A/N: "Seshin here InuGhost2.0 is too busy sulking to do the opening this week."
"I'm not sulking! I'm just having trouble accepting how insane your luck is at times." Is heard from behind her somewhere.
Rolling her eyes Seshin continues "He's just unhappy that I found a coffee house called Café Diem like the one Vincent runs in Eureka. That and the fact so many people correctly guessed the owner of the shrinking artifact."
"Teaches me to go with the only guy in television history to be building a bleeding boat in his basement." InuGhost2.0 laments. "Anyway congratulations to 'StayThisYoungForever', 'Yiyi', 'angelbear', 'ree', and 'Waterfall Unicorn' for correctly guessing Gibbs as owning that artifact.
Disclaimer: Aside from my dream last night where there was a small stack of letters addressed to me at Warehouse 13, I do not own or have any association with the show.
"Are you going to give me the photo now?" Claudia asked through gritted teeth as she twisted Pete's arm further back.
"Alright I give. I give. Let go of my arm now." Pete hurriedly cried out his eyes squinted closed from the pain of having his arm twisted into an unnatural position. Relaxing his fist the crumpled photo dropped from it falling to the ground. It wasn't till Claudia had picked it up and stuffed it into her jeans pocket before she finally released Pete's tortured arm and got up off the agent.
Gingerly sitting upright Pete gently rubbed at his arm and shoulder working to restore circulation and ease away the already fading pain. "Where did you learn to fight like that?"
Claudia caught the undertones in Pete's voice and had to smile at how impressed he sounded. "I grew up with an older brother remember. One of the first things Joshua taught me was how to defend myself. Sure I'm not as good as you and Myka, but I can usually handle myself against the usual troublemakers."
"I can see why." With a small groan Pete got to his feet with the aid of a nearby shelf. Back on his feet he caught a glimpse of the description for a nearby artifact and had to take a look. "Fourth wall destroyer." He read aloud puzzled as to exactly what the artifact did and why it was in here in the first place.
"Now that looks cool." Looking over Pete's shoulder Claudia was entranced by the sight of the strange artifact. Inside a small glass cylinder gasses comprising every color of the rainbow danced and weaved around each other within their confined space. There was no sign of any device inside the cylinder that was producing the colorful gasses nor was there any explanation for why the gasses remained separate and refused to mix together or dissipate. Curious she maneuvered around Pete and let her fingers brush against the surface of the artifact. It was cool to the touch which slightly surprised her considering the hot weather the area had been experiencing for the last week and a half. Even the snow globe she kept on her tool belt was at the ambient temperature of the warehouse. So why was this one artifact chillier?
"Claudia maybe we shouldn't mess with this one." Pete nervously said. "I'm getting a vibe and I think it's coming from it."
"No harm ever came from just holding an artifact." Claudia countered pulling out a pair of purple gloves and pulling them on.
"The same thing could be said about reading a book, and you saw what happened in that movie last night."
"Tell you what Pete. If by some chance this little artifact brings some evil Egyptian priest back from the dead whose hell-bent on resurrecting his dead lover then you can say 'I told you so'." Picking up the artifact Claudia was somewhat surprised at how heavy it was despite its small size.
The moment Claudia picked up the artifact there was a loud creaking noise behind Pete. Looking behind him the Secret Service agent was horrified to discover that the shelf behind him was falling towards him and Claudia. "Claudia look out!" Sprinting forward he grabbed her around the waist and propelled her out of harms way.
With a loud crash the shelf hit the ground throwing a cloud of dust into the air. Several smaller crashes followed as the artifacts that had been placed on the shelf scattered across the warehouse floor in an unorganized fashion.
Looking at the disaster Claudia inadvertently caused the warehouse agent and apprentice were unprepared for the sight behind where the shelf had stood. In that area there was no sign of the rest of the warehouse. The endless aisles and shelves of the warehouse were nowhere in sight. Instead a small group of people behind various cameras, lights and microphones filled the space. Especially disturbing to Claudia was the sight of a guy, looking strikingly similar to Artie, a donut clutched in his hand as he stared wide eyed at them. Had she not known her boss was long gone on vacation Claudia would have panicked or at least started blabbing a long list of various excuses.
For several long seconds no one said a thing or even moved as they all waited for someone else to decide how to proceed. Finally a guy situated in a chair picked up a megaphone that was set nearby and calmly said. "Allison put the artifact back on the shelf."
Puzzled Claudia and Pete looked at each other uncertain of who the guy was talking to.
"Idiot." The guy muttered as he smacked himself in the back of the head before holding the megaphone back up. "I meant to say…Claudia put the artifact back this instant."
"Uh….yeah…sure." She hesitantly replied before quickly putting the artifact back. In an instant the people were gone and the warehouses endless aisles were restored.
"Well…that was certainly different." Pete idly commented as he watched Claudia pull a piece of paper out of her pocket and hastily scribble 'Do Not Touch' before placing it beside the artifact. "So Claudia what should we cheAAH!" Crying out Pete fell to the ground twitching violently.
"Damn knew I should have charged it up before I left." Disgusted Myka tossed the powerless Tesla to the ground. Guess I'll just have to make you pay the old fashion way." She concluded with a rather evil smile on her face as she slowly advanced on the fallen agent.
"Myka what are you doing!" Claudia exclaimed as she knelt beside Pete making sure the still conscious agent was alright.
"Stay out of this Claudia. It is high time Pete paid for everything he's done to me. Getting me transferred out to this hell hole. Screwing around with Lewis Carroll's mirror leading me to being trapped in it for a day while also costing me one of my best dresses. Getting himself caught by H.G. Wells which led to the two of us stuck to the ceiling."
"Whoa ok Myka you really need to calm down." Claudia began slightly put off by the somewhat crazy look in Myka's eyes along with how she had gotten louder the longer she ranted about Pete.
A/N: And once again I stop at a point where I likely shouldn't have. Sorry readers, but with school having started I am likely to have less time to write. Though don't worry I will continue this and 'In Comforting Arms'. At least provided my sanity holds up, which judging from the above chapter might not be too much longer. Anyway feel free to give me ideas for artifacts and suggestions. And remember reviews make authors happy, and happy authors are productive authors.