"Morning sir, I have some more information. It seems kasedaya can only be defeated by a Goddess that resides on the northern island, I need a fast ship with enough room for six to be prepared"

Naru approaches what looks like a seat that you would sit on when you go to have an appointment at the dentist. There is a large light over the seat and many mechanical arms coming out of the sides of the seat, some of them with saws and large syringes and other small machines that Naru can't recognise. There is what looks like a small generator next to it which appears to be connected to the seat and what powers it. The small generator also acts as a table, on top of it are many other small tools - saws, scapels, pliers, syringes and other things that Naru can't recognise.

Mark sits down on a stool beside the operating seat, which is also next to another desk with a computer on it. Mark turns on the computer and starts typing away some commands at a command prompt, causing the operating seat to turn on, some of its robotic arms start moving. "This is what you'll be laying on during the operation," Mark says indicating to the operating seat, "Don't worry about what its doing right now, its just doing its startup diagnostics for the moment to make sure that its working correctly. I wouldn't want it to make a mistake and cut off your head or something haha... What I need to do right now is measure your weight and height so that I can make an arm for you which will fit the right dimensions and mass according to your body, so that you'll be able to move it just as easily as if it was your real arm."

"Please stand on that," Mark says pointing at what appears to be a scale connected to a large curving beam that goes up, "and make sure you take off your shoes as well."

...

"A Goddess! You better not be going on some wild goose chase Cyan," the Fuhrer says angrily, "Look, I'll let you do what you want, but I better see results by the end of this or I won't be happy. Where did you say that you're going, the Northern Island!? You do know that that island has been declared restricted territory and for good reason."

Naru stands on the scale.

"Please tell me I'll be unconscious while you're attaching the arm"

"Hmm... no sorry, I can't do that. You'll have to be fully awake and conscious when I attach it, otherwise I won't be able to connect it to your nervous system properly and you won't have full control over the arm. I wish I could say that its not going to hurt, but it will be painful. Connecting automail is always a painful process, it will feel like you are being electrocuted as I connect it to your nervous system and you may experience a bit of paralysis as well in your body.

It won't be that bad anyway, the painful part of the operation is quite quick, connecting the arm to your nervous system won't take longer than 5 minutes. After that, it will still be very painful as your body and brain learn to accept the new arm, but at that time I can knock you out with a nice sedative. But, I can't give you any sedatives until the arm is fully connected. I'll have to cut off the end of your stump first to be able to connect the arm, that is the only cutting of your physical body involved, the other robotic arms of the operating chair are there for the connection process. While, the arm is being connected you can't move at all, so you'll have to be fully restrained during the connection process as it can get quite painful.

Well I have your height and weight recorded and your arm is being made as we speak in that large machine over there by the wall. Once the arm is made, it will be passed to the operating chair automatically to be fitted. Now, according to the specifications of the arm that will be made for you I can only have it fitted with one weapon. You have two choices, a short sword which will extend out of the arm or a handgun which will extend out of your forearm for firing. The weapon will be directly connected to your nervous system along with the arm, so you'll have full control over the weapon with your brain and the weapon will be hidden inside the arm while it is not in use. What would you like to choose?"

"That doesn't sound too bad then" Naru says commenting on the pain.

"I'll take the handgun."

"Ok then," Mark types a few more commands into the computer before turning back to Naru, "Well, the arm will be ready soon. Please lay down on the seat."

"I know sir, I'll investigate here to see if they know anyway to make it safe, do you know if there are any experts on the Island at the Capital?"

"Nope, all recon missions that we have sent to that island in the past has failed with no return. So, we've decided to ignore the island and make it restricted. I can get a ship and crew ready for you when you get here. If you make it back alive, make sure you report back on what is on the island Cyan."

Naru lies down on the seat

"Of course sir, thank you for the aid, Cyan out" putting away the phone cyan heads back into the mansion to wait for Mark and ask him if he knows any safe way onto the island

"Ok, well first of all I'll be injecting you with a drug which will help your body to accept the new arm and not reject it. You may feel a bit nauseous, that is to be expected," Mark says as he gets a large syringe with a green liquid inside and goes to inject it into Naru's good arm. As soon as he injects it Naru starts to feel dizzy.

The computer beeps and Mark goes over to check on it. "Ok, the arm is ready. I'm going to restrain you now and begin the operation, are you ready?"

Naru takes a deep breath and then says "Yep go ahead"

Mark nods and then begins to tie Naru to the seat tightly, so that she can't move at all. "It will be best to look at me while the operation is happening and not look at what the robotic arms are doing," Mark says. He then holds up a small line of plastic, "you should have this in your mouth, so that you can bite down on this and not break your teeth. Can you open your mouth please?"

Naru opens her mouth and then closes it over the plastic, watching Mark from here on in. She knows from being jabbed repeatedly by Emilia that it's better not to watch what's happening.

Mark goes back over to the computer and presses a few buttons, before Naru can hear the robotic arms to start moving. After a minute a blade cuts through the flesh of the end of her stump and Naru can feel something hard being pushed into the flesh at the end of her arm. The pain is excruciating. She can feel the robotic arms working around the connection of her body to the metal, after a minute she suddenly feels a large electric shock go through her entire body. The pain of getting electrocuted continues for a few minutes, Naru can begin to feel new sensations of the new arm which is being attached to her body. Eventually the robotic arms stop moving and the feeling of electrocution goes away, only for Naru to experience a new pain of her body burning, her entire body feels like it is on fire... Naru starts to get really dizzy...

Mark stands up and injects naru with a sedative before she falls asleep.

...

Ten minutes later Mark walks out of the library into the atrium, to greet the rest of the team. "The operation went well and the arm has been successfully attached. Naru will have to rest for at least 5 hours now to get her strength back, she's been through a lot."

Cyan is leaning against the wall "Well that's good, I don't like to start a mission with a team member down" getting off the wall "Mark do you know anyway to approach the northern island safely? its a restricted area because no one comes back"

"Yeah, that island is a dangerous place. I hope you people make it back alive. I don't know anything about the island, I know as much as anyone else I guess... My mother has talked about it a few times. Mainly just her ramblings of magic and legends and crap like that, but something interesting that she did tell me once is that something large resides on that island. That could just be the ramblings of a fanatical woman, but take that as you will."

"hmmm hopefully we can get some heavy weapons before we go there then" Cyan looks up at Mark and reaches out to shake his hand "thanks for your help Mark"

"No problem mate," Mark says smiling and shaking his hand. "Well, I don't know about you people, but I'm hungry. I'm going to have something to eat and then pack up my equipment and things, so that I'll be ready to leave when Naru wakes up. If you need me I'll be somewhere around the house," he says before leaving the atrium and heading towards the kitchen.

Many hours pass and it is now 7pm in the evening. Naru begins to wake up, she is not feeling any pain anymore, but she is still feeling drowsy. She notices Mark sitting at the same chair next to her. "How are you feeling?" Mark asks with a smile.

"Not too bad considering" Naru says, rubbing her face with her original hand to try and wake up a bit more.

"You wouldn't happen to have a shower I could use do you? I'm filthy after being in the desert. Hell I've still got blood all over me from when my arm got cut off haha"

"I have a bathroom down here with a shower, for when I'm working down here for long periods of time. Its through that door over there," Mark says pointing at a small door at one of the walls. "Test out your new arm while your at it and the handgun inside it, it should be fully functional now."

"Thanks man" Naru says, walking through the small door.

Its a small bathroom with a sink, mirror, shower and toilet.

Naru has a shower, takes her coat off and scrubs the dirt and blood off it. "I'm going to need to get new clothes when I get home" she mumbles to herself "There's still blood all over my pants"

Now clean, she rings out the coat and walks back into the atrium, hoping to find Blaze so he can dry it fully.