I don't own Warehouse 13 or any of the characters. Takes place sometime in the near future, assuming everything got worked out with the mid-season 4 cliffhanger. Also, Myka and Helena are in a relationship. Could be a sequel to Just in Case but could also be standalone.
Austin, TX
"Some people were dead and now they're not? That doesn't really sound like a bad thing to me." Pete said.
Myka gave him a withering look. "Yeah, okay, now it's nice old ladies and a kid who was hit by a car, but who knows who's next? Or what the effect on them will be?"
"Zombie apocalypse, anyone?" Claudia added.
Pete looked at his notes. "Well it seems like most of them are just how they were before they died. Four of the people even look like they are dying the same way they did the first time."
"How awful, to have to watch a loved one die of the same disease a second time." H.G. offered.
"See, a negative. Anyway, we don't get to choose which artifacts to zap, Pete. Okay, Claud, Helena, you two go to the hospital and talk to those families, Pete and I will go talk to the others."
"No, if Pete and I go, he'll just end up eating, not talking to the restaurant owner. Claud and Helena will go." Myka said firmly. "Let us know if you find anything artifact-y." she said, closing her Farnsworth.
Pete gave her a pained look.
"Okay, we'll go to dinner as soon as we finish these last few visits." She agreed.
Helena and Claudia walked into a Chinese restaurant, a chime tinkling as they entered.
"Oh hey, a Buddha." Claudia rubbed the little statue's belly.
"Why did you do that?" Helena inquired.
"It's just something you do, for good luck, or to make a wish, I forget." She shrugged.
Helena had a sudden memory of her daughter, Christina, tossing coins into a fountain for luck. How was it that she could be reminded of Christina by so many things, most of which were completely unrelated? She rubbed the belly of the statue while thinking of her lost daughter sadly.
The restaurant owner was little help. The store had only opened a month prior, and he'd bought nearly everything in it second-hand, so it could be anything, and nothing was popping out at them. Helena's Farnsworth buzzed.
"Hello Myka." She answered it with a smile.
"Anything interesting at the restaurant?" Myka asked. Helena shook her head.
"Okay well Pete is starving and we just finished talking to the rest of the 'victims' so how about we meet for dinner and then head back to the hotel to discuss?"
"Dinner?" Claudia popped her head into the frame. "I'm starving too."
"Let's review." Myka said, rubbing her eyes. "Nine people brought back from the dead. In each case, the first person to see them alive again had eaten at Chang's, but the person appeared in the middle of the night, so it's still technically possible the restaurant isn't the link."
"Plus, how many people must have eaten there this month?" Claudia noted. "And most of them did NOT wake up to find their grandma in bed with them."
"Right." Myka agreed. "No correlation with when these people died?"
Pete shook his head. "Five of them died within the past month, another three in the past year, but one had been dead for almost four years."
"Different causes of death, too. Two from cancer, one from AIDS, three car accident victims, one of Alzheimer's, one drowning, and one gunshot victim." Helena added. "Various ages, as well. The only commonality is that they were all close with the person who found them."
"Okay, well I think tomorrow we should all go check out that restaurant again. Maybe the artifact has a delayed result. It's late, let's get some rest."
Pete and Claudia headed off to their rooms. Helena cleared the stacks of papers off the bed as Myka changed into sleepwear.
"We don't even know of an artifact with this kind of power." Myka said in frustration.
"I know, darling. If anyone had, I surely would have known about it." Helena said quietly.
Myka walked around the bed to embrace her wordlessly. She pulled Helena into bed with her and snuggled into her, wrapping her arms around the smaller woman protectively.
Helena was awoken in the middle of the night feeling crowded. How was it that Myka managed to take up so much of the bed? She rolled over, and realized it wasn't just Myka – there was a smaller body on her other side. Heart racing, she flipped on the lamp – and shrieked, waking the other two people in bed with her.
"What is it, Helena?" Myka asked sleepily. She turned towards her partner and then scrambled backwards, seeing what had made the other woman scream, and was now appearing to render her speechless.
Christina Wells was in bed with them.
