Once Upon a Mystery
Chapter 5: Home Sweet Home
She opened the scanner typing in her code, got her retina scanned and voice command. She opened up the vintage door, and set the security system, and lounged around the house. She threw her coat, and let her magic work away at her features. She turned into her normal form. Which was long sliver hair that fell to her back, blue eyes and light pale skin. Her wings were like a butterfly's, bright blue. She changed into her pajamas, yawning too many times to count.
She set the security system Data had made and sauntered into her bedroom. She jumped in the bed, and picked up her cell phone.
"Finney you there?" She said yawning again.
"Mel, is that you?" He said in a sleepy tone.
"Duh, are you tired?" he said trying to keep her eyes from closing.
"No, you?" Finney said, grinning on the other line.
"Good night, Finney." She said.
"To you too. Bye." Finney said, hanging up. He laughed and went into the lab. Data working at his desk was pulling up files on the computer.
"Who was that?" Data said in monotone. He didn't look the bit tired. Finney yawned and pulled up a chair next to him.
"Mel, she is fast asleep by now." Finney said. "She was yawning when I was talking to her." Data laughed and picked another file up.
"Let's see if she set my new security system." He typed in a code and picked up another file. "Here, she is." He showed Finney a security camera of Melinda sleeping. Finney tapped on the screen.
"What's that?" He pointed on the screen. It showed a warlock's head outside Melinda's window.
"Seems, to be a intruder, let's see if my system is top notch." Data smiled, but that soon stopped. The warlock was using spells to get inside. He broke a knot in the system. He magically reappeared on the other side of the window.
"Oh, my! What about Melinda???" Finney franticly worried about her.
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Suddenly, Melinda awoke feeling a presence in her room. She turned and saw the warlock she saw at the store. She jumped out of bed grabbing Data's system lock down. She pressed the button on the remote but, nothing happened.
"Hello, my my my. I sense your magic, and it seems to be powerful." He cast a spell in her direction. "Give me, what I want. Had over the recording. Or less I'll have to hurt the poor lil' fairy." He cast another spell as Melinda grabbed her cell phone and called Finney.
"Hello?! There's a warlock in the house!" She screamed as she ducked out of reach of another spell.
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Finney tried to say something but, he was to scared to. She kept calm. She ran down the stairs put on some tennis shoes and ran out the door. The warlock was still following her. She ran into a pub. Letting her magic do the work, magically changed into a elf. She sat at the counter and ordered up a root beer float. He was shaking nervously, until the warlock entered the café. He knew she was here. She just kept on sipping her root beer float. She knew if he found out it would be history. The magical creatures in the pub stood up and looked at him. One started to go at him.
"Hey! What are you doing' here? Go back to Dead Hollow where you belong!" He spit in his face. The warlock looked around and left. She was relieved she called up Finney again.
"Hello? Finney? Hello?" She whispered.
"Mel? You there? Who was that? We got in on your transmission." Finney yelled walking out of Melinda's house. He walked down the street. "Where are you at? Data sent us a carriage so, we can go back to the lab."
"I'm at Centre Pub Dining. Look for the elf." She smiled. She looked at herself dressed in kakis and a dress shirt. She laughed.
"What's so funny?" Finney asked. "I'm oddly dressed guess I was in panic when I changed forms." He heard. He entered the pub. He tapped her on the shoulder, and she gladly got up.
"Why didn't Data's system react at all?" She said as she stepped into the carriage.
"It was a malfunction. I was at the lab while this was happening. He tapped in on his security camera, and we saw the warlock trying to break in."
"The system wouldn't work. No matter what he did." Finney answered.
Melinda laid her head on Finney's shoulder and said "I'm glad you came to the rescue."