Thank's so much to everyone who took the time to review and favorite this :) Another short chapter for yall. Don't worry, they wont all be short ;P [Chapter 5 is wicked long LOL]
The story so far: A mysterious cloaked figure has broken into the Warehouse and stolen two people out of the Bronze Sector, though their motives for doing so have yet to be made clear.
Also I should probably mention that this story will contain spoilers up through season 3 [I don't think there's anything from season 4 in this story]
As always, reviews are love 8D And now on with the story!
Chapter 2: Ripples in Time
When Myka, Pete, and Helena got back to the office, Artie was at the computers alongside Claudia, looking far grumpier than normal. He was going over the tape of the intruder before he or she had vanished.
"Ya think he's still somewhere in the Warehouse? I mean this place is huge." Claudia said.
"No." a familiar voice said calmly from behind everyone as Mrs. Frederic appeared, making all of the agents jump.
"Geeze Mrs. F, ya know one of these days someone's gonna have a heart attack." Claudia said, putting her hand over her racing heart, though in the back of her mind she wondered if she'd someday be scaring agents the same way.
Afterall, she was still slated to become the next Warehouse Caretaker, and though it had come as a shock at first, the redheaded youth had slowly come to accept the responsibility being handed to her.
"Very likely, Ms. Donovan." Mrs. Frederic said, reading everyone's minds as usual. She calmly approached the computers before looking towards the door that led out into the Warehouse, "There is no one in the Warehouse anymore." she muttered, "I expect this matter to be resolved quickly. We cannot stay so vulnerable."
Artie nodded, turning back to the computers, "He wasn't sensed coming in, maybe a teleportation artifact, or something working with portals or wormholes… no no no not wormholes, more likely teleportation of some kind. It's not easy to haul a bronzed individual around, let alone two." he muttered, half to himself.
Turning back to Mrs. Frederic, he asked, "Mrs. Frederic is it possible to de-bronze someone without using our Bronzer?"
Mrs. Frederic was silent for several seconds before concluding, "It might be possible to build a Bronzer, given enough time, money, and knowledge of how they work. If this person knows enough to be able to enter into this facility undetected, we can assume they have intimate knowledge of this Warehouse and the technology within it. Have you discovered who they have stolen yet?"
"On it, but its taking time. Looking at this, it looks like an older guy and a younger girl were bronzed together." Claudia said, pulling up a still frame of the security feed, "I didn't even know we bronzed two people together."
"We don't, usually." Artie said, "The practice of bronzing two people at the same time was developed in the early 1400's for a particularly cruel pair of conjoined twins that couldn't be separated without causing their deaths. If possible we try to bronze people individually though, to keep the wicked people separate from the other wicked people."
Helena stared at the picture for a moment, "Claudia, darling, could you get a better image of the man's face?" she asked, sensing familiarity in what she saw. It surely couldn't be him, could it?
"Yeah, sure H.G." Claudia said, typing something into the keyboard as she zoomed in on the image and cleared up some of the fuzzy distortion until the faces of both bronzed people were clear and sharp.
Helena gasped softly to herself, "I believe I know that man." she said to the others.
"Seriously? Who is it?" Claudia asked, ready to pull up files.
"His name is William Wolcott. He was an agent of Warehouse 12, and my old partner." Helena said, "Mrs. Frederic is there…" she started asking, but the old woman had vanished. "Right then… Yes I am sure it's him." she said, looking back to the picture.
"Great, another psychopath who's gonna try to kill us with a trident?" Pete asked, but regretted the remark as Helena shot him a seething glare. The jab was uncalled for, and she didn't appreciate that being brought up again after she'd worked so hard to try to prove that she had truly become a good agent again.
Myka intervened before someone got hurt, putting a comforting hand on Helena's shoulder. Nothing could soothe the Englishwoman's temper quite like Myka could. Helena took a deep calming breath, regaining control of herself as she looked into the bright jade eyes of her girlfriend.
"Helena, tell us more about this man, is he dangerous? Why would he be in the Bronze Sector?" Myka prompted.
"I have no idea." Helena said honestly, "The likelihood of Mr. Wolcott breaking any rules would be about as likely as you doing so, darling."
"I break rules… sometimes…" Myka argued weakly, though she caught Steve's smirk.
He didn't bother calling her on the lie since it was so glaringly obvious. Myka was practically textbook teachers pet in every situation, no matter what.
"So do you know the girl?" Pete asked Helena, trying to get her to forget about what he had said.
Helena looked at the photo more closely for a minute, but shook her head, "No, I'm afraid that girl is not someone I have met before."
She lightly reached out to touch the screen, ignoring Claudia's protests about doing so, "Oh Wolly, just what have you done since I left you?" she murmured.
Myka cleared her throat at that comment, "S-So I take it you and this Wolcott were close?" she asked, a faint blush tingeing her cheeks. Though she had been dating the older woman for over a year now, she couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy about the possible reappearance of a past lover.
Helena smiled and nodded, "Indeed, we were partners for many years within the walls of Warehouse 12. He was my most trusted friend, very much like a little brother in many ways, though he was far kinder towards me than Charles was." she said, reminiscing in her memories, "I did love to tease him and mislead him though, he always believed every single word I said. At one point I had him absolutely convinced that I'd been intimate with every man in London. Oh Wolly, the poor fool. If we get the chance to speak again I really should rectify that lie." she laughed.
Myka smiled, the sound of the Time Traveler's laughter always a pleasing sound to her. She was happy to hear that Helena wasn't quite as scandalous as she liked others to believe, and from the sounds of it she and William shared a bond very similar to the one shared by Myka and Pete. Close enough to be makeshift siblings but nothing more.
Claudia pulled up the file, looking it over, "Ok, apparently William Wolcott was bronzed in 1912, though there is no listed reason why. No mention of the girl, the files all seem to have been wiped of her name. I saw mention that William was put in charge of raising a child in 1901, but these files have been obviously edited to remove traces of that child's name." she reported, "I don't even know if the kid has anything to do with anything. I suppose I could try to get the original files back."
"Try." Artie commanded, standing, "In the meantime, you pile together every shred of intel on this Wolcott." he ordered Helena as he made his way towards the door.
"Artie where are you goin?" Pete asked.
"To check on something." Artie muttered as he made his way down to the Warehouse ground floor. Trailer stood up from where he'd been sleeping and followed his master.
"No no, you stay." Artie said to the dog.
Trailer whined but did as he was told and returned to his bed.
Myka cleared some space on and around the cluttered table in the office, sitting down. She took out a pad and motioned for Helena to sit as well, "Let's make some notes about William to look over with everyone later. Tell me everything you remember about him." she suggested.
Helena sat and nodded, "Righty-ho then… let's see… we met the first time in the late summer of 1888, just weeks before the Whitechapel Murders…"
Well there we have it, one of our mystery agents has been revealed! Mr. Wolcott debuted in Season 3 Episode 5: "3...2...1". I thought that he and Helena had an interesting brother/sister relationship similar to Pete and Myka's, and so wanted to explore that a bit. I'm afraid you'll have to wait a bit to see who our other mystery guest is though, and to see how they ended up bronzed! Reviews are love and make me happy, peeps!
-Akito