Despite Chip's death glare he went over to check on Dad. Matt was helping him back to his feet. His fingers dabbed at the blood at his nose.
"Dad are you alright?" Basil asked looking up at him. He nodded. A hand grabbed his shoulder spinning him around to see angry Chip.
"What was that for?" He screamed at his face. Calmly answering,
"You couldn't be trusted with the sword. I could see the look in your eyes. Tell me if I'm wrong, you wanted to kill him by your hand." Basil looked at him directly in the eye. Chip tighten his grip around the sword's hilt and glared at him.
"What would know?! They're criminals, they deserve it!" He shouted again. Basil didn't flinch.
"I was afraid of this. This is why I was so hesitant to bring you back here Chip." Dad walked up to them. Chip's face turned red. Basil calmly waited for the explosion and the fiery fallout. Chip yelled an angry shout and swung the sword. Basil raise the Metal Edge. The tip struck the flat of the blade, redirecting the blade harmlessly upward. Chip watched the raised blade his body quaking. Basil closed his eyes giving Chip a moment but he opened them again and a second later he spoke,
"So that's the kind of king you would have been. As soon as someone doubted you or told the opposite of what you wanted to hear, you kill them. You're far from controlling your emotions. England would have been at its most vulnerable with you on the throne…I don't believe people should die so savagely. I don't believe the world can't be saved. Adding ice to a cold world will only bring disappear." Chip lowered the sword letting it fall against the floor.
"What would you know? You didn't grow up knowing that you were destined for the throne only to have it stolen from you! To have everyone but one person turn their back on you before you even got a chance! To have your life saved by a time traveler!" Chip shouted his body shaking. Basil gave a hard look before answering.
"Chip, I know exactly what it is like. I remember how I was supposed to have died. And I didn't even travel back in time to do it. My birth parents purposely crashed a car I was in just to see what would happen, I was only two weeks old at the time. If my dad didn't step in and saved me from the fire I wouldn't be here." Basil put a hand on his shoulder. "Chip, if someone turns their back on you, they're not worth having on your team. But killing someone just because you're angry at them isn't the right way to do it." Chip looked hard at him, then at the ground, then back it him. He nodded taking in a deep breath. Johan cleared his throat.
"Shouldn't we fix the king then find a way out of here." Dad nodded at the suggestion.
He walked over and kneeled in front of the king. This guy didn't even look like he could see anything straight without someone helping him nor less run a country. Dad wiped blood from his nose on the back of his hand then tapped something on the Elucidator. A medical syringe appeared in his hand. He rolled up the king's sleeve and injected the needle. Once he rolled down the king's sleeve, Dad pressed the Elucidator one more time and they were again back in the time hallow.
"Is that it? Can we go home?" Katherine questioned Dad. Basil's heart started picking up speed at the thought of home. The place where his family was. Mom would figure out what's wrong with him then fix it. But he felt that was a far-fetched idea. He had to be the first case of disappearing organs ever! Anytime he got sick she knew exactly what he had and the best and fastest way to treat it. She was an incredible doctor and Mom. In fact she was so good at her job the Time Agency would call her for a medical help. But that had its downsides. On rare occasions she would be called back to work on her off time. And it could be any were from a few hours to the next day when they could see her again. Thankfully that was only about once a year. Basil put a hand on his abdomen feeling it fall in.
"Basil you're not feeling sick again are you?" Dad asked instantly worried. Basil took his hand off his hand off his stomach.
"No. Just thinking about Mom and home." He admitted. Dad pulled him in for a side hug. It was just the comfort he needed. Basil looked up to see that Dad had wiped all the blood away from his face.
"I can't believe I'm saying this but I wish I was back in school." He chuckled.
"Tell me about it!" Matt chuckled with him. At least Matt and Dad were still the same.
"So did we fix time?" Johan asked. Dad released him and checked his Elucidator. He shook his head and sighed in frustration.
"No!" He looked ready to throw it at the wall. Oh please don't! Basil begged.
"But why?" Katherine whined. "We fixed the king and stopped Gary and Hodge!" Chip shook his head.
"No. We only prevented them from what they were going to do to him next. We didn't catch them!" Chip sounded like his normal self again. It was refreshing.
"It's possible it's not Gary and Hodge we have to worry about destroying time, maybe it's their new boss." Matt suggested before Dad could do anything.
"But we have no idea when or where he is." Dad argued back. That was true. Maybe if we go back in time at night I could get some sort of clue from the moon. Basil thought. It was strange as referring to the moon like an actual person. He was glad he was starting to get used to it. Basil really felt disconnected and off without it. It had been his one friend in all time frames.