Michael figured that it was something urgent for Nicole to call him during her working hours so he didn't hesitate in picking up the call.
He could see Nicole now who as he guessed was still in her new office.
"Hi Michael, I know you're probably wondering why I'm calling you by this time," Nicole said.
"You got that right sweetie," Michael said.
Nicole stared at him for a while before shaking her head.
"Well, I was working on my laptop when the whole screen suddenly went black," Nicole said, showing him the laptop with a blacked-out screen. "I've tried everything but the thing doesn't seem to be responding."
"Yes please, I have a lot of files in here that shouldn't get lost."
"You didn't have to ask," Michael said as he began to search for her location on his watch.
"Yeah, right," Nicole said, rolling her eyes. "Please be quick." She added before ending the call.
"I'm already there," Michael said as he pushed the teleport button on his watch and immediately got covered by white light.
Nicole was pushing some buttons on the laptop when a bright light suddenly appeared behind her, she didn't need to look back as she already knew who it was.
She wasn't the only one in the room though as Nova was also behind her at her own desk working on something with her laptop. She was putting on a white short sleeve shirt and a pair of black trousers.
The room wasn't that large and it didn't need to be as it was only meant for two people at most.
"You didn't tell me your assistant was here too," Michael said as Nova was the first person he had seen.
"Did I have to?" Nicole asked with her gaze still on the laptop.
"I would have arrived two times faster," Michael said, still looking at Nova who looked up now and forced a smile.
Nicole turned, grabbed him by his arm, and pulled him closer to the laptop.
"Are you going to stop ogling over my assistant and do what I called you here for so that you can leave?" Nicole said directly into his ear.
"Ok," Michael said, pulling himself free from her grip. "Let me have a look."
He clicked a few buttons on the laptop but there wasn't any form of response.
"Are you sure the battery isn't dead?" Michael asked.
"It's plugged into a power source, Michael," Nicole said looking down below her desk where the laptop was connected to the wall socket.
"Oh, ok." The CEO said as he turned the laptop. "Do you have any screwdrivers here?"
"Screwdriver or screwdrivers?" Nicole asked
"Screwdrivers," Michael said.
"I think we have two here," Nicole said as she slowly walked out of the room.
As soon as she was gone Michael turned to Nova who had her eyes glued on the screen of her laptop and her hands moving as fast as you can ever imagine on the keyboard.
"So Nova, I didn't see you again after you destroyed my machine," Michael said.
She immediately stopped typing as she raised her head to look at Michael.
"I'm sorry about that." She said with an awkward smile.
"It's not really a problem, I've fixed it," Michael said.
"Ok," Nova said as she returned her gaze to the computer screen and her hands on the keyboard.
Michael was still looking at her and now her curiosity to know what was in his mind had reached the breaking point but when she tried to use her mind read on him nothing happened.
The Angel had a surprised look on his face as she raised her head to meet his gaze.
"Any problem?" Michael asked.
"No," Nova said with a wave of her head as she returned her gaze to the computer screen.
'He's clearly human but how is he able to block my mind read?' Nova was really confused in her thoughts.
Nicole returned to see that Michael was looking at Nova while she walked and let out a sigh as she walked into the room just to catch the attention of the CEO.
"Here are your screwdrivers." She said as she walked up to him and dropped the screwdrivers on the desk.
Michael looked at the two screwdrivers with a shocked expression, well to be precise the shocked expression was because of one screwdriver.
"I don't think we will be needing this." He said picking up the large screwdriver whose pointed mouth was clearly larger than any screw on the laptop.
"Well, you said you needed screwdrivers," Nicole said slowly sitting on the sweevil chair beside her desk.
"I'll manage this one for now," Michael said as he picked up the smaller screwdriver and started losing the screws on the laptop.
The problem was identified immediately after he had opened up the laptop.
"Now here's why your laptop isn't responding," Michael said, hitting the screwdriver on the charging port.
"What?" Nicole asked, taking a peep at the internal components of the laptop.
"Your battery's down and the charging port is fried," Michael said.
"Can you fix it?" Nicole asked.
"Yeah, but I'll need my tools," Michael said as he clicked his watch, got covered by the white light, and vanished.
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It was nighttime at Asaka which meant that everybody in the kingdom was currently in their homes in obedience to the curfew, but that curfew wasn't for Jude who had sneeked out to come see the elf twins in the forest.
This time he wasn't going to their hideout as they were already waiting for him near the hole.
He reached the hole and removed his hood as the two standing opposite him did the same.
"Did you find anything about it, Tauriel?" Jude asked, walking closer to her.
"I've checked the books you brought me but there wasn't anything about it," Tauriel said. "If only I had my books here with me."
"Yeah but that's not an option now," Tuchel said.
"Yes, but we have to look for another way to find out why these mysterious crystals light up every night," Jude said.
"You think it has something to do with your sister going missing?" Tuchel said.
"I'm sure it has something to do with my sister going missing," Jude said.
"Don't worry Jude, I'll try my best to find out something about it but I'll need your help to do that," Tauriel said.
"Thanks, Tauriel," Jude said.
At that moment the three crystals lit up and connected their dots to form the swirly blue light with little white swirls in the middle.
Tauriel kept her gaze on the blue light as she bent down beside it.
Before Tuchel and Jude could even do anything the she-elf had stuck her head into the light.
"Tauriel," Jude said, quickly grabbing her arm as she had almost fallen into the hole.
Tauriel was breathing heavily as she was getting overwhelmed by what she was seeing now.
A whole lot of skyscrapers, a lot of people moving around the city and various types of vehicles moving on the roads.
She didn't get to see much though as she had gotten pulled back by Jude before the light died out but it had taken the tip of her hair with it.
The she-elf was panting heavily as she fell on Jude's body, everything happened so fast that it was too hard for her to comprehend.
"What happened?" Tuchel squatted beside her to ask.
In the capital of Phoenix, a young man was walking down the street when a long strand of hair fell in front of him.
"What the…?" The man said as he picked up the piece of hair and looked up.
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