Leo and Raph managed to make it to April's basement. They both at times had had to fight off commandoes and even had to resort to swimming to get away from those maniacs. By the time they got upstairs, Leonardo was completely exhausted.

He was breathing hard and holding his stomach. Raph knocked on April's door and she let them in. She saw Leo and said in alarm, "Leo, what's wrong?"

"We were attacked by commandoes at our home!" Raph answered for his tired brother. "Now we just need a place to rest. We lost the commandoes, don't worry."

"They just better not come here, Raphael. My husband and I don't need to lose our home as well." April scolded.

Casey came upstairs from the store. He was in shock when he saw the condition of the two turtles.

"What happened?"

"Bishop's cronies attacked and destroyed our home." Raph said.

"What's wrong with Leo?" April asked.

"He's exhausted. Just hope nothin's wrong." Raph said.

Then Casey said, "Raph, you're bleedin!"

Raph looked down at where Casey was pointing, and saw blood running down his left leg, from a cut on his thigh. "Was neva' even aware of it."

"Let's get that cleaned up." April said. "But first," She went over to Leo. "Are you ok, Leo?"

"I'll be ok once I catch my breath again, April. Watch out for the others, they might come here too, or go to Leatherhead's."

"I will." She said. Then she turned to Raph. She led him into the bathroom and got the first aid kit out.

April managed to stop the bleeding, stitched it up, as it had been a deep cut, and bandaged it up. Raph had put on a brave face the whole time while the needle had been going through his skin. He might have not have felt it as much with all the adrenaline in his system at the moment.

When they left the bathroom, they found Leo asleep on the couch.

"The poor guy just passed out." Casey said.

"Who could blame him. He shouldn't have been in that situation in his condition." April said.

They let him sleep while they all sat down and talked. Soon, the adrenaline did wear off and Raph began to feel the pain from the cut, though he had no idea what he cut himself on, but stuff happens in a big fight like that and trying to help his big brother in a hurry to get away.

…

Don, Mikey, and Splinter all went to Leatherhead's home. He hated to hear that Bishop was at it again. He would do anything to destroy their lives. Then Leatherhead checked them all over for serious injuries. They were all ok aside from a lot of bruises.

"Have you seen Leonardo?" Leatherhead asked.

"No. We had hoped he and Raph had made it here, but they might have gone to April's too." Don said.

"Here, use my phone to call her." The croc advised.

Don used the shell cell and called April's.

April picked up. "Hello?"

"April? It's Don. Have you seen or heard from Leo and Raph? We are here at Leatherhead's."

"Yes. They are here."

"They made it to April's." Don said to the others then talked to April again. "Are they alright?"

"Leo is exhausted, and Raph hurt one of his legs in the skirmish."

"How bad is it?" Don asked. Mikey and Splinter perked up at that.

"What happened?" Mikey asked.

"Shh! He will tell us." Splinter said.

"He just cut his thigh on something. It was kind of deep and bleeding pretty bad. I stitched it up and Raph can still walk on it. He'll be fine in a few weeks."

"That's good. But how's Leo?"

"He's sleeping. He was just so exhausted. It took everything out of him." April said.

"But he's not hurt?"

"No. Not that we can see."

"Well, we need to get him here as soon as possible to be scanned to make sure that the twins are ok." Don said. "We'll be by in a little while."

They hung up with each other.

"Leo's ok, just exhausted, but we need to go get him and bring him here. Leatherhead, you may need to come too to help carry him." Don said.

"Sure, Donatello." Leatherhead agreed.

"And what of Raphael?"

"He has a hurt thigh, Master Splinter, but he'll be fine."

"We should get going if we want to make sure that Leonardo's babies are alright." Leatherhead said.

"Right." Don said.

They all left for April's.

….

When they got to April's, they saw that Leo was still asleep on the couch. His breathing was stable and his hands rested on his swollen stomach.

Before they went anywhere, there was a reunion and Don checked Raph's thigh just to make sure it was ok.

"Quit fussin,' Donny-boy. I'll be fine." Raph gave a smile.

"Yeah, but just take it easy on your leg. Don't rip the stitches." Don said.

"I won't."

"I am proud of you, Raphael. You protected your brother and got him here safely." Splinter said.

"Thanks, Sensei." Raph was sitting in the arm chair.

"But what are we going to do with no home to go back to?" Mikey asked.

"For right now, we might have to go to the farmhouse after we check up on Leonardo's babies." Splinter advised.

"Right now, we don't have a choice. Leo's in no condition to be doing a lot of walking and packing and we need time for the situation to pass." Don said with a slight nod. "Yes. We should leave the city as soon as possible."

Leatherhead came forward and he picked the sleeping Leo up in his arms and carried him downstairs to the basement exit into the sewers. The other mutants followed.

"Thank you for your hospitality, April and Casey." Splinter said before following his sons down to the basement exit.

"You're always welcome here." April said.

…

They went back to Leatherhead's home and gently woke Leo up. He was currently lying on a bed.

"Where am I?" Leo asked.

"We are in Leatherhead's home right now, Leonardo." Splinter said.

"Father, are you ok?"

"I am fine, my son. You?"

"Yeah, just tired." Then Leo winced.

"What's wrong, Leo?" Don asked nervously.

"Just one of the babies kicked me kind of hard." Leo replied, rubbing the spot on his belly.

"We need to make sure nothing happened to them during the battle. Can you let us do an ultrasound?"

"Yes."

The machine was wheeled over and started up. Gel was put on Leo's belly and the wand added. Leatherhead did the ultrasound.

The whole family was seeing the baby turtles on screen for the first time. Even Raph was looking.

The wand moved over Leo's belly, showing all the body parts of the babies, and the womb too.

Raph couldn't believe he was seeing his bro's babies on that machine. They were so tiny and small. He also got to see them moving around. Then the hearts were played.

The sounds were amazing to the ones who hadn't heard them yet.

"Despite the battle and stress, I think these last two babies are real fighters, Leonardo." Leatherhead said.

Leo smiled and laid his head back in relief.

"They're both still alive?" Mikey asked.

"Yes." The croc answered as he wiped Leonardo's belly clean. "But we should also have you scanned too for a more thorough look inside you."

Leo consented and cooperated once the gel was cleaned off of him. But he wondered, why did things have to keep on happening? He was nearing the end of his pregnancy and sooner or later, something bad always happened. He could lose the twins too if a good hit of any kind came to his stomach.

After the scan was done, the twins and Leo's internal organs were examined. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

"Do you have any pain anywhere though?" Don asked.

"My back. Oh! A little bit in my stomach when they kick me." Leo winced. "And just muscle strain from not training in so long."

"Well, those are to be expected. But you'll be fine."

"So what are you going to do now?" Leatherhead asked.

"We will stay here through the day tomorrow, and then we will go back to April's and head up to the farmhouse tomorrow night." Splinter decided.

"Sounds like a good idea. I'm wiped out." Mikey said.

"Me too." Raph agreed.

"I know it's been a hard night, my sons. But we need to get some sleep. We'll worry about pulling our lives back together tomorrow." Splinter said.

Leatherhead showed his guests to some extra mats he had that could be used for beds. Leonardo was given the softest of the selection and then they all settled down quite fast.

Raph had a good limp to his walk and tended carefully with his leg while lying down.

Leo lied down on his left side on his bed. He had his left arm under his head. He was so mad and upset that this had happened. And Thanksgiving was only a week away.

Don and Mikey shared their bed. Mikey was sure he would have nightmares. Don was more than happy to keep him comforted.

Splinter stayed up to meditate for a while, but went to bed after his sons were asleep.

Beta read by Applepye.

And like I said in the last chapter, though Fast Forward never happened, I meant to add too that I did imagine the wedding happening though, so Casey and April are married.