They all slept a good portion of the following day away after being so tired from last night's skirmish.

When they got up in the afternoon, Leatherhead gave them all a hearty meal. They were grateful for that. Then they bid him farewell for now and headed back to April's to get ready for the trip to the farmhouse.

April and Casey were waiting for them. They waited just till sunset, then piled into April's minivan and started for the road. They all wished they could have taken some things from the lair, but it would have to wait for another time; a few weeks at least. The commandoes had to have been lying in wait for the Turtles to return.

On the trip out of town and up to Northampton everyone, including Mikey, were all very quiet. They were all deep in thought and sad at having lost another home, once again. They would try to salvage what they could from the lair when they returned in a few weeks.

When they got to Northampton, there wasn't much to unpack and April and Casey would head to town in the afternoon to get some food and supplies. They all went up to their respective sleeping areas and cleaned up a bit, even Leo. Then they all went to bed.

Before he could even close his eyes for sleep, Don knew that he would have to go back to look for the incubators or he would have to build new ones. That would be the number one thing he would go looking for.

….

When everyone got up the next day, April and Casey were already gone to go get the supplies. Splinter still had Don and Mikey go through their exercises.

Leo watched and gave pointers. Raph sat beside him. He wasn't going to be jumping around on that leg.

Leo looked at Raph beside him and saw that he was sitting real quiet. "Raph." He began.

"Hmm." Raph replied without looking over.

"Thanks for saving my shell back in the lair." Leo said.

"I'd be there for ya no matta' what, Bro." Raph said, crossing his arms over his plastron. "And I'm sorry for bein' such a hard ass for so long about this pregnancy. I'm still worried about ya though. Just don't want anything to happen to ya."

"Thanks for your concern, but Raph, I need your support in this. You are my brother, and the twins are going to need all of their uncles in their lives." Leo said.

"I'll be there." Raph replied, glancing over at Leo.

"Thanks. That's all I want."

April and Casey soon returned with the supplies and the exercises ended. It was time for breakfast.

Casey, Don, and Mike all helped carry the heavy bags inside.

Mikey and April cooked some eggs, pancakes, sausage, bacon, and toast for breakfast while the others relaxed until it was ready.

When it was ready, everyone sat at the table and took their fill. April and Casey hadn't seen how big Leo's appetite had grown, but then, so had April's. The two cooks had made sure that there was plenty to go around for everyone, and especially the two pregnant persons.

Mikey saw how Leo's and April's appetites with their babies rivaled his eating habits. They were more mild mannered in eating, but it was the amount of food they were eating.

After breakfast, everyone was put to work in cleaning up the house, as they hadn't been here for quite some time, at least since last year when they had been injured. It seemed like such a long time ago, but they were here now and had a lot of cleaning up to do.

Leo, April, and Raph all had a sort of restriction in the cleaning ways. Leo and April just had to watch how they bent the middle of their bodies. Raph just had to watch his leg. He was careful. Raph wanted to be helping rather than just sitting around anyway.

Mikey was the most reluctant to do cleaning, but the others were all hard on him to get to work. They needed this place clean and kept clean since there would be babies in this house in a couple of months.

When Leo was out of earshot at one point, April spoke to the others that they could still have the baby shower at her place in the city when they came back in a few weeks to try to salvage some of their things from the lair. Or it could be held out here if they felt it was needed. The only thing was just trying to get all the gifts out here without Leo seeing them.

Then Don said, "We could put them in the basement over by the silos."

"That may be the best place to put them. It might be in Leo's best interest not to go back to the city until the pregnancy's over." April said. "Just in case."

"But he still needs to have his exams done with Leatherhead to make sure the twins are alright." Mikey pointed out.

Don said, "Next month, Leatherhead will need to come and stay here as well, so we can make sure we keep everything in order and get things ready for the birth soon."

It was all agreed. They would just go back to the city, get their stuff and come back. They would have Leatherhead move in towards the end of December. And the baby shower would be held out there.

…..

A week later, the family had their Thanksgiving dinner. They were sad about losing their home, but they were all more than grateful that their family had all survived and Leo was most of all grateful for his twins surviving the harshest times of him being pregnant.

…

A few weeks later, Leo was now at his thirty-second week. His stomach was pretty big now. He had to watch how he moved around a lot more now. But he needed to be off his feet a lot more now than ever.

He tried to keep the pains to himself, but his back hurt and he got leg cramps, and some pains in his stomach from the movements putting pressure on his internal organs, hard kicks and rolls, their legs about kicking up into his ribs, making breathing harder, and swollen ankles, as well as more pressure on his bladder.

Don wanted Leo to rest as much as he could, but he was allowed to get up and walk if he felt too restless.

The most exercise Leo could get now was just walking outside, around the house and walking up and down the stairs. But with the stairs, it was a little slow going for him since he ran out of breath so easily now.

The family decided now was the time that they would go back to the city and get their needed things. Both the secret baby gifts and their things from the lair. April would stay behind with Leo while the others all went back. They both could use a break from the others watching over them all the time. Raph's leg was also healed up enough for him to join them.

Don wanted to stay and keep an eye on his brother, but he knew he needed to go too to see what scientific tools and projects he could save. He really hoped the incubators had made it through the blast.

The first thing Leo and April did when the others all left was go upstairs to their rooms for one long nap. The babies tired them out to no end.

Beta read by Applepye.