Frankenstein:
I tried to smile as Regis, Tao and Rael left with the children, they really didn't deserve my foul mood. I turned and headed for my room not wanting to see the mess the children had left. I knew Master would be fine with M-21 and Seira to serve him anything he needed.
'We curse you' Dark spear whisper in my mind.
Great now the Dark Spear had to have its turn at stretching my already foul mood.
'Go away' I told it
'Let us out. Let us free'
I pushed it down, looked like I wouldn't be getting any sleep tonight either.
Pulling my home clothes from the wardrobe and laying them on the bed made me feel human. This was one of the only human things that made me feel human. It still made me wonder if I would keep this up in another fifty years as I rarely did this now. Washing clothes and then hanging them so they didn't get a crease was a wast of time when I could make them already perfect in seconds.
Stripping down and placing my suite in the wash basket made me shudder. Normally I would see to washing them right away but I just didn't feel like being up here. Pulling on my home clothes, I headed into my closet and placed my hand on the back wall. The scanner hidden in the wall made quick work and moved the wall out of my way so I could get into the elevator. Sometimes it was nice to have more then one way into my lab.
Pulling on my lab coat made me feel more myself. I didn't know why I was so down today but it was getting on my nerves. Looking around my lab made me shudder, mess was all I could see. Normally my lab was kept so spotless, so why did it look so messy. I was sure I could see dust everywhere.
Some part of me knew I was losing it but most of me didn't care. I had three options, one I could either clean my lab until morning and hope my mind sorted it's self out. Two brake something to give myself a real reason to clean or three walk out of the house which would let everyone know something was wrong. Damn it, I hated having a house full of non-humans.
Sighing I walked to the storage closet and pulled out a box of glass plates. These were easy enough to melt and remake. Times like this I was glad I had a training room build down here.
I put the box near the door and walked back to grab the cleaning supplies, then grabbing one of the plates I throw it, striking it down with a spike of dark energy.
I let out a laugh, I was crazy. Maybe too crazy for my Master to be around. Wasn't that why he brought human children home, because they were innocent unlike me. Maybe Master wanted human company. I wasn't human anymore and never could be again but I wasn't any other species. I was just a dark being full on hatred and pain.
How could I be of any use to Master. I wasn't able to find a way to help Master. It was all my fault he was dying, if I had never come into my masters life then he wouldn't be like this.
M-21:
Tao walked through the door with his normal hypo steps which announced his presence.
"Where's the boss" he asked
"He retired to his room" Seira spoke as she sipped her tea.
"Ok, I'll just go see him "
Tao hurried up the hall. He was braver then me, I would never disturbed him when he was this stressed. He had started spending longer in his lab, I don't think he had slept in the last two weeks. Tao came back in
"He's not there"
That made me frown, I hadn't heard him leave but I also couldn't hear him in there either. "I haven't heard him come out" I said glancing around the room and Seira nodded. We looked to his Master.
"Rai do you know where the boss is"
He stood up and pulled out his phone typed a text and sat down.
It was almost 11pm went his borrow furrowed and he stood.
"Tao open the lab door "
Tao hurried ahead as the rest of us followed. The sound of something shattering followed by a crackle of laughter was heard as the elevator doors opened.
"Is that boss"
Tao stated the obvious. I looked over the spotless lab, so it wasn't anything in here which broke. Rai strolled forward and into the training room. We peered in to see broken glass everywhere in the middle of the room stood boss. The glass crunched as Rai walked over it.
Frankenstein:
"Master" I said as I turned to see him walking my way over the glass.
I had dirtied Masters shoes with this mess. Oh no Master had seen my messy lab.
I was about to head over to him to stop any more glass getting on him, slippers didn't work so well at keeping glass from cutting you.
"Master be careful the glass will cut you"
"Kneel"
He spoke and I felt bonds wrap around me as I complied but it willed me on to one knee instead of both. Watching Master walk closer to me had me crying out fighting the bond.
"Master don't, please"
How could l let Master hurt himself on my mess, but his eyes shun as they kept me in place. Looking down as he finally made it to me, I didn't see any blood but that didn't mean he hadn't been hurt. I had hurt master again, how could I live with myself. I didn't deserve to live.
"I didn't give you permission to look away"
My eyes shot to his. His eyes were filled with sorrow and regret.
"Master you shouldn't be in this messy room let alone of having to walk though my messy lab just to see me"
"I am the noblesse, not a child"
"Please master go up stairs, you do not need to be around a monster like me"
"You are a human"
"I haven't fit in with humans for a very long time"
I watched his red eyes gaze into me seeing my very soul.
"I have not done my part of the contract by keeping you safe and it seems you need reminding that you can come to me"
"Master being near you is enough"
I would never ask something of the noble who saved my life not just the once from the lord but a second time from the dark spear.
"Frankenstein you need reminding that you can come to me. Your punishment starts in an hour"
"Yes Master"
"You may do as you like till then"
I watched as he turned and walked away.
He had come for me so I would go to him to receive what ever punishment he sound fit to give me.
I busied myself cleaning for the hour and making notes on what chores people where meant to do leaving them in there rooms. I hurried up stairs to find everyone in the lounge sitting there waiting. Did master ask for this or had they come to see how Master would punish me.
"Master" I greeted him with a bow.
"I'm going to lay down some rules and then they will leave"
Why would they need rules too.
"Yes Master"
"Tao how long can you run the school before needing Frankenstein"
Tao looked puzzled but answered.
"A week maybe two depending on if there is a meeting"
Master nodded but cast his eyes away from me to the others.
"No one can do any of the house hold chores or do anything for me for a week. Frankenstein is not allowed to give out any orders during this time either. If you need Frankenstein for anything in that week you will have to ask me first. "
I was so shocked that it took me a full minute to make my brain work on what to say and in that time everyone had left to go else where.
"Master"
"You are not allowed to talk unless I say so"
My eyes bugged, no pleading with him to reconsider. How was I going to make it through a week of this.
"Sit"
I took my seat next to him, I was no noble so just sitting here doing nothing was going to be torture. I tried my best not to fidget so I relaxed as best I could but after two hours went by I was at my limit.
Master must of sensed I was as he stood.
"Follow"
I stood and walked behind him, where would he take us. We stopped at my room and before I could get the door Master opened it. Taking a deep breath a trying to get myself to relax. It's not the end of the world my master opening the door for himself. He motioned me it before closing the door. Just breath.
He took a seat on my bed before looking at me.
"Lay down next to me"
Making myself move towards the bed. I hadn't laid down with someone in years, well hundreds of years. Being so defenceless set my teeth on edge. I laid on my back, looking at the roof. How long would Master keep this up.
Master let out a sigh as he looked down at me.
"Come here"
Rolling on my side so I could look at him properly. Masters hand went to my head, lifting it into his lap making the rest of me wiggle closer. His hand started running through my hair and I felt my mussels relax a little each time.
"You have withdrawn from contact with people for to long and I know that it is partly my fault so I will take responsibility"
He looked down to me and all I could see in his eyes was how much he cared for me. I didn't know why he cared for something like me, I wasn't human but I was also not anything else.
"You are my contracted. I would of never taken anyone who I thought was anything but good in a contract. It is time for you to stop thinking and sleep, I can tell you have been pushing yourself to much for my sake"
Letting what he said wash away my doubt of sleeping with someone so close. I knew I was venerable when sleeping but who better to guard me than my Master. My eyes drifted closed as Masters hands kept running through my hair.
I awoke to the sound of someone knocking lightly on the door. I would of opened my eyes but Masters hand was still running through my hair and it just felt to good to care.
"Sir. Seira called saying the children wanted to come over"
That was Rael speaking so the other must be at school.
"That's fine. Send M-21 up here when he gets back"
"Of cause, sir"
The door closed and Master let out a sigh. Did he feel left out not going to school today because of me. It was all my fault then.
"Stop thinking and sleep"
I nodded. It was really nice having a warm lap to lay on. Maybe I could get Master to punish me more often… I must be tired because awake me would never say that.
The next time my eyes opened it was because Master was shifting me to lay on a pillow.
"The children are here. You are to keep resting"
I nodded but watched as he passed M-21 holding the door for him.
"Stay here and make sure Frankenstein doesn't leave"
M-21 nodded even as I glared at him. I didn't need a guard, I wasn't a child. He moved to the chair at my desk and looked around.
It didn't take me long to get bored. There was always something that needed doing and I had gotten enough sleep to last me for the next week and a bit, so that was out without Master here. If I could get M-21 to leave somehow then I could spend sometimes in my lab while the children kept the Master busy. I didn't like to think of wasting all this time when I could be off thinking of a way to help Master or even better cleaning up my dusty lab.
Master would be a while so it couldn't hurt. I pinned my eyes on M-21 and waited till he looked at me.
'Sleep'
I pushed that thought to him with as much force as I dared. His eyes closed and I dashed to catch him before he fell, but if he fell once I left that that wasn't my problem. Once he was propped up, I strolled forward into my closet and headed for the lab.
My test results were in so it gave me something to work on. With having a created werewolf around it gave me an insight on how real ones healing worked. I was starting to think that I might be able to up my healing soon if he matured more. It would take some time to make it work for me. It was funny that his healing in human form was worse than mine but when my dark spear was out my healing dropped so I had nothing on his werewolf form.
It made me wonder what results I would get from Muzaka. He was way above any other werewolf
M-21:
My wolf shook me awake. I couldn't believe Frankenstein had done that to me. Had this really gotten to him so much. Sighing and making my way to the lounge-room to tell Rai that I had lost Frankenstein. He looked at me as soon as I got close and I could see his disappointment.
Tao caught my eyes so I gestured to the kids then to the door. He nodded getting the idea.
"Hey its getting pretty late should you all be heading home"
Yuna looked at the clock.
"You're right it is late. Tell the chairman we hope he gets better soon"
The children were herded out the door with Real and Regis going with them to make sure they all got back safely.
"What happened" Tao asked as soon as the door closed.
"I don't know, I just looked at the boss and the next thing I know I'm waking up and he wasn't there"
I watched as he disappeared only to appear with his laptop a few seconds later.
Rai stood up.
"The door again"
Tao got up clicking buttons as he did.
"I don't get it. He wasn't caught on any cameras leaving his room not any going to the lab but he's in there"
He puts down the laptop and headed to the lab with Rai and the rest of us following. I wounder what would happen now. Would Rai really be angry.
Frankenstein:
I would need to run some more tests to see if the dark spear would throw me out of balance if there were to many changes made. I sat down, grabbing a flask and placing it between my legs. With my right hand I used a little Dark spear energy to nick a gash on my left arm and held it over the flask.
It was in the next second I knew I was screwed as the door opened. I froze even as Master walked up to me. Snapping out of it once he was next to me, luckily my arm had healed over so I quickly placed the flask on me desk and kneeled before him.
'Master' I thought to him keeping my eyes locked on his.
"Frankenstein I asked you to rest, yet I find you hurting yourself. It looks like you will not be able to leave my sight till your time is complete"
I didn't even try to defend myself, I knew that disobeying Master was wrong and I was old enough to take responsibility.
"You are still such a child. You always have to test the boundaries. Now come your added punishment awaits"
He turned and I followed, noting that it was only Tao who stood watching. We made it back into the lounge room and the sight of it made me shudder. Look at the mess. The food crumbs. Was Master going to make me sit in here while it was so messy. No that would mean Master was going to sit in here while it was messy.
"Frankenstein sit down"
He waited till I was seated before turning his eyes on Tao.
"Sit next to him I will need you to tell me how to clean up"
My mouth dropped open it was worse then what I thought.
'No Master, please let me do it or even leave it'
He turned to me.
"This is the added punishment"
I felt his sorrow that he was making me so frantic but also his determination to help me.
I sat there for then next two hours just watching him clean. If he wasn't my Master who liked to get everything perfect I would of thought he was going slow on prepose.
"So boss how did you get out of your room" Tao said as I sat next to him.
I sent him a smirk as an answer.
"I removed his permission to talk"
Tao stood and stared at me in shock, like he couldn't imagine anything worse. Master sat down then and placed a hand on my shoulder moving me to lay on his lap. He had set some papers in front of him. Must be his school work .
"As he cant speak, he cant stop you from looking into how he got out of his room"
I put my hands over my eyes not wanting to see his expression.
The room was quiet apart from the turning of pages until light footsteps entered the room. Seira from how light they were.
"Can I make Frankenstein some tea, it might help him relax"
I felt Master nod. I hoped she would make Master some as well.
'She's not allowed, remember'
Master sent me and I could feel how happy he was that I was getting made something.
It wasn't long before biscuits and a cup of tea where placed on the table. I didn't move but left them there. Master lent forward grabbing one of the Biscuits held it out of me to take a bite. I couldn't refuse Master anything so I took a bite. He must of put down his papers at some point as his free hand found my hair. I felt my eyes close at the nice feeling of him running his hand through it.
We stayed like that for the rest of the night.