-nighttime-
Don was shocked at the test results he saw on the computer, after taking blood samples of all of them and the turtle that took hours to process. The other turtles were waiting behind him.
"Well Donnie?" Leo asked. Don looked at the others.
"Well guys, this may be surprising," Don said looking to the turtle that crawled to him happily. "But this turtle is related to us. She's our mother, alright."
Mikey smiled and picked up his mother to hug her. She licked his face, making Mikey laugh.
"I-Is it really, Don?" Leo said, shocked. Donnie nodded.
"Yep, says it all." He said as he got up and walked to Mikey to pet his mother. She started to lick his hand. Raph and Leo walked to them.
"I c'n't believe it." Raph said quietly. "Afte' all dese ye'rs, we meet our mom."
Leo couldn't believe it either. He was starting to regret saying forgetting the past, even if he still thinks it's a good way to go. It was just this moment, he was happy to have the past come back to him and his brothers. Especially if it had to do with it
Leo noticed that there was a gold chain on his mom's shell with a small heart locket on it.
"Hey Mikey," Leo said as he picked up the locket. "What this?" Mikey looked at the locket.
"I don't know, bro." He said. "There were locket like that on all the animals. I think I heard a few days ago that the Pet Store takes pictures of the pets with families and put them with the animals."
Leo opened the locket and smiled at what picture was in it.
"Leo?" Raph asked. Leo held out the locket to let the other turtles see. It was them as babies, climbing on their mother's shell lika mountain. She seem to be smiling as they did it.
"Hey, it's us as babies!" Mikey said as his mom was reaching for the locket. Leo put the locket around her shell.
"Yeah, she looked happy with us around." Leo said petting her. "And she looks happy now too."
Mikey thought about it (Don't worry, he didn't hurt his brain. XD) and said, "Hey Don, do you still have some of the ooze the Utroms have you, in case you wanted to test it on something?"
Don nodded." Yes, but I doubted that I'd ever use it." He said. "Why?"
"Let's use it on mom." Mikey said.
"Really?" Don asked.
"Yeah, use it. We can meet her for the first time in years."
"Sounds good ta me." Raph said.
"Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt."
When the three were in agreement, they all looked at Leo to ask for his answer, which he was hesitated to give.
"I...I don't know." Leo said.
"C'mon Leo." Raph said irritated.
"Don't you want to meet her?" Don asked.
"I do, but Master Splinter comes home tomorrow from his trip. How do you think he'd-"
"Leo," Mikey said sadly. "I want to talk her, Raph and Don want to talk to her too. If you want that too, than say yes. Please?"
Leo didn't know what to say. On one hand, he did wanted to meet his mother. On the other hand, The shredder was still around, and she could be in danger. Though, his brothers aren't thinking about that right now. Leo sighed
-later-
"Ok, it's on her." Don said as he was done pouring the ooze on their mother. "All we have to do now is wait for morning."
Mikey placed her on the pillow on the living room couch.
"Sorry we don't have a room for you, mom." Mikey said. "Master Splinter doesn't let us in his room when he's gone, and our rooms'll be too small for you when you're mutated."
Don pulled the blanket on her shell and give her a kiss, happy to see that she didn't duck in her shell like a turtle would normally do.
"'Night mom." Don said.
The other three said goodnight as she went into her shell to sleep. They all stared at her with smiles for a moment, then all walked to their rooms, eager to see tomorrow.