"Wait, Tasu, stop, you're not thinking straight." Delilah tries to stop the larger naga from pulling the newborn back inside, "You're not made for that, you'll exhaust yourself!"  She puts her hands under the newborn's armpits, stopping her from sliding in.  At this point, not really sure what she's doing.  "She's not safe in there if we're going into battle.  And she'll slow you down more inside of you than by learning to walk."<br/><br/>In the confusion, the hatchling slowly opens her eyes.  The calico pattern of her short hair extending to her skin like a birthmark, making her look almost like the stereotypical catgirl.  "Mahhh...  Where...  It's tight.  Wha's goin' on?  OW!"  She wriggles a bit, feeling some of the egg still stuck to her skin press against her uncomfortably.  After a moment, she realigns herself and her eyes clear.  "Oh.  Doctor Delilah, is the test over? H-how long has it been?"<br/><br/>feign gets close to Tasu, trying to talk to him, "Tasu, Listen, she'll be okay out here, she's got all her previous memories...  I promise I'll protect her if you let her be born, but if you keep her inside, you could really hurt her and yourself, okay?"<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Lex grins at the baby shower comment, and then sighs as Serene goes on.  "To be totally realistic, I'll be the one going to a containment cell for a while.  I'll put a word in for you to have my quarters if that makes you feel better."  She thinks for a moment as she walks through the maze for a short distance.  "From what I've seen, you are a reasonable being.  If your powers are magic based, then we don't have any reason to even keep you here.  It makes me wonder why our catch team even went after you in the first place."<br/><br/>She taps on the wall, repeating her security code.  A door-sized panel appears in response, opening to a small room.  The look on her face goes from thoughtful to frightened as she reads the display above the door on the other side of the room.  "Security breach?  Oooooh shit."  She runs in and starts tapping on the panel. "Come on, we have to get out of here.  The thing in my womb isn't the biggest problem this place has going on."<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Kitten nods blankly and drinks the healing potion without a sound, the pop and click of several bones magically mending in her body is mirrored in little vibrations of the fur and her arm twitching and straightening.  Almost immediately she seems to snap out of her programming.  "Oww...  I think I still have some bruises.  Oh, you must be a doctor, can you take me back to get my collar fixed?  It shouldn't be far, master's office is right over there."  She nods to the partially opened office door on the other side of the room.  "Master will have everything fixed with this place in no time at all."<br/><br/>Almost as if on cue, the sound of an elevator out in the main hallway, is followed by a virtual roar of Russian, "Chyort voz'mi!  I leave five minute, whole lab is.. is Govno!" The sound of several faceless creatures getting thrown around follows as whatever apparently huge and pissed off creature just arrived is getting closer.<br/><br/>Unexpectedly, Kitten seems to light up at the sound of the tirade, "Master is back!"<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Thistle nods as she is told to hold off Mac, though instead of rushing in to fight him or to stop him from using his radio, she stands still, breathing deeply and concentrating with her eyes closed.  It's hard to tell exactly what she's trying to do, but it seems like she's wide open for attack.  The response comes back on the radios, "Alpha team on the way, ETA three minutes."<br/><br/>Kine on the other hand gets into a boxing stance, the taser on his right hand like a set of brass knuckles.  "Real scary there, scaly.  But you heard the man.  All I gotta do is last three rounds with ya and the calvary gets here, and I've fought bigger crap than you for ten times that long." The vampire grins confidently as he shifts from foot to foot, constantly changing his balance. "bring it."