Still, they waited with ninja stars ready to fling as Raph, Casey, and Don rappelled down. Once the ropes were gathered and stowed away, they moved to the garage. Just their luck, Raph forgot where they parked. So they walked through the garage, clicking the lock button and looking for the corresponding flash. It took thirty minutes to find the van and load up. Raph drove; Donnie knelt in the back, tending to Mikey's ribs. Leo sat in shotgun, nursing his busted wrist- it burnedd like fire, but he'd played it off as nothing, making Donnie take care of Mikey first.

Raph eased the vehicle over a bump; Leo grit his teeth at the jarring. Raph glanced at him, then back to the road. "Try distracting yourself. Call April."

Leo grunted and pulled out his phone, pressing 5 to speed-dial April. This was a tradition they'd started after they'd fought the Kraang. After every fight of patrol, they called April. It was a way to ease her worry, to let her know they were still alive and somewhat well. Or, on the other hand, to warn her, to report injuries and decide on a plan of action.

The call rang twelve times and April's pre-recorded voice sounded. "Hey, you've reached the voicemail of-"

Leo pulled the phone away from his ear and ended the call, frowning. It wasn't like her to not pick up. Dread started to knot in his stomach- but then his phone lit up again; April had called him back. "Hey, April, is everything okay?"

April sounded distracted. "Huh? Oh, yeah! Yeah, everything's fine. Are you all okay?"

"We're fine; Mikey cracked his ribs, might've broken a few, and I hurt my wrist. But we got the hard drive- Maria's safe."

"That's great..." April's voice faded, speaking to Maria in the background, then came back. "Maria's a bit busy with the-"

She cut off, and they could hear Maria in the background, along with April's faint voice. "You don't want me to tell them? Oh, okay, I won't."

Leo spoke again. "April, what's going on? You sound distracted."

"Nothing! My hands were just covered in... anyway, we're fine." Then, whispered aside, "How're we going to clean up the blood?"

"BLOOD?" Leo's hand tightened around the phone.

Everyone in the van looked up. Mikey straightened to look at Leo and grimaced at the pain. "Who's bleeding?"

Leo put April on speaker, holding out the phone. "You're on speaker."

Raph flipped on his blinker and hit the gas, growling, "What's going on?"

"... Maria got... hurt," April answered, voice wavering and dragging- the way it did when she told half-truths. "She's okay now; there's not too much blood..." she faded, muttering to herself. "A lot less than I thought there'd be..."

Leo's heart pounded with concern, his pulse hammering painfully in his broken wrist. "We'll be there in five minutes."

"Actually!" April interjected before he could hang up. "Maria needs a few things from the store."

The brothers all muffled groans- they'd just gone through an intense battle and were now sick with worry for the human women. All they wanted to do was get home- not go shopping. Leo nodded reluctantly. "Sure."

"Thanks!" April chirped, then rattled off a list. "We need some soft blankets, diapers and baby wipes, some disinfectant, some pads... oh, and some post-natal pills."

"Wait-" Donnie piped up, speaking for all of them. "Post- natal?!"