'Let us do something, while we have the chance.'

Just something for the fun of it. Hope you enjoy. I don't own Warehouse 13.

"What really matters is what you do with what you have."
- H. G. Wells

During Season 3

Chapter 12—Regroup

East of Salt Lake City
Day 3

Claudia was in the room with Steve. They'd just found the spider artifact and put it into a bag. Claudia asked again, "Jinksey, are you okay?"

Steve had just finished trying to ward off the attacking spider. It had been very clear and very, very real. The spider had him in its web and was closing the sack to feed on its meal later. Anything Steve tried just seemed to tighten the web. He knew now the spider was gone but it just left. It had to be close. Realizing Claudia was there, he started to feel relived. "Is it gone?"

"Yeah, it was an artifact. We got it," Claudia responded. "You ready?"

"Huh, yeah. Sorry, that was a little too real." He started to get up and Claudia offered her hand.

"Don Mark is still on the loose. Pete and Myka are in the room around the corner. The Regents are here with their security." She looked at him again. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah, I'm good. Lets go." Steve started to the door.

Pete and Myka were happy to see Claudia and Steve join them. Pete started down the hall and Myka covered on the other side. Claudia and Steve followed in a similar manner. Pete got to the next room. Pete went in first. Myka was at the door.

Myka screamed, "Get down!" A series of arrows were launched at the walls. The ends of the arrow bolts were sticking out from the walls. There was a grinning noise and a chopping sound. Myka called, "Get out! It's going to shoot again." Myka quickly scurried to the other doorframe.

Pete was relived, "Well, at least there was nothing in there. Let's head up the hall." He motioned with his arm to go forward. "Just watch it when you go passed the door."

They got up to the next room and Artie called over the net, "Where are you?"

Myka answered, "We are at the third room. Be careful of the second room. It has shooting arrows and we did not stop them."

Artie went on, "We have the other halls contained and no one has come from the hall you are on. Be careful he's likely hiding in one of the next two rooms. We are going to head around the corner and get the first room on the front end of the building."

"Okay, well, we will wait to see you in the hallway before we proceed," Myka replied and then held up her hand to Pete and the others. They wait and watched as Artie, John Jane and Helena came around the corner. Myka saw that Helena nodded to her with a smile that she was alright. Myka looked back at Pete, "Okay, let's go."

Myka and Pete went into the room at about the same time. Six Terracotta warriors with spears confronted Myka. She got off a Tesla shot at the first one and it fell to the ground. Myka had to back up to the door, "Pete! Pete!"

Claudia and Steve came around the door. Claudia took two shots with her mini-Tesla. Steve took out the other three with shots from his SIG.

Pete was having his own problems. A 60s model Lava lamp had his attention. He was mystified and could not take his eyes from it. The oil would rise and his eyes would follow it up the lamp, then watching for a while longer the bubble of oil would rift to the bottom of the lamp.

Myka wondered why Pete had not backed her and turned to him. She saw him staring. She grabbed him and turned him around to her, "Pete! Pete! Look at me."

"Yeah, Myka," he shook his head. "Wow, what was that?"

Myka could see the lamp out of the corner of her eye and shot at it with her Tesla. There was a large spark and the lamp went out. "Better."

"Oh, yeah. I was about to turn around and watch it some more. Wow, that was different. Haven't done anything like that since the airplane glue."

Claudia picked up on that, "What?"

"Never mind," Pete started to look around the room. The rest did the same. "Okay, nothing else here."

Artie positioned himself at the doorway and Helena was behind him with a Tesla at the ready. He moved into the room and was followed immediately by Helena.

Helena turned. Her face was showing the strain. She called out, "Artie get down! I am not…" She pointed the Tesla at Artie and fired.

John was in back of her and saw Don Mark holding some kind of riding whip. He fired his Tesla at full power at Don. The arches of light hit Don Mark, releasing the hold on Helena and forcing Don Mark to the floor. John kept the Tesla on the target. There was a red glow coming from Don Mark.

Helena turned to Don Mark and began to fire her Tesla. The red glow was building, almost to the point of pulsing. She remembered the vest of the Corsican Bothers. Helena looked to John, "He's got some kind of vest. Be ready to take cover."

Jane came around the corner and saw what was happening. She reached in her purse and pulled out a small rock. She shouted, "Stop firing now! The rock will reflect the energy. Stop!" She threw the rock in front of Don Mark.

The light show that followed was impressive. The vest did indeed fire back the stored energy from the Tesla blasts. It was shot in one pulse. The rock put up its wall of energy, like a force field, only reflecting the one back at Don Mark. The pulse went back and forth several times. Each time it went back at Don Mark only a portion was captured by the vest and shot back at the stonewall. The rest of the pulse when into Don Mark and the floor and wall behind him. The power to the building was lost and the wall burst into flames.

Jane shouted over the noise, "Everyone out!" She got on the net and gave the same directions, "Everyone out of the building. There's a fire we cannot contain." The wall behind Don Mark was completely consumed and the walls behind that were catching on fire.

In a few minutes everyone was out of the building. They watched as the local fireman contained the fire. Myka and Helena smiled at each other and Myka gave Helena a hug, "Glad to see you're okay. Is this what you expected?"

"This was what I was hoping would be the outcome. The other was a world that looked like that burning warehouse." Helena smiled at Myka, "We save the world once again."

Claudia asked, "So Jinksey, you feeling better now."

"Yeah, thanks," was his reply. They bumped each other's shoulder and watched.

Artie was now conscious and asked what happened.

John answered, "We were right. Don Mark had DeMille's Riding Crop. He used it to get Helena to shoot you. Then he had the duplicate of the Corsican Bothers vest, the Sicilian Vest. It built up the energy from the Tesla shots from Helena and I and was about to shoot it back at us when Jane threw the Great Wall of China rock in front of him. The rock put up an energy shield and the energy from the vest pulsed back and forth from the vest to the rock. Don Mark and everything behind him burst into flames."

Helena looked at Artie and with sincerity in her voice, "Artie, I am sorry about shooting you. But I really could not do anything about it."

Pete laughed at little and added, "Yeah, real shame Artie." He looked over at his mom, "You still got a lot of explainin' to do."

Jane's eye twinkled.

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