Title: Claudia's Day Off
By: InuGhost2.0
Date: 9/26/10
Summary: Claudia desperate for a day off finds an artifact that fulfills her wish. What problems might arise now that there are several more Claudia(s) lose in the world? Read and find out.
A/N: This idea came to me while I was watching Scagliotti's videoblog "Seeing Double" and I couldn't help but think of all the trouble that could arise if there was more than one Claudia. Of course once I had that idea I knew I had to make it into a story. Slightly AU since Claudia and Fargo are in a relationship, but it plays a really minor role in this story. Anyway I hope you enjoy this, and feel free to give suggestions/ideas for what your wanting to see. Oh and a plushy, of their favorite Warehouse agent, to any reviewer who can correctly guess what movie the cane is from.
Disclaimer: It should be obvious by now that I own absolutely nothing that appears in this. Honestly if I did own Warehouse 13 do you really think I'd be wasting this gem of an idea on a simple fanfic story as opposed to making it into an actual episode?
Claudia was having a miserable day, no wait scratch that this whole week had been completely miserable. Bad luck, accidents, and disasters had been plaguing her and all she wanted to do was crawl into bed and stay there for the next few days. While the week had started off promising with a call from Douglas inviting her back out to Eureka for a few days to hang out and catch up. It did not take a genius of her caliber to realize her boyfriend missed her and was hoping the two of them could spend almost the entirety of her visit in bed together, an idea she was more than favorable with. Artie was not keen on the idea of letting her go off for a few days and had made some excuse about needing her to stay and take care of some things around the warehouse which left a disheartened Claudia to break the bad news to her boyfriend.
It turned out that Artie had lied to her and the only things she had needed to take care of around the warehouse were the usual monthly chores he had her do. Making matters worse Claudia had discovered, not even a day later, that Artie had needed her to do the chores because he had a date with Vanessa. While she could not blame Artie for wanting to have some personal time the fact that he had lied to her and squashed her own romantic hopes had infuriated her.
After that lovely incident Claudia's computer had decided to commit viral assisted suicide. When she had last used her computer it issued a high pitched whine for several seconds before displaying the Blue Screen of Death. Before she could react the screen had gone black and grayish smoke issued forth from the laptop. Claudia was not certain how her laptop had gotten the virus though she had a sneaky suspicion that Pete knew something, considering the guilty look on his face when he witnessed her throwing her laptop into the trash, unfortunately Artie had sent him and Myka out after another artifact before she could interrogate him.
Bored with her chores at the warehouse and unable to relieve said boredom with her laptop Claudia was more than ready for the hellish week to be over with. Though life was not yet done with hitting her below the belt. Later the same day that her computer bit the big one her period had started leaving her miserable and in pain. Ready to bite someone's head off Claudia had been rather snippy with Myka and had verbally chewed out Pete to the point where he had fled in tears. (Seriously the guy ran off crying.) Or maybe that was the dream she had last night while she was busy tossing and turning till 3 A.M. trying to get comfortable despite her body's attempts to prevent that from happening.
Now that a couple of days had passed Claudia was feeling somewhat better. With her period nearing its end and a new laptop ordered she felt marginally better. Yet still she wanted nothing more than to take a few days off to unwind and recover from this hellish week. Doing inventorying, yet again, in a different part of the warehouse Claudia was looking forward to almost being done. After she finished up this section she would need to check in with Artie and then she could go home. Checking off the final two artifacts on the list, cell phones belonging to Eddie McClintock and Allison Scagliotti, whoever they were, Claudia smiled as she set the clipboard down and stretched her arms out over her head. She winched slightly from some painful knots that were developing in her lower back. 'Great those will be fun to endure tomorrow.' Claudia sarcastically thought as she picked the clipboard back up knocking an old cane off of the shelf and onto the floor. Picking the cane up Claudia admired its wooden frame and the amber inlaid into the handle. Examining the amber she noticed what appeared to be a prehistoric mosquito trapped inside the amber. "Wicked. Wonder how long it took the guy to find something that well preserved." Sitting the cane back on the shelf the tech geek took a moment to read the artifact's description.
'John Hammond's cane.
Acquired: 6/11/1993.
Properties: Can create near perfect clones of the owner.
Catalogued by: Arthur Nielsen.'
Claudia blinked a couple times as she processed what she had just read. Making sure it was not a mistake she read it a second time, and then a third to make sure her eyes were not deceiving her. 'This may be the solution to my problems' the techie thought as she nervously looked around the aisle. After making sure there was no sign of Artie, and no security cameras within the vicinity, the teenager picked the cane back up and slid it inside her jeans. Arranging it so the cane would not fall out or be exposed Claudia pulled her shirt back down over the waistband of her jeans and set off for Artie's office.
Delivering the clipboard back to the office had not been a problem at all. The senior Warehouse agent had not even looked away from his computer screen when Claudia set the board down beside him. When she exited, after reminding him to not spend all night searching for artifacts, Artie had grunted in reply and absentmindedly waved his hand at her. Once outside she breathed a sigh of relief as she rushed to her car and awkwardly climbed in, the cane hindering her ability to bend her right leg, once she was situated Claudia took off for the Bed and Breakfast eager to test out the artifact she had 'borrowed'.
A/N: Will Claudia finally have a day off? Can she avoid getting caught? What hilarious mischief, mayhem, and trouble will result from her using this artifact? These questions and more might be answered in the next chapter, provided the readers actually want me to continue this story. Anyway feel free to give suggestions about what Claudia could do with her day off, and what trouble might result from the use of this artifact. Oh and remember reviews make authors happy, and happy authors are productive authors.