Chapter 14

I missed a lot in my absence.

I never realized all the time I spent in the lab, working on the cyborgs that I would miss out on many things. One, the clone dared to strike back as quickly as it did. It kidnapped not just humans from the cities. But Father, Max, Snek and his son Drax. The three were fine and were freed the same day as their capture.

Second of all, the Triplets grew.

I saw Luna one morning, and she was a young woman! She smiled sweetly to me. "Morning Bory," she said in a playful tone.

I cannot explain in words how I felt. My body froze upon hearing her voice. Her lavishing frame was one I didn't know I would be infatuated with but if anything, I adored her very being!

Never has such a feeling come over me, nor to the original. If I am not mistaken, the race I come from, do not tend to court mates unless they are strong, the urge or even the idea of love isn't known unless the one they wish to court is nearly their equal or stronger.

"Morning Luna…" I said in a whisper. I didn't know she had grown so much. I also learned later that the day she did, she came running out of her room naked to show everyone she was a young woman.

Curses.

Curses? Why am I cursing myself for missing something so trivial? But then that sensation in my heart returned. It made it pulse with an odd rhythm. I also felt as if she took my breath away.

What is this sensation?

And how could I have missed seeing her naked?!

It was my own doing anyways.

Curses, I have reached the age of sexual maturity…

But there were also new faces in the house too. Four little serpent like children appeared, they took one look at me and were quick to retreat for Snek's room! "What on earth…" I muttered.

Luna smiled as she went to the room, she came back with the four little children but they were terrified of me. "Snek had babies!" she said proudly. "This is Pythan, Bo, Angie and Conna!"

"How…"

"Dunno, mom and dad haven't told me where babies come from yet…"

"Ah…"

That reminded me, Cyborg don't tend to reproduce do they? They lack the means? Hmm, perhaps that can be an adjustment…

But I am losing focus. I was introduced to the four new little ones, but decided I have to go back to work, I need to finish this for the time meter on the pod suddenly sped up.

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I had gone over everything I possibly could.

I came to the conclusion I am going to need assistance with this operation. It's the only way to get them into the bodies I made for them. Yet, in my thought process, the slime I kept as a stress relief began to act oddly. It was twitching and moving about with great urgency. "Are you trying to tell me something? For slimes with no will of its own…"

I didn't quite know what it was trying to say, however it took matters into it's own being. There was a vermin that lived in this lab, I have thought of ways of ridding myself of it until the slime struck! It rolled off the table and landed on the rat. I watched with fascination as the slime dissolved the rat's body with ease, and yet it stopped. "Are you waiting for a command? Very well, devour everything but the heart, brain and nervous system."

I looked away to my computer screen until a tug was felt. Peering down, I was stunned. On the ground were a rat heart, brain and the nervous system! "Wait… wait, you can devour certain parts?!" I said with great amazement.

The slime appeared rather proud of itself… if it's possible for it to be. However I needed blank slate slimes. Perhaps electrical stimulation would work? Could I program them to do what is needed?

I decided to find out.

I took one of the unused slimes and gave it electrical stimulation. In that, there was a command and I wished to see if it would follow through. So I severed my own arm.

I was quick to heal… much faster than before mind you, yet I used the severed limb as a test. I took the slime that I gave the command to, and ordered it to devour everything but the veins in the limb.

It took some time, however, it did as it was tasked to do. "So I won't need to bring mother or Genus into this…"

Suddenly a warning went off on my computer. "Poison spreading… now infected 45 percent of the body…" There was little choice, I have to go through with this now!

I took the slime I programed and gave it a new command, devour everything but the brain, heart and nervous system. I looked to the one that I kept as an odd companion and decided to use it. It understood orders without electrical stimulation.

I held it before the pod that held Knuckle Brawler. "You will consume everything of him but his brain, heart and nervous system. He needs to go into this container…" I said and showed it the robot body. "Please honor the anatomy of his, you will make a perfect skin for him."

It appeared to be trembling with excitement. I figured there was no time like the present! I set up the bodies, having them face down and opening up the back. I kept all the parts that need to be exposed until the proper fusing is complete. From there, the slime will have to do its job and ease everything into the cyborg body.

I took the brothers out of suspended animation. The black hole in their stomachs grew and was nearly consuming their chest in darkness. Granted, it is still only in the bones, but the blood itself was altering to that of the poison. I then placed them into a stretcher like table and strapped them in. Their bodies hovered over the cyborg ones as I placed the slime on top. I made a hole ahead of time for these creatures as they began to slowly drift over their flesh.

It's a remarkable yet scary process as it happens.

The faces of the Brawlers looked unsettled at first, then a sense of calmness overcame them as the slime covered their whole bodies. Then, the flesh and hair disappeared. Their muscle mass followed, then the organs, and bones that were turning black. The blood was absorbed then the slimes began to drift down. They were oddly careful as they oozed into their metal frames. I watched as the nervous system fused to the metal and was accepted without issue. Then the brains went into the cavity. I added a liquid similar to the one that kept them in suspended animation. It would be the cushion as Dr. Genus explained they needed. It will also provide the brain the nutrients it needs to thrive and continue to live. It is also connected to the slime that will still eat normal food but process it into the nutrients the brain needs.

The last thing to be contained was the hearts. They were given a separate chamber of their own and the same liquid as the brain to keep the organ alive. I cannot explain why I saved the hearts of the Brawlers, perhaps something is telling me they would be needed later.

Then the metal folded over and on to the bodies, sealing in everything that needs to be contained.

With great care, I turned the bodies back over. I looked on with worry, wondering if everything took. I kept the cyborgs connected to the main computer to monitor the fusing process. It was a slow one, however I know I cannot rush this.

The slimes already went to work, the first thing they formed was the face of the Brawlers to perfection. They appeared to be merely sleeping before me. "Be strong brothers… your sister is in great need of you…" I said gently.

I connected tubes and wires to ensure everything was working; there was another device that was connected to the brains. It's to slowly wake them up from this suspended animated state. According to the computer, it was a mere 1% completion.

There was nothing more I could do, perhaps it would be best if I spent some time with mother…