AN: GUESS WHOS BACK, BACK AGAIN! So, so, so, so, sorry for how long it took to get this chapter up. I wrote the first fourth of it after I finished the last chapter but I just lost interest in it. I leave for vacation in 8 days and I'm going to see how many of these I can crank out before then lol.
"Son of a bitch." Lucy laughed incredulously. Sitting on the floor in front of their entertainment center, a scrapbook open on her lap. "Wyatt come look at this."
"What is it?" he asked sipping coffee from a mug, he handed one to her before sitting down next to her. She took the drink and passed the book to him.
"Our wedding date actually changed, look February 6th 2001."
"Huh," he laughed. "Same date different month? That's such a random specific thing to change what would have caused us to move the date up? That seems odd a version of ourselves would get married while were still in high school?"
"Well you would have just turned 18 maybe we couldn't wait until we graduated." Lucy shrugged, she gave his shoulder a squeeze before standing up and walking to the kitchen.
"You just couldn't wait to rob the cradle could you." Wyatt joked with a wink.
"Oh my god I'm 3 months older than you." Lucy exasperated with a smile. She was about to start making breakfast when both of their phones chimed within 30 seconds of each other. They both groaned, there was only one reason that ever happens.
"What do we got?" Wyatt asked as he and Lucy approached the launch area. Agent Christopher was pacing back and forth while Rufus and Jiya typed away at the computer.
"September 21st 1962." Agent Christopher said simply.
"Where?" Lucy asked taking a seat next to them.
"Working on it." Jiya said not looking up from the monitor.
"Well, we know when. When's easy." Rufus joked. "Where in '62? Much harder."
"Almost cracked it though." Jiya added. Agent Christopher told them to crack harder, if that is even something a person can do. Mason came down the stairs and whispered something into Rufus's ear, then Rufus followed him back up the stairs. Wyatt and Lucy gave each other a weird look but wrote the exchange off as something technical they probably wouldn't understand. After 10 long minutes of watching Jiya type she finally jumped back in triumph.
"I got it. Guys, I know where they are!" Lucy rolled her chair over, Wyatt and Agent Christopher stood behind them. "Um, uh, okay, so it turns out that the negative-mass kinetic energy given off by the Mothership actually leaves behind a trace of a…" she looked around at all the blank confused stares before simply saying, "they're in Nevada." She gave them a 50-
mile radius of where Flynn could have landed. Mason pointed out that it was exactly a pinpoint.
"Can we do any better that 50 miles?" he asked. Jiya responded that they couldn't.
"Well, it's either the desert or Vegas, so… Vegas." He deadpanned. "Luce?" he raised his eyebrow, he was able to convey his question just by saying her name.
"I'm looking." She scooted her chair back over to the vacant computer, after a minute or so of searching she came up with "President Kennedy was in town for a DNC fundraiser at the Sands hotel. Sinatra headlining." She looked back at the rest of the team. Rufus had rejoined them.
"So what are we thinking, Flynn's gonna 'JFK' JFK one year early?" he asked half-jokingly.
"Maybe," Lucy shrugged. It was a very possible option, "That room was filled with celebrities, politicians, mafia… Flynn could kill any of them and it would be a disaster." Lucy shook her head still staring at the screen.
"Well we need to get there first." Wyatt nodded offering Lucy his hand and they walked to the costume deck.
"You know yellow is a great color on you." Wyatt flirted, swinging their joined hands as they walked towards the lifeboat. She giggled when he twirled her around and draped an arm over her shoulders. All this time together and he still had the ability to make her feel like a teenager with a crush.
"That suit looks pretty nice on you too." Lucy flirted back, Wyatt chuckled running a hand over his lapel. "Although it would look even better on our floor." Lucy said as nonchalantly as she could and tried not to smirk at Wyatt's strangled cough. He leaned in and whispered low in her ear,
"Don't make promises you don't intend to keep, ma'am." A shiver went down Lucy's spine, she sent him a sultry wink before climbing up the stairs into the lifeboat, Wyatt right behind her. Wyatt automatically started buckling her in the minute she sat down, Rufus turned around in his chair to make sure they were getting ready.
"Something you want to tell us?" Rufus asked flipping a few switches.
"Huh?" Lucy asked confused.
"Your rock. Is that part of the costume?" Rufus snorted, taking in her outfit as Wyatt helped her into her belts.
"Oh what?" Lucy flexed her hand in front of her, looking down at her ring, still sparkling even under the dim light of the lifeboat. "No. You didn't know I was married?" she chuckled. Rufus jerked back around in his chair.
"To who?!" He seemed shocked. Lucy and Wyatt looked to each other with raised eyebrows.
"…To Wyatt…" she said slowly trying not to laugh as his jaw dropped open.
"Seriously?" he squeaked.
"Yup." Wyatt smirked raising up his left hand then letting his hands to her thighs. "You seriously didn't know?"
"No I honestly didn't." he shrugged shaking his head. "I just figured you were those kinds of people who were touchy with everyone and I was just hoping it wouldn't come near me… married wow. So, I'm like a permanent third wheel now huh." He laughed.
"Have you felt like a third wheel up to this point?" Lucy asked, already knowing the answer.
"I- yeah I guess you're right." He conceded, "okay but ground rules! Nothing happens in this lifeboat… ever."
"Yes sir." Lucy and Wyatt said in unison, Rufus flipped the last switch and the lifeboat took off.
The hatch opened to a cloud of dust, Lucy coughed as soon as she stepped outside. She waved a hand in front of her face to try and clear the air. Wyatt and Rufus coughed as well.
"You couldn't land any more out of the way?" Wyatt complained wiping dust from his pants.
"You rather I park on the strip?" Rufus fired back. They walked about four steps when a loud explosion cut through the quiet desert air. They watched a mushroom cloud rise into the sky. "We're too late." Rufus said in horror.
"That's not Flynn," Lucy reassured, "There a nuclear test site about 60 miles on the other side of town."
"Who's crazy enough to test a nuclear bomb outside of Vegas?" Rufus scoffed.
"The U.S. Department of Energy." Lucy said like it was common knowledge, she began walking towards where the bomb went off and Wyatt followed.
"During the '50's and '60's, they tested over 1,000 nuclear weapons in the Nevada desert. Set 'em off a couple times a week." Wyatt expertly said. Lucy looked at him in shock. "What? I know my military history." Lucy bit her lip giving him an appreciative once over, damn that was hot.
"And somehow you just got hotter." Lucy flirted with a wink, looping her arm through his.
"See that is what I wanted to avoid." Rufus exasperated.
"Sorry." Lucy giggled, not really sounding all that sorry. Lucy turned back to Rufus resuming the mission, "before Vegas was known as Sin City, they called it Atomic City."
"Anyone got any sunscreen?" Rufus asked. Lucy shook her head, cursing herself for not thinking of that. It was going to be a long walk in the middle of the desert, Lucy prayed they didn't get dehydrated and pass out. After about 25 minutes of walking the heat started to get to them, they were just about halfway when Wyatt complained again about how far away Rufus had parked. 'I just don't see why the middle of the damn desert was necessary Rufus?' 'Oh I'm sorry let's just freak out an entire city that's already preparing to be bombed at any moment.' Lucy rolled her eyes, is this what having children is like? She couldn't help but smile, she imagined a little boy with Wyatt's blue eyes or a little girl with her long dark curls and suddenly the hypothetical bickering didn't bother her. The boys thankfully made up by the time they reached the hotel. They looked around in awe, it was incredible. Lucy still couldn't believe that this was her life now, she got to travel to the past. It was every historian's dream come true. Rufus made a joke about betting on 54 years worth of baseball games, Lucy grabbed a drink off a passing tray and gave him a look that said 'don't'.
"You guys stay put I'm going to go do a sweep of the room." Wyatt said in a hushed tone. Lucy looked around as well, noticing the big 'sold out' sign across the poster advertising Frank Sinatra. "Security's pretty tight." Wyatt reported back a few minutes later, "I don't know how were going to get into the show with no tickets which are sold out."
"Why don't we call in a bomb threat?" Lucy suggested, "they'll shut it down. Clear out JFK." Wyatt shook his head.
"Luce for once I know where this son of a bitch is gonna be. I'm taking out Flynn at the show tonight." Wyatt said surely.
"Okay so how do you plan on keeping the President and a dozen other celebrities safe?" Lucy countered.
"Saving history is your job. Mine is Flynn."
"What so you just get to make this call?" Lucy asked crossing her arms over her chest, "no debate?"
"No, there's no debate." He fired back immediately. Lucy exhaled through her nose with a light shake of her head.
"Really because it sounds like-"
"Guys!" Rufus came running up to them, Lucy didn't even realize he had left. "I got uniforms. We can get in."
"What?" Wyatt asked, "how did you…"
"Cause in '62, I'm pretty much invisible." Rufus shrugged, "It's my super power." Lucy took the clothes he offered to her and almost laughed when she held it up, it looked exactly like the expensive lingerie Wyatt bought her a few Christmases ago.
"Really? You couldn't have found me a thong?" she snorted showing it to Wyatt whose eyes went a little wide and dark.
"It's a cigarette girl's uniform." Rufus defended, she didn't miss Wyatt continue to examine the outfit out of the corner of her eye. "Hey I didn't invent Vegas." He raised his hand in surrender.
"Judging by Wyatt's face unless you're trying to make yourself the most awkward third wheel ever go back and invent me a waitress uniform." Lucy said in all seriousness. Wyatt tried to hide a laugh behind a cough while Rufus stammered through an awkward 'got it'. "You're imagining it, aren't you?" Lucy asked, Wyatt's eyes still unapologetically looking her up and down. He shrugged with a playful smirk.
"Can you blame me?" He chuckled.
"You're impossible." She shook her head before walking off to find a bathroom to change into. 10 minutes later they all met back at the entrance of the room, dressed in their disguises. A few servers were walking in and Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus snuck in with them. Lucy walked around handing people their drinks while simultaneously keeping an eye on Wyatt and looking out for Flynn. She could hardly focus on the job, she kept getting distracted by the fact that she was seeing Frank Sinatra preform live. Wyatt used to twirl her around the living room to her dads old Sinatra albums when they were younger and seeing him right in front of her made Lucy want to just forget the whole mission and dance with her husband. She caught Wyatt's eye through the crowd and he gave her a loving smile. Lucy smiled back then refocused on the mission. Lucy walked past a table when a man called out,
"Hey sweetie. How about a martini and a few hours of you?" with a smack on her ass and Lucy was stunned into silence. It was then that she remembered they were in the 60's. She was about to turn around and let him have it when a female voice came to her rescue.
"Really Joey? If that's how you talk to a lady it's no wonder you never get one." The woman was snarky and Lucy laughed in her head walking over to her. She handed her a glass of Champagne, "Excuse my friend doll. He's terrible after his second martini. Even worse after his third." She explained handing her a few folded up bills.
"Thank you." Lucy smiled, slipping the bills into her bra. What? She didn't work here. Lucy did a few more laps around the dining area then met up with Wyatt. "Hey. You see that guy up there in the dark glasses? That's Sam Giancana. He's the biggest mobster in the country. He worked with both the CIA and JFK to try and assassinate Fidel Castro." Lucy whispered.
"Let's just find Flynn." Wyatt nodded, giving her a quick peck on the lips before walking away.
They walked around for another 15 minutes, no sign of him. It wasn't until the set was over and everyone stood up that they lost and visual on where he could be. Lucy thought she might have saw him weaving through the crowd but she couldn't be sure. She finally picked Wyatt out from the crowd and saw him leaving with his gun drawn, she immediately began pushing to follow him.
"Wyatt!" she yelled but her voice was lost in the applause. "Wyatt!" she called again fighting harder against the crowd. She saw him leave the room through the back door. Pushing through the crowd she swung the doors open and scanned the casino area. Out of the corner of her eye she caught a flash of a white coat. She turned to follow but immediately smacked into Rufus.
"Oh my god Rufus." Lucy said out of breath clutching a hand to her chest.
"Where's Wyatt?" he asked looking behind her.
"I don't know, the crowd stood up and I lost him but I saw him leave. He was probably going after Flynn. I think I saw him go that way!" She said all in one breath grabbing Rufus by the arm and pulling him in the direction she saw Wyatt run. They shuffled quickly trying not to cause any attention by running. They ended up at a dark hallway that appeared to lead to a kitchen or a backroom of the hotel.
"Hey do you know who Christy Pitt is?" Rufus whispered as they crept quietly down the hall. Lucy stopped walking and paused, the name was right on the top of her brain but she couldn't place it but she was certain this was the right era. Instead she just shook her head no. They then heard gunshots and Lucy's stomach dropped.
"Wyatt!" she breathed and took off down the hall, Rufus only a few steps behind her. As they got closer they heard fighting. Lucy was momentarily frozen not sure what to do.
"Come on he might need help." Rufus urged gently, he grabbed her elbow leading her towards where Wyatt was likely fighting Flynn. Rufus was almost to the doors when it burst open and a woman ran out, and right into his chest. He grunted in surprise stopping her from running any further.
"Are you okay?" Lucy heard Rufus ask but she was too focused on Wyatt. She ran up to him and threw her arms around his neck.
"Are you okay?" Lucy repeated Rufus' words into his ear. She felt him nod against her neck before releasing her and turning to the woman.
"Why was he after you?" Wyatt demanded while trying to catch his breath.
"I don't know." The woman answered looking thoroughly confused. Rufus stared at her and then Lucy saw a lightbulb go off in his head.
"Are you Christy Pitt, by any chance?" He asked urgently.
"What? No, my name is Judith Campbell." Her voice was laced in confusion and Lucy could see the fear in her eyes.
"You're Judith Campbell?!" Lucy said in excitement. Rufus asked who Judith Campbell was with a low voice probably only meant for her to hear but with the hallway being dead silent everyone else heard it as well. Wyatt looked around the hallway, scanning for any more of Flynn's guys.
"Just come with us." Wyatt said firmly grabbing Judith's elbow ignoring her protests. He found the first unlocked room and pushed her inside.
"What do you think you're doing?" she tried to fight back.
"I'm saving your life. You're welcome, by the way." Wyatt deadpanned.
"You let me out of here!" Judith demanded, crossing her arms tightly across her body. Her words and tone sounded fierce but Lucy could tell from her body language that she was scared.
"Lady, I'm trying to protect you." Wyatt exasperated, Lucy could tell Wyatt was slowly starting to lose his patience.
"By kidnapping me from another kidnapper?" She raised an eyebrow. Wyatt just stared at her in silence. That was a good point, she had no reason to believe that they were any different from Flynn.
"All right." Rufus cleared his throat, "we're Vegas PD." Lucy chimed in mentioning that they were undercover, hopefully trying to sell their story. Technically they were undercover, just not undercover cops. They all froze when Judith asked to see their badges.
"Why would we bring our badges? We're undercover. They're back at the precinct." Rufus pointed out trying to get her to drop the subject.
"If you're cops, I'm Princess Grace." Judith rolled her eyes clearly not buying their cover.
"Okay, we're not cops." Lucy relented. Rufus threw his hands up in the air. Rufus grumbled about how he thought he had their story sold.
"Okay, look." Wyatt brought a hand to the bridge of his nose. "The truth is we do work for the government. We're trying to get the man who grabbed you. His name is Garcia Flynn, and he's dangerous."
"And if he wants you, he's not gonna stop coming for you." Lucy said with a shake of her head.
"Lots of men want me." Judith said slyly in response to Wyatt asking why Flynn wanted her. Wyatt scoffed. "They're usually more polite about it." She gave him a pointed look. Lucy ushered her towards the bathroom, suggesting that she freshen up while they figure out what they were going to do. Judith seemed skeptical but slammed the door in Lucy's face anyway.
"Okay, she is hiding something." Wyatt whispered, pointing an accusatory figure at the closed door.
"What she is hiding is that she is Kennedy's mistress." Lucy whispered her history lecture.
"Seriously?" Rufus asked leaning forward on the couch.
"For the last two years. And Sam Giancana's mistress." Lucy continued without missing a beat.
"The mob boss?" Wyatt asked. Lucy smiled to herself.
"Yes, remember the plot to kill Castro I told you about? She is the one that delivers messages from JFK to the mob. Not a lot of people know her name, but she is at the dead center of 1960s politics." Lucy whispered harshly.
"Okay, this is some real Oliver Stone stuff right here." Rufus quipped. Lucy went on to mention how Judith had some of the most powerful men in the world wrapped around her finger. Wyatt asked what Flynn would want from her and then heard noise coming from the bathroom. It sounded like the window was being opened and bottles were being pushed aside. Wyatt tried to open the door but found it locked. Before Lucy could protest he was kicking the door down.
"Come here!" Wyatt gruffed. Judith struggled loudly against Wyatt he carried her out of the bathroom with ease.
"You let go of me!" She demanded.
"I am tying you up to keep you safe." Wyatt forced her down on to the couch, clearly he has had enough.
"Don't you dare!" Judith squawked ripping her arm from Wyatt's grasp.
"He is not going to tie you up." Lucy reassured while sending a warning glance to Wyatt.
"Oh, the hell I won't." he whipped around to face her. They both stared each other down. Judith conceded with a huff saying that Flynn threatened her with things that he knew about her.
"Personal things that are none of your damn business." Judith stood up from the chair crossing her arms.
"What, like screwing JFK?" Wyatt spat out.
"Wyatt!" Lucy scolded.
"I'm sorry. We cannot play coy anymore." He huffed.
"Stop it!" they were inches from each other's faces whisper shouting.
"How did you know that?" Lucy barely heard her over the arguing. Wyatt and Lucy both sighed before focusing their attention back on Judith. "He has pictures, okay? How he got them, I don't know, but if I don't do whatever it is he wants, he could ruin me. And cost Jack the next election." All three time travelers looked away with a grimace.
"Trust me." Lucy said softly stepping forward. "We won't say anything."
"Oh, so I should trust you?" Judith scoffed. "Is that before or after he ties me up?" she nodded towards Wyatt. Lucy rolled her eyes but kept her composure.
"I need some air." Wyatt sighed, placing a lingering hand on Lucy's back before turning and going into the next room. Rufus shuffled over to the window, finding whatever was out there very fascinating. Judith sat back down in a huff. Lucy looked around the room, spotting a small kitchenette. She left the room and came back a moment later with a glass of water.
"Water?" She offered to Judith.
"If you sprinkle it on top of a glass of gin." She replied not looking up from her hands where she was busy removing her white gloves. Lucy shrugged taking a sip from the glass. "So, you and brooding blue eyes in the next room." Judith hinted looking past her into the room where Wyatt was, "you sleeping with him?" Lucy choked on her water at such a bold question.
"What?" she coughed, "well he's my husband."
"You should sleep with him more he's wound pretty tight." Judith teased. Lucy turned red and Rufus awkwardly let go of the blinds, the thin metal clanking together. He excused himself with a clear of his throat. After some silence Judith asked how they knew about her and JFK. Lucy assured her that her secrets were safe with them.
"As soon as we find Flynn, you can go back to-"
"To Jack?" Judith cut her off. "All right. Go ahead, say it. You think I'm a tramp."
"No." Lucy disagreed, "I think you're fascinating."
"Don't think another woman's ever called me that before." Judith said in honest disbelief.
"I mean it." Lucy said, Judith rolled her eyes lightly at her words, "a woman Especially in this day and age. Living the life that you're living. The people that you know. The things that you've seen."
"Honestly, I um…I felt like a nobody. And then one night, I met Jack." Judith smiled fondly. "And the next morning, it was all different. Like a roller coaster." Judith paused. Lucy couldn't help but smile.
She remembered being the new kid sophomore year. California girl living in Texas, scared out of her mind. Her mom enrolled her in every AP class offered to a sophomore. Two months into the school year and her only friends so far were her books, and did she have a mountain of them. One day she was walking with a stack, trying to stay as close to the lockers as possible and out of people's way. She didn't notice the backpack laying on the ground, tripped over it and landed with all her books on some poor guy. She wanted the ground to open up and swallow her right then. She immediately started fumbling through an apology but to her shock the guy apologized as well helping her up and handing her her books.
"You alright ma'am" the blue eyed smile asked her. She was so stunned she couldn't do anything except nod.
"I- I'm so sorry! I should have been watching where I was going." She rambled finally finding her voice.
"No my bag was in the middle of the hallway it was entirely my fault." His smirk made her stomach do a flip. He looked her up and down before asking, "hey you're the girl from California, right?"
"Is it that obvious?" Lucy winced with a laugh.
"Well ma'am you are wearing a Stanford hoodie so…" he trailed off with a warm chuckle. Lucy felt her face heat up as she ducked her head.
"Wyatt." He introduced himself. God was that a dimple? Lucy momentarily forgot how to speak again.
"Lucy… And we're pretty much the same age so you don't have to call me ma'am." She giggled. The hardest thing she had to get used to since moving to Texas was being called ma'am regularly, even by people her own age.
"Sorry ma'am my grandpa raised me to treat a woman right." There was a teasing ring in his voice and Lucy ducked her head again. "So Lucy where are you heading?"
"Um…" she tried to recall her class schedule, "room 207."
"I'll walk with you." Wyatt replied instantly grabbing a few books off her stack and her stomach erupted into butterflies.
"What class are you heading too?" Lucy asked. He hesitated a minute before answering.
"118."
"Wyatt that's the complete opposite way! I can't let you walk me you'll be late and have to stay for detention." As much as she wanted him to walk with her she couldn't be the reason he got in trouble that wasn't fair. Wyatt grinned at her shyly and shrugged.
"It's worth it ma'am."
"You ever wake up one day and not recognize your own life?" Judith's voice pulled her back to the present, or technically the past.
"Yes, actually." Lucy swallowed hard, "a lot lately." Ever since that agent turned up at their door her life hasn't been the same.
"The name Christy Pitt mean anything to you?" Wyatt asked from behind her, placing a firm hand on her shoulder, his thumb rubbing back and forth on her bare skin. It was such a simple touch but Lucy had to suppress a shiver.
"Never heard of her." Judith shrugged. Wyatt asked Rufus to find out who she is.
"Meantime, we're not gonna find Flynn. Flynn's gonna find you." Wyatt suggested. "I'll take you back to your hotel room, and when Flynn shows up, which he will, sooner or later, I'm gonna take him out."
"You want to use her as bait?" Lucy asked appalled rising to her feet to face them.
"He's not gonna hurt her. He needs her for whatever he needs her for." Wyatt waved off.
"Are we 100% sure this is our best plan?" Rufus mumbled to Wyatt. Judith was still only concerned with getting the pictures back.
"Wy, a word." Lucy said curtly and Rufus ducked his head. Lucy marched into the other room, Wyatt followed her. "We can't risk it." She said as soon as Wyatt clicked the door closed. "She's too important to JFK and to history."
"I cannot do my job boxed in like this, worried about knocking over a salt shaker and somehow changing history." Wyatt fired back.
"This is not a game." Lucy shook her head firmly. Getting irritated that her husband of all people wasn't on her side.
"I agree. Flynn wants to wipe out everything, so if we have a shot at him, we take it. I'll do it by myself if I have to." Lucy didn't know where this tone was coming from but she did not like it.
"You don't give the orders." Lucy reminded with a stern look.
"You got a problem, take it up with Agent Christopher." Wyatt huffed. Lucy could not belief he was treating her like this. He was effectively shaming her for trying to do her job, it was like he was trying to pull rank over her when their areas of expertise weren't even in the same arena.
"I am not a soldier, I don't take orders, and you are not taking her." Lucy replied through gritted teeth.
"Try and stop me." He shot back. Lucy scoffed in disbelief, hurt flashed across her face for a second then went to a neutral expression. Wyatt realized he might have taken things to far, he tried to reach for her arm, "Luce…"
"Just take her I don't care." She shrugged off his hand and brushed past him. Rufus and Judith both pretended that they weren't listening but Lucy ignored them instead she walked into the bathroom and slammed the door. She gripped the sink and took in a shaky breath. The door to the hotel room closed with the same hard slam hers did. After a moment or two of silence she heard a gentle knocking on the door.
"Lucy?" Rufus's voice called from the other side, "you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine." She replied with no emotion in her voice, opening the door with a fake smile.
"If you um want to talk I'm here." He said with a soft smile while rubbing the back of his neck. It was a tempting offer but she should probably express her feelings about Wyatt to Wyatt instead of to Rufus.
"Thank you Rufus, but I should probably just talk to Wyatt." She smiled while scooting past him. She took a seat on the edge of the couch and stared out the window.
"Do you wanna go find out who Christy Pitt is?" Rufus asked and Lucy agreed. They walked down to the front desk. Rufus had the idea to grab a bottle of wine and say they needed to deliver it to Christy Pitt, that would be the easiest way. The guy at the desk regretfully informed them that there was no one at the hotel by that name. As they turned around Lucy spotted Flynn followed by one of his men.
"Come on." Lucy called to Rufus over her shoulder. "I'm not just gonna stand here and do nothing." Lucy and Rufus ran towards Judith's hotel room. Their run slowed to a jog when they found Wyatt standing in front of the elevator. They must have startled him because he pulled a gun as he turned around. Rufus ducked and Lucy put her hands out to the side.
"Babe it's just us!"
"I told you to wait downstairs!" Wyatt said annoyed.
"Yeah, no, you look like you had it well in hand." Rufus spit back sarcastically. Rufus shrugged, "just saying. What happened?"
"She double-crossed us." Wyatt sighed, "that's what happened. She went right to Flynn."
"Well, of course she did, because Flynn still has the pictures and she's still afraid that he's gonna use them. He has the upper hand. Plus, you could've been a little nicer to her." Lucy exasperated all in one breath. Wyatt didn't say anything just brushed past them. Lucy scoffed loudly but he didn't turn back around.
"Hey, where are you going?"
"What are we supposed to do now?" Lucy and Rufus both called after him but he just kept walking. Lucy exhaled loudly and rolled her eyes.
"Is he normally like this?" Rufus asked scratching his head.
"No." Lucy said coolly walking down the hallway after her husband. When she got to the lobby she scanned the room, she found him standing in front of the Western Union Telegraph booth.
"2012? You want this telegram delivered 50 years from now?" The attendant asked skeptically.
"Look, you said you can do it anytime, anywhere. Can you do it or not?" Wyatt almost sounded like he was begging.
"Hey, it's your money." The attendant surrendered. "What do you want the message to say?"
"Penny," Wyatt started and Lucy heard the keys of the typewriter clacking, "I know this might be hard to understand. But whatever happens on Saturday, February 11th, 2012 Go home with Lucy and Wyatt. Even if Sam is being an ass. Just let them take you home. And know that they love you and just want to protect you." Wyatt sounded like he was on the verge of tears and Lucy's heart broke. "Yeah…Thanks." Wyatt threw money on the counter and turned around. He froze when he saw her standing there. "Worked in "Back to the Future II." He gave a self-deprecating smile.
"Wyatt…" she started softly
"I know what you're gonna say." He said already preparing for another argument.
"No, you don't." she cut him off. She walked towards him, wrapping her arms around his stomach and letting her head rest against his chest. She could feel his labored breaths as he wrapped his arms tightly around her shoulders. "Look. I understand. I would do anything to get my sister back, and Penny too." He didn't say anything but squeezed her tighter in response.
"Look, I'm sorry about before." He pulled away so he could look at her but still kept his hands on her hips. "I get it's your job, keeping history the way it's meant to be. I shouldn't have said what I said I was just… frustrated that Flynn kept getting away and I took it out on you."
"We've never been in this kind of situation before, what if this job does something ugly to us?" Lucy's voice was quiet, laced with fear. She didn't want to do this job without him. Or him without her but what if the job came between them. Wyatt brought a hand up to stroke her cheek and pull her in for a kiss that was a little bit past acceptable in 1962. He pulled away leaving her smiling and breathless.
"I would never let that happen Luce."
"Guys, guys, guys." Rufus came barreling towards them, not even realizing he was interrupting a moment. "I know why Flynn is here. It was staring at me right in the face. I'm so sorry, it was staring at me the whole time."
"Slow down." Lucy said but it was as if Rufus didn't even hear her he just kept on rambling.
"It's just such an outdated phrase. I've only heard it once used at MIT. Leave it up to Anthony to call it that."
"Rufus, what are you talking about?" Wyatt asked when Rufus finally took a breath.
"Christy Pitt. It's not a person. It's the Christy pit. Named after the physicist Robert Christy. It's slang for an A-bomb's plutonium core." Rufus revealed with an ominous tone. Lucy and Wyatt both looked wearily at each other and then back at Rufus who looked around nervously and motioned for them to follow him.
"A nuke?" Lucy asked low so no one would overhear and panic.
"Technically an atom bomb." He corrected.
"How in the world could Flynn possibly steal an atom bomb without anybody noticing?" Lucy asked with a small tremor in her voice. Wyatt jogged up to them, falling in line behind Lucy and putting a hand on her lower back. She reflexively smiled.
"He doesn't have to steal the whole nuke. Just the plutonium core. Once the pit's removed, it's actually quite small." Everything Rufus was saying was getting more and more terrifying.
"Wait, so Flynn is suddenly an expert at dismantling an atomic bomb?" Wyatt asked skeptically. Rufus pointed out that he didn't need to be because Anthony was.
"Could they take the core in the Mothership?" Wyatt asked and Lucy felt like her head was spinning. The only thing keeping her grounded was Wyatt's warm hand on her back.
"I don't know. It's not exactly something we ever tried before, but if it explodes during a time jump, who knows what it'll do? To the past or the present?" Rufus trailed off leaving them to come up with their own conclusions. Lucy didn't know a whole lot about physics, well really nothing, but every scenario she could come up with would be a disaster.
"And Flynn's just crazy enough to try it." Lucy finished for him, grabbing Wyatt's hand and leading them towards the entrance of the hotel.
"We got to get to the test site, fast." Wyatt suggested as they scanned the parking lot for a car they could 'borrow'. Rufus walked right up to a car that pulled up and opened their door. Before Lucy could ask what he was doing he said,
"Welcome to the Sands, sir." The man got out and handed Rufus his keys without saying a word. Rufus turned back to them and threw the keys to Wyatt, "See? Invisible." Wyatt got in the driver's seat while Rufus climbed into the back leaving Lucy to sit up front with Wyatt. An anxious silence filled the car as Wyatt drove down a dirt road with no lights. Lucy didn't even notice she fell back into her nervous habit of bouncing her leg until Wyatt but his hand on her thigh. His thumb absentmindedly drawing circles and sending goosebumps across her whole body.
"Hey I don't see your other hand Wyatt…" Rufus playfully warned from the back seat. Wyatt chuckled and lifted his hand up to show Rufus before putting it back on the wheel. Lucy quickly reached over and grabbed it back, interlocking their fingers together and resting their joined hands on the seat between them. A pair of dim headlights appeared up the road.
"I think that's them. Hold on." Wyatt let go of Lucy's hand to firmly grip the steering wheel. Lucy gripped the handle on the side of the door. She saw that look in his eye, the same look he got when he drove them as fast as he could in his dad's Chevy down the backroads of Texas. She trusts him even more now than she did back then but the feeling of the car rapidly accelerating still made her bite her lip.
"Wyatt, what are you doing? He's gonna hit us!" Rufus screamed in horror from behind them.
"No, he won't." Wyatt replied with an eerie calmness.
"How do you know?" Rufus shot back.
"Cause then we all blow up."
"Wyatt." She whispered as Flynn's car was getting closer and closer with no sign of slowing down. At the last second both cars veered away from each other tossing the passengers around since seatbelts were not mandatory for another six years. All three cars skidded into a cloud of dust. Wyatt quickly jumped out yelling for Lucy and Rufus to stay in the car.
"No! No, you cannot do this alone." Lucy refused.
"I'll get the nuke." Rufus said.
"I'll get Judith."
"Be careful." Wyatt grabbed her face and brought her in for a lingering kiss. Lucy screeched as gunshots rang out across the previously calm desert. Wyatt ducked behind and open door and started firing back. Lucy crawled to the back of the car with Rufus.
"Go! I'll cover you!" Wyatt yelled to them over the gunfire. Lucy ran as fast as she could in the dark, on a dirt road, in heels and a dress. She found Judith crouched down beside one of the cars. Judith swore up and down that she didn't know about the bomb, how she wouldn't have helped him if she knew. Lucy ushered her back to their car. They were huddled between some rocks and their car, Lucy noticed one of their tires was shot out.
"I got it!" Rufus called running up behind them. Flynn and Anthony got in the car that wasn't damaged and started driving away. Wyatt went to the middle of the road and lined up his shot. Rufus quickly ran in front of Wyatt's gun, despite her and Wyatt's protest, pleading for Wyatt not to shoot Anthony. Reluctantly Wyatt dropped his gun.
"So, was it worth it? Protecting Jack?" Lucy asked Judith as they leaned up against the car.
"I didn't do it for Jack. I did it for me." She revealed, "I mean, at the end of the day, that's all I have, right?" Lucy didn't know how to respond as Judith got up and started walking away.
"Hey." Lucy called and she turned around," are you gonna be okay?"
"Always am." Judith shrugged. "Oh, hey. Sorry about the crack on the head, gorgeous." She winked at Lucy and Wyatt, "Don't take it personal." And with that she walked away towards the cab that pulled up. Wyatt asked what happens to her. Lucy told them how eventually her secrets come out and how the public vilifies her before she eventually dies of cancer. It may have seemed like she had it all together but no one has it all together.
"Better get the suitcase back where it belongs." Rufus says walking away to retrieve it.
"Hopefully before anyone knows that it's gone." Lucy sighs.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no." Rufus frantically opened up the suitcase to find that Anthony switched the cases and Flynn got away with an atomic bomb. They all looked at each other in horror.
The lifeboat landed back in present day and the air around them was heavy, Agent Christopher was going to be furious. Rufus was the first one out of the lifeboat when the hatch opened.
"Hey did you guys know Lucy and Wyatt were married?!" He laughed trying to lighten the mood before they dropped the bomb, about the actual bomb.
Agent Christopher looked down at her papers before looking to the employees around her before looking back to Rufus, "Did I know that Lucy Logan was married to Wyatt Logan? Hmm that's a tough one." She deadpanned. Lucy laughed at their coworkers as Wyatt helped her down from the lifeboat. "Did you find Flynn?" she asked them.
"Yeah. We found him." Lucy answered.
"And? What did he want in Las Vegas?" She crossed her arms with a waiting eyebrow.
"You're gonna want to sit down for this." Rufus sighed gently. She brought the three of them up to the conference room where they replayed everything that happened on the mission. As predicted she was less than thrilled.
"On the upside, we're finally starting to gel as a team. Just saying." Rufus once again tried to relieve some of the tension in the room. They exchanged theories on whether or not Anthony was working with Flynn. She then informed them that they no longer need to rescue Anthony anymore. Wyatt mentioned how he thought about shooting Anthony but never got a clean shot, Agent Christopher ordered him to make sure he gets a clean shot the next time before walking out of the room.
"I'm going to go change." Lucy said running a hand down Wyatt's arm, out of the corner of her eye she saw Rufus follow her and go down the stairs towards Jiya. She got halfway to the costume deck when she realized she couldn't find her clutch. She walked back to the conference room and sighed in relief when she found it on the table. "I forgot my-" she stopped talking when she saw Wyatt sitting at the table with an open laptop. "Did it work?" she asked coming to stand behind him. Her heart dropped at the words plastered on the screen, 'Soldier's Sister Found Dead' "I'm so sorry, honey." She wrapped her arms around his neck leaning her head against his.
"It was a long shot." He shrugged shutting the laptop and standing up. Lucy started to let go of him but he twisted in her arms and brought his to around her waist. Who knows how long they stood there just holding on to each other, but Lucy was stand there as long as he needed.
"Let's just go change out of these clothes and go home." Wyatt grabbed her hand. Lucy nodded following his lead.
They didn't talk much the rest of the night, but sometimes words aren't always needed. They both had a long, emotionally taxing day. The two were contempt cuddled up on the couch with a glass of wine and a beer having a James Bond marathon until their phones inevitably chimed again.
AN: again I apologize for the long delay I know how frustrating that is lol. Anyway tell me what you think I love to hear it!