Kokonoe's Personal Laboratory

And when Lusec came back, Kokonoe was gone. "Huh? Where'd she go?" Lusec asked Celica.

(or, if Celica isn't there, then:)

And when Lusec came back, Kokonoe was gone. "Huh? Where'd she go?" He asked himself. Not really sure about what to do, he went to a nearby computer (of sorts) and browsed through some files, careful not to edit or delete them by mistake.

He sifted through the info's, reading the ones that involved Sector Seven and its history, objectives, and goals. Though he did see some "Journals" of Kokonoe (and he was so, oh so tempted to read them), he ignored them along with the tests and statistical data only scientists would understand.

Lusec had to caught up with her somehow if he was going to work for her in the future.

In the brief moment of Lusec`s absence, which Caelica had obviously taken for a longer disappearance of him, she had halfway climbed onto the man- well, to be fair, she was merely hugging his entire upper body, her healing hands restoring the superficial damage on his skin and muscles, while she was simply glad to have the man back after so long. Of course, after the kind of damage he had sustained, merely using her hands to heal him was not going to do much- his bones had been crushed, and with them, several of his intestines. Her hands would have a hard time with that, so she had to resort to the alternative- the essence of a healer was stronger than his or her magic by tenfold. This, however, put her in kind of a tight spot- kissing him would not only do little, as her saliva contained little essence, but it was also kind of embarressing... as tempting as it was to do. Cutting her finger and letting blood into his mouth... he was part vampire, wasn´t he? Who knows what would happen if she did that. So if she didn´t want to make him eat her finger or something, she only had one choice...
-THAT kind of essence, which was why she sent the others out of the room. Hastily, she got off of Ragna, and her hand slid below the belt, underneath her skirt, and stirred around a bit- before it came up again, opening Ragna`s lips by force and coating his tongue with the sticky fluid.

...that still was majorly embarressing, but she told herself that was merely herbal medicine she was doing there. She had learned that if it would safe the patients life, no price was high enough to pay... and so, if just to calm her down, she got back to healing him with her hands...
During the whole process she had been so taken up by the return of her hero that Lusec seemingly didn´t exist for her. Just being able to touch the man she thought of to be dead and gone forever was an experience to behold.

As Celica was busy and didn't seem to see Lusec, the same went for the newcomer. Lusec was so absorbed by reading the files that he didn't notice Celica doing work on Ragna.

Caelica gasped, her hero coming back to life again in front of her very eyes- a breathtaking sight for the young witch. His voice too sounded just like she remembered, although....it pained her to hear it as raspy and brittle as it was. She gave him a bright smile and a firm nod.
"Of course.. i´ll get you some right away, Ragna." She briefly thought about reminding him to stay down, but in his condition it was unlikely he could get up even if he wanted to. So, Caelica quickly fetched one of Kokonoes coffee cups and emptied it, washing it out quickly and filling it with water, which was supplied by a small faucet in the same room, used normally to wash hands before an operation. The brunette witch came back with a smile, gently putting the cup to his mouth to let him drink it.
"Don´t worry, Ragna. It hurts now, but you´ll be fine... drink as much as you like."

"Dammit, Ragna, keep it down! I'm trying to study here," Lusec blurted out rather rudely. He then went back on shifting through data.

Caelica flintched at the rude language of the man, as well as his attempts to get up and get out of here. With just one hand though, she managed to hold the man down, her fingertips healing up abused flesh while her essence restored his body from within.
"Please, stay in bed for a while longer... i won´t hurt you. You´re safe here.. for the moment."
She looked into his face, which was a grimace of pain and annoyance, and smiled brightly back at him, as honest and innocent as a human being could. Relief spread through her body, the chance to see him again fullfilled was replaced with the eagerness to travel and be with him once more.
But, first things first...
"You... you probably don´t remember, do you? ..I`m Caelica A. Mercury, a friend of Jubei´s... and i suppose of Miss Alucard, although she doesn´t say it." Caelica giggled, placing both of her hands on his chest now as the glow intensified and relieved him of the pain bit by bit.
"Kokonoe brought you in earlier, in a terrible shape. This is her laboratory, as far as i know. And the noisy man back there is... uhm..."
She looked back at Lusec, just now realizing that he came in along with the others, with no introduction. In fact, she skipped the introduction of anyone just to help Ragna as fast as possible.
"...a friend of the blue haired girl and her shorter blonde friend, i suppose..."

(Gonna skip Lusec here once to get things going.)

Caelica nodded, her hands resting on his chest as she smiled at him. The man was weak right now, brittle underneath her fingers, but she felt him slowly, consistantly getting back to strength.
"Restorative magic, yes.. Its a useful gift when you´re involved, isn´t it?" She giggled a bit, feeling tempted to nudge him jokingly... but he might cry, so she didn´t. Instead, she just sat by his side, healing him with her hands.
"Jubei might not be aware i´m here, from what i´ve heard he and Kokonoe don´t like each other very much..." She shrugged with a light smile. "Ah well, i`m sure my niece has her reasons. Its a bit dense though, to do things on your own so that you don´t have to care about others... Its not so hard to care about someone if that person cares for you as well. And before you know it, those two people archive their goals twice as fast."
Gentle fingertips caressed the scars that had started to build, closing them faster than they would normally do, while she just kept talking in a gentle, soft voice to keep him focused on what she was saying, rather than on the pain he might still feel.

(You can skip me for a little while now, since all he does currently is reading through the Sector Seven info bank :3)

-----------------------(From the Kagutsuchi NOL Branch Underground)---------------------->
As he carried the Silver Knight on his shoulder, Tager made sure to look around for every presence here. It was one unusual day, Kokonoe usually didn't allow even one person in her own lab, and now they were like six. But it was all fine. Sector Seven had a hand and an eye on almost every important thing happening right now.
Hopefully Hakumen would stay unconscious long enough for Tager to apply the appropriate restraining bolts. Once he would be done, he'd check on the boy working on computers. "Um, who are you? I don't think I've seen you around here...", he said to the youth. Any answer would make clear whether he was a freshman or just a mole...

"EGADS! WHAT IS THIS?!"

Kokonoe's laboratory just got noisier as Bang was warped along with Tager and Hakumen to that place. His reaction to thus was expected, though rather unwelcome to the amount of decibels used.

"Speak, Red Devil!" he walked up to Tager, who had been interrogating Lusec, and gave him his manliest glare "Where are we?!"

Lusec turned around to the big guy. It took him a moment to realize who he was. "Ah. The Red Devil of Sector Seven, Iron Tager." he said. Everyone in NOL knew him and his rep, and he came to respect the big guy. He stood up and properly introduced himself. "I'm Lusec. Misaki. As for why I'm here, well..." Lusec then told him the long story about the Nu-13 fight, how they got out of there, and how he decided to leave the NOL now that he knows what they are really up to.

Celica smiled at him, letting go of his body as soon as it was mostly healed- the rest would heal with time, the bruises and the blood loss would.
"I think you`ll find its easier to lift a boulder with two people than doing it on your own, Ragna."
She giggled, before folding her hands with a bright expression.
"Kokonoe is my niece, obviously. Didn`t Jubei tell you she was his daughter?" Had she known Tager was fitted with microphones and surveillance devices, she wouldn`t speak about this so openly.
"And Jubei`s wife was my sister. Simple as that."

Hearing Lusec's story was enough for Tager not to doubt it. He seemed too young to lie, and his tone wasn't shaky at all. Listening only half-mindedly to the young man as he only explained few things, Tager nonetheless understood enough to catch up to the situation. They had awakened number 13.
But he needed to answer to Bang Shishigami. Why leave him out? "You are in the Sector Seven laboratories. Specifically, Kokonoe's laboratory section. And that's where you shall stay for the time being." ...until things calmed, he meant.

Lusec looked around to get a better grip of the situation: Celica was healing Ragna, though she was done with the dressing and healing (still surprises him that she can do magic, not many can do those today), Kokonoe went off to god-knows-where, and Tager arrives here with a guy with the needle in the back and the silver knight he fought just awhile ago.

So he had just one question:
"What do I do now?"

No sooner had Lusec spoken, Cajun had entered the lab to check on the situation. On one side, she saw the infamous Grim Reaper engaged in conversation with Caelica, something she found amusing.

"What's the status on Kagutsuchi, Iron Tager?" She asked the towering red giant, then turned to see Bang and Lusec standing there with a smile.

"I'll get to you two in a moment. This shouldn't take too long."

And another one, Lusec thought. He almost forgot how Sector Seven was a big organization, and that it would include alot of people, some even like him.

He merely nodded at the woman, though he glanced at Ragna once in a while to check his condition.

(Since Tager has left, I'll assume the role temporarily)

"Ah, Miss Faycott." Tager nodded as he greeted an underling of Kokonoe like him "We have secured Hakumen of the Six Heroes as well as the Lynchpin." The red giant nodded as he pointed to Hakumen and Bang.

"And the Professor?" Cajun inquired.

"Last I saw of her, she was still at the basement with Operative Kageo-kaka engaging Jin Kisaragi."

"I see..." she nodded before turning to notice Lusec "And who might this be?"

"Lusec Misaki. I'm from NOL... or I used to be." he said as he looked away. "I was part of the group that engaged with the..." Lusec went on to tell a short and summed up story of what happened with their engagement with Nu.

"I guess I'm sort of part of Sector Seven now..." he said, scratching his head.

"Yes, if Kokonoe put it that way." Cajun let a faint smile curl into her lips as she adressed Lusec, gazing at him as if he was something to be examined...

"Um, Miss Faycott?"

"Oh right, sorry." The lavender haired girl scientist was brought back to reality when Tager addressed her "At any rate, I shall take it from here, Iron Tager. The Professor would probably need you back at Kagutsuchi."

With a nod, The Red Devil slowly ambled his way towards the lab's exit.

"So...Lusec Misaki..." Cajun was once again giving him her most analytic look.

Lusec simply blinked, feeling a little awkward. "Yes..?" the yellow-haired swordsman said.

"Hmm...Ah yes, I remember where I've seen you before." Cajun giggled as she brought out her little book of secrets "You were an orphan until the age of twelve until the Misaki family took you in and enrolled you in the Academy. Your mother planned for you to join the Intelligence Department, but you opted to join the 4th Squadron instead. You are well known for your rather youthful appearance as well as that gunblade armagus you wield..."

The resounding clap of the book closing meant Cajun was done dispensing what information she had dug up on him during her time in said school. "That, and I remember seeing you around then. You were in the same batch as one Aoko Kisaragi and Carl Clover, if memory serves me well."