Lovers Across Time
For once there was some downtime at the warehouse so Pete, Claudia, and I were catching up on some much needed R&R. Pete was off doing something and Claudia was playing her guitar. I was enjoying one of my favorite past times; reading. There was more than one reason why I kept reading one book after another; I knew if I stopped I'd think about her. The woman who popped into my life and who I grew to care about just to have her try to kill us all. She made me trust her and then she goes and tries to destroy the world. But she wasn't all bad. She knew what she had done to me and came to apologize and talk some sense into me.
"Reading another of H.G.'s books are we Myka?" I jumped when I heard Mrs. Fredrick's voice. I threw my head back against the recliner as I let out a groan.
"How do you do that?" Putting the book on the side table I looked up at the dark woman. She never changes but there was a different look in her eyes this time. They were dark as always but there was worry and tenderness in them. "What?" She didn't say a word. She just went to sit on the couch.
"Come here Myka. I need a word with you." I had a bad feeling in my stomach but I went and sat on the other end of the small couch. "You've been reading her books a lot lately. I know you've read them all before you came to the warehouse. You've also been looking through her file again. Myka, what H.G. did was not your fault."
"But I.." This was a very touchy subject for me. The woman who I cared about; the woman I called my friend betrayed me. Almost killed not only herself but everyone else I care about.
"Myka." Mrs. Fredrick's voice was stern but caring. I didn't say anything; I just folded my arms and leaned against the back of the couch. "She needs your help." That sparked my attention but I didn't let Mrs. Fredrick see it. "You know her mind is being held in the black orb by the Janise coin and that the Regents have it. Well there was a break in and it was taken and the orb destroyed." I could feel the blood drain from my face and my stomach fall. The orb held the coin and if it was destroyed… "We have the coin Myka." I let out a deep sigh of relief that I didn't know I was holding.
"So why does she need my help? And why should I help her? She tried to kill us all!" I shot up out of my seat and passed in front of the couch.
"You know, better than anyone, that she did that because she was emotionally unstable. Being de-bronzed like that and thrown back into this world. When she was working with you she was stable. It was when she was alone that her demons got the best of her." I bit my lip thinking at the times we had together. H.G. saved my life many times and saved Claudia's also.
"What can I possibly do? I'm not good at rebuilding technology; that's Claudia's thing. I can't magically make H.G. remember who she is…"
"You can talk to her. Remind her of who she really is. Buy us time until Ms. Donovan can rebuild the orb. We have reason to believe that even after the coin was used on H.G. that little bits of her real self is still in there somewhere. They've leaked into the fake life she lives now. We think that by you using that fact you can trigger the rest to break through."
"Why me though?" I could feel myself getting sucked into this more and more even though I knew I shouldn't.
"Because you know her better than anyone." I just stared at Mrs. Fredrick. "Are you going to take the case?" I spoke before I knew I even opened my mouth…
"Yes."