Thank you again to everyone reading and reviewing, I hope you like this update it is slightly different from the others because it is focussed on Nick rather than Stephen and Abby.
I hope you like it : )
Reminiscing
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Nick walked into the room to see Lester, Leek and Jenny around a table waiting for him. He stood for a moment to think about how surreal his life had become, he was hunting dinosaurs through fractures in time finally answering the questions he had worked to find his whole career, his wife was not dead and now he was about to hunt her down for attempted murder. If that wasn't considered complicated he didn't know the definition of the word.
He threw Helen's file on the table and watch as Lester immediately grabbed it. "Helen Cutter attempted to murder Abby yesterday; if it wasn't for Stephen she'd be dead now. I don't know why she is doing this but we need to warn everyone on the anomaly project and we need to find her before she gets anyone else"
He watched as Jenny grabbed the file and froze, her face went white she muttered something like "excuse me" and ran as fast as her ridiculously high heels could take her out of the room. Confused as to what could cause such an uncharacteristic reaction he followed her.
"Cl... Jenny" he managed to catch up and gently took her arm to turn her to face him "What's wrong?" He could see her facade breaking and the fear and confusion that was written across her face was beginning to frighten him. She remained silent as her hands fumbled with the edges of her shirt slowly raised it to expose a scar.
"Helen?" he questioned
She nodded weakly in reply.
After calming Jenny down he thought it safe to ask her more about what Helen had done "When?"
She was staring into her glass of water not breaking her gaze "About 6 years ago, I was walking back to my car" she sat up straighter and looked at him "How did you know about Claudia Brown?"
"I used to work with her"
"But I don't remember working with you" she looked panicked for a moment "Did I say that out loud?"
"You mean you used to be Claudia Brown"
"I changed my name after the attack..." he could see the fear in her eyes as she remembered "she knew my name she and the police couldn't find her so I thought it would keep me safe. New name, new job, new me" she laughed slightly "But now it looks like she's back, it was all for nothing"
"It could be possible that I was in the anomaly when Helen jumped to the past that could explain how I remember but no one else does. You worked with us on the anomaly project, you were kind of like the liaison between me and Lester" he looked at the woman before him "I can't believe that you are Claudia"
She winced slightly at his emphasis of you "What do you mean?"
He pulled out his wallet and showed her the picture of 'her' "That is my Claudia. She was kind, beautiful, intelligent and ... I loved her. I just find it hard to believe that someone like that can change so much" he turned and left the room trying to process the new found information.
He was walking back to his office when he suddenly realised the connection between Abby and Claudia/Jenny. They were both working with him, what Helen was trying to do get rid of his team so that he would have to go with her. He found it strange that he wasn't shocked that Helen was so aggressive he had already known that but he was shocked that he didn't think her incapable of murder.
Nick had no idea what he had to do, well he knew he had to try and find his wife but how he had no idea. He sat at his desk trying to think of the links to everything Helen has done in the last eight years. He barely noticed Jenny coming into his office.
"Cutter?"
He looked up to see her tear stained face and for a flicker of a second he swore he saw Claudia in those eyes fighting for a way out "I know that you don't approve of what I have become, but you have to understand it was the only way for me to cope, Claudia was weak"
Nick cut her off "Don't speak like that, like she is a different person like it or not she is a part of you, the better part I might add. So what are you going to tell me that you had to become a PR and now your heart is made of stone because you are afraid to feel?" his voice becoming louder with every word.
"I did feel, I felt too much, trusted too easily, underestimated people and it nearly got me killed so excuse me for being acquainted with the real world"
"You don't think that I haven't. I spent the last eight years mourning my not so dead wife, I have watched people die on this project, I found out that my best friend slept with my wife, and then I mourned Claudia and then you come along. I'm sorry that you got stabbed but if you think for one moment that I don't know what the real world is like your wrong" he stood up from his desk so they stood face to face "You used to be a person, now all you do is boss around other people, but let m ask you a question does it make you happy? Or do you like to feel power over people because it makes you feel less pathetic? Now if you excuse me I have somewhere I have to go" and he walked out the office leaving a stricken Jenny.
Nick knocked on the door and entered, it pained him to see Abby lay in the hospital bed connected to all the beeping machines. After discovering her detachment from her parents he had taken it upon him to watch out for her, and she had become like a daughter to him. She was asleep and Stephen was watching over her holding her hand and rubbing circles on the back of it.
"Hey, how is she?"
"She's fine; doctor says she can go home in a couple of days as long as she has someone to look after her so she's moving in with me for a bit"
Nick raised his eyebrows.
"What? It was Abby's idea"
"Of course it was, so I take it you too are..." he said indicating between the two of them.
"Yeah" and Stephen looked at Abby with a loving gaze.
"Helen has attacked before" Stephen turned to look at him wide eyed "You know that I mentioned Claudia Brown well she used to be Jenny Lewis, she changed after Helen attacked her. I must have been in an anomaly or something that means that I can remember Claudia" Nick pulled up a chair and sighed as he sat down.
"So what are we going to do?"
"I have no idea, I guess we'll just have to wait for Helen to surface and hope we can stop her"
Stephen looked at Abby worriedly "Do you think she knows that Abby is still alive?"
"I doubt it, she'll probably lye low for a while but I can't be certain. But as long as Abby's not alone she'll be okay" Nick gave him a reassuring smile, and noticed that Abby was stirring.
"Hey" she said sleepily.
"Hi, how are you feeling?"
"Pretty good considering" she looked at Stephen and smiled, at least something positive had come out of this.
Nick stayed for a while and they talked about anything apart from Helen, but thoughts of Helen were plaguing Nick's mind and he couldn't help but feel guilty for what happened to Abby. He didn't realise that he had zoned out.
"Don't"
He looked up at Abby "Don't what?"
"Don't feel guilty for me being here, for what Helen did, it's not your fault she's a psychopath"
"How is it not my fault when she is hurting people close to me because I won't travel through the anomalies with her?"
"Did you tell her to stab me?"
"No of course not"
"Then it's not your fault and I don't blame you so don't feel guilty, please" he looked up at her and found that she needed him to be okay about this.
He nodded "Okay"
He looked at his watch "I'd better be going before the nurses are shooing me away, I've got Lester to increase security and I'll see you tomorrow"
"Okay, see you tomorrow"
Stephen followed him to the door "Thanks for coming"
"You have nothing to thank me for if anything I should be thanking you for saving her. She's lucky to have you Stephen"
"Thanks Cutter"
They exchanged their goodbyes and Nick went home but sleep didn't come easily as the events of the last couple of days whirled around his mind.
I was a bit shocked by the way the Nick Jenny relationship came out in the chapter but I hope you liked it!!
I'm having an ace time writing this FF so please review;P
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