"Harper, go play." Steve said as him and Claudia sat on the couch.
Claudia smiled "Okay, I have a plan." She said, rolling out a hand drawn schedule onto the coffee table.
Steve turned to his friend "…Claudia, what is this?"
"This is our parenting schedule." Claudia said with a smile.
Steve cocked an eye brow "Okay." He said, unsure of where this was going.
Claudia smiled "Okay, SO—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I will stay in with Harper after work; and on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday you stay in with her. Saturdays will either be alternating or we'll do it together, or we'll both get it off." She explained.
Steve looked over the calendar before turning to Claudia "Don't you think this is a bit…excessive?" he asked.
Claudia sighed "Do you have any ideas?" she asked.
"...well, no." Steve said after thinking about it for a moment "But this isn't a plan, THIS is a custody agreement." He said.
Claudia giggled "Well, it's just I wanted us to both have time for ourselves and Harper as well. Balance it all out." She said.
"Well, I like the effort, but not what I had in mind." Steve said.
Claudia sighed "Then what are we going to do?" she asked.
"Well what about this whole Leena situation?"
"I'm not letting a ghost babysit my daughter." Claudia remarked.
Steve sighed "Okay, okay." He said, thinking for a moment.
"Are you still adamant about the daycare idea?" Claudia asked.
Steve flinched "I don't want to just throw her in there with all those other kids! What if she can't relate? What if they don't like her?"
Claudia took Steves' hand "Steve, she's our daughter. She is strong and resilient. I don't think she'll crumble if a few kids at the daycare." She said.
"You're right." Steve said.
Claudia nodded "I know I'm right! Lets just give the daycare thing a trial run and if it doesn't work out then we'll venture into other things. Okay, Jinksy?"
Steve sighed "Alright." He said, finally giving in.
Claudia smiled brightly "Perfect." She said.
The 'Jinks' family made a pit stop to the Warehouse to help Artie with an issue with the network when Steve noticed that Harper had walked off, again.
"Oh, no." Steve muttered, beginning to look around the office when Claudia caught eye of his worried look.
"What?" she asked.
Steve huffed "Harper's missing." He said.
Claudia huffed "Are you kidding me?" she asked, knowing that it was useless to search the office.
"I'm gonna go check the Warehouse." Claudia responded, beginning the narrow climb down into the fortress of the Warehouse.
Steve followed behind Claudia until they both reached the bottom and split up to cover my ground on the warehouse.
It had been several minutes of searching for both Claudia and Steve when they heard a blood curdling scream echo throughout the warehouse.
Steves' stomach dropped as he began to run towards the scream, calling out Harpers' name as he did; Claudia followed suit.
"HARPER!?" Steve called out before finally stopping and trying to figure out which direction he should go in before he was tackled to the ground.
Pete didn't waste any time as he pulled Steve to his feet "Oh thank god!" Pete remarked.
"What? What is it? Where's Harper?" Steve asked.
Pete began to catch his breathe "She's under the influence of an artifact." He said.
Steve looked at Pete shocked "Which one?"
"Um." Pete managed to get out, now looking away from Steve.
"Pete—which one?" Steve asked sternly.
Pete winced "Lizzie Bordens' compact." He said.
Steves' eyes almost bulged out as he pulled out his Farnsworth and called Claudia.
"Do you have her?" Claudia asked.
Steve shook his head "No. But we've got a bigger problem." He said.
"What now?" Claudia said, pouting to herself.
Pete pulled the Farnsworth towards him "Claudia, she's got Lizzie Bordens' Compact…"
Claudia thought for a moment before she looked at Pete and Steve who were now sharing the Farnsworth "Oh, no." she said before hanging up.
Claudia searched every isle for Harper until she ran out of isles; she turned back only to find a small figure in front of her; with an axe in her tiny hands.
"Harper." She whispered, kneeling down slowly "Jelly Bean, what are you doing?"
The toddler said nothing as she stared down her mother; Claudia was beginning to fear for both their safeties when she looked at the axe then back up at Harper.
She took a chance, reaching out for Harpers' hands and jerking the axe away from her; Claudia however did not anticipate this new strength within her daughter as Harper pulled back on the axe.
Claudia was pulled forward, falling down entirely in front of Harper who was now looking down on her.
"Awesome," Claudia thought to herself "I am going to die at the hands of my Warehouse-made spawn."
Harper raised the axe that was about to hit Claudia, Claudia pushed herself back on her knees and caught Harpers' hands that were in the air.
Luckily enough, Pete and Steve showed up at the perfect time; Steve grabbed his daughter and pulled her away from Claudia as Pete managed to pull away the axe from her fingers.
"Are you alright?" Steve asked Claudia, who nodded.
Pete searched Harper, who was now screaming bloody murder, for the compact before he found it in her jacket pocket and neutralized it with a baggie.
The electric light flashed brightly, the axe disappearing and Harper going back to normal; the fear on her face said it all as she began to cry.
Steve held her close as she did, Pete helped Claudia up off the floor before he excused himself to put the compact back where it belonged.
Steve and Claudia walked back to the office as Harper began to sob, not calming down as she held onto Steve for dear life.
Steve swung the bed back and forth until Harper fell asleep in the bed; it had taken her awhile since she had left Buddha at home, but she couldn't not succumb to her sleepy eyes.
Claudia rolled around in the office chair as she waited with Pete and Artie to come out of the back room.
Steve finally came out of the backroom, it wasn't even afternoon yet and he was exhausted.
The office was silent before Steve finally locked eyes with Claudia, who huffed as she crossed her arms "Daycare?"
"Daycare." He answered.