Leo's Capture

Part 19

Leo recovered, got the stitches out, and was glad to have it on his mind that he would never have to be pregnant again. But now was an exciting time as he and his family now waited on the six eggs to hatch.

He had thought of some nice names and now he was just waiting to see which names suited which child, but because of Victoria having kept the first two for so long and they were even more precious, Leo had thought of some names to overcome hers.
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A month passed and there could be some sounds coming from the twin eggs. The family thought it was because they were getting so close to hatching. The eggs were seen moving around a lot, signs that the babies were feeling restless in such cramped spaces now. It shouldn't be long now.

Leo was probably the most restless of his family, waiting for his children to hatch. He was so nervous, and yet anxious for the babies to come into this world. He hoped they would be ok.

Don would check the eggs every two hours when he was up at night. And the others did so too when they were up, though Leo would come and check about every hour as long as he wasn't too busy with anything else.

Don had built four baby beds while they had been waiting on the other four to hatch, but now he had to add two extra beds in a hurry before the short time that was left for the first two to hatch.

It was so hard for Leo to sleep now, just waiting for his kids to be born. He wanted to see their little faces, hold their little hands, talk to them, play with them, and feed them. More so, teach them what he knew as a ninja, but it would be awhile for that.

A week passed, and on one special day, a crack could be seen in both eggs. Leo was the first one to see it happening, as he checked on them so much.

"Guys! Come quickly! The eggs are hatching!" He called to his family.

It brought all the others running. They wanted to see the babies as they came out too.

The boy was the first to hatch. The egg rocked back and forth as the little life inside fought to be free. He managed to push his way through the egg and pushed his nose out. He then rested for a moment. After his short rest, he started to move again.

He was able to push halfway out of the shell before the need to rest again. He had green skin that matched Leo's, and even looked like a mini Leo.

"What are you going to name him, Leo?" Don asked.

Leo smiled, looking at his first son. "I think this one will be named after Master Yoshi."

Then Leo reached into the incubator and helped Yoshi out of the remnants of his eggshell, making sure to be careful of the yolk sac. As Leo lifted him up, Don brought a towel up to clean the baby turtle off before he would be wrapped in a blue blanket.

The girl had a tougher time getting out of hers and cried out when she managed to poke her nose out. She managed to push her head out before Mikey helped her. She had a more brownish tint to her skin color, but the shell was dark like Leo's.

"What's her name gonna be?" Raph asked.

"Takara. It means treasure." Leo replied.

"That is a good name for her Leonardo." Splinter said.

"But why Takara? I thought you also wanted to name a daughter after Yoshi's girlfriend too?" Mikey asked.

"Because of how these eggs were almost unknown to me Mikey. One of her sisters will get Tang Shin's name."

After Takara was cleaned up, she was wrapped in a pink blanket, and both she and her brother were now placed into Leo's arms. He was more than proud to finally be a new father.