackle towards Slash with only the whites of his eyes, he gave a loud cry and managed to push him back a few feet while he breathed hard not taking his eyes off him.
"Stay...away...from him!"
Still being stuck in the control of the brain worm, Slash cynically had his eyes on him and smirked again, "What? I'm not the one who's after him this second."
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" The rat master intruded, "You were once a troubled mutant until you've learned the error of your ways. The Shredder is most likely poisoning your mind as last time when he used you as a test subject!"
Raph turned when he heard Splinter's voice but then beamed back towards his ex-pet, he then growled and made a run for it to the other side of the lair aiming for the entrance. He passed by Donnie and the other mutants fighting the Kraang once again, since more appeared, hoping he would make it now with Slash surrounded by the others.
Slash saw him run off causing him to growl and turned to Splinter, "I'll deal with you later, old rat!" He got up once more starting a pursuit for Raph until he knocked some Kraang bots out of the way to get to him.
The teen turtle huffed as he ran faster so he could go save Mikey and the kids if they were in danger. He then heard loud thuds right behind him and saw him following close. To take advantage he started picking up speed and dashed ahead while he turned back with a smirk saying, "You may be stronger, but you're not faster!"
"Hmph! And I thought we were close pals!" He ran faster after him, "But I guess with your brothers and Mikey in the way, you had a change of heart and chose them over your only friend!"
"You weren't a friend! You were and still are family! But, gotta cut this little family reunion!" He came to a halt and from his belt he got a smoke bomb smashing it to the ground creating a big purple smoke cloud to appear.
The robust mutant turtle made a stop as he hacked up from the smoke getting in his eyes and mouth, until a few seconds later the smoke suddenly disappeared and Raph was already gone. He scanned the tunnel and seeing that he was nowhere in sight he roared loudly, "You can run, but you can't get away from me that easy! Shredder will have his revenge!" With that said, he dashed further into the tunnel with his plans still in motion.
Once he was out of sight, Raph sighed in relief. He has been hiding a few tunnels away but clearly heard what he said about Shredder. Things were definitely getting worse now. Showing no haste, he quickly reached for his T-Phone dialing Mikey's number and tapping his foot hoping he would pick up and tell him everything's alright. The bulky teen became distressed when Mikey wasn't picking up instantly like he usually does, he really hoped he wasn't too late.
"C'mon babe, pick up!"
Meanwhile, Mikey was eating some leftover meals April gave him but wasn't aware that the T-Phone was ringing since it was on vibrate. Rosie and Amy were at their war with each other as usual while Kota was still not very happy that they got into this mess thinking it was their baby brother Jiro's fault.
"You want anything else to eat, Mikey?" April asked before taking a seat next to him at the kitchen table.
Mikey nommed away as he talked with his mouth full, "No, I think I'm ok. Unless you got any ice cream, I can go for some of that."
The teen girl laughed a bit and got up, "Sure thing, hold on." She reached for the ice cream until she took a little glance at the living room where the tots were after hearing the two girls getting louder, "Wow, Amy and Rosie remind me so much of Leo and Raph with all their fighting..."
"Yeah, but Rosie though gets most of her charm from me. She likes a little competition just like her dad!"
"I can see that." She smirked and turned to the older boy in the corner of the room, "And I see little Kota isn't in his usual mood. He still looks kind of mad."
"Guess he's still upset with his little bro. But he'll make up with him and they'll patch up like how Raph and I did."
"Why would he be upset with Jiro? He doesn't even know what's going on." The red head saw the baby from afar as he rolled on the floor and couldn't help but give a little smile.
"He's just jealous thinkin' that Leo and Don love the baby more than him and Amy. I know because Raph told me earlier with how the kids felt about him."
"Awww, poor little guy... But I hope it all goes well. I'm sure that when they're done taking care of the Kraang we'll all be happy again."
"Yes, and I can be at ease with this little one on the way. I don't think I can take much more after the next 3 months!" exclaimed Mikey throwing his arms in the air.
"And after those 3 months you'll have a new little turtle with you two!" She blushed at the thought, "A little Mr. or Mrs. for you and Raph!"
"Actually, we found out it's going to be another girl thanks to Rockwell. That is before the brain worms took over his mind and the others..."
"Another girl? Aw! Mikey that's precious! But too bad about Rockwell though..."
Just as Mikey and April continued to talk, Rosie had been fighting with Amy over who gets the remote but as they argued, she spotted the T-Phone from the corner of her eye shaking on the sofa. Out of the curiosity she picked it up and saw a picture of her dad on it making her smile saying out loud.
"Daddy!"
"Unckie Raph?" The older tot asked getting near her to see the phone.
Rosie giggled and answered the call eager to hear her father's voice, "Daddy!"
"Rosie?! What a relief! Sweetheart I—"
"Where you, Daddy? Miss you!"
"I miss you too honey! But I really need you to pass me to Mommy, alright?"
"Why?"
"Just because."
"Why?"
"Rosie!"
"Tell him where Mommy n' Daddy are!" Amedea addressed to her cousin who gladly nodded and turned back to the T-Phone.
"Ok! Daddy, where Uncle Donnie n' Weo?"
"They're fine! Rosie, can you please just pass me to Mikey?!"
When she heard the answer, Rosie stood still and her smile faded at the tone Raph was using on her, meaning he was mad. She just nodded and said with a trembling voice, "...Ok." She passed by Amy, who had a questioned look at seeing how Rosabella got all of a sudden, and went up to Mikey and April at the kitchen trying to fight back a tear in her eye as she tapped on Mikey's leg to get his attention. The orange clad at feeling the small tap turned to her while having a conversation with April and noticed the expression on her face making him somewhat worry.
"Rosie? What's the matter, sweetie?" He asked with a soft tone.
His daughter said nothing at first until she showed him the phone saying, "Daddy call, want you..."
At seeing the caller ID his eyes widened and stood up from the table carefully, "Oh snap, it's Raph!" He took the T-phone from her and turned to the red head, "I gotta take this April." After receiving a nod from her, he walked to the living room to finally answer the call from his beloved, "Raph, what's up? Is everyone alright? Are you alright?"
"Mikey! I've been trying to reach you all this time! You and the kids are in danger! You gotta get out of wherever you're hiding! Rockwell's tracking you down!"
A gasp escaped the freckled turtle's mouth, this was some really bad news for sure. "He's what?! Where are you?! I'm here with April. Luckily she was home!"
"Then get out of there! She and Mr. O'Neil could be exposed too! I'm going to call Casey and he'll help you out! But please find a safe place! I don't want you, the kids or the baby exposed to any more danger!"
"Ok, Raph. We'll leave as soon as possible!"
"Tell me where you are once you've reach a good spot...I love you, babe."
"I love you too, Raph. I'll keep you posted." He hung up and walked quickly into the kitchen where April still remained in saying, "We have to get out of here. Rockwell is looking for us and we can't have you and your dad being exposed! He also said he's gonna call Casey and see where he is too!"
April got shocked at hearing what her turtle friend said and stood up, "I'll help out too. I can't think of leaving you alone with the kids and in your condition to find someplace else to hide. I'm sure there's another place where you all can be safe!"
"But where else can we go? The only place I can think of is Murakami's restaurant!"
"I'm sure we can think of something else as we go, but we have to get the kids and leave before he—" She was then interrupted by a loud crash on the window that was then joined by the cries of the kids. They saw that at the window stood Rockwell exposing his large fangs with a sinister smile.
"Found the target..."
"Rockwell!" Mikey gasped as Amy screamed, stepping a couple feet back with Jiro in her arms and ran towards April and Mikey with Kota who also ran behind April and Mikey while he sobbed as Rosie followed behind.
"You're all so predictable when it comes to hiding from danger. It wasn't hard to find you, now if you all cooperate no harm will be done..."
"As if! We were already aware of you tracking us down! And we're not going anywhere!"
"I am not giving you the option!" He then rose a hand and pointed towards them until they saw that Jiro and the kids were floating behind them and slowly making their way towards him. The kids screamed and tried to reach for the other two with tears but to no avail.
"Mommy!"
"Rosie! Why you—!" Michelangelo grew angry and had no choice but to take his nunchukus out as the blades at the bottom begin to stick out and went after Rockwell. He launched one towards the psychic monkey in hope getting him to let them go, but due to his belly in the way, he couldn't aim properly which only made the doctor easily avoid the attack. April had also launched herself towards him and fought against Rockwell since her skills had improved over the past months. He fought back the best he could against the teen girl until he managed to gain a little protection using the kids as a shield. Once she was about the strike him again, it was just mere luck that her leg didn't make contact with Amy's head, she stepped back at seeing how she almost struck her little niece knowing next time wouldn't be just a close call.
Mikey on the other hand had been trying desperately to attack the controlled friend with everything he could do for now, but after he tried once more but had the same results, his patience was done. He surprisingly started running towards him in hope of getting his daughter as well niece and nephews back, but before he could take another step, a strong grip took a hold of his arm, he jerked his turned to see April catching him with a very worried look on her face.
"Mikey no! Stop!"
"Now, now, let's not be rash about things..." Rockwell said as he got all the kids in his grasp and raised his hand once more threatening at Mikey.
The teen turtle suddenly stopped when he saw his hand raised at him, "Let them go, Rockwell! So help me I'm gonna knock you senselessly which I don't wanna do!"
"And which you can't do!" he chuckled, "Now if you'll excuse me, I have a Master to return to—" Just before he could exit the apartment with the children, he screeched and held his head in pain. The feeling of his head throbbing for some reason got him by surprise, but then he figured what was going on. April used her own psychic powers to try and reach the doctor before he did anything else.
"Rockwell! Snap out of it! I know you don't want to do this! This isn't like you at all, please fight it!"
The ex-human scientist shut his eyes tight and roared out loud until he opened them once more and snarled to them, clearly over powering the teen's own ability, "Don't think your weak powers are a match for mine! I shall return for you when you least expect it, I got my prize!" To the horror of the turtle and red head, he jumped off the window with the kids and disappeared into the dark streets. Mikey tried running after him as well as did April, but for the orange clad it was impossible for now. April tried to see where he went but she only heard the tots' crying as it slowly toned down. The poor turtle next to her slowly began to panic at what just happened and called out desperately for his daughter.
"ROSIE!" turned to his human friend terrified, "We gotta find them! If he gets them to Shredder who knows what he'll do to them!"
"Alright but Mikey please I want you to stay here. It's not safe for you to be running or getting worked up like this! I'll reach Casey and the guys and we'll handle this!"
"I can't just sit here and do nothing! Rockwell's got my girl! Oh, if only Raph were here... he'd know what to do."
"You're not doing nothing, you're keeping that baby safe from harm and so much stress. It could really affect in ways you don't want to imagine."
"I'm already stressed out with what's happening! It's too much I wish this was all just a dream. But it's a nightmare come true!"
April pitied him about how it was all too much for him and the rest, but mostly worse in his state, she placed a hand on his shoulder and talked in a softer tone to try and calm him down, "I'm sorry, Mikey. But please let's think this through, we can't just run out and cause a scandal. We don't even know where Shredder's hiding. Let's just call the guys and we'll find a solution to all this."
Mikey took a deep breath after what she told him as he then turned to her and nodded answering in the same tone, "Ok, I'm gonna call Raph back and see if he's close by and tell him Rockwell's got the kids. At this rate, there's a fair chance in getting those worms out of their heads like the last time they were infected."
"Ok, meanwhile I'll try to contact Casey and see what we can do... Poor little sweeties... We'll save them you'll see." She took out her phone and dialed his number, once she heard the beeping she waited with a frown hoping they could all help out in getting those kids back from a terrible fate with Shredder.