(Sal's P.O.V.) Nighttime-

I sighed heavily as I laid upon a nest of dry leaves, the warm presence of the crackling fire, glancing at Raph and Carla who was conversing, and Mikey was coming in with the next load of sticks for later on. We opted to hide in a cave after running through the forest for hours with minor breaks of drinking water and eating berries. The forest was larger than I had figured, figuring that it was one of those conservation parks.

Carla gratefully woke up around noon, and when she told us why she had changed into her Avatar, well, it shocked us all, especially Raph. Even if she is pregnant soon, we'd have to make sure she stays safe all the way home for the baby and herself. The trees out there beyond the cave, they aren't Montana or Maine trees, but rather something different. The trees remind me of Virginia.

If I remember right, we have about 15 days to cover from here to New York City as we seemed to be walking for now. I knew Raph and Mikey can't chance being seen, through they knew there are good and bad ones, after all, they have friends in us, April, Casey, and a bunch of others, and enemies in several others as well. But with Carla's new mutant gene, able to shift between full wolf and humanoid wolf, it's more difficult, through I knew that I can help out when we get close to towns, I have my own ways.

And of course, there's hunting and fishing for food in case if we're not near any towns. Carla would have to eat more meat as she has wolf genes now, and the Turtles would have to get used to eating berries and stuff as they're not home right now. I'd be fine with being average with meat and berries. There's still the possibility of the baby being picky with food and such.

"Hey, you okay, dude?". Mikey's voice interuppted my thoughts with a nudge of his shoulder into my shoulder, and I blinked, glancing over at him, smiling softly, "Just musing out loud. I may not be smart as Willow or intelligent like Donnie, but I can tell that we got about 15 days of cover until we reach New York City, and if Carla's pregnant by then, she'd be about a bit under a month along, but with the wolf, human, and turtle genes that the kid has, it could grow fast like Vince did.".

Mikey blinked, "Didn't Willow say that mama wolves carry unborn pups around two months before birth?". I nodded, "Exactly. And Donnie once said that mundane turtles' eggs grow and hatch around three months, as Willow told him in the first place.".

"And there's the human's pregnancy of around 9 months too.". spoke Carla loudly as she was leaning over to hear us better. "Look, even if I am not pregnant by then, we still have to be careful on the way home. I am certain I burned up the place, and I think Stockman was trapped. ..I don't know if he even survived. If he did, he could still have ordered the guards and such to find us no matter what.".

I heard Raph's huff as he replied, "We ain't free entirely, but we gotta get home.". Carla kissed him on the cheek softly, "I know, but now we gotta head to sleep. Believe it or not, I am exhausted after all that running.". She bid us good night before she flopped into her nest, falling asleep almost instantly. Raph blinked in surprise as I chuckled, "Don't worry, Raph, she'll be back to normal in the morning. We just have to take it a bit more slower in our journey as we had put some distance between us and them.".

"Sal's right.". replied Mikey with a grin. I chuckled as I kissed him on the temple quickly, then circled around in my nest on fours until I found a comfortable spot, laying back down, and sighing contentedly. "Good night, guys.". I called out softly as I went to sleep almost quickly, hearing Mikey bet Raph on something I couldn't make out, then hearing slight snores from Mikey, and a thump from Raph, the sound of the crackling fire filling the night air, and I smiled to myself. We ain't alone.