Grab your six-gun from your back
Throttle the ignition
Would I die for you?
Well here's your answer in spades

Lights went on in the dusty morgue. The orderly looked around, slightly confused at first. A large hand clapped down on his shoulder.

"Jesus!" he yelled, turning around quickly to see a rather bemused Spaceboy.

The orderly looked him up and down. A frown came across his face and he put his hands on his hips.

"This is actually a new one," he said.

"Not entirely," said Kraken as he dropped down from the ceiling.

.05 and Séance emerged from their hiding places. A mixture of irritation and surprise crossed the orderly's features.

"Fun for the whole family?" asked the orderly.

"Not exactly James," Kraken replied, "What I need right now is information and a visual on the latest victim. Samantha Brown?"

"30a," he sighed, once more tossing the keys.

Kraken caught them and unlocked the cabinet.

"As for information, there actually is something," said the orderly, "I looked up their medical files like you told me to. All four of the women were pregnant. Well, only a few weeks along."

.05 walked up to Samantha's corpse thoughtfully.

"That would explain the wombs," he said.

Space nodded to the orderly.

"Your help is appreciated James."

"That's not my name," the orderly corrected.

"That's what he calls you."

"He makes a point of getting my name wrong," the orderly said, narrowing his eyes at Kraken.

"What's your real name then?" asked Spaceboy.

"It's-"

"They didn't use knives," .05 remarked.

"What?" Spaceboy asked.

"The criminal," repeated .05, "He didn't use knives. Look, the cuts are far too rugged for knives. I'd say that it was something more like teeth or…"

He frowned and cocked his head.

"Or what?" inquired Spaceboy as he moved forward.

"This is going to sound ludicrous, even for what I've seen," .05 admitted, "But it looks like they used nails."

"That's stupid," said Séance as Kraken wandered over to the orderly.

As the team muttered and inspected, Kraken looked at the orderly expectantly.

"Did you get it?"

"Yeah," the orderly said bitterly as he produced a folder from his coat, "and I nearly lost my job in the process. So you'd better be grateful for this. She went by the name Carroll for future reference."

Without a word Kraken opened the file and started reading.

"Not nails," .05 sighed, "I mean human ones. It's like some weirdo grew their nails long and sharp and just cut these people up."

"Now that is weird," sniffed Séance.

The folder dropped from Kraken's hands, its contents sliding out. Several sheets of paper floated for a few seconds before they hit the floor.

"Are you alright?" the orderly asked, slightly concerned. Only slightly though.

At this inquiry his brothers turned their attention his way.

"Diego?" Space asked.

Séance walked up to him and waved his hands in front of Kraken's face.

"Yoo-hoo?"

"Shut up," snapped Kraken, not so far gone that his brother didn't irritate him.

"He's fine!" called Séance.

Space looked at the scattered he inquired.

"It's Vanya…she's….I can't even begin to…Christ…" he said, running his hands through his hair, "But I need to go home. Now."

As he went for the door the orderly went to his knees and started to pick up the papers.

"Dr. Springheel is gonna be pissed when he sees this," he muttered.

Kraken stopped short and .05 jerked his head up. Séance and Space stopped what they were doing at their brother's shock.

"Dr. Springheel?" asked .05.

"Yeah," said the orderly, starting to feel nervous.

"Dr. JACK Springheel?"

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"So what was wrong with my tests?" asked Vanya as the doctor gave her a shot.

"It was a heh, irregularity in the blood stream," he coughed while putting the syringe away, "Most likely, heh, I didn't, heh, expect you to bring your heh, sister."

"Why does that matter?" Vanya asked blearily.

She frowned suddenly and blinked once.

"What…?" Vanya murmured.

"Is something wrong?" signed Rumor as she turned towards her sister.

"I…I can't feel my arms," Vanya said.

Rumor looked down and indeed saw that her sister's limbs were trembling. It was like she was trying to move them, but couldn't. Rumor turned to ask the doctor what was going on. She was met with a metal hospital pan to the face. Her head lamed up against the opposite metal table, knocking her out and causing a few cuts. Only a few seconds later Vanya fell backwards. All the strength was gone from her limbs, but she was still completely aware of what was going on.

"That's what it, heh, matters," said Springheel Jack.