Buzzing and drilling was all the noise I heard for the last hour or so as I sat in the Laboratory with him, a few other scientists, and Lenalee. From what I had last heard, Allen should getting home some time either later on tonight or tomorrow morning. I was mostly glad for that information, but as for the latest experiment of Komui's . . . I've just never had a good feeling with his new ideas.

From the looks of the others around me, they were all exhausted at Komui's constant work for them to do. But thankfully, Lenalee and I were there to serve coffee to help them stay awake.

"Anyone want coffee?"

Everyone in the room raised their hand as they were too exhausted to speak, barely.

"Hey~! Is everyone awake? Look, look!"

All of us turned our attention to Komui as he gestured to his now finished invention.

"Ta-da~! Our science group's savior, "Komrin II"!"

I questioned what happened to the first, but decided it's better if I didn't know. It was a giant robot that had the same beret on it as Komui had, worn the exact same way. Did everything he make have to be an image of him?

"Supervisor, what's that unnecessarily bulky robot?" asked Reever, looking just as skeptical as everyone else in the room.

Komui just flaunted around, explaining himself while proclaiming how cool it was, "I just told you, it's Komrin. I just finished building it." I walked up next to Lenalee as I got a closer look at the robot. I was starting to get a bad feeling about it as I looked at the huge bulky robot version of our Supervisor.

"He has my brain and personality. He's in innocent-made omnipotent robot~ ! He can not only decrypt files, but he has surgical and care support for Anti-Akuma weaponry." With the scientists hanging off of his every word, he won their hearts, saying, "It's another me! Now it'll make our work easier!"

That said, the scientists crowded him with love as Komrin took a cup of coffee off of Lenalee's tray, drinking the whole thing empty. And that bad feeling sparked throughout my entire body as Lenalee tried telling it that it was her brother's coffee. I may not be a professional expert on robots, but aren't they supposed to avoid getting wet from any type of liquid except for oil? At least, that's what I assume . . .

I called out at Komui, not moving my eyes from Komrin, "Hey Komui? Is Komrin supposed to drink coffee?"

"What are you saying, Thana? Although I said it's 100% like me, Komrin is a robot. Of course it can't drink coffee."

His words sunk into our heads as we realized the situation we were in.

He had to make it just like him. Even with his like for coffee . . .

"It drank it . . ?"

No sooner than that did Komrin start malfunctioning, sticking a syringe into Lenalee, knocking her out instantly as she fell to the floor.

"Lenalee!!" Komui ran up to Lenalee's unconscious body, holding her to him with great concern. I stood by the both of them as I watched Komrin's body shake due to its malfunctioning.

"I . . . Am . . . Komrin." Komui was shaking on the floor holding Lenalee as I made my way in front of them, preparing my Anti-Akuma weapon. "I make exorcists stronger . . . Those two women are exorcists . . . Therefore, I must perform surgery and make them macho."

Everyone in the room yelled in an outburst, "WHAT?!!"

I didn't want to be turned to a buff bodybuilder!

"Run!" Not too soon after I said that, Komrin chased me around the room as I tried escaping since he seemed focused to get to me.

"Thana!"

I turned back toward Komui, deflecting Komrin's arm at the same time, "Take Lenalee and the others and go to the elevator! He won't be able to get to you all there!"

Jumping out of the way of the syringe, I jumped over Komrin while running out into the building, yelling at anyone else around me to runaway, especially the exorcists. I could hear Komrin go at full throttle as he chased me through the halls, knocking out anyone who had been in his way or ignored my warning, peeking out to see what it was I was yelling about.

'Damn curiosity! Stay out of the hall people!' I made a sharp turn, trying to take the most deserted hallways to avoid anyone getting hurt in the process as I kept on running around, trying to keep everyone else safe from this crazy robot for as long as I could. Good thing I ate a full meal before going with Lenalee. Dodging one of his arms, I jumped over it as he continued chasing me through the long corridors. I thanked my quick thinking for choosing one the least used halls in the building since his arm was practically a bulldozer as he constantly attacked me with that syringe, over sending me over the balcony. Looking down, I saw Komui gathering everyone into the elevator. Glad to know that mostly everyone was safe, I looked back at Komrin with the syringe still aimed at me.

"I've had enough of this! Innocence Activate!"

My right arm activated, extending itself into a white-scaled scythe, the Cross glowing on its black blade. Blocking the syringe from hitting me, I slashed at Komrin, hoping to stop him. Unfortunately, Komui must have added in some battle techniques into him as he dodged all of my attacks and caught my scythe with his arm. Shit. Now I was squirming like a worm, trying to get free while at the same time trying not to get hit with that syringe.

For all I knew, that syringe might've had that "macho" stuff in it. Then for Lenalee . . .

My arm tingled as my weapon de-activated, reverting back into my arm as I all of a sudden lost feeling in the entire right side of my body. 'Double shit!' Knowing that I'd be knocked out in a second, I tried moving some as he let go of my arm. But I lost my footing as I fell over the balcony, losing consciousness along the way.

'Damn you Komui! If I turn into a guy, I'm so kicking your ass!'

Then I faded into black . . .

* * *

I jumped up with a start, still on high senses since that last thing I remembered was being chased throughout the building by Komrin and his needle of "macho". Looking down at myself, I saw that I was still my same self with the same black dress pants and white shirt. No bulging muscles, no feeling of testosterone in my system, and I didn't have the need to go and work out till daybreak. So assumed I was still the same sex and gender (there is a difference) as I felt a hand press against my forehead, "You okay, Thana?"

Looking up, I saw Lenalee (I almost cried out in joy when seeing her cute, non-macho self) smiling at me while withdrawing her hand, "At least your fever went down."

"I had a fever?"

"You did, but only for a few minutes or so. I guess it's cause your body was still stressed while still under the effect of the anesthesia."

"Hm . . . Well, I feel fine now." Remembering what happened before I lost consciousness, Lenalee jumped as I stood up from the couch, looking for the gigantic lunatic of a robot, "Where's Komrin?"

"He's gone. I destroyed him."

"Oh. That's good." Sitting back down on the couch, I noticed Allen was laying down on the opposite end from me, "When did he get back?"

"Some time while you had Komrin chasing you through the building."

I laughed at the memory, leaning back against the couch as she starting changing washcloths on his head, "But that was a failure, huh?"

"Not really. It would've been more troublesome if you hadn't. The damage was pretty bad, looking back at the trail you left, but otherwise, not a lot of people were hurt in the process since you managed to avoid having him hurt a lot of people by going where there wasn't anyone around."

"Yeah . . . But we know whose fault this whole thing is."

"Komui." We both stated as Allen sat up with a start, making both of us jump in surprise.

"That was a surprise." Looking at us both, he kept the cloth to his forehead as he looked around confused, "Thana . . . Lenalee . . ."

"Sorry about my brother's invention." Lenalee apologized.

"Where am I?"

"The Public Laboratory. Everyone's gone to repair the damage. Hear that sound?" Now that I paid attention, I could hear some noises going on nearby.

Lenalee handed him something in a glass case, "This was in your coat."

"Ah! The Innocence!" So Allen must've came back with the Innocence while Kanda went on to complete another mission. I was beginning to wonder why he came back without him. Relieved, Allen heaved a sigh as he relaxed, "I'm glad it's not broken."

Patting his head, I smiled at him, "You should take it to Hebraska's place. She'll protect it."

Both me and Lenalee gave him a proper greeting from his mission, "Welcome back, Allen."

Obviously not expecting the greeting, he was shocked, "I'm . . . I'm back."

My smile didn't fade as I watched Jerry and the other scientists come over with Jerry complaining about doing carpentry when he's a chef – which ended with no breakfast for the scientists.

Reever was the first to notice Allen, "Oh. Allen, you're awake?"

Jerry seemed a bit agitated at everything that happened, "What happened during the night, Allen? This place is trashed."

Johnny leaned in and whispered, "Allen, your room was destroyed."

"What?!" Aside from his outburst, everyone gave him the same proper greeting with, "Welcome back, Allen!"

Standing up, I led Allen out of the Laboratory as I led him to Hebraska's room, "So, starting to like your new home, Allen?"

"Yeah. But I bet the greetings don't last that long since I'm new around here."

"Nonsense! Every time you come back from a mission, everyone will greet you like you'd greet your dad after coming home." I didn't hear a reply as I looked over to see Allen in another mind space while we were walking, "Allen?"

"Huh? Oh, sorry."

"It's fine. I understand if you're tired." I decided to change the direction of the conversation by asking him how the mission went and everything. He said that the Innocence was actually in a doll, making it come alive, caring for an old man with a facial deformity for 50 years. After hearing about the fighting and arguing, I took notice that as he was describing everything, he seemed really at ease. He'd only been with us for less than a week and he already started seeing us as a family. I kind of felt jealous for his easy-going attitude.

"Thana?"

"Hm?" Looking, I saw Komui in front of us, waving his hand in front of my face, "You were a little out of it. I was saying that I'll take Allen with me now."

Snatching his hand, I tightened my grip on it as he fell to his knees, "No . . . More . . . Robots."

"Ah! Okay, okay! I promise!" Releasing his hand, I smiled at the now scared Allen, waving at him, "Well, Komui can take it from here. See ya later, Allen." Walking away, Allen watched me as Komui stood up, holding his hand in pain. "She's . . . scary when she's mad."

"Yes. That's our Thana. But aside from her rare anger, she's one of our best Exorcists. And such a lovely young lady for Lenalee to see as an idol~ ."

Quick to refrain from losing his professional stature from before, he cleared his throat. "So it's best that you look up to her, Allen. She could answer some questions you may have regarding your arm." Allen felt surprised to now that she was one of best around HQ.

Looking back at me, he looked at my right arm before asking, "Those scars and bruises on her hand. How'd she get those?"

"So you noticed . . ." Komui followed his gaze to my gloved hands as his eyes glazed over as he had a silent thought to himself.

"That's something you'd have to ask her yourself. As my job of Supervisor, I cannot reveal personal information without that person's consent. Or at least, with certain things they don't want me to share with others."

"I see." Watching me turn out of his view, Allen felt sympathy for whatever story lied behind that smile of mine.