Let us get to the aftermath of all this. Might learn something unexpected at the end, I've kept you all suspended for it long enough.

Ch 31: My Heart Returned

(Third Person Pov)

Alastor went flying out the window of the studio. Glass shattered around them. He was not afraid even though they were about 20 stories up. It was not the best plan, but it was the only one he had on quick thought.

Heart felt the rush of wind hit her face as Alastor broke through the window. She protected her face from the shattered glass. As a national reaction from the feeling of falling, she let out her wings. She snuck them out from underneath of Alastor's jacket that was still on her and spread them out, holding onto Alastor tightly, wrapping her legs around him as well. Alastor sensed this and was thankful for it. He would have gotten down his own way, but this worked just as good. They gently glided to the ground.

In front of the building, everyone was still fighting but they were all exhausted. Some of the demons had ran away or just stopped fighting but there was still a good handful left. Where was Alastor? They do not know how much more they could take. They soon saw him, but he was...a deer? That was new. They saw the wings and they automatically knew. Alastor had found heart and saved her.

When Alastor's hooves hit the ground, Heart's wings went back up and under the jacket.

Alastor started running. "Retreat everyone! Let's go!" He yelled to them as he ran past.

They didn't have to be told twice as they finished off a few more demons and took off after him.

Russ had turned back into his humanoid form and started to run, but then stopped and looked back, "What about Angel?" He questioned.

Charlie turned to look at the snake demon. "He's still inside?!" Charlie asked.

"He must be! I never saw him come out." Russ said in a panic.

Kota ran up next to Russ, "Let's go in and find him. I will help you. I have a good nose."

Russ nodded. "Thanks Kota."

Charlie frowned, "Be careful you two. Meet us back at the hotel!" Charlie then ran again after Alastor.

Both nodded and ran back to the studio. Some of the demons that were left they easily took care of. Vox was still being tortured by Alastor's tentacles, screaming in pain as one of them had ripped off his arm. They glanced at him and winced before going in. Kota sniffed around the lobby area to see if he could get a scent on Angel. He picked something up, it had to be the spider demon. Kota knew his smell well. His nose down, he followed it to an elevator. Kota sniffed the door a moment and around the doors.

"Which way did he go?" Russ wondered with slight worry.

"He went down." Kota said, pulling his head away.

Russ looked at Kota with a surprised look. "How can you tell?"

"I smelled the buttons." Kota said and pushed the down button for the elevator.

"Wow, you do have a good nose." Russ complemented.

"Thanks, in my demon form my senses are heightened. Comes in handy sometimes." Kota told him.

The elevator arrived and the two stepped in. Kota sniffed around again. He smelled Angel but it was mixed with another demon, it was probably that scientist. Kota sniffed around and then sniffed the buttons, one had that scientist demon's smell more on it. Kota pushed it.

The elevator went down. Kota looked over at Russ, he still seemed nervous as he tapped his foot against the floor of the elevator.

The wolf placed a hand on Russ's shoulder. "Angel will be ok. He can take care of himself. We'll find him in one piece."

Russ sighed "I know he can, but I can't help but worry still."

"I understand. It's just that gut feeling we always have." Kota said to him with a toothy smile.

The elevator stopped and the door opened. They were met with a bright hallway. Kota walked out and sniffed around. Oh yes, Angel was down here. Kota went and followed the smell.

Then they heard a yell from down the hallway.

"You have got to be shittin' me!"

It was Angel.

The two looked at each other before running down the hallway. They heard more yelling and then turned to an opened door.

When they turned inside they saw Angel holding a tommy gun to the head of a red furred wolf demon with a lab coat on. The wolf demon was sitting at a desk, his hands in the air. He had a look of fear on his face as Angel held his gun to the demon's head. Angel had a lot of anger in his eyes.

"Angel!" Russ called out.

Angel looked up and saw the two in the doorway. He was surprised to see them.

"Russ? Kota?" Angel kept the gun pointed at the scientist as he glanced over to them. "What are yous guys doin here?"

Russ stepped forward towards him, "When we didn't see you come out of the building, I got worried. Kota used his nose to help me find you." He explained.

"Did Alastor find Heart?" Angel asked them.

Russ nodded with a smile. "He did. They are all heading back to the hotel now."

Angel seemed calm for a moment and sighed in relief, but his calmness disappeared quickly as it came. "I'm glad, but we have another big problem." He slanted his eyes. "And Alastor is not going to be happy about it one bit." Angel turned his attention back to the scientist. "Tell them what you told me."

The wolf demon flinched.

"Angel, what's going on with this?" Kota questioned.

"This jagoff was experimentin' on Heart. He did something to her!" Angel yelled.

"Experimenting? For what?" Russ wondered and looked to the wolf demon scientist.

Angel pushed the gun to the wolf demon's head. "Tell them, ya fucking asshole!"

"Ok ok I'll tell them! Please don't hurt me. Please! This has been my life's work since I came down here." the scientist pleaded.

"You aint going to have a life no more if you don't start talkin." Angel warned.

"I swear to you I didn't know she was his. I'm telling the truth. Mr. Valentino never told me. If I would have known I wouldn't have done it." The scientist explained.

"Bullshit." Angel huffed. "Talk!"

The wolf flinched again from the tone of Angel's voice. "Alright. Gather around the computer."

Kota and Russ went up to the desk behind Angel.

"We're all ears." Kota growled, intimidating the scientist.

The wolf demon gulped and then went to his computer and started to pull stuff up to show them. "I titled it, PDS."

[With everyone else]

Alastor ran. Never in his life has he ran as fast as he did now. His heart pounded against his chest. He heard it in his ears. His breathing was heavy. All he felt was adrenalin going through his veins. He just wanted to get away. Run away as fast as he could. Don't look back. His legs burned especially with the extra weight of Heart on his back. He did not care. He needed to get her away from there. Had to get back to the hotel. Get her to safety.

Heart had passed out on his back but kept her grip around his neck. He was worried when her breath got shallower and she didn't respond to him. He cursed those bastards up and down for this.

Blood was still falling from Hearts wounds, soaking his jacket that still was on her and covering his fur, but he didn't care. He was already covered in the blood of others. Hers is the last one he expected to have though.

All he cared about was getting her back.

He saw the hotel in sight. Finally. He looked back to see that his friends were still behind him, he was leaving them in the dust, but he couldn't help it. He just had so much adrenaline and just wanted to run. He was glad the mission was successful though. Alastor was glad to have such amazing friends help him with this. Of course, some of them did this for her and not so much for him. He got Heart out of there before they did anything else to her. Part of him wished that he could have killed the damned overlords but that would have to be another time.

Alastor ran into the hotel, he honestly felt bad having blown the doors off earlier, but he didn't care about that right now. He didn't know where to put her at first, but then thought she would rather be comfortable and took her upstairs and to his old hotel room. When he got to the door, he transformed out of being a deer. Heart was still on his back and he put his one arm around her to make sure she did not fall. The Radio Demon opened the door and headed inside. He pulled back the covers of the bed and gently laid her down. He slipped her arms out of his jacket but kept it under her still.

Her wounds needed tending to. Some still bleed or just looked bad. They were unattended to and that angered him that they didn't take care of her. He wanted to dress her so she would be decent, but at the same time she was so banged up that it would be pointless to ruin clothes that way. Alastor knew he was no medic of any kind, but he still needed to do something. He went to the bathroom in his room to grab the medic kit that was in there. Most of her body was covered in marks and some of her skin was just black and blue.

He heard a knock at his door, "Alastor?" It was Charlie behind the door.

They must have finally caught up to him and they were probably just as worried.

"I want to be alone right now." Alastor told her.

"Alastor can we at least see Heart?" Charlie wondered.

Alastor looked down at the girl on the bed, they couldn't see her like this.

Alastor sighed, "No, wait till I treat her. She is very injured. You can come see her when I'm done." Alastor took a pause. "I just…I just want some alone time with her right now." He said between shaking breaths.

Charlie was silent for a moment. "I understand Al. I'll be back in a little while." She said. He heard her walk away down the hall.

Alastor turned his attention back to the demon girl on the bed. He tried his best to put something on the wounds so that they could heal. As he did this, he was just caressing her skin on spots that were not marked. He just looked at her, his eyes just couldn't leave her form. She just looked awful. If she were gone any longer, he didn't want to think of what would have happened. He knew that these marks and that would go away within a few days, but they probably would never leave his mind. He would try to bandage up the area as best he could, placing gauze on it and taping it to her. She had so many scratches and marks on her left arm that he had to wrap up the whole thing.

Her legs weren't marked as bad, thank goodness, but he saw some puncture wounds from claws though going down her thighs. Probably where Valentino grabbed her a lot and held onto her. He treated those and tried his best to get everything.

He had to flip her over so he could get her back some way, he didn't want to hurt her. She was still unconscious so she would not be waking up anytime soon probably. He used his powers to hover her off the bed and then gently flip her over and lay her back down. Alastor was in shock at the state of her back. There were so many deep claw marks that ran down the whole length of her back, some even to her butt cheeks. Alastor again started to treat her back as best he could. Part of him was glad she wasn't awake; he didn't want to picture how much she would be screaming in pain. He could only imagine how these would heal though; they'd probably turn to scars. Once he was done treating her back, he then just decided to wrap up all around. Using his powers to hold her in the air slightly he wrapped her up. She was just covered in a bandage from her chest to her stomach. It was a horrible site to see for Alastor.

He checked her wings for injuries but saw none, luckily those were ok. They weren't even broken. He ran his hands along the appendages. Feeling the soft leathery feel of her wings under his fingers. It was weird to just see them just lay limp on her though, he was so use to her wings moving and twitching with his touch. He moved his one hand to her tail as well, it just laid lifeless to the side of her. Alastor just rand his fingers through the fur, part of it was so matted. Alastor knew the girl liked to keep her tail nice. He went to the drawer of the bedside table and pulled out a brush to take care of the girl's tail, doing it gently as he ran it through her fur. He knew how much Heart liked it when he brushed her tail. Some days she could not stop wagging it, so it made it hard to do so. Alastor gave a chuckle at the thought. His chuckled soon died because this was not the same as those other times. Her tail was just so lifeless in his hands, it almost put him on the edge.

He missed her. All of her. He let out a sigh as he gently laid her tail back down, now fully brushed.

When he was all done, he used his magic to flip her back over onto her back. He made sure her wings were tucked right under her then positioned her tail to the side. He reached down and grabbed the blanket of the bed then covered her with it. At least now she can be covered a little for the time being. Alastor looked down at her calm face. He reached out and gently glided his fingers across her one cheek.

As he looked down at her, he just felt anger grow within him. Not only because of them doing this to her, but because his dark and twisted mind was toying with him. He didn't know how to feel. Betrayal ran into his mind a moment. The sinking thought of her being touched then bedded by another besides himself; she was tainted in his eyes. The marks on her where not his. Marked by another to say that she was there's. This was his prey, how dare they. A disgusting creature of hell. It angered him. The thought of, 'How dare she do this to him.' And 'She's now a tainted little whore.' ran over and over in his mind. He felt the static in him rise a moment from this. He almost wanted to hurt her himself from doing this to him. His hand almost reached out to grab her by her throat, but he held back.

Alastor quickly shook his head and his static died.

No, Heart did not betray his love. How dare his mind even call her such names. What the hell was wrong with him? She was forced against her own will to do the things she did with Valentino because of his control over her. She would never do this to him on purpose and he would never hurt her. Emotions in his way. He tried to push that bad thought aside. All the things that happened to her were forced onto her. She was still his no matter what.

The deer demon placed his hand on her cheek gently and then leaned down to plan a kiss on top of her forehead. As he stayed there a moment, his ears went flat against his head. The whole time he was tending to her, he tried to keep a smile but soon it slowly faded, and his mouth was a thin line. He was not dressed. The Radio Demon started crying. He was having all these emotions running through him, he knew this would be next. He placed his forehead against hers. Tears fell from his eyes like a constant stream. Never had he cried this hard before. He didn't cry much to begin with, but this...this was different. Just the thought of Heart being gone, then saving her so she could come back to him. It was almost a happiness mixed with sadness. At the same time, he was afraid. He was afraid he lost her. That he would never see her again. It was all his fault this happened. He let out a sob from crying. He was glad no one was in the room to see him like this. The last thing he needed was to have someone see him hit this low. Pitifully crying and sobbing over a girl. He had no shame though. His heart was broken from her being gone, then seeing her the way she was only added to the heartbreak. Now that she was back, it was almost hard to believe.

She wasn't just any demon though to him. No, she was more to him then just that. He loved her, more than he had ever loved another. Except maybe his own mother. To him, she was someone that lifted his spirits high and made him feel like a better person. Keep him under control from his wicked actions. At least to a point. She was almost like a light in the darkness and her light pierced his heart like nothing ever has before. She was herself, there was nothing special about her; no powers or anything magical. So what? It didn't matter to him; she was special in her own way. And he loved that about her. To lose that feeling he got from her, he didn't even know how he would react.

He slowly fell to his knees besides the bed. His head now laid on the bed beside her arm. His hands slid from her cheek and laid on her chest a moment before he reached under the blanket to pull out her right hand. He held it tightly in his own. He then brought it to his forehead as he continued to cry. He had no words. They weren't needed. He was just glad to have her back right now. To see her face and feel her again under his fingers. Another sob escaped past his lips. He gently took his other hand and rubbed up and down her arm lightly, being careful of the bandages.

Alastor had to calm himself. He took deep breaths. Taking one in deep and letting it out shaky. His sobs went away slowly. The tears slowed down but he still had them falling. He stayed there on his knees though beside the bed. Alastor didn't want to leave her side. He wouldn't. Not again. Not after he has just gotten her back. He let out a breath he was holding in and just relaxed himself. He was also very tired from everything today. Usually a lot of his powers drained his energy, so he was so worn out as well. He had come down from that emotional high and finally just rested his head on the bed. His hand was still holding hers as he closed his eyes.

With everyone downstairs: Charlie and Vaggie where on the couch by the fireplace. Husk and Nifty were at the bar in their own conversation. Lizzy was in the lobby pacing. The wolf girl could not keep still. Alastor didn't let anyone in to see Heart and that aggravated her. She understood that he was taking care of her, but it angered her still. She wanted to see her sister! She was also worried about Kota since he has not come back yet.

Lizzy growled again.

She turned to Charlie and Vaggie who sat on the couch. "Charlie, it's been 45 minutes since you went up there. Can you please go check again?" Lizzy asked with worry in her voice. "I'm just worried. I'm sorry."

Charlie looked over to Lizzy with a frown. She understood her worry since Heart was her sister after all.

Charlie stood up from the couch and out of Vaggie's arms. "Don't worry Lizzy. I'll go check on them."

Lizzy nodded and continued pacing, lost in thought.

Vaggie grabbed Charlie's hand. Charlie looked down at the moth demon girl. "Charlie, you want me to go up there with you?" Vaggie asked.

"No, it will be ok. Stay here and watch over everyone ok?" Charlie told her.

Vaggie nodded.

Charlie headed up the steps and went down the hallway to Alastor's hotel room. She slowed as she got to the door. She paused a moment to see if she could hear anything but didn't. The girl knocked. She got no sound.

"Alastor?" She knocked again. "Can we come in?" Charlie asked.

The Demon Princess waited a few moments but again heard nothing. Not even any footsteps. She was worried still though.

"Al, I'm sorry but I'm coming in. We are all worried downstairs." Charlie said sternly.

She turned the knob and it was unlocked.

Charlie slowly opened the door to the room and peaked inside. What she saw, made her just aw at the sight. Alastor had fallen asleep next to the bed on his knees while holding Heart's hand. Charlie carefully walked closer to the bed and looked at Heart. She almost let out a gasp in shock from what she did see. Heart was still asleep on the bed and covered up to her chest. Charlie saw all the black and blue marks on parts of her body and the bandages that Alastor had covered her in. There were so many. She only imagined how worse the rest of her body was.

Charlie brought her hand to her lips as she cried at the sight of her friend. They did so much to her. She understood now why Alastor had told them not to come in. Heart was just in such bad shape. Sure, her wounds would heal in a few days, but who knows what would be left behind once they were. Charlie felt sorry for Alastor to see her like this and that Heart had to be treated like some doll to some demons.

Charlie went to the other side of the bed and looked down at Heart, she brushed some hair out of the girl's face. "Oh Heart, I'm so sorry."

Charlie stood there a few more moments before she decided to walk out away from the bed and out of the room to leave the two alone.

Charlie closed the door slowly and made sure to not make much noise. She stood there and cried against the door a moment. She took deep breaths to calm herself and headed back down to the lobby. She slowly walked downstairs. Her mind just so lost in thought.

Lizzy was still pacing in the lobby. When she saw Charlie walking back down the steps, she quickly walked up to her.

"Charlie, what's the news?" Lizzy quickly asked.

Charlie was caught off guard by the wolf demon girl at first because she was lost in thought, but quickly had her mind come back. "What?" The Princess asked.

Lizzy groaned. "Can we go see Heart or not?" She asked with a slight growl.

"Oh yes, right." Charlie looked down. "I would recommend not going in there right now." She told her.

Lizzy's ears went back in anger. "Why not!?" She growled.

Charlie sighed. "She's resting. They both are. Alastor fell asleep up there with her by the bed." Charlie looked back up the stairs. "I think we should leave them to rest a little while. They've both been through a lot."

Lizzy cast her eyes down a moment and sighed. "Can you at least tell me how my sister is?"

Charlie looked back at her with a sad gaze. "She's pretty beat up. Alastor took care of her wounds but I don't know how they will heal."

Lizzy just balled her hands into fists. She turned quickly and headed to the front of the hotel. "I'm going to smoke." Was all she said as she walked out the hole where the doors used to be.

Charlie sighed as she watched Lizzy go and walked back over to Vaggie with her head down. She went and sat down then let out a breath.

"She's that bad huh?" Vaggie wondered, breaking their silence.

Charlie nodded slowly. "She almost looked like a mummy from how wrapped up she was." The image she saw flashed in her head. Charlie put her head in her hands. "I don't know what to do Vaggie."

Vaggie wrapped an arm around Charlie's shoulders. "There isn't much you can do, hun. All we can do now is just playthings by ear."

Charlie sighed again. "I know, but it's just so hard."

Vaggie frowned and just held the Princess close. "Things will be ok Charlie. It will take time, but I'm sure things will go up from here." Vaggie reassured her.

"I hope so." Charlie breathed.

The two didn't know how wrong they were.

Alastor opened his eyes back up again. He snapped his head up and looked around a moment. He was surprised he fell asleep. Hopefully, it was not for too long. He looked at the clock and saw that it's only been an hour since he last looked at it last. He then looked back to Heart on the bed, she was still passed out. He imagined how tired she was from all this, so he let her sleep.

Alastor saw that his hand was still holding hers. He held it tight a moment then leaned down and placed a kiss on top of her hand. The deer demon stood up slowly from where he was on the side of the bed. He looked down at Heart and ran the back of his fingers against her cheek. He leaned down and kissed her forehead again.

"I love you, my little wolf." Alastor whispered as he pulled away from her.

He figured he should probably let everyone come in and see her. He was sure they are all still worried. Alastor didn't want to leave her though, not alone. He didn't trust to be away from her side. He was reluctant to leave at first. Maybe he should be safe about it. He took extra precaution and summoned 7 shadows around the bed.

He looked sternly at them. "Look after her while I'm gone. I won't be long." Alastor ordered.

They all glanced at Heart in bed. The smallest one made a purr noise and got into bed by Heart and laid down by her arm. Alastor smiled and then walked out of the room quickly. He headed out into the hall stretched a moment and headed down to the lobby. As he got to the top of the steps, he looked down to see Charlie and Vaggie on the couch. Husk and Nifty were at the bar. Lizzy was outside the front of the hotel, smoking, the doors were still blown off from earlier.

Alastor then noticed some of the people that came with him were not there. Where was Angel Dust, Russ, and Kota?

He walked down the steps and as he did, Charlie noticed him. "Alastor!" The girl jumped up from the couch and went over to him. "Are you ok? How is Heart doing?" Charlie quickly asked.

Everyone looked in the direction of Charlie's cheer and now all eyes were on him. Nifty walked away from the bar and up next to Charlie.

"Please tell us she is ok?" Nifty added.

Alastor let out a chuckle and patted the Princess's head. "I'm ok now, doing much better than I have been. Heart is still asleep, I'm afraid, but if you guys want to go see her...you can." Alastor answered her with a small smile. "I have a few shadow's watching her so be weary."

Lizzy flicked her ears at hearing Alastor say it was ok to see Heart. She took a hit of her cigarette then threw it to the ground and ran back into the hotel. She ran past Alastor and up the stairs. The wolf girl was worried about her sister. Nifty walked past Alastor as well and followed.

"Thanks for taking care of her." Charlie said with a smile.

"I always will. I want to thank you for helping me get her back." Alastor told her, his smile widening on his face.

"I was happy to help Al. Everyone was happy to lend a hand. We did it. Together." Charlie replied.

Alastor gave a small chuckle. "I guess that's true. Either way, I will thank you. From the bottom of my heart." Alastor then bowed slightly to her. He stood back up straight. "May I ask. Where is Angel, Russ and Kota? Did they not return with you?"

Charlie shrugged, "I don't know where they are. Russ and Kota went back into the studio to look for Angel."

"He didn't come out?" Alastor was surprised as he tilted his head slightly.

"No, none of us saw him." Charlie frowned.

"He went in to look for the scientist he saw yesterday. Angel said he wanted to find him because he was a key in all this." Alastor explained.

"A key? In what way?" Charlie questioned as she put a finger to her chin.

"I have no idea. I guess if they come back, we'll find out." Alastor said.

Alastor's request for that was soon answered as they heard footsteps running into the hotel. Alastor and Charlie looked to see the three they mentioned all walk in. Kota was still in his demon form and something was slung over his shoulder. Angel still had his gun out, but his other set of arms were wrapped around Russ as they walked.

"There you boys are!" Charlie said as she stepped away from Alastor a little. "We were worried about you."

"Sorry there babe. We got distracted." Angel answered her. "But we came back successful."

Kota took the thing off his shoulder and they realized that it was a wolf demon. He was tied up and gagged, his eyes wide and scared as he looked around. The demon looked at Alastor and then started to freak out and yell behind his gag. He tried to back up from the deer demon.

"Shut up!" Kota warned and made the wolf demon sit on the floor.

Alastor walked up to them. "Is this the scientist that you were talking about Angel?"

"Sure, is and I was right that he was involved." Angel told him.

Alastor then felt a spike in his power from anger. "He was, was he." Alastor said in a deep static voice as he looked at the wolf demon on the floor.

Angel stood in front of the wolf demon. "Don't kill him. He has something important to tell you." Angel glanced over his shoulder and down at the demon. "Don't you?" Angel said with a deep angered voice.

"To tell me?" Alastor questioned as his power died down.

Angel turned back to Alastor. "Al, he was experimentin' on Heart while she was there. What we found out from this guy...you're probably not goin' to like." Angel let out a sigh. "Just please don't kill him ok?"

"I figured as much she was. I saw a sign on the door of the room she was being held in. Valentino mentioned it but never told me." Alastor put his hands into fists. "I'll try my best not to kill him though." Alastor answered.

Angel went to the wolf demon and took the gag out of his mouth and untied him as well. The scientist took a deep breath in and let it out. He looked up to the Radio Demon in fear.

Angel pointed his gun at him. "Tell him!" Angel demanded.

"Why don't you tell him?" The scientist asked nervously.

"Because it's better coming from the source." Angel pointed the gun closer to the scientist. "Tell him!"

"And start from the beginning." Kota added with a growl.

The scientist took a breath before he spoke. "Well, my name is Dr. Marcus Talon. I was trying to find a better source of income to fund my experiment I have been working on ever since I arrived in hell. I named it PDS." He took a breath again to calm his nerves. "I tried to reach out to anyone I could. Surprisingly, Mr. Valentino reached out to me instead a few months ago." Alastor let out radio static at the name. "He even offered me to let me experiment on his clients that came in. Plus gave me a room down in the basement of the studio so that I can have a workspace. He helped fund my project fully." Dr. Talon took a pause, he was afraid of how the deer demon would react with what he was going to say next.

Kota smacked Dr. Talon's head. "Finish!"

The scientist rubbed the back of his head and sighed. He looked up at Alastor. "What I am about to tell you, I swear to you on my wife's dead body, that I did not know that the girl belonged to you. I was not aware of this information. If I would have known...I would not have done it to her. To put this burden onto her." He explained. "The last thing I would want is for you to be angry with me."

Alastor has his full attention at that, he felt his power rise slightly. "What did you do to her?" Alastor asked with a light static growl.

Dr. Talon flinched at that. He continued. "This experiment was something different and I wanted to change lives down here. With help from your significant other, I was finally able to complete my experiment. It was finally successful. After so much trial and error over 3 years, I had a breakthrough. She was the one that was successful." He turned his head away. "Now I realize that I shouldn't have had her be the one to finally be the success of my experiment." He signed. "I'm sorry."

Alastor reached out a hand and grabbed Dr. Talon by the scruff of his shirt. "What. Did. You. Do. To. Her?" He hisses through his teeth and his static grew.

The wolf demon looked at him in fear and grabbed onto Alastor's arm that held his shirt. "Please forgive me. Please. Spare my life so I can continue my work. With her involved like this, I have to monitor her now. I have to keep track of progress to make sure everything goes ok."

"What!?" Alastor took his other hand and took Dr. Talon by his throat, his claws dug in a little. "Why must you still be involved with her!?"

Dr. Talon felt himself not being able to get air in. "Because-" he breathed out once.

No one stopped Alastor, not while he was angry like this. Charlie had stepped away from him and was now standing with Vaggie back at the fireplace. Russ, Kota, and Angel Dust already knew, so they stayed back with their mouths shut and their heads down and away. They knew Alastor was going to act like this. It did not surprise them. The news had angered them as well.

Alastor tightened his grip as his antlers grew and the static in the air rose. "Why!?" Alastor asked again.

Dr. Talon was really struggling now to get words, his hands clawed at Alastor's arm, but he did not budge. "Because. She." Alastor loosened his grip a moment so the scientist could finish his sentence. He screamed out with the breath he got back, "Because she's pregnant!"

Boom! What!? All will be explained I promise. Sorry to leave you all on this cliffhanger.