Chapter 2 Thank you so much ashsanders.x for your feeding ,lol - never will forget that anymore ...also a big Thank you, to Melzie97 , I always enjoy your reviews (..and your writing )
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Lets do the time warp again...
Midday came and past again. So did afternoon and evening - Claire and Myrnin Conwy forgot everything around them, only needing each other .
The world will always have it's problems, and Morganville had already a good share of it, but now ….now it was something like peace time . Businesses actually opened instead of closed, people , still cautious, started to walk outside when there was a nice , warm evening , street cafes - one,two… Life seemed to come back to Morganville since the last catastrophe was diverted and stopped, before it grew out of control.
There was no imminent danger in sight , no next Ubervampire waiting in line to take over the town and with that in mind, Claire and Myrnin cherished the moments together enjoying them until, …well, until they actually really had to do something again….
" My sweet Claire, …." , Myrnin rolled out of bed and caressed Claire gently with his hand over her naked back : " ..there is something I wanted to show you already yesterday, but…..you know .." , and he wiggled with his eyebrows playfully at Claire. " ..it is something I worked on lately, something …..important to me…"
Myrnin caught Claire's interest with that, not only because his tone was intriguing , but his entire behavior had something mysterious.
" What is it ? …Show me . " , and Claire climbed out of bed, sitting right next to Myrnin looking out for her bathrobe. She found it lying next to the big chair , wrapping herself into it and following Myrnin into his lab, who, while she slipped into the robe, put on the closes pants he found,some well used brown leather ones and a wide ruffle shirt.
Myrnin had several projects running and Claire was working at most of them , too, but occasionally , they worked on different ideas and surprised each other , when done. This, Claire thought, must be one of those surprise projects - maybe the one , he was talking about the other day.
Suddenly , Claire felt fear rising in her again , fear that this surprise would change more than Myrnin bargained for.
Myrnin led Claire into the back room of their lab, mostly Myrnin's place. It was slightly separated from the rest of the large laboratory and had a Frankenstein atmosphere - some spiderwebs, cold air - cooler than the rest of the lab. It gave Claire a haunted house feeling and she tried to avoid this part of the lab as good as she could.
He turned on the light switch and Claire stood in front of an enormous contraption, covered with a white linen. Myrnin pulled the cover down with a "da-daaaa" and offered Claire her first look at his newest invention. In old mad scientist manner , he waved his arm over the most impressive machine, Claire ever laid eyes on : " What do you think, Claire?"
It did not happen a lot, but Claire was speechless. She saw two front seats of an old Chevy connected on sleds or tracks, Claire was not sure about what they were, which gave the entire machine a resemblance of Santa's sled. Around the seats, which were generously equipped with an abundance of cup holders, various buttons, control lights and switches there was something, which looked very much like an old hand break, installed, slightly off of the left seat ,almost in the middle of the machine. Half a cabin was build around the two seats, leaving the windshield missing , but covering the back.
" So what do you think , my little Bird " , his excitement only barley contained.
" I…..I don't know…..what does it do ? …." , Claire was unable to look away from Myrnin's newest invention, it gave her this uncomfortable feeling , she had before. That fear - that uncertainty , that tells your sixth sense , that something is not right.
" Claire, please don't toy with me,…..isn't it clear?….it is a time machine ! " , and Myrnin started to run around the machine like a little boy would run around the christmas tree, after he finally found his presents underneath. He was looking for Claire's hand and pulled her with her, trying to share his excitement.
"Myrnin,….Myrnin…..stop …please.. ." Claire trying to stop herself , not willing to run with him. " Myrnin, why do you have a time machine ? " Claire's voice almost sounded desperate, making him halt by the point.
" I have to do something . " Myrnin replied without looking at Claire.
" What would that be ? Myrnin, please tell me ? " Claire standing on her tiptoes reaching up to Myrnin's face , cradleing it with both of her hands, forcing him to look into her eyes.
" My dear Claire, since I found you I have learned , that life can be beautiful, fulfilling . You brought my human side out and made me realize, that there is more than science and being driven by the desirer of bloodlust, as strong as this force can be. "
Claire did not move. She knew at this moment , that her feeling , her growing fear was nothing she just imagined. It had to do with this machine and Myrnin's plan, whatever it was.
" I took this away form one person, I thought I loved . I took her human side away and never gave her the chance to regain it. She was not as lucky as me - she did not have someone to rescue her, she only had me - her killer.", and Claire knew immediately , who he meant - Ada.
" Myrnin, I know, this was during your worst time , but it is done , Ada is gone and …."
" No, Claire, you don't understand ! Ada is dead , because of ME ! I KILLED HER ! I never let her live HER live. She loved me,and I ….I thought , I loved her, too., but I know now , I only used her….." Myrnin 's face was pleading , asking Claire for forgiveness - something she could not give him.
" …but with this machine, I can go back and rescue her from me. Give her a chance to have a life on her own ." his voice trying to sound uplifting and reassuring,and be it only for himself.
Claire , still holding her small hands around his face , understood. Myrnin build this time machine to redeem himself , but trying to alter history for your own benefit ,was not a good idea.
"Did you think about the consequences , if you do this ? Myrnin, you don't know, what will happen , if you safe her…." Claire put her arms down and turned around, feeling anxiety gripping her chest like an iron fist.
" Sweet Claire, nothing will happen….I will just go back ,stop myself of killing her and be right back, like nothing happened. " , he stepped closer to her and turned her around.
" You are crying? Claire , why? " his deep brown eyes flying form her tears to her tortured face .
" Don't worry, my little Bird, ….I love YOU, nobody else…" , and he lifted her up in bridal style walking out of the small room. He looked down on her, melting inside, feeling the pain she has, the panic of loosing him, maybe forever.
He put her gently down on the couch and caressed her on her cheek. Claire moving up into a sitting position and searching for his hand , their fingers entwined.
' I know,….I know…it is just, I have something like a sensor inside me, that screams not to do that. I know, it sounds childish, but please Myrnin, don't go into the past - please do it for me ! …for US….!"
Myrnin did not know what to do. He was torn between Claire's wish to stay and his desirer to set things right. It pained him, to see his Claire in that state. Never in his life, did he want to see her suffer like this again, but deep down, he knew he had to do what he had planed, or he himself, would never rest - Claire had to understand that, Claire WOULD understand that.
He leaned forward and embraced Claire with all his love, giving her a kiss demanding and longing and carefully laid her back onto the couch.
" I will be back , I don't love anybody but you and I won't let anything destroy that love." and Myrnin got up and entered the little room, leaving a scared, but hopeful Claire back on the couch, wishing that her fear was nothing but a silly feeling.