More than a week later, Ashley woke up and looked at her window. Leaves were falling from the trees and the weather was getting a little colder. Ashley looked at Ciel, who was still sleeping. Ashley went to the bathroom to get dressed. When she came back, she looked at the calendar. "Today's Lancer's birthday. I wonder if he's coming back." said Ashley to herself. She fed Ciel some medicine before leaving the room to go downstairs. She saw everyone waiting on breakfast.
"Good morning."
"Hey. Do you remember Holy Lancer?" asked Lightning. Ashley nodded while she took her seat beside Aitetsu.
"What about him?" asked Ashley.
"He's supposed to be coming back today. And like Lightning, Ivy, Brave, Ultimate, Radical, and Hansel, he has changed a lot since we saw him last." said White Edge. Suddenly the door knocked.
"Do you want me to go get that?" asked Punkish to Ashley.
"Go ahead." Punkish got up and answered the door. Standing by the doorway was a Len module with blonde hair like all of the Len modules, cerulean blue eyes, and he was wearing a black shirt with a light blue tie around his neck and a black-and-white striped jacket over his shirt. He was also wearing white jeans and mismatched boots on his feet.
"Punkish, is it? Nice to see you again." said the Len module as he shook hands with Punkish.
"Hello, Lancer." said Punkish.
"Can I come in? It's kind of chilly out here." asked Lancer. Punkish let him inside the house. He saw everyone, including Hansel, Ivy, Brave, Lightning, Radical, and Ultimate.
"Why am I not surprised to see your faces again?" asked Lancer with anger in his voice.
"Come on, let's not fight today. I'm not in the mood for it today." said Ivy.
"And besides, we have a baby here. We don't want to argue while she's here." said Hansel.
"Baby? Where?" asked Lancer. He saw Starmine feeding Amanda.
"Starmine, I didn't know you're a mom now." said Lancer.
"I've been a mother for only a few months. Ashley's the father." said Starmine.
"Oh. Congratulations, guys. You 2 make a cute couple. And you always had a thing for Starmine, Ashley." said Lancer.
"Thanks, Lancer. By the way, happy birthday." said Ashley.
"Oh, thank you for actually remembering my birthday. Do you remember the day when we met?" asked Lancer. Ashley nodded.
The date was November 3rd, 2008. Ashley was raking some leaves outside with a little help from Ciel. Suddenly, the 2 saw a new Len module walk up to them. "Hi. Are you Ashley Cox?" asked the Len module.
"Yes. Are you new?"
"Yep. I was created a few hours ago, actually. My name is Holy Lancer, but you can just call me Lancer because it's shorter. I'm in the song Holy Lance Explosion Boy." said Lancer.
"Nice to meet you. Oh, I forgot. Lancer, this is Ciel. Ciel is going to be one of your brothers."
"Pleased to meet you, Ciel." said Lancer. Ciel just hid behind Ashley.
"Is he shy?" he asked. Ashley nodded.
"Don't worry. When we first met, he was shy back then, too." said Ashley.
"Ciel was pretty shy when we met. Speaking of Ciel, where is he?" asked Lancer. Everyone's faces turned sad.
"Don't tell me he's dead?!"
"No! Of course not. He's just really sick."
"Oh, phew. Wait, how did he get sick?"
"We don't know, to be honest. But he's been sick for almost 5 months." said Starmine.
"Oh. I really liked Ciel, too." said Lancer. He looked over at Trickster, who was making something.
"What you making there, Trickster?" asked Lancer.
"It's going to be your birthday present. Here you go." said Trickster as he gave him a topaz necklace.
"Wow. My birthstone. Thanks so much." said Lancer. He began to put it around his neck. Suddenly, the gray stone began to glow.
"Why is it glowing like that?" asked Lancer to Ashley.
"It was one of Trickster's necklaces. They're supposed to glow like that. Don't worry. It's harmless." said Ashley. After a few seconds, the glowing stopped.
"Well, thank you for my birthday present, Trickster. I really love it." said Lancer.
"No problem." said Trickster.
"Alright, guys. Eat up." said Crane as he handed out everyone's breakfast.
"By the way, have you guys thought of getting married?" asked Lancer. Starmine and Ashley almost spit out their drinks when he said that and looked at each other and blushed.
"Who gave you that idea?" asked Ashley.
"I don't know. You're a cute couple. You deserve to get married. And you already have a kid." said Lancer.
"I think we're waiting for the right time, Lancer. Ultimate asked me the same thing a few months ago." said Starmine. Ultimate nodded.
"Oh. Well, Ashley, make sure you give him a nice-looking ring." said Lancer.
"Lancer! You're embarrassing me." said Ashley.
"And me." said Starmine.
"Sorry." said Lancer.
That night, Ashley brought Lancer to her room because he wanted to see Ciel. "He's really sick, huh?" he asked his manager. Ashley nodded. She opened the door to her room. Lancer just stared at Ciel, who was sleeping.
"You said that he's been sick for 5 months?" asked Lancer.
"Yeah. And the medicine that Spacy is giving me isn't working. Did you visit Astray today?" asked Ashley. Astray is a Rin module and is Lancer's girlfriend.
"Yeah, and she really missed me. She also wished me a happy birthday." said Lancer. He watched as Ashley fed the sick Len module some medicine.
"I have to feed him medicine every morning, afternoon, and evening or else he'll start coughing up blood." said Ashley.
"Blood?" asked Lancer. Ashley nodded.
"Well, I better get to bed. And I think you should, too." said Ashley.
"Good idea. I'll see you in the morning. And get better soon, Ciel." said Lancer as he left the room to go to his own. He instantly fell asleep once his body hit his bed.