A/N: I don't own any Puppet Master characters, they belong to Full Moon Features and Charles Band. I do however own Archer, Elizabeth and Wildcard and as normal when the puppets speak it will be in italics.
Also thank you Cryptic for letting me use Jinkx and Irya in this story.
It felt like forever until Irya entered the carriage.
Wildcard immediately ran over.
"She's stable, I've done everything I can to stop the bleeding. But I can't have you going in a sterilised environment." She explained.
Wildcard was clearly not happy that she couldn't see her master but didn't say anything.
Irya looked over at Jinkx.
"They're loyal then."
Jinkx nodded.
"Loyal to another and their master."
She thought back to the previous event with Mephisto and what Decapitron had told her.
They may have been untrusting of her which still annoyed her but they were still loyal enough not to try to hurt her.
Irya looked at the puppets briefly then back at Jinkx.
"Лояльность может быть очень сложно завоевать и еще труднее сохранить сестра" ("Loyalty can be very difficult to win and even harder to maintain sister")
She looks back at the puppets then back at Jinkx "что-нибудь выпить, например, водку или виски, я хочу выпить после долгого дня" ("Something to drink, like vodka or whiskey, I want to drink after a long day")
Jester was suddenly aware the others were looking at him.
"What?"
"You got half a clue what she's saying?" Torch asked.
"Nein." Jester replied shaking his head.
Irya stood up and walked over to Jester.
"Sagen Sie Ihrem Freund hier, dass ich mit meiner Schwester auf Russisch gesprochen habe, ich spreche auch sehr selten auf Englisch" ("Tell your friend here that I spoke to my sister in Russian, I also very rarely speak in English")
She paused for a second.
"Aber ich kann Deutsch, Französisch, Spanisch und Italienisch, wenn das hilft. Ich kann Englisch, aber ich mache es nur, wenn ich muss" ("But I can speak German, French, Spanish and Italian if that helps. I can speak English, but I only do it when I have to") she explained patting Jester on the head.
Six let out a sigh.
"Great.. now he's not going to stop speaking German."
"You act as if you can't understand German." Khan said knowing full well Blade, Jester, Pinhead and Six were fluent in German.
He couldn't say he'd ever heard Decapitron, Leech Woman or Tunneler speak much German in the past.
Though knowing their pasts he knew they had their reasons not to speak it.
"It was hard enough to get him to stop talking German when Tunneler arrived." Six muttered.
"I still appreciate you doing that." Tunneler added.
"How many languages do you know then?" Wildcard asked.
"Well between us all its English, German, French, Swiss and I'm pretty sure Khan knows a few more but has never told us." Jester replied.
"And Irya was speaking Russian so that'll be a new one to learn."
She looked at Jinkx and spoke something quickly before Jinkx walked over.
"Lucy can you come here please, my sister wants to see you."
Lucy reluctantly made her way over.
She could hardly look at her out of fear.
Irya picked up Lucy gently and looks at her.
"It's okay little one, treating the injured is easy, treating someone with trauma and mental health problems is another story." hugging her gently.
"But we are going to have a good crack at it with you."
Lucy only nodded.
For the next few hours Irya did her best at getting Lucy comfortable around her. Though she did have to keep checking on Elizabeth's progress.
Leech Woman had been keeping a close eye on Lucy and had noticed her body language gradually change.
"I think she's imprinting on her."
"What's that mean?" Archer asked.
"It means Lucy is seeing Irya as someone she can trust and attach to. Though I don't think she realises yet." Leech Woman replied.
Archer nodded in understanding.
"Is imprinting something that we do?"
Leech Woman paused for a moment before speaking.
"It depends. You, Lucy and Wildcard are different than the rest of us. In life they all had a strong friendship with Andre and accepted him immediately as their master as part of the spell. When I first became Leech Woman I imprinted on Jester, Tunneler, Pinhead and Six Shooter because I knew they would help protect me."
"However this has lead to problems over the years. While we accept and imprint on our masters when we are awakened..they don't always want what's best for us and use us for evil purposes. When that happens it's harder to break away from that." She continued.
"Until the son of a bitch hurts one of us or shows they don't care about us then in that case that trust is gone." Six commented from his spot nearby.
"Language Shooter." Leech warned.
"Sorry, but my point still stands."
Archer nodded taking everything in.
"So that's probably why Pinhead's taken a liking to Elizabeth then?" She asked.
"Wouldn't be the first time." Six muttered under his breath.
I also own Matthew Gallagher and Richard Kraus and Lucy