"Whatever!" Came the reply, the two didn't speak from there back to the Airport.
They arrived back at Gatwick and was able to catch a plane which was due to depart in two and a half hours.
The Old Guy followed Adam around whilst he waited in the departure lounge for boarding to begin. When it did begin he still followed.
"What the hell are you doing?" The Young man shouted
"I'M COMING, I TOLD YOU, I'M COMING" Was all he heared and as they boarded the plane found their seats and during much of the flight the older man just sat staring in front of him, at very little. It was a long flight but he maintained his gaze. Adam tried to speak to him at times but all he got was a shrug, the occasional grunt which made him wonder what he had done to upset the.... stranger.
Was he really...... him? Adam kept thinking. This whole situation was all too confusing.
Several hours later they were travelling through to the station in Houston where they met up with the crew once again.
"Adam, we've got to leave now....." One of men said with a huge amount of urgency.
"Never too soon, lets get outta this place..... time...... whatever"
They had managed to get hold of some kind of space craft, one which they had never seen before.
"You're taking that?" Adam asked inquisitively, looking at the craft. It looked like some kind of Alien ship, however he didnt want to argue, he just wanted to get home.
"Don't worry, it's just like driving the car." One of them said.
He decided he would trust them even though when he got into the ship he found out that it WAS exactly like driving a car, same controls and everything!
"OK, I didn't think you ment litrually." He exclaimed
With all that had been happening in the past few minutes he had forgotten about the old man. He seemed to have disappeared anyway. There was no sign of him anywhere.
Their plan was to leave the earths atmosphere once again and fly supersonic 35 times backwards around the Solar system.
"C'mon guys, you really think that kinda thing works? Sounds like something Superman did." He joked.
"He did" They both replied simply as the took off. Adam decided to be quiet for the rest of the journey just incase he made a fool of himself again.
They had to know which way to go around the earth otherwise the may end up in 2076, and god knows what it would be like then. He didn't wanna know.
"We have to prepare to go Super-sonic Adam, Hyper Space travel stylieee" One of the men joked a little though about a serious subject.
"Belt up, we're goin home!" The other said as they strapped themselves into the seats.
"Ready?" A voice to his left asked
"As I'll ever be"
And with that they pressed a button, a gauge in front of his Face lit up showing one... two.... three lights. One of them pulled the lever and Adam was pushed back into his seat for a matter of a few seconds whilst the ship rocketed into action. After the initial rumble the forces balanced out and he was able to lift his head. All he could see out of the cabin window was a blurred mass of colours, greys, whites, blues, some green, yellows of the sun and burning fire images which he knew from his job.
There then came a voice on his right, it was counting... it had been for some time, though he didn't know why "27.... 28.... 29...." It said, "30.... 31...." Continuing. A Hand reached from the other side, flicked a switch, which turned off a couple more lights above his head "32.... 33.... prepare.... 34...." The man shouted becoming more urgent and louder, "SHUTDOWN" he said finally, as the other man punched a red button on the front of the dashboard, bringing the craft to a juddering halt in the midst of space.
Adam peered out of the window again. Earth was large and magnificent once again, and looked still. He saw what looked like Europe.
"We're gonna have to land in Europe somewhere, we don't have enough fuel to reach America anymore."
"I'm gonna Be closer to my homeland then so it's fine by me" Adam said, again becoming aware of what was going on. The supersonic flight had made him a little disorientated.
They actually landed on a small remote runway in the middle of England. Adam felt at home and the three were all over the moon when they went to the nearest newsagents store, picked up a local newspaper and found the date read 12th September 2006. They were back where and when they should be. They had left the planet some 5 weeks ago on their adventures but even with the timetravelling they still managed to stay away for that time, there was no way that they could travel any further back as the ship probably couldn't take much more, their fuel was too low also.
Their landing back in England was rough. It was difficult, as the driving rain and harsh winds which were all too common in Britian made 'driving contitions' difficult. It was unlikely that the craft could be used again.
Adam didn't care though. He knew he was back home and nothing was going to let him go into space ever again.
They discovered that they were only about 10 miles from London which was a remarkable achievement so they took a taxi into the center where once again the crew left for the airport saying their goodbyes and goodlucks that everything was fine this time, and He asked the taxi to carry straight onto Blackwall. He lived above the Oliver Twist, the pub across the road from the firestation so he stopped in there first.
His mother, and friend, Elaine, who was serving behind the bar looked shocked and amazed to see him back as she left what she was doing and went to greet him with a huge hug.
"What happened?" She asked "You weren't supposed to be back for another 3 weeks."
"I had a strange and terrifying adventure, and I'm so glad to be back" He told her holding on to her not wanting to let go.
Although he was back home Elaine seemed to be apprehensive about something. "Whats wrong?" he asked her.
"Adam, things happened whilst you were away, and you won't like it, but you must know." She looked serious as she asked The barmaid if she could cover for a while.
"Where's Ben?" Adam enquires not recognising the barmaid. Ben, Recalls son is usually helping out behind the Bar at the pub.
"Adam..." She begins as they enter the lounge above the pub. "The watch were called to a shout almost a week ago. At a hospital. There were watches from three stations attending the scene. Blackwall were the unfortunate ones asked to go into the fire. The building collapsed whilst they were in there, and......"
Elaine began to find the last pieces hard to tell, But Adam didn't want to wait.
"What?" He questioned eagerly "How are they?"
"Adam.... They're Dead..... All except Sally" She finished
"No.... NO!" He couldn't accept what he was hearing. She took hold of him as he began to sob. She had never seen him cry. But she knew how much Bluewatch ment to him.
They arrived back at Gatwick and was able to catch a plane which was due to depart in two and a half hours.
The Old Guy followed Adam around whilst he waited in the departure lounge for boarding to begin. When it did begin he still followed.
"What the hell are you doing?" The Young man shouted
"I'M COMING, I TOLD YOU, I'M COMING" Was all he heared and as they boarded the plane found their seats and during much of the flight the older man just sat staring in front of him, at very little. It was a long flight but he maintained his gaze. Adam tried to speak to him at times but all he got was a shrug, the occasional grunt which made him wonder what he had done to upset the.... stranger.
Was he really...... him? Adam kept thinking. This whole situation was all too confusing.
Several hours later they were travelling through to the station in Houston where they met up with the crew once again.
"Adam, we've got to leave now....." One of men said with a huge amount of urgency.
"Never too soon, lets get outta this place..... time...... whatever"
They had managed to get hold of some kind of space craft, one which they had never seen before.
"You're taking that?" Adam asked inquisitively, looking at the craft. It looked like some kind of Alien ship, however he didnt want to argue, he just wanted to get home.
"Don't worry, it's just like driving the car." One of them said.
He decided he would trust them even though when he got into the ship he found out that it WAS exactly like driving a car, same controls and everything!
"OK, I didn't think you ment litrually." He exclaimed
With all that had been happening in the past few minutes he had forgotten about the old man. He seemed to have disappeared anyway. There was no sign of him anywhere.
Their plan was to leave the earths atmosphere once again and fly supersonic 35 times backwards around the Solar system.
"C'mon guys, you really think that kinda thing works? Sounds like something Superman did." He joked.
"He did" They both replied simply as the took off. Adam decided to be quiet for the rest of the journey just incase he made a fool of himself again.
They had to know which way to go around the earth otherwise the may end up in 2076, and god knows what it would be like then. He didn't wanna know.
"We have to prepare to go Super-sonic Adam, Hyper Space travel stylieee" One of the men joked a little though about a serious subject.
"Belt up, we're goin home!" The other said as they strapped themselves into the seats.
"Ready?" A voice to his left asked
"As I'll ever be"
And with that they pressed a button, a gauge in front of his Face lit up showing one... two.... three lights. One of them pulled the lever and Adam was pushed back into his seat for a matter of a few seconds whilst the ship rocketed into action. After the initial rumble the forces balanced out and he was able to lift his head. All he could see out of the cabin window was a blurred mass of colours, greys, whites, blues, some green, yellows of the sun and burning fire images which he knew from his job.
There then came a voice on his right, it was counting... it had been for some time, though he didn't know why "27.... 28.... 29...." It said, "30.... 31...." Continuing. A Hand reached from the other side, flicked a switch, which turned off a couple more lights above his head "32.... 33.... prepare.... 34...." The man shouted becoming more urgent and louder, "SHUTDOWN" he said finally, as the other man punched a red button on the front of the dashboard, bringing the craft to a juddering halt in the midst of space.
Adam peered out of the window again. Earth was large and magnificent once again, and looked still. He saw what looked like Europe.
"We're gonna have to land in Europe somewhere, we don't have enough fuel to reach America anymore."
"I'm gonna Be closer to my homeland then so it's fine by me" Adam said, again becoming aware of what was going on. The supersonic flight had made him a little disorientated.
They actually landed on a small remote runway in the middle of England. Adam felt at home and the three were all over the moon when they went to the nearest newsagents store, picked up a local newspaper and found the date read 12th September 2006. They were back where and when they should be. They had left the planet some 5 weeks ago on their adventures but even with the timetravelling they still managed to stay away for that time, there was no way that they could travel any further back as the ship probably couldn't take much more, their fuel was too low also.
Their landing back in England was rough. It was difficult, as the driving rain and harsh winds which were all too common in Britian made 'driving contitions' difficult. It was unlikely that the craft could be used again.
Adam didn't care though. He knew he was back home and nothing was going to let him go into space ever again.
They discovered that they were only about 10 miles from London which was a remarkable achievement so they took a taxi into the center where once again the crew left for the airport saying their goodbyes and goodlucks that everything was fine this time, and He asked the taxi to carry straight onto Blackwall. He lived above the Oliver Twist, the pub across the road from the firestation so he stopped in there first.
His mother, and friend, Elaine, who was serving behind the bar looked shocked and amazed to see him back as she left what she was doing and went to greet him with a huge hug.
"What happened?" She asked "You weren't supposed to be back for another 3 weeks."
"I had a strange and terrifying adventure, and I'm so glad to be back" He told her holding on to her not wanting to let go.
Although he was back home Elaine seemed to be apprehensive about something. "Whats wrong?" he asked her.
"Adam, things happened whilst you were away, and you won't like it, but you must know." She looked serious as she asked The barmaid if she could cover for a while.
"Where's Ben?" Adam enquires not recognising the barmaid. Ben, Recalls son is usually helping out behind the Bar at the pub.
"Adam..." She begins as they enter the lounge above the pub. "The watch were called to a shout almost a week ago. At a hospital. There were watches from three stations attending the scene. Blackwall were the unfortunate ones asked to go into the fire. The building collapsed whilst they were in there, and......"
Elaine began to find the last pieces hard to tell, But Adam didn't want to wait.
"What?" He questioned eagerly "How are they?"
"Adam.... They're Dead..... All except Sally" She finished
"No.... NO!" He couldn't accept what he was hearing. She took hold of him as he began to sob. She had never seen him cry. But she knew how much Bluewatch ment to him.
