The In-Betweens:
Between Episode 4 & 5 – Part I
The Lifeboat landed in its typical rough and jarring fashion. They had made it back to the bunker. Rufus breathed a sigh of relief. Flynn watched Lucy as she grimaced in her sit. Lucy just sat back in her chair and closed her eyes. She was in pain and still completely dazed. The entire mission had been a disaster and it could have gone a lot worse. While they had been able to stop Rittenhouse this time, she had nearly been killed in the process for being a witch. The 17th century really does suck Lucy thought to herself. She then opened her eyes looked across the LIfeboat at Wyatt's chair hoping somehow this had all been one long nightmare and Wyatt would be sitting there with her. Instead, she saw Flynn reaching out to help her out of her seat. This is all wrong. This can't be happening she thought as Flynn reached over and unbuckled her seatbelt. Flynn then turned and opened the hatch and fresh air rushed into the Lifeboat. We're finally home Lucy thought. Finally.
Shaking her head, she allowed Flynn to help her up. She needed the help. She had been bound, nearly hung, and shot. As Flynn guided her into the doorway, Lucy thought to herself He saved my life, I should be more grateful. It's the least I could do. I need to thank him. As she stepped out of the Lifeboat with Flynn, the light and sounds became very disorienting and she vaguely heard him call out to Agent Christopher, "We're gonna need a medic." Flynn whispered something in her ear, but Lucy was barely listening. What did he say? I think it was something about 'You're going into shock. It is all going to be alright.' 'We won't have to go back there.' 'It's over now.' Lucy wasn't sure – she was barely conscious as shock from the trip began to take over.Her eyes finally started focusing on what was in the bunker and then she saw him. Wyatt. It had been days since he disappeared without an explanation – without word. He hadn't answer his phone or return her calls. They had to make this dangerous jump without him and she had nearly died. And now there he was anxiously waiting at the end of the ladder, trying to reach out to touch her and help her down. Lucy's eyes briefly settled on Wyatt and she thought I can't…not right now. I want to see him; but I don't want to see him. Where has he been? What isn't he telling me? I know he is keeping something from me; but I can't deal with him…with this right now. With that, she looked up Flynn and followed his lead down the stairs.
When they reached the last few rungs of the ladder, Lucy avoided Wyatt's attempts to help her down and wouldn't let him touch her. Instead, she continued to lean on Flynn until she was down the stairs completely. She sidestepped Wyatt and walked directly over to Jiya. Again, Wyatt reached out for her, but she ignored him and walked toward Jiya and Agent Christopher who were taking her to the locker room and then on to medic on call. Dazed, confused, and angry, Lucy had no interest in Wyatt's explanations or profuse apologies – not at least at this moment. As she walked away with Jiya, she heard raised voices coming back from the Lifeboat but just shrugged, reach up her uninjured arm and grazed the rope burns on her neck. She didn't care who was arguing; she just thought at least I'm back in the 21st century. I'll deal with the rest of my disappointments and problems later when I know for certain no more angry Puritans are coming for me.
Wyatt watched Lucy avoid him and walk away. He didn't…he couldn't blame her. He knew what he had done. He had abandoned her like he had promised he wouldn't do ever again. As she walked passed him, he saw the bruises are her wrists, the rope burns on her neck, and the blood coming from her left arm. He wanted to vomit. While he didn't know the particulars of what had happened, he knew enough. She had almost died, and he hadn't been there. I'm such a jerk and it is only going to get worse. Wyatt then turned his gaze to Flynn and started pacing. What was he even doing? His job was to make sure nothing happened to her? He had one job – one - and he couldn't do it. I'm going to kill him for it. Wyatt was pulled out of his thoughts by someone yelling at him.
Rufus stepped out of the Lifeboat and immediately saw Wyatt staring down Flynn. "Where have you been, Wyatt" he demanded. "You could have called, texted, emailed, SOMETHING. You just left us…left her without a word. I thought you'd never let her out of your sight again after the 6 weeks of hell you just put us all through...and then after what happened in Hollywood. But, boy was I wrong. We had to jump and go stop some crazed Puritans. Do you know how scary angry Puritans are?! Very scary, let me tell you! And, AND to make matters worse because you left without telling us and refused to answer our calls...we had to take HIM to fight those angry Puritans!" Rufus then dramatically pointed over to Flynn. Rufus continued yelling at Wyatt. His ramblings were almost incoherent he was so upset. He yelled about how bad the mission had been, what had nearly happened to him, and what had happened to Lucy. Amidst his rantings, Rufus kept repeating "You should have been there, Wyatt. We needed you. She needed you. You should have been there."
Flynn finally had enough and loudly interrupted Rufus' rant "Hey! I was there to save your life and Lucy's. So, why does it matter it wasn't him. We stopped Rittenhouse and saved Benjamin Franklin's mother. I call that a win."
Rufus turned suddenly, took a deep breath, and calmed down a little, "You're right, Flynn. Sorry man. Thanks for saving our lives. We really needed you back there. We appreciate it – for real thanks." With that, Rufus turned and stared down Wyatt. He eyes spoke volumes We'll talk about this again later. With that, he headed to find Jiya, Connor, Agent Christopher, the janitor, SOMEONE...anyone but Wyatt.
Wyatt and Flynn were then left alone standing near the Lifeboat.
Wyatt was stunned at Rufus' reaction and furious at Flynn and even more angry with himself. Rufus was right. He should have been there. How would he explain himself to them…to her. He'd have to tell them…tell Lucy about Jessica or this timeline's version of Jessica…. Why is this happening? What am I going to tell her? What is she going to think? How is she going to take this? What am I going to do? Wyatt thought.
Wyatt was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard Flynn quip at him, "It is really bad form you know to just leave your team for a vacation. Must have been some awesome trip to ignore Christopher's calls, Rufus' calls, andLucy's calls. Hope you had a good time, Master Sargent." Wyatt turned right in time to see Flynn flash a grin at him. Without thinking, Wyatt immediately swung.