Disclaimer: I do not own the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

A/N: this is written in junction with dondena. The idea is hers. She is beta as well. Also these turtles are based off of the 1987 old toon turtles. It takes place after the 'Red Sky'. Shredder and Krang, and Lord Dregg are all long gone.

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"WHAT!" Michelangelo screeched, making everyone flinch.

"Ok Donatello, what makes you think you're in labor?" Tanya said gently, looking Donatello straight in the eye.

"All day I've have these strange achy pulls through my stomach and out my back," he said as he winced as another roll of pain washed over him.

"Ok, stay there so I can feel your belly." Tanya's normal playful voice took a serious and a commanding one. Donatello stayed where he was and winced only slightly as Tanya pressed around on his belly. "The belly is tight and if it is labor then another contraction will be around shortly." She kept a hand flat on his breathing and within ten minutes she felt the rippling of belly muscles under her hand as the contraction rode out.

Donatello let out a grunt as he rode the wave of pain.

Tanya nodded, "Yep. It's time. Ok, Leonardo you call Mom. Tell her to set the clinic up for an emergency C-section for tonight. That it's time. And you Raphael, call April. She has been wanting to know." She looked at the turtles that were still standing there in shock. "What are you wanting for? Move, move, move!"

The turtles began to scramble around to do the tasks she set them to. "Michelangelo, go get the Turtle Van ready. Donatello will want to lay down on the drive there."

"Right on dudette." He gave her a thumbs up and rushed off.

Tanya smiled them turned back to Donatello. She had slipped off the couch and was on her knees beside Donatello.

"Another contraction?"

He nodded. The muscles slowly tightened, and then suddenly lunged into full pain, causing him to inhale sharply and cringe. Then it backed off.

"Level your breaths, Donatello. Use the Lamaze that we've been practicing," Tanya advised softly.

Donatello nodded again and began the breathing. They helped and when the next one came he was able to ride it out with some extent ease. "I-I thought it would take longer. To get to the point. This is rather fast."

"I know, I know, but everything so far is fine and happening normal. But right now just try to relax. We'll be at the clinic shortly and give you something for the pain before we do the C-section."

About five minutes later, the other turtles came back and announced that April was called and Jane was on her way to the clinic. Tanya nodded. "Good. As soon as Michelangelo comes back we'll begin to help Donatello to the Van."

It didn't take long. As soon as Michelangelo came back they helped Donatello up and with Tanya, Master Splinter and Michelangelo leading the way and Leonardo and Raphael helping Donatello along, the trip through the tunnels was a long and annoying one.

The Turtle Van was already started like Tanya had told Michelangelo to do. They helped Donatello in through the double doors. Leonardo hurried around to the driver's side and the others followed. Tanya and Splinter sat in the back with him. Tanya lifted Donatello's head and slid the pillow that Master Splinter had thoughtfully brought.

Donatello squirmed and writhed uncomfortably on the floor of the Van. His head rolled restlessly on Tanya's shoulder as she sat beside him.

"You're doing great," she said as calmly and as gently as she could.

"Really?" Donatello asked meekly. "I don't feel great."

"I'm sure," Tanya said with a smile.

Donatello started to return the smile but his eyes widened as he was hit with another contraction.

"Here comes another one!" Tanya said as she held Donatello's head.

"Isn't this labor going fast?" Leonardo asked from up front.

Tanya nodded, "Yes. But we have to take in consideration that he is not completely human. But even as fast as it's going everything still looks fine."

"How much longer does he have?" Master Splinter said as he watched Donatello wince as Leonardo took a fast turn.

Tanya looked down at her watch. "He's getting closer."

"So are we!" Raphael shouted from up front. "We're pulling in now!"

The next few minutes were a blur. As soon as the Van stopped the back doors flew open and Jane was there, as was April. Worry and anxiety was crossing April's face. With help they got Donatello on the stretcher that they had. Jane rolled Donatello into the clinic, everyone following.

"Is the room prepped?" Tanya asked her mother.

"Yeah, it's prepped." Jane took over pushing Donatello into the operating room.

April rushed forward, wringing her hands, "Please, let me do something!"

Tanya stayed behind for a second and took April's hand. She looked up into the tall older woman's face. "Calm down." She then looked over at the others, at the turtles and at the rat. "Look. This is dangerous, both for Donatello and the twins. We don't know what's gonna happen. There's nothing' you can do. Just wait with the boys, okay?"

Suddenly there was a scream of pain. Tanya's eyes widened and turned and rushed into the room.

April turned to the others. "Oh I'm so worried." She sank down into a chair. Jane's office was closer to the operating room so they were all waiting there.

Splinter nodded. "We all are."

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When Tanya entered the room her mother already had an IV started. Tanya finished straightening her scrubs then headed to the sink to scrub her hands. She looked over to her mother. "With his carapace, we can't do the epidural or spinal block. You think a general anesthesia will do?"

Jane nodded. "Yes. I would perform the spinal block but that can't be helped. You talk to him while I set it up. I already gave him something to take the edge off."

Tanya nodded. She walked over to where Donatello was resting from the contractions. "Hey. So I want you to know what's going on. I know that you want to be awake for this but it is best that you are completely under."

Donatello looked up at her and winced. "There is no way I can be awake?"

Tanya shook her head, "No. Where you have your carapace we can't do an epidural or spinal block. Plus we have to cut through the skin between the scutes."

Donatello nodded and listened to the sounds of the various monitors in place to keep an eye on his heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure. He was still uncomfortable, but he was no longer stressed from the painful contractions. He watched curiously as Tanya began to hook up oxygen tubes. Tanya came back with a tube. "This is going to be rather uncomfortable. There is no mask that will fit over your mouth and beak so this will have to go into your nostrils to give you oxygen. It doesn't hurt and soon you won't even notice."

Donatello nodded and wrinkled his nose up at first after Tanya placed the tube over his head and inserted the two short tubes in his nose. Soon though he ignored it. Tanya then disappeared from view and Jane came into view. She picked up the hand that had the IV drip in it. "Ok Donatello. I want you to just try and stay calm. You will now go to sleep. We will be able to wake you up when it's all done and over with, then you'll be able to see your babies. Okay. Here we go. Just relax."

Donatello nodded and Jane injected a fluid into the IV tubing. "Thanks Jane." He said as the drug took affect and blackness settled in.

Tanya went back and checked him over. "He's out. Lets began."

Jane nodded and took a hold of the scalpel and tapped Donatello's plastron. "I'm going to cut here at the skin vertically from right under the pectoral scute down through the abdominal scute."

Tanya nodded and watched her mother drew the scalpel down the line of skin between the scutes on his belly. She began to blot up the line of bright red blood that rose. When Jane got to the top of the femoral line she then began to cut the line of skin horizontally. Again Tanya blotted the rise of blood. After that was done she handed Jane a few clamps. Jane took the clamps and moved the scutes back. Where they had softened during the pregnancy, the normally hard scutes moved back with relative ease. It was then Tanya's turn. She had the smaller hands so she reached in and felt two harder sacs. They were right about the fact that the twins had been growing in a sac that was a cross between a human amniotic sac and an eggshell. It was still soft enough that the scalpel would do.

"I'm gonna cut right here." She told her mother.

"That's good." Jane handed the scalpel to Tanya.

Tanya made another incision in the sac, and clear fluid rose up. "There's a lot of fluid. It's clear. Suck it down there." A tube was entered and the fluid was sucked up and Tanya reached back in and wrapped her hands around something small. Tanya bit her lip behind the mask and gently pulled the first twin out. Tanya grinned as she handed the baby to her mother. Jane began to suction the baby's mouth out, the baby protesting the entire time. It wasn't crying but was letting out loud fusses and grunts. Jane then clamped and cut the umbilical cord. While Jane finished cleaning the baby enough so that it would be safe to be left alone for a few more minutes.

Tanya removed the sac and then turned to the next one. The process was repeated and again Tanya reached in and removed the second twin. This one wasn't fussing but crying. Tanya just smiled and handed the twin to her mother. Reaching back in Tanya made sure there was no damage done to any of the organs. When she was satisfied she began the task of removing the sacs that held the twins. Once that was done her mother came back over. "I'll take over. I'm going to use the surgical staples. Go take care of the twins."

Tanya peeled off the bloody gloves and then began the proper cleaning process...gently wiping the first baby down with small towels that had been dipped in warm water. Then the second.

After half an hour, her mother came back. Tanya looked over at her mother. "How's Donatello?"

"He's sleeping the rest of the anesthesia off. He should be awake in about half an hour to an hour. I'll start him on a morphine drip for 2 days. Even though it all went well with the surgical staples, I bandages around him to make sure it'll all stayed in place and would help it heal better. So how are the twins?"

"Oh, they're beautiful," Tanya said softly in awe as she wrapped one in blankets. Her mother doing the same with the other.

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Donatello squinted his face up as a wave of pain washed over him. He let out a groan. "I thought it was over."

There was a small laugh. Then a soft alto voice answered him. "It is."

This time Donatello opened his eyes. He was in a small room in the clinic. He was lying back in a full hospital bed. "Wha?"

Again Tanya laughed softly. "We had gotten that bed way back. Having you lay on a table would not do."

Donatello's eyes cleared and saw a lot of balloons and a few stuffed animals. "You guys went out and got balloons?" He asked groggily.

Tanya shook her head. "Me and mom very well couldn't do that could we? Your brothers did. Or at least Michelangelo and April did. The way that the others told me that they were fretting," Tanya shook her head again. "They made them leave for a bit. They were making everyone nervous."

Donatello shook his head, not really worried about them right now. He was more worried about…

"The twins…where are they?" He asked as he looked around.

"One second and I'll go get them." Tanya disappeared and was gone only one minute before she was back pushing a hospital's bassinet, her mother pushing another.

Donatello sat up straighter as Tanya picked up one of the bundles and handed it to him. It was tiny, only about a foot long. He gingerly took it and peeled the blanket back. He ran his eyes over the tiny turtle in his arms. The shell was soft, but Donatello knew it would harden over time. The head was a lot like his. In fact other than the color and eyes it looked a lot him. But there was the matter of the fingers. The new turtle had four fingers. Three fingers and a thumb. On both hands. The feet were the same as his though. He looked over to Tanya who held the other. She sat down beside Donatello's bed and held the baby out for him to see. They were both a like yet they were not.

Tanya grinned at him. "They're both girls. So which name are you going to give them?"

"Which one was born first?" he asked.

Tanya smiled and pointed at the female turtle that she had pulled out first, the one she was holding. She had her nose squinted up and had a don't-mess-with-me look. Her skin was the same green as Donatello and his brothers and the same dark brown eye color. Donatello took her and rubbed her belly, looking at the little opening in her plastron where her belly button was. The turtle squirmed then let out a laugh, losing her mean look. Donatello laughed himself. "Benedetta," he said then handed her back to Tanya, now looking to the other. She had a calmer look on her face and was slightly smaller. Already Donatello guessed which one was the active twin and one that was the least active. She was slightly smaller and had light sea green colored skin and maroon eyes. She stared up at him in a calculating look. Suddenly she smiled.

Donatello smiled back and nodded, "Carina."

The bedroom door slowly opened and April slowly peeked inside. "Can we come in?" she asked hopefully.

"Yeah, sure," Donatello said with a smile.

Tanya nodded, "Come on in and meet the girls."

April's eyes widened, "Girls? They both girls?"

"Yep." Donatello said proudly.

April came in, followed by everyone else. All eyes widened at the sight of the two babies.

Tanya was holding Benedetta while Donatello was holding Carina. They responded to the attention by cooing softly and grabbing a hold of fingers with tiny fists as they gazed up at everyone through half-closed eyes. Benedetta smacked even Raphael in the nose when he bent down to look closely at her.

"While we know she's going to be a fighter." Michelangelo said while everyone laughed while Raphael rubbed his nose.

Master Splinter smiled softly and lightly brushed his hand over Benedetta's head. "They truly are a precious miracle."

"Would you like to hold her?" As reluctant as he was to let go of his child, Donatello found he could not deny his Sensei. He watched as Tanya carefully handed Benedetta into Splinter's waiting arms.

Visiting didn't last much longer before Jane came back and chased everyone out. The twins were sleeping in their bassinets and Tanya was dozing herself one of the chairs. Donatello dosed on and off. He had already had the joy of giving the first feeding and although the girls were only a few hours old they had already bonded to him and Tanya. It was like they knew she was also a part of them. Donatello finally woke up enough to look over at Tanya. Her thick honey brown hair was pulled back in a messy ponytail though a lot had escaped and was laying across her face. She was curled up in one of the chairs beside him.

He thought back to earlier that day or yesterday. He didn't know quite yet… but he thought back when she had told him that she loved him. In the past he would've laughed, blushed or brushed it off not believing her. He was always suspicious of humans. It took a long time for him to completely trust April, others it didn't take as long but there was always the suspicion. But looking at Tanya and what they had been through…it might be possible to get together with a human. Plus, his daughters had already bonded with her and they would need a mother figure in their lives. Splinter was good enough for him and his brothers but he wanted more for his daughters.

"Tanya," he whispered so not to wake the babies.

"Hmmm?" Tanya woke up. She blinked and looked around. "Donatello? What's wrong?"

"Nothing. But I need to talk to you." Donatello whispered back.

Tanya blinked again. "Ok." She slid up on the bed beside Donatello careful not to jar him, and so that they could continue to talk softly. By now, he could feel the bandages around his middle.

"Tanya, remember when you said that you loved me…was that to stop me or was that real?" Donatello asked.

"That was to stop you…and it was the truth. It may be strange but I do and and I'm not going to try to over analyze it. I've already tried and just ended up with a headache."

"Tanya. Then I guess I better answer you. I…love you too. I'm not asking you to marry me. Not yet anyway, but I want you there, with me and for the twins. Our twins. So could we give it a chance?"

"Oh, yeah." Tanya smiled and hugged Donatello gently, then pressed her lips to his beak.

Suddenly the door opened and Michelangelo and Raphael came in. Thankfully they were quiet so that they didn't wake the twins.

"Hey bro, guess what-" Raphael was cut off when he saw Tanya and Donatello kissing. He clapped a hand to his mouth and tried not to laugh as the two ignored them.

Michelangelo did the same. "Oh so I guess we'll leave you two alone then." He tossed a newspaper onto the foot of the bed and they both backed out.

If Donatello and Tanya cared to look at the paper they would see that the headline news was that all kidnapped babies were found, safe and sound. All were being returned to their families.

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Epilogue

Donatello and his daughters were kept at the clinic for about 4 days following the surgery. He was kept on the morphine drip to control any pain. During those days both girls were put under observation but were doing fine. During that time someone stayed with Donatello while he was there, Tanya being one that was there the most. She and Donatello were going to be a couple and try to be good parents to the twins.

After the surgery, his belly started to go down to just about what it was before his pregnancy, but there was a little bit of 'baby fat' left. Though while he was still tender around the incisions his plastron was starting to harden again. He knew he would lose it in time when he recovered. But what bothered him was the fact his body was still producing hormones. He found this out when he began to cry every time one of his girls cried. Jane had smiled gently and told him that this was normal and was called the 'baby blues'. She told him that soon he would have no time to have the baby blues once he was able to move around more, with the diaper changes, the feeding, and everything in between.

After the 4th day, Donatello, Carina, and Benedetta all went back home to the sewers. Donatello was more than happy to finally lay his daughters in the beds he had made for them months ago. They looked like little angels as they slept. He smiled at them. Now that he had had them, Donatello just really hoped Sir wouldn't come back. But if one thing was for sure, though he was more than happy to have become a father, Donatello was just really happy that he wasn't pregnant anymore.

And his family was more than glad to have the girls around too. It was time for a new time in their lives.

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A/N/N :: I want to add a special thanks to dondena. If not for her contacting me and asking me to write this then I'd never had the pleasure of knowing a fellow Turtle and Donatello lover. So Thanks a lot! 3

Also I have a deviantART account under the name of BlackNaginata. There aren't any pictures from this story up yet but there are some from Love Conquers All and a few random pictures. But I will have the girls up there shortly.

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