Title: Anything but Ordinary
Author: Jerichajade
Fandom: Eureka
Pairings: Future Jack/Nathan mentions of Joe/Zane and Zoe/Hair Boy
Rating: Right now pg-13 for language. could go up later
Spoilers: Season 3 never happened nor Nathan's proposal to Allison at the end of Season
Beta: None (am in the market for one)
Disclaimer: Sadly I own none of the characters except for Tarin, Trevor, and any others.
Author's Note: This is my first attempt at fanfiction in this fandom and I am a little nervous about it. So be gentle. I accept any form of critique as long as it is not vicious but constructive. So with out further ado, enjoy.
For once Nathan Stark was happy that he was not the head of GD. The man who had just stepped through the doors was not a man that he wanted to ever deal with again. He was Trevor Wright and a major jackass. He was supposedly a man of medicine but his work was theoretical at best. Nathan would rather trust his life in the hands of Zoe Carter rather than Trevor. Allison was going to have her hands full.
"So what can I do for you Dr. Wright?" Allison asked with one of her small smiles that anyone who knew her would know was a smile to get out of her office.
"I have something that will change the face of medicine around the world. It can cure anything!" Trevor started excitedly.
Allison stared at him skeptically. "It can really cure anything? What is it exactly?"
"It is an organism that I have recently discovered. It is the find of the century!"
If what Trevor said was true, it would be truly advantageous of her to welcome him with open arms. But she had Nathan's voice ringing in her head about this so-called doctor. She had investigated the man before she had allowed him into her office and the
articles were not flattering. His research was truly out there and no way of testing any of his theories. But all of a sudden he found an organism that can cure the world's disease? It was highly improbable.
"What is this organism, Dr. Wright? Do you have it here with you?" Allison inquired.
Trevor smiled, "The organism is in my vehicle. Do you want to see it?"
Allison had to admit she was curious to learn what this mysterious organism was. She nodded her consent to lead her to his vehicle. Walking out of her office she saw Nathan and Carter actually talking genially nearby. She made subtle eye contact with Nathan to let him know that she wanted him to follow her and the good doctor.
The short walk to the parking lot was the longest walk in Allison's history. Trevor couldn't shut up about all the good he would be able do and the Nobel Prize that he was going to receive. If Jack Carter wasn't behind her she would probably have strangled the
insufferable man.
Trevor excitedly unlocked the back door of his large van, not even noticing that there were two new people with them. Inside was a rather long cylindrical box, about the size of a coffin. Nathan and Jack looked curiously inside, waiting for Dr. Wright to open the box.
Trevor pressed a code on the side and the box opened with a hiss. White smoke escaped the small opening of the lid. Trevor lifted the lid and stepped back so the others could get a look.
Nathan, Jack, and Allison all stepped up into the van. The white smoke cleared so they could get a better view of the contents of the box. Allison gasped in shock while the two men looked like they could have killed Trevor. Inside the box was a young girl maybe about sixteen. She was in some type of cryogenic sleep.
"What the hell is this Trevor?" Nathan growled.
"It is the new frontier of medicine. She can cure every disease known to man," Trevor gloated.
Jack didn't waste any words, he just slugged the guy. Trevor fell against the side of the van holding his jaw.
"She is a human being, not some lab experiment!" Jack yelled.
Trevor angrily rose, "She is not human! She is something that cannot be explained and there are others like her with the same abilities. They could have cured disease, famine, and war long ago but they hide in secret hording their abilities!"
Allison shook her head in horror, "Dr. Wright you have stepped over the line with this. Carter, arrest this man."
"You, you can't do this!" Wright stammered.
Nathan glared at the man, "She has the right to do what she wants, Doctor." For the first time the word "doctor" sounded like a dirty word coming from his mouth. "Allison I need to get her back inside and see if this man has done anything to her."
"Do whatever you have to, Nathan. Jack, I'll be calling someone to get him out of your jail cell as soon as possible."
Jack took Trevor Wright to his jail while Nathan took the girl into GD. Allison had never seen Nathan look so furious before. Sure he had a temper when it came to the mistakes made with important experiments but that anger was nothing like she was seeing
now. He looked like a completely different man.
Nathan got many odd stares as he wheeled the girl into his personal lab. He ignored all the stares, he only cared about looking after the girl. Nathan didn't tell Ally or Carter but the girl looked familiar. Someone he hadn't seen in nearly ten years. If he was right she was the daughter of two people he truly considered family outside of Allison, Kevin and Henry.
Nathan gently brought the girl out of the "coffin" and placed her on a table. At the moment he had no bed to put her on so the table was the best that he could do. The girl was wearing a skin tight silver jumpsuit that ended just above her knees. It looked like something a gymnast would wear.
"Please God, do not let this be Tarin," Nathan whispered.
He rolled up her sleeves and inserted the necessary IVs. Nathan knew he could let the capable doctors in the medical wing handle all of this but he had to make sure this wasn't who he thought it was.
Allison checked in with Nathan after he had been with girl for over five hours. She was used to him not leaving his lab for long periods of time but usually he would have contacted her once he got settled in. He was behaving a little differently from the norm.
Walking into his lab she noticed the girl was lying on Nathan's couch with a blanket wrapped around her. Nathan was sitting in a chair to the side of her reading over some papers.
"Is she all right?" Allison softly asked.
Nathan looked up, noticing her for the first time. "She is perfectly healthy. He may be an idiot but he didn't screw up the cryogenics. He better be glad that he hadn't."
Allison was confused by his words. It was almost like he knew the girl. Which was impossible since Allison didn't recognize her and they knew most of the same people.
"Nathan, what's wrong with you? You have never acted this way before."
Nathan sighed. He knew that he would have to tell her eventually. "Her name is Tarin Starling. Her parents are Thierry and Kestrel Starling."
"Who are they?" Allison questioned.
Nathan put down the papers and turned to his ex-wife. "About twelve years ago I was living with them. We were working on a project together. Tarin was six the last time I saw her. I can't believe this happened to her. How could this have happened to her? Where were Thierry and Kestrel?"
Allison knelt before Nathan, "Why did you never tell me about them Nathan?"
"Because it was something very personal Ally, something I couldn't share. They were my family. You know what my parents did when I left for MIT."
Allison sadly nodded, "But Nathan, why did you leave?"
Nathan turned back to Tarin, "They were leaving and did not know when they would return. It was so hard to leave them but I knew I had to."
"Is there anything you can do to find them?" Allison inquired even though she knew it was a silly question.
"I have tried everything in GDs power to find them. It is like they have completely dropped off the face of the Earth and yet here is proof that they are still out there somewhere," Nathan sighed. "I don't know what to do Ally."
Allison hated seeing the defeated look on her ex-husband's face. It was a strange expression for a man who was so confidant and sure of himself. It was not an expression that she wanted to find on him. A beep from the pocket of Allison's suit jacket ended anything she was going to try and say to reassure Nathan.
"Nathan, I know that everything will turn out all right in the end. I'll be back later to see how Tarin is doing," Allison consoled him, placing a hand on his shoulder in a show of support.
With that the head of GD was out of Nathan's lab, leaving him alone to wallow in memories. The last time that he had seen Tarin was a very tearful goodbye. She hadn't wanted Nathan to leave her even though it was really the other way around. Nathan generally steered clear of children, he had no need for them until they were older. Tarin
was the first exception with Kevin being the second. Tarin was just so curious with a need to know everything. Nathan always thought she would have made a great scientist some day. He had no clue whatever became of her or her family. It was like since they were no longer together there was no need to contact him. Nathan had tried but had come up against a brick wall.
An hour later, the door of his lab was opened again but this time it was not Allison who had come to check on him. It was Sheriff Carter. Jack had heard from Allison that the girl they had discovered was someone from Nathan's past, someone close to him. Jack had to see if Nathan was doing okay.
The doctor seemed to be dozing in the chair he had placed beside the patient. For once Nathan didn't have the perpetual scowl but his face was smoothed in peace. The girl was propped up on the couch wide awake watching Nathan with a look of wonder or surprise.
She looked up as Jack continued closer to the pair. She placed a finger to her lips to signify the need for quiet.
"I'm Tarin," she greeted softly.
"Nice to see that you are doing okay, Tarin, I'm Sheriff Jack Carter. Do you mind me asking how you got in the box that he found you in?" Jack questioned.
"That is a bit complicated. I would prefer to wait until Uncle Nathan wakes up," Tarin answered.
That shocked the hell out of Jack. He was not expecting for the girl to have recognized Nathan. Allison had said that Tarin hadn't seen Nathan in like twelve years.
"So you know who he is?"
"Of course. I have missed Uncle Nathan but it was impossible for me to be able to see him," Tarin explained. "Which I will answer when he wakes up."
It was like the girl could read his mind. It was slightly disconcerting for Jack after the day he had had. "Now how did you know that I wanted to ask why you couldn't see him?"
"Natural curiosity Sheriff. It is only human to try and alleviate those feelings," Tarin explained.
"So we have another genius on hands then? Why am I not surprised."
"Another genius? Where exactly am I, Sheriff Carter?" Tarin
inquired.
Jack knew that Global Dynamics was suppose to be a big time secret from the rest of the world but this young girl was already in the belly of the beast so to speak. And if Nathan knew her, then Jack guessed that it couldn't hurt to tell Tarin.
"You are in Nathan's lab at Global Dynamics in the town of Eureka," Jack told her.
Tarin squealed with joy, "I am actually at Global Dynamics?" Jack nodded. "And Nathan works here?" Another nod. "This is so cool!"
Now that was how a young girl should sound like. For a minute there he thought he was talking to a miniature Allison Blake. It was nice to know that she could switch between the smart girl and normal teenager.
"So I take it you have heard of GD?"
"Who hasn't in the science world? It is the place to be for scientific discovery. My parents wanted to come here before the accident."
"The accident?" A new voice joined the conversation. It would appear that Nathan Stark had awoken from his nap.
Tarin looked startled by the question. "Uncle Nathan?"
"Tarin please answer the question? I need to know what has happened to your parents," Nathan pleaded.
Tarin looked lost. This was apparently not the way she wanted to reunite with the man that she called "Uncle". Nathan moved closer to Tarin as if by moving closer he would get the answers he needed faster.
"Well about five years ago they were involved in something that I can't divulge just yet that got them killed. Murdered really."
Nathan sat back in his chair heavily. Jack could only see one side of his face but what he could see nearly broke his heart. Nathan looked absolutely devastated, crushed. Nathan looked like he could use a shoulder to cry on. Jack knew that for the past couple of weeks that he had developed feelings for the scientist that he wasn't ready to
confront but he couldn't just play the observant by-stander this time. So Jack cautiously moved towards Stark and placed a comforting arm around him. Nathan didn't even budge.
"But how could this have happened? There weren't even any news about their death. They were two of the most important scientists in chemistry and botany. There should have been something about them damn it!" Nathan exclaimed.
Tarin was unsure if she should tell him the truth but was scared that he wouldn't believe her. The Nathan of her past was different from the man that was sitting in front of her. But he was still Uncle Nathan and her parents would want him to know why he had
never been contacted. But then again her new guardians would not want her to tell him their secret. Tarin knew until she got in contact with her guardians that she would have to fudge the truth.
She bit her bottom lip anxiously. Nathan noticed it as a tell she had from before when she didn't know exactly the words to use. It was endearing to know that not all things had changed.
"What my parents have been doing from the moment that we left you was very top secret even more secret than Eureka. Not many outside of our community knew about the work that went on and I'm sorry Uncle Nathan but I can not tell you anymore than that. I can tell you that leaving you and not being able to contact you was the hardest thing my
parents had ever done. I also know both my parents and I thought about you every day since we had to leave you."
Nathan sighed. He knew it was a long shot for her to actually be able to tell him anything but at least he knew that they had thought about him as much as he had thought about them.