A/N: "Seshin here again. Inu's currently buried under homework and as such can't do the opening this week."
A muffled groan is heard emitting from a large pile of papers that shift around every so often.
"So till I either choose to unbury him, or he gets caught up he'll be remaining there." She grins rather evilly for a moment. "Though I honestly don't mind having run of the place and getting to mess around with his guests. So enjoy the latest chapter.
Disclaimer: I own nothing that appears in this, aside from some ideas about the artifacts. If I did own Warehouse 13 then H.G. Wells would either be trying to burn down/destroy Warehouse 13, or trying to figure out how to get back to her own time while taking Dr. Grant (Eureka) with her.
Claudia was scared. The crazy look in Myka's eyes along with the gun she was currently pointing at Pete was well beyond normal for the normally straight-laced Warehouse Agent. While this was far from the first time she had been involved in a dangerous situation she had always found someway out of it. Yet right now when everything depended on her Claudia's mind was drawing a blank. Fresh out of ideas her eyes scanned the shelves of the warehouse looking for something she could use to escape with Pete.
"Pete you are finally going to pay for all the pain and suffering you have caused me and everyone else. Today justice will be served against you." The look in Myka's eyes was on of desperation and mild insanity. Seeing that look reminded Claudia of what she had been like when she had kidnapped Artie in an effort to save her brother Joshua.
Deciding the best course of action was to escape Claudia threw herself hard against the shelf beside her.
Creaking ominously the shelf rocked backwards several inches before rocking back to its original position. With normal shelves that would have been the end of it. Yet several large cracks and splits began racing along the entirety of the shelf thanks to the years of neglect and abuse it had endured over the long history of the warehouse. While Artie and Claudia had been focused on keeping the artifacts safe and maintained little thought had been given for the shelves that housed the artifacts. Now after years of bearing the heavy weight of the artifacts and in dire need of repair the shelf gave up the ghost. With a loud crack the shelf broke sending a torrent of artifacts tumbling down on top of the trio.
Several moments passed as the artifacts came to a rest. After what seemed like an eternity several loud groans were heard emitting from the pile as the artifacts began shifting around once more. "Gah. Ok that wasn't one of my better ideas." Claudia groaned as she pulled herself free. "Come on Pete we need to go before Myka extracts herself." Reaching down she grabbed hold of the man's arm and pulled him out before wrapping his arm over her shoulder and helping him to escape.
'Ok. Now I'm mad.' Myka thought as she fought to escape from the artifact pile. Thankfully for Claudia and Pete the enraged agent had lost her gun amongst all the artifacts. Yet she still had a couple of artifacts on her person that she carried in the event of emergency. Deciding now was as good of a time as any she pulled a belt out of the fanny pack strapped around her waist. Cinching it around her waist Myka felt energy surge through her body strengthening her and gifting her with more martial arts knowledge.
With Pete and Claudia
"Thanks for the saving me back there Claudia."
"Anytime Pete. Listen it is probably best that you hide while I deal with Myka."
"No way Claudia. I'll be fine." Pete tried to stand but quickly fell back to the ground as he was still too weak from the earlier Tesla blast.
"Yeah you are perfectly fine Pete." Claudia rolled her eyes as she saw a pair of glasses on a nearby shelf. "Ah these will help." She happily exclaimed as she grabbed them. "Here put these on."
"Claudia really I look horrible in glasses." Pete protested to no avail.
"There now there is no chance of Myka recognizing you." Claudia declared proudly as she mentally patted herself on the back for making use of Clark Kent's glasses.
"Are you sure these will work?"
"Trust me Pete. That artifact ensures that no one will recognize you. Well aside for the two of us. Now listen you stay here and remain hidden. I'll try and figure out what's wrong with Myka." Claudia finished as she got up and headed back into the depths of the warehouse in search of Myka.
A/N: I know far from my best chapter, but sadly I have some papers that I have to write which is stifling my creativity. Hopefully next weeks chapter will be much better and more than make up for the recent crummy one. Anyway feel free to give me ideas for artifacts and remember reviews make authors happy, and happy authors are productive authors.