It was a couple of days before the girl awoke. She looked around, bleary eyed. Where was this place? What was going on? How was the building made of metal? It didn't make any sense.

Frankenstein spoke to her in a low friendly tone, he wasn't sure what language she spoke, so tried Latin first, "Hello, how're you feeling?" he asked her, wondering if she'd understand.

"Who are you?" A completely different tongue, she backed up, assuming a defensive position. She'd fight if she had to. She was strong. She'd always won before.

Hearing the girl speak, Frankenstein recognised the language as Gaelic, a language he knew well. "My name is Frankenstein. You were hurt, so we've been treating your injuries. Don't worry, we mean you no harm." He smiled, hoping he'd be able to put the young girl at ease.

Injuries? Her chest did hurt. Hmm. Maybe he was all right. Still, she glared at the man. She didn't know him. And the last group of strangers she'd encountered had... She shook her head. She didn't want to remember that. That was when she'd gotten hurt.

Frankenstein could see that the girl was still rather troubled, "Are you alright? Are you in any pain?" He asked her. "I'm a doctor, I can help if you like."

"...My chest hurts."

"Alright," Frankenstein looked at the girl's injuries, "Your injuries are still healing, but it'll take time. I can give you some painkillers. That should help for now," he said, handing her a glass of water and a small round white tablet.

She looked at the tablet. What... what was this? Why was it small? This was supposed to make her feel better?

Frankenstein noticed the young girl looking at the tablet in bewilderment, "It's a mild painkiller, it should help ease the pain in your chest," he said, trying to put the young girl at ease.

"Why is it so small?" The things she'd taken before were herbal brews!

"To make it easier to swallow," he replied. He wouldn't tell her about the modern world just yet. He wasn't sure how much she could handle in her current state and didn't want to overwhelm her.

"..." She put the pill in her mouth, waiting for a moment before chugging the water. "Ick! It tastes so bad!"

Frankenstein couldn't help but chuckle. "I'm sorry about that, next time I'll make one that tastes like strawberries."

"...?" How was he gonna do that? Was he gonna go out into the forest and gather that many?

"You should get some rest, then you'll be better in no time," he said, smiling at the young girl.

"..." Very well then. She'd rest, she supposed.

Frankenstein waited for the girl to fall asleep before checking on the others.

Sometime later, it was time to go. They'd made arrangements to create a school for the subjects, and Tao had worked hard to make sure it was built in no time to the specifications needed. Frankenstein, Lunark, and Tejas made sure the new residents wouldn't have any problems settling in. They provided everything they needed and made sure they'd be well looked after for the duration of their stay at the school.

Lunark stretched. "Good. We should get home and check on the boys." Who knew how much Tristan had adapted in the time they'd been gone. That definitely needed to be checked.

Frankenstein smiled, seeing his boys again and introducing them to new family members was rather exciting. "Yes," he replied. They took the young girl home with them as well. Her injuries still needed tending to, so Frankenstein thought it was best she stay with them for the time being.

Walking through the front door was quite the thing. "Ah! Raizel!" The girl had known who the Noblesse was.

And Raizel simply nodded, confused. This was... "Hello, Ashleen."

"Ashleen?" Frankenstein was puzzled, could this young girl be Muzaka's daughter?

"That's my name." She answered Frankenstein.

Frankenstein. How is Muzaka's daughter here alive? I saw her corpse. Raizel was... so confused about this. This wasn't supposed to be possible.

Master, I'm as surprise about it as you are, we went to check out a reanimation project at an abandoned Union base. Ashleen was one of the subjects, along with Tesamu. Frankenstein replied, although he wasn't sure who'd been responsible for placing them in stasis.

She needs to be returned to Muzaka. If Ashleen lived, then she should be sent to her parent.

I agree, I've brought her here to treat her injuries, of all those in stasis, her injuries were the most severe. She should be completely healed in the next couple of days. Then we can take her to Muzaka, for now though, we should inform him. Ashleen still needed to be taken care of, but at a time like this, as much as he hated Muzaka, he wouldn't stop him from coming to visit them.

Raizel nodded. Did they even have a quick way to contact them though? How do we tell Muzaka? There was visiting him, but then, they'd just gotten back.

When we went to the werewolf territory to heal Muzaka, I was able to contact Tao, we should be able to use that same technology now, provided their systems are fully operational. He explained.

Oh. Okay then. Raizel simply nodded.

Frankenstein nodded in reply before turning to Lunark. "Luna, do you know whether the werewolves have managed to repair their damaged communication systems?" he asked.

"They should be fine." Huh. "So... Muzaka's girl then?" She asked Ashleen in the werewolf tongue, curious if she knew it or not.

Ashleen looked at the woman curiously before responding in the same tongue, "You know Muzaka? He's my uncle," she replied. "Can I meet him?"

"You can see him when you're better, if we can't get ahold of him first so that he comes to see you."

"Okay," she replied. She was going to make sure to give him a piece of her mind when she met him again, but first she needed to heal.

"She says she wants to see Muzaka," she told the others with her.

"Right then, let's see if we can reach him." Frankenstein said, looking at Tao. He turned to Ashleen. "You don't need to worry, Muzaka will be here in a few days, if he isn't then we'll take you to him."

"Okay." Well, if they were taking her back to him, she supposed it was fine.

"I'll go see if I can reach him." Tao went to his room and booted up his communication system, typing in the paths he needed to reach the werewolves.

"Right then, let's get dinner ready shall we." Frankenstein and Takeo worked together quickly to prepare several lavish dishes making sure to include plenty of meat dishes, as well as everyone's favourites.

As they all sat down to eat, Frankenstein got everyone's attention. "Everyone, I have something to tell you all. This is Tesamu, he'll be staying with us from now on." He smiled, happy his student was back and would now be a part of their family.

"Tesamu?" Huh. Wait! "ANOTHER 'T' NAME!" T5 here he came! And he was the leader, of course.

"Yes, he was my student a long time ago, he doesn't speak Korean just yet, he speaks Vulgar Latin." Frankenstein replied, he'd have to teach Tesamu some basic Korean later. He turned to Tesamu, "You're going to be part of our family now. You'll be safe here with us." He smiled at the young child.

"Part of your family?" So Teacher was going to keep him now?

"Yes," Frankenstein felt it best to explain what had happened to the boy. "The Union you once worked for, no longer exists. So, it'd be better for you to stay here with me, if you'd like to that is?" he asked, he didn't want Tesamu to think he had no choice in the matter.

"It's gone?" What had happened?

"Yes," Frankenstein explained everything that had gone on within the Union and the events that had lead them to now. He also explained about Nobles, Werewolves and Modified Humans so he wouldn't be afraid.

His face twisted with disgust. "You... allied with the nobles and werewolves!? What happened to them being the scourge of humanity!?" What had happened to Teacher!? He'd hated them, especially nobles, with a passion! Bloodsucking vampires who had taken their homes! Vile dogs who started wars for their own ends!

"Yes, they're not as bad as we were told by the Union. They also said some pretty terrible things about me, when they sent you to watch me, did they not?" he asked Tesamu, hoping he'd be open to reason.

Well. Yeah, but that was different! Teacher was teacher! And Tesamu said as much.

Frankenstein felt it was best to not tell him about Lunark or his Master just yet, he'd let the boy adjust.

At least they had more humans that were enhanced, like Teacher was. They were on even footing now. So he guessed maybe what was left were those they hadn't destroyed, for some reason.

"Ah, Boss. Muzaka wasn't available, but he'll contact us when he is." That was what he'd been told. "So he'll probably send a transmission later tonight."

Frankenstein nodded. He'd wait for Muzaka's transmission later. Which reminded him, "I've been away for several weeks, so I'll need for all of you to have a check-up." He smiled, wondering how much his children had improved while he was away.

"All right!" Tao picked up the dishes for Tristan and Takeo to get started on. He could be first while they waited for them.

Frankenstein looked at his Master and Lunark, "I think it would be best if the two of you were to have a check-up, as well." he smiled, he would have to check how his Master's baby was doing, and how Dark Spear was affecting Lunark.

The two look confused, but nodded. They could go along with this. They followed him into the labs, along with Tao. Tristan and Takeo would join them when they were done with dishes.

"Right, let's get started." He started with Tao, since his check-up would be the most straightforward. He ran the usual check and scans, after a few moments, Tao's check-up was complete. He'd check on the others while he waited for the results to finish processing. "So, who's next?" Frankenstein asked, setting up the Ultrasound machine.

"Sure, why not?" She didn't know what Frankenstein wanted to check. Was there something wrong with her? Dark Spear hadn't left her womb... was she infertile now?

Frankenstein sensed she might be worried, so tried to put her at ease. "Don't worry, it's just a simple check-up. I want to make sure Dark Spear isn't causing you any adverse problems."

She nodded. "I feel fine, just..." Dark Spear was there. And Dark Spear was capable of many terrible things.

Frankenstein moved over to her, taking her hand, "I promise, I won't let anything happen to you."

Lunark smiled weakly, nodding. "So, you'll be taking a look at where Dark Spear is then?"

Wait. "Lunark has Dark Spear?! Since when?" This was news to Tao.

Takeo and Tristan had just entered the lab as Tao made his remark. "What?" Takeo asked worried, about Lunark if what Tao just said was true. Lunark and Raizel didn't know how to explain that. They'd just let Frankenstein do the talking.

"Yes, the Dark Spear is inside Luna." Frankenstein told them of how he and Lunark were trying to have a child together, but later found out that their unborn child had been devoured by the Dark Spear. He told them that after devouring their child it remained inside Lunark and no longer having the Dark Spear was the cause of his recent illness.

"Oh." That was... "...I'm sorry, Boss." Lunark looked still a bit disturbed by that too, if Tao was right.

Raizel looked a bit confused. "There was never an aura or soul separate from Dark Spear's within her."

"No separate aura?" Did that mean they hadn't been successful in creating a child? If that was the case, then why did Dark Spear abandon him and find a new host?

He shook his head. "I'd have sensed if another soul had been created."

Frankenstein had so many questions, but couldn't find the ones he needed to ask, he wondered if his Master would know the answers. "Shall we find out what's going on then?" he asked Lunark, getting rather worried about what was happening.

Lunark nodded, lifting her shirt for him. He probably needed access to bare skin to scan.

Frankenstein coated the probe with lubricating gel and moved it over Lunark's stomach to see what was happening with the Dark Spear. He looked at the monitor, as he moved the probe across her skin.

Eventually, across the monitor came a small object, around four centimetres in size. It would almost be a human foetus of around nine weeks, were it not for the tail. Lunark could not see the monitor, turned as it was towards Frankenstein.

Frankenstein looked at the monitor in disbelief. He turned it to Lunark so she could see what was happening. "You're pregnant," he told her with a smile, he pointed out the features of the foetus, so Lunark could see her baby.

She... she was? Then what was? Why was Dark Spear in her womb? "Then Dark Spear... is it supposed to be our child?" Or was this simply an unviable pregnancy?

"I'm not certain," he responded, "Perhaps Dark Spear merged with our child." He looked to his Master to see if he could shed some light on the situation.

"Raizel said he didn't sense a second soul." So either Dark Spear was the child now, or they were just in there and the foetus was already dead. Even if it was still growing. She really didn't know how to feel about this. Her lips pressed together. "I suppose I'll be needing more regular check-ups then." This would need keeping an eye on.

"Yes, that will be the case." Frankenstein responded, although it seemed like the Dark Spear was their child, he wasn't sure how he felt about it.

Still, she smiled. "It did work though." They'd been successful at making a child, even if... even if this wasn't something either of them would have wanted.

Frankenstein smiled back, only time would tell, he thought. He helped Lunark get cleaned up and asked his Master if he would like to see his child.

Raizel considered it for a moment, then nodded, unbuttoning his shirt and taking the egg out. If they could see inside it...

Frankenstein was in shock, seeing his Master remove the Egg from his stomach, he wasn't aware his Master could do that. Frankenstein was careful, handling his Master's unborn child. He took the lubricating gel, rubbed it on the Egg and moved the probe over it, as he had with Lunark just moments before.

With no yolk, it was exactly like when he'd looked at Lunark's stomach. But that... the eyes were in a different place, and the arms were formed differently. There was really no substance to the torso, most of the bulk of... whatever this was... being in the head and lower part of the body.

Frankenstein wasn't sure what he was looking at, but nonetheless, he talked his Master through the Ultrasound. Some areas were obvious, others not so much, but he did his best. Raizel looked pleased to see them, smiling through the whole thing. His baby was cute.

Once he'd finished, Frankenstein cleaned the gel off the Egg, before handing it back to his Master, he then printed out a picture of the Ultrasound handing it to his Master. He performed check-ups on Takeo and Tristan, next making sure they were both coping well with the changes. A few moments later, Tejas arrived with Tesamu and Ashleen. It was time for the two of them to also have a check-up. Frankenstein began with Tesamu. "You're doing great, there aren't any adverse effects from being in stasis for too long, but we'll need to keep an eye on your condition."

Tesamu nodded, carefully taking in what Frankenstein was doing to check his condition. He'd need to know that later. Once he was done, he moved out of the way to let the brunette girl up.

Frankenstein gave Ashleen a check-up, "You've healed a lot since the last time, you'll be feeling better in no time," he said to her. He'd probably have to give her some painkillers to help her sleep, but she wouldn't need any further treatment.

"Okay." If she was getting better, there were no issues. Good. She hopped down from the examination table, and instantly regretted the pain that lanced through her chest. She really did need to take more care while injured.

Frankenstein noticed the young girl grimace, "Is everything alright?" he asked.

"Just pain." It was normal since she'd woken up. She'd probably just stretched her stitches.

"I'll give you some painkillers for that. In a few more days, the pain should be gone as well." he smiled.

"All right." That was good. And then she could go back to Muzaka. And finally convince him to teach her how to fight.