I am sorry this chapter is so late.


M-21 and Takeo were still out cold, but there was no threat to their lives anymore. M-21 would get better soon because his abilities had increased.

Takeo injuries are also healing rapidly even though they were made with the Dark Spear's power. The wounds were very deep, so it would take a while. Still, his recuperative power is impressive. By the time he appeared with his comrade, most of his near fatal injuries had begun healing.

That would mean he had to exhibit a completely different recuperative power right after I left him.

Could that have anything to do with him using the drugs to elevate his power?

Of course, there is nothing strange about a drug that emphasizes recuperative abilities. I would have to look into it more when they awaken. For now it was time to go check on Master.

The racket the children were making made me raise an eye.

"To think Regis and Seira are Vampires."

"If they're hungry would they suck our blood?"

"THAT'S ENOUGH… HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT WE'RE ANYTHING LIKE THOSE INELEGANT THINGS?"

I agreed with Regis though I disapproved of him raising his voice. How can they think of Master like that?

Shinwoo and Ikhan grabbed each other as they screamed.

"I don't exercise a lot, so my blood's not fresh."

"I-I'm sorry my blood tastes bad."

It was Tao that stepped in to take control of the situation.

"You guys are misunderstanding something. Your friends are really quite different."

"What do you mean by that? You just said they were vampires" Shinwoo asked.

"Well, for us it's convenient to use the term vampire, but how should I say this… In all honesty we really can't compare your friends to Vampires. To put it briefly, they're exalted beings that we can call nobles."

"Then, they're sort of like those classy vampires from the stories? Where the vampire lives in elegant castles like real nobility?" Ikhan questioned.

"That's a fitting image. It makes things easier to understand."

"What about you, big brother?" Ikhan asked Tao.

"My colleagues and I were originally humans, but our capabilities were enhanced through experiments. Simply put, we can be seen as modified humans. We're not really human. Shall I say we're monsters created by humans for some aim or another?"

The children looked sad as they took in what he said. I was going to have to have a word with him about that. He was way closer to human then I was. If anything I was the monster, thou self created.

"What about Rai?"

"My Master is a Noble just like Regis and Seira. Thou he is one of the higher ups." I answered stepping it to the room.

The children were quick to bombard me with questions.

"Chairman."

"How are they?"

"Are they going to be ok?"

"Their wounds are deep, but nothing Life threatening. They will recover with a few days rest" I replied and was pleased when they all relaxed.

"That's really good."

"What a relief."

"I'm sorry you had to experience something like this again." I told them.

"Again? Chairman what do you mean by that? It sounds as if this kind of thing has happened to us before." Ikhan spoke looking shocked.

"Ikhan, what kind of nonsense is that?" Shinwoo told him.

"Yeah, you must be overreacting." Yuna added in

"Ikhan is right, excluding Sui, the three of you have gone through a similar experience. You don't remember it because you had your memories erased." I told them keeping my tone flat.

"Our memories erased?" Shinwoo said sounding unsure.

"If that's the case shouldn't there be some parts missing? I don't have anything like that." Ikhan questioned.

"Neither do I." Yuna added in.

"What do you mean by erasing a person's memories? How is that possible?" Ikhan asked.

"Isn't everything that has happened recently rather implausible?" I questioned back.

"That's true."

"There is no choice but to erase your memories of this incident for your own good." I told them.

"Are you saying that we will be in danger if we remember the incident?"

Regis stepped in to take over answering.

"Yes. Even among humans only a small minority are aware of the facts regarding us. All matters of our existence must be kept a thorough secret. If facts about us are brought to light, we have to erase the memories of all the humans who know the truth. Didn't you say you wondered why humans weren't aware of such truths even now? It's exactly because of this reason."

"That goes for us too. The organization I'm from won't immediately know that you guys are connected to this incident, but it's not impossible that they may find out. If that happens the organization won't stop with just erasing your memories." Toa added in.

"That's enough there" I stepped in. "There was no need to scare the children anymore."

"So it's unavoidable then, we are really going to forget everything that's happened?" Ikhan asked

"There is no other choice." I told him.

"So we'll have to forget the fact that Regis risked his life for us. Even the fact that Mister put his life on the line to protect us." Yuna asked and I could hear how close she was to crying. I should have just wiped there memories without putting them through this.

"Shinwoo even stood up against those scary people in order to protect us." Sui spoke and she was just as close to tears.

"I didn't do anything but Rai's the one who saved us, and having to forget that just doesn't seem right." Shinwoo said looking down.

All eyes turned to Master. Master sighed and just took another sip of tea.

"Chairman is it really ok to forget that? All of you put so much effort in for our sake…Is it really ok for us to live without knowing that?" Yuna was crying by the end of it.

Masters voice sounded through the room made even the children stop.
"Perhaps… No one did it to be remembered. They only did what they wished to."

The way he spoke was just like him. He was always one to bring in clarity to a situation. Maybe it was to do with how long he had lived, even being denied companionship for so long he was bound to pick up a few things.

"Tao, Regis and Seira please leave the room."

They nodded and followed my instructions.

Master nodded at me.

"Children take a seat and look at me."

Lowering the mental shield I kept up, I focused on them.

"You will remember nothing about tonight. Instead you will remember coming over where you all fell asleep early after playing so much. Now sleep."

With that they all fell asleep falling in on each other.

"Master, I'll take them home."

He nodded.

Master and Regis where in the lounge sipping the tea I just made, while Seira was getting ready to make dinner and Tao was talking none stop but even so I heard the footsteps out of place.

Looks like one of my patients was awake.

"M-21 what are you doing out of bed." I asked walking into the hallway.

He looked down for a moment as if thinking what to say.

He had been moving away from the kitchen and the only other place I could think of him going would be to see M-24. It would be what I would have done, if I had been away from Master for a few days.

"Come on, let's go get you scanned."

I turned and made a steady pace down to the lab, making sure to make it not too much slower than normal, as that would just hurt his pride. Normally I wouldn't have even allowed him out of bed, but I knew he wouldn't rest well until he was sure his friend was ok.

Once down there I didn't turn to M-21 just talked to him as I move to the computer.

"It will take a few minutes before everything is ready."

I listened to him move towards the tank. His pace was slow, but even, which was a good sign.

I spent the next few minutes reading through M-21 old data. I was right. From these states He shouldn't have survived. I would have to redo this, maybe a check up once a week would help me predict his progress, not that I had ever seen someone like him.

"M-21 when you're ready can you hop onto the scanner. Remember if you need me to stop for any reason just ask."

After printing out the results I had sent M-21 back up to the room, telling him I would go through them after dinner and let him know what I found. Just from a glance I knew that most of his levels had risen dramatically. It was to the point that he would be almost fully recovered by morning.

A ding sounded reminding me that it was time to head up stairs. Grabbing Master's ramen out from the machine I had built before making my way from my lab.

Most of the food was on the table with a space free for the one in my hand. Placing it down I took my spot at the table and watched Seira finish up and listen to Tao talking away.

I heard the footsteps before anyone else, but I wanted to see if they were going to join us.

"Takeo you're awake and you too M-21." Tao shouted as they entered the room.

"Takeo, how are you feeling?" Tao asked moving to stand right in front of his comrade.

"I can move, but just barely. More importantly why are we here?"

"No other choice. We had to treat your wounds somewhere far away from that place. So we ended up having to get help from these people."

"I see."

Tako turned to look at me.

"Thank you for all this."

"Oh, it's no big deal."

It was a bonus to be able to examine them. I still wished I could've run scans, but I got some information nonetheless.

"What about Krantz, Shark and Hammer."

Tao just shook his head.

"Tao, we're withdrawing. Our mission was a failure, but that can't be helped."

"Takeo, I don't think it's a good idea to go back."

"What are you talking about? Is it because of these people?"

"No, that's not it."

"Then why?"

"Krantz is the one who killed shark."

"WHAT? KRANTZ KILLED SHARK? WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?" Takeo shouted making me frown. I didn't like people shouting in Master's house.

"Shark died after all of his power was absorbed by Krantz." Tao explained.

"Krantz absorbed Shark's power? What the hell…" Takeo's confusion seemed to be growing, but at least he wasn't shouting any more.

"Krantz said that from the very beginning, the DA-5 was a team created only for him. We steadily cultivated our powers merely for Krantz's sake. DA-5 isn't so much a special unit carrying out the organization's missions. It's more like research material. That's what we were created for."

"That's."

"I know it's hard to believe. After he was finished with Shark, Krantz tried to get me too. It was then that I got help from the kids.

"Do you think the union will be okay with us just going back? We lost three agents and the core subject of DA-5. I don't have any obligation to go back anymore. I will never go back."

"But you know we can't get away from the union."

"Takeo, did you forget who I am? I can make it look like we both died during the mission."

"I know you are capable of doing that. But unlike you I need to go back."

"You want to go back because of your sister, right? We failed the mission; they won't just let us go. They will just blame us. It could be even more dangerous for your sister. You dying on a mission could be better for your sister… Takeo I will find your sister no matter what."

"WHAT." Takeo questioned.

"It will be much easier to find your sister if they don't search for us."

"Tao, why would you?"

"I never liked the other agents, unlike you. I was glad to hear that you were alive."

"Okay. Let's just hide somewhere far from here. We can't get others involved in this."

"Okay."

They finally seemed to settle things as they turned came over to me.

"I appreciate all your comfort." Takeo spoke dipping his head slightly.

"I'll pay you back what we own next time." Tao said through a grin before turning to M-21.

"I guess this is goodbye."

With Takeo still recovering they really shouldn't be leaving.

"You're leaving?" I questioned, they still need more time to get well.

"We can't cause anymore trouble."

"Right, M-21. I got the information you wanted… Right before shark called me to the lab."

"WHAT."

M-21 froze in shock.

"Finding the evidence wasn't hard, but something about it is strange. The clearance level wasn't that high. It was stored in several places, not just one. It's probably because it was categorized as a failed experiment. I expected to find the information easily but I failed to do so."

"What do you mean?"

"It's all gone."

"What?" M-21 seemed to shocked to say much else.

"When I investigated further I found out that Dr. Crombell got rid of all documents the moment e left the lab. He got rid of all documents that were there for years. Why would he destroy data on you guys so suddenly? Especially when they were determined as failures."

"We'll get going now." Takeo said.

"We'll keep everything about this place a secret so don't you worry."

"We shall meet again." Takeo said sending a small smile at M-21

I watched them turn and head for the door.

"WAIT."

It was M-21 who rarely ever raised his voice that called for the halt. All eyes went to him. He met my own.

"I have a favour to ask"

"Favour?" I questioned.

The look on his face was like someone was ripping out his fingernails.

"Can you let them stay here? I know I don't deserve this as I'm in debt but I can't just let them go. They are disposals like me. When the union tracks them down, they won't be able to get away. Please..."

I smiled at him trying not to laugh.

"M-21, why are you so nervous. If that is what, then that's what will happen. This is your home too, after all."

He looked shocked but mostly relieved. But at the same time I could see he was questioning what I had just said.

"Let's all go have the dinner and then after that you can go pick out your rooms."

I was down in my lab once more. The others had retired for the night and Master was in the lounge going through his school work.

I'd already worked on a new gun for Takeo. The old ones were okay, but anything the union had made I could make better. It was like the union only did half jobs. Lets run this experiment, but not fix any imbalances we pick up. I don't know how they can call themselves scientist.

Sitting up from the scanner I went to look it over. I ran this on myself once a week to keep my own records update. I never left notes on what I had done to myself, but I did leave a copy of my most recent results. My recovery speed had finally gotten back up since the use of the Dark Spear's energy in my fight with Takeo. It hadn't dropped by much at all, but I might have to think about asking Muzaka for a few vials of his blood.

"Frankenstein."

Masters voice had me spinning around to face him.

"Master, is there something you needed."

"When was the last time you slept?"

I couldn't think of what to say. When was the last time I had slept? Master had been here a few months now, I had slept maybe twice in the first month, but after M-21 getting here had I.

Master stayed quiet while he waited for me to answer. My eyes dropped to look at the ground before I tried to answer.

"Master… I…"

"You can be such a child."

He turned and I knew he wanted me to follow. Placing my lab coat on a hook, I did just that.

We ended up in our joint room. The room had a floor to ceiling window with table and chairs placed near it, book cases lining the walls and a large bed in the same dark wood as the table and chairs.

"Lay down."

I complied pulling the covers back before laying down. He nodded once before moving to take his spot at the window. Master looked so beautiful like this. I wished I could just watch him the whole night.

"Sleep, I will guard your dreams."

With that I closed my eyes and got ready to willed myself to sleep knowing full well that I would not have to worry about the Dark Spear tonight.

'Thank you, Master.'

I heard his sigh, the one I used when I was being difficult.

'Sleep.'

I was still smiling as sleep took me.


Notes: The first 10 chapters of this story were written months ago ( February) and I am trying to edit and fix them up as best I can as my writing style has changed slightly. If I ever get time I may go back and edit the whole thing, but I am stretching my self thin with all the new stories and the two weekly chapters, so it would take me a few months.

I hope this story structure improves chapter 10 and onward.

Thank you for reading.