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OKAY, SOOOOO- This whole chapter is probably going to just be TOUGH to read, but I hope I don't bore you all too much. Please do read it though as if you don't, you're going to be SOOO FUCKING LOST afterwards. I won't be describing it like this EVER again, so please bear with me cause I sat and planned this all out like a fucking lunatic. This is the best I can do when it comes to this, forgive anything that doesn't make sense, I tried, okay?

And yeah, like the whole chapter is a flash back so I'm not italizing everything cause that gets annoying to read.

Thanks in advance.

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TWO WEEKS AGO*

The van/ church bus was packed. Sara drove as calmly as she could. She could have let one of the guys follow her but she didn't want to take the chance of drawing attention to themselves, so Becca sat next to her on the front bench and Marcus rode shotgun. In the back seat was her children. Their car seats took up all but the seat Donnie was in. Due to space, Mikey was laying down in the gap between the seats, jamming out to something on his phone. Mik and Splinter were in the third row with Raph uncomfortably trying to sit as far away from them as he could on the passenger side. Again, the space in the very back even held a passenger, Leo.

Despite the van's best capabilities, it was getting hot with all of the bodies sandwiched inside. Yet Sara was nearly frozen as the A/C blasted out of the vents in front of her. Her heart raced. This was her big moment, or it would be in about five minutes. She'd sunk hours into this, hell, months. As quietly as she could, she'd done all of this.

Splinter had caught her once. He was probably the only one that had noticed, or had any idea of what was about to happen. He wouldn't have told anyone, but that didn't mean that one of the guys hadn't figured something out. Especially Donnie because if one of them would have noticed something was up, it would have been him.

So far she hadn't recieved any alerts so the coast was clear. She pulled off the dirt road she was already on to a gravel one. A minute of driving up the twisting route lead her to the first gate. It was a standard security fence that she'd had installed mostly to keep other people out. A simple rolling gate was all that stood in the way here.

She could feel the tension in the van spike. One button press of the extra fob and it rolled open. So far noone had said anything but she could feel the curiousity rolling off her energetic brother as he shimmied his way from the floor to look out of the windows and windshield.

This time the path only curved back on itself twice. Just enough to hide the contents this inner area even during winter. As they rounded that final bend the whole of the area grew before them.

Sara had planned all of it. A custom seven foot privacy fence stretched on either side of a large metal gate. A box sat to the driver side and Sara pulled up to, second nature at this point for her. There was a number pad, but she didn't need that. Instead she used the large 'enter' button. A small chime sounded and Sara spoke her name into the speaker.

The gates slid open and she pulled into the actual drive. To her surprise, still no one had said anything. Was it not as impressive as she thought it would be? The path lead all the way up to the house, where she would be able to park, but there was also secondary parking just a few feet up the drive and she decided to use that one to give everyone time to ask whatever they wanted to as they walked.

When she stopped the van, silence greeted her as she turned to her family and smiled. "We're here!" She tried to sound happy but the stunned looks she was getting set her on edge a bit. Master Splinter seemed to be the only one who understood. She should have probably warned them or something. Still she knew that if she had they would have all jumped down her throat for it.

"This is much larger than I imagined when you told me about it. You have out done yourself, my child." Splinter broke the tension. With that all of them turned to look at their father instead. "Well, let us get out of this vehicle. I would like to stretch my legs." Splinter chuckled as he spoke. He waved a hand at the door and Raph jumped to open the sliding door.

She smiled at Splinter and jumped out of the car as well, going to the other side to start getting her kids out of the van. People bustled about for a while. She heard their questions as they talked to each other. Where are we? How, why, did Master Splinter know? What is all of this?

She waited until everyone was out of the car. She held Jillian in her carseat while Donnie took the boys. "I had this place built. For us and our kids. I made it as big as I could. I tried to get everything. Some things are still on their way and the rest we will have to build ourselves. The farmhouse is one thing, but this is ours." She spoke, addressing the group. "I know you all grew up in the sewers, but I can't allow my kids to grow up like that, I'm sorry. I'm not saying that we have to stop using the Lair altogether, but this is what I'm hoping we will make our new home. Once it's finished, at least."

"Wait, you own all of this?" Mikey gasped as he looked around. She understood his shock. She took a moment to look around the area again.

The path from the gate went up to the house and V'd off at different places to access different parts of the property. To the left of the path was a large fenced in area. It stretched all the way to a barn, a football field away. To the right was the parking and another path that lead to a smaller padlock. It wasn't nearly as large as the left, but she planned to keep chickens there. An expanse of open field was left until it reached the picket fencing that wrapped around the house itself.

She'd already had some plants laid out with room for them to grow around the fence. The fence was mostly to keep the kids in so it wasn't as gaudy as the other two that surrounded the outsides of the property.

The front of the massive house faced them with a peak of the side yard, but they were so far out from it that the details were lost just now. Still, Sara knew that behind the house was a large garage, big enough to fit three of their cars and all of their equipment with room left over to start a workspace for simple repairs.

"Yeah," she answered. "I built this for us, for my babies." She winked at Becca, who looked like she might need to get her jaw reattached to her face at some point. "And for any other babies that may or may not decide to happen." Becca turned to look at her and blushed while sticking her tongue out at her. "It's taken some time, and like I said, it's not done, but I want to do the rest with you all." She noticed a hurt look from Donnie but tried to brush it off. She knew what it said. "Come on, let me show you guys." With that she lead her family up the path to the house.

As they walked, they passed the few trees that dotted the path. They were fruit trees and still just barely bigger than saplings. Apples, mostly, but there were also some pears, cherries, peaches and apricots. Almost anything else wouldn't be able to survive the winter, so she'd left them out.

The house grew closer. Three stories, long and wide with a large porch that wrapped around the entirety of the house with proud pillars dotted along the entirety. Each story had been modeled after the pourch, two encompassing balconies tiered the exterior. A bit a farther down the first story were two more doors. She'd painted it a classic white, the paint still so new it looked like it glowed in the summer sun. On the roof a dome of glass glinted at them from the center. Two doors faced them next to a large bay window that had the curtains securing the interior, for now.

As was a habit for her, she checked the door and lock, making sure they were still locked. After she was sure no one had broken in, she used her key and unlocked it.

A large foyer welcomed them. To the left was a wall of coat hooks and a bench. To the right was a wall of closets that were empty at the moment. There was a door that lead to a small half bath, but she didn't bother showing that off because not everyone could fit in the foyer at the same time

Straight ahead you could see the counters in the kitchen, but she turned to her left.Chatter had accompanied them up the path and it only grew as they walked farther inside. The living room, which held the bay window, was already outfitted for life that included giant turtles and comparibly small humans.

Nearly everything in the house had been custom made, and if they didn't have it now, it was on it's way or being built. A large sectional sat in front of an equally large TV with an entertainment system that already had Mikey and Rebecca drooling over it. On the left back side of the sectional was an small shelf for toys for the kids.

There was a slim bookshelf next to the bay window. A small space was left empty that was meant for a custom recliner, which should show up in the next couple of days. A coffee table was nestled in between the sectional and entertainment stand with a large rug under it, incase of spills. She'd left this room the same cream color as the hallways, keeping it neutral. Other wise this room was bare, save for a door to the right and an open access to the kitchen and hallway.

Sara took this time to pull Jillian out of her carseat and Donnie followed her lead. Donald and Jordan huffed, annoyed at the treatment, but cooed and babbled once they were free of the carseats. Jillian remained quiet and on looking at the new surroundings. "I'll give you all the grand tour," Sara teased Jillian's nose, getting her daughter's attention. It also worked on the rest of her family.

She decided to go with the closest room, the door to the left of the living room space. Already aware of the contents, she opened the door and stood aside with Jillian on her hip. "The library and computer room," she announced. The left wall was a giant shelf she hoped to fill with books. In the middle of the room was a simple long table that held three computers. The right wall held another long table with two more computers that were seperated by a stretch of space. Five computers should be more than enough, had been Sara's idea and she'd filled the empty space with two printers and a small storage bin for paper and ink. The back wall had a desk and chair.

"It's small. The wall goes out a lot more," Leo commented.

"That's cause there's a different room," Sara tried not to roll her eyes as she answered. She gave everyone a few moments to look around before moving on to the kitchen to the right. To prove a point, the single door to the left of the kitchen was the first thing she pointed out. Inside was a pantry. It was cooler in here than anywhere else in the house. Along the walls were shelves, save for the area next to the right of the door that held a double door refrigerator. In the middle were two deep freezers with a high table sitting to the right.

Next she gestured to the kitchen at large. Looking at it head on there was a large, deep sink. There were counters to the left and right with a dishwasher under to the right. Farther right was the complex stove top and an oven. A space of counter top and then a massive fridge. A cabinet separated the fridge and a set of double stacked ovens. Then a metal stand was nestled in the corner. Another set of counters and cabinets took up the right wall. Against the closest wall was a large cabinet. In the middle was an island counter that had sturdy bar stools pushed up against the overhang.

Appliances littered the counters in random locations. She'd bought everything in a deep green. Anything that couldn't be green was stainless steal. The counters were a dark marble and apoxied smooth. Cabinets and counters were a dark wood that Sara couldn't remember the name of, she'd picked it solely for the color. A few on the right hand side were glass in the middle, allowing a peak at the contents.

She took a few more steps inside of the kitchen, turning to the left set of double doors. The insides were clear through the glass, but still, she opened the doors. In the middle of the deep red painted room was a giant wooden table. This one wasn't as dark as the cabinets, she'd opted for something lighter. There were a total of twenty chairs around the oval monstrosity. She'd spent ages working with builders to make sure that this table would fit.

The chairs were nearly touching, but she'd been adamant. She needed to have seats for everyone, guests and kids included. The plans to the house had been changed to make room for it and she was proud of it. The only this she was more proud of was deeper in the house. A large chandelier hung in the middle of the table, simple with clear glass crystals and many tiny bright bulbs. Due to the size of the massive table there was almost nothing else there, save a sliding door that would lead outside, but she wasn't ready to show that off just yet.

"The dining room, that door goes to the back yard, but I'll get back to that. Down the hall we go." She guided, but noticed Mikey eyeieyeing the kitchen pretty hard. He opened all the ovens and checked out the stove top. She was happy he liked it. She'd agonizing over the details for the house for almost a month before doing anything.

The first door was on the right. She didn't bother opening this one, simply told them that it held another half bath. She opened the next door on the right, though, glad to see that all the doors were shut still. Something as simple as a door being left open could hint at someone being here when they shouldn't have.

It was nearly empty except for a shelving unit on the far wall and two armchairs and some stuffed animals. The walls were painted a hard white. She planned on having Mikey decorate it, along with many of the other rooms in the house. "A play room for the kids, that door on the left leads to the next room." Leaving the door open, she stayed in the hall as everyone took a moment to look inside.

"Across the hall is a sitting room, incase someone doesn't want to watch whatever is on in the living room. The door next to it is a closet." An archway, void of a door, showed a couch with a smaller TV and entertainment system. Another bookshelf sat against the right wall, but this room was also plain. Warm tan walls also kept this room neutral. Just down the hall was a large closest but she felt no need to open it up.

She opened the second part of the play room and looked around. One large desk stood on the left side of the room with a chalk board behind it. Six desks sat facing it, another shelving unit sat against the far wall and on the right was the door to the play room.

"A class room, so we can teach you how to read," Sara smiled down at Jillian and gave her a kiss on her forehead. She turned to Donnie who was the first to look in and then step to the side. She felt her throat tighten at the look in his eyes. Joy, hope, love, it was all right there. She knew they'd talk about keeping this all a secret later, no doubt about that, but right now she focused on the good things as she kissed her boys' foreheads as well.

"There is another bathroom down there, and then the stairs, but I want everyone to see this first." She motioned to the last door on the left and walked down to it. This was her hope for the house, this was where the safety of her plans came in. "This is the panic room. I've already stocked it, right now it only responds to my fingerprint and voice, but I'll add everyone soon." She handed Jillian off to Mik and turned to the lock. Finger down, a beep sounded and she said her name. Another beep and the heavy metal door slid open.

Inside were two sets of metal bunk beds infront of the door. All along the linings of the walls were supplies and weapons. The left of the wall had a ham radio and a few handguns. In the left corner there were rifles and shotguns with ammo for everything sitting on the lowest shelf. The rest of the shelving on the far wall held bucket meals, freeze dried or dehydrated meals that only needed water and heat. The right corner had a few small tanks of propane a stove. The right wall had water stores and medical supplies. The outside wall had a privacy screen for anyone that would need to use the chemical toilet that it hid. Closer to the door held some board games and a stash of candy and books.

To the right near the medical supplies was a basin sink and a hospital bed. Between the bunk beds and the right side of the room was a couch. The room wasn't all it seemed, though. She walked into the room and motioned for Raph to come over. She pushed against the couch and her brother got the hint, shoving it out of the way. Under the couch was a manhole cover. A chorus of comments came at her. Without her needing to say anything, Raph beat her to lifting the cover up, exposing a ladder and a ten foot drop.

"An escape route to the basement and the other half of this room. These walls are the thickest parts of this house. This room has it's own air supply with two different feeding locations outside of the house, and as you can see I've stocked it with enough food and water to take care of everything for everyone currently in our family for at least two weeks. There is another part of this room downstairs, we'll go there next. I mean, unless someone wants to see some empty bedrooms first." Sara explained with a laugh at the end. Basement was an easy choice for everyone to make.

There had been enough standing room for everyone in the panic room, and she was proud of that as well. Everything else could go to shit and she knew that they would all be safe in there. She prayed that it would never be needed, but she believed in having something and not needing it, than needing it and not having it.

As they all exited the room, they made their was to the end of the hall on the right side. She didn't bother explaining the steal doors to the right of the stairs. It was an elevator. The smallest she could by and have installed. It connected every floor of the house, the intent was for Splinter and Mik as they aged. She wanted to make sure they cold still move around once their ages started catching up to them.

Instead of having to put baby gates up, she had taken something she'd seen online. There was half of a door blocking the landing to the stairs. There was a pressure lock on top and the knob had to be turned to enter, safeguarding the main floor from her crawling children. She took Jillian from Mik to help the rat with going down the stairs and descended after flipping on the light switch.

At the bottom, across from the stairs was a replica of the dojo. She slid the door open, but otherwise just walked past it. Except for the door on the right which lead to the other part of the panic room, the rest of the basement was a wide open space. Rather, it would have been wide open but she'd already started installing exercise equipment. A few treadmills, a benchpress, pull up bars, weight stations and a few more machines split the open area in the middle. On either side were soft mats and empty space. Sparring or training could be done here with less restrictions on everyone involved.

She went to the security door and re-entered her information. This door slid just the same as the previous one had. The inside of this one was more bleak than the previous one.

Two green vans with blacked out windows stood ready all the way to the left and there were a couple more weapons on the walls. A giant garage door sat ahead of the vans, ready to be opened and lead to an exit through a tunnel that was hidden behind the house and garage.

Rifles and shotguns hung nearby, ready. The ones upstairs weren't loaded, even though the ammo was near, but these were. She warned everyone of it, just to be sure nothing happened.

Next to the ladder on the left was a sealed room. There was a medical bed, but there was also a surveillance system and two very specific computers. This would be Donnie's knew lab. There were enough shelves for him to transfer everything from the lair and get anything else he needed. A large table held welding equipment and a face shield.

She explained everything. If something was to happen and they were compromised here, they would be able to gather everything they would need and take the vans to get out as fast as possible. As soon as the button was pressed on the garage door, a timer would go off and the exit would open in thirty seconds. She couldn't garentee that they would be one-hundred percent safe here, only that they would be about as safe as they were in the lair.

"My daughter, I thank you." Splinter spoke first. "We talked about this, but I could not have imagined what it would actually look like. Thank you." Splinter bowed to her and she felt her face go red. She bowed back. "Master Splinter, if you would like, Leo could show you how to use the elevator, I'm going to show everyone the second story, but there's not much there. Afterwards we'll go up to the third. That is where all of the adult's rooms are."

"I'm quite sure I can handle a few flights of stairs." Splinter chuckled. Worry sprouted up inside of her gut, but she nodded.

Just as she had said, the second story was plain. There were four doors on the right once she stepped off the stairs, and two visible doors on the left. She'd set the rooms up so each bedroom shared a bathroom in the middle of them. To the right there was a door across from the stairs and then a break where the bathroom was before another door to another bedroom. Then right next to it was another door and then a break before the last door. To the left there was only room for one such combination. then at the end of the hall way there were two more rooms, but these were different. To the left and positioned above the foyer and living room was a master bedroom with a full bath all to itself. To the right and around a corner made by the last bedroom was another master bedroom and bathroom, sitting above the dining room. Each bedroom had a door that lead to the outside balcony, but they were all locked in place for now.

She'd already chosen the first three rooms for her children, but she had wanted as many rooms as possible. The two master bedrooms were for guest, or Marcus if he decided to move in after a while. Casey and April were another choice, but Sara didn't see them moving in. They were happy having their own space.

She lead the procession of people up the next flight. Jillian was starting to get heavy on her arm, but she readjusted her. Only one more after this. There weren't as many rooms on this floor. Each door lead to a master bedroom, each with it's own master bathroom. There were two doors on the right, one on the left and two mimics of their down stairs counterparts around each corner.

"I already took the liberty of giving Donnie and I the room at the end, the rooms are empty right now, but we'll change that as soon as we can." Each room was nearly identical. The position of things were flipped, but they were simple. Closet against the wall farthest from the bathroom, and then doors that lead to the balcony and then a door to each bathroom. The bathrooms had double sinks, extra large bathtubs and seperate showers, allowing soothing baths even for someone as large-shelled as Raph. A few cabinets for towles. She'd left all of it blank so they could fill it how they each liked.

"One last flight and then we can go back down and go outback." The final flight lead to the roof. In the middle of the flat expanse was a green house with some of her plants already growing inside. There wasn't much to see up here, but it gave a wonderful view of the area bellow and around.

The barns, the garage, the back yard. The sun shined down and she took this time to rest and turn towards her family. "Well, what do you all think?"

"It's amazing, Sara! How on earth did you do all of this? When did you do all of this?" Becca gushed and Sara noticed how tightly she'd been trying to keep her excitement reigned in.

"Yeah," Donnie said dryly. "When, exactly, did you do this? Without telling anyone?" He said, his voice hard. Oh, there it was. He was angry, or maybe, hurt: probably both.

"When I found out I was pregnant. Like I said..." She took a moment to try to sound understanding. "I know how you all grew up. I know Papa, uh, Master Splinter, did his best to raise you all. I wanted to do my best for these guys, too. I wanted to give them somewhere safe to be, somewhere besides the sewers." She cuddled Jillian. "I wanted it, for them, but I wanted us all to stay together, too. I started working on it a while ago. Only Master Splinter ever caught me when I had to come check on anything." She winked to him and he chuckled.

Donnie let out a huff and then bent down a bit to nuzzle the top of her head before kissing her forehead. "Thank you, Sara." He murmured before looking down at the boys. "Your mom is already spoiling you and you don't even know it yet." He tsked at them with a laugh. He was forgiving her for keeping this from him and Sara felt her heart melt all over again.

"Hey, look!" Mikey and Raph shouted together. From the roof the expanse of the backyard was laid out for them. Near the back door was a large fire pit with chairs around it. A grill sat away from the house with a brick oven neighboring it. There was a patch of flowering plants arranged in a circle just away from the large patio. Three picnic tables sat out in the middle. Then there far in the distance was a pool, which was what they were pointing at.

"Last one in eats my socks," Mikey yelled. For a splint second Sara almost forgot she was dealing with ninjas. Mikey jumped from the roof, spinning in mid air. Marcus, who wasn't used to such displays let out a horrified shriek. She rushed to the side of the fence that guarded the edges of the roof in time to watch him as he shimmied his way from the last balcony to the porch before tearing down the yard.

Raph mimicked him, yelling after his younger brother's shell. Splinter let out a laugh, which snapped Marcus out of his momentary horror. Leo seemed to think about it for only a moment longer before taking off after both of them. "Well talk about moving in here later, okay?" He called back to the rest of the group. Sara looked over to Donnie. His eyes followed his brothers. "Give Donald to Marcus, I'll take Jordan. Go get them." She laughed as Donnie hurried to follow her directions and proceed to shimmy down the columns to the yard where he joined his brothers.

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Okay so 5000 words of description. My bad, ya'll. I hope I was able describe it well enough for you, cause I'm not doing it like this again. Much love to anyone that made it through all of this.