Tynan sat on the floor, covered in the liquid metal. "So...that was fun." He joked nervously.

Nijuu sifted through the clothes that Kari had brought, and picked out a grey skirt, and a light pink halter style top.
"That looks good on you." Kari beamed.
Kerri, standing by the door, folded her arms, and rolled her eyes.
Kari looked around Grey's room, then looked at Kerri. "Do you think they're here?" She asked her sister.
"Probably." Kerri replied, as she looked at her sister, knowing she was talking about the gunblades.
"We should look for them." Kari walked towards the closet.
"I don't think that's a good idea." Nijuu said, as she barred Kari's path.
"You shouldn't poke around Grey's room, Kari." Kerri pointed out.
Kari sighed. "Fine." She said, then smiled at Nijuu. "You can keep the out fit if you like." She said. "I have a few other things if you want them. That way you'll have something to change into when you're here."

Zigera motioned her hand as more metal poured onto him, much of it getting into his hair, "Imagine what would happened if I hardened that stuff in your hair?"

Grey caught the small figure by its leg, and held it up as it began to slash at him. His eyes glowed bright green, and instead of hurting the figure, he flipped it around, and hugged it, "Be at peace little one.......let go of your hate......" The figure continued to cut him, until it saw that this did nothing but damage his flesh. It sat there, quiet, speechless, for over ten minutes, until the shadowy presence within was banished, and a tiny young girl was all that remained, one in a small, bloody white dress, black hair, white eyes, and stitch scars covering her from head to toe.

Tynan shook his head. "I'd imagine one heck of a headache, would be an understatement."

Nijuu looked at Kerri and Kari, and folded her arms. "So, you're both Grey's apprentices?" she asked.
"In a sense." Kerri replied. "Though I'm closer to an apprentice, than Kari." She looked at her sister.
Kari smiled faintly. "I don't have the same drive for battle as Kerri; but, I don't want to be useless in a fight either." She explained. "Right now, I'm learning the human form of surgery." She added with a smile. "It's difficult...but I think learning all forms of healing is necessary."

Grey had arrived back at the academy after another few hours, with something concealed in a blanket, blood covering his entire body. He walked towards his room, and knocked on the door, "Nijuu....." He said softly, his voice faint.

Zigera grinned, "Well, yeah, could also do it to make you bald."

"Oh don't do that...I just got it the way I like it." Tynan said jokingly.

Kerri opened the door to Grey's room, then looked back at Kari. "Come on, Kari." She said, as she walked by Grey, without saying anything to him.
Kari walked over to Grey, and smiled. "Welcome back." She said, as she followed her sister, knowing that Kerri would scold her if she asked about the gunblades.
Nijuu stood in the middle of the room, and smiled gently seeing that he had returned safely.

Grey walked into the room, revealing his body was covered in newly healed wounds, and the blood of others, his arms shaking, as was something within them. "I saved her......" Was all he could.

Zigera rose her arm, the metal retracting so that it was surrounding her limb.

Nijuu walked towards Grey, and closed the door behind him as he walked in. "How is she?" She spoke softly, as she led Grey to the bed, so he could sit down and rest.

"I appreciate the non-balding of head." Tynan said with a slight smile on his face.

He set the blanket down on the bed, "They.....what they did to her is sickening...they used her like a lab rat......I lost control almost.........but then......" He shook his head, taking the blanket off of the little one, revealing an angelic, nine year girl, with pitch black hair, and scars from head to toe. "Even with Omega's power, I couldn't fix her body."

Zigera sighed, "You'd look good bald or non bald, so it shouldn't be a matter of worry." She put her two revolvers away, and opened up a portal within her shadow. A moment later, a massive handgun, with a small handle shot up from the shadow, and she aimed at the largest target in the distance.

Nijuu looked at Grey. "Do you want me to take a look?" She spoke softly. "I can't say if there's anything I can do...but if there are any internal injuries, I can heal them."

Tynan got up off the floor, and looked at the massive gun. "Well...you could have told me you were hiding that, and I would have kept my advice to myself."

Zigera smirked, the fired the gun, nearly deafening him as the round from her weapon destroyed an entire target.

Grey nodded, "At the very least, you could bathe and clean her up while I talk with the twins....and while doing that, you could check for internal injuries....those sadists....I wished I'd killed them myself......."

Nijuu rested her hand on Grey's face. "Shh love." She whispered. "Do what you need to do, I'll take care of her, and clean her up. We should get her something to wear."

Tynan covered his ears, to keep them from bleeding. "A little warning next time; eh?" He shouted.

Grey nodded, "I'll make her something while you're in there.........I just need a minute to gather my thoughts......"

Zigera chuckled, "Its not a surprise the first time someone hears it if I don't make it one." He turned around, her full body cloak opening up, revealing her whole body was covered in metal.

Nijuu nodded her head. She walked over to the girl, and smiled gently, as she scooped her up in her arms, and carried her into the bathroom. Holding the girl in her arms, she began to fill the tub with warm water. She carefully undressed the girl, and placed her in the tub, turning off the water. She carefully washed the blood from her face and body, holding her while she cleaned the blood. After she was finished, she closed her eyes, and checked to see if there were any internal injuries...there were injuries...old ones...something that she could not even attempt to repair while pregnant.

Tynan raised an eyebrow, as he looked at Zigera's metal covered body. "Wow." He gasped. "I was not expecting that."

Zigera looked at her body, "Can't stand cloth on my skin anymore, metal is cold and soothing."

Grey looked to the twins, "I suppose you two want your gunblades?"

Kari nodded her head. "Yes please." She replied, to be promptly poked by Kerri.
"You're busy." Kerri stated flatly. "We can wait." She added, looking directly at Kari.

Tynan tilted his head slightly, with a puzzled expression. "Does cloth hurt you?" He asked without thinking.

Mordial folded his arms, glaring at Inferno, who glared back.
Both felt the stirrings of Lucifer's anger, but unfortunately both were such hotheads they didn't care about it at the moment.
"Mordial," Inferno said, in a strained voice that he reserved for family when he was pissed.
"I'm not going to change him back just because you ask politely-"

Ten minutes later...

"OK."
Mordial cricked his neck.
"Are you going to listen now?"

Inferno, in his new body, had really only one response.
"Ribbit."
Then, to add some drama, "Croak."

"Bit medieval, but I'm certain that will put some sense into him."

Inferno could only glare up at him, from his new body, as a frog.
"Witches had the right idea..."

"Rrrribbet."

He looked back at Chastity.
"Bit too far?"

Darkion, with Rein in arm - with her dressed in a ridiculously provocative schoolgirl outfit - approached the Academy from the left side, entirely nonchalant, Darkion rolling his eyes at her outfit.
"You are seductively ridiculous..."

Zigera shrugged, "I don't sleep, and if something isn't skin tight, the loose air irritates me......."

Grey nodded, "I guess, she'll be out in a minute, and I need to weave the little one something to wear."   He spread his hands apart, as black strings of shadowy thread began to form in his hands.  He began to weave a small, black dress for the little one, one embroidered all over, with shadowy runes.

Ezekiel landed at the doorstep, the smell of arch demon on his clothing, and opened the door, "What the hell is going on here?"

"And what about touching other people; does that bother you too?" Tynan asked....again without thinking.

Nijuu wrapped the child in a towel, and carried her out to Grey, as he finished weaving her a dress. She smiled gently, and rested the little one on the bed. "I think she'll be asleep for awhile." She whispered. "There were not any new internal injuries, and the healed ones are currently beyond my ability." She sat on the bed, close to the child. "It breaks my heart to know that she was experimented on..." she looked at Grey with a sorrowful expression on her pale features.

Grey handed her the dress, then placed both hands on the side of his head, "I the one.....partially responsible for putting her in that predicament......I don't know how I can make it up to this little one......."

Zigera thought for a moment, "Since after i was born, no flesh has touched mine."

"Really?!" Tynan raised his brow, as he folded his arms. "Not even a family member?"

Nijuu carefully dressed the girl, and looked to Grey. She rested her hand on his chest, as she knelt before him. "The important thing is that you got her out of it." She spoke softly. "You saved her, and it will be a start."
Kerri looked at Kari, and motioned with her head that they should leave. Kari looked at her twin and nodded her head.
"Perhaps you guys should be alone for now." Kari said, as she bowed slightly to Grey and Nijuu. "We can wait for the gunblades."

Zigera shook her head, "They touched metal, that's all."

Grey nodded, "For now, that would be best......" Then he turned to Nijuu, "Yes, its a start, but she has no family to take her in.......she has no one in the world....."

"Well then." Tynan said, as he unfolded his arms, and walked towards Zigera, and hugged her.

Nijuu rested her forehead on Grey's, as her eyes moved towards the slumbering child. "Then she can stay with us." She whispered.

Grey looked to Nijuu, "So I should adopt her?" The little girl's body shook, and convulsed very suddenly.

Zigera stay stunned for a moment, her cheeks bright red, before her metal covered fist was in his gullet.