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Chapter 26

Donatello looked at Katherine as she finished up with her drawings. They were neatly stacked and arranged in some sort of order. "Do you really believe I am not insane Donatello?"Katherine asked him.

He looked at her. "All of this is so outside of anything that I can begin to grasp logically." He said to her.

"That was not an answer Donatello." She said, voice conveying slight hurt.

He blew out a breath. "I believe you are completely sane." He said to her. "Unfortunately the situation you find yourself in, is not. I am trying to wrap my mind around the fact that your house is...something, and you now have the memories of hundreds upon hundreds of past lives securely locked up behind door and key in your mind. Starbright is somehow partially in the loop of what is going on, and something and someones out there are trying to kill you for reasons we don't know." He said in frustration.

She sat down beside him on the couch. She reached out and touched his cheek. "I know." She said softly.

"Katherine, I love you." He said as he leaned into her. He kissed her gently then she pulled back and stood.

His shell cell started to ring. "Hello?" He answered the phone.

"Donny?" April's voice said over the phone.

"Hey April, what's up?" He asked her as he reached out and grabbed Katherine's hand, hauling her into his lap. She put her arms around his neck and lay her head against his shoulder.

"Casey and I are back in New York. Where are you, the lair is empty?" April asked into the phone.

Katherine reached out and pulled the phone from his grasp. "Hello April this is Katherine. They are all here at my place. If you and Casey would like, you may come here, they are staying here for Christmas, and if you do not have any other Christmas plans you are more than welcome to stay and have Christmas with us as well." She said with a smile.

"Oh, um, alright. We don't have any other Christmas plans, so I suppose we could stay for Christmas." April's voice came out a little shocked and unsure.

"Great then I guess we will see you tomorrow." Katherine said as she gave April directions. "It is very easy to find, there is a cemetery on the left, just hang a right." She hung up the phone and handed it back to him.

He looked at her in confusion. "What happened to not wanting to put anyone in danger?" He asked her.

"Casey and April are your friends are they not?" She asked.

"Yes." He answered.

"Well then you obviously believe that they are capable of taking care of themselves. If they are able to take care of themselves for the length of time they are here, they will be able to offer you and the girls a certain amount of protection." She said with a shrug.

Donatello narrowed his eyes. "So basically you are letting them come here because you want them to protect us and the girls if need be."

"Yes. Also I would think that you would want to see your friends." She said brushing the side of his cheek with her hand.

He brushed her cheek and lay her down on the couch. He kissed her soundly. Finally he pulled away before he got too carried away and began stripping her of her clothes.

"I need to talk to Raphael." She whispered to him.

"I know." He growled. She smiled at him and stood. "Katherine?" He asked her. She looked at him, tipping her head to the side in question. "Do you think you will ever be able to choose me?" He asked her as he stood pulling her in close. He brushed a stray lock of white hair behind her ear.

She paused. She touched his cheek gently. "I don't know Donatello." She whispered.

Donatello closed his eyes in pain. He wanted her to be his. He didn't want to have to share her, but...He would share her for now. He opened his eyes. " You love me." He said to her.

"With everything that I am." She said softly.

He nodded with determination. He would just have to convince her that no matter what, he wasn't going to let her go.

"Let's go." He said as he led her from the room. He stopped at the door. Leonardo had taken the flashlight. Katherine chuckled. She let go of his hand, walked back into the room and blew out the lamps plunging them into darkness. He felt her take his hand and led him up the stairs.

Raphael looked up from the game he was playing with the girls. Apparently they liked chess, and sadly Starlight was beating him soundly. Not that he was a chess player at all, he had had to ask Starlight and Starbright how to play, but it was still upsetting to be beaten by a 5 year old.

Katherine and Donatello walked into the room. Donatello was holding her hand. He leaned in and whispered something to her. She nodded. "Can I talk to you a moment Raphael?" She asked as Donatello let go of her hand and walked over to their chess game. Raphael stood and Donatello took his place.

Katherine held out her hand for him to take. He took her hand and walked with her from the library. He pulled her to a stop just outside of the door. "Are you okay?" He asked taking her face in his hands. "I was so worried." He clutched her to him. "I failed you, I didn't keep the nightmares away." He whispered in anguish.

"I'm fine. You didn't fail me Raphael. You couldn't stop the nightmare, but you were there with me." She said softly.

"Then why can't I remember?" He asked her looking into her eyes.

"Because I don't want you to, and I don't want you to try to remember. Promise me Raphael, that you will not try to remember." She said to him.

He looked at her in shock. "But..." He began.

"Promise." She said to him.

He closed his eyes. "I promise." He ground out.

"Thank you Raphael." She said. He pulled her close and claimed her mouth in a searing kiss.

He clutched her to him tightly. She broke away from his kiss and smiled at him. "Casey and April are going to be here tomorrow." She said to him. He blinked at her in shock. "They are going to stay for Christmas. Which is only three days away." She said with a smile as she pulled out of his arms and walked away.

Raphael frowned and walked back into the library. Starlight was looking at the chess board, her head tipped to the side in a gesture reminiscent of her mother. Raphael blinked and shook his head. Starlight was not his, and Katherine was not her mother. He just had to keep reminding himself of this.

"Are you okay daddy, you look worried?" Starlight asked in concern.

"I have no idea what to get Katherine for Christmas." He said with shock.

Donatello looked at him in surprise as his younger brother realized he hadn't gotten anything for her for Christmas either.

Starlight and Starbright giggled.

Leonardo followed Katherine to the second floor. He knew she was going to bed.

"You don't have to try the whole ninja thing out on me Leonardo. I know you are there and I know you are following me so why don't you just say what you want to say." Katherine said looking at where he had concealed himself in the shadows. He stepped into the light. Katherine looked at him, eyebrow raised in question.

He stepped into her, pulling her close. "Are you really okay?" He asked her.

"Yes, I am really okay." She said lightly brushing her fingers over his bruised jaw.

He nodded tersely. For some reason he was still angry. He was trying to let the anger go, but he couldn't. It made him angry to think that for all this time Raphael had been sharing a bed with her. And even thought he knew nothing had happened between them, he still felt as if he had been betrayed by his brother.

"Why are you so angry at Raphael, when you know you would have done exactly the same thing if your roles were reversed?" She asked him softly.

He looked down into her questioning eyes. "I don't know." He whispered.

She nodded. "Goodnight Leonardo." She said pulling away from him and turning away. He grabbed at her hand.

"I don't want you to sleep alone." He said to her.

She lifted an eyebrow. "I don't think the nightmares will be bothering me anymore. I believe they were a warning, and warning, very much received." She said grimly.

"I don't care." He growled. "Let me get Donny or Mikey, they can stay with you, make sure you are safe." He ground out through clenched teeth.

Katherine nodded. "Okay." She said softly as she pulled her hand from his grasp. She walked further down the hall and walked into his room.

He followed her in surprise. "I didn't..." He began.

"You don't trust yourself with me. You think that you are either going to hurt me or ravage me." She said from his bed. "I know you guys already have a 'don't touch' policy in place whether you know it or not. Now come to bed, I'm tired." She said as she curled up into a little ball.

Leonardo looked at her. He sighed as he pulled up a chair and sat in it. She didn't say anything as he tried to get comfortable.

"You have a choice Leonardo. You can forgive Raphael and come sleep with me, or you can stay mad at him and sit in that chair all night. The choice is yours." She rolled over and looked at him holding out a hand.

Leonardo stood up and sighed. He let the anger he felt towards his brother go. If Raphael had been able to share a bed with her for nearly two weeks and not touch her, he could as well. He stripped down to his boxers and climbed into bed next to her.

She wrapped herself around him, kissed his cheek lightly and buried her head in his shoulder."'Goodnight Leonardo." She whispered. He looked down at the woman curled up in his arms. She yawned. "I'll sleep with Michelangelo or Donatello tomorrow night." She said softly as she snuggled in closer to him.

"You are not making this easy." He growled at her.

She laughed softly. "I know, but I love you."

He kissed the top of her head. And he loved her, so what did they do? All date her? That is what it felt like they were doing. But he wanted her to be his and his alone.

"And what happens when one of us goes too far, what happens when we can no longer resist you?" He whispered into her ear as he trailed a hand down her side and tracing the band of her pants to her stomach.

She peered up at him in the darkness. "We will cross that bridge when we come to it Leonardo." She whispered back.

"What are we doing Katherine?" He asked her. "What do you want from us, what do you expect from us, what are we to you?" He asked her desperately.

"I don't know; your love, nothing, and the most important people in my world. I love you so much Leonardo, but my love extends to your brothers as well. I don't like that I cannot choose. I need time Leonardo. I need to figure out my own heart, can you not just share me, for now?" She asked him.

He clutched her tighter. Maybe if she did date all of them she would be able to decided between them. "For now." He growled in her ear.

April looked up at the huge house their van was parked outside of. Casey whistled.

"Wow. She's got some serious money." Casey said closing the door of the van.

"Looks like it." April said with trepidation. She was glad of the invitation that had been extended to them, but she was worried at what she would find. Katherine seemed like she was nice, but she was worried about her friends and of her breaking their hearts.

She hadn't really wanted to come here. She was tired of being away from home. They had finally arrived at Katherine's by 6:00 pm that evening. But before they left they had had to unpack, wash clothes, re-pack and get ready to spend two or three days at Katherine's depending on if they were going to spend Christmas night there as well or not.

Casey grabbed their bags and headed up the steps. Casey looked for a doorbell, and not finding one, knocked using the door knocker.

The door opened revealing a small girl about 5 years old wearing a blue shirt and jeans. She had hair the colour of snow and great big green eyes. She smiled at them. "Auntie April, Uncle Casey!" She squealed in delight as she launched herself at Casey. Casey stumbled back at the impact of the little body hitting him.

"What the...?" He asked looking at the girl attached to his leg.

"Daddy, Uncle Casey and Auntie April are here!" The little girl yelled. She grabbed both of their hands and pulled them into the lavish interior of the house.

"Don't you dare! Get down here right now!" Raphael yelled at a little girl who looked to be the twin of the one that had dragged them into the foyer.

She was balancing on the top of the railing on the second floor reaching for something that had been thrown onto a chandelier.

April could see Leonardo on the top floor slowly inching his way towards the little girl. "Daddy, Auntie April and Uncle Casey are here!" The girl on the rail said looking at them. "Daddy catch me." She said as she jumped off the rail. Leonardo leapt to grab her, but missed, the little girl landing and hitting Raphael as he caught her. She laughed. Raphael clutched the girl to him, fear and terror filling his face.

Raphael pulled away and glared at her. "Don't you ever do that again, you understand me. You could have been hurt, or even worse, killed." He growled at her.

"But daddy." She whined.

"No buts."

"But daddy," She said to him. "Me and Starbright know how to do lots of things. Watch." She said as she pulled from his arms.

She grabbed the other girl who April was assuming was Starbright and they gracefully leapt onto the banister of the staircase. They ran up the banister and did a flip, hands grabbing the wood then twisting as they switched positions as Starbright leapt over the other girl landing on her feet. They reached the railing that the other girl had been balancing on earlier.

"Hi daddy." Starbright said as she passed Leonardo who was looking pale.

"No!" Leonardo shouted as Starbright leapt to the chandelier. The other girl laughed as Strabright pulled a scarf from the chandelier. Starbright let the scarf go. The other girl leapt easily over the banister catching the scarf in mid-air. She flipped and landed gracefully holding the scarf. Starbright clapped as she fell off backwards. She twisted in midair landing gracefully beside her sister. April felt her heart in her throat. She had been terrified and looking at her two friends, they had been terrified as well.

"Auntie April, Uncle Casey are you hungry, we're hungry, mommy's making supper." Both girls said in unison. April looked form one girl to the other, the only difference she could see in their appearance was that Starbright had green eyes and the other girl had brown eyes. The other girl was also wearing a red shirt and jeans.

Donatello walked into the foyer. "I almost forgot that you were coming." Donatello said as he took in Raphael pulling himself off the floor and Leonardo walking down the steps.

"Starlight, Strabright, I still don't want you pulling anymore stunts like that, you two nearly gave me a heart attack." Raphael growled at them.

"But daddy." Starlight whined.

"But daddy Raph." Starbright said at the same time.

"No buts, if you want to play, go to the training room and practice there." Leonardo said to them.

Their shoulders slumped.

"But daddy we just wanted to show you." Starbright said with a pout.

Leonardo knelt down. "I know sweetheart, but I would like it better if you showed us what you can do in a place you are less likely to be hurt, okay."

Starbright looked at the other girl she assumed was her sister, and seemed to have a private conversation. "Okay daddy." Starbright said giving Leonardo a big hug. She let go of her friend and bounded up to her sister. "It's much easier with wings." April heard Starbright whisper in her sister's ear, Starlight nodding in agreement.

April looked at the scene before her and felt a little lost and overwhelmed.

"Hey Leo, did you tell the girls that Casey and April were coming?" Donatello asked.

Leonardo shook his head. "I didn't even know they were coming. No one told me. I don't think anyone told Mikey either."

Donatello frowned. "Did anyone tell you we were expecting guests?" Donatello asked the girls.

They shook their heads. "We haven't seen Uncle Casey and Auntie April for a little bit. But Daddy always likes to visit Uncle Casey and talk about...old times." Starlight said with a shrug. 'They are always talking about the Foot Clan this and the Shredder that. And sometimes they talk about the something dragons too." She frowned. "Green Dragons? Purple Dragons?" She shrugged.

"And Auntie April and Daddy Donny always talk about computers and Daddy Donny always tells Auntie April all of the upgrades he does to Magi." Stabright said to Donatello.

"And they don't even invite you in, how rude." A husky voice said from the hallway.

April turned and looked at the young woman who strolled into the foyer followed closely by Michelangelo.

April did a double take. She looked at the petite woman in front of her. She had long, wavy, white hair and laughing moss green eyes. She looked at the two little girls who ran up to her.

"Mommy we're hungry is supper ready?" They asked.

She smiled. "In a few minutes. You have to let April and Casey get settled in, now off with you two, go and play a game of chess, and by the time you two are done dinner should be ready." She said as she gently pushed the two girls down the hall.

She turned her attention back to them. "Hello, I'm Katherine it is nice to finally meet you." She said with a smile as she held out a hand.

April numbly shook her hand as she looked at the most beautiful woman she had ever seen. Michelangelo burst out laughing. "You should see your face April. It's priceless."

"Um...daddy?" Casey said looking at Raphael.

Raphael turned his head to the side a blush stealing over his cheeks.

"It's a long story." Donatello said with a shake of his head.

Katherine looked at Michelangelo. "Michelangelo could you help Leonardo take their bags up to the guest room. Furthest door on the right. We won't say anything until you two are back." She said with a smile as Michelangelo looked like he was going to protest.

"Come on." Katherine motioned as Donatello helped them with their coats.

April followed the woman as Raphael grabbed her around the waist and whispered something into her ear while they walked down a hallway lavishly lined with paintings and antiques. They walked into a brightly lit kitchen. April could smell something cooking. "I hope you don't mind pizza?" She asked.

"Kitten makes a mean homemade pizza." Raphael said as he pulled her close.

She laughed and pulled out of Raphael's grip. She bumped him out of the way with her hip as she bent down to take the pizzas out of the oven and put two more in.

April looked over at Donatello to see how he was taking Raphael touching Katherine. Donatello seemed unconcerned, more lost in thought. April frowned. Was Katherine going out with Raphael and if she was, why wasn't Donatello bothered by it?

Leonardo and Michelangelo walked into the kitchen. "Better talk fast the girls are nearly done their chess game." Leonardo said as he walked over to Katherine. He leaned in close and whispered something in her ear. She frowned as she lightly touched Leonardo's cheek. April frowned as she noticed a fading bruise on Leonardo's left cheek.

Katherine leapt up on the counter Leonardo and Raphael on either side of her.

Michelangelo went and stood in front of Katherine, his back to her. She wrapped her arms lightly around him.

"I don't know Kitten, the evidence is becoming a little too overwhelming." Donatello said to her. "They know who Casey and April are."

"I know Donatello." She said with a frown. Her eyes met April's.

Leonardo turned his gaze to April. "We found them in the lair. Starlight claims that Raphael is her father and Starbright claims that I am her father." Leonardo began.

Donatello nodded. "Basically they appeared out of nowhere and it is our belief that they may come from the future. They claim to be biologically Raph and Leo's daughters with Kitten here as their mother. Which is...hard to believe. Unfortunately it is getting hard to dispute this fact, they look exactly like Kitten and know about you and Casey, and Master Splinter." Donatello said motioning to Katherine.

April felt her world tip a little.

"Worst part is, that those two girls are twins. Try wrapping your head around that one." Michelangelo said with a smile. "Can you see these two hot heads playin' nice together?" Michelangelo grinned looking between his two brothers.

"Michelangelo be nice." Katherine said to him.

April looked at her friends in shock. April sat down on a chair. "I think I need to sit down." April said a little overwhelmed. "But how is that possible Donny?" She asked. "I didn't even think that you guys could..." She paused as she struggled with her thoughts. "You know, with a human."

Donatello gave an embarrassed cough."We're sexually compatible with humans, but biologically, it is impossible for us to father children with a human." He said softly.

"But...?" April began.

Donatello blew out a frustrated breath."That's what has us confused too." Donatello said crossing his arms over his chest. "Also, we aren't really sure when they talk if what they say is true, or just something from their imaginations."

"They say some pretty crazy things." Michelangelo said nodding.

Katherine leaned back and put her arms around Leonardo and Raphael.

April looked at Katherine. "What do you think?" April asked the woman who was apparently the children's 'mother'.

Katherine shrugged. "It is a waste of energy playing the 'are they or aren't they' game. Their parents will find them and take them home regardless. All we have to do is fill in and be their 'parents' until their real parents arrive." She said reasonably.

"So...but." April closed her eyes and tried again. She opened her eyes and looked into her oddly disturbing green gaze. "You aren't bothered by the fact that if they are yours then you would have to have..." She stopped because if she continued she knew she would hurt her friend's feelings.

Katherine looked at her intently. April felt as if Katherine was ripping away all of her barriers down into the depths of her soul. "I love them." She said bluntly. "The fact that they aren't human doesn't bother me, just as the fact that I am, doesn't bother them." She said with a quirk of her lips.

April blinked in shock as she tried to wrap her head around what was going on. Just then the two girls ran into the room. "Pizza!" They shouted in joy as the climbed up on their chairs.

Katherine unwound herself from Raphael, Leonardo and Michelangelo. She slid down and began cutting up the pizzas. Katherine then took out two more pizzas and put two more in.

There were only 6 chairs. Donatello sat down and Starlight got off her chair and climbed onto Donatello's lap. Starbright climbed onto Michelangelo's lap as Michelangelo sat down.

Starlight looked at Katherine. "Mommy do you think mommy and the daddies are going to find us?" She whispered.

Katherine stopped and looked at her. Raphael knelt down in front of Starlight. "If your parents are anything like us, they will be tearing the world apart looking for you."

Starlight frowned. "I really hope mommy doesn't start tearing the world apart." She said in fear.

Raphael frowned. "I didn't mean...I just meant that they will find you." He said.

Starlight smiled. "Good, I wouldn't like it if mommy tore the world apart. I like the world just as it is."

Donatello frowned as he looked down at the little girl happily sitting and eating pizza in his lap. He closed his eyes in resignation. "Your mom could tear apart the world?" He asked as if he already knew the answer.

"Mommy is Darkness." She said with a shrug.

"And then they say things like that and we get a little lost." Michelangelo pointed out.

They all nodded.

"Kitten, after dinner?" Donatello asked her.

She looked at him then shrugged. She took a piece of pizza and bit into it. The girls stopped and watched in fascination.

Katherine looked at them. "What?" She asked them.

"We've never seen mommy eat." They said in unison.

Katherine frowned. "I eat, but things have been a little crazy around here, I haven't really had a chance to eat when the rest of you have."

They looked at her and frowned. "Mommy never eats...ever." The twins said together.

"Ever?" Donatello asked.

They shook their heads. "I mean, we know mommy doesn't have to eat, but everyone usually does anyway because they like to and the daddies do out of habit, but mommy never eats."

"Daddy Mikey says that mommy can't eat." Starlight said.

"Why wouldn't I be able to eat? I would die if I didn't eat." Katherine said looking at the piece of pizza in her hand.

The girls looked at each other and shrugged. "Are you staying Auntie April?" Starlight asked.

April blinked. "Yes, we'll be staying for Christmas." She said slowly.

"Yay!" They said together. "We're done, can we show Auntie April and Uncle Casey the house now?" They asked excitedly.

Katherine looked over at the door. "Auntie April, Uncle Casey, say hi to the house." They said motioning to the empty doorway.

"Um...hi?" April questioned.

"Yes he's there." Katherine said to Donatello.

"Right. We'll talk more about things in the morning." Donatello said standing up.

"I'm going to look after Kitten, if you two can get dishes cleaned up." He said to Raphael and Michelangelo. "Leo, you want to take them on the tour?"

Leonardo nodded.

Katherine finished her piece of pizza and walked with Donatello from the room.

The girls pulled them to their feet.

They followed as the girls and Leonardo gave them a tour of the house. The girls chatted happily and showed them all of the interesting artifacts that were scattered around the house. April practically drooled over some of the antiques.

A few hours later they ran into Donatello. "How is she?" Leonardo asked softly.

Donatello frowned. "She shouldn't be up and walking around as much as she is." He grumbled.

Leonardo nodded. "Get her to sleep Donny and look after her." Donatello nodded and headed back upstairs.

Leonardo looked at April. "We'll explain everything tomorrow morning." He said to her. April frowned in confusion.

"Leo, I think Casey and I are going to head to bed. It's getting late and we are tired, is that okay?" April asked.

Leonardo looked at them and nodded.

"Goodnight." The two girls said happily as they ran down the hall.

She looked at her friend. "Leo is everything alright?" She asked in concern.

Leonardo looked at her, his eyes going bleak. "We'll talk in the morning." He said as he showed them to their room.

April looked at Casey after they had settled in. "I don't like this Casey." She grumbled.

"I know what you mean April, now don't get me wrong this Katherine seems really nice, but...I don't know, something funny is going on." Casey said to her.

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