**Lucy's POV**
She laid in bed and thought about her life. 1941 had happened. But it brought back his wife. 1692 had also happened. But it meant that she was longer the center of his world any more. At least not like it used to be. Her arm had healed over the last couple weeks and she managed to avoid him. She thought that maybe he had just taken the hint and stayed away, but she knew he was more complex than that. He would take this personally, as he should, and fight his will to force her to talk to him. It had been 3 weeks since Salem and she was so tired of fighting urges and avoiding glances. She looked at the clock in the room she shared with Jiya. It flashed 2:30 in the morning. Lucy hadn't slept all night, but that didn't stop her. As quietly as she could, she got up, put a small suitcase together and left the room. As she opened the door, she looked to the floor to make sure that Wyatt hadn't staged another all nighter in front of the door. She breathed a sigh of relief to find that he wasn't there.
She walked to the kitchen, poured water into a big thermos and quickly looked for paper and a pen. If she was going to walk away, at least she wanted to leave them with an explanation. Something Wyatt hadn't thought of when he just vanished. She wrote 2 letters: One to the group, and one to Rufus and Jiya. They had become her closest friends while living in the bunker and she felt like she needed to say to them what she didn't want the whole world to know. She put the letters into envelopes and addressed them as such. Leaving them on the table to be found in the morning, Lucy got up and walked over to the door. Agent Christopher had the alarm disabled because of Wyatt feeling like he can come and go as he pleased. Lucy was suddenly grateful for his disobedience in that moment. She unlatched the door and opened it. She looked back at the bunker once and knew that she was making the right decision. She walked through the doorway and latched the door behind her.
She climbed out and looked at the few cars that were parked outside. She thought about stealing one but quickly dismissed the idea as she didn't know how to wire a car. That was always Wyatt's job. So she hiked her way to the road and waited for a car to drive by. She didn't have to wait long as, just her luck would have it, a cab rolled by and stopped for her. She got in and told him to drive to the nearest airport. He obliged and continued. As she stared out the window, she felt a small pang of guilt come across her. She left her team, something she swore she would never do. But they had Flynn, who has a journal that maps out every mission. They didn't need her. She rationed with that thought and let the guilt go. She wasn't needed.
The cabbie pulled up to the airport. She paid and got out. It was still very early in the morning, and they was hardly anyone there. She went to the ATM in the lobby and emptied her entire account. $30,000 should get her far enough to change her name and find a suitable place to live. She looked up at the flight boards to see where she would like to start her new life. A certain place caught her eye; Austin, TX. She smiled and felt her heart warm a little, and then sadness took over. She shook the feeling from her head as she walked up to the counter. She asked for a one-way ticket to Austin. She paid for it and then went to security. She passed through quickly and made her way to the gate. She had about an hour before the flight took off, so she took out a journal and a pen and started writing. A few minutes later, her phone started ringing. She looked at the caller ID and saw his thought she had more time to disappear. She muted the call. And then another one came. And another. She realized he wasn't stopping until she answered. She she did.
"Hello?", her voice shook as she fought back the urge to cry. "Lucy?! Where the hell are you?", he yelled in panic. She could tell that he was in a car. Trying to hide her emotion, she said," I'm leaving, Wyatt. I can't do this anymore." Wyatt said," What can't you do anymore, Lucy? Talk to me! We could always talk." She looked out the window and saw it was raining. She said," I can't talk to you about this. Look, I have to go." He kept saying her name and before she realized it, she said," I love you, Wyatt. Take care." He yelled her name, begging her to stay on the phone, but she hung up. The tears were flowing now and she knew she didn't have much time before he found her. 20 minutes later, the flight was being called to board.. Her phone buzzed again. She knew who it was. Another tear escaped her eye as she muted the call and boarded the plane. She shut off her phone and made a mental note to buy a new one when she landed. She looked out the window and her eyes shut. She slept for the first time in weeks.
**Wyatt's POV**
He hasn't slept in weeks. Not since Lucy came home from a mission with an injury and he wasn't there to stop it. He left partially responsible, but mostly he just wanted to kill Flynn for allowing such a thing to happen. For the last couple weeks since the incident, he found himself dozing off in front of Lucy's bedroom door. But tonight, his wife needed him. She had come to him crying about how if he was such a changed man, then why was sleeping outside Lucy's door. He knew how it looked. And had it been anyone else saying something, he would have shook off the comment and continued with his self-inflicted torture. But it was Jessica saying something and after begging her for a second chance, he knew he had to start acting like a husband again. So tonight he was in bed next to his wife, feeling guilty that he wasn't protecting Lucy. Tonight, though, he forced himself to sleep and it actually worked. But what happened in the morning made him regret it.
There was a loud pounding on his door. When he got up to see who it was, Rufus was on the other side. He looked at the blinking clock behind him, it showed 0500. Rufus looked worried, though, panicked even. Wyatt asked," What's going on?" Sleep still in his eyes and missing his bed. Rufus said," Lucy's missing." Whatever tiredness Wyatt had was immediately shaken from his body and he was alert. He followed Rufus to the common area where he saw Jiya and Agent Christopher worried. There was a letter in each of their hands. Wyatt asked," Where is she?" Jiya said," I don't know. I woke up to get a glass of water and her bed was empty and her suitcase was gone. I went to look for her and I found these letters addressed to me and Rufus and everyone." Wyatt grabbed the one out of Agent Christopher's hands and read it," By now, you have figured out that I'm no longer in the bunker. Please consider this my resignation from the group. I am finding that I am no longer needed as you now have the journal that I will give Flynn in the future. Please don't try to find me. I have successfully lost everything that is important to me and now I am choosing to start fresh somewhere that no one knows me. I am sorry that this has happened the way that it did. Thank you for the wonderful memories and for helping me through some of the hardest times in my life. I wish you all nothing but the best in life and in love. Sincerely yours, Lucy."
He couldn't understand it. He knows he messed up with Lucy, but was it really so bad that she needed to leave? He threw the letter down and walked back to his room. He found Jessica sitting up waiting for him. He walked in and sat down on the bed. He tried to avoid her eyes, but he knew that she knew. It was a few moments before she asked," What happened?" Wyatt said, in a quiet voice," She's gone. She slipped out this morning without anyone realizing." Jessica asked," So what happens now?" Wyatt said," We have to find her. She's part of this team, Jess." She shook her head and asked," Do you love her?" Wyatt stayed silent. It gave her all the confirmation she needed to know that she was not the women he wanted. She said," Then go get her." Wyatt at her, shocked by her words. Repeating," Go get her? I don't even know where she is." Jessica said," Then find her." Wyatt asked," What about us?" Jessica smiled sadly and said," This was over a long time ago. You're finally the man that I married, but I'm not the woman you need. Find her, and tell her you love her. Because if you don't, I'll kick your ass myself." Wyatt smiled at the threat. Leaning over, he kissed her cheek and said," I will always love you." He quickly got up, got dressed and ran out the door.
He found Rufus at the door waiting with a set of car keys. They ran out the door, climbed up the ladder and out the door. They got into the truck and sped off down the road into traffic. He started blowing up Lucy's phone with calls, until she finally answered. He was relieved to hear her voice say," Hello?" He yelled," Lucy?! Where the hell are you?!" It took her a minute to reply," I'm leaving, Wyatt. I can't do this anymore." His mind went crazy trying to figure out what she meant. He asked," What can't you do anymore, Lucy? Talk to me! We could always talk." He didn't understand. He was free now and he was coming to get her to tell her that. He needed this woman more than life itself, and she was leaving him. He couldn't lose her. Not again. She replied," I can't talk to you about this. Look, I have to go." He couldn't let her get off the phone. He started saying her name and begging her to wait until he heard her say," I love you, Wyatt. Take care." He knew he was losing her. He called her name once more before the line went dead. As soon as the call ended, Rufus said," She's at the airport." Wyatt looked over at Rufus and asked," How do you know?" Rufus smiled and said," I asked Jiya to track her phone. She's at the airport." Wyatt put the pedal all the way to the floor and drove. He wasn't ready to lose her.
20 minutes later, they pulled up the airport. He parked in front and ran inside to try and find her. Flashing his military ID, he ran through security and took off toward the gates. He pulled out his phone and called her. She didn't pick up. He took off down the row of gates until he thought he saw a woman who looked like her. He walked up to the woman, but it wasn't Lucy. After looking for another 20 minutes, he gave up and sat down in an open area. Rufus sat next to him. Wyatt hung his head and felt the defeat sink into him. He didn't know how long they sat there until Rufus asked," Do you love her?" Wyatt just looked through the window he was in front of and said," Yeah, I do." Rufus said," Then don't stop. There's other ways to find her." Wyatt said," How? We don't know what flight she's on or where she's going. She's gone, man. I lost her." The words were out, finally. He loved her and he lost her. After sitting for a couple more minutes, the guys got up and left. The drive back to the bunker was silent. When they got back, Jiya and Agent Christopher were waiting in the common area. They heard them come back and got up quickly to find out what happened. Wyatt looked up at them and they knew that Lucy was gone.
Wyatt walked back to his room as he wanted to be alone and found an envelope on his bed. He opened it and found the divorce papers that Jessica had present him with just weeks before. He sat down and contemplated his next move. He knew he couldn't stay married to Jess when his heart was with Lucy, wherever she was. So he signed the papers and put them back in the envelope. He would return them to Jessica the next day. He pulled out his phone and called her. The call went straight to voicemail. He heard her greeting and smiled as this was possibly the last time he would hear her voice and waited for the beep. When it came he said," Hey, it's me. I tried to find you at the airport, but you must've just left. Look, I know things have been weird between us and I'm so sorry for that. But, Lucy, I need you to come back. I am not the man I am without you and I miss you. I don't care where you are or what time you get this. Call me and I will come to wherever you are. Just, please, call me." He hung up and fell back on his bed waiting for the call that he knew would never come.
