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 in this story.
It was a overcast day in Romania and deep in private land two women were hard at work.
The first was a woman called Elizabeth Toulon, the only descendent left from the world famous Puppeteer André Toulon.
She was hard at work going through various old paperwork from her grandfather to try to find any clues on how to create a new kind of elixir for the puppets created by Toulon himself.
Elizabeth sighed leaning back on the chair in her room brushing her raven hair from her green eyes.
"Had any luck?"
Elizabeth looked over at the only other flesh and blood person in the house.
Countess Jinkx Lupei.
The current owner of most of the Toulon puppets.
On first glance Jinkx looked like an average woman but she was so much more than that.
Jinkx looked at least to the puppets in her mid thirties, though had to carry a cane with her, she was wearing a black military like jacket with camouflage trousers and brown shoes. She had orange eyes, she had long hair that went from red to dark pink going down. The thing that stood out about her though was the strange pink Y marking on her face.
Jinkx owned Blade, Jester, Pinhead, Tunneler, Torch, Six Shooter and Archer where Elizabeth owned Khan, Decapitron, Leech Woman and a puppet her grandfather had made called Wildcard.
Elizabeth nodded.
"Yeah actually, there's something about Toulon blood but that's about it. Any luck finding out if there's a way of reversing whatever spell Mephisto put on Blade?" She asked.
Jinkx shook her head.
In all truthfulness they had only just discovered there was a spell on Blade preventing the puppet leader from coming to life.
They were lucky Decapitron knew a few things about spells.
Unfortunately he didn't have a way of reversing it.
"I just hope I was able to fix him enough so he doesn't have any problems when he wakes up." Elizabeth sighed.
"You managed to fix Six Shooter just fine." Jinkx assured putting a hand on Elizabeth's shoulder.
"Speaking of which I haven't seen or heard from them all morning. Or your cats for that matter." Elizabeth commented.
"I think they're still shook up over what happened. From what I've been able to gather Decapitron is now in charge and is trying to guide them. But Archer's night terrors have only gotten worse and apparently Blade was the only one of them to really help." Jinkx explained.
Elizabeth nodded.
"Guess the whole helping her beat her fear of humans task is on hold huh?"
"Jester's trying his best but honestly I think the stress of everything is taking a toll on him." Jinkx said picking up the mentioned Puppet who had been following her around like a lost puppy and placed him on a table with a plushie next to him and a box filled with practical jokes.
Jester looked up at the two with a sad expression on his face.
He felt awful for the arguments he and Blade had before he was attacked and blamed himself for not being able to help.
Not that he could of anyway.
"Well get Blade back Jester. I give you the word of a Toulon." Elizabeth promised.
Jester nodded and poked around the box for a few moments.
Ever since the attack he hadn't been his playful self and it was concerning to the two.
A gentle knock on the door got the women's attention.
Elizabeth gave a friendly wave to Pinhead who had come to check on them. He'd often come in to keep Elizabeth company while she worked, even though Khan would be in her room he was more of a lookout for any intruders.
"Anyway here's what I found on Toulon blood." Elizabeth said picking up some papers.
Meanwhile thousands of miles away in California two men were busy discussing important business.
The first man was tall and was wearing a simple black business suit, white shirt, black trousers and black shoes. His hair also black and his eyes brown.
He looked over at the second man who was slightly older than himself being in his late thirties, he had messy brown hair and hazel eyes. His clothing was casual and he had a small backpack with him.
"So..I understand you came a long way to find me." The first man said.
The second man nodded.
"You're Matthew Gallagher, the one that had Toulon's puppets in his possession before they were stolen correct?"
Matthew looked surprised.
"I don't see what that has to do with you."
"Well I happen to know the location of where they are and their current masters. Help me dispose of their masters and I'll make sure they obey you without question." The second man said.
Matthew looked suspicious.
"What did you say your name was again."
"Richard Kraus."
I also own Matthew Gallagher and Richard Kraus.
