"You can't do this," Gordon said sharply. "I'm not going to let you do
this."
"You can't stop me, so I think you're going to have to," Doniger said as his anger rose.
"It's too dangerous. It's too dicey enough as it is sending Combe back and even more so sending Margot Winston."
"We have to. We have no choice."
"No, we do have other choices. You just won't consider them."
"Like what? Sending them back with a normal guard. It won't do. If anything happens to Margot, Winston would kill us. We'd have a huge law suit and we've got enough big problems as it is on our hands."
"It could be an even bigger problem if the path of history is changed. You know parallel universes interact with our own. It could cause major problems in their universe and ours."
"At least it wouldn't be a multimillion dollar lawsuit," Doniger said under his breath.
"What? You're comparing this to a lawsuit! What would happen if something happened to Gomez and those people got hold of those weapons? It could cause damage far more serious than a lawsuit. You can't do this. I won't let you send de Kere back with guns and explosives. We agreed. Nothing out of the time period."
"Fine. I won't give de Kere weapons other than the ones we usually equip them with," he said, but that didn't mean he had given in. He never had before, and this was no exception, especially not to Gordon. 'I'll have to have a word with de Kere,' he thought to himself. With that he left, mumbling something to Gordon about coffee while he planned his meeting with de Kere. As he was walking out, Susan Gomez was walking in. She obviously had something to say, and more than likely it was about Margot Winston.
"If it's about Margot, talk to Doniger. I was against from the start," Gordon said to her before she could vent her frustration at him. She gave a look of defeat. No one wanted to go up against Doniger, and Gordon only did when he had to, but he still hated when he did. She turned around and headed back to the training rooms. Doniger had built several of them since all trips back that were not observers or done with cameras would need some level of knowledge of how to fight in that time period. On her way she noticed Doniger going the wrong way. She had heard him saying something about coffee, but there was a lounge with a coffee machine right next to the conference rooms. Besides, even if he meant that he needed more sleep since they had been working almost non-stop to try and fix the machines and get them ready for the next trip, there were couches in all the lounges everyone used for taking much needed rest. She didn't say anything to Doniger, but stayed further behind and watched as he walked into one of the training rooms where de Kere was practicing.
She thought it odd. De Kere had always been known to be strongly opposed to the rule of taking back nothing modern back. He had always argued with Kramer about it complained to her since they were usually sent on trips together. She wasn't going to say anything to Gordon about this and incur Doniger's fury, but she decided that something wasn't right and had to be dealt with, but she couldn't do it alone. She turned around and headed back to the conference room where she knew Gordon would be.
Gordon went over the reports again and again. Every time it said the same thing, and every time he refused to believe it. He had never believed in fairytale worlds, and he wouldn't start now. He couldn't believe such a magical little place where nothing goes wrong could possible exist. 'This can't be true? It can't be real, can it? Couldn't it be that this is wrong? Couldn't it be that what were doing is wrong? Is it really ok to send people back in time even if it is just a parallel universe in that time?' All these questions kept on going on in his head, but only one statement kept on reappearing.
"Doniger has gone too far," Susan Gomez said standing in the doorway.
"I think so too, and something has to be done about," he replied with the same tone of certainty in his voice.
"Are you sure you can handle him?"
"If there's more than one of us we can. I'll arrange a meeting."
"How are we going to get around him? He owns the company and his one of those most powerful men in the country."
"I know just how. I'm not going to like it, but if he crosses over the line one more time. We might have to do it."
"You can't stop me, so I think you're going to have to," Doniger said as his anger rose.
"It's too dangerous. It's too dicey enough as it is sending Combe back and even more so sending Margot Winston."
"We have to. We have no choice."
"No, we do have other choices. You just won't consider them."
"Like what? Sending them back with a normal guard. It won't do. If anything happens to Margot, Winston would kill us. We'd have a huge law suit and we've got enough big problems as it is on our hands."
"It could be an even bigger problem if the path of history is changed. You know parallel universes interact with our own. It could cause major problems in their universe and ours."
"At least it wouldn't be a multimillion dollar lawsuit," Doniger said under his breath.
"What? You're comparing this to a lawsuit! What would happen if something happened to Gomez and those people got hold of those weapons? It could cause damage far more serious than a lawsuit. You can't do this. I won't let you send de Kere back with guns and explosives. We agreed. Nothing out of the time period."
"Fine. I won't give de Kere weapons other than the ones we usually equip them with," he said, but that didn't mean he had given in. He never had before, and this was no exception, especially not to Gordon. 'I'll have to have a word with de Kere,' he thought to himself. With that he left, mumbling something to Gordon about coffee while he planned his meeting with de Kere. As he was walking out, Susan Gomez was walking in. She obviously had something to say, and more than likely it was about Margot Winston.
"If it's about Margot, talk to Doniger. I was against from the start," Gordon said to her before she could vent her frustration at him. She gave a look of defeat. No one wanted to go up against Doniger, and Gordon only did when he had to, but he still hated when he did. She turned around and headed back to the training rooms. Doniger had built several of them since all trips back that were not observers or done with cameras would need some level of knowledge of how to fight in that time period. On her way she noticed Doniger going the wrong way. She had heard him saying something about coffee, but there was a lounge with a coffee machine right next to the conference rooms. Besides, even if he meant that he needed more sleep since they had been working almost non-stop to try and fix the machines and get them ready for the next trip, there were couches in all the lounges everyone used for taking much needed rest. She didn't say anything to Doniger, but stayed further behind and watched as he walked into one of the training rooms where de Kere was practicing.
She thought it odd. De Kere had always been known to be strongly opposed to the rule of taking back nothing modern back. He had always argued with Kramer about it complained to her since they were usually sent on trips together. She wasn't going to say anything to Gordon about this and incur Doniger's fury, but she decided that something wasn't right and had to be dealt with, but she couldn't do it alone. She turned around and headed back to the conference room where she knew Gordon would be.
Gordon went over the reports again and again. Every time it said the same thing, and every time he refused to believe it. He had never believed in fairytale worlds, and he wouldn't start now. He couldn't believe such a magical little place where nothing goes wrong could possible exist. 'This can't be true? It can't be real, can it? Couldn't it be that this is wrong? Couldn't it be that what were doing is wrong? Is it really ok to send people back in time even if it is just a parallel universe in that time?' All these questions kept on going on in his head, but only one statement kept on reappearing.
"Doniger has gone too far," Susan Gomez said standing in the doorway.
"I think so too, and something has to be done about," he replied with the same tone of certainty in his voice.
"Are you sure you can handle him?"
"If there's more than one of us we can. I'll arrange a meeting."
"How are we going to get around him? He owns the company and his one of those most powerful men in the country."
"I know just how. I'm not going to like it, but if he crosses over the line one more time. We might have to do it."