I turned to face him. The tears now falling from my eyes. "Then you won't mind me saying I wish it had been you." I screamed in his face before I quickly walked away from him. Away from the falls I fell down on the grass and cried. I then heard cursing behind me, Moriarty's voice. I turned and with my blurry vision because of the tears I saw H and Moriarty again struggeling in front of the falls. Moriarty slipped and started to fall. H tried to reach him before it was to late but to no avail. Moriarty fell and this time I knew he would not be as lucky as he had been before.
I sat there, stunned. H quickly walked over to me and drew me up to him. Hugging me I heard his strained voice. "I appologize for putting you through that."
"I....thought you....." I could barely talk just holding on to him hoping I wasn't dreaming.
"I know. Something I learned several years ago."
"I felt....There was no pulse."
"Just a trick. Nothing more. Again I appologize."
I pushed him away from me. "You should. I thought I would......that we....." I wiped away my tears and took a deep breath. "Don't do that to me ever again."
"Agreed." He took my face in his hands and kissed my forehead.
"Let's get out of here." I said.
"Just one moment." H let go of me and walked over to the falls. For a moment he just stood there and watched over the cliff.
In the corner of my eyes I saw my father raising a gun to his back. I started running praying I would make it. With an effort I jumped and tackled him to the ground. Hitting the ground I felt a stabbing pain in my side as a shot ran out. I looked in to my father's eyes who had grown wide. Then he slumped over. I pushed him off of me and in doing so revealing the shot that had hit him.
H checked his pulse and shook his head while looking at me. I tried getting up but fell back as the pain on my right side kept me from doing so.
"Are you alright?" H came over to me.
"I....yeah I'll be fine. Just hurts a little."
He looked down and showed me a small but hard rock that I had landed on. I had to laugh.
H looked at me. "For a moment I thought something much worse had happend."
"Me to."
He helped me up and then hugged me tight yet again.
"Maybe you can see it to forgive me, for what I put you through before, if I give you this." He let go of me and revelaed what looked to be like a watch but one from my time.
"What is this?"
"That my dear, is how you got here. I took it from Moriarty's pocket when he was looking at you."
"So this is how I got here......"
"......and that is how you can get home."
I looked at him and could see there was sadness in his eyes.
"And you know how to operate this thing?"
"No t quite but I can find out."
"That desperate to get rid off me eh?" The sadness from before all gone and replaced by a little anger and a chance to get back at him.
There was shock written on his face and it gave me great satisfaction. "What no...?"
"Oh isn't that why you gave me this watch and told me 'that is how you can get home' because you wanna get rid off me. Maybe marriage life isn't suitable for you after all and this is a good way to end it? Although, how you would explain it to people I would love to know? Really H, the things you..."
He interupted me. "Listen to me. I never said I wanted to be free of you. There is nothing more I would want then to keep you here with me, always. That is not for me to decide however......."
"Just as it isn't for you to decide if I wanna go home or not." With that I went over to the cliff knowing he was looking at me. I looked at the watch in my hand and then, I simply toosed it over the cliff. I walked back to H and could see I had again done something he hadn't predicted.
"You mean....?"
"I mean I want to stay here? If that is alright with my husband of course?"
Smilling he kissed me as I responded.
"You know my dear wife, that your husband would want nothing more. Will you not miss your brother at least?"
"Hmm, maybe when we figure out how the watch works I can visit him." After saying this I pulled a watch out of one of the pockets in my jacket.
H looked at me raising one of his eyebrows.
"I took it from my father."
He nodded as his arm came around my waist and we started to leave. "We need to talk to the police when we get to town."
I nodded.
Silently he said. "I am sorry about your father."
"Don't be. He choose his path by himself as I am choosing mine."
THAT IS IT FOR THIS TIME!!!!
I sat there, stunned. H quickly walked over to me and drew me up to him. Hugging me I heard his strained voice. "I appologize for putting you through that."
"I....thought you....." I could barely talk just holding on to him hoping I wasn't dreaming.
"I know. Something I learned several years ago."
"I felt....There was no pulse."
"Just a trick. Nothing more. Again I appologize."
I pushed him away from me. "You should. I thought I would......that we....." I wiped away my tears and took a deep breath. "Don't do that to me ever again."
"Agreed." He took my face in his hands and kissed my forehead.
"Let's get out of here." I said.
"Just one moment." H let go of me and walked over to the falls. For a moment he just stood there and watched over the cliff.
In the corner of my eyes I saw my father raising a gun to his back. I started running praying I would make it. With an effort I jumped and tackled him to the ground. Hitting the ground I felt a stabbing pain in my side as a shot ran out. I looked in to my father's eyes who had grown wide. Then he slumped over. I pushed him off of me and in doing so revealing the shot that had hit him.
H checked his pulse and shook his head while looking at me. I tried getting up but fell back as the pain on my right side kept me from doing so.
"Are you alright?" H came over to me.
"I....yeah I'll be fine. Just hurts a little."
He looked down and showed me a small but hard rock that I had landed on. I had to laugh.
H looked at me. "For a moment I thought something much worse had happend."
"Me to."
He helped me up and then hugged me tight yet again.
"Maybe you can see it to forgive me, for what I put you through before, if I give you this." He let go of me and revelaed what looked to be like a watch but one from my time.
"What is this?"
"That my dear, is how you got here. I took it from Moriarty's pocket when he was looking at you."
"So this is how I got here......"
"......and that is how you can get home."
I looked at him and could see there was sadness in his eyes.
"And you know how to operate this thing?"
"No t quite but I can find out."
"That desperate to get rid off me eh?" The sadness from before all gone and replaced by a little anger and a chance to get back at him.
There was shock written on his face and it gave me great satisfaction. "What no...?"
"Oh isn't that why you gave me this watch and told me 'that is how you can get home' because you wanna get rid off me. Maybe marriage life isn't suitable for you after all and this is a good way to end it? Although, how you would explain it to people I would love to know? Really H, the things you..."
He interupted me. "Listen to me. I never said I wanted to be free of you. There is nothing more I would want then to keep you here with me, always. That is not for me to decide however......."
"Just as it isn't for you to decide if I wanna go home or not." With that I went over to the cliff knowing he was looking at me. I looked at the watch in my hand and then, I simply toosed it over the cliff. I walked back to H and could see I had again done something he hadn't predicted.
"You mean....?"
"I mean I want to stay here? If that is alright with my husband of course?"
Smilling he kissed me as I responded.
"You know my dear wife, that your husband would want nothing more. Will you not miss your brother at least?"
"Hmm, maybe when we figure out how the watch works I can visit him." After saying this I pulled a watch out of one of the pockets in my jacket.
H looked at me raising one of his eyebrows.
"I took it from my father."
He nodded as his arm came around my waist and we started to leave. "We need to talk to the police when we get to town."
I nodded.
Silently he said. "I am sorry about your father."
"Don't be. He choose his path by himself as I am choosing mine."
THAT IS IT FOR THIS TIME!!!!