All right dear readers.

This story is what I think should have happened at the end of Claudia from season 1. This is going back a while, so for those of you with limited sort term memory space, a refresher (and perhaps spoiler) is this:
Our own beloved Claudia kidnapped old Artie to force him to get her brother back. He was undercover as a professor at a college where Joshua, her brother, worked and came across an artifact; Rheticus's compass. Artie wanted to see if it worked, so he pressured Joshua into using it before Artie bagged it, resulting in Joshua getting stuck for 12 years in inter-dimensional space. Long story short, Claudia and Artie figure out how to recreate the teleportation and go into the dimensional space.
This is where I pick up the story.

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"Well, I'm not an expert, but…" Artie looked up at the two young people stuck with him in the inter-dimensional space with him. He said to Claudia and Joshua, "Maybe- hold on?"

Claudia looked to her big brother with hope, then back to Artie. Joshua leaned in and put his hand on Rheticus's Compass, followed by Claudia. Artie took one more look at the two young people who's future he literally held in his hands. "Ok." He thought to himself. "Time to fix my mistake." Artie gripped the compass and with one finger, followed the hidden instructions and turned the dial ninety degrees to the right.

The static walls flashed and zapped. Claudia looked over her shoulder, then at Joshua, making sure he was all right. Her brother looked back at her and smiled. They were looking at each other as the inter-dimensional space that held Joshua a prisoner for twelve years collapsed.


Pete and Myka stood, stunned in Joshua's lab. The place was where the rogue teenager, Claudia Donovan, took their boss hostage and did who knew what to make him help her. They had found him and busted in to find them both bloodied, and worn. Claudia was unconscious and Artie was in a testy mood when he saw them, to say the least. Then, they had both disappeared in a wind storm that ended in a flash of light.

Pete slumped. His career wasn't on the best track lately, but he had never lost a superior to a freaky light show before. He looked around trying to find some magic stuff to get them back. He stumbled over to some test tubes that looked as promising as anything.

Myka sighed though parted lips. A crinkle appeared in her brow as she tried to process what she just saw. She glanced around the large room, finding no answers to the craziness that she just witnessed. "Pete?"

"Did we lose them Myka?" Pete's boyish face displayed his misery.

"I -" Myka felt her partner's anguish. She couldn't bring herself to answer him, knowing that if she said it then it would be somehow more real.

Suddenly, electricity cracked the air. The partners looked around, then exchanged a concerned glance. Neither one knew what to expect next from the crazy, insane job they just got at the Warehouse. Pete walked up to Myka, seeking to tackle whatever happened next with her, together.

Paper flew around the lab. Lightning cracked and then Artie, Joshua and Claudia were there holding a wood box with brass panels.

"Artie?" Pete said.

His boss glanced up at Pete, making eye contact. Pete saw Artie's eyes glass over. They rolled up a little bit. Blood fell onto his shirt and his knees wobbled. Pete felt Myka grab his arm when Artie fell.

"Claudia!" Joshua yelled out. He reached out and barely caught his sister from falling to the floor. The girl simply closed her eyes and crumbled.

Artie hit the ground hard. The room spun around him, but he focused only on Claudia. The girl was pale and limp as Joshua frantically tried to wake her. "Claudia…" Artie groaned. He rolled to his stomach and crawled, reaching out a bloodied hand to grab her cold wrist.

Myka and Pete reached them. Pete shook Artie who groaned and closed his eyes. "Artie!"

"What happened to them?" Myka demanded of Joshua.

"I- I don't know! They used the compass." The deceptively young man motioned to the box lying forgotten on the ground.

Pete looked to Myka who nodded. He reached into his pocket and pulled out purple gloves and a neutralizing bag. Myka looked at Claudia and instructed Joshua to tilt her head to allow for her massive nose bleed to drain.

Faster than he thought he could, Pete had his gloves on and the bag open. He took a breath, hesitating just long enough to say a quick prayer that the compass's spell on Claudia and Artie would be broken. He dropped the compass into the static bag. The artifact sparked just a little bit, glowing then extinguishing for just a moment in a rather unimpressive way.

Pete looked at Artie, then at Myka. Myka tore her eyes away from Claudia. She shook her head at him, worry evident. Pete said, "It didn't work."

Joshua looked from one agent to the other. "What? What didn't?"

Myka didn't know what Joshua already knew, but she wasn't able to tell him about artifacts and what they might or not be able to do. Her mind snapped back to practical matters. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her cell phone. "Ambulance." She told Pete.

Her partner kneeled next to Artie. "Yeah." Pete switched with Myka, helping Joshua while Myka stood and called 911.

A minute later, Myka came back to the group. Pete had gotten Artie to twitch when he slapped him but Claudia was still completely unresponsive, throwing Joshua into near hysterics.

"I told the professor to destroy the lightning rod." He wiped hair from Claudia's pale and sweaty face, guilt evident in his voice. "Just look at her."

Myka put her phone back into her pocket. "Hospital is on the campus, they'll be here any minute."

Joshua looked at the agents, "I'm going to take her to them." Pete helped him stand with Claudia in his arms. As Joshua lifted her, Artie's hand rose with Claudia's until her brother pulled her away letting Artie's arm fall limply to the floor.