The Willson brothers

Chapter 18

Okay. I shouldn't panic right now. I shouldn't. I've seen this coming, right? I shouldn't be surprised by these things anymore. It still feels unbelievable but not so much anymore. Let's not make a big deal out of it. Ok, so I am a descendant of some guy named Philippe Cordier. Also, he and the ancestor of the Willson brothers were close friends. So it probably isn't a coincidence I found the brothers.

Maybe this was supposed to happen after all. And also if this is just a coincidence we met, I know they are supposed to help me somehow. Well, technically they already helped me. So, what am I supposed to do now? Go down and say: Hey, I just found out I am the white shadow from your ancestor's diary? That would be a bit weird. I need to wait for a better time to tell them. It just doesn't feel right. I feel like I found some great secret which I probably have, and I need to deal with it first. Then I could maybe share it with others. I walk out of my room and down the stairs as if nothing happened.

"Did something happen?" Ethan asks.

"No, nothing. Is Bryan at the lab?" I ask, changing the subject quickly.

"Yes, he is there with Carter," he gives me a confused look but answers anyways.

"Okay, thanks." I say. As much as I dislike that cold place I still made myself go there. I open the hard door and walk down the metal stairs, seeing Bryan and a tired looking Carter at one of the tables. The tables are all messy, full of the jars and weird tubes. I shiver at the sight, but I still step closer.

"Hey," I say awkwardly, waving at the two brothers. I spot some of the pills I was taking a few weeks ago, scattered on one of the tables.

"Oh, hello April, did you eat already? You were closed in the library for a long time, I was concerned," Bryan says, pushing his glasses up, yawning tiredly.

"Yes, Tyler brought me some food," I say quietly, looking at the ground.

"Did you find something useful already? You know, about the liquid," I ask, being curious. I can't stop thinking about the liquid since we found it with Tyler in the sewer.

"We had no luck so far. For some reason we can't analyze it. It's like under some spell or something." Carter sighs tiredly. Both of them are trying their best to find out more about this mysterious liquid. They are doing so much already, sacrificing their sleep just for new information which could help us. I guess that's their personality.

I walk closer but my jacket catches on something and I trip. I knock over a few things and I try to grab something to catch on so I don't fall on the floor. Unfortunately it's one of the jars with the blue liquid.

"Crap," I say while Bryan and Carter stare at me, too tired to react. Some of the liquid spills on the table but I finally find stability and am fast enough to pick the jar back up before I do too much damage. I gasp in shock because a few drops that fell from the jar fell right on one of the pills. I step away as it makes a hissing sound. Carter's mouth hangs open because the once dark blue liquid now turned to a light pink color as the pill dissolved in those drops.

Bryan is the first one to finally put together what's going on as he jumps to me with one test tube.

"Are you okay?" He asks, his eyes widened and surprised.

"Yeah, I am. I am really sorry for the damage I made, I didn't mean to. I just tripped and-" I say, feeling guilty and clumsy but Bryan interrupts me.

"No, it's actually okay. I think you might have helped us by this accident," he frowns at the table and collects the now pink liquid into his test tube.

"What?" I ask, feeling really confused.

"Look at the reaction that happened when the liquid touched one of your pills. I think it is supposed to happen. Maybe that's the purpose of the liquid after all," he mumbles and Carter jumps to us as well, already recovering from these events.