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CPov

I was shocked and surprised to see that it was Richard who had walked through the portal. Though I didn't feel comfortable around him, I was tense and anxious and I was sure that Michael could tell. I didn't know if I could stand so close to someone who wanted to kill me.

How was it that Richard was able to get through the portals and I wasn't able to perform the simple task of opening the portals? Michael and I glanced at each other before turning our attention back to Richard.

"Richard what are you doing here?" I asked my mind was speeding through the theories of what could be possibly going on.

"You told me to meet you here, Claire," Richard replied his full of confusion.

I looked over at him. I shook my head at Richard. "Richard, I didn't tell you to meet to me here," I said in a soft tone.

Why would Richard think that I had told him to meet me here, I hadn't told him anything. I was so confused, I wanted to believe that Richard wouldn't hurt me but could I trust him. Richard had helped me since my pregnancy; he didn't seem like a killer. But then again, he had pointed a gun at me, when Oliver was after the book that contained all of the secrets of Morganville.

"If you didn't Claire, then why does this voicemail sound like your voice?" Richard asked, he pulled his phone out of his pocket and played back a voicemail.

It did sound like me and was told Richard to meet me at the lab using the portals. I looked up Richard and shook my head. "Richard, I haven't called you," I said.

"Then if you didn't call me. Who did?" Richard asked.

"I don't know. Richard how was it that you were able to use the portals? Michael and I have been blocked from using the portals?" I wondered thinking of Michael's and my attempts at trying to open the portals.

"The same way you normally use the portals. How can you be blocked if you've programmed the system?" Richard replied.

"I'll show you," I stated. I turned towards the portal doorway. I closed my eyes and thought about the living room in Glass House. I pictured the couch and the leather recliner. I saw it so clear in my head by I didn't feel the portal being opened.

After concentrating, on trying to open the portal for a few minutes and having nothing happen. I rolled my eyes at Richard as if to show him that I couldn't open the darn portal. "See, nothing. The system hasn't been working for me and Myrnin's gone missing," I state trying to find anything out of the ordinary around the lab.

"Missing?" Richard questioned. "How? Myrnin can't leave Morganville. I don't get it and I don't understand. Where could he be?"

I thought of all the possible places that Myrnin could be. There were only a few places where Myrnin would really go. I looked down at the floor and stared at the one spot where Myrnin seemed most likely to go. I moved over to the carpet that covered the steel bolted door that once contained Ada.

I could feel Richard and Michael watching me as I pulled away the hideous rug that Myrnin put in place over the steel door. I looked at the steel door and silently relived all the memories of that place. I placed my hand on the steel door and grasped the handle and lifted the door.

Had I been human the door would have been so heavy that I wouldn't have been able to lift. Moments like these made me grateful that I had been turned into a vampire. I thought of a time when Myrnin had put lead over the main portal doorway and I wasn't able to move it. But Myrnin had easily been able to move it without any effort at all.

I let out a deep breath remembering that the last time that I had come down here had been when Frank Collins had died trying to save all of us. Of course that same night Myrnin had used his brain to create another machine to run the town.

I stared down into the dark, hole below. It wasn't really that dark anymore with natural eyesight that quickly and easily adjusts to any type of light. I stared down below before I jumped down. I walked along the tunnel and hoped beyond hope that Myrnin was down here.

"Myrnin?" I called hoping that he would hear me and give me a response.

I waited for a few seconds and got no reply.

"Myrnin are you down here?" I called again, hoping that my mentor and former boss was hiding.

"Myrnin where are you?" I questioned, not really expecting an answer.

I suddenly felt the pull of another portal being opened. I turned back towards the entrance and wondered who could be using the portals. I ran and jumped at vampire speed out of the hole. I quickly shut the trap door and placed the carpet back over it.

I waited in earnest as the portal continued to be opened.

SPov

I heard Eve come downstairs. I looked over at her from the bookshelves. There she was in all her gothic princess glory. You would think that after she became a vampire that she would have stopped with the goth thing. Guess not.

"Hey, is that coffee I smell?" Eve asked, while smiling down at the twins.

"Yeah, Claire made a pot before she and Michael left," I replied. I looked down at the twins. They were so innocent and vulnerable. They reminded me of Claire, when she had first moved into Glass House with us.

"Want a cup?" Eve asked, drawing me away from my internal monologue.

"Yeah, sure," I reply before looking back down at the two lives that I had helped create.

"You know, Lizzie and Sam are a lot like you," Eve said, before she walked into the kitchen.

I sighed and shook my head but continued to stare at Elizabeth and Sam. I noticed that Sam was stirring from his slumber. It wasn't really that long before he started to rub his fist against his eyes. He looked cute for a three year old child.

He sighed as he stretched his tiny limbs up and off the couch. When he finally opened his eyes, Eve came into the living room.

"Aunt Eve!" He exclaimed.

"Hey Sam-I-Am," Eve said as she handed me my cup of coffee. I started to drink it as Sam looked around the house.

"Are Elizabeth and I staying with you and Uncle Michael?" Same asked as he sat up on the couch.

"No, your mom and Uncle Michael had to go out and do some business. But your father and I will be watching you. Your mom and uncle said that you were both to be on your best behavior," Eve said. The last part in a warning tone towards Sam about giving me problems.

"Yes, Aunt Eve," Sam said with a sigh.

I let out a sigh of my own. I hoped that Sam and Elizabeth would let me be in their lives.

A/N: Okay so ZoeyKnight was our 100th reviewer. She'll get a mention in an upcoming chapter. I'm sorry if this chapter seemed short. If I get to 115 reviews, the 115th review will get a sneek peek at the next chapter. =)