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The meaning of family	By : selfless1978 Category: +S through Z > Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Views: 4215 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Back in the safty of the lair exhaustion, stiff muscles from being tied up for half the night, numerous cuts, bruises and an almost forgotten pain in his side that made it hard for him to breathe, made Leo collapse finally. He made it as far as the hallway leading to his room before his legs started to give out. Leo struggled to keep his balance and not fall onto the floor. Suddenly Mikey was next to him. "Leo, you don't look to good."
"I'll..be...fine." Leo said to him.
MIkey looked at him. "I hate to go against you, Leo. But you are not fine. Donnie!" He yelled for the purple masked turtle. Leo's legs finally gave out on him and Mikey caught him before he hit the floor. Leo felt a sharp pain in his side and groaned. "DONNIE!" Mikey yelled again.
"What?" Donnie stuck his head out from the lab where he was bandaging a cut on Raph. Then he saw Mikey struggling to keep Leo from falling. "Raph come out here and help me!" then Donnie ran towards his fallen brother. Raph not far behind.
Leo looked up at his brothers. "OK...maybe...I'm ..not... fine."
"You think?" Raph snorted at him.
By then Vicky and the others had heard the commotion and had come to see what was wrong. "Leo!" She wanted to go to him but April held her back. "Let the boys work on him, Vicky." Vicky just nodded and stood out of the way with the kids holding her legs. Her eyes were frightened.
Donnie looked across Leo to Casey. "Can you help us get him to my lab?' Casey nodded and stepped over to Leo. Together the four of them lifted Leo tried to be as careful as the could but by the time they had gotten him to the lab, Leo had passed out in pain.

Leo woke up in Donnie's lab on top of that goddamn awful uncomfortable table. One would think he would at least put padding on the stupid thing. He was about to gripe to Donnie, who was looking at something on his desk, when he noticed Vicky was asleep on his chest. She was sitting in a chair on his uninjured side with her head laying on her arm. How long had he been out and how long had she been there? He just laid there and quietly watched her sleep.
Donnie looked over and saw that he was awake. He got up and walked to the table. "Hey, your awake." he said softly. "How are you feeling?"
"Like shit." Leo admitted.
Donnie smiled. "I bet. You, my dear brother, took quite a beating. Among other things. I'm surprised you made it back home on your own two feet. None of us realized how bad off you were until you collapsed."
Leo looked at him. "Well how bad off was I?"
Donnie looked at him. "Leo, you were fighting with a fractured rib. Probably from when you were kicked by Nicholas. Then during the fight you turned it into a clean break and it punctured your lung."
Leo stared at him, shocked. "Did I do any major damage?"
Donnie shook his head. "No, not really. I got to it in time. You'll heal up in no time. But I have to ask...What on earth kept you going? I want to say it was adrenaline, but I don't think that was the only thing."
Leo thought about it for a few seconds, staring at the ceiling. How to put what he felt into words? "Donnie, this may sound weird, but it was you guys. All of you. I was so close to giving up..." Leo teared up "because I felt so alone. Then I could just feel you guys. You were there with me long before you actually showed up. I don't know how or why but I didn't feel anything, no pain, no fear. All I felt was...your love and support..." He chocked up, the tears started to fall down his face.
"Oh, Leo" Vicky said softly. He looked down from the ceiling to see that she was awake and watching him. She took his hand in one of hers and with the other softly brushed his tears away. "We are your family. We will always be with you." Then she wrapped him in a hug, which he returened. Donnie laid a hand silently on his shoulder. Nothing more needed to be said.

Over the next few weeks Leo took it easy, at the insistence of his meddling family. He knew they meant well but he was getting annoyed by the whole thing. If he tried to so much as stretch he got "Take it easy, Leo!" from five different mouths. It was enough to drive a turtle nuts. Finally Donnie gave him the go ahead to start training again and he was more than ready. He settled back into the training routine with ease and soon he was back out on patrol with his brothers. The Foot, and Shredder, were still around but they had quieted down. Now the most problems they had were dealing with the Purple Dragons.
Dennis and Amy continued their training and were thrilled when their favorite tutor was able to start training them again. Again Leo was stunned on how quick they learned. And he saw in them the same rivalry he and Raph had carried for years. Dennis being the cool tempered one and Amy the hot temper. He had grown used to having them in his life and enjoyed spending time with them tremendously but nothing could have prepared Leo for the first time they called him 'Daddy'. He stood there with his eyes wide with a few tears in them. He never pushed them to call him that and when they did it on their own he was struck speechless. Vicky smiled at him and said "You might as well get used to it."
The months slowly plodded along and Vicky grew larger, and more short tempered. There were times when Raph, the temper king, knew better than to piss her off. They had done some renovating to the lair and now there were three extra rooms. One for Dennis, one for Amy and of course the baby's room. Donnie studied everything he could get his hands on about pregnancy and childbirth since he was the best one qualified to deliver the child. That didn't mean he was happy about it though.....For some reason the thought of delivering a child made him greener than usual. Mikey once asked "So who's going to deliver the baby if he passes out?" The answer was a slap on his head by the purple masked turtle.
Then, late one night, Leo was wakened by Vicky gently shaking him. He opened his eyes and looked into hers. "What's the matter?" he whispered then kissed her cheek.
"Get Donnie." Then a look of pain crossed her face. "Hurry..."
Leo got up and went to Donnie's room. He then entered and shook his brother awake. Donnie looked at him with sleepy eyes. "It's time."
"OK. I'm up."
The next few hours were agonizing for Leo. He hated seeing Vicky go through the pain, even though she assured him this delivery wasn't nearly as bad as her first two. It seemed like every few minutes someone would come knock on the door to see if the baby was born yet, usually Mikey, until Donnie threatened to break his hands if he didn't go away. Finally after a long hard push, with Leo holding her hand, a small little form made it's way into the world. Donnie caught the tiny form and looked at the parents with a smile. "Congratulations" he said as the child started to cry "It's a little girl." Donnie then cleaned her up, wrapped her into a blanket and handed her to her mother. Then he started to clean everything up. Vicky took the bundled form and looked at her in wonder. "She is beautiful, Leo"
"Just like you." he replied watching the little girl. She had his green skin and blue eyes, but her mother's dark brown hair. Her features were a mix of both of parents but it looked so natural on her. She was a beautiful child. He kissed Vicky softly on the cheek. "I love you."
She looked into his eyes and smiled. "I love you too."
Suddenly there was a knock on the door again. Leo and Vicky laughed. "You better let them in Donnie."
Donnie mumbled as he went to open the door. They all quietly came into the room to see the newest member of their family. ''Whatcha gonna name her?" Amy asked.
Leo looked at the child and thought about it a minute. Then he smiled "I think, Miracle, would be a fitting name."
She nodded her agreement. "Very fitting indeed."
Leo looked at his family, wondering what new adventures await them with this new member of the family. He couldn't wait to find out...
END
Thank you for taking the time to read this. It was my first attempt at writing and I hope it came across decent. I have a part 2 planned if there is any intrest for it. Just let me know! ;)
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