Alright, here's chapter 4. I'm going to try to include some Wyatt/Lucy but I might not be able to go deep into it until later in the story. I don't own Timeless.
Lucy knew she should have said no to helping Flynn. It would have made everything a lot easier if she had just said no, then General Cornwallis wouldn't be dead and neither would the other British soldiers. Flynn would probably kill Benedict Arnold too, after he was done interrogating him, but it seemed like Arnold wasn't going to be giving up any information. Flynn took out the letter that Arnold had written and started to read it out loud.
"Today I met some gentlemen with a great vision for America. Rittenhouse." Flynn looked at Benedict Arnold and then continued reading, "They're recruiting worthy men and have sought me out."
Arnold shook his head, "I didn't write that."
"And yet it's your handwriting." Flynn showed him the note.
Wyatt spoke up from where he was standing, "How could you betray Washington for Rittenhouse?"
Arnold was quiet for a moment, "You wouldn't understand."
"I understand." Lucy spoke up before she could stop herself. She glanced over at Flynn who looked at her for a minute before putting the note away and slowly backing up, allowing Lucy to take over. "I understand how you could betray the General, how you could betray your Country, for Rittenhouse."
Arnold scoffed, "You don't know a thing."
Lucy looked him in the eyes, "I know that you gave up every cent you had for the Patriot Cause, that you fought even when your horse was shot out from under you, and when your leg got shattered by a musket ball you kept fighting. I know that you wanted to be promoted to Major General, and you deserved it, but Congress just passed you over and Washington didn't do a thing to help you. Did he?"
Arnold said nothing. All four men in the room had their eyes on Lucy, listening intently to her and waiting for her next words. Arnold had a crazed look in his eyes and looked about ready to snap.
Lucy sighed, "Washington didn't help you, so you decided to betray him. I understand that, I do, but what I don't understand is why? Why did you betray him? Because of pride?"
"I didn't betray him," Arnold snapped at her, "He betrayed me! They didn't give me the promotion I rightly deserved and he should've stuck up for me, but instead he abandoned me. Rittenhouse won't abandon me though, he'll give me the future I deserve."
Everyone, minus Arnold, froze at the man's words. Lucy looked at Wyatt then turned tp Flynn, who looked just as confused as they were.
Rufus walked away from the window and looked towards Arnold, "Wait, Rittenhouse is a he? It's just one person?"
Arnold nodded, looking a bit confused himself, "He has more followers everyday but the man your looking for is David Rittenhouse."
Flynn stepped towards Arnold, "Take us to him."
Arnold scoffed, "A negro and a woman? He'd have him in the fields and her in his bed."
Lucy rolled her eyes at that, one of her least favorite part of history was the treatment of women. Lucy frowned a bit when she heard what sounded like a low growl coming from Wyatt. When she looked at him she saw Wyatt glaring at Arnold. She shrugged it off and tried to ignore the warm feeling in her stomach that spread when she thought of how protective Wyatt was of...his friends.
She tuned back into reality and caught the last part of what Flynn was saying to Arnold.
"...the things we all do for those we love."
Lucy glanced at the others who were looking a bit nervous. Lucy felt something in her stomach but it wasn't warmth, instead she felt the same feeling of dread that she'd been feeling since the beginning of this trip.
Eventually Arnold had agreed to bring them to David Rittenhouse. They were riding in the carriage on their way to Rittenhouse when Flynn stopped, saying that the horses needed water. Arnold and Rufus walked off but Lucy wasn't really paying attention to them. She had her eyes on Flynn and Wyatt. Wyatt sat next to her while Flynn collected the water.
Wyatt glanced at her then slowly got out of the carriage with a distracted look on his face. Lucy watched him with a small frown.
"Where are you going?"
Wyatt looked back at her and gave her a half-hearted smirk, "You worried about me?"
Lucy tried not to blush, "I just..."
He gave a small laugh but Lucy saw the pained look in his eyes, "Don't worry I'm just going for a small walk to clear my head."
Lucy watched Wyatt walk away until he was out of her line of sight. She sighed and sat in the carriage as Flynn came back with the water for the horses. She stayed in the carriage for a few seconds before deciding to get out of the carriage. Lucy carefully made her way down to the ground and watched Flynn. Lucy gave a small smile as she watched Flynn with the horses. It was amazing how he could go from being this killer, destroying history, to being this gentle man who was good with horses.
"So, you're good with horses?"
Flynn glanced over at her as he gave the horses their water, "I wanted to be a cowboy when I was younger."
Lucy gave a dry laugh, "That worked out."
Flynn smiled sadly, "Yeah..." He put the bucket down and smirked at her, "You know, the journal did say we were going to work together."
Lucy rolled her eyes, "Don't push it."
Flynn smiled and put his hands up in mock surrender, "Alright."
"So if we really do this, take out Rittenhouse, will you go back to your family?"
"I will," Flynn sighed, "For a while, then I'll say goodbye and never look back."
Lucy froze, "After all we've been through, you'd just walk away?"
Flynn nodded, "Lucy...I've done things, bad things, that I can't bring back to my family. I've become something that I wasn't before. I've become a monster...you know that. How could I be a good husband or father after everything I've done?"
Lucy didn't answer. She'd seen that crazed look in his eyes on more then one occasion and knew he probably wouldn't be the most stable husband or father after this, but she did feel a little sorry for him. Lucy looked at him, "Then why are you doing this?"
Flynn sighed, "To get rid of Rittenhouse. To save lives. They're bad people, worse then me, and somebody needs to stop them. I love my wife and my daughter and I want them to be alive, even though I plan on leaving them, they deserve to be alive. It's my fault they're dead...they didn't deserve to die."
Lucy nodded and for a few moments she and Flynn stood in silence, not an awkward silence but not a comfortable one either. Wyatt returned as soon as Flynn finished with the horses. He climbed back into the carriage and Lucy was quick to follow him.
"How was your walk?"
Wyatt smiled a bit at her, "Helpful." He glanced at Flynn with an unreadable look on his face, "What'd you two talk about while I was gone?"
"Just...some stuff." Lucy didn't feel right telling Flynn's story to Wyatt.
He stared at her for a moment, "Uh-huh." He paused then continued with a hesitant look on his face, "Lucy I-"
He was cut off by Arnold, as he and Rufus returned, "We should get going."
Flynn nodded and jumped back into the carriage next to Arnold. As soon as everyone was on he took the reigns and got the horses to start walking again. Nobody in the carriage spoke for a while, until Lucy remembered that Wyatt had been about to say something to her before Rufus and Arnold came back.
"Wyatt, what were you saying before?"
"Hmm?" he turned to her, "Oh, uh," Lucy saw Wyatt glance at the others in the carriage before his eyes trailed back to her, "It can wait."
"You sure?"
Wyatt nodded though he didn't look so sure, "Yeah...I'm sure."
"Alright." Lucy didn't push the subject although, she wished she had.
Thank you for reading this chapter, I hope you guys liked it! I've been thinking about writing a Lucy/Wyatt Christmas story so tell me what you guys think. Special thanks to two Guests, Starstruck77, rebeccas1016, little red cindy, Anonymous, Di, and tefla. Thank you tefla for pointing out those mistakes in the last chapter I'll go over it and try to fix it. :) Tell me what you guys though about this chapter, I love feedback. The next chapter will be the ending to the episode and then the 6th chapter will be my continuation of the series.
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