The Farnsworth rings just as Myka and Pete are realizing that neither of them called a cab. Being a team also sometimes leads to team forgetfulness. Pete offers Myka a choice between cell phone and Farnsworth and she chooses the Farnworth. Artie is such a mother hen sometimes.
She flips the Farnsworth open. "Hey Artie, we're heading home."
Pete tips his head a little and Myka immediately recognizes the sign. "Vibe?"
He nods and looks up. "Big one. Your dad."
Her eyes go wide and startled and then she turns and runs for the door. "What?!"
The book shop is dark and shadowy and Myka leads because she knows this place like nowhere else. She draws her weapon as she heads for the stairs to her parents. "Is this Poe? Are we back in the Poe thing again?" How can they be? Pete has the pen and notebook.
"I don't know." Pete is right behind her and just as concerned.
They move cautiously through the apartment, Teslas drawn. Through the open arch, Myka can see her parents in the glow of a flickering light, like a TV screen. It only takes a second for her to realize that they're not moving at all. She and Pete exchange a quick glance and then Myka lets her head drift around to see the other side of the wall.
And there, holding up a lantern pointed at Mr. and Mrs. Bering...
"You two are good," says James MacPherson with a mirthless grin. "I see why Mrs. Frederick drafted you."
As one, Pete and Myka step into the room, guns drawn on MacPherson, but he holds up a warning hand. "Ah-ah! I kill this--" he indicates the lantern-- "and it's 'lights out' for Mum and Dad."
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She flips the Farnsworth open. "Hey Artie, we're heading home."
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"Myka! Myka, listen--Myka--!"
The screen goes dead.
Meanwhile, Pete holds the phone away from his ear with a frown; he's just lost the signal.
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Pete tips his head a little and Myka immediately recognizes the sign. "Vibe?"
He nods and looks up. "Big one. Your dad."
Her eyes go wide and startled and then she turns and runs for the door. "What?!"
The book shop is dark and shadowy and Myka leads because she knows this place like nowhere else. She draws her weapon as she heads for the stairs to her parents. "Is this Poe? Are we back in the Poe thing again?" How can they be? Pete has the pen and notebook.
"I don't know." Pete is right behind her and just as concerned.
They move cautiously through the apartment, Teslas drawn. Through the open arch, Myka can see her parents in the glow of a flickering light, like a TV screen. It only takes a second for her to realize that they're not moving at all. She and Pete exchange a quick glance and then Myka lets her head drift around to see the other side of the wall.
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"You two are good," says James MacPherson with a mirthless grin. "I see why Mrs. Frederick drafted you."
As one, Pete and Myka step into the room, guns drawn on MacPherson, but he holds up a warning hand. "Ah-ah! I kill this--" he indicates the lantern-- "and it's 'lights out' for Mum and Dad."
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