Leo's Capture

Part 13

Some of the thinking that Leo did over the week was what if Victoria came looking for him and wanted the eggs. What if she was able to get a hold of one of his brothers in order to get to him and get his eggs? Leo was just concerned about what liability the eggs could be if his family was threatened if his eggs were wanted.

A week and two days passed since the discovery and soon, some pains started in Leo's stomach again. He began to get restless and moaned a lot.

Leo remembered when he had felt these pains before. They were nearly the same as last time. Could it have been possible? He'd been pregnant before and not known? What if he had more kids out there? So many questions that needed answers.

Leo alerted Don that he thought it was finally time to deliver his eggs.

"Don, I think I was pregnant once before. These pains I'm having are about the same as the ones of last time, and when I woke up, I had stitches in both my sides, but the pain was gone." Leo said.

"So you think you might have other kids?" Don asked.

"I don't know. But please, get these eggs out now." Leo groaned.

Don thought about what Leo had said. When Leo was laying down and ready for surgery, he examined his sides and saw the scars. They were huge and long. And there was enough space between Leo's carapace and plastron to cut into and get these eggs out. And Leo would recover in half the time if his skin was stitched.

April was in the room with him to help him deliver the eggs, clean them up, and put them in the incubator that had been bought. It was all warmed up and ready to receive the eggs.

Don turned Leo onto his left side first and made an incision in the flesh. April made sure to suction blood and checked his vitals. He was fine. Don cut deeper into the Leo's abdominal cavity very slowly and carefully to try to find what he was looking for. It didn't take him long to find it.

Don began to pull out one egg and found that it was safely encased inside an ovary. He began to cut into it. But at seeing the ovary, it made him think that his brother was part female. He slowly cut the first egg out and handed it to April. Then he began working on getting its twin out.

It didn't take April long to wipe off the first egg and set it in the incubator, then she came back for the second egg. "Do we know what we want the sexes to be?" She asked. She had been told that temperature determined sex in turtles.

"Maybe we should have two boys and two girls. It would work out for the better." Don said. "And mark the top of the shell so we know not to move them."

She marked both tops of the shells.

Once that was done, Don sewed up the ovary and set it back in Leo's body. Then set about trying to patch up the tissues and muscle. This would be a quicker recovery for his brother.

Then it was time to operate on the left side. Once again, his side was cut and the ovary was found on that side too. Again, two eggs were removed from it and cleaned off and put in the incubator. Then Leo was patched up.

For the time being, the two of them would keep Leo's middle bandaged to keep out infection while the cuts were new.

Mike, Raph, Splinter, and Casey were all out in the living room to know how the procedure went. Don and April came out and they all stood up.

"Leo is just fine, and we have 4 healthy looking eggs in our incubator now." Don said proudly.

"Do you know if they are viable?" Mikey asked.

"We don't know that yet, Mikey. It will be a few weeks before we know at all. But until that time, we just assume that all the eggs are viable and will be looked after as such." April said.

"We are setting the temperature to determine two girls and two boys." Don said. "It's only fair that way. We don't have any female turtles here and so many guys, and I'm sure Leo will come around to feeling comfortable around them and accept his parenthood. I'm sure he'll want both sons and daughters. Especially if this the best chance for it."

"How long do you think before they hatch, Donatello?" Splinter asked.

"Three to four months maybe. It's May right now. They should hatch toward the end of the summer." Don said.

"We should start thinking of names!" Mikey said excitedly.

"We'll start doing that too, but let's give Leo a chance to recover and let him see them. He took care of them well." April said. "But because of what we found, do you think there's a chance he could get pregnant again?"

"I don't know April. For now, let's hope not." Don said.

"What do you mean 'again?'" Raph asked.

"In surgery, we found Raph, that Leo has some ovaries. He's part female too." Don replied.

Everyone's eyes widened at that.

"We'll tell Leo as soon as he's awake enough." Don said. "Want to come see the eggs?"

"Sure." Everyone said in unison.

They saw the four eggs in the incubator. They were about the size of ostrich eggs, but shaped different. More oval shaped. They were good sized. And hopefully, babies would be hatching from them in a few months.

Don went to stay with Leo until he woke up.
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Leonardo soon woke up and found himself in a bed in Don's infirmary. "What's... happening?" He asked as he saw Don come over to him.

"We delivered 4 healthy eggs from you, Leo. You're a father, but not fully yet, at least not until they hatch." Don explained.

Leo looked around. He saw the incubator to his right, and inside were the eggs. When he saw how big they were, he couldn't believe those had been inside him!

He wanted to take a closer look at them. He began to sit up and felt a little pain in his belly and sides. He groaned and continued to move slowly. He pulled the blanket off of himself and saw his middle was all bandaged.

"Keep infection out." Don said.

Leo nodded and proceeded to stand and walk over to the incubator. He put a hand on the glass front. "Are they viable?"

"We don't know yet. Only time will tell. Two boys and two girls should be equal." Don said.

"I'm going to have 2 sons and 2 daughters?" Leo asked.

"That's what we're trying to produce Leo. I know you're the father, but it would be nice to have an equal balance of girls and boys. Just think that you could have new students in the future to teach Ninjitsu to." Don explained to him that having kids around could be a good thing.

It brought a smile to Leo's face. "Ok. I'll try to be the best father I can be. Though I know it won't be easy and I'll need all of you to help me out, especially with 4 kids to take care of, I won't be able to do it alone."

"We will Leo, we all promise."

"And I think I have other kids out there. Victoria would have them. I don't know where she is, but we'll get them back some day." Leo vowed.