Chapter 6

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Pete ran down the stairs the next morning, at the smell of breakfast.

"Good morning!" He announced walking in, and grabbing a plate.

Lenna was at the stove finishing the bacon, and Myka, Steve, and Helena were at the table sipping tea and coffee.

"Morning" they mumbled back, continuing with their breakfast.

"A little birdie told me that someone has their first 21st century doctors appointment today" Pete said smiling at Helena.

"Yes Dr. Calder will be giving Christina a nessiscary check up and some vaccinations"

"You mean Alli" Steve corrected.

"O, I hadn't thought about that" Helena said remembering Christina wasn't in her body.

"So no one told her?" Myka asked.

Helena shook her head.

"That will be a great wake up call" Pete muttered before continuing "Good morning Alli, the doctor is going to poke you with all these needles now" he said in a girlish-British-mocking accent.

"I do not sound like" Helena defended with a glare.

"Doesn't matter" Pete mumbled back through a mouthful of pancake.

Helena was about to reply when the doorbell went off.

"That would be Vanessa" Lenna decied, heading for the door.

"Oh, Hello Claudia" Dr. Calder smiled, stepping in.

"Artie didn't tell you?" Myka asked, coming up next to Lenna.

Vanessa's eyes went wide, "Uhhhh...no he must have forgot to mention... - why are you talking like that?"

"We've all switched bodies" Helena explained joining the group.

"There's always something" Vanessa signed, with a smile. "So where's this little Victorian."

Helena was already at the stairs, "One moment"

Vanessa turned to Myka, "So what exactly happened?"

"We all accidentally switched bodies,"she explained "I got switched with Helena, Lenna with Claudia, Pete with Steve, and Christina got switched with her friend Alli."

"Wonderful... so ill be a doing the physical appointment on one and the one mental on the other."

"Basically" Lenna confirmed.

"Artie really should have told me this."

"I'm sure it just slipped his mind" Myka reasoned, knowing he was probably just avoiding another discussion over it.

"Are you kidding he was totally just trying to save himself" Pete bellowed walking in.

"Right" Vanessa said, giving the agent with half a piece of bacon hanging out of his mouth, a weird look. "Anyway I'm booked for he rest of the week and this really needs to get done ASAP, so it'll have todo."

"Alli, I'm going to try and do this as painless as possible, OK." Dr. Calder comforted, picking up the needle.

"Did you really have to grab that thing right as you said that." Alli complained.

She was sitting on the couch in the living room. Vanessa was obviously getting to the worst part of the appointment. Of course it didn't help that she had six pairs of eyes watching her and the doctor's every move. Myka was twirling her hair and biting her lip, Pete's face was frozen in an come-on-do-it-already position. Anyways every one was is in a nervous mode.

"Have you guys never seen someone get a shot before?" Alli finally asked.

"Hey - nobody likes needles or watching someone getting poked with a needle." Pete defended.

"Then look away, I'm freaked as it is" Alli pleaded, starting to lose her composer.

"Ugh, I don't know why but I can't look away" Claudia complained, stomping her foot. "I've teslaed, fought, had near death expspirences for goodness sakes this should not be affecting me!"

"I'm telling you Claud no one can handle needles." Pete sighed, before looking over at Myka, who wasn't paying attention, still biting her lip. "Not even Myka!"

"Wha- sorry what did you say?" Myka asked snapping into reality.

"See!" Pete shouted, still nervous.

"Why don't we all just go in the other room" Lenna decided, needing an escape.

"We'll I'm not leaving that's my body" Christina reminded them.

"And I as your mother need to know first hand everything that doctors going todo to you" Helena said firmly.

Vanessa turned around quickly at the comment having endured enough of this "Excuse me!...you know what it doesn't matter" she sighed, "Unless you are related to the patient please leave the room"

"We could be related" Pete reasoned "I could be your like great-great-great nephew or something"

"Oh I doubt it" Everyone said simultaneously.

"Ok first - Ouch! And second - fine ill leave" Pete said putting his hands in the air and turning for the door.

Everyone minus the Wells followed.

"Can we just get this over with" Alli groaned.

"Yes of course" Vanessa said grabbing the needle again. "Ready?"

Alli survived, of course deep down they all knew she would.

"Hello Kitty or Barbie?" Vanessa asked, "or you can have a regular one"

Alli looked over a Christina "Your the one stuck with it"

"Considering I have not a clue to what Hello Kitty or Barbie is, just go with the plain"

"Good enough" she laughed.

"So is that all" Helena asked, after the bandages were applied and Alli was standing.

"I still need to do the mental portion of the appointment." Vanessa reminded them, "and you know this is just the beginning of the vaccinations, ill have todo more next time"

"Yes, of course" Helena agreed.

Christina took a deep breathed and grinned, "Ready when you are"

Helena paced back and forth through the living room, clutching her locket and running her hand through her had been in Christina's room for 45 minutes now, Helena had been pacing for 40.

"O my gosh HG stop your messing up my mojo!" Claudia complained, pausing the video "Ive already told you, Artie's girlfriend is cool no worries"

"They're just talking" Pete shrugged.

That's the problem! She wanted to scream.

"Alli and I baked cookies" Lenna announced walking in, Alli right behind her the plate in her hands.

Claudia and Pete immediately rushed for the plate, "Too bad Jinksy is stuck with Artie"

Helena started her pacing again, Claudia and Pete devoured the cookies, and Myka returned to her book.

"We'll that's all" Dr. Calder announced, walking in Christina next to her. "Helena I will need to speak with you for a second"

Helena's eyes went wide, "Of course"

Vanessa led her to the other room, Helena dreading the worst.

"Is something wrong?" HG asked hesitantly.

"No no she absolutely wonderful" Vanessa smiled, saving her hand in dismissal, "I just assumed you'd want an overview."

"Oh, yes that would be good"

"Ok, so ill need to give her another round of vaccinations every month for 6 mounts"

"Alright" Helena agreed, taking in the information.

"Now, after talking with her, I can tell she has been through more than one traumatic experience, one of them defiantly being, as you know, a kidnapping. But like I said that can't be all, a conversation with her is not unlike a conversation I would have with a regent Mrs. Fredric or even you, she's way above her years, even giving her the standers of being your daughter."

"I apologize, but Im not sure what you mean"

"She has a lot of life experience for someone her age. What I mean is something else had happened to her..."

Helena didn't move, she stared at Vanessa with a look of shock."You got all of this from one hour of speaking with her!"

"I'm very good at what I do" Vanessa reminded her, before sighing, "Unfortunately As much as I'd like to say I can crack any nut, I can't. Christina didnt tell me anything that personal, this information is what I concluded based on other kidnap victims I've talked with, some fully recovered, along with other victims of these types of expspirences."

Helena was silent her arms now crossed again fiddling with her locket.

"Helena," Vanessa said firmly, "I know you know this but im going to tell you any way your daughter does not let anyone in, except you. When she's ready to talk, be sure you listen."

"I will, no worries" Helena assured her, still confused as to what in the world this conversation was about.

Christina's mind was racing, trying to figure out the best way to remove this event. She knew for sure that it would be best if Artie, Mrs. Fredric, her mother and Steve were to remember. And that Dr. Calder, Myka, and Claudia were not. Unfortunately there was the issue of Alli, Pete and Lenna. She could see how the the timeline would be affected ether way, the thing was which one to choose. She had narrowed it down to eight different possible futures at this point.

"Christina"

She turned around, already knowing who it was."Hello" Christina smiled at her mother.

Helena just stood there for a moment staring, a light smile on her face.

Christina waited, her mother had been doing this a lot lately, but she eventually spoke "Is everything alright?"

"Oh, yes wonderful" HG responded snapping out of it "What are you working on?"

"This events removal...I have to say its proved to be quite difficult" Christina sighed her eyes returning to her work.

"Hmmm" Helena nodded, walking in "Would you mind if I had a look"

"I was just about ask you" Christina confirmed, before she began to explain pointing at the papers. "What I need to decide is which of these timelines has the closest design to that of original timeline"

Helena look at the equations, her brow furrowed in confusion. She had no idea what they meant.

Christina watched the reaction for a moment, before remembering she had todo something first. "Mother, close your eyes"

"What?" HG asked looking up.

"I forgot to show you the timeline, without that knowledge I assume this simply looks like scattered numbers, correct"

Helena gave her a questioning look, then sighed "Righty-ho then, closing my eyes"

Christina put a finger to her mothers temple, and focused on their line.

When she was finished Helena's eyes snapped open "O my" she whispered before immediately looking down at the papers.

"Well" Christina questioned.

"I believe you should go with the third one" HG decided.

"Alright, Thank you...and mother what you saw... you can not tell anyone about it" Christina warned.

"Understood" Helena smiled, "Now Lenna's finished with dinner, come along-"

"Yes I know, 'no dawdling'" Christina smirked standing up.

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