Once in the plane Pete fell fast asleep while Myka immerge herself in a book. Near Myka, in the window seat, Claudia had some trouble staying calm. She kept bouncing her leg and playing nervously with her iPod. Closing her book, Myka put her hand on the redhead knee, she looked at her and waited for her to remove her earplugs.
"-Try to relax Claudia, there's nearly 8 hours of flight left.
-Yeah, I know, but I'm so exited and a little afraid. It's my first mission without being just an apprentice and I don't want to screw it up.
-Everything will be fine. You already went on field assignments, and you'd done great.
-What if something goes wrong with the artefact? If it activates before we can neutralize it?
-Claudia, you did that before, we will improvise and protect each other. Have a little faith in your capacities."
The techi started to calm down and addressed a huge smile to her friend.
"-You're right, we're awesome, we're gonna rock this mission. Snag it, bag it, tag it and I'm sure we will have enough time to enjoy Athens a little. You probably want to see the historical monuments of the city.
-You know me pretty well. But I'm sure Pete would rather enjoy restaurants of the city." Myka answered with a grin.
After that little talk, the two girls finally found sleep, Myka's head finding a spot on Claudia's shoulder after a while.
Pete awoke when the plane approached its final destination. He was about to wake his friends when he saw the two of them asleep each using the other as a human pillow. The announce telling the passengers that the plane was about to prep its landing awoke the girls who found Pete staring and grinning at them.
"-Why the pervy smirk, Pete ?
-Oh Mykes, you two were just so cute sleeping like that." This earned him a little punch in the arm from the brunette. But she did it with less conviction than usually letting Pete think that maybe she liked the idea. Before he thought too much about it, his stomach took the lead.
"Girls, do you think we could find something to eat on our way to the museum?"
They decided to do the exchange during the night so after a visit to the museum to check on the place and prepare their nocturnal expedition they went to the hotel where Artie made them reservations to take a little rest and review the details for the exchange.
"-Two rooms? So I'm guessing that I share a room with you, Myka?
-Yeah, if you don't mind.
-Well it's either having a good night of sleep with you or a night full of snores with Pete." Claudia answered with a wink.
"-Whaaat? I don't snore!
-Ask the passengers of the plane, I'm sure they won't forget you before a long time."
Myka chuckled and entered her room.
Some hours later, thanks to the hacker they successfully snagged and bagged the Apple and came back to the hotel.
"-Well, Artie worried for nothing, everything went just fine. Great job back there, Claud.
-Thanks Pete. I don't know for you guys, but the jetlag is finally hitting me. I think I'd be better in a good bed right now.
-Sounds like a good idea, I follow you. Night, Pete!"
The girls enter their room, leaving their friend all by himself.
"So I'm guessing that my only company tonight is gonna be room service…"
"-So we'll have a little time to kill before our flight tomorrow, what do you want to do?
-I don't know. Maybe we could convince Pete that the Acropolis is a famous restaurant, I'd really love to see the Parthenon.
-Seems good to me. Since Artie was too stingy to choose a room with two beds, which side do you want?
-I let you choose, I'm gonna call Artie to tell him we're good."
Claudia buried herself under the sheets yawning, ready to spend some time with Morpheus. Pretty close to sleep herself, Myka made a quick report to Artie. When she closed her Farnsworth, she found her friend sound asleep and couldn't stop to smile thinking that she was really cute in her peaceful slumber.
The morning after, Claudia slowly stirred when the sun finally peeked at their room's window. Feeling something moving upon her, Myka awoke. At first she was wondering what was the weight on her chest until she opened her eyes and saw Claudia hugging her like a teddy bear.
"-Good morning, Claudia. Did you sleep well?
-Mornin' Mykes. Yep, pretty well actua…lly…" The position she slept in finally hit her. "I'm sorry Myka, I don't know how I ended like this, I've always been told that I move in my sleep, but I usually keep my distance when I sleep with a friend, I really don't know why I…"
The brunette kept watching her finding the situation quite amusing and her babbling pretty adorable.
"It's ok Claud, I don't mind. Really. Stop freaking out, it's not bad to be a Care Bear sometimes." Myka giggled at the embarrassed look on Claudia face.
"Enough making fun of me, let's prepare and see if Pete is ready for a breakfast and a visit of Athens."
"-Mykes, you told me that we'll find a good place to eat here. I don't see any! Mykes! Mykes? Are you listening? There are only old rocks around here.
-You just had breakfast, how could you possibly be anymore hungry after you almost emptied the buffet back at the hotel?
-Yeah, but we walked a lot to arrive here, and it makes me hungry.
-Oh Pete, can't you just enjoy the view? It's such a wonderful place, the Parthenon is the place where the famous sculpture the Athena Parthenos was in the first place.
-The what now?
-It's a giant statue of the goddess Athena that everyone believes disappeared since the 10th century.
-How a giant sculpture could disappear?
-You really need to read all the manual, the Athena Parthenos is an artefact, stored at the Warehouse.
-An artef… Oh, an ice cream vendor!"
The brunette stood still as her friend rushed to buy some huge ice cream, once more distracted by his stomach.
They wandered a little more among ancient monuments, Myka and Claudia enjoying their immersion in history and Pete enjoying his immersion in ice cream, until it was time for them to head to the airport.