Rain lashed the countryside driving people and animals to cover. Occasionally a small chunk of hail clattered across the courtyard. Somewhere above the storm, unseen by man, a gibbous moon rose.
In Castle Frankenstein, Dr. Anne Frankenstein tried to contain her excitement. Months of labor and now her great work was ready. Immortality. Immortality for herself, the name Frankenstein, and all humankind.
"No more death," said Anne.
She toweled preservative fluid off the male subject. He was tall, muscular, and hairless. The days soaking in the bath had dyed his already tan skin a deeper brown. In life the man had been a lumberjack with a weak heart. Anne had replaced his heart with one from a hanged man. Carefully she ran her fingers over the cunning needlework of her assistant, Heidi, each suture small and tight. This would be no patchwork monstrosity like her grandfather's.
He also would not have an injured brain like her grandfather used. Anne had been careful to go herself when the time came to secure a brain. Instead of a mad man or a great man this body had been given the mind of a carpenter. Basic perhaps, but the loss of the brain would not set back science.
Certainly the new man would appreciate one aspect of his body. Absently Anne wrapped a hand around the body's penis. Thick and seven inches long when limp. Based her experience it would only increase two inches when hard but no man ever complained about a nine inch cock.
Behind her Heidi was inserting copper wires in the second subject. A maid from two villages away who died of fever. A very tall well curved girl slightly younger than Anne's twenty-five years. Her time in the preservative bath had bleached skin and hair alabaster. Dr. Frankenstein had snatched the body to test her theories on a woman. Without much thought Anne found a female brain the source had labeled as a writer.
"What are their names?" asked Heidi. Dr. Frankenstein had become very satisfied with Heidi's willingness to work over the last few months, and in other ways. The busty blonde was more than willing to turn her skilled fingers, and tongue, to any task Anne devised.
Anne pointed at the man. "This is Seth."
"Seth?"
"In the Bible Adam was the first man, but mankind is descended from his third son Seth." Prodding his flesh Anne continued, "This Seth will be the first of a new race. The deathless future will descend from him."
"What about her?" Heidi pointed at the woman.
"Her." Anne tapped her lips. "Does she need a name? I suppose she does."
"How about Rose or Daisy? I have a niece named Daisy."
"A flower name?" Anne turned and stroked the woman's pale hand. "She doesn't look like a rose or a daisy. I think she looks like a Lily."
"A funeral flower. Isn't that a little morbid?"
"Morbid." Anne looked at the waiting body. "Lilith. She was the woman before Eve."
Now that the female subject had a name Anne looked at her with fresh eyes. Lilith with the long dexterous fingers and ripe breasts. Lilith who would be the second woman brought back from death.
There had been a brief account in the journals of Anne's grandfather about the hissing thing he had reanimated to be a counterpart for his creation. This bride had been half-mad. Anne agreed with her grandfather that Dr. Pretorius, the man assisting him, was responsible for the poor creature's condition. It was Dr. Pretorius who grew a glorified turnip in a vat for her brain.
No, Anne was sure that Lilith would be mentally superior to her forerunner just as Seth was more physically attractive than his.
"It's almost time," said Anne. "Get the catalyst."
Heidi nodded and fetched the wheeled cart. On top of it was device of Anne's own design. A cylinder full of the glowing green compound that made revitalization possible. Below it a dial of setting dosages and a pair of buttons that controlled the injectors. From each side of device was a rubber hose that ended in a needle.
Anne winced as the blonde managed to almost trip over her own lab coat. Heidi was a dab hand with sutures, but would never be a dancer.
"Oh give it here," Anne sighed. Ignoring Heidi's hurt look the doctor took hold of the cart and positioned it between the slabs. Carefully she slid a needle tip into each of the corpses' necks.
Around them the castle shook with the violence of a thunder crash. Heidi let out a small yelp.
"No need to be afraid." Anne said with a smile. "It's only labor pains."
Heidi shook her head. "Labor pains?"
"A metaphor. Now man the injector while I mind the switches. And have no fear. Tonight we make history."
Heidi regarded the green fluid. She knew that she was not the smartest person in the room, but nothing involving that revolting shade of green could ever be healthy. Still Dr. Frankenstein had designed the experiment and Heidi would play her part. But that didn't mean she felt safe.
Anne's eyes were wild with excitement as she watched the dials. The capacitors were fully charged, it was time. With one hand she flipped the first metal switch. Behind her the bodies began to twitch as electricity coursed through their muscles.
Beginning to chuckle Anne took the second switch in hand. It felt warm. Surging with power she forced it up. Energy flooded the subjects' brains. Their muscles flexed and strained against the leather restraints.
"Now Heidi!" shouted Anne. She felt alive, more alive than ever.
Heidi laid a hand across both buttons and pressed. Serum pumped into the shaking corpses. Satisfied Heidi turned away. Above her a lightbulb exploded in a rain of sparks. Heidi screamed and hopped backward.
Her shapely ass slammed into the buttons again. A second larger dose of serum streamed into the cadavers.
All around Anne sparks flew and circuits popped. Uncontrollable laughter spilled out of her mouth as she flipped the last switch. This is how she imagined sex with a god would feel from the god's side.
Bright white light filled the lab. Lightning jumped across the equipment leaving burns and tiny cracks of thunder. Around the room air heated and cooled in pockets.
Heidi shielded her eyes with a trembling hand. Her other hand reached back, over balancing the cart behind her. The noise of breaking glass was lost in the noise.
At the count of three Anne brought the last switch back to resting position. Basking in the afterglow she brought the other switches down. Her breath came in heavy excited pants.
"That was extraordinary." Anne said with a gleam in her eye.
Heidi nodded. Her legs felt like jelly. She leaned against Seth's slab.
His hand had closed around her wrist. Her scream filled the lab. She pushed against him trying to free it. Seth stared up at her with confused eyes.
"Let me go," said Heidi. Seth released her and Heidi tumbled to the floor.
Anne raised her arms in triumph. "Success!"
Seth opened his mouth and a strained noise leaked out. He flexed against his restraints. The leather stretched as it opposed his strength. His sound grew louder.
