Author's Note: Naturally we all know that I have no ownership whatsoever of Harry Potter and his fellow wizarding mates, or of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Original characters are mine.
Thank you Trickster32 for your review, lol.
Chapter Two
Some form of answers...
Remus's face beamed at the sight of Severus appearing in the alley he had been waiting.
"Glad to see for myself that you are safe," says Severus, with an equally beaming expression, once close enough.
"No doubt that you were just itching to get away from Hogwarts as soon as you got the notice," Remus replies.
"More than itching," said Severus, as he and Remus embraced firmly. "I hate being too far and too long away."
"I know, Mon Cheri Sev, but we both know why it has to be this way."
They pull away, but not completely.
"Where are our children?" Severus notices that it was just them in the alleyway.
"Back at the new Lair, helping in organising what goes where and who gets which room," Remus answers. "The possibility of not having to share a room is getting into the boys' heads at the moment."
"Let me guess, Michelangelo is trying to go for the biggest room?" says Severus.
They started making their way toward the direction they needed to go, of course Remus leading the way as he knew where the place was.
Remus laughed. "He tried, but Splinter overruled him in staying that it is going to us whenever we're staying there, Donatello was trying to work out where the plumbing is meant to go for the en-suite for that room, and all the other bathrooms and the kitchen."
"So he's going to need my help to find the water pipes?"
"When you can, he's drawn up the mapping in great detail," said Remus.
"I wonder who helped him with the map," Severus speaks knowingly.
Remus just gave this little cheeky smile, he knew Severus knew of an old map that he and his old friends once had, so drawing maps was something of a skill Remus didn't lose. He didn't have much need to keep things from Severus anymore, visa-versa for Severus to Remus, with way too much that's happened in their lives, and their connections as mates for life – so they've discovered a few years ago – why hide? They trusted each other, whatever was in the past, even though the trauma was still seeping now and again, such things aren't worth it.
It didn't take too long to reach the entry of the Lair, where Severus could see the progress that had been made over the last couple of days in setting up the place to be of liveable standards. Still had a fair bit to go, but more due to what needed to be installed.
"Run by me again as to why there are so many televisions?" Athena asks, watching Michelangelo strategically placing television sets of different sizes to make one great big one.
"So in case we're stuck trying to find what to watch, we can watch both?" said Michelangelo. "We can have the Fast and the Furious on one, while we have the Walking Dead on the other!"
"Or I'll just watch one thing, on the one screen, in my room," Athena raises her brows, still not understanding why so many.
"And less power drainage," says Freya.
"Dad!" Christian cries with glee and runs over, to where Severus welcomes the hug from his youngest child, drawing him close.
This got the girls to peer over and hurry over, too, delighted to see their maternal father.
"Hey, Severus!" Michelangelo calls waving. "Check this out!"
"Do you really need that many screens?" Severus asks.
"Apparently Mikey doesn't know what he wants to watch," says Donatello, from his vantage point, hoisted up near a metal pipe he seemed to be welding. He had turned the flame off from the torch he was using and moves his protective goggles up.
"We need to make the Turtle cave to live up to its entertainment potential!" Michelangelo declares.
"And getting a pool table isn't entertaining?" Freya crosses her arms.
"The Turtle cave? That is so lame!" says Donatello.
"Then what would you call it?"
"How about the Sewer of Solitude?"
"That makes it sound like you're trying to convince tourists that the sewers are a great place to stay while visiting!" says Athena.
"Or something for dead goldfish," Freya laughs.
"Terrapin station?" Michelangelo suggests.
"School for Gifted Reptiles?"
"You're forgetting there are more than just reptiles here, Don!" Athena points out.
"Turtle cave sounds better! Bit like the Bat cave!" Christian pipes up.
"They've been at this for a while," Remus tells Severus, who was a little confused and amused.
Splinter is the one who stops it and says that they're calling the place 'home'.
"Now, what is keeping Leonardo, Apollo and Raphael?" the father rat asks.
"They went back to the old place to pick up the rest of our stuff," Donatello calls. "They used the sewer glider, so they should be back any moment now, if it is performing the way it should."
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"So many years here and this is what is left," Leonardo says, sadly, picking up a few items and went over to place it into the glider, which resembled something of a jeep hybrid.
"Luckily some of the more important things have been spared," says Apollo, relieved and saddened when he picks up a beautifully decorated bejewelled sealed box, with an oval shaped photo engraved. He holds it tightly to him, trying not to tear up.
Leonardo placed a hand of comfort on his brother's shoulder.
"When I find out who sent those home wrecking robot roaches!" Raphael growls, punching an already crumbling support beam, causing it and some of the walls to crumble.
"Come on, Raph, we don't want to cause this place to cave in anymore than it already has," says Leonardo, helping Apollo to place the bejewelled box and significant objects that was surrounding it securely into the vehicle, done in a way that it was protected and unable to move.
The three all got in, or rather, Raphael and Apollo into the two seats, while Leonardo was on the surfboard, holding tightly.
Raphael started the engine and carefully started it off and it went smoothly, the wheels went up and tucked under itself, turning into a hovercraft of sorts.
"Remember, Donny said the accelerator hasn't been tested yet, so it needs to be taken nice and -"
Just as Raphael heard this from Leonardo, he decided to test this untested accelerator and they managed to speed up to the point where it felt like they were flying.
"It'd say this is a success, wouldn't you?" Raphael calls.
The three boys whooped and cheered all the way along.
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"So this is the robot that caused the trouble," said Severus, coming up next to Donatello, with Splinter too.
"Even though that thing is inactive, it still makes me very wary," says Splinter, looking at the raptor machine with the same tone and expression as his words.
"This is state of the art robotics, Sensei, I just got to know what makes it tick," said Donatello.
The sound of the glider was heard echoing until it entered the Lair and pulled into the large open area.
"Hey, good news, Mikey! Your DVD collection survived!" Leonardo calls as he jumps out, and goes to pass it to his youngest brother.
"Awesome!" Michelangelo was very happy indeed, taking them. "Let's put on something that is little less on story and more heavy on gory!"
"How about not!" Remus suggests, as Michelangelo switches the televisions on via the remote.
"Small children in the room, Mikey!" Donatello reminds him.
"Fine, something more child friendly, but nothing singing!"
"Beauty and the Beast please!" Kimika calls.
The screens all turn on at once and the news turned straight on;
"In a press conference today at Stockman Enterprises, New Yorks new leading firm in technology and organic experimentation..."
This perked the ears of Severus and Remus.
"Stockman Enterprises? Isn't that...?" Splinter goes to, but his answer was already given by Severus's hands going into fits and sitting down in the chair near Donatello's desk, trying to keep calm.
"Founder and CEO, Baxter Stockman, was on hand to unveil his latest invention," the newsperson continued.
The screen cuts to a tall dark skinned man bearing a heavy set jaw and wearing glasses and white lab coat.
"A wise man once said, 'build a better mousetrap, and the world will be a better path to your door', well I say, let the path seeking began. For I, Doctor Baxter Stockman, have found a solution to this ever growing rat problem within the city!
"I give you the most advanced rodent catching and crushing machine!"
He pulls off a large sheet to reveal...
"The Stockman Enterprises Mouser!"
Oh how the many jaws dropped.
"Well, fuck!" said Freya, which earned her a little nudge from Remus, being right next to her, and her fathers' tolerance of her and her sister swearing at their age.
"I cannot believe that the famous Baxter Stockman would pass these things off as a good thing," said Donatello, holding the head of the one of the robots he collected to study and work them out.
"Anything that man does is never a good thing," Severus speaks with piercing hate toward the screen.
"Are you okay, Dad?" Christian takes hold of Severus's hand, sensing his father's not so great mood.
Severus just places his other hand on top. "I'll be okay, son."
Christian puts his head against Severus's upper arm, which he felt his father cradle close. Severus knew his children had some knowledge to a degree, to what their fathers had gone through, their maternal one still having trauma now and again from it, even if Christian didn't quite really know the details, he can just tell by sensory connection of moods.
Raphael rams one of his sai into one of the television screens.
"I say we go over the Stockman Enterprises right now and kick some serious shell!" he growls, as he turns to start heading out, spinning his sais in his hands before re-sheathing them in his belt.
"Absolutely not!" Splinter says, stepping into Raphael's path.
Baxter Stockman's voice on the television continues; "My lab assistant, Miss April O'Neil, will realise several rats into the simulation chamber."
On the screen appears a very young and rather pretty red headed woman, who was holding a large box, walking over to the very large maze.
Remus was keeping a very, very close eye on Severus from his position at Donatello's makeshift work area, where Donatello, Raphael, Splinter and Christian were. While it did bother Remus, himself, to see this, as it was something they both endured in ways, these simulation chambers, he knew who copped it the most... especially after the last time... three years ago...
April O'Neil tips the box and out comes many rats, going into the mazed out chamber.
By sheer instinct Leonardo being the closes to her, goes over to Kimika and pulls her to him and shields her from view of the screens, Severus doing exactly the same with Christian. For what happens next was just something of a horror movie in real life.
As the rats were placed into the chamber, the Mouser was released as well. It made its way through the maze and once it sensed a rat...
Apollo looked away, wanting to be physically sick, Michelangelo placing an arm around him. Leonardo and Severus making absolute Kimika and Christian were blocked from seeing, and hearing as much as possible.
"And the Mouser retrieval and return functions are all ingeniously controlled by a remote mother computer," he goes on to say, but the television was shut right off before he could even finish.
Speechless, the group of twelve found ways to try and get over what they had just witnessed. Leonardo, Apollo and Michelangelo offering to take Kimika and Christian to their rooms to get ready and settle down for the night; Donatello went to work on one of the bathrooms, instead of the raptor robot, just not wanting to look at it again for a little while, wanting to get the visual out of his head. The twins convince Raphael to help them with some of the items that had been bought from the old Lair to be put away, in hopes to keep him from leaving, even for a while. Splinter needed to meditate and get clarity; while Remus was already making a beeline to Severus and showed him to where their room, for when they were there, was located, knowing full well that he's going to need it.
"Leo," says Kimika.
"Yes, Kimi?"
"Why do people not like rats?"
Leonardo wasn't sure how to answer his little sister's question.
"Because rats have always had a bad reputation," Apollo speaks up.
"What is reputation?"
"Reputation is something like an opinion of someone. Um... like how Freya and Athena are seen as sweethearts to certain people because of their work, or how some people think spiders are known for being scary," Leonardo tries to simplify it.
"Spiders are scary!" Kimika comments.
"You join a lot who share that same view, which I guess is a way to say for spiders having a reputation for being scary. Do you understand?"
Kimika just nods. "I guess so. But we aren't bad! Papa is nice! I don't want anyone to hurt him... like they did to Mommy."
"We know, Kimika," said Apollo.
"None of us want that to happen to our Dad, or to either of you," said Leonardo, holding his sister's hand and looking at Apollo with clear genuine in his tone and face.
"I wish those things didn't come!" said Kimika.
"We wish they hadn't either, that is the truth of it," said Apollo. "But we're safe now."
Kimika still wasn't so sure.
"Would you like for us to read you a story and stay with you until you go do sleep?" Leonardo offers.
Kimika gave a small smile. "Yes, please."
"What story would you like?"
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Severus had a heck of a lot of trouble staying asleep during the night, even with Remus helping him a couple of times to settle down, but by morning, he was still very much tired, with nerves slightly up.
Remus was still asleep, so deciding not to wake him up, Severus pushed back the covers and got out of bed and walks out of the room, which was on the upper level of the Lair. He had to admit, he was highly impressed by the layout.
He saw Leonardo was doing early morning training with Athena. Proud father moment when he sees his daughter able to counter Leonardo's sword with her own and push back with double force than what he had expected. Michelangelo, Freya, Christian and Kimika were at the many televisions watching morning cartoons, eating breakfast. Donatello was at his work station tinkering away at that horrid machine. Severus assumed Raphael was still in bed and Splinter just came out of his room.
"You need to learn to be a little faster, Leonardo," Splinter says to Leonardo. "Watch how you're dropping your shoulders, Athena."
Severus goes down to join.
"Morning Daddy," he hears Freya, when he reached the living area.
"Man, you look like you fell asleep on a bed a nails," Michelangelo comments.
"You could say that," Severus mutters, sitting down in the armchair.
"Bad night?" Freya simply asks, not needing any other details.
Severus simply nods, it was enough for her to know and to leave it for now. He then looks at his watch. "Don't you two have to be at the studio soon?" he asks.
"Not until nine thirty," said Athena, now finished training with Leonardo.
"Another episode of Double the Wishes?" asks Michelangelo.
"I thought Double the Wishes was over," said Leonardo.
"It is. New show, Mirror Worlds," Freya replies.
"Yes, and we better start getting ready if we want to get there in time to do make up before shooting the next lot of scenes," said Athena.
"Yeah, yeah, I know!"
"I'll take you," said Severus. "Give your other Dad a break."
"Can I come, too?" Christian pipes up.
Kimika looked a little down at this, knowing she can't join her best friend. Severus saw this.
"Maybe next time," he says to his young son, before pulling him aside to have a quieter word as to why it would be a good idea to stay and keep Kimika company instead. "She can't experience the same things as you and I, so perhaps, just for today, and being in a new place, she might simply need a friend a little more."
Christian really wanted to go to the studio, but agreed to stay.
"We can do something a little later, just you and me," Severus then suggests.
"Like to Central Park?"
Severus laughs a little; "We'll see."
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That night, whilst everyone was in bed, Raphael tried to sneak on out of the Lair. He had been distracted during training and had been refused by Master Splinter to go Top Side to seek out Stockman. But his determination was too driven, so he went to bed 'early' and was just about of the exit when he was stopped by Leonardo.
"Out for a late night stroll, Raph?"
"Outta my way, Leo!"
"Master Splinter said to stay put!"
"I'll go fuckin' through ya if I have ter!"
"I'd like to see you try, Hothead!" Leonardo ignored the swearing.
"Be careful what you wish for, Splinter Junior!"
The two started to brawl and were both on the ground.
Just then a whirring like sound came up and ran straight on past them, they were both surprised to see the Mouser getting away.
"Hey guys! I got one working!" Donatello called, as he and Michelangelo came running.
"Come on! He's faster than he looks!" Michelangelo exclaims.
They hurry past Leonardo and Raphael, still on the ground.
Raphael looks at Leonardo; "So... you're just going to let that Mouser roam free?"
"Master Splinter is so going to kill us."
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Lips press against the bare skin of his back, as arms laced around him. In return, he helped guide the hand of his partner downward, inside his pants, knowing what he was after.
"You're starting to get close," Remus whispers into Severus's ear, as his fingers gently moved to the back of his mate's scrotum, feeling how extra sensitive it was at his touch, compared to when Severus wasn't approaching or with the phase.
A sharp inhale was met as Severus felt Remus play with the area for a moment, before moving around to take hold of his length.
"I've made sure I took the potion, as Serket instructed, before you ask," Severus murmurs back.
Remus places a few kisses on Severus's shoulders and neck before speaking; "You don't have to tell me every time you start going into your phase, Mon Cheri, I know well enough why you don't want to have anymore and you know why I won't ever force you to change your mind on it." He stops fondling, pulling away. "I've seen what they did to you. I've seen what they did to them. Forcing me to place myself inside you to create more, once they realised that no-one else's sperm was working to get what they wanted... Not even his, when he showed up and..."
"Raped me again... and again..." Severus mutters with the memory coming back of that entire week of being chain down, just like last time, and instead of blindfolding him, they got him to see for himself, Remus being forced to watch as his mate was being violated by the man that was seen as a trustworthy citizen to the wizarding world. Most heartbreaking for Severus was the fact that he still had to see this person, almost every single day at his work... knowing that no-one would dare believe on what happened, except for the few members who knew the truth and kept the two apart as much as possible, the ones who helped get him and Remus out of that place.
Remus coaxes his husband to turn around and face him, cupping Severus's jaw and cheek with his hand, Severus rests his on the back of it. "I will never, ever force you to have our children like they did to us back there. Never! You're far too important to me to make you do anything you don't want to. Especially after that. If there was a way to find the gene that causes you to grow a womb during your phases and take it out, or make it useless, without needing the potions, I'd be encouraging you to take that option if that is what you wish to do."
"I just wish it never happened."
"You and me both."
"Yet, we now have a face to the man who ordered the assaults," said Severus.
"One of them, I don't think he's working on his own," Remus says. "There is someone higher up the chain and he's just a face."
"Yet, it was Stockman Enterprises that held us captive."
"Not debating on that, but we know from what we've seen, whilst in there, and from being outside, there is more than what we've been privy to. Think about it."
Severus did think about it, and could understand where Remus was coming from, knowing in some way it made sense.
They then heard movement coming from outside of their room.
"I had told you not to leave the Lair!" Splinter was very stern.
Upon hearing this, the pair got out of bed, grabbed their dressing gowns and threw them on as they exited out of their bedroom.
"Sorry, Sensei, but at least it was for a good reason and we did help someone!" says Donatello.
"Put her on the couch," Splinter instructs. "What exactly happened to have you bring her here?"
The Turtles explained as much as they were able to.
"Isn't she the lady we saw on the TV?" Apollo asks.
"Has that sense of her stumbled on to something she wasn't meant to," said Leonardo.
"Well, until she comes to, we'll have to wait for her side of the story," said Splinter.
By now everyone, except for Christian and Kimika, were awake.
"What did you do?" Freya asks, seeing the unconscious redheaded woman on the couch, then looking at the Turtles.
"Thought we'd decorate the place a little more, a couple of throw pillows... a hot chick..." Michelangelo quips.
"By clubbing her out cold and dragging her here?"
"No, she passed out at the sight of us," said Raphael.
Freya wanted to say something, but refrained... well, not completely, whispering it to her twin who went into fits of giggles.
Severus simply turns back around at the sight of her and heads straight back to his and Remus's bedroom, he just couldn't deal right now.
The plot thickens...