Chapter 13 A Kind Chat

Shai, can you help me with getting him up?" Claire asked

"Of course," Shai said

It has been a day since Eurus woke up. He's been needing help getting up because his legs are weak after being in a coma,

"Thanks, Shai I..." Eurus stopped

He stops, having a light pink hue on his face, trying to say something to her, Shai looks at him, waiting for him to finish his sentence. He looked away from her, building up courage,

Claire, who's helping move him, has a small smile on her face, staring away from the two,

"I always wanted to wrap my arm around a woman of my dreams," Eurus blurted out,

Shai's face bursts red, Eurus gives her a sly smirk, and all the while, Claire shakes her head, telling him,

"Charming Eurus, but please. I'm an Andriod AI with a better lifespan than yours, and I have watched you since you were in diapers. It won't work out,"

"What I..you... Claire!" Eurus shouted

"Don't worry, little Eurus, it's a secret. You can't have those rumors going around talking about how you are attracted to your AI babysitter," Claire told him,

"Claire the hell!?" Eurus cried out

Shai watched the whole scene, chuckling under her breath while walking him to the kitchen for breakfast; she kept watching, not noticing a floorboard lifting a bit, causing Shai to trip on it. Claire saw this and tried to stop her from falling but couldn't, Eurus tried to stand on his leg, feeling his muscles work with him, he smiles but it dropped when his muscles gave on him, he then fell on her causing Shai to tense seeing him fall onto her, the pain that comes with it, she hisses in pain, Eurus looks at her and gets off of her,

"Shai, Eurus, are you two alright?" Claire asked

Eurus held his hand out for her to pull him up, which she did with ease, Shai stayed there, taking in the air, feeling it fill her lungs, and she sat up looking at them before saying,

"I'm fine, nothing broken,"

"That's good, sorry I...," Eurus is cut off,

"It's fine, Eurus. I'm not hurt or smashed into a pancake. You don't need to be sorry over something so little," Shai told him

"That's good," He said

Shai got up, hearing Judy yell for them. She walked toward them, looping his arm around her and Eurus started to move forward, hearing Claire say to them,

"You too need to make up your minds,"

Eurus rolls his eyes and continues to walk to the kitchen, seeing the steam of the food filling the room, makes his stomach groan, he takes a glance at Shai, who helps set him in a chair,

"Thank you, Claire, Shai," Judy said

She sets his plate in front of him, and he thanks her, Judy goes to make her plate, and Shai walks into the kitchen and grabs an apple from the fridge,

"Shai, would you like some eggs and toast?" Judy asks

"No, thank you, I have some time to look into a book that I wanted to research," Shai said

Shai walks out of the kitchen, leaving them confused.

"Claire, is there something I said?" Judy asks

'"No, I believe she is looking for something. not to do with us but what happens to her," Claire said

Judy sits next to Eurus, placing her plate in front of her and looking back at Claire,

"What do you believe happened for her to come here?"

Judy stares and turns to Eurus, who is poking at his food before looking back at her.

"I have no idea, Eurus. It could be that she accidentally could have stumbled upon it, there is also a possibility that someone or something took it upon itself to take her from her plant to ours, for their gain," Judy said

The room went silent. Eurus went back to picking at his food while Judy ate hers, Claire left to do something for Judy,

"Where are you," Shai whispers

She has been searching for a book that she remembers. the cover of the book but not the title of it, the myths of some mythology creatures. Deities? but she couldn't find it. even when she went there was nothing, she found another thing to read that might help her, Shai kept mumbling, as she went through another shelf finding nothing,

"Why do I expect it's from the world,"

Shai walks down the ladder, looking down at her feet making sure not to slip, but not noticing a book appearing on top of the bookshelf. leaning toward her. She stops at the last four steps and sees a black figure in the corner of her eye. She jumps from that making the book fall off the shelf and landing on her head, she falls off the ladder onto the floor on her back,

"Shit," She gasped out,

Shai stares at the ceiling, still feeling dazed from the fall. She feels her back ache in pain, a burn spread through it, and she begrudgingly starts to sit up, realizing how bad the pain is. She stops,

"Aren't I supposed to be young? and not suffer as much pain," Shai said

Shai rolls her neck to see what hit her and discovers that it is the book she was looking for. she attempts to grab the book but ends up falling on her side, the pain still affecting her movement. She grunts in pain moving her hand towards the book, only being able to reach the corner of the book, not being able to grab it, Shai mumbles a curse then moves her leg, pushing her closer to it, grabbing the book smiling,

"Got it. Was it worth it?" Shai asked herself,

She looks down at the book and comes up with the inclusion,

"Yeah... No,"

She lays the book on its back opens it up and sees some of the chapters, wondering where to start, being a traditionalist she goes through the pages to the prologue, showing how many chapters there are, that is why you won't be a rebel and start with the end of the book, then say that you're done... Or that's how you finish the book, Shai sighed, reading the first chapter title,

"The Greeks and their deities," She said

She lays there reading the chapter, before stumbling on a page that interested her.

"Zeus defeated the Titans, killing his father Cronus who when his brother and sisters were born swallowed them, but his wife Rhea saved infant Zeus and brought a stone covered in swaddling cloth for Cronus to swallow, hiding Zeus in a cave," Shai mumbled

Shai continued to read the chapter, going on to the next one, finding what she was reading intriguing,

"Athena?" Shai questioned

She keeps reading the chapter but hearing the door to the library open, Shai looks in that direction and then back at the book closing it, she takes a deep breath, lifting herself off her elbow onto her hand, gradually getting on her butt,

"Oww," Shai whined in pain,

Shai breathed steadily, hoping the pain would go away, but it didn't get worse, and the heat coming from her back scared her,

Stomp

Shai felt her heart leap out of her chest. hearing huge footsteps walking past the bookshelves, she grabbed onto a shelf trying to lift herself, not wanting to make her body hate her more than it did now, Shai started to see the bookshelf bend so she let it go landing on the backs of her feet,

Shai felt her heart beat faster, the heat started to spread to her upper body, and she stood there breathing, stabilizing her body for the time being,

Stomp

Shai turns her head to the other side of the bookshelves, seeing nothing there only dust and books. she takes a step forward, smiles having some feeling back into her legs, and continues to walk out of the bookshelves, leaning on them for support,

"I don't see anyone,"

Shai looks around the lounging area and finds no one there, she moves over to the opening of the library, noticing the doors don't seem to have been opened at all. she wonders who came into the library and if so... who would come in making that vast sound. She huffed letting go of the bookshelf, and made her way to the door, her feet moving softly on the floor,

"Shai,"

Shai stopped hearing that familiar voice ringing through the room. She cleared her throat, trying to build up the courage to turn around to face the figure.

"What are you reading here?" He asks

She looks at the figure behind her and says,

"That is none of your concern,"

He hums at this, floating above the floor, the figure stares at her, almost understanding. He lets it slide for now,

"Why not? do you not trust me? I'm sorry if you don't. I will try to understand, tell me what I did, and we can discuss it together," He said

"I... I don't understand why you want to bug me, of all people. You could have chosen to bother someone else... But here we are once again staring at each other, who knows what you are going to do, however, I don't feel like I have to protect myself from you," Shai mutters

"That is not necessarily a bad thing, I will let you know that there's nothing to be afraid of, I will not hurt you. if I did, it would be an accident," the figure asserted

"You didn't answer my concerns about you, and I want to know why you sent me here," Shai responded

"Well, if you want some answers, then let's sit down and talk about it, shall we?" He said

The figure moved aside showing two chairs with a little coffee table in between them, The figure walked over to the chair and sat down, looking at her, moving its hand over beckoning her to the chair,