Unexpected Gift

Chap 20

Don was really pushing the helicopter to go as fast as he could. He wanted to get down to Springfield and find his brother before anyone else did. Now that he had been seen on TV, the humans down there would be sure to be keeping an eye out for Leo.

He and the others were now two hours into the flight.

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Leo woke up from his nap. He did feel refreshed. His stomach did seem to have calmed down while he was sleeping, but there was a slight discomfort when he moved. He was going to the water to get a drink. He felt rotten that he had dropped all of his food too. Now he would have to rely on the river again for fish. But not until nightfall. He had no idea that his family were on their way down to get him.

"I should have just stayed out here and ate fish anyway." Leo muttered to himself. "Now I feel even more stupid to have been discovered. I didn't want attention drawn to myself in case if the Foot were on their way back to get me. If they have seen me, then they'll know where I am. I can't let that happen. I won't let them get their hands on us again." He was now glancing down at his stomach, talking to the baby.

Leo got to the water and leaned down and got his drink. The water was sparkling clean.

Then after drinking, he went and sat down to do some meditating. Maybe he could reach Splinter again.

"Master Splinter?"

Splinter felt a tingle in the back of his mind now. Like he had before when Leonardo had been reaching out to him the first time. He focused his mind too.

"Leonardo?"

"Yes Master, it's me again. What's going on?"

"We had seen you on TV, my son. We are flying down to Springfield to get you." Splinter said.

"You are?"

"Yes. So wherever you are, stay there. We will be down there in a few hours. We have been on our way for a couple of hours now."

"Ok. I am more that ready to go home Sensei."

"I know you are, and we have missed you. It'll be good to have you back with us."

"Yes. It will be. Then I'll see you soon."

"Where are you now Leonardo?"

"I'm close to the town, but far enough away from it on the south side."

"Alright. We will see you soon."

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Both Leo and Splinter came out of meditation with each other, but Leo continued to focus on some breathing techniques, to take his mind off some of the pain still in his belly. He tried to focus more on like what his baby could be, boy or girl, what it would look like, etc. But he was glad to learn that his family was coming down here for him.

Soon, Leo heard some noise that sounded like a helicopter. He opened his eyes. He wondered how long he had been in meditation. Obviously awhile now, as it was a few hours ago he had 'talked' to Splinter. But he looked up and saw the chopper fly overhead. It was Don's chopper alright.

The trees around Leo began to blow in its wind. It made Leo get up. His mask tails also began to blow as it was coming to a landing, but it was more on the other side of a thick pocket of trees. Leo's eyes followed it and he began to move toward it. It was obvious that Splinter had told Don where to land.

Don set the chopper down and turned it off. He didn't know where Leo was, but they were going to find him. The family now got out of the chopper and went to search the woods. They all had shell cells. They were going to split up and find Leo. He was somewhere in this vicinity.

This was the country so they should be fine on their own. They all went off in different directions, and the instant any of them found Leo, they would all contact one another to get back to the chopper. With their phones, they could track one another, all but Leo, since he didn't have one.

And Leo was headed towards them.

The one who was headed straight for him was Don. He and the others began to call out for Leo.

Leo heard his name being called. He knew he was getting closer. He followed the sound of his name. He heard Don's voice. He called out to him too. "Don!"

Don paused. "Don!" He heard his own name too. "Leo!"

"Don!" Don went straight as that was where Leo's voice was coming from. He began to pick up the pace.

They both kept on calling to each other to direct themselves to each other. Both were excited to see each other. They all had missed each other.

Finally, the both met under a thick patch of trees. They nearly ran into one another. Leo was glad they didn't because of his stomach.

Leo and Don were so glad to see each other that they immediately ran and hugged each other. "Leo!"

"Don! It's so great to see you!" Leo said, with tears in his eyes.

"Same here Leo. We missed you!"

Once they were done hugging, Don went into doctor mode. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine Donny."

"And the baby?"

"Its fine too."

"Where was the Foot taking you anyway?" Don asked.

"They were aimed for Japan. But I was lucky I got away at all. Then it would have been an even longer trip to get away." Leo said.

"And the Foot could have done a million bad things to you and the baby!" Don said.

"I know. And I'm in no shape to be fighting or running around." Leo winced.

"What's wrong? I saw that Leo."

Leo knew there was no fooling his genius brother. "Just a small pain in my stomach. Kind of ran into the cops earlier. They almost shot me, but I hid and got away."

"Did they get you?" Don asked.

"No Don. I'm fine. But while running and dropping all my food and supplies, my stomach did start hurting again." Leo said. "I can't handle all that running right now. It easily upsets my stomach. But I did manage to sleep most of the pain away."

"We did see you on TV this morning Leo. So we knew we had to hurry and get down here before you were really caught."

"Sorry, but if I was going to go by boat to get home, I would have needed the supplies to last me until I got home. And with no disguise and the store being closed, I had no choice but to break in and steal. Though I was against it."

"It's alright. I believe you. Plus you do have a life inside of you, depending on you to take care of it." Don said.

Don understood why he did it.

"So, shouldn't we get back to the others now?" Leo advised.

"Yeah, and I want to run a scan on you first thing when we get home to see if the baby's alright." Don said.

"That's fine. I want to see if it's alright too." Leo said. But then there was the main thing that he should be telling Don, about the baby being attached to his intestine.

Don called up the others for them to meet him and Leo back at the chopper. He had found Leo and he was on his way back with him and he was fine.

Once they made it back to the chopper, everyone ran and hugged Leo, except Raph. He wasn't into that. But he was happy to see him.

"Now that we're all back together again, we should get the shell outta here before we are discovered too!" Raph said.

"Raphael has a point." Splinter said.

Leo was more than happy to climb aboard the chopper. For now, he would just enjoy the ride home and wait until the exam at home to tell Don his secret for all the stomach cramping.