Donnie was the one Turtle waiting as the brinks pulled apart, "Hello! You came right at 7"

"I got held up" Xena replied as she stepped into the home.

Donnie shrugged, "It's alright, we're all here"

Xena looked over Donnie's shell, "Where's Raph?"

Donnie hesitated, "Yes, well, all except him… he had a little blow up yet again and most likely won't be joining us"

"I was really hoping to talk to him" Xena replied as she followed Donnie down the stairs.

Leo appeared out of nowhere, "Talk to who?"

Xena answered, "Raph. You guys didn't have a fight again, did you?"

"He was still talking about hunting down that mysterious monster that we found the other night" Leo explained.

Xena nodded as a sinking feeling happened in her stomach once again. She knew that her vision won't happen anytime soon, Raph looked a bit older and tired in her premonition. She looked up and noticed that Leo was staring down at Aidan in her arms, he looked a little bit surprised and that's when Xena remembered that this was actually the first time he was looking at his own son. Xena shifted uncomfortably as she cradled her son, unaware of the new Turtle in the room. Instead, Aidan let out a scream and throw up his hands just behind Leo. He turned and noticed that Master Splinter entered the room and walked over to him with a big smile on his face.

"Gran-pa!" Aidan blurted out.

"He talks?" Leo let out with his eyes nearly wide out of their sockets.

Donnie answered, "Only one word sentences, he sometimes repeats the last word you say as well"

Xena handed off Aidan to Master Splinter as she wrapped her arms around Donnie's arm, "All thanks to Professor Donatello, here. But I still stand by what I told you in the beginning. You're not going to let him anywhere near your Tech Lab"

Donnie sighed, "Oh, come on! You need to have that brilliant mind grow and flourish upon itself"

"I agree with Xena" Leo spoke up, "It's too dangerous in your lab"

Mikey yelled from the kitchen, "Honey… time for dinner!"

Xena let go of Donnie's arm as she followed the rat to the dinner table as she mumbled, "Saved by the youngest"

"Nice to see you came on time" Mikey said once he saw Xena, "Didn't I say come a little bit earlier?"

Xena only gave him a small shrug and smile as she sat down at the table. She couldn't tell Mikey about her vision, she knew it would scare him. She lost track of time as she tried to research those stone statues and mysterious portals to the point that she hadn't realized she was close to missing dinner. It would be best if she kept this away from the Turtle family so that way she won't upset them. Xena served a small bowl for Aidan as she cut up the noodles and placed the bowl near her so that way she could serve him.

"So has he started to walk?" Leo asked.

Xena answered, "No. He only stands and takes a few steps before falling"

"Once he starts walking, I'm totally buying him a skateboard" Mikey let out.

Xena scoffed, "Says you!"

Mikey turned to her, "Chicks dig the skateboards, Xena, especially with skateboarding around the sewer"

"It's dangerous" Xena put in.

"So when are you going to let him learn ninjutsu?" Mikey challenged, "It's a family tradition"

Xena shook her head, "Not with you as his teacher"

Master Splinter spoke up, "Why not Leonardo?"

"Leo?"

"Me?"

"Of course! I taught my son all that I need to know, why not he do the same with Aidan?" Master Splinter explained.

Leo finally said, "I would only do it if Xena thinks it's time"

Xena looked up, at a loss for words as everyone stared at her, waiting for some type of answer, as she said, "I'll think about it. But not anytime soon. I don't want him to be four years old waving a katana around when I come here to pick him up"

Everyone chuckled at the joke as Leo missed it, still noticing how guarded Xena was to him. Whenever she talked, she talked to anyone but him unless he asked her a question or two. It went like this throughout the entire dinner as he watched how she alternated between feeding herself and helping Aidan. Her smile was so big and bright and only for her son… his son… their child.

"My compliments to the chef" Mikey let out once everyone was done eating before he let out a long burp making Xena roll her eyes and grimace in disgust as Donnie went to get the phone, "Anyone for dessert?"

"No"

"Yes"

"Cowabunga Carl Party Services. Cowabunga, dude" Donnie said before he suddenly stopped.

"Well, Xena, which one do you want? The chocolate mousse again?"

"Slow down, April" Xena perked up, "What happened to Raph?"

Xena turned to the youngest Turtle, "Maybe later. I need to know what happened to Raph"

"We'll be right there" Donnie told her.

Leo suggested, "Maybe you should stay here"

Xena turned to him, "You've been gone for a while, Leo, we don't live in the same apartment complex anymore"

"She's right" Donnie told him when Leo looked over to his brother.

Xena opened up the window from the outside and slipped in as Donnie carried Aidan with him as they came inside. April looked up and then brightened up when she looked over Xena's shoulder. She knew that Leo was coming in as she took the baby from Donnie so that he could assess the turtle on the ground.

April smiled, "Leo! You came back!"

Casey cheered, "Leo!"

Leo looked confused as he glanced over to Xena, "She didn't tell you?"

April looked over to Xena, "No… have you been back for a while?"

"For five days" Leo told her.

"Five days?" April muttered before she turned to Xena, "The day when your closing shift had you in a bad mood five days ago?"

"I guess it slipped my mind to say that he's back" Xena shrugged.

"Anyways, sorry the reunion isn't under better circumstances" Leo went on.

Mikey walked by his unconscious brother, "Hey, Raph"

Donnie started to mumble to himself, "Well, his vital signs seem to be okay. Pupil dilation is normal- Woah!"

Xena gasped when she noticed some kind of ancient stone star stuck inside Raph's shell as Donnie took it out, "Some sort of stone. Probably obsidian, I think"

"Well, is he gonna be alright?" Leo knelt down and placed a hand on Raph's shoulder.

"You're still here? Go back to your jungle" Raph mumbled as he swatted Leo's hand away.

Leo glanced over his shoulder, "Well, at least his personality's still intact"

"There's an engraving on it. Looks South American" Donnie looked over to April, "That's your department, April"

Casey leaned in, "Would it help if I told you that those statues you collected for Winters were shooting these things at me and Raph?"

"Statues?" Xena whispered out, causing Leo to glance over to her but Xena had to keep herself composed so that she didn't want to explain her recent vision of hers.

April let out, "The legend of Yoatl. It can't be. It was just a myth a scary story the locals told kids around a campfire"

"Whoa, what are you talking about?" Leo asked.

April explained, "They say 3,000 years ago, some great warrior actually found a portal to another dimension. And when the portal opened the energy from it gave the warrior eternal life. But it also turned his generals into stone"

Xena stepped in and asked, "What if this warrior kept living forever? He would spend the rest of his days in regret spending all his riches and all of his power to find a way to revive his stone generals"

April nodded, "Maybe, just maybe he's built a new empire"

Xena glanced up to the clock and noticed that it was past Aidan's bedtime as she walked over to her room to tuck him in. She quickly changed his diaper and put on his pajamas before tucking him into bed. She picked up a teddy bear which was holding a pink heart in both of it's paws as her heart felt heavy as her breathing became labored as she remembered where she got it from.

Xena twirled her pen around and around as she tried to finish the last of her study guide. She felt completely drained after taking a hard test earlier this afternoon and her celebratory gift to herself was studying for yet another test. Her eyes started to droop as she dropped her pen and rubbed her eyes to try and fight off the sleep. When she opened her eyes, she let out a gasp as a certain blue-clad turtle was on the fire escape smiling and waving at her. Xena instantly felt better as she unlocked the window, opened it up halfway before she turned around to lock her door. Xena turned to see that Leo had already closed her window and placed his twin katanas down by her bedside, a motion he's been doing ever since the first night he came into her room.

"What's up?" Xena asked.

"I wanted to congratulate you on your test" Leo told her, "Donnie said that you've been bugging him about tutoring you"

Xena sighed, "Well, I won't know until Tuesday"

Leo looked a little bit taken aback as he replied, "Oh, well, that's kind of a long ways away"

Xena narrowed her eyes, "Why did you ask?"

"I was hoping you would say that you passed and all, but I believe you did" Leo smiled as he moved slightly.

"You have something behind your shell" Xena cut to the chase.

"Yeah, I do, but I think it'd be best if I give it to you later" Leo responded.

Xena brightened up, "It's a gift! Show me!"

Leo moved backwards as if he was ashamed to give it to her but Xena sighed as she waved out her hand. Leo suddenly straightened up as he walked over to her, against his will as he took out a wrapped up bundle from behind his shell. Xena waved her fingers a little bit, like as if she was a puppet master, making Leo unwrap the gift to reveal a brown teddy bear holding a pink heart in it's paws. She smiled as she also noticed that Leo had stuffed into it's arms her favorite brand of chocolate in a party bag. She reached out, grabbed it, and held it to her chest as Leo suddenly loosened up from being under her control.

"I hate it whenever you do that" Leo scolded her.

"Well then you should've listened to me in the first place" Xena rocked herself back and forth, "I love it"

Leo blinked in response, "You- you do?"

Xena playfully pushed him, "Of course, I do! I think it's really sweet!"

Leo smiled, "You're welcome"

They both stayed quiet for a while as Xena couldn't help but feel a blush rise to her cheeks. There's a new and a bit alarming feeling that she's been fighting down and that's that she's starting to have feelings for Leo, a turtle. She kept on noticing how often he came over, actually, he's the only one who comes over to her house to be with her. She asked Raph one time why he doesn't visit and he only said because Leo never tells them where Xena lives, which she doesn't believe that because she was sure Leo would tell his brothers if they really did want to see Xena in the first place.

"I should probably get going" Leo broke the silence.

"Really?" Xena asked, "But you only just got here"

Leo shrugged, "Well, you're busy right now. I'd rather come over when you don't have school looming over your shoulders. I can stop by this weekend if you want me to"

Xena reached out and grabbed onto his hand, "Wait"

Leo tensed up from the feeling of her soft, small hand on top of his. He swallowed and looked down to their hands for a split second before he looked back up to her eyes. She gave him a weak smile as she dropped his hand and placed a strand of red hair behind her ear.

She asked, "I'm in the need of celebrating my great victory, wanna join?"

"Okay… what will we be doing?" Leo asked slowly.

Xena smiled as she brought up the bag he bought for her, "We can start by eating chocolate and listening to music"

Leo smiled back as he took the bag of chocolate from her hand as she cradled the teddy bear with her other arm, he smirked to her and said, "Alright… but I get to pick the music this time"

Xena walked back into the room, rubbing the back of her neck as April was saying, "But, hey, like I said, it's just a myth"

Donnie was saying by the table, "If you ask me, guys, this has Winters' name written all over it"

Xena turned to him, "How do you figure that, Donnie?"

"Yeah"

"Because this has Winters' name written all over it" Donnie showed them the tranquilizer.

"Now I know who to thank for this shot in the arm" Raph replied as she realized that now he was up and moving, "So where do we find this guy and his stone jokers?"

Leo interrupted, "We're not going anywhere until we get Splinter's blessing"

"You're gonna stand here and quote a rulebook to me that you ain't been following for a year?" Raph jumped up as he yelled out to his eldest brother.

"Look, Raph, if you got something you wanna get off your shell, now's the time" Leo yelled back, "But I'm not gonna stand here and debate Splinter's direct orders with you!"

Everyone was silent for a split second before Aidan's cries were heard from the other room, making Xena sigh tiredly, "Wonderful… just when I got him to go to bed"

Xena walked into the other room as April followed, "Why don't you go back to the other room, Xena? You've been through alot lately. Maybe you should just sit back down on the couch and I'll take care of Aidan right now"

"No thanks, I'm going to bed anyways" Xena told her cousin as she picked up her crying child and closed the door on her cousin's confused face.