"When Elaine had told me you were alright, and where you were I came straight down here." He finished telling Sally his Story. He was gripping her hand and she watched him as he spoke. He lay his head down on the bed next to her, and She gingerly wrapped her bruised arm across his shoulders.
Together the pair sat in silence in the Hospital room, out of touch with the surroundings as the day passed by. Life was never to be the same again.
They were snapped out of their thoughts after what seemed like an eternity by a knock at the door.
Adam sat up to see Geoff Pearce again stood outside the door and as he motioned for him to enter he showed his full sympathy in the troubled time. The men shook hands and Sally began asking Geoff about a man who had been in the station earlier in the week.
"Peculiar old man" Pearce stated to Adam "Claimed to once have worked at Blackwall, but then he went on to describe what happened to his watch."
"What did happen?"
"He said he had been away for a while. Whilst he was away there was an accident his watch were killed, You know is was much the same as what happened..... to Bluewatch."
They chatted for a while Adam mentioned nothing about what had happened on his Journey out into Space. He was too involved in the events back home that he had forgotten about that.
It was getting dark outside by now and time was getting on so they felt it best to leave Sally to rest.
* * *
The next morning Adam returned early to the hospital, only to find he wasn't Sally's first visitor. He saw through the door a scruffy looking figure sat down next to her on the chair he had occupied the evening before. Adam entered the room and was greeted by his female collegue and friend. The figure remained still, facing the bed. Adam walked over and kissed Sally lightly on the head.
"And are you going to Introduce us?" He asked Sally turning to the person sat in the chair, Who looked up.
Immediately Adam realised he needed know introductions because he was once again looking into the face of the old man who he had met on his adventures claiming to be Adam Benjamin.
"Waiitt..... What the hell are you doing here. How are you in my life?" Adam shouted
"You know him Adam?" Sally asked but was shocked when two replies of "Yes" Came back in unison from the men.
"You are not me!" The young man shouted. They had an arguement once again similar to the once they had had whilst Adam was in the 'future'.
"Adam tell me what is going on" Sally asked the younger man.
"I'm just trying to work that out for myself" He replied to her "How the hell did you get here anyway?" He asked the old man.
"I travelled with you to Houston remember. But I Kinda found another way of getting home, and was obviously faster than you. I arrived here almost a month before you. I'm not a mathematition or a physacist to I can't explain it. But you know something....." He stopped and looked up at Adam who was stood across the bed from him.
"What?"
The 'older Adam' didn't say anything, but instead held up a newspaper. The one he had seen in the future. The one whose headline read 'Firefighter Sally Fields RIP'.
It suddenly struck him. Adam realised he wasn't able to stop what happened to Bluewatch but he had quite probably saved at least once life. Sally wasn't going to be alone. He had saved her.
Together the pair sat in silence in the Hospital room, out of touch with the surroundings as the day passed by. Life was never to be the same again.
They were snapped out of their thoughts after what seemed like an eternity by a knock at the door.
Adam sat up to see Geoff Pearce again stood outside the door and as he motioned for him to enter he showed his full sympathy in the troubled time. The men shook hands and Sally began asking Geoff about a man who had been in the station earlier in the week.
"Peculiar old man" Pearce stated to Adam "Claimed to once have worked at Blackwall, but then he went on to describe what happened to his watch."
"What did happen?"
"He said he had been away for a while. Whilst he was away there was an accident his watch were killed, You know is was much the same as what happened..... to Bluewatch."
They chatted for a while Adam mentioned nothing about what had happened on his Journey out into Space. He was too involved in the events back home that he had forgotten about that.
It was getting dark outside by now and time was getting on so they felt it best to leave Sally to rest.
* * *
The next morning Adam returned early to the hospital, only to find he wasn't Sally's first visitor. He saw through the door a scruffy looking figure sat down next to her on the chair he had occupied the evening before. Adam entered the room and was greeted by his female collegue and friend. The figure remained still, facing the bed. Adam walked over and kissed Sally lightly on the head.
"And are you going to Introduce us?" He asked Sally turning to the person sat in the chair, Who looked up.
Immediately Adam realised he needed know introductions because he was once again looking into the face of the old man who he had met on his adventures claiming to be Adam Benjamin.
"Waiitt..... What the hell are you doing here. How are you in my life?" Adam shouted
"You know him Adam?" Sally asked but was shocked when two replies of "Yes" Came back in unison from the men.
"You are not me!" The young man shouted. They had an arguement once again similar to the once they had had whilst Adam was in the 'future'.
"Adam tell me what is going on" Sally asked the younger man.
"I'm just trying to work that out for myself" He replied to her "How the hell did you get here anyway?" He asked the old man.
"I travelled with you to Houston remember. But I Kinda found another way of getting home, and was obviously faster than you. I arrived here almost a month before you. I'm not a mathematition or a physacist to I can't explain it. But you know something....." He stopped and looked up at Adam who was stood across the bed from him.
"What?"
The 'older Adam' didn't say anything, but instead held up a newspaper. The one he had seen in the future. The one whose headline read 'Firefighter Sally Fields RIP'.
It suddenly struck him. Adam realised he wasn't able to stop what happened to Bluewatch but he had quite probably saved at least once life. Sally wasn't going to be alone. He had saved her.
