Hello my readers so this is dedicated to Echo's and I will be glad to inform you that the first person who gives me a short story on their reaction to reading any of my fics wins a one shot. I am doing this one a little differently than my it shouldn't be too bad.
As I ran through the cold night my feet kicked at the pavement and sent a numbing sensation through my legs. Almost there almost to him. I tried to get my hands untied, but the rope only dug deeper and I could feel blood run down my hands. I turned the last corner to him and I heard the skid of other feet. I wanted to scream, but I was out of air and my lungs felt like fire. My esophagus was as dry as the desert around me. This was no vampire, for if so he would have had me sooner. I saw the alleyway and almost cried. He would help me. I turned to go in when two hands grabbed the rope that had tied me and I screamed in anger.
"You think you can get away so easily? Think again." He yanked hard on my rope and it sent me falling forward as my feet slipped out from under me. I screamed one last time.
"Myrnin!" There was no response and I began to cry as I heard the sound of a portal opening. I tried to run forward, but he pulled yet again on my rope and sent me flying back. He stepped through the portal as I saw a pale face move in the darkness.
"Claire!" Myrnin yelled and tried to run to me, but my captor yanked one final time throwing me through the portal and locking it as I heard the high pitched scream of Myrnin's portal try and locate me and save me. It was too late. I was back where I had almost gotten away. I almost was back to Myrnin. Now that was all just a faded image in the suffocating blackness.
Forty Eight hours earlier- Myrnin
"Myrnin you can't do that. Put the vial down."She called to me as I tipped the measure up.
"No this is right trust me. You are the assistant." I began to pour and she ran to the bunk we had made due to our last experiment gone sideways. I slowly poured the mixture into the vial and watched it. It began to bubbly, and then it calmed down. I looked behind me with a told-you-so smile and I looked back in time to catch a body full of black soot. I stood perfectly still and as the smoke cleared I saw Claire give me the same smile. I put my arms down and ash rained down. She sighed and grabbed a damp towel she tossed it at me and I easily caught it. She grabbed the cracked and now useless containers and tossed them in the trash. I wiped my face and hands and my clothes were a contradiction to my paste white skin.
"I invited Barkley over and now look at what you have done." She looked around me and there were smoke stains everywhere, but where I was standing. She even had a little bit in her hair.
"Yes and remind me when I agreed to this?" I said finishing wiping off the rest of the soot from my face. My eyes peeked over the top of the rag and my mouth was covered as I looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"After I won our little bet." She gave a flirtatious smile and I smirked. Oh yea that one. I shook my head and sighed.
"Fine fine I'll get to work." I began sweeping away at the floor and I heard someone walk through the alley. After returning I had become hypersensitive to everything that happened in and out of my little humble. "I think he's here." I stated finishing up and putting the broom away. I was first to the door and blocked Claire.
"Myrnin he's my friend." I shook my head carefully and flashed to meet him at the door as he reached to knock. I looked down at him and sized him up. He was a tad shorter than I and just as lanky. I squinted in the dark tunnel and focused on him.
"I assume you must be Myrnin?" He said a tad snarky.
"I assume you must be Bruce?" I shot back and Claire opened the door.
"Myrnin stop that let him in." I growled inwardly and stepped aside.
"Claire this is a secret lair. Not for advertising."
"Well if you keep exploding this it won't be for long." Claire ushered him and shooting her retort over her shoulder. She said calmly to his ear. "I'm sorry Barkley he just gets jealous."
"It's okay." He replied softly.
"I am not jealous. I just want what is mine to stay mine." I flashed to the table and tried to work on the formula again. I didn't like this new comer. Something was off and I didn't like it.
"Oh and it's Barkley." He said walking to the other side to look at my papers.
"Sure. Whatever you say." Claire came up beside me and grabbed my forearm gently.
"Myrnin please be nice. If you could manage Shane you can managed Barkley." I grunted. I still didn't like the Collins boy. Even after he volunteered to be bait for the draug. "Myrnin?"
"Yea?" I said looking at the sheet and not the vials.
"We don't want another explosion do we?" I looked at her then at the vial and set it down.
"No I presume not. Sorry." I said childishly and handed her the vials we don't need. She walked to the cabinet and put them away. One was on a self just out of her reach and Barkley smoothly walked over helping her. He put his free hand on her lower back and I growled. She thanked him and he smiled a cocky smile. I had to resist the urge to smash the container in my hand. Claire walked back over and Barkley continued to walk around the room. "So Brandon what is it that possessed you to come here?"
"Barkley." He said without turning to me. "And I wanted to be in a remote area with not the big commotion of a city."
"Well you've surely got it. What are you studying? Claire says I would find it interesting." I looked at her and she was purposefully ignoring me.
"Ah yes I study psychology." I burst out laughing. Claire shot me a glare and I tried to stop. I really did. I sat down on the stool nearby and tried to catch my unneeded breath.
"Really Claire? Psychology?" I managed to stop laughing. She walked up to me and smacked the back of my head. "Hey!"
"Be nice." She said through clenched teeth.
"No no he's okay I get that a lot. People don't tend to like shrinks." He stated turning around his glasses reflecting what little light there was.
"See Claire he even admits I have the right to laugh at him." She smacked me again and my head lurched forward in response. "Would you STOP THAT!"
"Not until you apologize." She put her hands on her hips.
"Why?" She raised one and I took a step back. "Okay okay." I sighed with a plan. "I am sorry you have chosen a lame profession to pursue." I flashed to the other side of the room and stuck my tongue at her. She put her hand down and I believe the term is face palmed.
"You child."
"Abimees." I shot back taking a step closer.
"Kontrolli friik." She snapped taking a step as well.
"Armastaja." I took another step.
„Elajas." She took two steps.
„Vajan sind." I took two as well.
„Võta mind." We were breaths apart and Barkley cleared his throat. We both looked in sync in his direction.
„I hate to interrupt, but I'm still here." I stepped back and gave a dull stare.
„Sadly." I turned away with a flourish and continued on our experiment on hand. I heard the human child talk to Claire.
„Is he always this way?" I grunted.
„Yes he is. And it's adorable. Most of the time when he's not trying to kill me." I smirked and used the right mixture this time.
„Claire best be getting to the bunk. I don't know what this will do." I saw the bottle begin to fiz and come to life. The smoke was a variety of colors. It spilled over the container and onto the floor. It went calm with only the smoke fussing around the glass. Then it exploded again and this time the colors stained everything like a bunch of permanent markers were hit with a hammer. Claire looked out from over the bunk with Barney soon after. Her eyes grew two sizes.
„Myrnin this is beautiful." She looked at me and giggled. „And so are you." The boy joined in the laughter. I opened my eyes and looked down. My once black coat was a full aray of colors. My jaw dropped. The lab was bad enough, but not this coat. I loved this coat. Claire climbed out of the bunk and too the childs hand lifting him out. As she walked the colors lifted off onto her feet leaving foot traps in the stain. „I had been planning on repainting and adding color, but this is just gorgeuos."
„I'm glad to hear now please. I need to get this off." I held my arms out and the colors fell to the floor like fairy dust. Burnadad used one finger and wiped it off the floor. He inspected it and Claire came back with a huge towel. She threw it on my and I hurried to get it off. I'm pretty sure I missed a lot. „Bunsen it's getting late and I would suggest you to be leaving. No intellegent creature roams the night with vampires out."
„Ah yes and it's still Barkley. I should be going. Bye Claire I'll see you tomorrow at school?"
„Sure no problem." I gave him one last look from a small peep hole in the towel. His essance was off. I still don't like him. „Uh I need a shower. Care to join me Myrnin?" She asked seductively and it pulled me out of my revere.
„What kind of question is that?" She began to walk away.
„One that the answer is always yes. So in reality a useless question." She said before leaving to the other room and her hand trailing the wall. I threw the towel and flashed to the other room.
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