Chapter 3
John
“Wow,” she whispered.
“Marvelous isn’t it?” Gabriel asked coming up beside her.
“Yes it is,” she replied.
They stayed in silence for a while until finally she spoke.  “Who exactly are we going to see?” She asked.
“A friend,”
“What’s his name?”
“John Walker,”
“What does he do?”
“He’s a surgeon,”
“And he can help me with my stutter?”
“Correct,”
“Okay then lets get going,” she said heading for the door.
He stopped her and said that he’d have to make a call first to let him know that they were stopping by.  Emily waited impatiently by the door bouncing up and down with eager anticipation.  When he was done she walked outside shivering at first but gradually getting warmer.  She stated this fact out loud to herself and Gabriel explained that the coat had a built in heating and cooling system that she didn’t really understand so she smiled and nodded.
Soon they came to a house that was painted completely blue with a blue Chevrolet out front.  Emily had to put a hand over her mouth to keep from laughing.  Gabriel smiled at her.  “I know,” was all he said then went up to the door and knocked.
A small bearded man answered, his face looked like he had been holding his breath for a while.  He saw Jude and smiled then Emily and his mood soured.  Even though it looked as if he were angry he ushered them in not saying a word.  Gabriel sat on a long couch Emily next to him while this short man sat in an arm chair across from Gabriel.  They stared at each other for several minutes before both of them started grinning and they clapped each other on the shoulders.  “John my old friend how are you.”  Gabriel asked
“Ah there be ice in my veins and a blizzard where my heart used to be but I like the cold as you very well know,” john replied.
Emily sat there dumbfounded by their idle chit chat she felt left out and ignored right as Gabriel said “John I need you as both a friend and a surgeon today.”
John stiffened but didn’t seem to show much alarm other than that.  “So you mean. . . .”  Gabriel shook his head “No no it’s not for me for her.”  He motioned towards Emily.  John studied her looking her over and appeared to be making calculations.  “Regular or plastic surgeon?”  Emily was about to smack him when Gabriel shot her a look as John busted out laughing.  He smiled at her.  “Your friend needs to learn to take a joke,” he said with a wry smile.  “But in all seriousness what’s the matter with ‘er I can’t figure it out for the life O me?”  Jude smiled and explained about Emily’s stutter.  John stroked his beard and in his thick Scottish accent said “well I’ll see what I can do fer the lass” then stood and walked over to a door leading to a basement.  What is it with these people and labs in basements?  Emily thought as she descended the stairs with Gabriel and John.  When they got to the bottom floor everything got very cold and Emily shivered.  John whispered something in Gabriel’s ear.  Emily only caught a word out of it but it was in German so she couldn’t understand it.  John flicked on a light switch and there before her was more or less a hospital from the future.  Her jaw dropped and she heard John chuckle.  “Pretty impressive if I do say so myself and I do quite often actually,” he said with a smirk.
She shook her head to get the look of shock off her face.  “w-wow” was all she could say.
John chuckled and asked “I can see your impressed young lass now me an Gabriel are going to talk science stuff that would bore you so if you want you can go up stairs and watch T.V.”  
She smiled and jumped up.  “Yay thanks,” she said and ran upstairs she walked up the stairs shut the door then turned on the T.V. and went back to the door putting her ear to it.  Every other word was muffled but she could gather the general mood and direction of the conversation.  They were talking about the best way to get rid of her stutter.
“No that’s not”
“No no no this is completely”
“the power source wont”
“Not even my field and I know”
“Stuffed pork and beans have”
“Logic is flawed”
“As much sense as a narcoleptic Olympic sprinter”
“Mother held your”
“And a baboon in a tutu”
Then she heard nothing for a few seconds, then steps coming up.  She ran over to the couch and sat down watching T.V. and pretending to be bored.  When John opened the door Emily sat up excited.  “S-s-so h-h-how are y-y-you g-g-gonna get rid of m-m- my s-s-stutter?” she asked.
John cleared his throat and said “well it appears there are two options one I can give you surgery or two I can give you this.”  He held up a small round plastic necklace like you’d buy at Disney or at a rave.  She gave a confused look raising an eyebrow and asked “H-how i-is that gonna get rid of my stutter?” She asked.  John sighed “Well to make it simple it involves magnets and mini gravity generators and a tiny little bit of nerve control.”  
She looked confused still.  “Just put it on,” he said.
She did and it started to glow.  She looked at her hands and then turned around and looked at her back.  “I don’t feel any different.” She said then gasped as she realized she didn’t stutter.  Gabriel jumped up a big grin on his face. “Fantastic!” he exclaimed.
He turned to John and smiling said “oh we are brilliant.”
“But wait how do mini gravity generators magnets and nerve control keep me from stuttering?” she asked.
Gabriel looked at her.  “Do you honestly think that if we explain the workings of that piece of highly advanced technology you will understand any of it?”
She crossed her arms.  “Well it’s like you said I may have an amazing capacity to learn but I can’t unless someone teaches me,” she said then smiled.  “So get that brainy but in gear Gabe cause you just got yourself a student!”
John chuckled “Sorry lad but you’ve got your work cut out for you,” he then proceeded to laugh a deep booming sound like the beat of a giant drum.
Gabriel grinned and said “yeah and I have a feeling this is gonna be an adventure.”
Emily grinned and asked “so where do we start?”