This is the fourth story in a series. So it won't make any sense unless you've read the story before it or at least the last chapter of the third story 'Switching'.
Chapter 1
"So that was you?" Claudia asked.
Christina sighed, it had been non-stop questions all the way to Artie's office. Plus she had already explained this part, but apparently nobody was listening. "Yes, that was me"
"Future you?" Pete questioned.
"Yes"
"But I thought it was bad to be seen by yourself when time traveling?" Steve said.
"Where on earth did you hear that" Christina exclaimed.
"Uhhh...like every time traveling thing says that" Claudia reminded everyone.
"Ya like If you do meet yourself from another time, the world will be destroyed." Pete added.
"You must be joking" Christina tried, but the others just shook their head."No matter, it's still incorrect" She concluded waving it off. "It's not the first thing someone's been incorrect about and it won't be the last I can assure you"
"Listen up!" Artie announced walking in the room. "There have been no pings, so everyone - inventory. Now."
"What" Claudia whined "We haven't had a ping in forever"
"It does seen unlikely" Helena agreed.
"It's not the first slow month we've had Now Go! Be good agents" Artie demanded sitting down in his chair.
They left without a word, each of them separating into their usual inventory partners. Myka, Helena, and Christina then Steve, Claudia, and Pete with the occasional Lenna going from one group to the other. Normally they stay like this till lunch, but today 20 min in Christina wandered off.
"Pete?"
Pete turned around hearing his name. "Ya?"
"Would you mind if I borrowed your television" Christina asked sweetly.
"No, not happening, last time I lent you my TV I found it in pieces and you and your crazy mom huddled over it with blow torches!"
"I will not take it apart this time, you have my word" she promised.
"That's what you said about the Wii" Pete reminded her.
"Why must you be so stubborn" Christina huffed.
"Says the most stubbornness child ever" Pete countered, but Christina didn't waver. She'd won again. "Fine, how long do you need it"
"Just for the amount of time it takes to watch 5 Digital Versatile Discs or Digital Video Discs...the information I gathered on the matter was very vague"
"Just call it a DVD"
"Ill keep that in mind... so I may use it?" she asked again.
Pete nodded "Whatcha ya going to watch?"
"Uhh..." Christina muttered reaching into her bag"These"
Pete took the cases with a strange look "You know this is a TV series right."
"No...does that make a difference?"
"Dude each of these has like 18 hrs of TV on them"
"I see..."
"But you know what I'll watch with you"
"Wait, Peter-"
"What did we say about that"
"Pete." Christina revised. "Its not necessary "
"Sorry, My TV. My terms."
"But-"
"My TV, dude" Pete sang.
"I'm a girl" Christina sighed."I suppose you may watch with me...but I must be finished with them by weeks end."
"What! One week!"
"Yes."
"...Then we'd better get started" Pete decided. "Claudia! Steve! Mykes! HG!"
"Pete!" Christina panicked"What are you doing!"
"Ya" Claudia asked walking towards them from the another aisle.
Soon all of them were front and center.
Pete smiled and cleared his throat "My fellow agents, I have summoned you here today for a very important task"
Christina put a hand to her head and sighed "Oh my"
"Our young Chris here has decided to make it her goal to finish all of these seasons of this TV show"
"What show?" Steve questioned.
"It doesn't matter because whatever the show, were going to watch it-" Pete said firmly.
"Ok?" Claudia agreed confused.
"In a week"
"A week!" Steve yelled.
"Yes a week and do know what that means?..." He asked. Looking over at HG and Myka. "This question is directed towards our spectacular bookworms"
Myka opened her mouth to reply but Pete cut her off.
"That's right we are ditching inventory"
"Not happening Pete" Myka refused.
"I must agree, it's seems a foolish reason to abandon our job."
"Come on guys" he whined grabbing Christina and pulling her towards him "Think of the children"
"Think of the- Come on" Myka rolled her eyes, surprised at how desperate he was.
"You don't have to-" Christian began, but Pete put a hand over her mouth .
"What show is it?" Helena sighed.
Pete held up the case.
"I'm in" Claudia and Steve decided.
"Well I suppose if Parental Guidance is necessary..." Helena trailed of looking over at Myka.
"No. Ohhhh no" Myka shook her head. "Helena do you know how much trouble we could get into for this, how many rules we'd be breaking."
"Oh come now darling, it'll be fun" Helena pleaded innocently.
"No" Myka refused.
"Please" Helena tried again. "I'll buy you some of that candy your so fond off"
Myka hesitated for a moment, that was her weakness."Fine ill watch one episode" she gave in "and you will get me those Twizzlers"
"Understood" Helena smirked.
"Yes! To the Pete cave!" Claudia yelled running in that direction.
They weren't even through the first episode, when they were interrupted.
"Artie I found them!" Lenna called, before turning to the agents. "What are you guys doing!"
Pete paused the show and looked over at Lenna. Turning on his 'charm' he began again"Oh Lenna sweet sweet Lenna" he sighed walking over and putting arm around her "We are helping this child with a quest-" he announced at Christina who was now shaking her head.
"A quest?"
"Yes, a quest indeed" Pete proclaimed.
"Ok?..." Lenna gave him a confused look, then glanced over at the group "Myka?"
The agent turned around with a 'caught' face "Ya?" She answered meekly.
"You ditched inventory?" Lenna questioned, shocked.
"I bribed her" Helena stated.
"Now it makes sense" Lenna smiled "The things you'll do for Twizzlers... Ok scoot over"
"What?" Claudia asked.
"I'm watching too. Artie has been working everyone hard because he's frustrated that there haven't been any pings. So I say this break is deserved"
As soon as Lenna had sat down Artie came stomping in "What in artifacts name is going on here!"
"Artie we both know this amount of stress is not good" Lenna reminded him, as she lead their boss to a chair. "So please give yourself a break and relax"
"I will not-" he began but was silenced as Pete walked over cream soda in hand.
"Here ya go"
"Oh..." Artie hesitated, then he sighed taking the can "Ok five minutes won't hurt"
Christina remained silent through the whole scene, shocked at how quickly this went from secret assignment to free-for-all movie week.
Now as the days went on everyone was in a zone, eyes glued in anticipation to the screen, hardly moving except for breaks for food and sleep of course. Each meal was spent hurriedly eating with little comments about the show. They were up a dawn, and stayed awake deep into the night.
The trance however was broken when the credits of the last episode on the last disc started rolling.
"That's it!" Claudia screamed, "it wasn't even a finale it just ends"
"The show still airs Claudia" Steve reassured her.
"Good" Myka sighed.
"What day is it?" Helena yawnedq.
"Friday... I think " Artie replied.
"We started this Monday..." Lenna said.
Pete looked at the group"Wow that went by fast"
"Christina?" Helena began "Why did you need to watch this series in the first place?"
"Oh no reason" Christina shrugged, "I suppose curiosity just got the best of me.."
"Right..." Helena said, obviously not believing her.
The conversation was drowned out over the sounds of Artie ordering Claudia to check for pings and the rest todo inventory, picking right up where they left off.
In the end Christina found a way out of all her mothers questions.
Then, saying she was tired she headed for her room. Walking in she immediately began preparing. Which means grabbing gadgets and her gun/tesla/grappler.
When she was ready Christina picked up the artifact. Suddenly she went through what she knew was the worlds barrier. She landed in an open space of land, where Lenna's would be in their world.
"Alright no bed and breakfast" Christina mumbled "Which could mean..." Pulling out her teleporter she headed for the where the warehouse should be. But It wasn't there "No Warehouse" she whispered
Christina had left around an hour before they all heard that mysterious knock again.
Lenna opened the door hesitantly, "Hello?"
"We will be skipping the hellos" Future Christina said bluntly walking in.
"Oh my gosh" Pete whispered wide eyed.
"Dude that's her" Claudia said quickly at the same whispering level.
"Don't get too excited, my present is only in a day from this point" Christina laughed."Now someone call Artie, I have a mission for you all"
They were all sitting around the table, with Christina standing in front of them.
"Shouldn't we get your...I don't know, present self" Claudia asked.
"I'm was no longer at Lenna's during this point" Christina said. "Now-"
"You left without telling me" H.G exclaimed, standing.
"Before you yell at me remember I'm not the version to punish. In the future you have already punished me by telling me to go back and tell you all, and I mean all of you even Lenna, to follow me"
Seven confused faces stared back at her.
"That didnt make any sense" Pete's stated.
"It's not important, now listen please" Christina sighed "A man named Michael Jones has used an artifact to jump worlds-"
"So there is more than one world" Steve said with a smile "I knew it"
"Yes..." Christina hesitated giving him a weird look "Anyways I followed him-"
"Without an adult?" Helena shouted.
"Well seeing how you will be going after me, Ill only be un-supervised for 12 hours 17 minutes and 45 seconds" Christina informed them and then she continued "Now in this other world there is no Warehouse-"
"Then where do they put the artifacts" Artie demanded.
"There are no artifacts" Christina said.
"But that's impossible, I mean there has to be..." Myka began, but stopped when she realized the girl was serious.
"OK Here's the artifact good luck" she handed it to Artie. "And remember what you watched this week it'll come in handy."
"Why?" Claudia asked.
"...Because in this other world that show is not a show" Christina smiled. "It's reality"
Present Christina let the implications of no Warehouse 13 sink in for a moment, before teleporting to the location she gave herself. When she arrived Christina was in the middle of tall buildings and honking cars, in other words the city. There were flashing lights, sirens, and cops all around her. This is crime scene she thought, and then she looked down And that's a dead body. Hearing a clip board drop she glanced over to see a woman who was obviously shocked. Seeing her, Christina's eyes went wide.
"...It's only been a week, she's not ready to go back" a familiar voice said coming into range. It was only familiar to Christina because she had been watching his show all week.
"Yes but Castle, its Alexis' decision. If she wants to go back you need to let her." Detective Kate Beckett explained, as she walked towards the body.
"But she's not safe" Richard Castle complained in the most fatherly way possible.
Christina was frozen, This is real, This is real she told herself over and over again.
Finally the lady next to the body spoke up "Ok, who are you?" Lanie Parish asked.
"I'm-"
"Who let a kid in my crime scene" Beckett demanded walking up "Lanie?"
"Hey - it wasn't me, she just... Appeared"
"Appeared?" The detective asked skeptically.
"Don't ask me" Lanie defended.
Beckett turned to the girl "Im sorry but you can't be here right now"
"On the contrary Detective, I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be" Christina grinneD, hearing line same line she'd used with Myka.
"She's British" Castle whispered nudging Beckett.
"Yes I see that" she replied. "Listen I just need you to go behind that line-"
Christina didn't really listen as Beckett spoke, all she was thinking about was figuring out a plan. There's a reason I didn't tell myself this... the instructions! Pulling them out, she began to read.
"Wait, what's that?" Castle questioned.
"Instructions" Christina mumbled as she continued to read.
"Instructions for what?" He asked, curiosity starting to get the best of him, as usual.
"What's your name kid?" Beckett demands.
"Crissy Charles" Christina muttered back, as soon as she said it she looked up, Different world I can use my name "I mean... Christina Wells, nice to meet you"
"Rick Castle" Castle stated with a grin.
"If you people are finished with the pleasantries..." Lanie glanced down. "Dead body" then gesturing to their surroundings with her pen. "Crime scene"
"Yes of course" Christina said, taking a step back from the body. First step of the instructions basically say get to the precinct ASAP... here we go. "Would you please take me back to the 12th Precinct with you" she asked politely.
"No" Beckett said firmly "listen you need to go home-"
"If I pulled out a weapon would you be forced to take me?"
"Ooo I like her" Lanie decided, with a smile.
"You have a gun?" Castle asked.
But Christina wasn't paying attention. Beckett and her were now in a staring match.
"Yes, I would have too, 12 year olds aren't supposed to have guns" Beckett said, shortly.
"Righty-Ho then" Christina decided, pulling out her contraption.
Castle and Lanie's eyes went wide "Beckett - she really has a gun" he whispered.
"I see that" she snapped before turning back to the girl, she could somehow tell Christina wouldn't fire it. "Hey Lanie, where are Ryan and Espo"
"They're running late" she managed eyes not leaving the girl.
"Tell them to fill me in" Beckett said turning for her car. "Come on kid!"
Castle hesitated, half of him wanting to stay with Lanie for the report.
"You too Castle!" She shouted.
"Coming!" He said quickly, and turned to follow.
Christina followed, holstering the weapon on the way "By the way Detective Beckett"
"Yes?" She sighed, opening the car door.
"I'm 13 not 12" Christina smirked sliding into the back seat.
This takes place after season 5 episode 16 of Castle but has nothing todo with episode 17. Also the main focus of this story will be Warehouse 13, there probably won't be a scene without one of their characters.
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