Let's do the time warp again
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Capter 5
Amelie stood like paralyzed. How could it be, how was it possible, that this man , just a few meters away from her, was the same as the insane scientist in the cell. There had to be an explanation and she intended to find out.
Myrnin did not have to be a mind reader , to see what was going on in her head. He had to share with her his problem , and fast . He had to get out if here and return where he truly belonged.
"We have to talk " , Myrnin said with a steady voice.
Amelie nodded and made a step to her old ,new, friend. She reached her arm out to touch his arm. Myrnin looked at this warm and unfamiliar gesture of his long time companion . They were friends , yes, and they shared a long history together, but never had he seen Amelie , this vulnerable and open , than in these few minutes. She was always the Founder, the leader of all vampires in town, and in many hours working together over literally centuries , they became friends, but never - no never, Amelie had reached out to him and wanted to hold his hand, and be it only to show her friendship and the bond they shared .
Myrnin hesitated for a moment , then took her it.
" Come, it is not safe here. We better go somewhere else ... Some place less ... watched. You can explain there. " , Amelie pulled Myrnin up the stairs back into his lab.
She turned around and opened a portal , which Myrnin immediately recognized as the Glass House.
Everything felt so wrong , so out of place . No , it was not the house , it was him. Myrnin felt out of place , like a key put into the wrong spot and never found again.
Standing in the living room of the Glass House, almost overwhelmed Myrnin with emotions. Hasn't he been here, just a few hours ago. Talking and chatting with Claire and their friends? Utterly happy, looking forward to his future ...?
What future ? It was his fault, his alone. He had to go back and change something he regretted the past 150 years , but for what costs.
He had to find a way to his time...fast.
"Michael, Eve, Andrew come here ! It is important. " , barely the words spoken , Myrnin could here footsteps from the second floor and another set of steps from the kitchen. Amelie and him were standing in the middle of the living room , waiting for the three to gather.
Michael was the first, with Eve close behind him, running down from their upper bedrooms. They at least seemed the same , no change there, Myrnin thought. Eve was still the perfect Goth girl and Michael the tall, blond good looking vampire as he remembered .
Remembered ? Yes…, of course…, with a shock Myrnin realized , that this Michael or was it the same Michael, was - is …. , still alive, not dead .
Finally Myrnins gaze fell on Andrew, a vampire as he could see instantly, but nobody he could recollect.
Andrew must have felt Myrnins curious gaze on him and reached the short distance between in a few steps . He seemed friendly and during a sturdy handshake with Myrnin , he announced : " Andrew Danvers ."
Myrnin 's smile , which was from the beginning on,not the best , froze .
" Did you say Danvers ? Are you maybe related to Claire Danvers ?" Myrnin's eyes fixated Andrews and he could sense a slightly familiar , but still unknown emotion from him.
" Sorry, I never heard that name before. You must have confused me with somebody else. "
Myrnin's head started to hurt, a headache creeping into his skull, determine not to leave until it had spread over his entire brain, leaving nothing but confusion and pain. Myrnin shook his head , as if he could shake the pain out of it.
" Is that you , Myrnin? " , Michael asked with an questioning tone." I ...I thought you were ...you were not well ? "
Amelie shook her head:" Everybody sit down. Something happened , and not even I know what ,at least at this point, but I have a feeling, that this development could work out for us - could be maybe a turning point for us . So please sit down. "
This was more the Amelie Myrnin was used to. The one, who could take charge and direct and lead people , maybe they - he - had a chance.
" This man is Myrnin..." , Amelie announced the small group, leaving them with slightly astonished look . Her arm moving with an inviting movement towards Myrnin himself , as she wished ,that he continued the story.
"... And I am from the future." , what resulted in a definitely mouth dropping reaction of the three. Even Amelie, who suspected something very unusual , could barley hide a holding breath and the final exhalation of it.
" How ...? " Michael was unable to say little more than that.
" I build a time machine ." , was Myrnins very bland answer. He might as well could have said , that he is an alien from out of space, it would have been equally shocking.
" I build this machine to correct something in my past, something I should not have done, but...it appears, by doing so, I changed something , that is much closer to my heart than the past, my future. "
He said it. He suddenly realized what he had done. It didn't matter , that the machine broke down and he returned two years before his current time, he had changed his future , when he had saved Ada, he had destroyed Claire.
Four sets of eyes were starring at him, wondering what would be the next revelation out of this man in front of them.
" ...so you never heard of Claire Danvers ? " , it was clear , that this name was unfamiliar . " When did you became a vampire ? " , Myrnin addressed the question to Andrew.
" 150 years ago - it is nothing I particular want to talk about...you probably understand. ", Andrew moved his head away from him.
" I do understand,but..., but it is important to me..." , Myrnin 's eyes tried to get a connection with Andrew , : " Who turned you ? "
Andrew was quite for a short moment as if he was contemplating if it was safe to share such intimate information with someone he just met. Every turning of a vampire was personal, some of them extremely violent , some , but rarely, out of love, but always life changing.
He finally met Myrnin's inquisitive look :" Ada, it was Ada...Bishops first in command."
Myrnin was hit frontal with this revelation . Yes, it made all sense now - no Claire , no cure , an insane Myrnin ...and Bishop still here? Ada at his side - Bishops side ? Oh Claire , how right you were...how much I already miss you ...Myrnin's mind was running in circles . He HAD to find a way out here.
Myrnin was glad he was already sitting, this new development was more than any living being , human or vampire , could process at once. He put his head into his hands and rested his elbows on his knees. Whining and crying is no option. If he ever want to see his old life again, he had to do It himself.
Everybody in the room realized, that there was much more at stake than just Myrnin's future, it was something all four of them had to work for , so that their future could be better as well.
"We are all with you, but you have to fill us in, what happened in your timeline." , Amelie 's voice tried Myrnin to assure him of their support.
" I will , but I also have to repair my time machine...I "
" You mean , your machine is broken ? " , Eve finally recuperated from all the information they just received so openly.
" Yes , Eve... Why should I repair it, if it is NOT broken ?" , Myrnin's voice was a little bit on the edge.
"...it is the reason, why I returned two years prior my starting time."
" Where is the machine now ? " , Michael moved slightly uneasy in his chair , holding his guitar in his arms , without playing . It almost seemed more a security blanket, in this case ,guitar, than he actually wanted to play at the moment.
" Still in the old lab." , Myrnin answered.
" It is not safe there...we have to move it " , Andrew immediately blurred out.
Myrnin did not have to asked why, Andrew gave willingly the reason: " Ada is very controlling. Especially the lab and everything that has to do with Myrnin, our Myrnin, has Ada's special interest .She does not visit the lab a lot, but she does and it is a risk , we should not take"
" Point taken. How and where shall we move it? " , Myrnin looked into the room , not addressing anyone .
" Portal to the secret room in the Glass House - now " , Amelie's order came out like the bullets of a spitfire , hard and deadly.
Myrnin did not know yet, but since Bishop stopped Amelie's counter attack on the day of the feast in the very beginning , with killing of Amelie's love Sam, she was not the same . Bishop had crushed her attempt to overthrow him and gave her very little choice afterwards. Amelie was reduced to little more than a pet in Bishops eyes. Humiliated openly by not only himself , but also Ada, who had almost as much power as Bishop .
Only to keep Bishop from murdering more of her inner circle, Amelie had agreed to finally give up and to resign in the position she had now, being the daughter of Bishop, nothing more- nothing less.
Using portals was forbidden, only a few, Amelie was one of them , were allowed to do so. This way, Bishop and his trusted ones, were able to track people's movement .
" Let's do this now, before I change my mind ." , Andrew tried jokingly ease the tension , but with little success.
All agreed , they had to do the first step and bringing the time machine here, in this house, was a very risky move, but one worth while.
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When they came back , Myrnin had to fill them in more , they had to start a plan ...and finally they saw a light at the end of the tunnel, which was way too long ,too dark, to find their way out.
At the same time across the town:
Ada was pacing back and forth. Bishop had reprimanded her openly in front of Francoise and Ysandre. She hated both with a passion, but as long as she was the first in command after Bishop ,she was safe. She had to find a way thou, to eventually get rid of these two….two mere obstacles , because that what they were, nothing else.
Since Bishop was the clear winner over Morganville , he had more and more developed into a despot . His word was law and everything else was not existing.
Not that Ada felt bad for all the humans or even vampires , who fell on Bishop's bad side. She could care less, she had no interest in them. Her goals went further, she saw herself as the leader of Morganville someday and for that, she had to be careful. She had contacts , many of them, but one wrong move and she would be on the same list as all the other vampires , who thought that they could overthrow Bishop's reign.
Suddenly, Ada stopped. She was not sure what it was, but it was strong enough to make her hold in her current position and just listen. Nothing, there was nothing. No noise , or movement . She wanted to continue her pacing when she again felt a strange emotion or was it a feeling ? ...something she hadn't felt a very, very long time ...she felt the presents of a person she once loved ..." It cannot be ...? " and with a immediate move , she opened a portal to Myrnin's lab.