last chapter!
oh btw Mai is pronounced May (yknow april may etc. etc)
exactly 9 months later:
Raph paced outside the lab impatiently, clenching his fists in frustration.
"Whoa slow down dere Raph" said Casey as he bounced a now 15 month old Mai on his knee "yer gonna rub a hole in da carpet"
Raph flinched as if he had been struck when Nikki's earsplitting screams of agony echoed through the lair.
"Shes in pain!" he growled angrily as he absentmindedly took his sais out of his belt and expertly twirled them in his three fingered hand "I promised ta protect her! I should be able ta do somet'in'"
"Hey look Raph I know how it feels" sighed his friend "ya just feel so helpless ya know? Ya wanna do somet'in' anyt'in' jus' so ya can feel useful. But ya gotta trust dat April an' Don know what dere doin'. I mean April went t'rough dis 'er-self ya know an' everyt'ing wuz just fine."
"But yer a 'uman an' so's April" said Raph, eyes flashing dangerously "I'm a mutant. What if deres somet'in' wrong wit' da kid? What if Nikki dies? What if-?"
"Calm down Raph!" Casey ordered grabbing his friend as the turtle got so riled up he attemped to punch the wall "maybe ya need ta go work out wit' Bernice fer a while" he smiled as he always did at the name Nikki had given Raph's punching bag. It cracked him up when Nikki said something along the lines of "Raph and Bernice have been spending a lot of time together lately do you think hes mad at me?" Casey tried to shove Raph towards the stairs so he could take a much needed break when the shrill cry of an infant rang through out the lair waking up Mikey who had been sprawled on the couch fast asleep. Leo and Master Splinter were pulled out of their meditation by the loud cries.
Raph immediately headed into the lab. The others went to follow but Master Splinter held them back.
"let him go my sons" he ordered "Raphael needs to have some time alone with his wife and child"
April met Raph at the door
"Congratulations!" she enthused clearly exhilarated from delivering the baby "it's a girl!"
"Great!" said Raph "is Nikki ok?"
"Oh shes fine" April assured him "she just a little tired thats all. I'm sure she'd love to see you!"
"T'anks April" Raph said gratefully as he made his way over to the hospital bed.
"hey dere kiki" Raph whispered as he knelt beside the bed that an exhausted Nikki lay in and examined the daughter in her arms. the newborn had deep green leathery skin, large amber eyes, a more human face (with a nose, lips, ears, eyelashes you name it. everything except eyebrows for some reason) , black hair, and no shell. She had two toes on each foot like her father but five slim fingers on each hand like her mother. She also had a good set of lungs if her loud screaming was any indication.
"how ya doin' honey?" he asked his wife
"Fine" she whispered with a strained smile "but she wont stop crying"
"Hey Don" Raph called his brother over "do ya know whats wrong wit' 'er?"
"No" admitted Don "but if you let me run some tests on her I'm sure I can figure it out..."
"Ok" agreed Raph as he carefully handed his daughter to Donnie "but you'll be careful right?"
"Of course" said Donnie rolling his eyes "who do you think I am? Mikey?"
"Hey! I heard that!" yelled Mikey from outside the room
the two new parents waited impatiently for Donnie's diagnostic
a few minutes later they had their answer
"It appears there were a few...complications" Donnie saids looking at the results of the tests
"Whadda ya mean complications?" asked Raph
"This skin from her hands up to her elbows is not fully developed. It is extremely sensitive which is why she was crying. When you touch her arms you are hurting her"
"but what do we do then?" asked Nikki her eyes wide with concern
"well luckily I managed to whip together this material" Don held up two pieces of black cloth "this is very soft and specially tweaked so that it will not aggravate her skin"
he carefully helped his newborn niece get the small black gloves on and she quieted down
"Unfortunately thats not the only problem. her head had some problems developing as well so she will suffer from severe headaches. Ill try to make some some pills or something to help prevent it from happening and to ease the pain if it does."
"So she'll have to deal with those two things...all her life?" said Nikki her voice strained
"as far as I can tell...yes" said Donnie as he handed the girl back to her mother "but if you ask me you're very lucky. She is a half-breed there was a very good chance something was going to go wrong. We're just lucky its not worse. Especially since our species was not...naturally created like your was. We're basically just mutated turtles and the mutagen in our blood doubled the chances of birth defects and the like"
Raph who had been silent for the last couple of minutes stood up punched the wall and sat back down again breathing heavily
"I knew I'd screw 'er up" he moaned burying his face in his hands "shell why does not'in' good eva happen ta me?"
"Raphael Hamato!" said Nikki sharply "this is good! We have a beautiful baby girl who is perfectly healthy except for a few birth defects. Now stop feeling sorry for yourself and help me name her!"
"I thought we agreed dat if it wuz a boy I'd name it and if it wuz a girl you'd name it" said Raph as he stared at his daughter with unshed tears
"well yeah but I still want your input" said Nikki as she fed the newborn
they discussed various names before coming up with the perfect one.
They came out of the lab to introduce her to the family
"everyone this is Azrielle Toni Hamato" Nikki announced proudly as they all gathered around the tiny bundle of life
"Kinda a long name for such little thing isnt it?" asked Mikey as he cooed over the infant
"Yeah" said Raph as he watched his younger brother to make sure he was careful around Azrielle's sensitive arms "dats why we're callin' 'er Raz fer short"
"I like it" said Leo as he took his niece from Mikey "welcome to the family Raz Hamato"
THE END
tada!
lets be honest if the turtles had kids something would probably go wrong but dont worry Raz will be just fine
im gonna upload a oneshot that happens between this and the sequel and then ill post chapter one of Broken (thats the sequels name)
the oneshot is called Old and New and will be about 2 years after this chapter (its an xmen tmnt crossover)
please r and r