Love's Learning Curve
Back To Bailey
Chapter 11
Bailey glanced in first one direction then another. He must be drunker than he thought. There was a field of tobacco where his house was supposed to be and a barn across the street. Except the street wasn't a street it was a dirt road. He reached down and pinched his arm hard. "Ouch" he yelled. Well at any rate this wasn't a dream.
He turned intending to go back through the portal he had just come through but there was no sign of it. Telling himself not to panic Bailey started walking down the road. There had to be an exit somewhere.
A few miles later Bailey found himself perspiring in the mid day sun and raking himself over the coals for being so asinine. His abilities as a leader, agent, and soldier were legendary yet now he couldn't even find his own way home.
That is why he had to escape this strange new world he and the other members of his team had found themselves in. While the others had apparently found everything they'd ever searched for in their lives, Bailey himself felt more lost than ever.
His unrequited love for Sam, his lack of connection, and his utter incompetence in terms of mastering the powers he had been given out of charity, made him worse than an albatross around the team's neck. It made him a dangerous liability. There was no way he was going to continue to put the safety of people he loved like family at risk. He'd go back to the world he knew and allow them to get on with their well -earned happiness.
Bailey's dark thoughts were interrupted by a feminine scream. His senses were immediately on alert. He reached for his weapon only to find it wasn't there. He then tried to tap into his powers but he was unable to. Apparently they had deserted him. He wasn't surprised.
The scream shattered the silence once more. There was no way Bailey could ever ignore a cry for help even if he was unarmed. He ran towards the sound. Rounding the corner of a shackhe saw a rather burly looking young man threatening a young woman with a knife. Bailey thought the young woman looked a lot like Angel only she was dressed in terribly old- fashioned clothes.
"Back away from her," Malone growled. "Mind your own business stranger. This doesn't concern you. I saw her first," the man barked. "I'm making it my business," Bailey snarled back. "I'm warning you, get away."
The stranger lunged at Bailey. Bailey was winning the fight until friends of the thug yelled get him Billy. A distracted Bailey was unable to fend off the knife Billy shoved into his stomach. He thought he was a goner for sure until he heard the sound of a shot being fired.
"Billy, Clayton what do you think you are doing. You best get away from these two now and I won't tell your daddy what you've done here. You'd better hope this man doesn't die."
Bailey looked up at the man holding the gun and was in for another surprise. This guy looked a lot like George. He was about to mutter his friend's name when he lost consciousness.