In the lair, Michelangelo saw Nancy then the screen went dark. Donatello surprised looked over to see what happened.

"Nancy," Michelangelo yelled. He grabbed his brother by the arms and shook him. "Bring her back, bring her back."

"Mikey I can't," Donatello got out. "The machine broke, I have to fix it again." Letting go of Donatello, Michelangelo ran to his room and slammed the door. Donatello came out of the lab looking very solemn. Raphael noticed and walked over to him.

"What happened, where's Nancy," Raphael questioned.

"In her world," Donatello replied. "The portal broke."

"Damn," Raphael said. "Can you fix it?"

"I don't know."

Mary tried getting Nancy to get up, but she wouldn't budge. Mr.Summers had to go and lift Nancy and put her in her bed. Mary stayed by her side and she cried herself to sleep. Leaving the room, Mary went and saw Nancy's parents talking at the table. They quieted down when Mary entered.

"Nancy is asleep," Mary said.

"Sit down Mary, we were just talking about what we can do to make this easier for her." Mrs. Summers said.

"You should understand that this can't be easy for her," Mary said. Mrs. Summers nodded her head remembering. "Besides, what kind of doctor is she going to go to. As soon as they see she is carrying a mutant turtle, hello science lab." They all sighed. Mr. and Mrs. Summers knew Mary was right. Mr. Summers stood up and went to the phone.

"I know who I can call," Mr. Summers said. When Mrs. Summers just looked at him he continued. "Grampa, my dad. He's a doctor. Not for pregnancy but I'm sure he would make an exception for Nancy, he'd never turn her over. Mrs. Summers nodded as he dialed.

It was two weeks until Grampa could see Nancy and it took them nearly two weeks to convince her to go. They went after the hospital was closed. Mary went everywhere with Nancy and today was no exception. Grampa, gave her a hug when he saw her and took her to a room to change. All he knew was that she was pregnant and uneasy about seeing another doctor for the first time. Nancy slipped on a half shirt, kept her underwear on and climbed on the bed. When Mary pulled the covers in place she let Grampa and everyone come in. He started up the ultra sound machine and attached some monitors to Nancy's belly, which was beginning to swell slightly more. Smearing the cold jelly on Nancy's stomach he started scanning her stomach.

"Now what have we here," Grampa said quietly. A picture came onto the screen. "Well I see you are in your second trimester, I'd estimate about 20 weeks," Grampa pointed to the screen. "There you can see the curve of the spine, five fingers, and fi. . . three toes?" Nancy's parents sighed in relief, it sounded like there was no shell.

"Anything else, Grampa?" Mr. Summers inquired.

"No," he said. "I can't tell the sex because of how the baby is turned, but the only unusual thing I see is the baby has only three toes." Nancy had tears rolling down her cheeks.

"That's okay Grampa," Nancy said. "Can I have a copy of the picture?" Later as they were leaving the hospital, Nancy carried a picture of the ultra sound home with her. She hung it above her bed, next to the picture of Shannon with the turtles. Mrs. Summers gave that to Nancy, since it had the turtles in it. Mary spent the night that night stretched out on the floor on a blanket.

"Sure you don't want the bed, Mary," Nancy asked trying to stifle a yawn. Mary sat up on her arms and looked at Mary.

"Right, I'm going to take the bed from a pregnant woman," Mary replied. Nancy laughed and lay in her bed. Every night, her thoughts drifted to Michelangelo and what happened. It was weird being pregnant with his baby, and not being able to share it with him.

"Mary," Nancy called.

"Hmm," came a reply.

"If I am ever able to go back," Nancy paused. "You can still come but have to understand that you might not be able to come back." Mary looked at her friend.

"You know you've changed a lot since you went away," Mary said instead of answering the question. Nancy rolled onto her side facing Mary.

"Did I ever tell you what Shredder did to me?" Mary shook her head. "He whipped me. He got pissed off at me for not listening to him and whipped me."

"No, your own father did that to you?" Mary was astounded.

"Yeah, I still have scars on my back from it," Mary went to look and sure enough there were scars all over her back.

"Looks painful," Mary said as she sat back down.

"It was, but then Mikey just about killed him when he got loose. Then we went home, my back started to heal and. . ."

"You and Mikey made a baby," Mary finished for her. Nancy nodded smiling.

"Yeah, I miss him so much," Nancy said before falling asleep.

Donatello was hard at work on the portal machine. He couldn't believe how dumb he was letting Nancy go through and then the portal broke. Night and day, he has been in here working, only taking breaks when someone brought him food. Michelangelo walked in and saw his brother hard at work. He walked up to Donatello and put a hand on his shoulder. Donatello looked over at him.

"Is it time to eat already?" Donatello asked. Michelangelo shook his head and looked at the machine.

"Any luck," he asked. Donatello shook his head.

"I might be able to get this working but the chances of it staying open, will be very short." Michelangelo nodded.

"I'll go in to get her," Michelangelo said.

"Realize that there's a chance that you might get stuck there too, Mikey," Donatello told him.

"At least I'll be with her," Michelangelo said. Donatello nodded and got back to work. Michelangelo went back into the living room and sat down with his brother, Raphael. Leonardo was meditating trying to see if he could find anything out of Nancy, for Michelangelo. So far he's had no luck.

A week later, Nancy was still staying around the house, just in case the portal opened back up. Mary practically had moved in and was still deciding if she wanted to take a chance and go with Nancy. Mary lived in an apartment by herself and it got lonesome with out Nancy around. They were sitting in front of the fireplace, just watching the flames dance.

Mr. Summers was at work, while Mrs. Summers was in the kitchen preparing dinner. Two bags were sitting at the end of the couch, one Nancy's, one Mary's. Nancy put the picture of the ultrasound in the bag so she could show it to Michelangelo if she ever saw him again. A knock sounded at the door and Nancy ran to answer it hoping . . .

The person there was Jacob, Nancy's ex-boyfriend. He was surprised seeing her, since no one mentioned that she was back. All he knew was that the search was called off a while ago.

"Hey, Ci," This was Jacobs nickname for her. "When did you get back?"

"It's an unexpected visit, I'll leaving anytime." Nancy said. Jacob smiled at her and walked in. Nancy groaned silently and closed the door. Mrs. Summers came out of the kitchen.

"Jacob, hi, what a surprise," Mrs. Summers said.

"Hi, Mrs. S," Jacob loved shortening names. Nancy stood behind Jacob waiting for her mother to drop the bomb. It wasn't a long wait.

"Jacob, would you like to stay," behind him, Nancy started waving her arms mouthing no to her mother. He turned when Mrs. Summers paused and Nancy quickly crossed her arms and smiled at Jacob.

"Stay for dinner," Nancy slumped to the couch.

"I'd love to but I need to get home," Nancy was silently thanking the Gods.

"Hey Ci," Nancy looked up at Jacob. "While you're here, can I take you out to dinner sometime?" Jacob asked.

"No thank you Jacob," Nancy said. "I'm waiting for the father of my baby to pick me up and I'm not sure what day he'll be here." Jacob looked at Nancy's stomach.

"Whoa, well, see ya," As Jacob walked out the door, Nancy closed it behind her and leaned on it.

"Mom, please don't ever invite that guy over for dinner when I'm in the same house," Nancy pleaded with her mom.

"Sorry," Mrs. Summers said. "I didn't think." The door pushed against Nancy and her dad walked in. He gave her a hug and kiss before going to Mrs. Summers and giving her a hug and a kiss. A knock on the door made Nancy sigh loudly.

"What do you want?" Nancy said as she opened the door. Michelangelo stood there with a stunned look on his face. "Mikey!" Nancy jumped on him kissing him all over his face. He laughed and pushed her down. Nancy's parents just stood there. Nancy looked at them.

"Go, honey," Her mom said. "We love and will miss you." Nancy gave her parents a hug and kiss and Nancy grabbed her bag.

"It's now or never Mary," Nancy said to her best friend. Nancy and Michelangelo ran to the portal and jumped through just before the portal closed. Both made it safely to the other side and was greeted by Donatello.

~ Okay, I tried not to leave you all hanging in this one, to make up for all my other cliffhangers. More will come :o)