It was another full week later that Kowalski found himself barely awake in Blowhole's lab. There wasn't much he could say for himself other than he had just been working endlessly.

He often found himself daydreaming, dreaming of bringing Blowhole back, what he would say to him, what he do, how he would act. But things are always exaggerated in daydreams so he tried not to fill his mind with fantasy. At the very least he wished Blowhole would act the same as he had before. He was sassy, he was extravagant, he was caring in the most subtle ways. He was everything Kowalski wanted to be.

"Kowalski!"

Kowalski jumped and shot his head around to the door. Doris rode in, happy as ever before and giggled once she saw the flabbergasted look on Kowalski's face.

"Doris, stop surprising me!"

She giggled as she rode forward and patted Kowalski's head.

"I'm sorry. So, what are you working on today?"

"Well I'm trying to get some leeway with the molecular rearrangement chamber, since I finished the neuron regeneration fix but it seems I'm stuck. I'm worn out and stuck."

Doris looked down to the little bird in awe. She really looked like she had seen an angel just float down in front of her.

Kowalski cocked a brow at her fixed gaze of astonishment.

"It's done already?!" She exclaimed.

"Yeah. It was a simple fix really. The injection will send the growth and repair treatment straight to his brain where it'll do its thing and he'll be back to himself in a few hours. It's kinda already been done before. I just enhanced it," he explained.

A huge smile soon rose on Doris' face as she lit up with excitement.

"Yes! Let's do it!"

But Kowalski shook his head, trying to bring her her down to reality.

"Doris, we spoke about this. We will bring him back once the molecular rearrangement chamber is near completion. He won't want to live like this."

"But he will! He'd much rather be himself than be a monster!"

Doris was passionate, she was filled with love and compassion. She just wanted her brother back.

"But bringing him back won't change anything. He's still a monster."

There was ear splitting silence as Doris looked down in despair. They had both been without Blowhole for much longer than they ever would have liked. It was hard but the mention of the monster put daggers into her heart.

"No, I didn't mean it like that."

"I know... I just... miss him."

Kowalski let his brows loosen as he looked to Doris with sympathy.

"I miss him too, Doris. But trust me when I say this is the best thing for him."

He tried to reach out a flipper to Doris. To feel the warmth shared between them, but Doris didn't want pity, she didn't want sympathy.

"Oh, please Kowalski! What if your thing doesn't work? What if the Henry is too strong and that's not enough to cure him? Wouldn't it be better to try and bring him back now and not waste weeks of time?"

"Doris, it will work."

"But you've not tried it. You don't know if it works. What if that, when he is brought back, he'll feel betrayed by us because we didn't bring him back sooner."

Kowalski just stared. Unmoving, he said nothing. There was nothing he could say, that would be rational or not, that would make Doris back down. She wanted her brother back and there was nothing that could stop her from getting him back.

"He'll be upset and feel like an idiot because you didn't bring him back."

Kowalski sighed and raised a brow to Doris.

"Doris, you're a mistress of manipulation." He sighed again. "Fine, let's go."

Doris perked up and smiled joyfully as she leaned down to hug Kowalski. Usually the hug would fill him with joy but it did nothing to ease his worry, worry for many different things other than if Blowhole was going to be ok once he came around.

Kowalski stumbled back once the hug ended and just shook his head as he tried to rid his mind of bad thoughts. He looked up to Doris, who was still smiling wildly, he couldn't rip her heart out and refuse to help.

"Go down to the pool. I'll meet you there with everything we need."

Doris nodded and quickly as she could, made a beeline for the door. She disappeared and Kowalski was left his thoughts. He wasn't ready yet. Or, he wasn't ready mentally. What was he going to say to Francis once his mind was back to normal? He had recited speeches in his mind for days but he could not remember a single line he had thought up. But he couldn't think about himself. He had to think of Blowhole and what was best for him. Perhaps it would be best if he didn't say anything at all and let Doris handle everything. Francis would rather see his sister over him anyway. Kowalski was just a friendly fellow scientist.

After a moment of contemplation, Kowalski made his way down to the pool with a small bag of his supplies. Doris was at the pool's edge, watching Francis swim around.

He sighed as he set the bag down and pulled out a rather dangerous looking device. Doris twisted her head and hesitated for a moment.

"What's that? It looks like a gun," she asked.

Kowalski shook his head and eased his look of seriousness.

"Don't worry! It's a tranquilizer. The same one your brother used on me ages ago," he said remembering fond memories. "I think it's best we keep him asleep while his brain is regenerated. It'll stop confusion for him in the process and then when he wakes up he'll be all back to normal. Like waking from a bad dream. Well... as close to normal as I can get him for now."

"Huh, I didn't think of that. How long will it take to fix him?" Doris said, letting her worried face ease too.

"With the accelerated regeneration rate, perhaps 2 hours. I've loaded enough tranquilizer for 3 hours, though, just incase."

"Ok," she nodded.

"Although it won't really hurt to shoot him, I don't know how he'll react to a gun. I'll have to have you distract him."

Doris perked up again and smiled as she turned back to the pool.

"I can do that."

"Get him completely out of the water, up to the wall if you can."

Doris nodded and clapped her flippers together to try and get the beasts attention. That, she was granted and Francis lurched out of the water, somewhat sluggishly, as if he had just woken from a nap. Doris acted her usual cheery self as to not deter the monster and backed up slowly to the far wall, where Francis contently followed. She spoke to him fondly, her sweet voice ringing through the air as Kowalski readied the tranquilizer.

"Try and stay clear of his head range."

Doris nodded and moved so she stood to the side of Francis, out of the way if the monster decided to bolt.

"I'm going to shoot."

There was a moment of silence where Kowalski pulled the trigger and not even a blink later, the dart found it's way in Francis's hind leg. Everything was still eerily quiet until Francis growled. A fond growl aimed at Doris like he wanted attention.

"Oh, wow. He didn't even flinch," Doris chuckled nervously.

Kowalski smiled as Doris made a fuss over her brother, petting his head and generally keeping him happy.

"He's not falling asleep..." she said worried.

Kowalski put the gun away and waddled over to the pair, where he patted Francis' leg and made a happy fuss like Doris.

"It takes a moment. It's not instant sleep like a bullet."

Several minutes passed where Francis slowly began to grow weaker. He let his legs crumble to the floor and soon he was laying, bearly awake, staring up at Doris.

Doris grew emotional, as she let a tear slip from her eye. Kowalski shuffled over and placed a gentle flipper on her flukes, letting her know that everything was going to be ok and it would all be over very soon.

"There he goes," Kowalski said as Francis let his eye close.

Now came the part where Kowalski had to be quick and swift. He rushed over to the wall where a chain had already been installed to the wall. It wasn't too thick and heavy and once padlocked around Francis's neck he was sure the beast wouldn't find it uncomfortable at all. It was several meters in length so Francis could still move freely.

Doris looked up through her glassy eyes and sighed.

"Oh, Kowalski. Do you have to chain him up? He won't hurt a thing. Not even an amoeba."

Kowalski looked down, almost ashamed to be doing it but it was for the safety of everyone. He had no idea what Skipper would do if he didn't chain the monster to the wall.

"I know, Doris. I trust him fully, but Skipper doesn't. He's still Skipper's mortal enemy until he surrenders to him."

Doris shook her head and growled under her breath.

"I'll chain his brother up and see how he likes it."

Kowalski tried not to but he couldn't help let a small girlish giggle escape.

"Yeah... that'll send a different message."

Although she protested, Doris let Kowalski do what he needed to do and Francis lay peacefully sleeping. The neuron regeneration fix administered and Francis was well on his way back to normal.

They stood in silence for a moment, just watching the beast's chest rise and fall with his confident breaths. Everything was peaceful and Kowalski let his features drop and relax. He couldn't wait for Francis to wake up again but he still had thoughts circling his mind about what he was going to say, but he concluded he wasn't going to think too much. In the moment, when Francis was back, Kowalski would let his heart decide. That's what Francis would want.

"There, all done. Doris, I don't have time to waste, I have to get back to working but I'll keep an eye on the cameras and come back before he wakes up, ok? You'll be ok?" He said with an unsure, but happy smile.

"I'll be fine, Kowalski. Thank you."