I usually write heavy angst with a happy ending. This will be a long one.

Title: Future possibilities
author: Cindy Ryan
pairings: Lucy/Wyatt
spoilers: everything

Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan had long since gotten used to late night/early morning summons. It was part of military life. You never knew where or when the next mission would be. His new assignment was no different. Three weeks after their mission to the Alamo Wyatt was wakened by a one a.m call to come in. He'd showered quickly, gotten dressed and was merging into the nearly non-existent early tuesday traffic. Twenty minutes later Wyatt parked at Mason industries and made the familiar way to launch area.

Wyatt had barely made it down the main hallway before he was stopped by Denise Christopher. The half obstructed view he had of the launch area beyond the agent in charge Wyatt didn't see the rest of his team. Usually Rufus beat him in. Wyatt met the older woman's gaze once more and noted the solemn expression. He hoped he wasn't getting fired again.

"Ma'am."Wyatt greeted. "Do we have a date on Flynn?"

"This is different and I need you to come with me. The lab had a visitor last night."Christopher said as she turned and headed toward the intersection of the hall which Wyatt knew led to offices and conference rooms.

"Visitor?"Wyatt repeated as he moved to catch up. "Anything taken?"

"This wasn't a hostile intruder."Christopher explained. "I'm briefing you first because this is new territory for all of us."

"What is?"Wyatt asked as they entered a small conference room and Christopher shut the door.

"This visitor wasn't from our time."Denise reported as she motioned for Wyatt to take a seat.

"Somebody else has time travel capabilities?"Wyatt inquired with concern. "We can't let Flynn get that intel...if he gets new tech..."

Wyatt trailed off noting for the first time how uncomfortable his boss was. Plus she was acting like this person wasn't a threat.

"Wyatt."Christopher began meeting Wyatt's gaze. "This visitor was looking for you."

"Me?"Wyatt asked in surprise.

"This visitor came from twenty-five years in the future."Christopher continued quietly. "She says her name is Elizabeth Logan."

At his last name Wyatt went absolutely still.

"We ran the DNA twice before I even contacted you."Denise explained."It matches a hundred percent. Elizabeth is your daughter, Wyatt."

Wyatt felt his mouth go dry and his face pale. He and Jess had talked about having children but it'd been a few years down the road. His daughter had come looking for him.

"Did she..."Wyatt began but cleared his throat."Did she say who her mother is?"

"Lucy."Christopher responded. "She's adamant about talking to both of you."

Wyatt opened his mouth to reply but just as quickly closed it. The situation was starting to sink in; really sink in and it had his thoughts spinning. Daughter...he had a daughter. An adult daughter that he was about to meet.

"I know this is a lot to take in."Christopher said gently.

"Time travel is a lot to take in."Wyatt snapped as he stood running a hand through his short dark. "Telling me that I not only have a kid...will have a kid...but that she's come back as an adult to talk to me and her mother."

"Which is why I wanted to talk to you first."Christopher responded. "To know how we are to continue."

"Lucy's going to flip."Wyatt muttered as he leaned on the back of the chair. "She's still dealing with the changes to her life from our first trip."

Denise picked up a small remote and turned on the flat screen monitor that was on the wall at the front of the room. The screen came to life but held a screen saver of bouncing geometrical shapes.

"Elizabeth is in one of the conference rooms on the floor below us. I had the live video feed routed here in case you weren't ready to meet her yet."Denise offered as she held out the remote.

Wyatt looked at the remote for a long moment before taking it from his boss. He took a deep breath and clicked the right key to clear the screen and another key to start the video feed. Once the video feed started Wyatt found himself sitting back down his knees suddenly unable to support him.

"Oh my God."Wyatt murmured as he stared at the flatscreen.

The young woman was sitting at a conference table a dark blue coffee mug in front of her. Wyatt couldn't stop staring. She had Lucy's slim build and facial features. His daughter had his dark hair and blue eyes. He could see the intelligence in her eyes along with excitement. Apparently the time travel bug ran in the family. Elizabeth was dressed casually in black pants and a short sleeved lavender shirt. Her hair was shoulder length.

"I don't want to hurry you, Wyatt but we need to know why she's here."Denise stated quietly. "She wouldn't tell us. Just gave us enough info to prove her identity."

Wyatt finally dragged his gaze away from the screen. He knew Lucy would probably never forgive him for what he was about to do. Ever since the events at the Alamo he'd felt very protective toward his new team. Lucy put on a brave front and she was trying to adjust to things as best she could but Wyatt knew she was struggling at times. Wyatt wanted to know why their daughter had gone back two decades. Wanted to know what was going on before he threw Lucy in the middle of this.

"I'm going to talk to her first, before Lucy."Wyatt said as he stood.

"She might not talk to just you."Denise warned.

"That's a risk I'll take. We have to know what's going on before we drop this on Lucy."Wyatt responded as he headed towards the door.

Ready or not he was about to meet his daughter.