"Mykk," Abigail said as she came out of the study. "they want to see you now."
Myka stood up and straightened straitened her shirt nervously. For some reason Jane and wanted to meet with her and Abigail and she had absolutely no idea why.
When she walked into the study the caretaker and regent were standing at the front by the bookcase.
"Hello Myka." Jane greeted.
"Hello." She smiled softly.
Please have a seat Myka." said kindly.
They were both acting and looking particularly nice which Myka assumed was suppose to make her feel comfortable but in fact it made her even more nervous. Something was up.
"I'm not in trouble am I?" Myka joked, although she was a little serious.
"No of course not Agent Bering." Irene said. "Something very important has come up and we need your help."
"Lika..a mission?" Myka asked.
"In a way..yes." Jane answered. She looked at Irene for a moment not quite sure how she was suppose to go about this. "A few years ago before you came to work for the Warehouse a young girl was affected by an artifact, however when we neutralized it we thought that the affects had worn off but we've come to find that we were wrong. We know what the artifact does but what don't know is if has any consequences. It's only affected one other person and that was over three hundred years ago and there isn't much information about what happened to them."
"So you need me to figure out what the consequences of this artifact are?" Myka look between the two women.
"Well..in a way..yes." Jane said again.
"What exactly is it that you need me to do?" Myka asked a little impatiently. She hated when they acted all vaugue it just made her panic more.
"We need you to look after this girl." Irene said. "She will be living here for a while. She will have regular sessions with Doctor Cho-"
"Wait I'm sorry I'm not following." Myka said confused. "Why do I have to look after her?"
"Well the regents feel that you're the most equipped for doing so. Miss Donavan is too young and has enough on his plate already, Mr. Jinks is still a very new to the Warehouse.."
"And Pete is..well Pete." Jane finished.
"I still don't understand why she needs looking after.." Myka said softly.
"Well..because she's sixteen." Jane said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "We initially asked Miss. Cho but she said that it probably wasn't good idea for her to be the girl's both legal guardian and therapist. It will only be for a little while Myka and believe me you will get a very big bonus for this."
"But what about the Warehouse? I mean I'm still an agent right? I'll have to go on missions, who will be watching her than?" Myka asked.
"Well Abigail agreed to watch over her during those times but what really need is for someone to be her legal guardian." Jane explained.
"How long will she be here?" Myka stood from her chair.
"We're not sure exactly. We really need to evaluate her over a long period of time."
"Well her parents can't-" Myka interjected.
"She has no parents." said. "We have no idea where they are. She lives in a home in Los Angeles."
"What can she..um.."Myka rubbed her temples with her hand. "what affect did the artifact have on her exactly?"
"Well, to put it lightl…y she can see ghosts." Jane clarified. "She's just so young and it's hard to get into a childs mind and we feel that being in a comfortable environment around good people like all of you, who also understand in a way what she's going through , she will perhaps open up more. She doesn't know artifacts the way we do..she's just a child after all. So..Myka..will you do it?"
Myka was silent for a minute or two contemplating the pros and cons. She had never looked over child before and to be honest she never wanted to. But how hard could be right? I mean she was practically an adult.
"I..suppose. If it's not going to be much of a burden."
"Fantasic" Jane gave Myka an appreciative smile.
She handed Myka a folder which was lying on the desk. "Her name is Juliet Vasquez however here she will have the name Bering. The story will be that her mother passed away giving birth to her and her father, your cousin, died in a car accident, so she's come to live with you."
Myka looked through the file which held the girl's fake transcripts and birth certificate and anything that might come in handy.
"She will be here Monday morning." Irene said drawing her attention back. "Thank you for doing this Myka you will not go un rewarded."
/
"Woah woah woah!" Pete exclaimed. "A teenager? We're warehouse agents not baby sitters!"
"I know but what was I suppose say?" Myka defended.
"How about "no"!" Pete took another bite of his sandwich. "Do you remember what Claudia was like when she first came here?"
"Hey!" The young red head punched her male colleague in the arm.
"I mean what do you know about her Mykes?" He questioned.
"Not much.." she shrugged. "She's sixteen, her names Juliet and I think she's Hispanic judging by her last name, she's an orphan and she's from Los Angeles. That's all they told me. "Artie," she turned to her boss. "Do you think that this is really good idea?"
"Anything involving a teenage girl isn't a good idea." He barked. "But the regents feel that this is necessary and it is not our place to argue. So we'll all just have to bite the bullet and wait until this is over."
"Wait..so you're like gonna be her mom?" Claudia asked.
"No!"Myka said a little offended. "I'm her aunt..technically. I don't know..God this is so weird."
"Look I don't care what she is." Pete said. "All I'm saying is she better stay away from my movies, video games, and secret candy stash."
/
Monday came faster than Myka had hoped for. She wasn't sure she was ready to look after another human being. The entire situation just seemed so weird to her. She never considered herself good with children, sure she liked to play with them every once in a while..but then again one can't really "play" with a sixteen year old the way one would play with a three year old.
Claudia, Pete and Steve all stared out the window of the B&B as a black SUV pulled up. A man in a black suit was the first to step out. He then rounded the car and opened the passenger door, Mrs. Frederic with as much elegance as always came out, and waited as he opened one of the back doors.
"Look she's coming out!" Claudia exclaimed.
A small, petite girl stepped down from the SUV. She had a pair of sun glasses on as well as a Nirvana T-Shirt, jeans and black studded boots. She took in her surroundings but Mrs. Frederic began speak to her, pointing to several things. The agents couldn't make out what they were saying.
"Aw look how small she is."Claudia cooed. "I like her shirt….actually I have that shirt"
"Great exactly what we need another Claudia." Steve rolled his eyes.
"Oh they're coming!" Pete yelled.
All of them manned their stations. Pete sat on the couch watching TV. Claudia was next to him on her laptop pretending to actually do some work on it, Steve grabbed some files and acted as if he was doing paper work. Abigail was in the kitchen helping Artie with the cookies. And Myka…was on the staircase just waiting. She still wasn't entirely sure she could do this…