Oliver's point of view
I had just finished teaching Amelie what she is supposed to do and how to act, since Myrnin couldn't do that, when Amelie's phone rang. She picked it up.
"Hello? Myrnin what is it?" A pause. "Why?" Another pause, then she looked at her phone. "Myrnin wants us to go back, it's something important he has to talk to us about." She said standing up. I sighed and got my coat and that. "Would you say being Founder is a hard job?" She asked.
"Well... Not really. It shouldn't be too hard controlling the humans but I wouldn't say the same for the vampires. But most of them respect you." I said, holding her coat out, so she could put it on. With her coat on, she went out of the office and I followed telling the boy behind the counter to find someone else when his shift ended.
Outside I held the door open then went around the other side and got in.
"What do you think Myrnin wants?" Amelie asked. I shrugged.
"I don't know. Most probably something useless and we are wasting our time." I said. The drive wasn't long and I got out to open Amelie's door, then led her down the alley and down the steps.
The first thing I saw when I reached the bottom was Shane tied up, then the machine that had caused this mess sitting in pieces on the table with Myrnin trying to put it back together. The man himself turned around.
"Ah, finally! What took you so long? So this is what I wanted to tell you. Shame helpfully made me drop the device, which broke and the lights aren't flashing which I guess it meant it was working so now I think that it has returned the memories." He said.
"You bloody idiot!" I felt ready to rip apart Myrnin. As if a human could ma's him drop something. "Does it look like she has regained her memory?"
"Don't shout at me it was Shame, yelling at me and being more annoying than usual. Also, not for the first time he accused me of being in love with Claire." he said.
"Wait, what's going on?" Amelie said coming forward. I calmed myself down.
"Claire made an invention that wipes memories. And now Myrnin went and dropped it." I said and Myrnin kept shaking his head.
"It wasn't me!" He protested.
"Of course it wasn't, it never is. .ow wake up your assistant and get that fixed." I demanded.
"Please don't fight. I thought you had sorted out your differences and why are you worried about that?" Amelie said. A pause, wondering whether the mad man would tell. I considered it but didn't tell her. Instead just said,
"You wish. He's just as annoying as ever." I said.
"Yeah, yeah now I asked Amelie to bring you down here, so you can punish Shame not me. So, go do it." I stood there glaring daggers at him and then he made shooing motions and pushed me. I grabbed his hand and twisted so just another inch would break his wrist and his fingers.
"Do not. Touch me." I said, deathly quiet.
"Oliver let go of him now." Amelie said.
"Wait. He needs to be taught a lesson." I said.
"No, he doesn't. Just punish Shane or something, let go of Myrnin."Amelie said again. When I didn't she forcefully tore my hand from his. Myrnin flexed his fingers and smiled at me.
"Thank you, dear Amelie." He said. I sighed and turned to leave when Myrnin turned me around and punched me. I growled and went to attack him but Amelie pushed me away hard so I landed on my back and the other side of the lab.
"I told you to leave him. We have had this before and I don't want this to happen anymore. You will stop. And you, Myrnin will not antagonize him." Amelie said, in that voice that suggested we were children.
"But he almost broke my hand and fingers! I wasn't letting him get away with that." He said. I stood up and wiped glass and dust off of me.
"He doesn't like being touched so don't touch him. It's simple." Amelie said.
"But he doesn't mind when you touch him. I hardly think that's fair." Myrnin said.
"It's different." I growled.
"Different how? You hold Amelie's hand and kiss her I only pushed you over to the boy. You acted like I threatened your meaningless life." He said.
"If you touch me again you won't have hands any more." I growled.
"Both of you, stop now! I mean it. You are acting like children. Oliver, please leave then you won't have a problem. Myrnin you stay down here." She commanded. I glared at Myrnin then Amelie then left.
Myrnin point of view
Once Oliver left, I turned back to the device. I had managed to get the wiring back together, but I wasn't sure if it was like last time.
"Why must you do that?" Amelie asked, going over to Claire.
"It's fun. And it's not like he's going to die of heart attack from the stress." I said, shrugging.
"It's not fun. I want you to stop it." She said.
"Of course, my lady." I said.
"I mean it." She said.
"Of course, I said." I connected another wire to where it had come out. There was silence, broken only by the heartbeats and breathing of the boy and Claire.
"Why are you worried about that? The device?" Amelie asked. I didn't answer for a few moments, not knowing what to say.
"Um... Claire used it on herself. She did something and she is terrible, so she wiped some of her memory. I have to fix it now so she can be restored." I said. It was partly true.
"Does that have anything to do with me? Because I have been thinking-"
"Don't think too much, it's not good for you." I said. Amelie sighed.
"I have been thinking that since everyone knows who I am and Claire knows so much about me, that I have been here a long time and you didn't drug me. Did she use it on me?" Amelie asked. I didn't know what to say. Claire was protecting her boyfriend so she removed 100 or so years of memories? I didn't think that would go down so well.
"Well... No. I have been testing something. I guess these are side effects." I said.
"Please tell me the truth. What are you afraid of?" Amelie asked moving the device away. I sighed and looked at her. She looked so young without the stress of having to run the town.
"I haven't seen you like this, for so long. I miss it. I would like to tell you but that would mean you would go back to before but the town may go out of control if they knew." I said getting the device back and connecting another wire.
"What do you mean? Please just tell me." Amelie said, almost pleading.
"I can't. How about you let Claire tell you?" I asked.
"Why can't you tell me?" She asked.
"Because, Claire is the cause of your memory loss. Wake her up and ask her. I'm busy." I said taking the device to another table and continued to work on it.
Well I think this was quite an interesting chapter :) Will Claire tell Amelie when she wakes up or not?
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