Maria and Ogre appeared in a small, yet spacious, clean, well-lit, and white room. There were several large glass cylinders that Maria had once used to store the bodies of different specimen. A blue blanket covered one of these from top to bottom and there, in front of that cylinder, was Doctor Drevis. Maria couldn't contain herself anymore. She had dreamed and thought too much of her beloved doctor; she could not simply restrain herself with all the turmoil of emotions inside of her. She ran towards the doctor and wrapped her arms around his solid and warm body. He was alive! He was ALIVE! *By this time, Ogre had disappeared.*
"Who…" Doctor Drevis removed Maria slowly and looked down at her face. "Why, I haven't seen this face in so long. As much as I neglected you, you still came back to me. You don't know how lonely I have been, how desperate I was for there to be another soul with me. Then you came to me. I'm glad. So very glad…Maria."
Maria's eyes welled up again with tears as he spoke her name. He remembers me! Maria thought joyfully. He remembers me…and yearns for me.
"Doctor…" Maria started.
"No." He held her shoulder and traced her jaw with his right hand. "My name is Alfred. Call me Alfred from now on."
She smiled. He was as demanding as ever. That was her Doct-Alfred.
"Would you like to see the project I've been cultivating for the past few years?" Suddenly, Alfred's eyes turned strange. Where they were once kind and relieved, they now they shone with excitement and…insanity. Maria's heart sank. He hadn't changed one bit. She nodded her yes.
Alfred let go of Maria and stood beside the cylinder. He grinned and his eyes gleamed. "Say hello to my precious…" He dramatically swiped the blanket off. "…Aya."
