When Leo's brothers and Splinter arrived, there was a very big reunion with hugs and hellos, but it was short lived when they saw the size of Leo's stomach and his friend, Ali.

Leo told them everything he knew of what Johnson's goons had done to him, but the most emotional part was when he told them he had lost two of his babies. He pointed to the scars on both his sides where they had been surgically removed.

"And these babies were ours too?" Don asked. "They could have done that to me, but they never did. They said my mutation had ruined my DNA."

"I am so sorry, Leonardo. I know how you feel. I would feel the same if something like that happened to any of my sons. And you were greatly missed here." Splinter said.

"You said one of the babies was mine? How could you be so sure?" Raph demanded.

"It had your skin color. I never got the see the second one that died, so I don't know whose it was." Leo said. "I named the one I saw Rachel. It looked like a girl to me."

Then after all the back story of his time in the facility, Leo told of how he managed to escape. "The night I got out and came to the closest town, I was coming into the town for a place to hide and get supplies for my trip home, but as my friend, Allison, or Ali was closing up the gas station that night, I saved her from some punks that wanted to do harm to her." Leo explained. "Then she gave me a place to stay and recuperate for a week until her vacation time, so here we are."

Splinter stood before the young woman and said, "Thank you so much for bringing my son home to us."

Ali bowed in return. "You're very welcome, Master Splinter. Leo's been great company for me and it's been an honor to know him and be his friend. It's nice to meet all of you at last."

Don and Mikey were all too thrilled to meet her. Raph was more hesitant, but said hi anyway. Then he said, "So what are we going to do about the leadership role then?"

"What about it?" Mikey asked. "Leo's back."

"Leo won't be able to lead us on patrols while he's pregnant." Don said. "Like he said, he's already lost two of them. Leo, we are going to need to do an exam as soon as possible."

"I know. I hope the twins are ok." Leo said. "What about Ali? Where's she going to stay?"

"She can stay here with Casey and me. She might not like the smell of the sewers." April offered.

"Thanks, April. I don't mind sleeping here, but I would like very much to see their home." Ali said.

"It can be arranged. But for now, I would like my son to come home for the night." Splinter said. "Have a good night, Ms. O'Connor."

"Good night, Master Splinter. And to you Leo and your brothers."

"Good night." Leo said. Then he and his family left April's.

When the mutants were gone, April said, "I'll introduce you to Casey when he gets home and get the couch set up for you."

"Thank you." Ali said.

….

When Leo was taken home, he saw a banner on the kitchen wall that said in big blue letters, "Welcome Home Leo!"

"You guys wanted to throw me a party?" Leo asked.

"Yes. We missed you so much, Bro!" Mikey said.

"Thanks. I missed you all these past five months too." Leo said. He couldn't help that he broke down in tears.

"As for the babies, we'll have to take you to Leatherhead's tomorrow for a scan. I don't have an ultrasound machine at the moment." Don said.

"After I woke up from the first three month long sleep, I grew to hate those anyway. They did them on me every week." Leo said.

"They wanted to make sure nothing happened."

"I know, but it was very irritating." Leo said.

Raph was still skeptical about the whole pregnancy. He knew his brother carrying them was a big risk and he was worried about it. He didn't want to lose his brother after he had just gotten him back and he had been looking forward to giving the role of leader back to him, but that wasn't going to happen any time soon.

For the rest of the night, the family had a special dinner in Leo's honor and had a video marathon. Leo managed to stay awake for three movies, but fell asleep halfway through the fourth movie. It was one of Leo's favorites, but he was exhausted from the partying.

Don, Mikey, Raph and Splinter couldn't blame him. Splinter didn't always watch every movie with his sons, but he wanted to be there for his welcomed back son tonight.

"Should we wake him up?" Raph asked.

"No. He is carrying new life that is sure to make him more tired now than ever, Raphael. Let him sleep on the couch if he wishes to." Splinter said.

Raph knew he was going to quickly get sick of this pregnancy. He couldn't help but stare at his brother's swollen belly. He felt that these babies were the enemy. After all, they had been forced on his brother without his consent and they had been made by Bishop's cronies. He couldn't believe that Leo still wanted them. And he had heard that one of the dead ones was his!

Don still felt guilty that this had happened to Leo, but was much more accepting of the new situation. But he felt this could have happened to him instead if he had remained in Bishop's clutches, or worse. To him, other than a bigger belly, Leo didn't seem any different, though now he knew Leo might end up getting more emotional at times. He would be there for his brother.

Mikey was extremely thrilled he was going to be an uncle, or a father, whichever Leo would let him take the role of when the babies came. One of the remaining two could be his. He supported this. He wanted to be able to try to make others laugh, and young children could be very impressionable.

Master Splinter was happy his son was back, and he was happy that his son was going to get to experience fatherhood, but he still worried about the responsibilities that were going to be added to the ones he already had. He knew Leonardo had enough responsibilities with being a leader and oldest brother, and especially with keeping Raphael in line and trying to make Michelangelo focus in training. However, he knew Leonardo would be unable to do any heavy training anytime soon.

And all in all, all of them thought that Leo had found the perfect human friend who had brought him home. He had saved her life and gotten the best kind of gratitude ever, especially when he had been lost and alone out there in Nebraska and being pregnant. Allison would definitely be allowed to visit while she was here and whenever she wanted to afterwards.

They all went to bed after making sure Leo was comfortable on the couch. If he woke up and wanted to go to his room, then he could, but he was sleeping soundly at the moment and his family let him sleep.

Beta read by Applepye.

So how did you all like the reunion?