'Let us do something, while we have the chance.'

Just something for the fun of it. Hope you enjoy. I don't own Warehouse 13.

"What really matters is what you do with what you have."
- H. G. Wells

During Season 3

Chapter 4—the Wave

The Shores off Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Day 2

They were on the deck of John's boat. It had almost come out of their mouths at the same time with Claudia saying, "Hey what's that coming from the lighthouse?" And Steve looking the other way, saying, "Oh crap!"

A giant wave hit the boat. Claudia, Steve and the crew were instantly under forty feet of water. The boat was turned over by the force of the wave and was continuing to tumble. Claudia was still in her wet suit. She was surprised that the summer and fall at the Carolina coast was paying off. She had been swept under the waves three times that year. The first time had her crying for a week in terror. But she did learn how to deal with the waves. The next two times she made it out with a good walk back to where she started. This seemed no different. She grabbed the micro air tank from her wet suit. She got the regulator in her mouth and held on to the tank with one hand. She was able to exhale and clear the water. Then she got a clear breath.

Claudia started to look around. The boat was split and sinking. She could see John. Thankfully he still had his diving tanks on and was having no problems. Next she frantically looked for Steve. She swam closer to the boat and saw him. He was still, not fighting the wave. For a second she thought he knew how to handle it. Then she moved closer and became concerned that he was losing the battle. She took his shoulder and spun him around. Not taking a chance she began mouth to mouth. Once he reacted she took his micro tank, she cleared it and took a breath. The tanks were built to make buddy transfers easy and she decided to try it out. She pushed the regulator into his mouth and got him to breath.

When the current had subsided, Claudia kept an arm around Steve and pulled him with her strokes to the surface. He sputtered and coughed at the surface. She looked at him, "Are you okay?"

He sputtered a bit more and got out, "Yeah, got it." He started to see that it was Claudia. Although at first it sure looked like his sister when she pulled him out of the swimming pool that one time. He just kept staring.

"Okay Jinksey, you can stop staring." She saw that he blinked in recognition and then said, "We got to see if everyone made it. By the way, that's two times." She saw John's head bob to the top of the waves. "Lets head over to where John is. Can you swim?"

"Yeah, no problem." He began to swim the hundred yards to John.

Claudia caught up with him and they joined John at the same time. Claudia asked first, "Are you okay? Seen the others?"

"I am fine. Glad to see you both. I saw the crew about a quarter mile over that way. I think we should join them if you can. It looked like they had the inflatable," John looked for a response.

Claudia turned to Steve. He nodded, "Okay lets go."

The inflatable was the life raft for the sailboat. It had come lose from the boat. Its automatic feature inflated the craft as soon as it reached twenty feet below sea level. The crew was already on board when they got to the boat. They pulled the swimmers into the boat.

The captain said, "The beacon is activate. We should be seeing the Coast Guard in a little."

Claudia decided to wait until they were safely on shore before exploring her developing lighthouse theory.

Near Colorado Springs, Colorado
Day 2

Pete and Myka entered the cement structure by the Tesla poles. The walls were cement for another twenty feet, then they took on the characteristic red granite hew of the Rocky Mountains. Pete and Myka stopped when they found kind of a control room.

Pete looked at the circuitry, "You know some of this looks like it is vintage warehouse. But over here, it looks like one of Claud's new laptops. Somebody has been working on this."

Myka got out her Fransworth. "I'll get Claudia. She'll know what this is." She tried a couple times. Nothing worked. She could not get a connection. She tried Steve next and got the same thing. Myka became concerned. It was not normal that the two of them were without coverage. She called back to the Warehouse. Leena answered. "Hey hi, I can't get Claudia or Steve. Do you know what they are up to?"

"The board is lit up like a Christmas Tree. We have a ping on their location. Right now, I don't know. They are not responding and Mrs. Frederic has not been able to contact the Regent with them. That plus there is an emergency beacon in the area with the Coast Guard responding," Leena was speaking really fast.

"Okay, normal day. We'll get a hold of Artie," Pete bent to look into the Farnsworth.

Myka was a little more supportive. "Leena, we think we found the source of the lightening strike that hit the plane. If you need us for anything, just let us know."

"Okay, well, tell Artie to call back here after you talk with him," Leena hung up.

Myka called up Artie. His face appeared. Myka began, "Artie, we found a control room for the Tesla poles that likely made the lightening strike on the plane. We need you to look at this. They used what looks like original Tesla wiring but added a computer. Can you tell what we are up against? Then call Leena, Claudia and Steve are not answering their Farnsworth and the Regent with them is not either. Plus there is a Coast Guard emergency in the area."

"Well, let me see what you have," Artie was quick.

Myka moved the Farnsworth over so the camera could pick up the controls.

"Okay, the console had been updated. But the update is not that recent. It is a 1950's or 60's air defense control panel. The laptop could easily connect to it and provide targeting data. It would be enough to shoot down an airplane. Find them and be careful. They might be fighting back." Artie closed his Farnsworth.

"Great," Pete commented.

Myka went over to the computer and sat down. She powered it up and watched the screen come alive.

Salt Lake City
Day 2

Artie ended the call with Leena, "Okay, let me know when you find out more." He walked into 'The Game Pallor' looking for a lead on Tyler Struhl. He walked over to the game counter. There was a young man about the same age as Tyler. He saw his nametag, Artie asked, "Joe, I am looking for Tyler Struhl. Heard he comes into play games fairly regularly."

"Yeah, he generally does. But he hasn't been in. It's been maybe a week or more since I have seen him. Have you been to the coffee shop on…" Joe was replying.

"Yeah, right. Been there and he hasn't." Artie was his typical shortness. "Do you have anything else?"

"The last time I saw him he was getting out of a police cruiser over at Delta Computer Industries." Joe hesitated before he gave the information out.

Artie felt like he was getting a very good runaround, but Tyler getting out of a police cruiser did hold some promise.

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