"That was for that quip remark Pete." Myka says grinning.
"Nice one Myka he kind of deserved that punch to the arm." Claudia thinks to herself.
"What I didn't deserve that punch Claudia."
"Whoa what how did you know I was thinking that I didn't say anything." Claudia says with surprise.
"I don't know maybe with these telepathic abilities I can sense what people are thinking this is great now I will be able to duck the next time Myka wants to punch me in the arm. Hey ouch what was that for?"
"Your new telepathic powers didn't help that time." Myka says grinning.
"Hey maybe I can help you with developing your mental powers give you a chance to practice and to get better control of them." Claudia offers.
"That would be great thanks Claudia. You were going to ask something earlier what was it?" Pete asks.
"Oh it's nothing besides I'm glad you're awake again and take it easy for a while and we'll work on controlling your new powers later. Myka I have found something in the books downstairs and maybe we can figure it out together."
"Sure Claudia I'll be downstairs in a minute."
"Ok meet you downstairs." Claudia says leaving as she goes downstairs she smiles to herself thinking, "Not anything more than friend's yeah right you two are so much more than friends." Back downstairs Claudia waits for Myka while waiting for her she looks over the paragraph she had found.
"Dopo un giorno in cui a sfere passare davanti a un altro chiudendo fuori la luce agli occhi di coloro che guardano in su per vedere questa meraviglia. Questa volta portando con sé rocce di grandine che cadono dal cielo attraverso il nero senza fine che avvolge la terra. Come le luci lentamente svaniscono nella schiena senza fine che circonda questo evento così raro non avrà mai più di nuovo stand."
"Ok I am smart but I need my computer for this my mind is too tired right now to translate this." Claudia says sighing.
"What did you find Claudia?"
"Myka yeah I found this paragraph written in Italian I can translate it but my mind is too tired right now."
"You do look tired Claudia maybe you should get some sleep and then come back down when you're more awake."
"Nah I need coffee and then I'll be more awake. Used to do the same thing when I was in college and studying all night."
"I think I can translate this Claudia it says, Upon a day when to spheres pass in front of another shutting out the light from the eyes of those that look up to view this wonderment. This time bringing with it rocks of hail falling from the sky across the endless black that engulfs the land. As the lights slowly fade into the endless back surrounding this rare event so shall you never again stand."
"I knew it said that I couldn't see it at first I think my brain was stuck on stupid."
"No you're not Claudia your only tired you were up all night trying to help Pete you would have figured this out to your just as smart and bright as I am."
'Thank you Myka."
"Well I mean it Claudia your very bright and intelligent it wouldn't be the same around here without you."
"Thanks Myka that means a lot coming from you." Claudia says hugging Myka.
"Now all we have to do is figure out what this riddle means and then we can free Pete from having fins."
"Having him back on his feet to give you a hard time again?" Claudia says joking.
"That way I can give him a run for his money."
"Couldn't resist the bad joke there uh Myka?" Claudia says laughing.
"I heard that!" They hear Pete shout from his room.
Both Myka and Claudia burst out laughing smiling and laughing even harder as they hear Pete say from upstairs "Don't make me come down there."
"Like you can what would you do hop on your fins to try to chase us around the house." Claudia says laughing even harder.
Calming their laughter the get back to work on figuring out the riddle in the old antique book, "I think I know what this means Myka. The lines that say, upon a day when to spheres pass in front of another shutting out the light from the eyes of those that look up to view this wonderment. This refers to a lunar eclipse this is something that people look up at the skies to view while this is going on viewing this wonderment is precisely this."
"Great thinking Claudia see you're still smart you just needed a minute to wake up."
Smiling Claudia says, "Thanks Myka you're the best."
"Please can the two of you help me out of here I need to get out into the house for a bit please." Pete says calling from his upstairs room.
"I have an idea of how he can get around he can use some crutches to get around here with. I think also I can design some clothes for him to. It will look like he's wearing shorts and he can wear which ever shirt he wants to go with it."
"Great thinking Claudia see you are smart." Myka says as she goes upstairs, "Ok where are the crutches?"
"In my closet in the left hand corner I have my jacket hanging on them."
"That's a great use for them." Myka says with a grin making Claudia laugh even harder.
Going up stairs Myka finds the crutches in Claudia's closet and hears Claudia following upstairs behind her.
"Here I'll get the clothes I had them stashed in a box under my bed. At least then he will have some sort of a wardrobe of clothes he can wear."
"You go first and give him the clothes and then I'll come in with the crutches. To give him time to get dressed."
"Alright I'll be back in a minute." Claudia says coming up to Pete's door.
"Come in Claudia I know it's you."
"Pete hey yeah these are for you to wear clothes I designed for your fish form no offense Pete just thought you might need some sort of a wardrobe to wear."
"Thanks Claudia this is cooooooool they look like shorts this is great Claudia."
"You're welcome Pete I'll give you a minute to get dressed then call for Myka and she will bring the crutches for you to use to get around the house in."
"Thank you I know sometimes I can be annoying but thank you to you both for your help." Pete says loud enough for Myka to hear him.
"You're not that annoying Pete but you still get on my nerves sometimes but I respect you greatly and you're welcome Pete." Myka says jokingly at the first part of what she said to him.
"You can come in now Myka."
"Ok Pete." Myka says going into his room, "Here are the crutches you can use to get around in the house but you have to stay inside you can't go out."
"Yes Mom." He says grinning.
"Just get your butt down stiars when your ready to come down." Myka says leaving a little annoyed with him.
Going back downstairs she is a little mad at him seeing the expression on Myka's face Claudia asks, "Hey your mad at Pete oh what did he do this time?" Claudia asks.
"He is so impossible sometimes I could jab him even harder on the arm."
"Using a baseball bat?"
"Don't tempt me." Myka says joking.
"There's one in my closet if you need it." Claudia says laughing.
"Oh there is more to this than what I thought Myka I uncovered more of the paragraph it extends to more than one page here. It's written in Italian so I'll have to run it through a translator but I think after I decode it from Italian to English all we'll need to do is to figure out the rest of the riddle."
"Great work I'm going to see if there is anything else I missed ok if I look through these old books here?"
"Sure go ahead I don't need them right now and they almost look like old journals from way back when more accurately their probably from the late eighteen hundreds."
Watching Myka walk towards the porch Claudia knows that Myka is regretting what happened to Pete that he has been turned into a fish.
"You don't have to show so much regret Myka it wasn't your fault he was turned into a fish he was acting like a kid which is endearing and funny but not in the warehouse where if one plays with the artifacts in the warehouse they play back and not always nice."
"Really Claudia I never would have thought about that one."
"Ahhh! Pete you…."
"Ha ha gotcha!" he says grinning at the fact that he had made her jump out of the chair as he enjoyed startling her.
"Pete you stinker oh you made me fall out of my chair almost you geek."
"You should have seen the look on your face it was priceless." Pete says laughing with a huge grin on his face.
"Myka's right you are impossible sometimes I have to get back to work to try to figure out how to get your feet back so you don't have to walk on fins fish boy."
"Fish boy?"
"Because you have fins and your acting like a little boy Pete." Claudia says slightly annoyed but kind of charmed by him a little bit.
"You can't be mad at me you like it when I'm boyishly charming." He says with a sly smile.
"Very funny Pete go be boyishly charming else ware I have to figure this out Pete. Since your down here you could go pick on Myka for a bit."
"Where is she Claudia?"
"She's out on the porch Pete trying to find a way to free you from this spell to get your feet back. She regrets this a lot so don't be too hard on her."
"It wasn't her fault I was acting like two year old again and knocked over the shell and turned myself into a fish. She needs to know that this wasn't her fault Claudia."
"She's out there on the porch right now trying to help you and maybe you need to let her know that to that you don't blame her for this that really your blaming yourself for acting like a little kid."
"Little harsh there Claudia."
"Sorry I'm just a bit tired that's all I don't mean to snap at you."
"Don't be in a way I deserved to be snapped at thanks Claudia for kicking my scaly butt."
"Your welcome anytime." She says grinning.
Using the crutches he moves to the front porch finding Myka reading a book standing on the crutches in the door way he stares at her for a minute. "She is so beautiful and intelligent and I meant what I said at that fashion show she was in when we were undercover trying to save the models. Beautiful and intelligent she keeps me on my toes and never lets me get away with anything she is a stunningly beautiful person." He says softly to himself.