"Oh. No no no. This specimen just simply won't do. Clarabelle, when I asked for a dead detective's body from the harbor explosion three days ago what vital key do you think needed to be included?" Nye asked irritated more than usual. Clarabelle swung her head back and forth and sung a low off keyed song to herself. "Oh, there wasn't a key, docty."
"There never was a key. And I've told you to stop calling me that." Nye sighed and poked the body on his table. "Its not even dead. Well I suppose I can fix that right up." Nye poked it again with a sharper tool.
"But at least I found him outside." Clarabelle said enthusiastic.
"What do you mean outside?"
"He was walking outside the screen door all snoop and like. I think he either has a cramp he he doesn't know that if he stood up straight he could walk faster and I would have been able to see him better. Do you think he's … you know... a panty snooper?"
"Ms Bell! I advise you to get your head back in its crooked position and not speak again."
"Okie doki Doctor Nokie."
"That's not even how it goes." The Crenga sighed.
"But I like it that way." Clarabelle's lower lip stuck out.
"And I liked it better when I wasn't here. Under surveillance all day."
"You wouldn't need to be under surveillance if I could guarantee you would kill half of my workers for your experimentation," a new voice said from around the corner.
"Ah. Grand Mage, how lovely its not to see you."
"The pleasure would be great if I didn't need to see you either Nye." Ravel sneered. Nye growled under his breath then turned his back to Ravel before he could accidentally fling his scalpel at the infuriating sorcerer.
"Its Doctor Nye, Grand Mage. I would appreciate that while I'm stuck in this solitude confinement that I could at least be respec-"
"Nye, what's that on the table behind you?"
Nye seethed quietly before he moved in front of Hei's sleeping form. "Its nothing. Something I just found out back. No need to worry about it."
Ravel squinted unbelievably toward him then pretended to nod agreeably before jumping around Nye and wrestling with him ti tack the sheet off. Nye being much taller than Ravel wrapped the covers around his head and pushed the Grand Mage toward the door but Clarabelle, always doing the best she can to help others, took the sheet and waved it in front of the body. "Its a man Grand Magi. Have you ever seen a man before? Its hibernating too. But it makes funny noises sometimes."
Nye slapped himself over the forehead and glared daggers at his assistant but she only smiled back. Ravel looked at Hei's body turned back to her. "I believe we call that snoring my dear. Tell me, where exactly did Nye find it."
"Ohh. Nygy poo found it outside the clinic with a limp but for some reason I don't remember Nye helping me carry him back inside. I think he was in here the whole time time when he found it outside." She smiled brightly even though for a brief moment even she looked as though she knew she made no sense. Ravel merely nodded getting half of what she said and turned back to Nye and the patient. "Is he one of ours?"
"No." The doctor said stiffly.
"Then why is he here? Listen Nye if you can't do your job then I'll just have to... I'll have to..."
"You'll do what exactly, Grand Poopbag?"
"I'll cut your allowance!" Ravel screamed.
"You don't give out allowances you idiot. You give out checks." Nye huffed sadly. It wasn't everyday that he could get away with calling the Grand Mage an idiot and not be shoved in the face with a gun. But even Ravel Eskrine couldn't satisfy this need, he was too ignorant too even notice the name calling. Ha, at least the skeleton reacts to him.
"I'll cut off your check."
"You don't pay me either. I was rather in a do or die situation when that damn skeleton dragged me in here."
"Fine then. Be negative about it. Just get this person to the mind wiping room which I forgot what's it really called and am just going to call it the mind wiping room with the mind wiping machine... thing. No that's too long of name. Maybe the mind cleanser 3000? Mind memory washer? Memory extractor from minds that need extracting? Or-"
"No. I've got this all under control. Now if you would just leave and never come back then we might get along in about never years." Ravel nodded incoherently to himself as Nye slammed the door shut and jumped back when he saw Clarabelle.
"Do you think this mask makes me look fat?" She held Hei's mask up to her lower back.
Nye sighed wishing ever again that he could be allowed to implant a bigger brain inside of Clarabelle's head. But first she would need to have one in the first place. Nye took the mask and placed it over head. "It goes around those cheeks, nimrod."
"Oh."
"Good assistant. Now take this person and throw them outside. I need a sorcerer to conduct my experiment."
"Does this experiment doesn't have enough hair for you doc?" Nye shook his head but remember the mask he said, "no. I can't find any traces of magic in him. He must have been hit by lighten because his heart rate is all over the place but he seems to be doing fine."
"Okie dokie mister not happy face." Nye had to frown to this. "That doesn't even rhyme."
"Yey!" Clarabelle cheered.
Clarabelle pushed the trolly all the way up to the memory wiper room and then saw a flash of light and went to go chase after what really was a lamplight. She went bouncing down the hall and completely forgot about the unconscious patient. But the unconscious Hei did not forget how to walk straight. As soon as the coast was clear he got up and went to the side of the door but luck was not on his side today. The door opened and Ravel walked in with Geoffrey Scrutinous when they saw the empty room Ravel sighed and turned back to Tipstaff behind them. "Would you mind and go get that infuriating Nye and tell him to bring the civilian down here immediately."
"Right away sir." He walked off.
"Good help these days. Can't seem to ind it anywhere." He laughed. Hei slipped pst them and rounded the corner and almost bumped right into the nurse. "Oh! Do I know you from somewhere?" She gigged. Hei frowned and pushed past her not answering. I have to find those two from earier. I wasted enough time already.
"Do you like my mask?" Clarabelle continued. Hei looked down and saw she had it back over her waist and noticed it was his mask. He nodded once in response. "Can you dance well? You look like you know how to spin your head around like that guy with the funny hat in Wonder Land, the Wertxfifrebligberger? No I think that was the food machine the skinny fisher man son made." Clarabelle looked as though it hurt her to think so many thoughts at once. Hei held his hand up and held the nurses cheek. "You should probably take a nap. This wont hurt after a few seconds." He zapped her, he caught her body as it fell and leaned her up against the wall. Clarabelle hummed silently to herself in her sleep and twirled her finger around like she was waving a wand singing the Harry Potter theme song. Hei took the mask putting it back on. He carefully made his way around the corners looking for the two idiots from before but managed to find something a little more enticing. When Hei was almost sure he was lost in the maze of never ending winding walls he made a couple of turns back and was almost even more sure he was even more at a lost than before. He heard two voices coming around the corner and ducked back just before the two agents saw him.
"Yeah, I heard they almost had Silas but then something freaky happened and all of a sudden the detective lost him."
"So much for the brilliant plan of Pleasant and Cain." the second one, a head taller than the first said. "If Bone bag and his obedient puppy want to actually hep here then they should stay out of the way."
"Hello Sebastian. Markel. Helping out with the investigation are we?" A females voice eased into the private conversation. Her back was to Hei's face but fro his hiding place he couldn't tell if the female was just short for her age or was actually a teenager. "Where's your boss Cain? No Skulduggery today? Did the wind bag get cold feet?" the first one tried to snicker but it came out mostly like a cough and his partner had to tap him on the back to get him to shut up. When the smarter looking one made sure he was okay he slapped him on the back of the head and then made Hei have to tae back what he thought of the second one being smarter. "I didn't know skeletons could get colds."
"No actually. Skeletons just whistle through the wind and if I may say so and I can, they sound much better than you two on festival night. How are you two today? Markel, come up with anything smart to say yet? Sebastian? When are you going to fix that v formation on your face? You now it doesn't really go with your skin completion." Sebastian glared at the invisible voice and Markel only held his head down; Hei thought he might actually cry.
Sebastian was still glaring at the unnamed voice then subtly he grabbed Markel by the shoulder and faced the both around. "You now one of these days you won't be the good guys everybody love and then who will be the ones coming up with the sarcastic comebacks? That's right, the little guys you two think your so much higher than."
"I could have sworn I heard you say something but your so small I counldt hear you from all the way up here." The girl snickered in his face although Sebastian was actually a few inches taller than her. Both defeated men sagged away and then the girl tuned back to the man that Hei still couldn't see and thy started laughing. "Did you finish filing that paper work?" the deep male Irish voice said, the girl groaned and shrugged, "I don't get why I have to do all the hard work punching people is my job description. Not growing old in smelly papers."
"My student had to be well rounded and know all the boring and fun stuff inside and out if she ever wants her keys back."
"Oh jeep them. I dented them when I punched Billy ray in the face the other day and he managed to jab me back."
"Getting a little rusted are we?" the Irish voice said. Hei saw them come in his direction and tried to take a look at the second persons face. All he saw was a well tailored suit leading up to a straightened tie that the man so happened to fix right at that moment and then his face- Hei ha d to cover his mouth to stop himself from blowing hi cover. His intitail shock came down an over but the thought of a skeleton walking talking and making snappy comment s and interacting with the people in the hallway with out them freaking out was still too... what the hell?
Hei ducked behind the e next corner not before he heard the girl say something about the Silas Nadir. He listened in on the conversation wondering why that name seemed to pop up everywhere he went. "I left the paper work in the office. I'll get back to ti after I get something to eat."
"Your not going to touch that paper work are you?"
"You know me so well." The skeleton, or man or … whatever it was sighed mockingly then rubbed he girls head. "So much work for such a little brain. What was I thinking?"
"Yep. Hey!" They laughed but Hei was already down the corridor back tracking looking for the research room. This seemed to be some kind of weird police station but Hie knew from the Syndicate that this was nothing near a normal place. With astounding luck he found the research off ice and seracheed for Silas Nadir a code box came up but Hei was good with those things. He shocked the computer and the code box disappeared and up popped a screen and Hei suddenly had no idea what the hell this had anything this had to deal with the guys at the hotel but he somehow figured it had something to deal with his mysterious vanishing acts.
A blue haze filled the room and Hei ducked aback thinking it was the people from before. The blue glow formed in a small blob leaking from the leaking air conditioner and grow awkwardly until it resembled a young girl.
"Yin?" Hei stood up and fell into a kneel in front of the observer. "Yin where are you? You need to tell me now. Are you hurt?"
"Hei." She smiled but its sad attempt. "They do not want to hurt me. They are after someone else. Hei," she held his face in her hand. Hei could only stare. "Don't get hurt because of me. They only need me for something else. They promise not to hurt me if only I help the find someone."
"Yin, I'm going to find you. Don't do anything to help them. I'm coming."
"Hei, they don't know but something bad is going to happen to all of them. Be careful Hei. Hei?"
"Yin?!" Her observer started to vanish slowly into a puddle. Hei made a grab for her as she completely disappeared. Hei stared at the place where she vanished. At least he knew she was still alive. She was alive to him. Yin is Yin. And he promised himself he would find her before something else happened. The door creaked open and an agent came in with coffee knowing well he wasn't allowed to have coffee because of the damage coat when the last time his spilled it all over the computer. A slight humming echoed and he turned to the printer. He pushed the off button and scratched his chin. "I don't remember turning this on."
"That's because you cant remember anything if your life depended on it!" His friend slammed the door open scaring the living daylights out of him. The coffee splashed out of his hand and fell to the floor and trickled over to the plug short curciuting the screen to a black face. The man at the door 'ohhhed' like a child and the guy just getting off probation from the computer room sagged.
Yeah! Another update twice in a row! I'm coming back around people!