AN: Oh crap! How could I have forgotten about this fic? Well, sorry that I haven't updated this story in QUITE awhile. . I think I'll also be deleting the story I wrote recently that was titled 'One' since they both have a similar plot. I don't know about any of you but I think SCHOOL SUCKS!

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Chapter II: The Master I Serve

Eleanor scanned the entire cockpit of the bathysphere, looking for the red smoke that would signal Sinclair's reappearance. She had no idea on earth as to how he had managed to survive. Maybe her father didn't really kill him? But if Subject Delta really didn't kill Subject Omega (Sinclair), then how on earth did Delta obtain the key that unlocked the rest of inner Persephone?

"If you are all wondering how I'm still alive then I guess I can give ya a little explanation…" Eleanor's head swiveled from left to right. Sinclair's voice seemed to be coming from everywhere…just like a Houdini Splicer. Which meant that Sinclair didn't actually use the Teleportation Plasmid…he used the Houdini Plasmid! The plasmid gives the user the ability to turn invisible to the naked eye. When using this plasmid, disappearing and reappearing creates the same cloud effect as the Teleportation Plasmid. Because of this its almost impossible to tell the two apart.

"When Delta lured me out of hiding I told him that the life boat was his and that the only thing that he had to do was kill me…but I should have known that he was not going to listen to my reasoning. Eleanor…if there is one thing I know for sure about your father its that he would never harm another living soul unless he absolutely had to. Instead of killing me and taking the key, Delta Hypnotized me into giving him the key."

Sinclair reappeared right behind Sofia with his drill arm raised.

"He told me that when he was dead and gone from this world…to protect you. After all the pain that I put him through, I think that I can at least do that for him. This woman not only threatened your life but the lives of eight other children, she is the reason why Delta is dead. She has no right to live." Sinclair brought his drill arm down, aiming to bash Sofia's skull in. Eleanor quickly pushed her mother out of the way and raised her arms to defend herself, her eyes were tightly shut awaiting for the powerful blow to her face…but it never came.

Eleanor opened her ocean blue eyes to find the tip of Sinclair's drill just inches away from her face.

"Eleanor what the hell are you doing? Move out of the way, this demon needs to die." Sinclair said with finality. Eleanor glared at him.

"My father taught me that everyone deserves second chances."

"Look what she did to me! Did you see Dr. Alexander? That almost happened to you! Look what she did to that man, Mark Meltzer. Look what she did to Delta!" Eleanor bit down on her lower lip to stop the trembling. Sinclair was right, her mother has committed atrocious acts of cruelty…but still.

"What about you Sinclair? As I recall you were the one who sold my father to Fontaine Futuristics in the first place. You were the reason why he was turned into a Big Daddy…yet he let you live, he gave you a second chance. And you expect me not to do the same for my own mother?" Eleanor fixed him with a glare. Sinclair went rigid, Eleanor's words cut him deep but she was right. Eleanor's glare made him flinch back. All of a sudden pain like nothing he has ever felt in his life shot through his chest, the edges of his vision were blurred and lined with pink.

"S-sorry Mast-I mean Eleanor, I-I'll leave her be. J-just make sure she doesn't try anything." Eleanor's eyes widened slightly. Sinclair had a change of heart that quickly? That was almost to fast. She also caught his little slip up, what was he about to call her? Sinclair was leaning on one of the chairs, the drill that encased his right arm was now strapped to the left side of his waste and he was clutching at his chest. For some reason she was worried about him. She didn't know why she was worried, she just was.

"Are you okay?" Eleanor asked him worriedly. He seemed to be breathing heavily a couple of seconds ago but his breathing seemed to have returned to normal.

"Y-yeah I'm okay, don't worry about me little missy." Sinclair said playfully as he ruffled Eleanor's hair a little bit.

"Hey I'm not a child so you sure as hell better not treat me like one." Eleanor said warningly. Sinclair chuckled.

"Alright, alright fine." The little ones came out of their hiding places one by one.

"Mommy, Daddy!" They yelled as they rushed the two. Sinclair just laughed as the little tikes crawled all over his armor. Eleanor smiled warmly as the girls put her legs in a bear hug but she did blush when they called her and Sinclair by the titles Mommy and Daddy. That would imply that she and Sinclair were in a relationship. Eleanor looked over to the newly created Alpha Series, from the pictures she has seen of him he certainly wasn't that bad to look at…

'Oh what am I thinking? Why would he be interested in a child like me?'

Eleanor found it ironic that she had told Sinclair not to treat her like a child yet she had just called herself a child. A little one tried to feed Sinclair a carrot through his helmet.

"Daddy you have to eat your vegetables!"

"But I don't want to!"

"But you gotta…I don't want daddy to die…" Sinclair sucked his teeth. He really didn't want to take off his helmet but the girl looked ready to cry. Sinclair sighed.

"Fine." Sinclair slowly disconnected the two cords the lead to his helmet to his oxygen tank. He slowly removed his helmet.

Eleanor was shocked by his appearance.

AN: CLIFFY. Aren't I just the worst? I will try to get the next chapter up soon!