New chapter here! Back to the future (that reminds me of a movie! ^_^) with Claire and Dimitri. This happens right after the last chapter.
Claire woke up from her sleep. Sun filled her room and she sat up slowly. She still remembers the events of last night, when her body tried returning to her time. Claire ate some breakfast and waited for Dimitri to come. A few minutes later, Dimitri walked in with a bunch of papers and a small machine.
"Good morning, good to see you awake." said Dimitri as he closed the door.
"Good morning Dimitri. I'm ready for the experiment." said Claire trying to look excited.
"You look pale. Did you have a scare?" asked Dimitri as he took out specific papers from his big pile.
"Well, my body tried going to back to my time last night. When I was in the past, I saw Hershel on the floor unconscious. Some man stole most of his research papers." explained Claire.
"Not good. Your body tried returning and that could have killed you. Oh, and about Hershel, like I said, he is trying to solve this mystery, but someone is trying to stop him." said Dimitri.
"Has this happened recently?" asked Claire.
"No actually, but he has written notes. He almost solved it." said Dimitri.
Claire looked proud of Hershel. She knew he would solve it one day. "Ok, so let's test this experiment. I have brought this spare machine that would take in an impact if the experiment fails and the main machine explodes." explained Dimitri as he held out a small looking box. Dimitri stuck a few suction cups on Claire's head. They were connected to wires that went to the main machine. Dimitri flipped a few switches and punched a few buttons and watched as the machine started. He flipped on a pair of goggles and gave Claire a thumbs up as he pushed the last button. The button that started it all. The machine got louder and louder and Claire could see the world getting whiter and whiter. On that same second, the machine exploded, but the impact got sucked by the other small machine. Thanks to that, no one got hurt. But black smoke filled the room for a second.
After it cleared up, Claire looked all around to see the room was covered with black. Apparently the smoke stained everything, including Claire and Dimitri, from head to toe. Dimitri removed his stained glasses to reveal his clean eyes. "The machine failed. And now this room is completely dirty." said Dimitri with a sigh. "I don't know what went wrong, my calculations were correct!" Claire only turned around to look at the wall. Since she was against the wall, the black smoke didn't hit it, so there was an exact figure of Claire on the wall. She giggled at the sight.
"Don't worry Dimitri, we can try your machine again tomorrow." said Claire.
"I'll have to check the machine. Something wasn't right." said Dimitri, packing all of his stained papers.
"Um, Dimitri is there a shower nearby?" asked Claire.
"Yes, there is a restroom across the hallway. I forgot to tell you that yesterday." said Dimitri as he grabbed the machines. "Let's clean this place up a little."
For the next few hours, Claire and Dimitri cleaned up the room and made sure everything was ok. After they finished, Dimitri dismissed himself and he left. The first thing Claire did when Dimitri left was shower. She found some spare clothes n a drawer and she slipped them on. The clothes were so different. For a second, Claire thought about going out to public with those clothes, her hair down, and no glasses. This is a good idea, she thought to herself. I am going to go out there and be named… Claire thought for a second Celeste!
Yep, that's another chapter. I think there's more humor here than sadness. Oh, and Beeju, next chapter will be based on some of your ideas.