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Chapter 14

Artie's office

"We can't stay here and do nothing!" Myka exclaimed, "Mrs. Frederic is dying..." She trailed off.

Helena took a tentative step towards her lover and placed a reassuring hand on Myka's lower back.

"Myka is right, Arthur." Helena said, "We must do something to prevent this."

Artie looked down at Mrs. Frederic. She looked so peaceful.

"I'm going to talk to Mr. Kosan." Artie said as he stood up. "Abigail, stay here with Irene, please."

Abigail nodded.

"Steve, you check the footage and see what you can find." Artie ordered.

"I'm on it..." Steve said.

Artie looked at Myka and Helena, "You two try to contact Pete and go back to the warehouse... We have to find them."

Helena and Myka nodded.

Artie turned to Mrs. Frederic, "We'll get through this. I promise." He whispered.

Pete had no idea what Paracelsus was doing but he knew that he looked like he was genuinely helping his family. Or at least he hoped.

"No tricks, brother." Sutton whispered, loud enough for the two Warehouse agents to hear.

Paracelsus chuckled motioning at the desk and the tools Claudia gave him, "You know that this is not exactly the best working enviroment, as you people would say."

Claudia rolled her eyes.

"I did everything I could to recreate your working enviroment..." She bit back.

"And I thank you for that, Agent Donovan..." Paracelsus replied mixing some fluids together. Pete coughed as the strong aroma hit his sense of smell.

"What's that, man?!" Pete complained.

"... Your Teslas pointed at my skull are not exactly helping, you know?" Paracelsus asked.

"We don't have all the time in the world, you know?" Charlotte said.

As Paracelsus and Chalrotte began to bicker, Pete cheched his phone. He noticed a text. It was Myka.

Where are you? Claudia is missing. We need you. Mrs. F is in danger.

Pete eyes widened and showed the text to Claudia.

"What are we gonna do?" Pete asked.

Claudia looked worried, "I don't know."

Paracelsus, Sutton and Charlotte were still fighting. Nick was on the sofa, his head in his hands and looked like he was crying.

"Can you please stop!?" Claudia yelled, "Let him do his job."

Sutton and Charlotte nodded exchanged a look.

"You don't understand, dear brother." Paracelsus said, "This process is complex and tricky. If I do something wrong it could influence your lives. And you don't want that, do you?"

Sutton sighed, "How long do we have to wait?"

"A little while. The stone needs to be ready." Paracelsus replied.

Pete looked at Claudia, worried.

He just hoped Myka and HG had something in mind. He replied to Myka.

"Any news from Pete?" Helena asked Myka as they walked side by side.

Myka shook her head, "Not yet."

Helena took Myka's hand in hers and gave it a little squeeze.

"We will find a solution, Myka." She tried to reassure her.

Myka nodded.

She was beginning to worry for Pete and Claudia. And for Mrs. F.

They had already lost Leena. She couldn't bear the thought of not seeing Pete and Claudia again.

On top of that, Myka's surgery was due in three days. She sighed.

"Why our lives have to be always so complicated?" Myka asked.

"Everyone's life is complicated, dear. But ours are even more because we're Warehouse agents." Helena said, "I thought you'd have noticed that." she teased.

Myka glared at her lover and shook her head.

"Come on. We have to find them." Helena said.

Myka nodded and tired to leave her fears at bay.

Her phone buzzed.

"It's Pete!"

Claudia is with me. We're safe. Be ready near fake Leena's B&B. Can't say much. Sorry.

"Let's go." Myka said.

"I believe that the stone is ready." Paracelsus said.

Nick, Sutton and Charlotte walked closer to the stone and Paracelsus.

"What do we have to do?" Nick asked, his voice quivering.

Paracelsus looked down at the stone.

"I will let it sink into this fluid and then you will have to inhale its fumes." he explained.

"Are you guys ready?" Claudia asked.

Nick, Charlotte and Sutton nodded.

"Do it." Sutton said.

Paracelsus nodded and plunged the stone in the liquid. He then pulled it out with some kind of pincers and presented it to them.

"Inhale." he ordered.

One by one, Sutton, Charlotte and Nick inhaled the fumes.

Claudia and Pete looked curiously as the three of them inhaled.

Paracelsus nodded. "This should work, I hope."

Suddenly, a blue-green smoke enveloped Sutton, Charlotte and Nick's figures.

"Mom... What's going on?" Nick asked.

"I don't know, sweetheart." Charlotte replied, looking at his son's face. "Everything will be..."

Sutton looked at his brother, "If you played with us again... I swear that..."

The three of them fell down to the floor, unconscious.

"What did you do?!" Claudia shouted and run to the three unconscious bodies on the floor, "What happened?"

Paracelsus laughed, "I believe this is a side effect."

"Son of a..." Pete exclaimed.

Paracelsus smiled at him, "So naive..." He said, "Did you really think I would let you give me orders?"

He lifted his hand and made Pete fly to the other part of the room.

Pete cried out in pain as his body hit the hard wall and then hit the ground.

"PETE! NO!" Claudia shouted watching in horror.

Paracelsus laughed.

"Are you sure you're Warehouse agents...?" he asked, looking at Claudia, "And ... Aren't you the soon-to-be-Caretaker?"

Claudia chastised herself silently. Her plan was falling apart right under her nose.

"I won't let you escape." Claudia exclaimed.

Paracelsus took Pete's Tesla from the floor and pointed it at Claudia.

"Are you sure?" he asked, mockingly.

Claudia gulped.

Paracelsus fired at her, hitting her square in the chest.

The Warehouse shook, once again.

"Is good to be home." Paracelsus said.

He smiled down at Claudia and took her bag. He pulled out a knife and chuckled.

"This is nice..." he said putting Pete's Tesla in his pocket, "I might be in need of spilling some blood."

TBC

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