Surprise Package

It didn't take them long to get there in the Battle Shell. April was rocking Machala, when she heard a knock at the door. She hoped it was the trio of turtles. She laid the baby back in the basket. "Who is it?" She asked.

"Its us, April." Leo said.

April opened the door and there stood Don, Leo, and Raph. "So what did you want to see us about?" Don asked.

"Come on." She gestured them in.

Once they were inside, they noticed a basket on her couch. She sat down on it. "Here is something you need to see." She said as she took something green out of the basket. The trio's eyes all widened. Was that a baby... turtle?

"What is this, April?" Leo asked.

"A young girl dropped her off not too long ago. Here Don, take her." April said.

Don was reluctant, but he did as he was told. He took the baby turtle from April. He tucked her into the crook of his left arm, like the way April had her. Raph and Leo leaned over and took a good look. "Does she look familiar, guys?" April asked, with a smile on her face.

They all looked at her suspiciously, and looked down again at the baby. They noticed the skin coloring. It did look familiar alright. "She looks like Mikey." Don said.

April nodded. "This girl came by today, and said she is Mikey's daughter. She was a friend of Mikey's before she moved away. They were such good friends that it happened one night. She didn't know she was pregnant until she had already moved. Her name is Machala, and she is only a week old."

They couldn't believe this! Mikey had died over two months ago, and now out of the blue, this had shown up! Mikey had never told them that he had been with a girl. But now, they had their answer as to why Mikey had been so secretive all those months ago. He had had a girlfriend!

"But then, where did this girl go?" Raph asked.

"I don't know. She explained some things to me about her and then just left. She never even told me her name, but at least she did tell me what she named Mikey's daughter."

The boys didn't know what to make of this. They were still in mourning over their dead brother, but now, even though they were still in shock, they found out they had a part of him with them again. They reluctantly took her home.

Don took some blood from her, to her own dismay and cried. He had to do some tests to see if she was truly Mikey's offspring.

Splinter now held the little turtle in his arms. She did look a lot like Michelangelo. He also smelled her. Smelled like that of humans, but did smell some like his son.

The baby turtle had been overwhelmed by all the new faces, and had cried a bit, but soon calmed down when she was fed again.

Leo and Don had immediately taken over parenting roles. Raph was much more reluctant to get near her.

In the end, Don's test results were confirmed. Machala was Mikey's biological daughter alright!

Machala cried most of the night away. Leo and Don took turns feeding, changing, and rocking her back to sleep. Splinter also helped. He gave what advice that he could. Raph wasn't helping one bit. He just ignored the new baby.

Leo and Don had never thought they were going to be experiencing fatherhood so young. Of course, they were really the uncles, but would have to be fathers now, since the real dad had died.

Though Don helped a lot, Leo had been the one of the 3 remaining of Mikey's bros to take an instant liking to the baby girl. He was starting to play the father role very seriously. He almost always had her in his arms.