Chapter 9 Morganville Vampires!
Claire's P.O.V
Today I am going down to the lab to do some work. I needed to get my life back on track now and so I think its time i started to go to work again. I cant just be lazy all day, I have a child to feed and a house to pay for. Seeing Myrnin might actually be a good thing after all, I mean the things he comes out with just make you laugh. Plus when i'm at the lab working with him, i seemed to focus on the work that we do, and so i forget about everything that's going on. Which of course is a good thing since my life is full of dramatic things.
I walked up to the two wooden doors that opened to Myrnin's lab and knocked on them. Within about 2 seconds Myrnin was stood there staring at me.
'Hey Myrnin!' I said.
'Hello Claire' He says.
'I'm here for work? You know i do work here' I reminded him.
'Oh yes, of course. Come in' He ordered, he turned and walked back into the lab. I stepped inside and shut the door behind me. Walking into the lab I noticed how messy it was, it didnt surprise me but it was only until now how messy it actually is.
'There is so many things you need to catch up on' He told me.
I sighed as I sat down 'How many things?'.
'Quite a lot' He says, he was rushing around the lab. Today Myrnin had chosen to wear a white beach top with some black trousers...and bunny slippers.
'So how have you been Myrnin?' I asked him.
'Rather good thank you, how was your break?' He questioned me.
'Oh it was great thanks, there was this-'
'That sounds wonderful Claire, now lets focus on the important things' He interrupted me.
'What so important?' I asked him.
'Bobus' He answered.
I raised an eyebrow 'Bobus...the Spider?'
He nodded his head 'Yes'
'I thought we was calling him Incy? You know like Incy Wincy Spider?' I reminded him
He shook his head 'Of course not silly, it doesn't suit him'
'So Its still alive?' I asked him.
He realised an eyebrow this time 'And what is that supposed to mean Claire?'
'Nothing, its just i thought-'
'You thought that because he is a Spider he has a shorter life span then us? Well i'm sorry but this is Morganville and not everything is normal in Morganville Claire, you out of all people should know that. I am very disappointed in you' He tells me.
I stared at him for a moment before speaking 'Yer your right, sorry about that'
'At least you have the decency to apologise' He says.
I sighed and sat back in the chair 'So what is there i can do today?'
'I would say feed Bobus but you have insulted him right in front of his web, so i suggest you sort out those documents over there' He told me and pointed over to the piles of paper. I got up and walked over to them.
'What are these Myrnin?' I asked him.
'Documents' He answered.
I rolled my eyes 'I know that, I mean...what are they?'
'I dont actually know, i'v had them for years now. They need to go, unless you think they seem important, keep them if they seem important' He said.
'Alright' I said as I picked a sheet of paper up. It was covered in dust, I blew the dust of and coughed at the dust.
'Myrnin, when you said they had been here for years...how long do you mean by that?' I questioned him.
'Well...that depends on which sheets of paper you mean, you see some have been there for over 100 years and some only 50. The pile just gets bigger by the time that passes us' He answered.
'Oh my' I mutter, I picked up the pile and brought them over the seat I was sat in. I began to scan through the sheets of paper to see which ones where wanted and which ones where not wanted. About 20 minutes had pasted and i was half way down the pile, so far non of the sheets seemed important. I was just in the middle of reading one of the sheets when Myrnin spoke.
'Claire i believe your friend is here to see you' He announced, I looked up to see...Michael. He had just walked into the room, he looked over Myrnin and then finally at me.
I frowned at him 'Michael what are you doing here?'
'Its Amelie' He replied.
I sat up straight and Myrnin stopped what he was doing 'What does Amelie want?' I asked him.
'I dont know, she just told me that she wanted to see you. She couldn't get in touch with you or something' He told me, I frowned and checked my phone.
'Oh...I have no signal here' I say.
'That's why, anyway I need to take you there' He tells me.
'That wont be necessary, we are in the middle of important work' Myrnin said.
'Well its Amelie's orders' Michael pointed out.
'Come on Myrnin, I wont be long. In fact why dont you come with us?' I asked him.
He thought for a moment 'Fine, i'll come with you'.
'Okay...lets go' I said. Me, Michael and Myrnin all walked out the lab. Myrnin locked the door and then followed me and Michael to Michael's car. Myrnin got in the back and me and Michael was in the front.
The car ride was...silent. No one really talked, the only time someone did was when Myrnin complained about how we was wasting valuable time and how we could be doing important work. Other then that no one said anything. The worst thing was Michael had one of those Vampire cars so i couldn't see a thing at all, I just had to sit there wondering what Amelie could want me for. Soon Michael stopped the car and turned to me.
'We are here' He told me.
'Yes we know, now lets get this over with' Myrnin said, he got out the car.
'I'm sorry about him, he just...not in the mood today' I told Michael.
He smiled at me 'Dont worry about it'. We then both got out the car, Michael locked the car and we both caught up to Myrnin. He was waiting for us at the elevator, and he looked really annoyed.
'You just take your time' He said, I rolled my eyes and stepped into the elevator As soon as the doors opened again there were two guards, they were both very muscular.
'We are here to see Amelie, she wanted us in' Michael told them, they both nodded and one of the guards began to walk. Michael and Myrnin followed after them, I hurried on to catch up with them both. The guard had leaded us to this room, it was Amelie's room. I am all too familiar with this building by now, I had been here to many times then i should of done. The guard knocked on the door.
'Come in' I heard Amelie's voice say, the guard opened the door and made a hand gesture for us all to come in. We all waked inside and the guard shut the door behind us, I turned to face Amelie who's eyes were on me.
'Hello Claire' She smiled.
'Hi, you wanted me?' I asked her.
'Yes I did actually, and i'm glad you brought Myrnin with you as well because i needed to see the both of you' She told me.
'What is it you want Amelie?' Myrnin asked her.
'I wanted you both to work on a new experiment' She tells us.
'What experiment?' I asked her.
'One that can let Vampires walk in the day, one that will help our kind by being helpful to us' She says.
'I dont understand' I say.
'She wants us to make heat protection' Myrnin tells me.
'I thought we already had that' I said.
'No we made sun cream for Vampires, she wants us to make one that will last for more then 24 hours' He told me.
Amelie nodded 'That's correct, it seems a lot of Vampires have had some...trouble with this.'
'So you want us to make it?' I asked her.
'Of course I do, you two are very important to this town...you know that' She replied.
'Alright then' I said.
'Myrnin has already started on this, so he will explain more about this' She told me.
'I didnt need any help on this Amelie, you could of just left it to me' Myrnin sighed.
'Myrnin this had took you long enough now, I think its time you had a...helping hand working with you' Amelie says.
'Fine' Myrnin said.
'I am aware that you may need some...things that will help you whilst making this. Myrnin do you need anyone or are you happy with the guinea pig you have?' Amelie asked him.
Myrnin stared at her and then cleared his throat 'I'm happy with the Guinea pig I have, now I think its time to go. Come on Claire'.
'See you soon' Amelie says. Myrnin practically dragged me out of Amelie's room.
'Get of me!' I ordered as I pulled out of his grip and he carried on walking.
'Myrnin what the hell is your problem?' I asked him.
'Nothing Claire it doesn't matter, we just need to get back to the lab now so we can get on with making this heat protection' He said. I looked at Michael and he shrugged I sighed. We all walked to the car in silence.
On the way back to the lab no one spoke. Myrnin was in a mood and Michael was concentrating on his driving, I however couldn't get what Amelie said out of my head. She said how he might of needed some things whilst making the heat protection. What did that mean? She also said about Myrnin having a Guinea pig...Myrnin doesn't have a guinea pig and if he did i'm pretty sure he would of told me to feed it. So what the hell was Amelie on about?
Michael stopped the car , 'Well that was...weird'
'Weird?' I asked him.
'Yer, I mean she made you come all that way for...heat protection' He pointed out.
I shrugged 'Amelie has her ways'
He laughed 'You got that right. See you later Claire'
I smiled 'Thank you for dropping us off'
'No problem' He said, I got out the car and shut the door. I waved by to him, and he drove off. If your wondering about Myrnin he had already left the car, he had already waked into the lab. I sighed and I walked back into the lab.
'Myrnin what is up with you?' I asked him.
'Nothing Claire, I just...I was meant to work on that alone and the fact that Amelie didnt think I was good enough makes me mad' He told me.
'She doesn't think your not good enough, she is just impatient, she said that you was taking a long time to make it. She just wants it made quickly' I pointed out.
He sighed 'Your probably right, its just me stressing out'.
'Why dont you sit down, I'll make you some tea or something' I suggested. He nodded and sat down on his pink Victorian chair. I walked over to his "Kitchen area" as he called it. He had a fridge there that was for his blood bags. But other then that he had a kettle and some tea, he put that there for me, I sometimes got thirsty. I made Myrnin his tea and placed it down on the small table near the chair he was sat on. He sat there in silence drinking, he looked so deep in thought. I didnt know what to do, in fact I didnt know what to say. So I looked around the lab for a bit, I was around his desk when I realised a weird book. It was the one Myrnin always wrote in, it was huge. It was already open on a page, I walked over to it. I started reading the page, I only scanned through the page. It had a date and time and then under it, it said : Burns skin average amount of time to heal. The next on under that had a different date but the same time, this one said: Skin scrumbled, took 47 seconds to heal. I was about to read the next one when the book slammed closed. I yelped and jumped back, stood there was Myrnin staring at me.
'Dont be reading that young Claire' He told me.
'Why? What was that all about?' I asked him.
'Nothing for humans like you' He answered.
'But that seemed like some serious stuff Myrnin' I pointed out.
'Claire if it was anything you should know about I would tell you, now please go look for something else to do' He ordered. I sighed and walked over to another desk he had. It went back to that silence again, and I didnt know whether to apologise or just...stay quite. Just when I was about to speak Myrnin spoke.
'Someone's here' He announced, I looked over to the door and saw Carrie. I blinked and then frowned. Myrnin however had got up from his chair and walked over to her...vampire speed.
'Carrie what are you doing here?' I asked her.
She didnt answer she was staring at Myrnin, I sighed 'Myrnin she is my daughter...you remember her right? Carrie?'
He stared at for a moment before walking around her 'Really? You've changed since the last time i saw you'
'Mum please get him away from me' Carrie says.
'Myrnin! Please your scaring her' I told him, he stopped circling her and looked at me.
'I was just inspecting her Claire, she is a rather precious human from the looks of things' Myrnin told me.
'Yes Myrnin I know she is, now please come and sit back down' I ordered, he sighed and sat back down on his chair.
I turned back to Carrie 'So why are you here?'
'It was dad, he waited for me after school' She answered.
'Waited for you after school?' Myrnin asked her, he practically took the words from my mouth.
'Myrnin! Shouldn't you be working?' I reminded him.
'Oh yes, sorry' He said, he got up and walked back over to his desk.
I sighed and looked back at Carrie 'Tell me from the beginning'. I could tell that Shane had done something wrong...again.
Alright so I thought I should out Myrnin back in the story. Also what do you guys think about the way Myrnin is acting? Do you think he's hiding something or just...being himself? Please comment your thoughts. Thanks for reading :)
