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"Alright Leo," donnie began. "just stand over there."

"So-- what exactly is this experiment don?"

"Just a harmless cloning test."

"A WHA-"

before Leo could protest anymore donnie pushed his hand down onto a leaver, activating a machine, which sent down a huge glowing purple beam onto Leo. Donnies screen filled with stats about how the cloning process was going. It looked like it had knocked Leo out, which was definitely not part of the plan but it didnt really matter. A glitch code appeared on donnies screen. He couldnt make out what it said, because nearly 3 seconds later, his machine exploded. "ah shit" donnie swore under his breath. He walked over to where Leo was standing before, and didn't expect anything beside him. Instead, there was Leo lying there, unconscious and a little baby leo sitting next to him. "OH WHAT THE FUCK?!" What went wrong in the coding for this? ugh he'll have to create a whole nother machine to try again- and then it sank in. THERE WAS A BABY VERSION OF LEO SITTING ON HIS LAB FLOOR. Donnie immediately slapped leo awake. "ughhhhhhhh.... what was that for donnie! You know i dont like being experimented on."

"yes yes i know and im sorry. i guess"

"well you should be- WHAT THE?!"

"Oh yeah forget to mention," Donnie picked up the baby Leo. "The experiment went wrong and it made a baby clone of you." Donnie booped the tiny Leo on its nose. "Maybe we could sell him or--" "OMIGOSHHH A MINI VERSION OF ME!!!!!! THIS IS AWSOME!!!!" Leo interrupted. "Leo. SHUT UP!! We have to hide this from the others, they will be fu-" the door to the lab opened as Mikey leaned into the doorway. "Hide what from the others Donnie?" Mikey asked with a giggle. "OH SHIT UH- NOTHING AHAHAHAHA" Donnie desperately tried to lie, holding the tiny Leo behind his back. "Sureeee. Ill be coming back later and you two better not cause anymore chaos like," Mikey pointed to the fried machine, new papers scattered around, and the newest burn mark in the floor. "This whole situation." Mikey said stumbling out of the door way, closing it behind him. Once Mikey had gotten a good bit away, Leo could help but laughing hysterically. "PFFT- donnie, you need to get better at lying sometime soon." 

"Sigh. I know Nardo. lets just, try to do something about this k?"

"Alright Don-Tron~" Leo replied with a smug grin and a dumb wink.

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"So Donnie, what do we do with it? Also i am not letting you kill it."

"Aw that was my plan-" Donnie stared but quickly noticed Leo death staring at him. "nEver along!! ahahahahah!!!!!"

"good." Leo said as he snatched the tiny him from Donnies hand, while saying something something about how cute he was as a baby. Donnie walked over to his machine, the screen might still be readable. most likely not because the machine exploded, but donnie was amazing with tech, so it might have remained somehow. Just as he was going down to dust of the screen, Leo yelled "OI DON! what did i like as a baby? Im- Past me- no uh- THE CREATURE IS CRYING." 

"You don't remember what you liked as a baby nardo?"

"Well not all of us have the best memory ever.."

"Just-- Shut up. Ill get what you liked as kid. Try not kill tiny you in the meantime."

"ALRIGHT!"

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It has been about 5 minuets and donnie hadn't come back. Leo still hadn't found a way to shut the tiny Leo up for now. He tried things he likes now, like rapping himself in a warm blanket, or blasting music. But only one of those half worked. Tiny Leo just started bawling when the music started, and after a couple seconds in the blanket, it started squirming around in protest. Leo sighed as he laid onto the floor, the tiny version of himself resting on his plastron. "damnnn being a dads hardddddd." he complained to himself. "Ugggh-- DONNIEEEE COME BACK!!!!!" After yelling that, the tiny him crawled onto his face, Leo assumed it was to be a cute baby or something, but it just chomped onto Leos check. "Agh- WHAT WAS THAT FOR!!!" He whisper yelled as he tore the tiny Leos teeth from his check, and tapped it on its head. "No doing that, alright?" He only got a chirp as a response, mainly because that was the only thing the creature could say. But  obviously a form of insult. At least in Leos eyes. Leo heard Donnies footsteps, as he walked into the room with a box of their old baby toys. "Oh hey don! Woah we still have all those?" Donnie was clearly out of breath, that box weighed like 9,000 pounds. Before anything else could happen, tiny Leo squeezed out of Leos hand, and onto Donnies head. "SCOFF! Get off tiny Leo!" Donnie yelled at it.

"Donnnnniee, i think it likes you!"

"It dose. BECAUSE IM A BETTER CARE TAKER THAN YOU! EVIL LAGHHH!!!"

"LE GASP! You dare insult you twin Hamato Donatello!?"

"I do. HAMATO LEONARDO!!!"

"Than i declare war," Leo said putting the tiny Leo in a safe box. "PILLOW FIGHT!!!!"

Leo grabbed a pillow of off Donnie floor, (why are there pillows on the floor? Just deal with it) and charged to Donnie. Donnie stretched his mechanical hand from his battle shell, and grabbed a pillow from of the floor in defense.

"HA I know im gonna be a better parent, Nardo." Donnie exclaimed while pinning Leo to the floor with a landfall of pillows.  

"Suree. Ill prove to you im better, me NEON LEON! BY WINNING THIS FIGHT!" 

The tiny Leo watched from the box, waiting for his caretakers to finish battling. 

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Mikey decided to check on Leo and Donnie again. From what it sounded like earlier, they where hiding something. Donnie was holding something behind his back while failing at lying, Mikey just needed to find out what it was. 

Mikey walked up to Donnies lab door, and opened it just to find Leo and Donnie having a- pillow fight? Aren't those for sleep overs? Neither of them noticed Angelos presence, so he initiated the conversation. "Hey guys! Uh-- What are you doing?"

"Angelo! Hello, we are just being perfectly normal teenagers having a casual pillow fight. Nothing weird or anything haha." 

Mikeys eyes glanced around the room, onto a box with a tiny turtle in it. "Whats in that box?"

"Oh that box! Nothing weird or odd or at all abnormal--"

"DONNIE SHUT UP!! you cant lie omg..."

Mikey chuckled and walked over to the box to see what was inside it. He couldn't believe his eyes. In the box, was Leo as a baby. The baby Leo grabbed onto his face making adorable chirps. 

"DONNIE WHAT DID YOU DO??? WHY IS THERE A BABY LEO??"

"ITS A LONG STORY OK? JUST PLEASE DONT TELL RAPH!! She'll kill me..."

"Well," Mikey said sitting on one of the pillows on the floor. "tell me this long story."

"Sigh. Basically I was doing a clone test on Leo--"

"Without my permission add you!"

"Thats not important to the story Nardo. Anyway back to what i was saying, something in my machine glitched and it made a baby clone of Leo."

Mikeys face was filled with amazement. He knew they were awesome at  machines, but cloning?!? Thats just flat out awesome! But what are they ganna do with the tiny Leo? 

"Thats so cool Donnie!! I would ask how it works but it would all just go over my head." 

"I know. You all are dum-dums after all."

"Yep! You guys have fun taking care of the tiny thing. Ill be in my room, call me if you need anything!" 

"Alright Bye Michael!"

"WAIT NO HELP US TAKE CARE OF ITT" Mikey heard Leo yell just as he closed the door. He would normally help them, but they knew NOTHING about taking care of babies, or anyone. He was always the one being babied (even though he hated it). They went to their room and decided to draw, it always helped him destress after all.

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