So this is set in November 2015, Zoë is in her third year of medical school at Yale and Kevin is a junior at MIT. No copy write infringement intended and I am not making any money off of this.
87 years in prison for Ms. Barlowe. 55 members of the consortium arrested. Zero pieces to the puzzle, is what she had for them, not that she would have given them up anyway.
This had been too long coming Jo thought. But finally the target was in their sights. She felt the weight of her weapon in her holster as she motioned for Jack to get into place. He nodded and drew his weapon. You could see his mannerisms change as he was preparing to strike.
Drawing a deep breath she knew it was time. She had Beverly in her sights, at last. With the stealth she had learned in the Rangers she moved. Sensing Jack move in behind her she drew her weapon and swooped in on her target.
"The game is up Beverly. Hands where I can see them." Jo demanded.
Beverly raised her hands and quirked her lips into a sly smile. "Took you long enough Jo." She nodded in Jack's direction. "Sheriff always a pleasure."
"Oh, shut it." He pulled out hand cuffs. "You have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law…." Jack recited the rest of the Miranda rights as he escorted her to the car.
The military wanted answers from Beverly; she was responsible for the loss of a $20 billion project. They didn't look too kindly on that. About a month ago she had finally surfaced and Jo and Jack had traced her to this café in Seattle. The military police had given them first crack at interrogations.
Jack and Jo remained silent on the drive to Ft. Lewis, no matter how hard Beverly tried to prod them.
Soon Beverly found herself alone in an interrogation room for hours.
When Jo walked into the room she smiled. "Here to offer me a deal Miss. Lupo. It is still Miss. Lupo isn't it?" Beverly's lips snarled.
Jo's face was unreadable, stony, and stoic.
"Aren't you even a little afraid I'll tell your secrets Jo?" Beverly prodded again.
Again no reaction from Jo.
"Tell you what, I'll tell you what I know about your precious ship and you tell the nice military people all about 1947. Do we have a deal? We can share a cell, be roomies"
"Not on your life Barlowe." Jack said as he entered the room. Laying a thick file folder in front of her on the table, he continued. "We are here to offer you a deal. The MP's are arresting Senator Wen as we speak. The army has enough information to convict both of you for treason and to send you both to the firing squad. Luckily for you, you have the opportunity to talk first and get the limited time offer deal."
"What deal is that?" she asked the smirk not as confident as it had been a few moments ago.
Jo supplied the answer. "Give us the consortium and tell us where Astraeus is and you get life in the federal facility of your choice. I hear that it is Supermax has the best views."
"Not much of a deal. Maybe I should get a better one or you two might find yourselves sitting beside me for time travel." Beverly prodded again.
Jo laughed a mirthless laugh. "Beverly, I have been living in a town of super genius' for over 10 years and there is no way any of them would be able to keep their mouths shut about time travel. It's Nobel worthy, all of them would sell out there own Grandmother for a Nobel. And if you are suggesting that Sheriff Carter and I somehow cracked time travel, then maybe you should go for an insanity defense."
"Scientific discovery first, consequences second," Jack added. "Makes being the law in that town hell at times."
Beverly hesitated, she knew these two had a plan and she wasn't going to intimidate them. Damn that had always been her trump card. These two may not be the smartest people in Eureka but neither of them was dumb and she knew they wouldn't roll over on each other. Both of them had morals.
"It's a prisoner's dilemma Bev." Jack said smoothly. "Jo and I are just going to leave you alone for a little bit while we check to see in Ms. Wen has arrived." They turned and left the room. An armed guard entering as they went.
Once on the other side Jack turned to Jo. "You ok?"
Jo smiled, "that went better then expected. How long till Wen gets here?"
"About 2 hours. The news media is going to have a fit about her arrest. Hopefully one of them will crack and help us figure out why we keep getting messages from the ship bit we still can't find it." He replied.
Jo nodded. They had received a new message every 20 or 30 days for over a year now. While they new the crew was safe they were no closer to solving the overall problem of finding them.
"At least she'll pay right? Her and Wen. Justice for our kids." She murmured. "I hope she gets the firing squad."
Jack scoffed "And then I hope she burns in Hell."
Four hours of stewing later Beverly was ready to talk. She quickly sold out Wen and the rest of the consortium but didn't give any answers as to what was going on with the ship.
'It was supposed to jump to the new coordinates we programmed and then we were going to jump it again and take control. We didn't just want the ship we wanted the scientists inside. An army of the best of the best with in Global Dynamics that we controlled. If our plans had triumphed your precious loved ones would have been home by now and your ridiculous 'scientific community' who makes doomsday devices would be no more."
She narrowed her eyes at them. "Who knows where the ship is, probably destroyed. Time to give up hope, all is lost. At least I can take comfort in your misery."
Jo stood and Jack followed. "Enjoy prison, bitch." She threw over her shoulder as they walked out.
Jo leaned against a wall a tear escaping her eye. Beverly didn't know anything; vengeance suddenly didn't taste so good.
'Don't give up hope Jo. She doesn't know about the messages. We know they are alive and with Zane up there they will find a way back to us." He reassured her.
"I know." She sniffled a little and Jack pretended not to notice.
One day they would be home she knew it, she could feel it. Little did she know that the longest part of the wait was over, 1513 down Only 281 days to go.
