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.


Jester let out a frustrated noise.

What was the point on being the smart one when he couldn't figure this out?

He knew Jinkx and Irya more than likely had ways of finding things out, after all times had changed so much since he was human.

He knew if Blade was active none of this would have happened.

"Hey."

He looked up hearing Pinhead.

"Don't beat yourself up. Leave it to the master. They'll figure this out." He said trying to assure Jester.

Jester let out a small sigh.

"I'm the one in charge and look what happened. Because of me they're gone."

From the other side of the room Torch was listening in to what Jinkx and Irya were talking about but kept getting distracted by a strange noise.

He motioned for Six to come over.

"Please tell me I'm not the only one hearing that weird beeping sound." He said quietly.

Six shook his head after a few minutes.

"Must be you, I don't hear anything but the master and her sister." He said genuinely not hearing anything.

Torch gave an annoyed growl and started walking around trying to find the source.

He would have asked the others, but they would probably ignore him.

Well Six and Tunneler would talk with him and occasionally Archer but he was used to being ignored.

Eventually he narrowed it down to where Lucy was sitting.

Lucy looked up at Torch unnerved, trying to scoot away from him.

"Leave the kid alone Torch." Jester warned.

"She's beeping." Torch growled.

"You're just trying to cause trouble because we all know you don't like kids." Jester said.

There was clear tension for a few minutes.

"Hey I just thought of something... you guys have said Torch was made with animal brains right? Well what if because of that he can hear things at a frequency only animals can hear?" Archer asked.

Irya without thinking picked up Lucy like a parent would protecting her child.

Lucy instinctively buried her head into her scared.

"I know what I can hear and I know it's coming from her." Torch said albeit more quietly.

"Look if that's the case I'm sure the master or Irya would find something." Six said trying to stop a fight breaking out.

Irya took Lucy in another room in case Torch was right.

Sure enough after a thorough investigation Irya discovered a small tracking chip embedded in Lucy.

She tried to carefully remove the chip from Lucy, but upon hearing her cry out in pain stopped.

It was clear it had been deeply embedded so it couldn't be removed unless it was cut out.

Needless to say there was a simultaneous Torch was right?! reaction from Jester, Pinhead, Tunneler and Six Shooter when it was announced.

"I think you all mean Archer was correct in her observation along with Torch." Khan said speaking up.

At least Torch felt validated.

"So is it possible to find out where it came from? The tracking chip that is? Archer asked.

"I think that's something you can only do in movies, though with how much the world has changed each time we're awoken it wouldn't surprise me at this point." Tunneler replied.

Wildcard let out a yawn.

"I'm sure they'll figure something out."

She was soon slumped down on a nearby pillow.

"Wildcard's right, you've seen how smart the Master and her sister are." Six said trying to assure the others.

Jester sighed.

"It's getting late, we'll think better after a rest."


I also own Matthew Gallagher and Richard Kraus and Lucy