Unexpected Gift

Chap 19

Back home, a few hours after Leo had called her, April went down to the lair to let his family know that he had called her twice last night. And that it was better that they just flew down to Springfield, Georgia to get him instead of him having to make so much effort to get home in his condition.

Training had been completed and so had breakfast.

Don was trying to work in his lab, but he was so worried about Leo. He was worried that something could happen to him. He knew his bro could take care of himself, but being pregnant now put him much more at risk. His brother had such bad stomach pains.

Raph was punching his bag again in the dojo. And Mikey was watching TV. And Splinter was meditating. They all were trying to enjoy themselves as much as possible.

Then April came in and said, "Guys! Leo called me twice last night!"

"What!" They all shouted. The family all ran over to her as soon as she had said that.

"How is he, April?" Don asked with anxious excitement.

"He's fine Donny. But I have an idea. We could fly down to Springfield, Georgia to get him!" April said happily.

"That not a bad idea April. I'll get the chopper filled up. Because it'll be a long flight." Don said, and he went off the second she said that.

"And also in his condition, Leo could put too much strain on himself to make it home." She had continued.

"I agree with you Miss' O'Neil." Splinter said.

While they would be waiting for Don to come back and let them know when it was done being filled up with gas, April and her friends went to sit in the living room area. The TV was blaring away.

They began discussing details about what she and Leo had talked about, even including about the part where he broke in and stole some food and supplies.

"That doesn't sound like something Leo would do." Mikey said.

"Of course, but he didn't know how long he would be on his own, so he would need food and water for him and the baby." April said. "And he couldn't find a disguise."

"So he had to go and rob the joint? If he was seen on camera, he'd be in trouble!" Raph pointed out.

Then a bulletin came up on the TV. "We interrupt this program to bring this news bulletin."

That got everyone's attention for the moment before they figured out what to talk about next.

"About 4 am this morning, something broke into a gas station store this morning down in Springfield, GA. It was caught on camera. Some strange creature going in and grabbing some bread and other food before running out. It was too dark to see what it was." The lady said.

"That's Leo!" April shouted.

"Donny! Get out here!" Raph shouted.

A moment later, Don appeared. "What's going on?"

"Leo was on TV!" Mikey exclaimed.

"What?!" Don shouted.

"He was stealing from a gas station!" Raph said. "We'd better hurry and get down there!"

"Ok. The helicopter's nearly filled guys. Just give me another moment." Don said and he ran back to the lab after watching the news. He knew that they had to get down there too, before Leo was caught and taken into any custody.

If any humans caught him and found out what he was, he would be taken to a science study somewhere, and anything could happen to him and that wouldn't be good for him when they would find out he was pregnant too. Dissection would easily result in the removal of their future generation.

The gas pump finally stopped. Don took it out of the gage and put the cap back on, and now it was ready to roll. "It's ready guys!" Don called.

The family came rushing in. It was time to go get their brother.

Don was driving. He started up the engine and the spinners started spinning and the platform it was on started to rise up.

It came out of the water and now it was ready for take off. Everyone of Leo's family was in it. April came too. She called Casey to let him know that she had gone with the others to pick up Leo in case they needed a human to help out.

Don headed south. He would follow the coastline. They would be there in a matter of hours. He would land the chopper and then they all would have to begin the daunting task of tracking Leo down. They had to get him out of there since he had been seen on TV, before something happened.