"Don't even!" Claudia proclaimed, taking Harpers' hand and pulling her away from the bombs in the hallway.
Claudia opened her eyes wide to unlock the door, letting Trai in the main office first before she escorted Harper into the office as her Farnsworth began going off.
"Crap!" Claudia muttered, letting go of Harpers' hand and answering her Farnsworth.
"Yeah?" she asked, borderline annoyed.
"What would cause an entire desert to be void of sand?" Artie asked.
Claudia looked at Artie with a cock eyebrow "Uhh…I don't know?" she responded.
Artie huffed "Well, figure it out, cause I've got nothing!" he proclaimed.
Claudia rolled her eyes, making her way to the computer, placing the Farnsworth against the computer and began to search for artifacts that could have that much power.
"I can't find anything in the system that could dry up a desert, Artie…maybe we're looking for a wishing artifact? Or maybe something else…" she trailed off.
Artie rubbed his brow "Keep looking!" he said, before hanging up his Farnsworth.
Claudia huffed "As you wish, master." She said before hanging up hers.
She turned the chair around to check the archives to find Harper waiting in front of the door just like yesterday.
"You sure you don't want to do a puzzle, or give Trai a bath…or something not as pathetic as waiting for Steve to come back?" she asked Harper.
Harper shook her head, not saying a word to Claudia as she continued to stare at the door; Trai nudging her for a moment before walking away.
Claudia sighed, walking over to the archive wall and pulling out shelves to begin research on artifacts.
"Claudia! We're back!" Myka said, entering the office with Pete.
Claudia hummed "Hey, guys…" she said, not looking away from the archive wall as she pulled another drawer out.
Pete and Myka looked around, noticing that something was missing as they both looked at Claudia.
"Hey, where's Harper?" Pete asked.
Claudia turned to Pete "What do you mean?" she asked, realizing that Harper wasn't where she had been earlier that morning.
"Oh, no." Claudia said, looking around the office "Harper!?" she called out, dropping the drawer and looking around the office.
Pete and Myka looked at each other before calling Harpers' name while they helped Claudia look for the toddler.
Claudia hopped into the computer, beginning to look for a warm body within the warehouse when an orange dot appeared in between rows 45 and 46.
"OH MY GOD—HARPER!" she said, bolting from her seat and rushing down to the warehouse floor.
Pete and Myka watched Claudia nearly fly out into the warehouse floor before they followed behind, spreading out throughout the floor to find Harper.
Claudia rushed in between rows 45 and 46 to find nothing, just an empty narrow hall; she muttered a curse as she began to looking through all the rows, but she couldn't find the small child.
"HARPER!" she called out, running through the rows.
Claudia began whistling for Trai, but he never came; she considered using the bell, but memories of last time flashed back to her so she changed her mind.
Myka searched through the fear artifacts, calling Harpers' name as she looked in between the rows as well as through the rows; she began to worry when she saw Pete crossing the hallway.
"Did you find her?" Myka called out.
Pete shook his head from down the hall "No…any sign of her down there?" he asked.
Myka shook her head "No."
Pete nodded off "Well, if I was a three year old girl, where would I be?" he called out, asking Myka.
Myka shrugged, thinking for a moment before a light bulb went off in her head "PETE! I think I know where she is." she said, running towards Pete.
Harper walked down the hallway and stopped at giant house in the middle of the warehouse, she smiled and walked inside the house with Trai following closely behind.
The door closed behind the three-year old as Trai ran around the living room while Harper sat on the couch, she looked around the dimly lit room before resting her head on a pillow and closed her eyes.
"Okay, so I was wrong." Myka remarked as both she and Pete left the 'Stolen Childhood' section, Pete shivered in fear as he finally left.
Pete sighed "Okay, well where else could she have go—" he stopped mid-sentence as he looked at the old Bed and Breakfast house that stood in front of them.
Myka looked at Pete before turning to the house "…you don't think she's…"
"What little girl wouldn't want a big house to play in by herself?" Pete asked rhetorically.
Myka nodded "Okay, lets check…I'll keep the door open and you can check." She said, walking with Pete towards the house.
Pete opened the door gently "Harper?" he asked.
Trai barked, exiting out the front door with Myka while Pete looked back at Myka who shrugged her shoulders; Pete turned back to find Harper on the couch asleep.
"Well, that was easy enough!" Pete thought to himself as he walked up to the couch and gently picked Harper up.
Pete exited the Bed and Breakfast and looked at Myka "Call Claudia, tell her we got her." He said, making his way back to the office.
Myka sighed with relief, pulling out her Farnsworth to call Claudia.
"Please tell me you found her." Claudia remarked.
Myka nodded "She was in the B&B…with Trai. Pete's taking her back to the office now." She remarked.
Claudia sighed with relief "Oh thank god!" she said.
"So, I guess I'll meet you back at the office?" Myka asked.
Claudia nodded "Yeah. I'll meet you back there." She said before closing her Farnsworth.
Myka smiled as she closed hers as well before attempting to catch up with Pete "Poor Claude; I mean alone with a 3 day old 3-year old. Meanwhile Steve's in Africa with Artie…free of this entire ordeal."
Pete smiled "I wouldn't trade this one in for the world…" he whispered.
Myka smiled "I know you wouldn't."
"Maybe we can give Claudia a 'hey, congrats on your new kid!' shower…or something." Pete suggested with a smile.
Myka giggled "I doubt she'd be thrilled…"
"Yeah, but right now she needs all the support she can get." Pete said.
Myka nodded "Yeah, I know."