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The first part is out at the farm and the second part is back in New York. I’m going to assume that at some point they will go back to NYC, find Splinter, and defeat the Kraang. The story will continue after that. Let’s also assume that they go back to the same lair and fix it up as opposed to finding a new one.

This also ties in to a few of my other 2012 Turtle stories. I will link the ones that I reference below.
The twins belong to Yinller on DA.

Warnings: t-cest, sex, ot4, m-preg, babies, my writing.
","writing":"It was their first winter since leaving the lair for the first time, all those months ago. Before, they would spend the cold months warm inside the lair. Out at the farm, exposed to the frigid temperatures, it was hard on them and Donatello believed it was part of the reason Leonardo slept for so long. His injuries coupled with the instinct to hibernate had him in a comatose like state. They kept him in the bath tub, full of water, to keep him hydrated. They had to keep the water warm so Raph was there often to test the water and change it out when needed. Donny had even added vitamins to the water in hopes that Leo would absorb them. \n\nFor three months Leo stayed asleep but at least he was alive. When the weather started to warm and the days grew longer, Leo woke up. His voice was different and he was distant at first but as time passed he grew stronger and bonded with his brothers again. \n\nThey were well into spring and had had their fair share of adventures. Raph couldn’t believe the luck. They came out to the farm for some peace and quiet, not to fight plant monsters, Bigfoot, and mutant frogs, to name a few. \n\nOn the plus side, he was able to go out in the morning and bask in the sun. It was something he did often. The sun on his dark skin felt amazing. \n\nThe Turtles were taking it easy that day. Casey and April had gone into town to buy more food so they had the farm to themselves. Raph was out by the river, lying plastron down in a patch of grass when he felt something strike his shell. He looked down to see a turtle with its head tucked, lunging forward to strike Raph with the upper lip of its carapace. \n\n“What the hell?” Raph said, pushing the turtle away. “Go away.”\n\nAs he was focused on the one, another one showed up and tried to mount him from behind. Raph was on his feet in a heartbeat, knocking the other turtle over on its back. “Crazy things,” Raph mumbled and turned the turtle back over. “Fine. I’ll leave.”\n\nThe mood ruined, Raph made his way back to the house. On his way he ran into Mikey who was feeding the chickens. He looked up as Raph approached, “Hey, Raph. How’s it going?”\n\n“The turtles down by the river were acting weird,” Raph answered truthfully. \n\n“How so?” Mikey asked, dumping the rest of the feed. Before Raph had the chance to answer, Mikey grabbed him and pulled him away from the chickens. “Hurry before they realize that the feed’s all gone.”\n\nThey entered the barn where Leo was helping Donny with one of his projects. The two older turtles looked up as Mikey shut the door. Leaning back against it, Mikey looked up at Raph. “You were saying?”\n\nIt took Raph a moment to remember what they were talking about. “The turtles down by the river,” he answered. “They were climbing on me and knocking their shells against mine. I guess I was invading their territory or something.”\n\n“Huh,” Don said, drawing Raph’s attention. “That behavior isn’t territorial. It’s mating season.”\n\nRaph balked while Mikey burst out laughing. “They were just trying to get some lovin’, Raphie,” Mikey teased. \n\n“Shut up,” Raph blushed and pushed Mikey away. “That can’t be it. I’m a male. Don’t they know the difference?” He thought back to when Spike used to bump up against him and it made him wonder. \n\nDon shrugged. “I’m sure they were just confused.” He turned back to his project and asked. “Do you wanna stay and help? I could use your muscles. I managed to get this nut on too tight and now I can’t get it off.”\n\n“Sure,” Raph shrugged and walked over to stand next to Donny. Flexing, Raph reached up and squeezed Don’s bicep. “Yeah, those things aren’t gonna cut it. Get your skinny butt out of the way.” He playfully pushed Don aside. \n\nDon chuckled and shoved Raph back. “Just put those big burly arms to good use and loosen the nut.”\n\nRaph was about to say something in response then thought better of it. What was he doing? Why was he flirting with his brother? Don was in love with April and besides that, flirting with his brother was wrong. Clearing his throat, Raph reached out for the ratchet. His fingers brushed against Don and he felt his heart skip. What was going on with him?\n\nRaph grabbed the ratchet, placed it over the nut, and was about to pull it when Don placed his hand over Raph’s. “Try not to strip it and ‘Lefty loosey, righty tighty’.” When Raph raised an eye ridge, Don clarified. “You were about to tighten it more, if that’s even possible. Go the other way.”\n\nDon’s hand lingered on Raph’s a little longer than necessary. When Don removed his hand from Raph’s the genius turtle blushed and turned away. “Right,” Raph said, switching his grip. Pushing on the ratchet with all his might, he managed to get the nut loose. When it jerked free, Raph lost his balance and he fell forward, knocking some tools to the floor. “Woops. I’ll get them.”\n\nThey had fallen behind the desk so Raph had to go under it to get them. As he picked them up from the floor he heard a squeak from behind him. Raph backed out from under the desk and turned to see Mikey standing, wide eyed with his hands over his mouth. Leo and Don looked equally surprised and were looking at Mikey with their mouths agape. Another thing that Raph noticed about them was that all three of their tails were down and he found the display appealing. Something wasn’t right. \n\n“I’m gonna go,” Raph said as he stood and placed the tools back on the table. \n\nLeo blocked Raph’s path, “Don’t go.”\n\n“You guys are acting weird, Leo. I’m feeling weird, I just want to go.” Raph tried to push past Leo but Mikey stepped in to help keep Raph from leaving. \n\n“I don’t want you to go either, Raph.”\n\n“Stay,” Don pleaded. \n\nRaph’s mouth was dry and no matter how many times he swallowed, he could seem to get any moisture in it. He backed up against the desk. “Why do you guys want me to stay?” \n\nLeo stepped forward and Raph tried to back up more but the desk was in the way. Leaning back over the desk his hand encountered one of the tools. He grabbed hold and froze. \n\nLeo’s hands came up to Raph’s face and Raph gripped the tool so hard that his hand hurt. When he realized that Leo was going for his face mask, Raph jerked his head back. Leo’s hands stopped for a brief moment but then continued. \n\nWithout knowing why, Raph let Leo remove his mask. He hated to have it off in front of anyone. The deep, childhood scar that had marred his face between his eyes was only worsened when Karai spit acid in his face. The original scar was the reason Splinter had given him the mask to wear in the first place. The other three started to wear theirs so Raph wouldn’t be the odd one out. It was probably a way to help elevate their guilt. It was partly their fault Raph was hurt in the first place. If they hadn’t teased him about his balance issues, he wouldn’t have attempted that back flip off the unstable platform. \n\nLeo tilted his head up and lifted up on his toes to kiss Raph on the scar. It felt strange since the surface skin was numb. When Leo came back down, his mouth was only a breath away from Raph’s. Raph could hear his heart pounding. What was happening? Why wasn’t he using the tool in his hand to beat Leo off? Why did he want so desperately for Leo to close the gap?\n\nThen it happened and Raph felt all the tension drain from him. The tool clattered to the floor as Leo’s tongue plunged into Raph’s mouth. Mikey and Don moved forward and started to remove the rest of Raph’s gear. They knew to leave the extra bindings around his knees. \n\nRaph’s mind was in a fog and he wasn’t thinking about what his brothers were doing but when he felt Mikey’s fingers touch the scars on his wrists, Raph pulled away from them. There was no hiding the fact that the scars were too fresh to be from his childhood accident. \n\nDonny reached out and grabbed Raph’s hand. After a moment’s hesitation, Raph let Don look at his wrists. “I’m gay,” Raph confessed. “I have fantasized about you guys and I knew it was wrong so I….” It was only have truth. He wasn’t going to tell him about the things he had done with Spike, or Slash. All of it made him feel so guilty that he had felt the need to punish himself. He was too much of a coward to attempt to end it all. \n\n“No more of that,” Leo whispered, cupping Raph’s face. “You are no longer alone in the way you feel.” He pulled Raph back into the kiss and pulled him away from the desk, coxing Raph to the ground.\n\nThis wasn’t Raph’s first time. He had had sex once with Slash but that didn’t do anything to settle his nerves. He still could believe that it was happening. Leo was on top of him and the scent of his arousal filled the air. Leo wasn’t gay. He was in love with Karai. Why was he suddenly interested in Raph?\n\nRaph parted his legs and Leo settled between them as Raph dropped his tail. Their tails touched, sending a full body shiver through Raph. It was really happening. Leo shifted to line up their cloacas and Raph felt Leo’s tip breach him. \n\nLeo was smaller than Slash but it still hurt a little when he penetrated Raph. He was able to go deep and strike the sweet spot that had Raph gasping with pleasure. Raph curled around Leo and was rocked with each thrust. His carapace scrapping on the hard ground was stimulating. \n\nLeo’s beak was buried in the nape of Raph’s neck and it was apparent that he was struggling to hold off his completion. He managed for a few more thrusts but Leo was soon staggering in his movements as he reached his climax. \n\nRaph held Leo, kissing along his neck while Leo recovered. Lifting his head up, Leo met Raph lips for a soft kiss before getting up. With a soft whimper, Mikey let Donny go next. \n\nAs the morning progressed into the afternoon, they all took turns on Raph. He didn’t want it to end but inevitably it had to. Casey and April would be back at any minute. The four of them lay on the floor of the barn while they processed what had happened.\n\nLeo was the first to sit up. He looked over at Raph, “Are you okay?”\n\nRaph kept his eyes on the ceiling as he answered, “Yeah. But… can we keep this between the four of us? I just… I don’t want Casey to know. I can’t lose him as a friend.”\n\n“Do you think I want April to know about this?” Don asked, sitting up. “I’m all for keeping this between us.”\n\n“I don’t want Splinter to know,” Leo agreed. \n\nThey all turned to look at Mikey, who sat up to look at each of them in turn. “Okay but does that mean we won’t ever do it again? ‘cause I was kinda hoping that we would. I really liked it.” \n\n“The more we do it, the harder it will be to hide,” Don said. \n\n“I’m sure we could find a way if we really wanted to,” Raph said, sitting up. He looked at Mikey, “If you want to do it again, you can come into my room. It’s not like you’ve never spent the night in my room before.” He shrugged, “We’ll just say that you had a nightmare.”\n\nMikey beamed, “Really?”\n\nRaph nodded and Mikey’s smile widened. It helped ease Raph’s guilt to know that his brother liked it enough to want to do it again. Mikey crawled across the floor to Raph and leaned in for a soft kiss. Overjoyed, Raph pulled Mikey closer to deepen the kiss. \n\nWhen they broke the kiss, Mikey curled up in Raph’s lap and nuzzled against Raph’s chest. Raph looked over at Leo and Don. “We can pretend that this didn’t happen, if you want. I know you guys like girls. I just wonder why you guys focused on me instead of pairing off.”\n\nDon shrugged, “I have no idea but I had no desire for Mikey or Leo. I just wanted you and I was willing to wait for it.”\n\n“Same.” Leo sighed and his face darkened with a blush as he stared at the ground. “And… I… I wouldn’t mind doing it again.”\n\nRaph chuckled, “I would be fine with doing this again with each of you but not at the same time. I would rather more of a one on one time, even if Don does continue to pine after April and you Karai.”\n\n“I’m over Karai,” Leo insisted as his blush deepened. \n\n“No you’re not,” Donny laughed. Leaning back against the wall, Don looked up at the ceiling. “Okay. Let’s work something out.”\n\n\n…\n\n\nThey worked out a schedule where they rotated times to be with Raph and managed to keep it hidden from Casey and April. Their actions did nothing to suggest that there was anything more between the four brothers. Even Mikey was able to keep the secret without letting the slightest hint slip. \n\nWhen they returned to New York and saved the city, they were able to get their lives back in order. It was an emotional and tearful reunion when they found Splinter. Raph didn’t ever want to be separated from his father ever again and he knew his brothers felt the same. \n\nThey stuck to their rotation, each night one of his brothers would visit him and Raph would get Sunday nights to himself. In time they did more than just have sex. Sometimes they would spend time talking or just enjoy being in the same room with one another and forget sex all together. The best part was that whatever was talked about in Raph’s room was never brought up in their everyday lives, not even in the most heated of arguments. And no matter what happened during the day, it was all forgotten in the bedroom. \n\nFor months, Raph enjoyed his time with each of his brothers equally. It was like a dream come true for him. Off and on over the past few years he had had a crush on at least one of his brothers. Now he had all three. \n\nRaph had to admit though that he enjoyed his time with Mikey a little more than he did with Leo and Don. The two eldest brothers did their best to avoid Raph’s penis but Mikey lavished it with attention and had bottomed for Raph a few times. They both enjoyed it but in all honesty like it more when Raph bottomed. \n\nIt didn’t bother Raph when Donny talked about April. He used to be moderately jealous of Don’s crush on April, making sure to point out that Don never had a chance. He still pointed it out, but when they were in his bed room he was supportive. It was almost like a different world in that moment of time, a sacred place. They were different with one another and they treated it like it never happened. And they were all okay with it. \n\nRaph took off his mask and gear, placing them over his drums. Digging through the pockets on his belt, he pulled out a long scrap of cloth and added it to the pile on the floor, behind his drums. It was getting kind of big. He didn’t know why he felt the need to do it but the urge was as overwhelming as when he had the need to mate with his brothers. So he allowed himself the odd collection, hiding it from his brothers as best he could. If they noticed the pile behind the drums, none of them said anything about it. \n\nThere was a gentle knock on the door. “Come in,” Raph answered as he picked up a tub of lotion. It was a special vitamin enriched lotion to help with his scars. It was given to him by Don shortly after they had returned to New York. Seeing the scars and the irritation caused by the mask on a regular basis compelled the genius to make the lotion to help sooth it. Raph never really noticed how much the scars were hurting him before. \n\nDon slipped into the room and closed the door behind him. “You doing okay Raph?” Don asked, making his way over to Raph. He took the lotion from Raph and gestured for him to get on the bed. \n\nRaph lay down and closed his eyes. “I’m fine.”\n\nDon opened the jar as he sat on the bed. Scooping some lotion onto his finger, Don started to apply it to the scars between Raph’s eyes. The soothing lotion eased some of the irritability and Raph sighed with content. \"I notice that you got a little winded today during our fight with the Foot,” Don ventured. \n\n“That’s because I was doing most of the fighting,” Raph crossed his arms over his plastron but kept his eyes closed. \n\n“If you say so,” Donny sighed as he finished applying the lotion. He placed the jar on the shelf above Raph’s bed then leaned over to kiss Raph’s lips. “I just wanted to make sure. You’ve just seemed a little sluggish lately.”\n\nRaph’s eyes snapped open, “Maybe it’s because I’m getting fucked almost every night.”\n\n“If you need a break…,” Don started but Raph cut him off. \n\n“I’m fine.”\n\nDon’s hand drifted down to Raph’s slightly bulging stomach. “Are you sure?”\n\nGrabbing Don’s writs, Raph pulled Don’s hand away from his stomach. “I’m fine,” he growled. Huffing, Raph rolled onto his side. “You know what. I do need a break.”\n\n“Alright,” Don stood and without another word, left the room. \n\nOver the next few days, Raph kept his bedroom door locked. He didn’t want anyone around him, much less touching him. The worst part was, Don had been right. Raph was getting winded faster than he used to. His chest felt tight and even though he had a huge appetite he couldn’t eat more than a few bites before he was full. So he found himself grazing all day just to stay satisfied. \n\nAfter a few nights, his brothers stopped trying to come to him all together. Things started to get back to the way they were before the Kraang invasion. Then one day Raph woke up in an immense amount of pain that came in waves along his sides and back. \n\nGetting up off the bed, Raph paced his room. It worked for a little while but the pain continued to intensify. Despite it all, he didn’t call out for help. The last thing he wanted was for anyone to be in the room with him. \n\nHe found himself compelled to move over to the pile of cloth and squatted over it. Pressure built inside of his tail, pressing against his penis. Tears filled his eyes as the sensitive organ felt like it was being crushed. He looked between his legs and saw blood dripping from his tail and he was sure that he was dying. But then, something fell from him. \n\nTwisting around, Raph looked to see what it was and was surprised to see an egg. He didn’t have time to process it before the pain was back. It was all too much for him and at some point he slipped into a state of shock. \n\nWhen he came to Raph was on the floor next to the pile of cloth. His body hurt, his tail was throbbing and all he wanted to do was curl up in a ball. But he needed to see for himself. He managed to push himself up to a sitting position and looked down at the pile of cloth. There were six eggs nestled within the folds, some painted with his blood. They were larger than a baseball but smaller than ostrich eggs. \n\nHe couldn’t believe what he was seeing. How could he have laid eggs? What would the others think if they knew? What would Splinter do? Lifting one up, he looked at it. They never had to know. All he had to do was break it. Then he could clean up and no one would ever know. Like everything else, he could pretend that it didn’t happen. \n\nA mournful sob bubbled up as he was flooded with guilt. Was he really so desperate to keep his secret that he would kill the innocent lives within the eggs? With shaking hands he placed the egg back with the others and covered them up. He didn’t know what he was going to do but breaking the eggs was not an option. \n\nHe was too tired to think about it. He needed some sleep. Raph crawled over to his bed and pulled himself up. Trembling hands fumbled with the blankets as he tried to cover himself up. Giving up on the tangled mess, Raph curled up and tried to get back to sleep. He would figure it all out later. \n \nThe next morning he forced himself to move through his pain. They were already suspicious of his behavior as it was. If they knew he was in pain they would want to know why. He wasn’t ready for them to know yet. He was afraid of what they would do if they knew. \n\nThe more he moved, the less it hurt and it didn’t take long before he was back to his old self. The eggs, like the sex, were left in his room. He fought with his brothers, went out on patrol and carried on with his normal routine without a thought about them. \n\nA few nights after he had laid the eggs, Raph found himself standing outside Mikey’s door. He had missed his brother and the time he had spent with him. Leo walked past on the way to his room and their eyes met. Raph smiled at Leo and Leo nodded his understanding before heading into his room. Knocking softly on Mikey’s bedroom door, Raph waited for an answer. \n\nMikey opened the door and looked up at Raph, lifting an eye ridge to show his confusion. “What’s up?”\n\n“I wanted to spend some time with you,” Raph answered, keeping his voice low. \n\nMikey’s eyes went wide as he looked up at Raph in disbelief. “I thought you were done with that.” \n\n“I just needed a break,” Raph said. He looked around to make sure no one was there to hear him. “Can I come in?”\n\nMikey’s face went from shock to excitement as he nodded his head and stepped out of the way so Raph could enter his room. “Man, I was so bummed when you stopped,” Mikey said after closing the door. “I really liked spending time with you.”\n\n“I couldn’t give you up for long, Mikey,” Raph smiled and leaned in for a soft kiss. Mikey returned the kiss with enthusiasm. Raph love that about Mikey, his enthusiasm and his boundless energy. And that energy filtered over into the way he had sex. \n\nThey moved over to the bed, managing to maintain the kiss as they moved. They didn’t bother to remove their gear as they got into position. Mikey churred, bucking his hips in his eagerness to find purchase in Raph’s tail. With a soft chuckle, Raph reached between them and guided Mikey’s penis to his cloaca. \n\nAs soon as he was lined up, Mikey pushed inside and started to move. With a glazed look in his eyes he thrust fast and hard into Raph, churring with every breath. “Dude, I… missed… this,” Mikey panted between churrs. \n\n“Me too,” Raph smiled and cupped Mikey’s face with his hand. \n\n“Dude,” Mikey moaned. Slowing down as he approached his climax. He was the only one who did it that way. Leo and Don would take their time at first and then speed up as they neared their completion. But Mikey hurried to moment before climax and then tried to make it last as long as possible. \n\nLifting his head, Raph captured Mikey’s lips in a messy kiss. The intimate connection was something Raph enjoyed doing as he climaxed. Mikey’s soon followed, churring as he moved with slow steady thrusts. \n\nWithout pulling out, Mikey settled down on Raph’s chest. It was something else Mikey did differently than the others, who usually pulled out and flopped down on the bed to snuggle and talk. Mikey liked to wait for Raph’s body to push him out. “I like being inside you.” Mikey nuzzled Raph, “I wish I could stay inside you longer.”\n\n“I like it too, Mikey.” Raph kissed the top of Mikey’s head. “You could if you took your time in the beginning.”\n\n“I just wanna get to the part that feels really good,” Mikey replied. “Will you stay for a little while so I can do it again?”\n\n“Sure,” Raph smiled as he ran his hand down Mikey’s carapace. He took the moment of peace to look around Mikey’s room. Since Raph had topped Mikey a few times, he wondered if Mikey was hiding any eggs as well. But Raph didn’t see any piles among the junk that could have been hiding a clutch. He had to accept the fact that he was the only one who was the freak. \n\n…\n\n\nInstead of having his brothers come to him, Raph went to their rooms and they seemed to be alright with the new set up. The connection was something that they all craved and now that they had it none of them wanted to give it up. Each night, Raph would return to his room and see the pile on the floor and know that it was all going to come to an end soon enough. \n\nThe eggs were fertile. Raph could hear noises coming from them. When they hatched the truth would come out and Raph was going to have to face his family’s wrath. They were going to make him leave, he just knew it. Splinter is going to reject him for seducing his brothers and his brothers are going to hate him for ruining their lives. When Casey found out he was gay and a freak, he wasn’t going to want to be friends with Raph anymore. Raph was going to be alone with six babies to care for. \n\nHe tried not to let his fears show outside of his room and covered it up with his anger. It came naturally to him since he did it before, when he feared them finding out that he was gay. And like before, his anger led to problems when they were out on patrol. \n\nRaph scoffed as he entered the lair, holding his arm, and Leo was hot on his heels. “Why do you always have go against my orders?”\n\n“Because they’re stupid,” Raph snapped back. \n\n“Well,” Leo huffed, “If you had been following my orders then you wouldn’t have been hurt.”\n\n“That’s debatable,” Raph rounded on him. \n\n“No… it’s not,” Donny interjected as he limped in to the lair. “If you’d have done as you were told, Leo’s plan would have worked.”\n\nRaph glared at Donny, “No one asked you.”\n\nLeo moved to say something more but the sound of a baby’s cry cut him off. His eyes went wide and they all turned to look in the direction of the bedrooms. “What was that?”\n\n“I didn’t hear anything,” Raph said then ran off towards his room, yelling. “Stay out of my room.”\n\nRaph saw that the door to his bedroom was open and his heart sank. “No, please. No.” He stepped into the doorway and saw Splinter placing a bundled baby on the bed. Splinter looked up and Raph dropped to his knees. Rubbing his wrists and unable to look at his father, Raph looked at the floor. “I’m sorry. Please…. Please don’t hate me.”\n\nSplinter noticed the odd behavior and knelt down in front of Raph. He grabbed hold of Raph’s wrists then started to remove the wrappings. Raph didn’t have the strength to fight him. What was one more thing for Splinter to know, one more thing for him to be disappointed about? \n\nSplinter saw the scars that crossed Raph’s wrists and stifled a sob. “My son,” he pulled him in to a warm embrace. “I do not hate you. I am not angry with you. You didn’t have to hide this from me.”\n\n“Are those babies?” Mikey asked from behind Raph. \n\n“I can explain,” Leo’s voice followed. \n\n“I can’t,” Donny said. “And I’m the smart one. Where did these babies come from?”\n\nSplinter continued to hold Raph. “I was meditating in my room when I heard a baby’s cry. I followed the sound and found myself outside of Raphael’s room. I entered and pulled the first baby from the pile. I could tell just by looking at it that it belonged to Donatello.”\n\n“Me?” Don breathed.\n\n“You’re not upset?” Leo ventured, stepping into the room to look at the babies on the bed. \n\n“No,” Splinter assured them. “I knew what the four of you were up to for a while now. I have a feeling that these babies come as a surprise to us all.”\n\n“You knew,” Leo said in disbelief. “Of course you knew.”\n\nMikey also walked into the room to look at the babies. “Six babies…. Why did you bundle those two up together?”\n\nLooking over his shoulder, Splinter answered. “Because they are conjoined.” \n\n“Conjoined?” Don asked, entering into the room to have a look. \n\nIt took a moment for what they were saying to register in his mind. If Mikey counted six babies and two of them were conjoined then that meant that there was one more egg. Raph moved away from Splinter and crawled across the floor to the pile of cloth. \n\nSplinter sat, waiting as Raph searched out the last egg. Lifting it from the pile, Raph held it up against his ear. Sounds could be heard coming from inside and there was a crack down the middle. Sitting on the floor with his back to the wall, Raph held the egg in his lap while he waited for it to hatch. He wanted to see at least one of them hatch. \n\nLeo walked over carrying one of the babies and sat down next to Raph. He lowered the bundle down so Raph could see it. “Is there something else you would like to tell us?” There was no anger or accusation in his voice. He simply wanted to know. \n\nRaph glanced over and saw what could only be described as a baby version of Slash. It was so small, barely double the size of one of Mikey’s action figures. Tears filled Raph’s eyes. “It happened before the invasion, before Slash was captured by the Kraang. It only happened once.”\n\n“Did he force you?” Splinter asked, placing his hand on Raph’s knee. \n\n“No,” Raph shook his head. “He remembered… things from when he was still a turtle and… so… he knew that I was… gay. He was… kind and understanding…. I’m sorry.”\n\n“There is no need for you to apologize,” Splinter said. \n\n“I can run tests on the others to find out who the father is for each of them,” Donny said, turning from the babies to look at Raph. “I would also like to run some tests on you to find out how this happened.”\n\n“Okay,” Raph nodded and looked down at the egg in his hands. It had gone quiet. “Why isn’t this one hatching?”\n\n“Maybe it’s tired,” Donny offered. “You can give it a little help but be careful.”\n\nNodding, Raph gently pressed the egg where the shell was already cracked. His efforts had the baby inside redoubling its own efforts. Raph pealed the shell away to reveal the tiny baby inside. It was so small it fit in the palm of his hand. “Are they premature?”\n\n“I don’t think so,” Donny answered. “Baby turtles are small by comparison to their parents.”\n\nThe baby mewed and Splinter held out a clean scrap of cloth. “Wrap it up to keep it warm.”\n\nRaph carefully picked off the rest of the remaining shell and took the cloth from Splinter. Once he had it wrapped, Raph held the baby close to him. Tears fell from his eyes as the reality of the situation started to set in. \n\n“Take the babies to your lab,” Splinter ordered, moving closer to Raph. \n\n“Yes, Master Splinter,” Donny nodded and then picked up one of the babies. Mikey picked up another as Leo got up off the floor and they left the room. Raph couldn’t believe how calm they all were and was waiting for it all to come crashing down on him. Any moment now, they were all going to start telling him how disgusted they were with him. \n\nThe baby in his arms grunted, pulling Raph from his thoughts. After a few steading breaths, Raph lowered the baby to get a good look at it. Just by looking at the face Raph knew that the baby was Leo’s but its skin color was more like Raph’s. Squinting Raph looked to see if he could see the color of the baby’s eyes. What he saw had his heart sink. The baby’s eyes were clouded over. \n\n“I think he’s blind,” Raph said, handing the baby over to Splinter as if he expected his father to be able to fix it. \n\nSplinter took the baby from Raph and looked down at it. “I believe you are right. It will be alright. I once met a great warrior who was blind. His handicap did nothing to hinder his ability to fight.” He handed the baby back to Raph. “Take him to the lab so Donatello can run his tests.”\n\n“Okay,” Raph nodded as he stood. \n\nBy that time Leo and Mikey returned for the other babies. Mikey lifted the twins while Leo collected the one who looked to be all black. Splinter followed them back to the lab, staying close to Raph as they walked. \n\nOnce in the lab, Raph walked over and placed the baby in his arms with the others. As soon as it was put down it looked frightened. “It’s alright little guy,” Raph soothed then walked over to sit down. \n\nDonny was already running his tests. He had placed colored stickers on their swaddles and Raph could see that there were test tubes with colored stickers on them with cotton swabs inside. Don finished labeling and collecting all he needed before he turned to Raph. “I’m going to need a little more from you than just a swab of the inside of your mouth.”\n\nRaph nodded and let Don do what he needed to do which was simply taking a vile of Raph’s blood. While he waited for the vile to fill Donny rambled. “Now I understand why you were short of breath before. With six eggs and your plastron keeping you from being able to really expand they must have been pushing up on your lungs. You had to have been uncomfortable.”\n\n“But, Donny,” Mikey spoke softly. “Raph’s a boy. I’ve seen his… penis. He had sex with me. Am I gonna lay eggs too?”\n\n“I’m still trying to figure all of this out, Mikey. As soon as I have answers I will share them with you.” Don removed the needle from Raph’s arm and covered the puncture with a cotton ball then taped it down. \n\n“How long do you think it will take before you have the answers?” Raph asked. \n\n“An hour,” Don answered. “These kinds of test take time.”\n\nRaph looked up at the babies, “This is gonna be hard to keep all this from April and Casey. I’m sorry. I’m sure we can come up with something, some story to put it all on me. They don’t have to know.” Raph’s chest felt tight and he started to rub his wrists. “Casey’s not gonna want to be my friend anymore.”\n\n“We’re not gonna lie,” Leo said and Donny nodded his head in agreement. Raph was expecting a big speech about how he had let them down, how he had betrayed their trust. They’ve had time to process it and their anger was finally coming to light. \n\nRaph was surprised when Donny knelt down in front of him, placing his hands over Raph’s. “We’ll just tell them the truth. We’re all in this together.”\n\n“But,” Raph looked up at Don. “April.”\n\nDonny shrugged and let out a sorrowful chuckle, “It’s not like I ever really had a chance with her anyway. Right? We’re not going to let you face this alone, no matter what the outcome is.”\n\n“Why are you standing outside of Donny’s lab, Red,” Casey asked as he walked into the lab holding a soda. That was when Raph remembered that they had promised to bring them some supplies. Casey looked around the room and then froze. “Whoa, where did all the babies come from?”\n\nApril followed Casey into the lab and Raph could tell by the look on her face that she had heard what they had said. Donny was frozen next to Raph with his eyes fixed on her. Raph could almost hear Donny’s heart breaking and couldn’t help but feel responsible for it. \n\n“It’s a long and complicated story,” Leo answered. He tried to hide it but Leo feared them knowing the truth. \n\nCasey looked at the babies, “They are so small. That one looks like Donny and that one looks like Slash.”\n\n“We’re still trying to figure it all out,” Donny said, standing up to walk over to his desk. \n\nStanding next to Donny, April placed her hand on his shoulder, “I’m sure you will find the answers. You always do.”\n\nRaph was watching Casey as he looked at the babies and in that moment he just wanted to get it over with. “I laid the eggs. They are my babies.”\n\nTurning, Casey looked back at Raph in disbelief. “You’re a girl?”\n\n“No,” Raph answered then shook his head. “Maybe. I don’t know.”\n\n“How could you not know?” Casey asked, turning around. \n\n“I have a penis but somehow I laid the eggs,” Raph answered. \n\n“Dude, that’s harsh,” Casey said, turning back to look at the babies. And then he turned around again to look at Raph. “Then who’s the father?”\n\n“The three of us are,” Leo answered, his voice trembling a little. \n\nCasey looked at Leo, Don and Mikey in turn. “The three of you had sex with Raph?” He looked at Raph, “And you let them?”\n\n“It happened out at the farm,” Donny explained as he got to work running Raph’s blood sample. “It was mating season and we were overrun by instinct.”\n\nCasey scratched his head. “I can buy that, but why did the three of you go after Raph?”\n\nDonny shrugged and shook his head, “We were all drawn to him for some reason. I’m hoping that an analysis of his blood will lead to some answers.”\n\nOne of the babies cried out and Raph had a feeling he knew which one it was. Standing up, Raph made his way over to the blind baby. He was right. The little baby was cooing for attention. “Hey. It’s okay,” Raph said but the baby didn’t stop.\n\nMikey moved over so that he could see and accidently bumped into a table, causing a tray to fall to the floor. The loud clatter startled the babies and they all started to cry. All except for the blind one who didn’t even flinch but continued to coo. \n\n“Way to go, knuckle head.” Raph picked the baby up and he settled against Raph’s chest. The others moved in to pick up the other crying babies. April held the albino, Casey held the black one, Mikey was holding the twins, Splinter held the one who looked like Donny, and Leo held Slash’s baby. \n\n“This one’s kinda cool,” Casey said, looking down at the baby in his arms. “He’s all black with golden eyes. That’s totally metal.”\n\nApril chuckled, “He reminds me of the guys in Japanese plays who dress all in black so they can move props without being seen.”\n\n“Ah,” Splinter nodded. “A Kuroko.”\n\n“You should totally name him that,” Casey said with a smile. \n\n“The twin’s shell looks like a heart,” Mikey chuckled and nuzzled them. “That’s so cute. I hope they’re mine. I want to name them Ethan and Nathan.”\n\nDon looked up from his work, “That’s actually a very creative set of names.”\n\n“I know,” Mikey smiled. “That’s why I thought of it.”\n\nRaph looked around the room unable to believe what he was seeing. “This has got to be some strange dream. Why are you guys all okay with this?” He looked at Splinter, “I had sex with my brothers.” He then turned to Leo, “I had sex with Slash.” He looked at Casey, “I’m gay and a freak who lays eggs.” Then finally he looked at Don, “The secret’s out, they all know. Why isn’t any one mad, disappointed, or disgusted?”\n\n“Dude, I’m no homophobe,” Casey said. “You’re my best and coolest friend. I’m not gonna turn my back on you because of this. I’m cool with it.”\n\n“Though I understand your fears, I am a little disappointed that you didn’t come to me earlier,” Splinter admitted. “But I am not disappointed in you. There is nothing you can do that would have me turn my back on you.”\n\n “What would be the point in getting mad?” Donny asked. “What’s done is done and it’s not like you intended for this to happen or forced us to do anything. You tried to leave the barn that day. We’re the ones who kept you in there. If anyone has a right to be mad, it’s you.”\n\n“We won’t treat Slash’s son any differently than the others,” Leo promised. “I’m not mad that you were with him. I can’t say that I fully understand why you did it, but I’m not mad.”\n\n“We should name his baby Gash,” Mikey chimed in.\n\n“You are not going to name all the babies,” Donny warned. “I want to name mine.”\n\n“Fine,” Mikey pouted. \n\nApril walked up to Mikey, “This one looks like it could be yours. What do you want to name him?”\n\nMikey looked down at the albino and smiled. “Yuki. It’s the Japanese word for snow.”\n\n“So we have Ethan, Nathan, Yuki, Gash and Kuroko so far,” April said, looking at Raph. “Are you okay with those names? What are you going to name the other two?”\n\n“I like those names.” Raph looked down at the baby in his arms, “This one’s yours Leo. I just know it. Do you want to name him?”\n\n“I would like…,” Leo looked up at Splinter. “I would like to name him Yoshi.”\n\n“I would be honored,” Splinter smiled with a slight nod and then shifted the baby in his arms. “That just leaves this one.”\n\nDonny looked up from his work then back down. “I want to name him David.”\n\n“Why?” Mikey asked. “How is that creative? All the rest of the names are creative or have a special meaning and you just say ‘David’.” \n\nLooking at Mikey, Don held up his pin as he explained. “Simply put, David is the name of a statue created by Donatello, the artists I am named after. I took part in the creation of the baby so it seems fitting.”\n\n“Oh,” Mikey nodded. “Never mind, that is creative. My bad.” \n\nRaph sat back down and focused on little Yoshi. The fact that he hadn’t cried like the others had when Mikey knocked the tray to the floor still bothered him. Snapping his fingers next to Yoshi’s head, Raph looked for any kind of reaction. \n\n“What are you doing?” Leo asked walking up to Raph. \n\nSighing, Raph looked up at Leo, “I’m sorry.”\n\n“For what?” Leo lifted an eye ridge. \n\n“I think he’s deaf and blind,” Raph answered. “He’s lost in a world of darkness and the only way he knows he’s not alone is when someone is holding him. What a horrible fate.”\n\nDonny stood and made his way over to Raph, “Let me see him.”\n\nWith a slight nod, Raph let Donny collect Yoshi from him. Raph couldn’t look up at anyone and he continued to rub his wrists. Leo noticed and placed his hands over Raph’s. “Everything’s going to be okay,” he soothed. \n\n“Casey and I will get some food and supplies for the babies,” April offered in an attempt to change the subject a little. \n\n“That’s gonna be a lot of formula,” Casey added. \n\n“They have yolk sacks right now so you have a day or two to get what we need,” Don said as he examined Yoshi. “The more assistance you can offer the better it will be. We’re going to need a lot.”\n\nLeo stayed next to Raph while Don finished his tests to offer his support. Raph glanced at Leo and whispered, “Are you guys being so understanding because you’re afraid of what I might do? Are you holding down your anger and your hate because you’re afraid I’m gonna….”\n\n“No,” Leo replied. “I have no reason to be mad at you. I can’t even imagine what you are going through right now but I know you’re afraid. I want you to know that I’m here for you.”\n\n“Your assumption was right,” Donny sighed, walking over and handing Yoshi back to Raph. “He is both deaf and blind. The good news is that his type of deafness can be corrected with a cochlear implant. It’s not something that will be easily obtained and it would be risky but I believe that I will be able to perform the surgery. One day.”\n\n“Surgery,” Raph sighed, pulling the tiny baby close. \n\nSilence filled the lab while Donny continued to run his tests. Everyone focused on the baby that was in their arms. It didn’t take long for Donny to finish. He had identified each of the babies’ fathers. The twins and Yuki were Mikey’s, Yoshi was Leo’s, and David and Kuroko belonged to Don. After going over the paternity test results he transitioned into his explanation as to why Raph was able to lay eggs. \n\n“It’s one of two possibilities,” Don started. “Either it’s because the last human to touch Raph before we mutated was a female or, the more likely explanation, Raph was female before we mutated and since the last human to touch him was male he became a hermaphrodite.”\n\n“A what?” Mikey and Casey asked at the same time. \n\n“A hermaphrodite,” Donny repeated. “Someone with both male and female reproductive organs. Most of the time they are infertile but obviously Raph is not. Turtles kept in captivity don’t usually go into their mating cycles. I think that, since we were out at the farm and exposed to the harsh winter, it triggered Raph’s cycle in the spring. The resulting pheromones… um… drove the rest of us to want to mate with him. The reason one of them is Slash’s is due to the fact that turtles can store sperm.”\n\n“For how long?” Casey asked. \n\nDonny sighed, “Approximately two years.”\n\n“Does that mean that Raph will have more next year?” April asked. \n\nDonny shrugged, “I don’t know. Being back in this environment, he might not go into his cycle. It’s hard to say. We’ll just have to wait and see.”\n\n“I’m a freak among freaks,” Raph mumbled. \n\n“You are my son,” Splinter’s voice was stern yet soft. He lifted Raph’s chin so that he was looking Splinter in the eyes. “You are not a freak. You are unique but that is not a bad thing. You have brought new life into this world and that is nothing to be ashamed of.”\n\n“I guess,” Raph sniffed as he rubbed his eyes with his free hand. “Thank you, father.”\n","writing_bbcode_parsed":"It was their first winter since leaving the lair for the first time, all those months ago. Before, they would spend the cold months warm inside the lair. Out at the farm, exposed to the frigid temperatures, it was hard on them and Donatello believed it was part of the reason Leonardo slept for so long. His injuries coupled with the instinct to hibernate had him in a comatose like state. They kept him in the bath tub, full of water, to keep him hydrated. They had to keep the water warm so Raph was there often to test the water and change it out when needed. Donny had even added vitamins to the water in hopes that Leo would absorb them.

For three months Leo stayed asleep but at least he was alive. When the weather started to warm and the days grew longer, Leo woke up. His voice was different and he was distant at first but as time passed he grew stronger and bonded with his brothers again.

They were well into spring and had had their fair share of adventures. Raph couldn’t believe the luck. They came out to the farm for some peace and quiet, not to fight plant monsters, Bigfoot, and mutant frogs, to name a few.

On the plus side, he was able to go out in the morning and bask in the sun. It was something he did often. The sun on his dark skin felt amazing.

The Turtles were taking it easy that day. Casey and April had gone into town to buy more food so they had the farm to themselves. Raph was out by the river, lying plastron down in a patch of grass when he felt something strike his shell. He looked down to see a turtle with its head tucked, lunging forward to strike Raph with the upper lip of its carapace.

“What the hell?” Raph said, pushing the turtle away. “Go away.”

As he was focused on the one, another one showed up and tried to mount him from behind. Raph was on his feet in a heartbeat, knocking the other turtle over on its back. “Crazy things,” Raph mumbled and turned the turtle back over. “Fine. I’ll leave.”

The mood ruined, Raph made his way back to the house. On his way he ran into Mikey who was feeding the chickens. He looked up as Raph approached, “Hey, Raph. How’s it going?”

“The turtles down by the river were acting weird,” Raph answered truthfully.

“How so?” Mikey asked, dumping the rest of the feed. Before Raph had the chance to answer, Mikey grabbed him and pulled him away from the chickens. “Hurry before they realize that the feed’s all gone.”

They entered the barn where Leo was helping Donny with one of his projects. The two older turtles looked up as Mikey shut the door. Leaning back against it, Mikey looked up at Raph. “You were saying?”

It took Raph a moment to remember what they were talking about. “The turtles down by the river,” he answered. “They were climbing on me and knocking their shells against mine. I guess I was invading their territory or something.”

“Huh,” Don said, drawing Raph’s attention. “That behavior isn’t territorial. It’s mating season.”

Raph balked while Mikey burst out laughing. “They were just trying to get some lovin’, Raphie,” Mikey teased.

“Shut up,” Raph blushed and pushed Mikey away. “That can’t be it. I’m a male. Don’t they know the difference?” He thought back to when Spike used to bump up against him and it made him wonder.

Don shrugged. “I’m sure they were just confused.” He turned back to his project and asked. “Do you wanna stay and help? I could use your muscles. I managed to get this nut on too tight and now I can’t get it off.”

“Sure,” Raph shrugged and walked over to stand next to Donny. Flexing, Raph reached up and squeezed Don’s bicep. “Yeah, those things aren’t gonna cut it. Get your skinny butt out of the way.” He playfully pushed Don aside.

Don chuckled and shoved Raph back. “Just put those big burly arms to good use and loosen the nut.”

Raph was about to say something in response then thought better of it. What was he doing? Why was he flirting with his brother? Don was in love with April and besides that, flirting with his brother was wrong. Clearing his throat, Raph reached out for the ratchet. His fingers brushed against Don and he felt his heart skip. What was going on with him?

Raph grabbed the ratchet, placed it over the nut, and was about to pull it when Don placed his hand over Raph’s. “Try not to strip it and ‘Lefty loosey, righty tighty’.” When Raph raised an eye ridge, Don clarified. “You were about to tighten it more, if that’s even possible. Go the other way.”

Don’s hand lingered on Raph’s a little longer than necessary. When Don removed his hand from Raph’s the genius turtle blushed and turned away. “Right,” Raph said, switching his grip. Pushing on the ratchet with all his might, he managed to get the nut loose. When it jerked free, Raph lost his balance and he fell forward, knocking some tools to the floor. “Woops. I’ll get them.”

They had fallen behind the desk so Raph had to go under it to get them. As he picked them up from the floor he heard a squeak from behind him. Raph backed out from under the desk and turned to see Mikey standing, wide eyed with his hands over his mouth. Leo and Don looked equally surprised and were looking at Mikey with their mouths agape. Another thing that Raph noticed about them was that all three of their tails were down and he found the display appealing. Something wasn’t right.

“I’m gonna go,” Raph said as he stood and placed the tools back on the table.

Leo blocked Raph’s path, “Don’t go.”

“You guys are acting weird, Leo. I’m feeling weird, I just want to go.” Raph tried to push past Leo but Mikey stepped in to help keep Raph from leaving.

“I don’t want you to go either, Raph.”

“Stay,” Don pleaded.

Raph’s mouth was dry and no matter how many times he swallowed, he could seem to get any moisture in it. He backed up against the desk. “Why do you guys want me to stay?”

Leo stepped forward and Raph tried to back up more but the desk was in the way. Leaning back over the desk his hand encountered one of the tools. He grabbed hold and froze.

Leo’s hands came up to Raph’s face and Raph gripped the tool so hard that his hand hurt. When he realized that Leo was going for his face mask, Raph jerked his head back. Leo’s hands stopped for a brief moment but then continued.

Without knowing why, Raph let Leo remove his mask. He hated to have it off in front of anyone. The deep, childhood scar that had marred his face between his eyes was only worsened when Karai spit acid in his face. The original scar was the reason Splinter had given him the mask to wear in the first place. The other three started to wear theirs so Raph wouldn’t be the odd one out. It was probably a way to help elevate their guilt. It was partly their fault Raph was hurt in the first place. If they hadn’t teased him about his balance issues, he wouldn’t have attempted that back flip off the unstable platform.

Leo tilted his head up and lifted up on his toes to kiss Raph on the scar. It felt strange since the surface skin was numb. When Leo came back down, his mouth was only a breath away from Raph’s. Raph could hear his heart pounding. What was happening? Why wasn’t he using the tool in his hand to beat Leo off? Why did he want so desperately for Leo to close the gap?

Then it happened and Raph felt all the tension drain from him. The tool clattered to the floor as Leo’s tongue plunged into Raph’s mouth. Mikey and Don moved forward and started to remove the rest of Raph’s gear. They knew to leave the extra bindings around his knees.

Raph’s mind was in a fog and he wasn’t thinking about what his brothers were doing but when he felt Mikey’s fingers touch the scars on his wrists, Raph pulled away from them. There was no hiding the fact that the scars were too fresh to be from his childhood accident.

Donny reached out and grabbed Raph’s hand. After a moment’s hesitation, Raph let Don look at his wrists. “I’m gay,” Raph confessed. “I have fantasized about you guys and I knew it was wrong so I….” It was only have truth. He wasn’t going to tell him about the things he had done with Spike, or Slash. All of it made him feel so guilty that he had felt the need to punish himself. He was too much of a coward to attempt to end it all.

“No more of that,” Leo whispered, cupping Raph’s face. “You are no longer alone in the way you feel.” He pulled Raph back into the kiss and pulled him away from the desk, coxing Raph to the ground.

This wasn’t Raph’s first time. He had had sex once with Slash but that didn’t do anything to settle his nerves. He still could believe that it was happening. Leo was on top of him and the scent of his arousal filled the air. Leo wasn’t gay. He was in love with Karai. Why was he suddenly interested in Raph?

Raph parted his legs and Leo settled between them as Raph dropped his tail. Their tails touched, sending a full body shiver through Raph. It was really happening. Leo shifted to line up their cloacas and Raph felt Leo’s tip breach him.

Leo was smaller than Slash but it still hurt a little when he penetrated Raph. He was able to go deep and strike the sweet spot that had Raph gasping with pleasure. Raph curled around Leo and was rocked with each thrust. His carapace scrapping on the hard ground was stimulating.

Leo’s beak was buried in the nape of Raph’s neck and it was apparent that he was struggling to hold off his completion. He managed for a few more thrusts but Leo was soon staggering in his movements as he reached his climax.

Raph held Leo, kissing along his neck while Leo recovered. Lifting his head up, Leo met Raph lips for a soft kiss before getting up. With a soft whimper, Mikey let Donny go next.

As the morning progressed into the afternoon, they all took turns on Raph. He didn’t want it to end but inevitably it had to. Casey and April would be back at any minute. The four of them lay on the floor of the barn while they processed what had happened.

Leo was the first to sit up. He looked over at Raph, “Are you okay?”

Raph kept his eyes on the ceiling as he answered, “Yeah. But… can we keep this between the four of us? I just… I don’t want Casey to know. I can’t lose him as a friend.”

“Do you think I want April to know about this?” Don asked, sitting up. “I’m all for keeping this between us.”

“I don’t want Splinter to know,” Leo agreed.

They all turned to look at Mikey, who sat up to look at each of them in turn. “Okay but does that mean we won’t ever do it again? ‘cause I was kinda hoping that we would. I really liked it.”  

“The more we do it, the harder it will be to hide,” Don said.

“I’m sure we could find a way if we really wanted to,” Raph said, sitting up. He looked at Mikey, “If you want to do it again, you can come into my room. It’s not like you’ve never spent the night in my room before.” He shrugged, “We’ll just say that you had a nightmare.”

Mikey beamed, “Really?”

Raph nodded and Mikey’s smile widened. It helped ease Raph’s guilt to know that his brother liked it enough to want to do it again. Mikey crawled across the floor to Raph and leaned in for a soft kiss. Overjoyed, Raph pulled Mikey closer to deepen the kiss.

When they broke the kiss, Mikey curled up in Raph’s lap and nuzzled against Raph’s chest. Raph looked over at Leo and Don. “We can pretend that this didn’t happen, if you want. I know you guys like girls. I just wonder why you guys focused on me instead of pairing off.”

Don shrugged, “I have no idea but I had no desire for Mikey or Leo. I just wanted you and I was willing to wait for it.”

“Same.” Leo sighed and his face darkened with a blush as he stared at the ground. “And… I… I wouldn’t mind doing it again.”

Raph chuckled, “I would be fine with doing this again with each of you but not at the same time. I would rather more of a one on one time, even if Don does continue to pine after April and you Karai.”

“I’m over Karai,” Leo insisted as his blush deepened.

“No you’re not,” Donny laughed. Leaning back against the wall, Don looked up at the ceiling. “Okay. Let’s work something out.”


…


They worked out a schedule where they rotated times to be with Raph and managed to keep it hidden from Casey and April. Their actions did nothing to suggest that there was anything more between the four brothers. Even Mikey was able to keep the secret without letting the slightest hint slip.

When they returned to New York and saved the city, they were able to get their lives back in order. It was an emotional and tearful reunion when they found Splinter. Raph didn’t ever want to be separated from his father ever again and he knew his brothers felt the same.  

They stuck to their rotation, each night one of his brothers would visit him and Raph would get Sunday nights to himself. In time they did more than just have sex. Sometimes they would spend time talking or just enjoy being in the same room with one another and forget sex all together. The best part was that whatever was talked about in Raph’s room was never brought up in their everyday lives, not even in the most heated of arguments. And no matter what happened during the day, it was all forgotten in the bedroom.

For months, Raph enjoyed his time with each of his brothers equally. It was like a dream come true for him. Off and on over the past few years he had had a crush on at least one of his brothers. Now he had all three.

Raph had to admit though that he enjoyed his time with Mikey a little more than he did with Leo and Don. The two eldest brothers did their best to avoid Raph’s penis but Mikey lavished it with attention and had bottomed for Raph a few times. They both enjoyed it but in all honesty like it more when Raph bottomed.

It didn’t bother Raph when Donny talked about April. He used to be moderately jealous of Don’s crush on April, making sure to point out that Don never had a chance. He still pointed it out, but when they were in his bed room he was supportive. It was almost like a different world in that moment of time, a sacred place. They were different with one another and they treated it like it never happened. And they were all okay with it.

Raph took off his mask and gear, placing them over his drums. Digging through the pockets on his belt, he pulled out a long scrap of cloth and added it to the pile on the floor, behind his drums. It was getting kind of big. He didn’t know why he felt the need to do it but the urge was as overwhelming as when he had the need to mate with his brothers. So he allowed himself the odd collection, hiding it from his brothers as best he could. If they noticed the pile behind the drums, none of them said anything about it.

There was a gentle knock on the door. “Come in,” Raph answered as he picked up a tub of lotion. It was a special vitamin enriched lotion to help with his scars. It was given to him by Don shortly after they had returned to New York. Seeing the scars and the irritation caused by the mask on a regular basis compelled the genius to make the lotion to help sooth it. Raph never really noticed how much the scars were hurting him before.

Don slipped into the room and closed the door behind him. “You doing okay Raph?” Don asked, making his way over to Raph. He took the lotion from Raph and gestured for him to get on the bed.  

Raph lay down and closed his eyes. “I’m fine.”

Don opened the jar as he sat on the bed. Scooping some lotion onto his finger, Don started to apply it to the scars between Raph’s eyes. The soothing lotion eased some of the irritability and Raph sighed with content. "I notice that you got a little winded today during our fight with the Foot,” Don ventured.

“That’s because I was doing most of the fighting,” Raph crossed his arms over his plastron but kept his eyes closed.

“If you say so,” Donny sighed as he finished applying the lotion. He placed the jar on the shelf above Raph’s bed then leaned over to kiss Raph’s lips. “I just wanted to make sure. You’ve just seemed a little sluggish lately.”

Raph’s eyes snapped open, “Maybe it’s because I’m getting fucked almost every night.”

“If you need a break…,” Don started but Raph cut him off.

“I’m fine.”

Don’s hand drifted down to Raph’s slightly bulging stomach. “Are you sure?”

Grabbing Don’s writs, Raph pulled Don’s hand away from his stomach. “I’m fine,” he growled. Huffing, Raph rolled onto his side. “You know what. I do need a break.”

“Alright,” Don stood and without another word, left the room.

Over the next few days, Raph kept his bedroom door locked. He didn’t want anyone around him, much less touching him. The worst part was, Don had been right. Raph was getting winded faster than he used to. His chest felt tight and even though he had a huge appetite he couldn’t eat more than a few bites before he was full. So he found himself grazing all day just to stay satisfied.

After a few nights, his brothers stopped trying to come to him all together. Things started to get back to the way they were before the Kraang invasion. Then one day Raph woke up in an immense amount of pain that came in waves along his sides and back.

Getting up off the bed, Raph paced his room. It worked for a little while but the pain continued to intensify. Despite it all, he didn’t call out for help. The last thing he wanted was for anyone to be in the room with him.

He found himself compelled to move over to the pile of cloth and squatted over it. Pressure built inside of his tail, pressing against his penis. Tears filled his eyes as the sensitive organ felt like it was being crushed. He looked between his legs and saw blood dripping from his tail and he was sure that he was dying. But then, something fell from him.

Twisting around, Raph looked to see what it was and was surprised to see an egg. He didn’t have time to process it before the pain was back. It was all too much for him and at some point he slipped into a state of shock.

When he came to Raph was on the floor next to the pile of cloth. His body hurt, his tail was throbbing and all he wanted to do was curl up in a ball. But he needed to see for himself. He managed to push himself up to a sitting position and looked down at the pile of cloth. There were six eggs nestled within the folds, some painted with his blood. They were larger than a baseball but smaller than ostrich eggs.

He couldn’t believe what he was seeing. How could he have laid eggs? What would the others think if they knew? What would Splinter do? Lifting one up, he looked at it. They never had to know. All he had to do was break it. Then he could clean up and no one would ever know. Like everything else, he could pretend that it didn’t happen.  

A mournful sob bubbled up as he was flooded with guilt. Was he really so desperate to keep his secret that he would kill the innocent lives within the eggs? With shaking hands he placed the egg back with the others and covered them up. He didn’t know what he was going to do but breaking the eggs was not an option.

He was too tired to think about it. He needed some sleep. Raph crawled over to his bed and pulled himself up. Trembling hands fumbled with the blankets as he tried to cover himself up. Giving up on the tangled mess, Raph curled up and tried to get back to sleep. He would figure it all out later.
 
The next morning he forced himself to move through his pain. They were already suspicious of his behavior as it was. If they knew he was in pain they would want to know why. He wasn’t ready for them to know yet. He was afraid of what they would do if they knew.

The more he moved, the less it hurt and it didn’t take long before he was back to his old self. The eggs, like the sex, were left in his room. He fought with his brothers, went out on patrol and carried on with his normal routine without a thought about them.  

A few nights after he had laid the eggs, Raph found himself standing outside Mikey’s door. He had missed his brother and the time he had spent with him. Leo walked past on the way to his room and their eyes met. Raph smiled at Leo and Leo nodded his understanding before heading into his room. Knocking softly on Mikey’s bedroom door, Raph waited for an answer.

Mikey opened the door and looked up at Raph, lifting an eye ridge to show his confusion. “What’s up?”

“I wanted to spend some time with you,” Raph answered, keeping his voice low.

Mikey’s eyes went wide as he looked up at Raph in disbelief. “I thought you were done with that.”

“I just needed a break,” Raph said. He looked around to make sure no one was there to hear him. “Can I come in?”

Mikey’s face went from shock to excitement as he nodded his head and stepped out of the way so Raph could enter his room. “Man, I was so bummed when you stopped,” Mikey said after closing the door. “I really liked spending time with you.”

“I couldn’t give you up for long, Mikey,” Raph smiled and leaned in for a soft kiss. Mikey returned the kiss with enthusiasm. Raph love that about Mikey, his enthusiasm and his boundless energy. And that energy filtered over into the way he had sex.

They moved over to the bed, managing to maintain the kiss as they moved. They didn’t bother to remove their gear as they got into position. Mikey churred, bucking his hips in his eagerness to find purchase in Raph’s tail. With a soft chuckle, Raph reached between them and guided Mikey’s penis to his cloaca.

As soon as he was lined up, Mikey pushed inside and started to move. With a glazed look in his eyes he thrust fast and hard into Raph, churring with every breath. “Dude, I… missed… this,” Mikey panted between churrs.

“Me too,” Raph smiled and cupped Mikey’s face with his hand.

“Dude,” Mikey moaned. Slowing down as he approached his climax. He was the only one who did it that way. Leo and Don would take their time at first and then speed up as they neared their completion. But Mikey hurried to moment before climax and then tried to make it last as long as possible.

Lifting his head, Raph captured Mikey’s lips in a messy kiss. The intimate connection was something Raph enjoyed doing as he climaxed. Mikey’s soon followed, churring as he moved with slow steady thrusts.

Without pulling out, Mikey settled down on Raph’s chest. It was something else Mikey did differently than the others, who usually pulled out and flopped down on the bed to snuggle and talk. Mikey liked to wait for Raph’s body to push him out. “I like being inside you.” Mikey nuzzled Raph, “I wish I could stay inside you longer.”

“I like it too, Mikey.” Raph kissed the top of Mikey’s head. “You could if you took your time in the beginning.”

“I just wanna get to the part that feels really good,” Mikey replied. “Will you stay for a little while so I can do it again?”

“Sure,” Raph smiled as he ran his hand down Mikey’s carapace. He took the moment of peace to look around Mikey’s room. Since Raph had topped Mikey a few times, he wondered if Mikey was hiding any eggs as well. But Raph didn’t see any piles among the junk that could have been hiding a clutch. He had to accept the fact that he was the only one who was the freak.  

…


Instead of having his brothers come to him, Raph went to their rooms and they seemed to be alright with the new set up. The connection was something that they all craved and now that they had it none of them wanted to give it up. Each night, Raph would return to his room and see the pile on the floor and know that it was all going to come to an end soon enough.

The eggs were fertile. Raph could hear noises coming from them. When they hatched the truth would come out and Raph was going to have to face his family’s wrath. They were going to make him leave, he just knew it. Splinter is going to reject him for seducing his brothers and his brothers are going to hate him for ruining their lives. When Casey found out he was gay and a freak, he wasn’t going to want to be friends with Raph anymore. Raph was going to be alone with six babies to care for.

He tried not to let his fears show outside of his room and covered it up with his anger. It came naturally to him since he did it before, when he feared them finding out that he was gay. And like before, his anger led to problems when they were out on patrol.

Raph scoffed as he entered the lair, holding his arm, and Leo was hot on his heels. “Why do you always have go against my orders?”

“Because they’re stupid,” Raph snapped back.

“Well,” Leo huffed, “If you had been following my orders then you wouldn’t have been hurt.”

“That’s debatable,” Raph rounded on him.

“No… it’s not,” Donny interjected as he limped in to the lair. “If you’d have done as you were told, Leo’s plan would have worked.”

Raph glared at Donny, “No one asked you.”

Leo moved to say something more but the sound of a baby’s cry cut him off. His eyes went wide and they all turned to look in the direction of the bedrooms. “What was that?”

“I didn’t hear anything,” Raph said then ran off towards his room, yelling. “Stay out of my room.”

Raph saw that the door to his bedroom was open and his heart sank. “No, please. No.” He stepped into the doorway and saw Splinter placing a bundled baby on the bed. Splinter looked up and Raph dropped to his knees. Rubbing his wrists and unable to look at his father, Raph looked at the floor. “I’m sorry. Please…. Please don’t hate me.”

Splinter noticed the odd behavior and knelt down in front of Raph. He grabbed hold of Raph’s wrists then started to remove the wrappings. Raph didn’t have the strength to fight him. What was one more thing for Splinter to know, one more thing for him to be disappointed about?

Splinter saw the scars that crossed Raph’s wrists and stifled a sob. “My son,” he pulled him in to a warm embrace. “I do not hate you. I am not angry with you. You didn’t have to hide this from me.”

“Are those babies?” Mikey asked from behind Raph.

“I can explain,” Leo’s voice followed.

“I can’t,” Donny said. “And I’m the smart one. Where did these babies come from?”

Splinter continued to hold Raph. “I was meditating in my room when I heard a baby’s cry. I followed the sound and found myself outside of Raphael’s room. I entered and pulled the first baby from the pile. I could tell just by looking at it that it belonged to Donatello.”

“Me?” Don breathed.

“You’re not upset?” Leo ventured, stepping into the room to look at the babies on the bed.

“No,” Splinter assured them. “I knew what the four of you were up to for a while now. I have a feeling that these babies come as a surprise to us all.”

“You knew,” Leo said in disbelief. “Of course you knew.”

Mikey also walked into the room to look at the babies. “Six babies…. Why did you bundle those two up together?”

Looking over his shoulder, Splinter answered. “Because they are conjoined.”  

“Conjoined?” Don asked, entering into the room to have a look.

It took a moment for what they were saying to register in his mind. If Mikey counted six babies and two of them were conjoined then that meant that there was one more egg. Raph moved away from Splinter and crawled across the floor to the pile of cloth.

Splinter sat, waiting as Raph searched out the last egg. Lifting it from the pile, Raph held it up against his ear. Sounds could be heard coming from inside and there was a crack down the middle. Sitting on the floor with his back to the wall, Raph held the egg in his lap while he waited for it to hatch. He wanted to see at least one of them hatch.

Leo walked over carrying one of the babies and sat down next to Raph. He lowered the bundle down so Raph could see it. “Is there something else you would like to tell us?” There was no anger or accusation in his voice. He simply wanted to know.

Raph glanced over and saw what could only be described as a baby version of Slash. It was so small, barely double the size of one of Mikey’s action figures. Tears filled Raph’s eyes. “It happened before the invasion, before Slash was captured by the Kraang. It only happened once.”

“Did he force you?” Splinter asked, placing his hand on Raph’s knee.

“No,” Raph shook his head. “He remembered… things from when he was still a turtle and… so… he knew that I was… gay. He was… kind and understanding…. I’m sorry.”

“There is no need for you to apologize,” Splinter said.

“I can run tests on the others to find out who the father is for each of them,” Donny said, turning from the babies to look at Raph. “I would also like to run some tests on you to find out how this happened.”

“Okay,” Raph nodded and looked down at the egg in his hands. It had gone quiet. “Why isn’t this one hatching?”

“Maybe it’s tired,” Donny offered. “You can give it a little help but be careful.”

Nodding, Raph gently pressed the egg where the shell was already cracked. His efforts had the baby inside redoubling its own efforts. Raph pealed the shell away to reveal the tiny baby inside. It was so small it fit in the palm of his hand. “Are they premature?”

“I don’t think so,” Donny answered. “Baby turtles are small by comparison to their parents.”

The baby mewed and Splinter held out a clean scrap of cloth. “Wrap it up to keep it warm.”

Raph carefully picked off the rest of the remaining shell and took the cloth from Splinter. Once he had it wrapped, Raph held the baby close to him. Tears fell from his eyes as the reality of the situation started to set in.

“Take the babies to your lab,” Splinter ordered, moving closer to Raph.

“Yes, Master Splinter,” Donny nodded and then picked up one of the babies. Mikey picked up another as Leo got up off the floor and they left the room. Raph couldn’t believe how calm they all were and was waiting for it all to come crashing down on him. Any moment now, they were all going to start telling him how disgusted they were with him.

The baby in his arms grunted, pulling Raph from his thoughts. After a few steading breaths, Raph lowered the baby to get a good look at it. Just by looking at the face Raph knew that the baby was Leo’s but its skin color was more like Raph’s. Squinting Raph looked to see if he could see the color of the baby’s eyes. What he saw had his heart sink. The baby’s eyes were clouded over.

“I think he’s blind,” Raph said, handing the baby over to Splinter as if he expected his father to be able to fix it.

Splinter took the baby from Raph and looked down at it. “I believe you are right. It will be alright. I once met a great warrior who was blind. His handicap did nothing to hinder his ability to fight.” He handed the baby back to Raph. “Take him to the lab so Donatello can run his tests.”

“Okay,” Raph nodded as he stood.

By that time Leo and Mikey returned for the other babies. Mikey lifted the twins while Leo collected the one who looked to be all black. Splinter followed them back to the lab, staying close to Raph as they walked.

Once in the lab, Raph walked over and placed the baby in his arms with the others. As soon as it was put down it looked frightened. “It’s alright little guy,” Raph soothed then walked over to sit down.

Donny was already running his tests. He had placed colored stickers on their swaddles and Raph could see that there were test tubes with colored stickers on them with cotton swabs inside. Don finished labeling and collecting all he needed before he turned to Raph. “I’m going to need a little more from you than just a swab of the inside of your mouth.”

Raph nodded and let Don do what he needed to do which was simply taking a vile of Raph’s blood. While he waited for the vile to fill Donny rambled. “Now I understand why you were short of breath before. With six eggs and your plastron keeping you from being able to really expand they must have been pushing up on your lungs. You had to have been uncomfortable.”

“But, Donny,” Mikey spoke softly. “Raph’s a boy. I’ve seen his… penis. He had sex with me. Am I gonna lay eggs too?”

“I’m still trying to figure all of this out, Mikey. As soon as I have answers I will share them with you.” Don removed the needle from Raph’s arm and covered the puncture with a cotton ball then taped it down.

“How long do you think it will take before you have the answers?” Raph asked.

“An hour,” Don answered. “These kinds of test take time.”

Raph looked up at the babies, “This is gonna be hard to keep all this from April and Casey. I’m sorry. I’m sure we can come up with something, some story to put it all on me. They don’t have to know.” Raph’s chest felt tight and he started to rub his wrists. “Casey’s not gonna want to be my friend anymore.”

“We’re not gonna lie,” Leo said and Donny nodded his head in agreement. Raph was expecting a big speech about how he had let them down, how he had betrayed their trust. They’ve had time to process it and their anger was finally coming to light.

Raph was surprised when Donny knelt down in front of him, placing his hands over Raph’s. “We’ll just tell them the truth. We’re all in this together.”

“But,” Raph looked up at Don. “April.”

Donny shrugged and let out a sorrowful chuckle, “It’s not like I ever really had a chance with her anyway. Right? We’re not going to let you face this alone, no matter what the outcome is.”

“Why are you standing outside of Donny’s lab, Red,” Casey asked as he walked into the lab holding a soda. That was when Raph remembered that they had promised to bring them some supplies. Casey looked around the room and then froze. “Whoa, where did all the babies come from?”

April followed Casey into the lab and Raph could tell by the look on her face that she had heard what they had said. Donny was frozen next to Raph with his eyes fixed on her. Raph could almost hear Donny’s heart breaking and couldn’t help but feel responsible for it.

“It’s a long and complicated story,” Leo answered. He tried to hide it but Leo feared them knowing the truth.

Casey looked at the babies, “They are so small. That one looks like Donny and that one looks like Slash.”

“We’re still trying to figure it all out,” Donny said, standing up to walk over to his desk.

Standing next to Donny, April placed her hand on his shoulder, “I’m sure you will find the answers. You always do.”

Raph was watching Casey as he looked at the babies and in that moment he just wanted to get it over with. “I laid the eggs. They are my babies.”

Turning, Casey looked back at Raph in disbelief. “You’re a girl?”

“No,” Raph answered then shook his head. “Maybe. I don’t know.”

“How could you not know?” Casey asked, turning around.

“I have a penis but somehow I laid the eggs,” Raph answered.

“Dude, that’s harsh,” Casey said, turning back to look at the babies. And then he turned around again to look at Raph. “Then who’s the father?”

“The three of us are,” Leo answered, his voice trembling a little.

Casey looked at Leo, Don and Mikey in turn. “The three of you had sex with Raph?” He looked at Raph, “And you let them?”

“It happened out at the farm,” Donny explained as he got to work running Raph’s blood sample. “It was mating season and we were overrun by instinct.”

Casey scratched his head. “I can buy that, but why did the three of you go after Raph?”

Donny shrugged and shook his head, “We were all drawn to him for some reason. I’m hoping that an analysis of his blood will lead to some answers.”

One of the babies cried out and Raph had a feeling he knew which one it was. Standing up, Raph made his way over to the blind baby. He was right. The little baby was cooing for attention. “Hey. It’s okay,” Raph said but the baby didn’t stop.

Mikey moved over so that he could see and accidently bumped into a table, causing a tray to fall to the floor. The loud clatter startled the babies and they all started to cry. All except for the blind one who didn’t even flinch but continued to coo.

“Way to go, knuckle head.” Raph picked the baby up and he settled against Raph’s chest. The others moved in to pick up the other crying babies. April held the albino, Casey held the black one, Mikey was holding the twins, Splinter held the one who looked like Donny, and Leo held Slash’s baby.

“This one’s kinda cool,” Casey said, looking down at the baby in his arms. “He’s all black with golden eyes. That’s totally metal.”

April chuckled, “He reminds me of the guys in Japanese plays who dress all in black so they can move props without being seen.”

“Ah,” Splinter nodded. “A Kuroko.”

“You should totally name him that,” Casey said with a smile.

“The twin’s shell looks like a heart,” Mikey chuckled and nuzzled them. “That’s so cute. I hope they’re mine. I want to name them Ethan and Nathan.”

Don looked up from his work, “That’s actually a very creative set of names.”

“I know,” Mikey smiled. “That’s why I thought of it.”

Raph looked around the room unable to believe what he was seeing. “This has got to be some strange dream. Why are you guys all okay with this?” He looked at Splinter, “I had sex with my brothers.” He then turned to Leo, “I had sex with Slash.” He looked at Casey, “I’m gay and a freak who lays eggs.” Then finally he looked at Don, “The secret’s out, they all know. Why isn’t any one mad, disappointed, or disgusted?”

“Dude, I’m no homophobe,” Casey said. “You’re my best and coolest friend. I’m not gonna turn my back on you because of this. I’m cool with it.”

“Though I understand your fears, I am a little disappointed that you didn’t come to me earlier,” Splinter admitted. “But I am not disappointed in you. There is nothing you can do that would have me turn my back on you.”

 “What would be the point in getting mad?” Donny asked. “What’s done is done and it’s not like you intended for this to happen or forced us to do anything. You tried to leave the barn that day. We’re the ones who kept you in there. If anyone has a right to be mad, it’s you.”

“We won’t treat Slash’s son any differently than the others,” Leo promised. “I’m not mad that you were with him. I can’t say that I fully understand why you did it, but I’m not mad.”

“We should name his baby Gash,” Mikey chimed in.

“You are not going to name all the babies,” Donny warned. “I want to name mine.”

“Fine,” Mikey pouted.

April walked up to Mikey, “This one looks like it could be yours. What do you want to name him?”

Mikey looked down at the albino and smiled. “Yuki. It’s the Japanese word for snow.”

“So we have Ethan, Nathan, Yuki, Gash and Kuroko so far,” April said, looking at Raph. “Are you okay with those names? What are you going to name the other two?”

“I like those names.” Raph looked down at the baby in his arms, “This one’s yours Leo. I just know it. Do you want to name him?”

“I would like…,” Leo looked up at Splinter. “I would like to name him Yoshi.”

“I would be honored,” Splinter smiled with a slight nod and then shifted the baby in his arms. “That just leaves this one.”

Donny looked up from his work then back down. “I want to name him David.”

“Why?” Mikey asked. “How is that creative? All the rest of the names are creative or have a special meaning and you just say ‘David’.”

Looking at Mikey, Don held up his pin as he explained. “Simply put, David is the name of a statue created by Donatello, the artists I am named after. I took part in the creation of the baby so it seems fitting.”

“Oh,” Mikey nodded. “Never mind, that is creative. My bad.”

Raph sat back down and focused on little Yoshi. The fact that he hadn’t cried like the others had when Mikey knocked the tray to the floor still bothered him. Snapping his fingers next to Yoshi’s head, Raph looked for any kind of reaction.

“What are you doing?” Leo asked walking up to Raph.

Sighing, Raph looked up at Leo, “I’m sorry.”

“For what?” Leo lifted an eye ridge.

“I think he’s deaf and blind,” Raph answered. “He’s lost in a world of darkness and the only way he knows he’s not alone is when someone is holding him. What a horrible fate.”

Donny stood and made his way over to Raph, “Let me see him.”

With a slight nod, Raph let Donny collect Yoshi from him. Raph couldn’t look up at anyone and he continued to rub his wrists. Leo noticed and placed his hands over Raph’s. “Everything’s going to be okay,” he soothed.

“Casey and I will get some food and supplies for the babies,” April offered in an attempt to change the subject a little.

“That’s gonna be a lot of formula,” Casey added.

“They have yolk sacks right now so you have a day or two to get what we need,” Don said as he examined Yoshi. “The more assistance you can offer the better it will be. We’re going to need a lot.”

Leo stayed next to Raph while Don finished his tests to offer his support. Raph glanced at Leo and whispered, “Are you guys being so understanding because you’re afraid of what I might do? Are you holding down your anger and your hate because you’re afraid I’m gonna….”

“No,” Leo replied. “I have no reason to be mad at you. I can’t even imagine what you are going through right now but I know you’re afraid. I want you to know that I’m here for you.”

“Your assumption was right,” Donny sighed, walking over and handing Yoshi back to Raph. “He is both deaf and blind. The good news is that his type of deafness can be corrected with a cochlear implant. It’s not something that will be easily obtained and it would be risky but I believe that I will be able to perform the surgery. One day.”

“Surgery,” Raph sighed, pulling the tiny baby close.

Silence filled the lab while Donny continued to run his tests. Everyone focused on the baby that was in their arms. It didn’t take long for Donny to finish. He had identified each of the babies’ fathers. The twins and Yuki were Mikey’s, Yoshi was Leo’s, and David and Kuroko belonged to Don. After going over the paternity test results he transitioned into his explanation as to why Raph was able to lay eggs.    

“It’s one of two possibilities,” Don started. “Either it’s because the last human to touch Raph before we mutated was a female or, the more likely explanation, Raph was female before we mutated and since the last human to touch him was male he became a hermaphrodite.”

“A what?” Mikey and Casey asked at the same time.

“A hermaphrodite,” Donny repeated. “Someone with both male and female reproductive organs. Most of the time they are infertile but obviously Raph is not. Turtles kept in captivity don’t usually go into their mating cycles. I think that, since we were out at the farm and exposed to the harsh winter, it triggered Raph’s cycle in the spring. The resulting pheromones… um… drove the rest of us to want to mate with him. The reason one of them is Slash’s is due to the fact that turtles can store sperm.”

“For how long?” Casey asked.

Donny sighed, “Approximately two years.”

“Does that mean that Raph will have more next year?” April asked.

Donny shrugged, “I don’t know. Being back in this environment, he might not go into his cycle. It’s hard to say. We’ll just have to wait and see.”

“I’m a freak among freaks,” Raph mumbled.

“You are my son,” Splinter’s voice was stern yet soft. He lifted Raph’s chin so that he was looking Splinter in the eyes. “You are not a freak. You are unique but that is not a bad thing. You have brought new life into this world and that is nothing to be ashamed of.”

“I guess,” Raph sniffed as he rubbed his eyes with his free hand. “Thank you, father.”
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