Leo awoke to a man holding two bundles in his hands. "Finally awake, Leonardo? Thank you so much for giving me the final two babies that will help fund Agent Bishop's work."

Agent Johnson was holding two little bundles with green faces sticking out and they were crying their little lungs out.

"No! Don't hurt my babies!" Leo cried for them and tried to reach out for them.

"They were never yours. You were just their carrier. Now you have served your purpose. Do away with him." Johnson ordered, and a man standing beside him raised a gun and took aim. Then a white light…

"NO!" Leo sat up screaming in bed. His breathing was heavy and he was covered in sweat.

Leo had been having some bad dreams ever since he had gotten back home. He pulled the blanket down and saw his swollen belly. He rubbed it gently. "I don't want to lose you two." Leo said.

The babies seemed to respond by kicking out at his hand. He had never been happier to feel it. But were these dreams a warning? He hoped not. He would never let Bishop get his hands on the twins.

Sometimes Leo wouldn't be able to get back to sleep at night because of these dreams. Then he would get up and go think in the kitchen with a cup of tea for company. Why were these dreams haunting him? He was home safe and sound with his family now. They would make sure nothing would happen to him or them.

Leo was sitting at the table now when he heard footsteps approaching. One of his family.

Raph stepped into view. "What are ya doin' up, Fearless?"

"I couldn't sleep."

"Bad dreams?"

Leo looked up.

"I could hear ya screaming in your sleep." Raph said.

"Sorry if I woke you up."

"What were the dreams about?"

"Nothing."

"Oh, come on. Don't feed me that lie. I heard ya saying, 'Don't hurt my babies.' So what was it about?" Raph demanded.

Leo sighed deeply. There was no hiding this from his brother.

"It was about where after the twins were born and I was somehow in Johnson's custody again and he had the babies in his arms and he said that I served my purpose and he had me killed afterwards. Could it be a warning? I hope not." Leo said.

Raph didn't like to hear his brother talking like that. "It was just a dream, Leo. Ya saved Don and we aren't goin to let that guy get his hands on ya again."

"Thanks, Raph."

"But Leo, do ya really think it's a good idea for this to be happenin' to ya?"

"What do you mean?"

Raph figured now was a good time to get this off his mind. No one else was up and it was just him and Leo, alone.

"For you to be carrying them? They were after all, Bishop's work."

"I know they were created by his work, but they were my only family when I was in that place for so long. They were created for a bad purpose, I know that, Raph, but they are still a part of our family. I won't turn my back on them for any reason, no matter how they were created." Leo seriously said.

"And they created them without your consent. They forced ya inta that experiment. You've lost two already. How do ya know the last two will make it, or they won't kill you?" Raph asked. "We don't want to lose ya again."

"They won't kill me. I'll be fine. It was stress from those men that killed my other two. It was too stressful an environment for me and them. I knew I had to come up with a planned strategy to get out of there, but I had to learn my way out of the place first before I could get out successfully."

"And what about the birth? How ya goin' to have 'em? You're not a female."

"I know that, Raph. Don will figure out how. There's still a few months left."

"Have ya figured out how you're gonna take care of 'em? Babies are a LOT of work, Leo."

"When have I ever failed at being responsible? I know they are, but I have you guys to help me out. I won't be doing this alone. And the longer I feel them inside me, the more I actually feel like I'm getting ready for this, no matter how it started." Leo explained. "Like this was meant to happen. It just gives me a prouder, happier feeling."

"I see it's just messing with your head. Ya haven't been the same since we got ya back. I just don't think it's right, Leo. This ain't natural for this to happen to ya."

Leo frowned at what Raph said. "Well, Raph, it is happening and there's nothing I can do about it!"

"I can do something about that." As Raph approached Leo, Leo stood up.

"What… what are you going to do, Raph?" Leo asked, backing away.

"I still think those little monsters are evil! They might have been created to destroy us!" Raph growled.

Leo couldn't believe this. To hear his own brother say that about his babies. His babies! He knew Raph had had resentment, but he knew this was beyond that now.

Raph was advancing on him. "Don't do this, please Raph." Leo had a hand on his stomach.

"Leo, this is for your own good and ours." Raph said.

"Raph, don't!"

"They're monsters used to control you into wanting them! We have to get rid of them!"

"NO! I will not get rid of them! Stay away from me!" Leo cried out.

"Leo, listen to me! This has to be done!" Raph said.

Leo saw an opening and he took it. He ran from the kitchen, trying to get to his room.

Raph wasn't about to let him get away that easily. "Those things are evil, Leo!"

It was making Leo breathe harder to simply run at the moment. "Keep away from me!"

Raph was catching up to his pregnant brother. He saw how hard it was for him to run and he had both his hands on his stomach, supporting it as he ran. But just before he got him, Leo made it to his room and slammed the door closed, locking it.

Raph slammed his fists into the door. "Leo! You need to get rid of them!"

Leo got into the farthest corner and sat down, tears welling. "After I have that bad dream, and now this. I knew he had a hard time accepting this, but I didn't think it would be like this."

The noise had woken Mikey, Don, and Splinter.

"What is going on here?" Splinter demanded. "Raphael, what are you doing pounding on Leonardo's door so late?"

"I know the rest of you have fallen for the prospect of Leo's babies being little angels, but I just know that Bishop's cronies created them to harm us. We have to get rid of them!" Raph proclaimed.

Leo heard the other voices outside his room.

"Leo told us why they were created, Raph, but they won't hurt us." Don said.

"How do ya know that, Don? They also have alien DNA in them! They could turn on us! And Leo wants to go on carrying them!"

"Raphael, enough! You will not harm Leonardo or the babies. Whatever comes with the babies, we will make sure your brother is looked after and that the babies are no threat. For now, we will continue to welcome them on the way and you will not do this again. Do you understand?" Splinter demanded.

"Don't say I didn't warn ya when they're born and they're at your throats." Raph growled.

"Enough!" Splinter said.

"We knew you had resentment about this, Raph, but we never thought you would sink that low!" Mikey cut in.

"And I will not abort them!" Don said. "Leo keeps the babies. They are a future generation, Raph."

"And I don't want to see Leo die! This is destroying him!"

"Raphael! Go to your room! You are not to be around Leonardo until further notice!" Splinter ordered angrily.

"But, I…"

"Now!"

Raph growled as he left Leo's room.

They all heard a slam, and then Don began gently knocking on Leo's door.

"Leo, Raph's gone. Please let us in."

Leo was crying, but he got up and went over to the door, letting them in.

"I am so sorry, my son. Raphael had no business trying to do that to you." Splinter said.

Leo went and sat on his bed, holding his belly. "What if he's right? But I don't want to lose them."

"We will make sure nothing happens to you or them, Leo. They are just innocent little babies. They won't hurt us." Don said.

Leo turned and hugged Don, sobbing. He couldn't help it. He had never thought Raph would turn on him like this.

Don hated seeing Leo like this. Everyone was going to be sore at Raph for a while. That was completely uncalled for. He had no right to take Leo's babies' lives. And if these babies died too, there wouldn't be another chance like this, to get some new blood into their lives. None of them would be getting mutant turtle girls anytime soon. The babies would be protected at all costs.

Splinter would talk to Raphael later on to see what started all this.

Leo cried for a while and he hung onto Don for dear life. Mikey rubbed his shell comfortingly.

When Leo did calm down, he was offered a choice to stay in Don or Mike's rooms.

"For right now, I'll be happy to stay with one of you." Leo said.

Leo ended up staying in Don's room. It wasn't easy getting any good sleep after a bad dream and that incident with Raph.

Beta read by Applepye.

Author note: I'm going to let everyone know now that I'm trying to squeeze in at least one or two more chapters this week before Thursday, as I am going to be having surgery on that day. Something I've needed for many years. Wanting to make my chest a lot smaller than what it is. But pain or no pain, I'll still be getting online and trying to do as much as possible. Wish me luck Thursday.