Chapter 3 Two reviews is not bad for me, I am easily satisfied ,lol. Melzie , I hope you like this one , too ( still looking out for an update from you -hint,hint,hint )

Vampirejunkie, keep on reading - there will be a lot of ups and downs ( maybe more downs for a while ...) , but I am happy that you liked it. Also waiting for your updates, need my share of good old Myrnin love...

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Lets do the time warp again…

The lights flickered and the ringing in his sensitive vampire ears was almost unbearable , but it was over faster than he realized. The time machine settled down, or better, never left the place it was build - the little separate room off his laboratory, but Myrnin knew, he was not in in his present time anymore - it was 1870.

He carefully moved to the door, listening if there is anybody around. At first, he thought that he was alone, but then, he was able to hear distant footsteps , who came close fast. The small door from the alley opened up and he could hear two people coming down - Amelie and Oliver.

Myrnin closed the door quickly and waited , hoping, that their way wont lead them into this particular room, but looking around, it seemed , that this past Myrnin, did not really use it

" I told you Amelie, he can't be trusted - he is already too far gone …" Oliver's voice was hard and dry, unmistakable the old self-absorbed Oliver he was missing lately.

" Oliver, I do not like to repeat myself, not to you OR anybody else, we need him. As long as he hasn't finished the safety borders of Morganville , we cannot afford to loose him. He is vital to our plans , that is….unfortunately ,a fact. " , Amelie's tone was clear as a bell, but also as cold. There was no sign of the more understanding, warm person she turned out to be in the future. Here, in this time, she was the Queen of the town, the Founder , who's orders were not disputed, but followed.

" Did Ada say, where he went after he attacked her ? " Amelie was heard again, now in a slightly softer tone " Where is Ada anyway …."

" I am here, my Founder . " , and Myrnin heard Ada's strong steps down the stairs. He closed his eyes and suddenly realized, that he involuntarily started to breath faster, a human reaction, he had adopted by being around Claire and other humans. He tried to calm himself down, by counting slowly backwards , but what surprised him more ,was his initial reaction , when he heard Ada's voice , this soft but determined tone, which almost sounded like singing,The lovely voice he had missed since…..since he killed her.

" Tried to follow him out on the streets, I know he went hunting - he ,….he was in the mood for hunting…" her tone remained steady and unemotional , like he went out for a beer at the closest pub.

" I see. " Amelie sat down on a wooden chair in the middle of the lab. " ..so, where and when did he attack you this time - the second or third time ? '

' Only the second time,…it was my fault, I was not careful enough. I ….."

" Nonsense, you should not have to watch out like that .Myrnin is crazy , insane - nobody should have to work with that old fool ….he is a liability . " , Oliver gave his opinion freely and snarled.

" I just want to say, that I accidentally hurt myself and I was bleeding. It triggert his reaction - he otherwise never would do anything like this . " Ada confronted Oliver .

Myrnin could not believe, that she still defended him after all he already had done to her. Myrnin felt his guilt grow by the minute , he knew , it was the right decision to come back and safe her - his Ada….his…wait, wait …I love Claire! Claire is my soulmate , my love of my life . She rescued me and never gave up,just…just like Ada. Myrnin felt suddenly lost . He needed to do his work here and leave, go back to HIS life WITH Claire, his wife!

" Well, he wont be back until his bloodlust is fulfilled . There is no reason to stay around until then. Ada, I expect from you to keep more control over this situation. Please inform me, if there are any more signs surfacing in his behavior, regarding the disease. Oliver, lets go. " and with that , Amelie made it clear, that this conversation had ended.

Myrnin felt a portal opening and Amelie as well as Oliver were gone.

Ada was alone. He knew it, he felt it - she was standing in the other room, just a few meters away from him , only separated by the door. When he closed his eyes and concentrated , he could hear her breathing, the slow and calm up and down of her chest. He could smell her. He loved her smell - it was different to Clair's , but almost as fascinating to him. She had the smell of fresh cut grass, the memories of walking in long fields , holding hands - that was when he was still functioning, when the disease hadn't taken over, when , for a short while, he thought too, like he thinks now, that he found the person he wants to spend eternity with. But nothing was real, Myrnin forced himself back, nothing was real then - not even when he was not effected by the disease, because he used Ada. He used Ada as assistant, as a lover, as company ….never as partner, never as equal. He never gave Ada the respect he gave Claire and Myrnin knew, that that was the big difference.

Myrnin quietly moved to a dark corner of the small room to think. He was pretty sure, that he came back close to the day he had killed Ada. He initially thought , in his old enthusiastic self , he would go back - swoosh in - rescue Ada and leave, but now, after hearing this conversation, he was not so sure anymore. I should have taken Claire with me, Myrnin thought - and the picture of Claire in his mind , how she would shake her head and would take charge, made him smile. I miss you my little Bird, he said to himself and tried to figure out his next move.

He was sitting , listening to is own , very quiet and slow heartbeat, thinking about his change into a hybrid - hopefully soon, when he and …..a loud scream suddenly pulled him out of his thoughts - Ada !

Myrnin run up to the door and opened it slightly - seeing himself, a very different Myrnin - a wild, unpredictable Myrnin.

A monster, driven by bloodlust and weakness of others , disregarding every aspect of life what so ever, hanging on the woman he was suppose to love and draining her blood , her life force . HIs eyes wild , filled with crimson color , the beast fully claimed the person no room for any feeling, but rage and lust.

Myrnin pulled the door wide open and smashed into himself, pulling with him his own persona . Not realizing what hit him, defending his prey, he got up in vampire speed and confronted the intruder. Just for a moment, he hesitated , seemingly recognizing himself, but it was long enough for Myrnin to attack himself again and pull a stake from his pants pushing it deep into his chest. The beast Myrnin, tried to hold on on his future self , his eyes piercing into the deep brown eyes, Claire so loved , asking , questioning what had happened, before collapsing in his own arms.

Myrnin felt a sharp pain going through his entire body, when he staked his former self, but thinking that he was still there and did not vaporize into thin air, was probably a goos sign, that he got rescued later on.

He turned around and saw Ada lying in a puddle of blood on the cold stone floor. He looked around , he had no kitchen at this time , no refrigerators were invented yet or at least not common, and this Myrnin probably would not have blood bags from the blood bank either.

Without thinking, he cut his wrist with a piece of broken glass he found on the floor and held it over Ada's mouth, who eagerly swallowed every drop. Slowly she opened her eyes,her hands holding Myrnin's wrist steady and with an hard grip. Myrnin loosened with one hand her fingers on his arm , while with the other one took her hand and pulled her swiftly up. Ada staring the entire time into his eyes, not saying a word.

She was smaller than he remembers , more fragile , but her eyes were exactly how his memory pictured her - always inquisitive, always looking for something - and now, they were looking for an answer.

'' Who are you? …you ARE Myrnin, ….but you are not ? Myrnin..! " and with almost a panic look, she turned around to find her love. When she finally finds him, lying on his back with a stake in his chest, she slightly regains her calm posture back. She obviously knew, that a stake , was not a death sentence for an old Vampire like Myrnin.

" I am Myrnin, but I come from the future to safe you. " Myrnin held her hands in his, something he used to do, " Tonight, I would have killed you - and I would have never forgiven myself for that …"

Ada looked at Myrnin with new eyes , bright and full of love , then she stretched up to him and kissed him with a passion - and Myrnin, …..kissed her back.