The Watcher indicated that he will follow the Doctor as long as he led them in the right direction......

When they reached the main laboratory, Tinder awaited her father silently, bowing as The Watcher entered the room. "The subject is in that room, Father," she told him, pointing out one of the rooms, the same they had used to apply the Dark Heart to the other clone before. There was a viewscreen through which they could see inside the room, without actually having to be in it.

Necros asked Tinder, "Is everything prepared?"

Tinder bowed her head, feigning surprise that The Watcher was even speaking to her, for the benefit of the other technicians. Of course, she knew, and he knew, why he would...

"Of course, Your Holiness. Kiera awaits her fate gladly," she replied humbly.

The Watcher walked into the room. He turned towards Kiera.

"Child, are you prepared to serve the Brotherhood and lead by being the first to take a leap forward?"

Kiera knelt before him, completely undressed for the purposes of the experiment. If she changed in size, they did not wish to cut off her clothing. "I am honored to serve," she said humbly, and her words rang true. She would live and die at The Watcher's command. To her, HE was her only father.

"Lie down on the table so that we may begin, child."

Kiera did as she was told, the cold metal of the table harsh against her skin. A slight shiver came over her, though whether it was from the cold, or fear, or anticipation, she did not know. All she knew was that she belonged to The Watcher, and her only desire was to serve him.

Necros concetrated on the Dark Heart.

The whole process was extremely painful. More so than Kiera Forge had ever felt before. Whe couldn't help but scream a blood curtling scream. Yet despite all this pain she refused to fight back as much as possible.

Soon black tri-hooks, similar to a triskelion began to appear on her body. Then as the second level of her seal was being formed into her, her hair grew longer, five oddly-placed horns grew on her head, and her skin turned dark brown. Then it all receded back into her body, but with one triskelion mark appearing right between her breasts......

Kiera's mind was on fire, all she knew was pain, but despite it all, she held herself down, willing only to serve The Watcher. Briefly she wondered if she was going to die, if this was what death felt like, but soon the pain receded, and she was lying on the table, panting. She could feel a cold... something... within her, still changing her, if only slightly. She shivered, her body drenched with sweat. Her eyes opened, and for a moment she felt as though every shadow in the room was drawing near to her.

A deep burning sensation pierced her bosom, and she inhaled shakily, looking down at the strange mark that was there. Her sweat-drenched face then turned to look to a nearby medical droid. She could almost tell what it was thinking! Just a blink of her eyes, and every tiny piece of it came apart, hovering in mid-air in a rough facsimile of its former shape, only with no piece connected to another. Slowly, she sat up on the table, then slid off of it, falling to her knees before The Watcher. "How may I serve you, Your Holiness?" she asked humbly, her muscles still shaky and weak from what had just happened. However, the droid pieces still hovered in their shape behind her.

"You have already served me well. You shall return to your post after the Doctor and his associates here have had some time to examine you. For now, now that it will take some time before your body and mind are stable and your power will fluxuate until then. In the mean time, you are to remain here until your powers stabilize. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Your Holiness. I am honored to serve," she said, fighting to keep her voice steady. She felt both like she was about to pass out, and like she was about to burst out of her skin, at the same time.

The Watcher looked over to Tinder and the other scientists.

"Observe and study her for 3 days and then she is to be released. Also, every one of my Eyes will only be imbued with the Demon's Embrace by me and me alone!"

Fully aware that they would follow his orders unless they wished to suffer, Necros left towards the transport that he had taken. Leaving the scientist to study Kiera until the time came for her to leave, after Necros had given the Doctor a datapad listing the results he wanted and the limits of how dangerous their tests could be.....

Turning off the holo-vid feed, Tinder walked into the room, on the pretense of preparing the girl for experimentation. She had shakily stood the moment The Watcher had left the room, and was now looking to Tinder, with a look of curiosity tempered by obedience.

Tinder smiled. "You will cooperate with us, in accordance with The Watcher's wishes, yes? We must examine every aspect of the transformation, in order to form our report to The Watcher. You will not resist?" she asked, having come around the girl and traced a finger up her spine, causing her to subconsciously stand up straighter. The girl's back was drenched with sweat.

"I will not resist," Kiera responded. "I will serve His Holiness's will," she said.

Tinder nodded. "Then we will begin..."

3 days later, Kiera was dressed in her black body glove, and traveling in the small transport she had arranged to take her back to Ord Mantell. Any wounds of hers had been healed, and she looked not much different than when she had arrived.

Except that she was pale, and trembling, and couldn't really form words...

Dr. Malk had held back. He had told her he was holding back, that she must be in one piece, so she could serve The Watcher, serve The Watcher...

Oh, Force, she hurt...

Beneath the cacaphony of her own screams within her mind, she could hear... no, feel... the voice of The Watcher.

"Your... Holiness..." she responded, barely able to do so, hoping HE would not be displeased with the time it took her to answer.

The Watcher left Kiera with a feeling a warm fatherly embrace.

"I am sorry that you had to suffer so, Kiera. But you have proven your loyalty to me and our cause. For that I will erase all the pain you felt at the hands of their studies if you desire so, my child?"

Kiera clung to his presence in her mind. "Yes, Your Holiness..." she gasped, too far into shock to sob. "If... it pleases...you..." she said, feeling his cold gentle hand begin to dampen the sound of screams...

Necros gently washed away all of Kiera's painful memories concerning the experiments that were done on her.

"And so the pain is no more and your sight onto the path of Utopia has been cleared of such distractions and worries."

Kiera was not sure what had just happened, only that she felt The Watcher's presence in her mind, and had a feeling HE had helped her, though she could not remember with what. All she knew was that, her mind felt clear, and relaxed as though it had not been that way moments ago. She felt as though she had been blessed.

She knelt in the empty room of the transport. "I live to serve you, Your Holiness," she said humbly, meaning it with every part of her heart.

"I have great faith in your continued devotion to our path, my child. Now, you are expected to continue your operations on Ord Mantell. And then in 17 months time, with this Jason Halcyon and his powerful family's backing, you well expand your business outwards into the rest of the system there. I will advise you of what you are to do afterwards."

The Watcher then disappeared.....

Kiera looked up, feeling His Holiness leave her mind. There was much work to do... and she would not disappoint HIM.

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