A/N: I don't own any Puppet Master characters, they belong to Full Moon Features and Charles Band. I do however own Matthew Gallagher, Archer/Jasmine and Lucy. My friend Sky-91 on DeviantART owns Jinkx. .
It was a few days before any of the puppets woke up.
Blade mentally groaned, as he felt himself awaken with a strong boost of formula.
But something was different.
This didn't feel like the normal formula in his system.
It felt strange but not unpleasant.
He sat up and looked around, his memories flooding back to him, raising his arm against his eyes to block out the sunlight.
The room he was in was large and well kept, almost like a work room. Various size pieces of metal and wood were on different shelves and desks.
"Good, you're awake."
The voice made Blade almost jump a mile, looking up he saw Jinkx looking down at him both annoyed and relieved.
Blade instinctively hissed at her raising his.
Wait.
He looked at his arms, his weapons reattached, though the blade was obviously not the one he felt used to having.
He looked up at her getting to his feet, looking around for his brothers.
The spikes in his eyes shot out.
Lucy, where was she?
He prayed she wasn't still with Gallagher.
"Easy there Blade."
Blade snapped out of his thoughts when Jinkx spoke to him.
"So. you're our new master?" He questioned.
Again he looked around, he had to focus on his team.
Jinkx seemingly reading his mind and picked him up.
"The others are fine, took me and a good friend ages of mine to fix you up." She said placing him by the door to the room and opening it for him.
On the other side of the door were all the other puppets looking as if they had just been created.
They all turned clearly glad to see their leader feeling and looking much better.
Blade chuckled.
"Six Shooter, can't get rid of you can we?" He joked, the cowboy making his normal laugh that only a human could understand.
"Nope, feel like a million bucks thanks to the new master." He said moving his arms, each one working perfectly.
The others all nodded.
Blade walked over and put his hook over Archer's shoulder.
"I'm glad you're safe."
"Hey! What about me?" Six asked.
Blade looked over.
"I'm glad all of you are safe and ok." He said.
"Even Torchy?" Jester asked quickly dodging a punch from his younger brother and ran over to Jinkx.
"Suck up." Torch muttered crossing his arms.
"Hey! I thought I told you two to grow up and behave." Jinkx scolded.
"I like her already." Tunneler said, his drill fixed up and repaired.
Pinhead nodded in agreement.
Jinkx placed Jester on her shoulder, the puppet having taking a likeing to her as soon as he was up.
"Well now that your awake I might as well show you where you'll be staying." She said and started walking off, the puppets following.
"Man this place must be a mansion or summin." Six said.
"Maybe a castle?" Tunneler suggested.
"Nah, Castles are made from old brick and stuff." Torch said.
Archer looked back seeing Blade trailing behind.
"Blade? Are you ok?" She asked.
Blade looked up.
"We need to go back." He announced, this getting every puppets attention as they froze in track.
"WHAT!"
Jinkx stopped seeing the others looking at Blade, it was annoying that she couldn't understand them.
"I am *not* going back after what I saw…that Pyro thing." Archer said.
"Wait there *were* others?" Blade asked.
Archer and Jester looked at him silently.
Blade quickly explained to them about Lucy.
"Wait who?" Six asked.
"She's in a sense. Your daughter." Blade explained, this was more awkward to explain than he thought.
The others looked at another before eventually nodding.
They had to go back.
These younger puppets were their children, whether they wanted them or not.
And there was one thing they had all vowed to do.
Never leave a family member behind.
To be continued in Strings of Fate 3: Beginning of the End