Woop another update! Told you to look out for it!

Claires POV

I ran down the steps to Myrnins lab, being careful not to trip over anything or slip. The steps to his lab are usually cluttered free, but you can never know with Myrnin. I flung the door open, unlocked again. Not that anyone sane would come down here of their own accord.

His lab was in a complete stage of complete disarray, it was beyond messy. The areas that were lab tables were just mounds of junk, with bits of mechanisms sticking out of them. I flicked the light switch on, but the light blinked and went out. Not such a problem for Myrnin.

I didn't trust myself to take actual steps, as the floor was covered in stray books and tubes that belonged in the bin. I shuffled a little bit into the room, leaving the door open to allow a little bit of light from the street to enter the room. On second thoughts, I stacked the nearest books to me as some sort of door stop.

Now, what was I looking for?

Something that would help Myrnin, would give me some answers. I didn't know all of Myrnins gizmos in the lab, but I knew he had a lot of projects that he would discard to the side, for me to tidy away, and then randomly start working again on it for the cycle to repeat. I reached through the junk closest to me, a mountain of gears and metal bits that probably had fancy Victorian names.

There was some sort of contraption that Myrnin had used to feed bob. Like a mechanical feeder when he was away for a while, this led me to wonder when was the last time bob was fed. Looking at all the dark corners, I was sure he wasn't going hungry. Probably happily catching insects, hidden away.

I moved to another pile, which was partly covered in mould. I didn't want to know what chemical he had spilled.

I moved away, silently digging and searching through various piles off stuff. There probably wasn't anything left in any of the drawers anymore. I was conscious of the fact that I was moving away from the light; at least I had that door stopper. I had thought about looking for flashlights, but I dropped the idea straight away. It would take too long.

I couldn't see anything anymore, I was touching things and figuring out what they were. Sometimes I dropped items because they were wet or just plain freaked me out. I did come across a box that I emptied out. Myrnin wouldn't mind. My hands closed around some sort of cool metal, taking the item was hard, since it seemed to be wedged deeply. Cautiously, I dug around freeing it and taking it out further. There were wires that I made sure not to tear or damage. After plunging my hands into a mix of cold and slimy, I dug it out and placed it in the box. I couldn't tell what it was yet, better keep it just in case.

I searched around a little bit more, putting some things into the box, making sure the contents weren't squashed. I wondered how much time had passed, and decided this was as good as I was going to get from Myrnins lab. It is hard to look when you don't know exactly what you need.

I lifted my head up and looked around for the doorway. For a moment, panic froze me as I couldn't find it, but standing up I could see light coming from a distant destination. It seemed to take forever to walk back, but that was probably because I was carrying a box full of stuff, and was making sure not to trip over anything. After much dodging and shuffling I made it back to the doorway and with my foot shifted the books back into the lab and closed the door.

Back in the car I checked the time. I took two hours. I didn't question it and dove into the box to check some of the things out. Some of them were useless and broken, with parts twisted at angles that couldn't possibly be right. On some, the glass canisters were broken, dripping a mysterious liquid into the box. Is it all a waste? Maybe I could construct something from these, but looking at the broken metal it was sort of discouraging.

I picked up a few wires.

It was the contraption I picked up earlier, taking my time to dig it out. It seemed like a circuit, with something that I think would act as a battery, as it was a glass container with a green sludgy liquid inside, connected at both ends. The metal I grabbed onto was some sort of switch, to turn the circuit on. The wires, there were at least 6 of them, came from the same point of the circuit, in various lengths. On the ends, were the exposed iron wires. What is this thing?

It didn't seem to have a useful purpose, even though it seemed intact, but why were there exposed wires? Those could...shock somebody.

It could wake someone up. Or give me some sort of window opportunity...but for what?

Myrnin still feels pain, the results showed that, it produced a spike in his brain activity. Do I really want to shock him? And then what? Shock him awake? Not the most moral plan.

It could act to get his attention, maybe release him from whatever state he is in. I really needed to work on this plan. It was one thing to shock someone with a legitimate reason, but to do it, not knowing of the consequences or possible side effect?

That looked like a Myrnin experiment to me.

That was just Claires 'preparations' I guess. It seems long to have just Claire, but things will get exciting in the next one!

And dont worry, I havent forgotten about our other situation ;) Should I have a Myrnin POV as well next chapter?

As always, thanks for the reviews :*.

~Cheesepuffzapper.