Disclaimer: I don't own Morganville but I do own Sam and Elizabeth.

Claire POV

I didn't know where I was, but I could tell you one thing. I was definitely not in Morganville. I looked around trying to figure out where I was, it wasn't any place that I was familiar with but it did remind me of the time that the Master Draug had killed me and I was ghost floating around Glass House. But that was so long ago.

"Hello?!" I called out hoping that someone would hear me.

"Claire?" a voice called from behind me. It was full of surprise and shock.

I spun around to see Sam Glass, Michael's grandfather. He wasn't alone, Frank Collins, my parents, and Myrnin were with him as well. I knew that Sam, my parents and Frank were all dead but why was Myrnin unless… I felt my eyes widen with shock as I stared at Myrnin in disbelief.

"I'm dead, aren't I?" I asked as I looked at everyone. I could feel the tears start to cloud my eyes, I didn't want to die. I couldn't leave Sam and Elizabeth alone they needed me. I had to be there to protect them from the dangers of Morganville, even though they knew that it was not the safest place. I had to be there for them I couldn't leave them, not yet they were only four.

"No, Claire, you're not dead yet," Sam replied.

"But if I'm not dead then why are you all here?" I demanded, my head starting to ache at the thought of all the drama going on at the moment.

"You're in… limbo I guess. You're stuck in between worlds. Right now, Sam and Elizabeth are trying to save your life. Shane, Eve, Michael, and Richard are all in the hospital waiting to hear news about your condition. It's up to you and the twins to get you out of here," Frank replied.

"But why is Myrnin here?" I questioned feeling confused as to why my mentor was here but he hadn't said anything to me.

"You mean Amelie didn't tell you?" Myrnin said.

I looked up at him confused, "Amelie didn't tell me anything. All that any of us know in Morganville is that you're missing and that the portals have been shut down. Also, that Oliver seems to be the only one who has access to opening portals."

"Ah, then you don't know."

"Know, what Myrnin?"

"Claire, I'm physically gone. I had Amelie destroy me and put my brain into the town's system. Amelie, you, and myself are the only people who truly know the inner workings of the town and we can't run the town on a computer. The only way that we could continue to run the town was for a brain to go in. I didn't want you to leave behind Sam and Elizabeth, so I went to Amelie to make a proposal about myself taking your place. You will run the town with the help of Amelie and the rest of the Council. Congratulations my apprentice, you have become the Master," Myrnin explained with a nod of acknowledgement towards my new promotion.

I felt the tears slide down my eyes as I realized that Myrnin was dead. While I would have his witty conversation with him, I wouldn't be able to spend time with him anymore. He was now going to be running Morganville and I was going to be alone in his lab by myself as I ran Morganville.

I couldn't help but launch myself into his arms. I was losing another person that I had loved it was terrible. I had lost so many, my parents, Sam, and Frank in his own weird way. Now I was losing another person it wasn't fair I didn't want to lose anyone and yet it seemed like I was losing everyone.

I was going to lose Richard when I got back, I knew he wasn't meant for me but I couldn't let him go. I had somehow managed to fall in love with him but our relationship wouldn't help either of us. It would eventually, make us turn on each other and try to kill one another. Richard was one of the few people who had been with me throughout my pregnancy but he hadn't been with me through every adventure that I had managed to get into when I first arrived in Morganville. The only people who really had were Michael, Eve, and Shane.

Shane… while we may have parted on a bad note he really seemed to be changing. He had wanted to see Sam and Elizabeth. I wondered if he had spent any time with them when Michael and I had disappeared this morning. Shane… his sun bleached brown hair and his golden brown eyes, those eyes were the eyes that were in my sweet Elizabeth. Our children resembled the both of us our good and bad despite how much I didn't want them to be anything like Shane, they had some of his traits.

Shane was the one that I was meant to be with…

Sam Danvers-Collins Pov

Uncle Michael and Aunt Eve led me and Elizabeth into the hospital room that had mommy. I looked back to see if daddy had come with us but he hadn't. I looked over at Elizabeth and hoped that she would be able to convince Aunt Eve and Uncle Michael to leave the room for a few minutes.

Elizabeth, having understood my gaze looked at Aunt Eve and whispered something in her ear. I don't know what my sister said but whatever it was, made Aunt Eve place Elizabeth on the bed and whisper something to Uncle Michael before he did the same thing with me.

Once our Aunt and Uncle were out the door, I looked over at Elizabeth. "What did you say to Aunt Eve?"

"I asked if we could have some alone time with Mommy. You better hope this works Sam," my sister finished with a threat. I rolled my eyes at my sister; while she may be older she wasn't as scary as she tried to be.

"It'll work Eli, it has to," I replied while looking down at Mommy for the first time. She looked different, her hair was spread around the pillow, and she looked like an angel. Her skin was pale, paler for a vampire, I just hoped that Mommy was okay, wherever she was at the moment.

I grabbed one of Mommy's hands, Eli did the same, and then we grabbed each other's hands. Together we closed our eyes and concentrated on what we wanted most. I cleared my head of everything except for Mommy better. I only hoped that Eli and I weren't too late.

Shane Pov

I looked at the door in confusion as it was suddenly opened with Michael and Eve coming out. They couldn't have been inside for more than three minutes.

"Um, shouldn't you be in there with the twins?" I asked not really liking that they were alone in a room with Claire without adult supervision.

"Elizabeth and Sam wanted some alone time with her," Eve replied.

I opened my mouth to reply but was cut off by a voice behind me. "Michael, Eve, how is she?"

I looked over my shoulders to see that it was Mayor Dick a.k.a. Richard Morrell. I have never liked him and never will. I think it might have something to do with Monica and her killing my sister. But then again, it might also have something to do with Claire and him dating. I really hated myself for cheating on her with Monica that was something that I will forever regret, no matter what.

"She's not well right now Richard. She's still unconscious. Elizabeth and Sam are with her right now, have you told Amelie yet?" Michael asked.

"Yeah, she'll be here as soon as she can. She was in the middle of a meeting with Oliver. Monica is sitting in a jail cell with Chief Hannah Moses in front of it, right now," Richard replied.

I couldn't help but chuckle at the image of Monica sitting in a jail cell. I couldn't believe that Richard had thrown her ass into jail. That totally just made my week.

"Something funny Collins?" Richard sneered at me.

"Yeah, you throwing your sister's ass in jail. Never knew you had it in you," I reply with a chuckle. I wondered if Hannah would let me visit and take a picture or maybe give me a copy of her mug shot. I could do a lot of damage to Monica's reputation with those.

"It's none of your concern as to why my sister is in jail. Just know that she blames Claire. If you want you can visit her in a little bit, I'm sure she'd love your company."

I rolled my eyes as his gibe at my former affair with his sister. I wouldn't touch that with a google foot pole. I was never going near her again, unless it was to get those photos.

I just hoped that Claire was okay…

A/N: Okay guys I finished this the day that chapter 16 went up for you. By the time you read this, hopefully, chapter 18 is done and I'm working 19. I have to say thanks for all of the amazing reviews. I already have an idea for an ending. I'm sorry to say that there might actually only be one more chapter with an epilogue. I know it's not as long as I promised last chapter but I've tied almost of the key pieces together. The next chapter will have the final pieces of the puzzle put together. Hopefully you will stick through and like the ending.

I am super sorry that I haven't updated in a while. I just finished my first quarter of college and while I am in school I am working too. I have had very little time to work on this. I am going to be working on chapter 18 now that I'm on break. Maybe I'll have it done before break is over and upload it but we'll have to see. Thank you guys so much for the reviews and faves. They keep me motivated to finish this story. I'll try to have another update soon.

I am in the process of writing two more Morganville stories one is a Claire/Sam and it was requested by my sister. The other is a Claire/Richard, I started writing it during the school year but I wanted to finish this story first so be on the lookout for those later in the fall.