Firehedgehog:… I have no memory of what you said in your last review. Oh god, my brain is completely dead right now.

THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN UP YESTERDAY but Fanfiction was an 'bleep' and decided that no, I can't put it up! Nyahahahahaha… hi. Sorry.

Cinnamon felt very odd. She had come back to hunter headquarters because of a hunch, a feeling that something was amiss and that she had to do with it. Upon her return she had been proved partially correct. Now she was afraid that the rest of her fear would come true. But how had she turned Axl into a woman?

Said woman was currently sitting in one of the med labs with multiple scanning devices being hooked onto her body. "Layer, is all of this really necessary?" The purple-haired navigator nodded and placed the final electrode.

"Yes, according to Alia. Apparently… your condition might be a bit more serious than we thought."

"A bit more serious? And what, you thought the fact that my balls just shriveled up and turned into boobs wasn't serious?"

"Okay, that was definitely a bit of mental imagery that I did not need." Shuddering, Layer picked up her com device and pressed the button to dial for Alia.

"-two stupidest, moronic, idiotic hunters we have! What the hell were you thinking! You could have gotten each other killed, not to mention what might have happened to Alice! Why weren't you thinking!" Layer raised an eyebrow and closed the connection. Talking to Alia right now probably wasn't the best idea.

Alice sighed and lied back on the metal table. She was wearing only a paper hospital gown so the coldness bit into her butt. Strange. When she had been a boy she had always assumed girls had it easier since nothing hung around down there. But now that she was a girl she felt that boys had it easier. No boobs. Man. Life just never was fair, was it? "Can't you tell me what's going on Layer?"

"Yes, I can. But I think I'm going to need some witnesses."

"Why? Is it that completely unbelievable?"

"Yes. That, and I'm afraid you're going to try and strangle me when I tell you what's going on."

X was in the middle of a very important and very dull meeting with Signas, Douglas, and Lifesaver. The meeting was concerning the rising cost at hunters and what programs could be cut back in order to save money. X was very glad when Layer contacted him and told him he needed to go down to the med lab ASAP.

Marino was trying to train a new rookie. The rookie was particularly stupid and specialized in pissing females because he felt that the 'gentle' sex should not be allowed on the battle field. Since she had already been warned that the next hunter she sent to the infirmary would be her last she was also very glad when Layer contacted her.

Cinnamon was concerned and worried. She knew that she had something to do with what was wrong with Axl but didn't know how she was related. She was nervous when Layer contacted her – she didn't want to find out what was wrong.

Pallette really didn't care since she was playing Pokemon.

Zero and Massimo were very relieved. Alia was too busy ranting at them to notice that they had gotten up and left. She was also too busy to notice that Layer had left a message on her com device.

Sigma was still balling from Alice's horrible singing. Vile and HDW were afraid to walk down dark hallways after playing more of Silent Hill.

And that is how it ended up with six hunters and one navigator in the med lab. Alice felt a bit like a specimen on display. "Okay Layer, thanks for calling everyone under the sun in here to stare at me as you make your world-shaking announcement about what is going on with me. Could you please tell me now?"

"All right." Glancing down at the chart she held, Layer nodded. "Okay, first. Be Axl for a moment."

"Pardon?"

"I said, be Axl for a moment. Stop with the falsetto. Talk in your normal voice."

"Sure." There was no change. Alice frowned. "Okay, no more fa-… what the hell?" Panicked flickered across her face as she, once again, tried to go back to her normal voice and failed. "Layer, this is my voice. What happened?"

The navigator ignored her question. "Change form. Do your copy thing."

"This better all be relevant and you better explain to me what the hell's going on." With a frown Alice closed her eyes, concentrating. After a moment she opened them again, looking now more terrified than panicked. "I can't. I can't change form. I can't go back to my normal voice. What the hell is going on Layer!"

"According to what Alia discovered… you're… changing sex so that you can… give birth."