To make up for the awkward last chapter, here's some funniness.

Chapter 3

My eyes opened and I shot up. I was back at the warehouse and Claudia looked up at me. "She pregnant!"

"What?" She put her book down and stepped onto the platform.

"I got Helena pregnant!" I wasn't sure if I was going to puke or faint. "We had…"

"P-pregnant? As in baby in nine months back then? As in, you're kinda sorta Christina's dad?" My eyes grew wide.

"Oh my God I'm…." I took the head piece off and just covered my face in my hands. "I'm going to be sick…"

"Why? You got to make love to the woman you've loved since you were a child."

"Because I was a dude when I did. That is NOT how I wanted to have sex with her! Oh my God I'm the reason….Oh my God." I continued to freak out for another ten minutes before I heard Pete and Artie talking. I composed myself before they turned the corner and saw us.

"What the hell are you two doing in the H.G. Wells section?" Luckily I had stepped off the platform by the time they saw us. I was just leaning against the control panel. When I didn't answer, Artie's mood lightened. "Myka…"

"It's fine Artie. I know I shouldn't be down here…it's just…"

"You miss her." Pete must have been getting quite a few vibes from me. Luckily, he knew how to keep a secret. I'm sure he'd confront me about them later.

"Yeah, I do." I looked at my watch. "Hey, it's nearly breakfast time. I'll make pancakes when we get back to the inn. Just let me lock up here okay?" Pete and Artie watched me a moment before agreeing and walking away.

"Smooth Myka. Smooth." I sighed and helped Claudia cover the machine back up. Before I locked the gate, I stared at her section one last time before locking it and walking away. On the ride back to the inn neither of us spoke. Claudia just looked out the window and I concentrated on the road. "Are you going to be okay?"

"Yeah. I think so." I parked in my normal spot and we climbed out. "Not a word about this okay?" She gave me thumbs up as we walked in the door. "Alright, who wants pancakes?" Pete answered like a five year old as always and Artie grumbled a yes.

"Hey Mykes?" Pete walked up and closed the doors to the dining room. "Everyone's outside or upstairs so we can talk about the vibes I was getting from you earlier. What were they about?" I didn't look at him nor did I answer. "Myka, I'm worried about you. I know you love her but…"

"I used her time machine and saw her back before…when she was in the 1800's." It just came out. I bit my tongue afterwards when I saw the look on his face.

"But the machine was fried when…"

"Claud was able to fix it." The information sunk in and he leaned against the counter. "And I did something that…I don't know how to say it…"

"What happened? Whose body did you take over while you were there?" I didn't answer; I just looked at him sheepishly. "No…." He covered his mouth with his hand. "You took over her husband?" I gave a small nod. "Did y'all…" I nodded again; this time with a small smile and shrug. "That means you're her daughter's…."

"Yeah…I know." Pete looked away and tried to process it all. "Pete you can't tell anyone. If anyone finds out…" He looked over at me. I knew he wouldn't tell anyone. He was my partner and we had each other's back.

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Weeks later there was a break in at the warehouse. Though this time, it wasn't a person it was a swarm of nanites. They are, from what Claudia told us, little bugs that eat up technology and transmit information. We thought we knew who wanted information but we weren't sure. "Walter Sykes must want something we have." Artie looked at me questioningly. "He tried to kill Pete's mom and he seems to have something against warehouse agents."

Claudia looked at all the information Sykes wanted and was trying to download. "It looks like the one he wanted most was something called Atlas 66." Jane's demeanor changed. She told us we couldn't open the file; that the Regents already had a plan in place. I tried to get Pete to back me up on why we should open the file and find out what was inside but he shot me down. I could tell he was up to something though. Once Jane left Pete said he needed to go tag some stuff. Soon after, I followed him.

"Pete!" He turned around with a goofy grin on his face. "What was that about?"

"Trust me Mykes, arguing with my mother will get us nowhere." He was up to something.

"So what? You're just going to lay down and die?" He smiled and clicked a key fob.

"Welcome to the Pete cave." A door rose revealing a secret room. I will admit I was quite surprised. After I sat, Pete showed me his research on Walter Sykes and what he could be up to. I was quite impressed by all his research on the subject. Claudia showed up and told us who was on the other side of the bugs. She partly decrypted the file and said "it" was in Wyoming at a high school. Pete and I headed out before his mom was done with Kuson.

As we got to the school I took one floor and Pete took another. I looked in each classroom as I passed and stopped in one. "Pete," I tapped my earpiece, "I think I found what Sykes was looking for." My eyes fell on her. It was Helena. She was a…teacher? I walked in cautiously. "Helena." She stopped erasing the board and turned to me.

"Hello." I cringed; she had an American accent. "Are you looking for somebody?"

"Do the Regents know you're here?" Helena looked at me strangely.

"I think you're lost. The main office is right down the hall…"

"We don't have time for games. Some very dangerous people know that you're here."

"Uh…okay. There must be some mistake here. Let's just call school security and…"

"Freeze!" Pete ran in the door and scared Helena. She gasped and went under the desk. There was something off here. I didn't need a vibe to tell that. "Well that's new." He lowered the Tesla and looked under the desk.

"Why'd you do that? Are you trying to scare the woman?" Pete gave me a look. "There's something wrong. She's acting like she doesn't even know who I am." Pete and I leaned over to look at H.G.

"H-hello?"

"Hey." Pete waved lightly. She woman was scared to death. "At least we know what Sykes is after."

"Who are you people? What do you want from me?" I reached back slowly and grabbed my badge.

"Secret Service." I showed her my badge. "We may be dealing with a case of identity theft. We just need to see your driver's license." She held it out and I took it.

"It's in my purse." I opened the drawer cautiously. I wasn't sure if it was a trap or not. Opening her wallet I saw the license.

"Pete…this says she's Emily Lake." I showed him the license and he took it. The woman in the picture was H.G. I'd recognize that look in her eyes anywhere. But the woman under the desk was definitely not H.G. or at least the H.G. I know. Once I coaxed Helena…or Emily out from under her desk, I got her to take Pete and I to her apartment.

"I'm not sure why the Secret Service needs to see my apartment." We walked through the door. "But here it is." The small apartment was lined with bookshelves and school papers waiting to be graded. "I'm not this Helena person…whoever that is."

"Look it's not that we don't believe you…it's just…we want to understand what's going on." She nodded simply. We heard something move in the kitchen and Pete reached for his Tesla.

"Oh Dickens." A small gray cat jumped down and Helena turned to pick him up.

"H.G. Wells is a cat lady?" Both of us were confused beyond words.

"Dickens is hungry; and scared. Just like his mommy." She soothed the cat by petting his fur. "I'm going to feed him." She turned to walk towards the kitchen. "Shoot me if you have to." The corner of my mouth twitched upwards. That was the snarky Helena I knew. I wasn't sure what was going on but Helena…my Helena was in there somewhere. We watched as she walked into the kitchen.

"Myka we don't have time for this. Sykes could be on his way here right now." I looked through her mail and everything said Emily Lake. I was missing something. There was a piece of the puzzle I didn't have. Then it hit me when I saw the pictures.

"Pete," I took down a photo. "She wasn't really there." I pointed to the mirror behind her. "She was photo shopped into these. They're all fakes. Someone must have created a new identity for her. Who does that sound like?"

"The Regents. Some sort of witness protection? We got all this from the Atlas file." That was it!

"The Atlas file. Atlas 66. H.G. Wells was born in Atlas house in 1866. I can't believe that I missed that. We need to get her safe before Sykes finds her."

"Let me go." Emily came out of the kitchen with a knife in front of her. Yeah, this was definitely NOT Helena. She was holding the sharp edge of the knife towards her not us. "I-I've got a knife."

"Let's not do that." She walked towards us slowly and Pete grabbed her wrists and turned her back towards him. She screamed and I just hung my head.

"Do you see?" I took the knife. "H.G. knows Kempo. If she wanted to hurt you you'd be lying in a pool of your own blood by now." I placed the knife on the table behind me.

"I don't want to hurt anyone…I just…"

"Wait." Pete looked towards the window. I knew that look; he was having a vibe. He walked towards the window and looked. "I've got a vibe. And it's a bad one." I kept Emily with me while Pete and whoever came in the door were fighting. I couldn't hear what he was saying. Pete met us in the parking garage and I just looked at him. This was bad.

"Pete." He turned to see Jinx holding a Tesla at us. "Where's Marcos?"

"Oh is that your new partner? Huh? That's the guy who just tried to kill me. Well I got some bad news for you pal…" A door closed and Marcos walked in. "What the hell?" He was alive.

"Is that H.G.?" Jinx nodded. "Well we're done." Jinx fired the Tesla at Pete and then me. We both fell to the ground unable to move. The last thing I heard before I lost consciousness was Helena scream."