Nyx practically coughed out a laugh when Melik spoke up, clearing up the words she had felt spoke, but didn't understand. I definitely wasn't the first time she had heard that saying and it probably wasn't going to be the last.

The boney faced twins seemed more than just a little excited when the brunette had called upon them. When she was returning to the once closed off room, the two had held hands, twirling around the woman happily.

"Check him, please," she said pointing to the male that held Nyx. The twins faces seemed to light up in delight at the development, their hands clasping together before their faces revealing a large gap filled toothy grin.

When the man made a comment saying he didn't have any, Eleanor shot him a hard look and of course his words seemed to set Melik off as well. "Nyx may trust you, but I don't and if you're staying here, you get checked." Those dull olive orbs then fell to the two smaller bodies, whom then saluted the woman before their red orbs fell upon the man. The color of those eyes seemed to change in harsh bands from lighter to darker reds as the twins seemed as though something shiny had taken their attention.

After a few moments, they grabbed each other's hands before turning and tugging on the hem of the woman's shirt. "Eleanor, Eleanor it's bad," one said, though both wore the same panicked look. Eleanor's eyes fell on the male for a moment, giving him a cold, hard stare, before they fell back to the twins. She said nothing, just rose her eye brows at them.

"Nyx, she's lost weight," the other said upon the visual queue. Eleanor's look went from partly expectant to not entirely pleased.

"And of her friend?" She asked, trying to get the twins back on track.

"Ooooh," the two said in unison looking at each other before looking back at Eleanor. "Nope, nothing," they said together before another added, "But he's weird." The other nodded saying, "Yeah, he doesn't seem built right." The other followed up once again saying, "Like he came with extra parts."

Letting out a slow sigh and shaking her head Eleanor said, "Having extra parts isn't a crime as long as they don't hurt you." The woman then looked over at Melik saying, "Unless you want the twins to check you out too, I'm going. Oh, and Nyx, be sure to eat more."

She then turned to start to leave, one twin climbed on top of the other and hurried after her. "Eleanor, Eleanor, we're really happy to see you awake," she said as they managed to attach themselves to her back. The twin on the top was sort of doubled over her head, red eyes locked with hers as their faces pressed together.

"Yes, Eleanor's happy to see you too," she told them as she lowered her arms in front of her as the top twin started rolling over her head. The woman seemed to have a little bit of a hard time catching the twin; clearly they weren't as small as they used to be when they first started this.

As she lowered the twin to the group, they promptly turned around saying, "Look, I'm losing a toof". They had tilted their head down to allow the woman to see their human just, past the one of bone. Eleanor bent over to look into the child's mouth, her hand gripping the bone jaw slightly as she turned their head a little to see better.

"You better be careful about that," she said as she stood back up.

the child puffed out their chest; this was the male of the twins. "What, it won't hurt my hunting abilities," he said confidently. "These teeth have nothing to do with those teeth."

Eleanor rose a brow as she said, "I know that, but I don't want you crying in the middle of the night because you wake up to a missing tooth and blood on the floor again."

The child looked down, ashamed. The other twin, the sister, let out a shrill gleeful laugh as she jumped on her brother's back. "You were so sad that the tooth fairy wouldn't come visit you that night," the girl squealed, bringing a look of dismay from her brother. With their backs to Nyx and Fritz, the tank tops the kids wore clearly left their left shoulders exposed, revealing scar tissue that read 'RDH00105' and 'RDH00106'.

Eleanor escorted the children back out to the main hall, the large four-eyed male sat in the distant, but his gaze could be felt upon them; he was indeed protective of the children. "The tooth fairy knows when you lose a tooth, so it's ok," she said as she lightly pushed the two in the direction of the much larger male.

Soon after she two parted from the woman, continuing their chatter, her solitude was interrupted once again. Without turning her head, she merely rolled her eyes to meet the advance of the red head. The word he told her caused the woman to turn around and look at the two again. Her eyes locked on the cyan eyes of the male before she said, "Well that's good then. It doesn't seem like Nyx has the idea to attack him anyway, so as long as the only people he can attack here are the two of us, then it's fine."

As Melik put the door up again, the eyes from the room were upon them, though the air seemed completely different than when Nyx had brought Fritz in, in the first place. Eleanor inwardly rolled her eyes as she said, "Nyx has a new pet. Don't touch it without permission."

Eleanor then looked back down at the male and said, "I'm too tired to deal with anymore of this. Let's go back to bed."

The woman then wandered into a tunnel nearing the area that ended in a much smaller cavern. Compared to the rest of the caves, it was much darker and cooler; both welcome after the excitement not long ago.

Moving to the far end of the cave, so that she could still see the door, Eleanor sat down against the wall. She lifted one arm up and waved the male over. "You want to cuddle again, don't you?" She asked him, her eyes shut as she spoke. "It can't be easy to have the friend that turned you in, reappear in front of you like that."

There was a small smirk on Nyx's face as the male cupped her cheek; though she had been crying, her skin had absorbed the tears as fast as they fell. She backed away from the man, pulling from his touch as she shrugged. "We were created to be soldiers, I'm not really sure if the 'your life is precious' rule applies anymore."

She then turned to look at the door Melik created. "But, if I can stop some of the bloodshed, then its worth it. Too many people have died because of that place." She then cast a sideways glance at him as she said, "Though, you probably know nothing about that. You were only paid to drop people off." Looking back at the wall, the woman's shoulder rose and fell as she laughed a little bit. "If that's even the case."

Her shoulders then slowly slumped as she sighed, turning back to look at the male. "Eleanor isn't a bad person. She does what she thinks is best to protect those that shared our fate." The woman's eyes seemed to go wild, almost panicked as she stretched her arms out. "I mean, there were thousands of us, but now, what? Maybe 50? We don't know if there are more out there, if there are those lost of even still under the watch of the facility."

Shaking her head, Nyx slowly rose her aqua colored eyes back up to the male. "She does what she can to protect those that survived and found us. I know she would have regretted it. If Melik were sad, she wouldn't forgive herself." The woman's eyes fell to the floor again as she said, "She can't bare making a choice that upsets one of us, but she doesn't tell anyone, she just keeps to herself."

Silence fell over them and it brought an embarrassed chuckle top the woman's lips. Rubbing the back of her neck she looked up at Fritz again. "Look at me, trying so hard to justify that Eleanor's not a bad person." She then fell silent again, a small smile forming on her lips as she held a hand out to the male saying, "I'm Nyx, Nixie, Nixie Baader, by the way. You can call me Nyx though."

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