Leo's Capture

Part 9

Two months later, Leo was recovered enough to where he could now go without the bandages, but he still had the covering on over his plastron. It would hold in place now, but he still wouldn't be training for some time. Victoria thought now was good for the next stage in her plan for the turtle.

Leo thought he was being taken in for an exam, which he was. He allowed himself to be x-rayed again.

Looking at the x-rays in the next room, Victoria and the doctor located the ovaries and they were normal looking now. Now was the time.

Leo was taken back to his room and was told he would be brought back to be given his first injections to help fight infections. He had no idea what they were really for.

When he was first brought back, he saw the size of the needle. "Do you have to use that on me?" He asked nervously. The needle was 6 inches long.

"Yes, Leonardo. Afraid so." The doc said. "You are going to get two doses, one on each side from this. And it has to penetrate deep enough for it to work."

Leo felt this whole story was sketchy. "Are there any side effects?"

"No. Not at all." The doc said. "You'll be fine."

The turtle reluctantly allowed the injections to happen. He had to be laying down and an ultrasound machine had to be used to dictate where was the right location to inject. Leo had no idea what was to come soon after.
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A week later, Leo was taken back in for x-rays and he didn't know why they kept on having him be x-rayed when he knew there was nothing wrong with himself other than his plastron still healing.

When Victoria saw the x-ray, she was pleased. "Yes! It worked!" She exclaimed proudly to her top henchman.

"What is it, Victoria?" He asked.

"My turtle is pregnant! I see the sperm and ovary experiment was a success! There is one egg on each side so far that is forming. Though I don't know how long he'll carry them. We'll have to keep an eye on him to know when he starts getting distressed to know when to deliver them." Victoria explained.

They would wait a couple of weeks, then take another x-ray to see how the eggs were progressing. For right now, she knew Leonardo was expecting twins. But only time would tell if they were going to be truly viable babies.
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Over the next few weeks, Leo noticed he was being fed more, and encouraged to bask more under the lamp that was in his room. He did have more of an urge to eat more, and felt he was gaining some weight. At times, he had some nausea too, but nothing disaster like. He kept his food down.

Leo was so ready to get out of his room. He had been back to being shackled at the ankle. He wanted back out in the courtyard, but it was too cold outside right now. But more so, he just wanted to go home. He was so homesick for the lair and his family.

Two weeks after the first x-ray, he was brought in for another.

"Why do you have to keep on x-raying my stomach?" Leo asked.

"It's a precautionary procedure, Leonardo. Just to make sure the tumor doesn't come back." He was told.

Leo had noticed a change in how the humans handled him. They seemed to be more gentle in how they did, but they still treated him like a prisoner nonetheless.

Victoria loved when Leo was laying down and she could run a hand over his belly. There were two precious babies in there waiting to come out soon. Leo's belly did have a slight bulge, but he hadn't noticed that at all.
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One week later, Leo began to get some pains in his stomach. The pain felt like tight cramps. He would groan through them. At first, they were small, but then, they began to get worse. He tried to hide the pains from the humans, figuring they would go away, but after more than a day, this was going to be hard.