Frankenstein smirked at her again, Isla pulled back giggling and he took her cheek in his hand, gently cupping it, and leaned down, his lips met hers and they shared a gentle and sweet kiss with their emotions flowing into each other. They parted and he chuckled lightly, kissed the top of her head and intertwined his fingers with hers, they walked slowly down the halls to the lab chatting about trivial things when Tao, Takeo, and M-21 came out of the lab chatting lightly also. The three turned to hear Isla's giggles and Frankenstein's chuckles, they were truly happy together, their smiles were pure and true to their heart, the three modified humans stopped and stared in awe, the couple radiated an air that welcomed everyone to laugh along. Frankenstein saw them and a small blush spread across his cheeks, Isla looked at them and giggled lightly again, they headed into the lab, Isla heading for the backroom to change. She came out in her test outfit and he started setting up the experiment tube that she'd be floating in with an oxygen mask while unconscious as the experiment was underway, Frankenstein overseeing it personally. Tao, Takeo, and M-21 came back in to watch over it, making sure she's be alright, once the tube and liquid were in place Isla stretched and sat up, having just awoken from a nap, she yawned and rubbed her eyes sleepily, Frankenstein glanced at her from his clipboard and chuckled. Isla yawned again and Tao pulled out the step latter, she went up in the got into the tube, having done it many times before, and opened her eyes and she held her breath, her hair swirling around her and she looked absolutely amazing. Frankenstein told them that they probably shouldn't see what happens to her once in the tube, the three said they were fine and suddenly they heard her pounding on the glass, everyone looked over to her and she was squeezing her eyes in pain. Isla let out a muffled scream as her body changed, her legs kicking as they transforming into a mermaids tail and she opened her eyes again, they were yellow now and her hair slowly turned white with a few red highlights and became shorter.
"What happened to her? She looks completely different." Takeo asked and Frankenstein resumed looking at her stats after he glanced up briefly at the three males standing there shell shocked, he set it down and Isla whipped her head around and put her hand to the glass, eyes pleading for freedom.
"I forgot to mention, she is part mermaid too, her mother's mother was half-mermaid half-human, god knows how that happened, but whenever submerged in a certain type of water or liquid, such as ocean water from around Lukedonia, she transforms into her Mermaid state, her survival instincts make her against her will." Frankenstein stated indifferently, Isla's pleading eyes bore into the three men, they felt bad for her, Frankenstein took his glasses off and walked over to the cylinder, placing his hand over hers, her hair swirling around in the water and he look at her sadly, muttering a gentle sorry to her. "It'll be alright, just swim around, absorb the contents of the water; you'll be fine I promise Isla." He whispered and she nodded, another tank came out of the ground next to the tank in the gigantic lab, enough room for her to swim around freely in and the passageway extended out to her tube, a hole opened in hers and she darted out of the small tube and into the bigger tank.
"Wow, who knew that mermaids actually existed." Tao commented in awe as he watched her smiling and swimming freely, making aquatic-like sounds of laughter and happiness, she back flipped and did all sorts of things for fun when she heard another voice in the mermaid language. "Oh who's that? Boss, is there supposed to be another mermaid with her?" Tao asked as he watched as a male mermaid with the same yellow eyes and white hair swim towards her, Isla swam to him into a hug where they twirled around in happiness.
"That's her half-brother, her mother had him after Isla, he's been alive for quite some time, mermaids have a spectacularly long life, almost as long as nobles do, I contacted him and asked him to come here to see her, since I knew she'd be sad without him here. He means everything to her, he's the only real family, beside Severus, that Isla has left after her mother died, and even her father is somewhat dead to her now." Frankenstein told them smiling, "In her pure heart she still holds a grudge against Urokai, one of the traitorous clan leaders from 500 years ago and her father, because he killed her mother, and attempted to kill Kai, her half-brother, but Isla stopped him by injuring him greatly, she wounded him on his left eye, the eye I took out in my fight with him." Frankenstein stated bluntly as he watched the two siblings smiling and swimming together in unison, they were happy to see each other again after so many years, M-21 looked serious and suddenly the tank started cracking, they all looked surprised and then the next moment water flooded the lab. "Shit! That tank has been secure for hundreds of years! Why now!" He cursed and Isla was lying on the ground limply, her breathing shallow as she transformed back, her brother transforming into a human form too and they laid there until they could breathe.
"F…ra….n…ke…n…s…tei…n… y-you… i…di…o…t." Isla managed to say painfully as she was regaining her breath, Kai was already starting to sit up, he was only wearing boxers and pants, no shirt, and his hair reverted to a blue-black and his eyes returned to a charcoal grey.
"Is… are you… alright?" Kai asked as he struggled to stand up, by now Isla was shakily pushing herself off the ground, wearing her test outfit, and Frankenstein helped her up, Takeo helping Kai, though Kai was wary of him since he was a stranger. "Hey Frankie, how's Is?" Kai asked as Frankenstein came from the back room, leaving Isla back there and he turned to M-21, Kai looked around and sighed, feeling like he was too weak to talk anymore.
"M-21, can you go back and help her if she needs it, right now she's mad at me. Takeo, Tao, take care of Kai for the moment, I need to make sure nothing was damaged." Frankenstein ordered, they nodded and M-21 went to the back room, Isla was sitting there with her head hanging down over the back of the chair exhausted and she opened her eyes as she sensed him coming in, she sat up slowly, yawning cutely.
"21, hand me my clothes, I can't do anything right now, I'm exhausted from the transformation, haven't been in that form for a while now, and that's longer than you think." Isla asked weakly, he nodded and grabbed her dress, handing it to her and she held out her hand, he took it, helping her up gently and supported her as she tripped into him, she blushed slightly and he walked out, waiting for her. "Hey 21, can you come here? I need your help with this~." Isla called from the back room, once he stepped in he saw that she was already in her dress but with her back facing him, exposing her bare back with the few scars on it, he helped her lace up and tighten her dress, though he was blushing madly. "Thanks 21, ugh so sleepy, I just wanna go to bed soon, I've been exhausted lately, I'll see you around." Isla smiled then left the room, Kai following close behind and she made her way to the kitchen where she was digging in the fridge for something to eat.
