Disclaimer: I don't own Morganville but Alex Pettyfer is a total Michael Glass look-a-like.

Chapter 11

CPov

Michael drove towards Myrnin's lab as fast as he could, which was pretty fast seeing as how vampires tend to get away with a lot of stuff in Morganville. It wasn't long before the two of us had pulled up in front of the alley that would take them to Myrnin's lab.

Michael and I glanced at each other trying to decide if we wanted to go in now or wait until sunset. Before either had really spoken we knew that we were going in now at vampire speed.

"Ready?" Michael asked.

I nodded my head and the two of us opened the car doors and shut them before running at super speed towards the entrance of the lab. Michael was much faster than I was, had the door open and shut the second I crossed the threshold.

I hissed as I looked down at the burns that I had gotten from the sun. They weren't terrible but they were smoking badly.

"You okay?" Michael asked concern on his face.

"Yeah, just stings," I said as I looked down at my burns.

"You get used to it after a while," Michael replied.

"I know," I said.

I looked down at the stairs and glanced back at Michael. We both walked down the stairs slowly wanting to have the element of surprise on our side. We stepped inside the lab to see that the place was a total mess. This was not how it had looked when I left earlier this morning.

Everything was neat and organized when I had left. Now looking around the room I saw that it was a mess. It wasn't usually this messy. I glanced around the room hoping to see Myrnin hiding in some dark corner but he was nowhere to be found.

"Myrnin, where are you?" I called out wondering where he could have possibly gone.

I waited for a response but got nothing. What was going on? Myrnin was always in the lab and it wasn't like him to leave without reason.

"Claire, he's not here," Michael said softly so as not to startle me. Michael always seemed to know whenever I was on the verge of a breakdown, like a big brother.

"Where could be, Michael? You know that it's not like him to disappear like this. Not without telling me or Amelie," I replied trying not to let out the tears that wanted to burst from my eyes.

"I don't know, Claire but I swear we'll find him. You know that without Myrnin, Morganville can't function. You and Myrnin are the key to keeping the town from being destroyed. Claire, you have to work harder on keeping the town safe until we find Myrnin."

"Who's this 'we' you keep talking about?" I asked, instantly suspicious that Michael was going on an adventure and he wasn't going to be taking me.

"I mean Eve, Shane, Hannah, Oliver, Richard, and myself," Michael said without missing a beat.

"You are not leaving me behind! Besides I would love to remind you that I was the one who got all of us involved with some sort of crazy adventure. If you think that I'm getting left behind you are so wrong!" I said glaring at Michael knowing that it wasn't going to be too hard to win this battle.

"You're staying here!"

"NO!" I shouted just as I suddenly felt a portal being activated.

Michael and I looked at each other with wide eyes. Together the both of us got into a back-to-back fighting stance. Waiting to see who had activated a portal, with the portal system down, there were very few who could still activate them.

I held my breath and waited, wondering who it could possibly be. Was shocked to see...

SPov

I looked at the backdoor in confusion as I watched, Claire and Michael leave. I rolled my eyes before walking back into the living room. I looked at Sam and Elizabeth, they looked so peaceful asleep.

I could see the tiny pieces of me in the two of them. Elizabeth had my bad attitude. She also had my skin tone. While Sam, he didn't really look like me. Same was very much like Claire. They had the same dark brown slightly curly hair, the same dark brown eyes, pale skin tone, and the same brave heart.

Sam had surprised me when he had stood protectively in front of Claire. He really did love his mother. He was a mommy's boy but I didn't really care. He was so adorable; I had a feeling that he was going to be a heartbreaker when he was older.

Elizabeth would probably be the same. I wondered which one of them would be the bookworm like Claire.

I didn't really care. I loved both of them, already. They seemed nice and polite children, when they weren't being rude to me. But I did deserve it I was the one to leave them.

How long had Michael and Eve known about the twins? Did everyone know about them but me?

I sighed there were too many questions, but I had a feeling that the answers weren't going to be coming anytime soon. They were going to be taking a while. I could see so much of Claire in the two of them. It seemed almost impossible to believe that I was the father of these two extraordinary children, but I could see hints of myself in them.

I just hoped that Claire would let me back into their lives.

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