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"How do you know all this?" Emma asked
"Oh I know a lot more" he muttered before continuing "Now two things happened that day, one of which was changed creating the present we are now living. The other was what can only be described as death's design"
"What the hell are you babbling about?" coughed Keith
"I am trying to tell you that I have the ability to travel through time and all of you were involved in changing the timeline four years ago. That is why you have the feeling that you have all met before"
"Then how come we don't remember?" inquired Emma
"Because I made sure you wouldn't"
"Why?" asked Shalimar
"Because I thought it would be best and I didn't anticipate happening what is happening"
"Then why tell us this and what is happening?" demanded Jesse
"I was getting to that but you people ask so many questions" he replied "As I said before this present we are living was changed by you three" he said pointing to Brennan, Megan and then Keith "in order to insure that you" indicating Shalimar "would survive the altercation with Briscoe"
"Um in case you hadn't noticed she did survive" mocked Brennan
"Not the first time. See Briscoe failed the first time he tried to steal the weapon but she died. Four years later Briscoe hired me to take him back to that day so he could fix the mistake he made but you three followed us and stopped him, also saving her life" he finished letting take it all in
Throughout his explanation Shalimar remained silent. //I died// she thought to herself //that would mean that Sean died as well and Brennan...// she looked up at her husband who seemed to be thinking the same thing. Brennan merely put his arm around her waist.
"Ok so you said we changed things so what is the problem?" asked Brennan not willing to let this man take away his family if that was his intention
"Things have been changed and don't worry I am not going to change them back, I couldn't do that to you. I saw what you looked like with things the other way." He replied looking at Brennan and Shalimar
"Well what is this stuff about death's design?" asked Megan
Looking at the young woman he contemplated how to explain something he barely understood "Death's design is just a name I have given to the situation. I never change the past unless it needs to be changed or...."
"Or if you are paid a lot of money" Emma finished for the man
"Yes but that is not why I am here" he replied taking a deep breathe "when you changed the past four years ago and we returned here, I noticed other changes. Small ones very inconsequential to human life, but they were there. So, as I tend to do when the past is changed, I went a few months into the future. What I saw is why I am here"
"Well what did you see?" asked Keith
"How do I explain this? Since you stopped her from dying, thus suppressing death's design for a short time, since your meeting has caused the design to reawaken some one is going to die"
"Are you drunk?" asked Keith
"No I'm not drunk. What I am telling you is the truth" snapped Marc
"So who is it?" asked Shalimar feeling guilty that her being alive would cause some one else to lose their life
"Him" Marc replied pointing to Jesse
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TBC....Thanks for the reviews and keep them please. I know it is a bit of a cliffhanger but I figured I might as well make you guys work for the next chapter. After all what fun would be without them?!! R&R before you decide to check out someone else's story mainly b/c it is all I ask in return!
"How do you know all this?" Emma asked
"Oh I know a lot more" he muttered before continuing "Now two things happened that day, one of which was changed creating the present we are now living. The other was what can only be described as death's design"
"What the hell are you babbling about?" coughed Keith
"I am trying to tell you that I have the ability to travel through time and all of you were involved in changing the timeline four years ago. That is why you have the feeling that you have all met before"
"Then how come we don't remember?" inquired Emma
"Because I made sure you wouldn't"
"Why?" asked Shalimar
"Because I thought it would be best and I didn't anticipate happening what is happening"
"Then why tell us this and what is happening?" demanded Jesse
"I was getting to that but you people ask so many questions" he replied "As I said before this present we are living was changed by you three" he said pointing to Brennan, Megan and then Keith "in order to insure that you" indicating Shalimar "would survive the altercation with Briscoe"
"Um in case you hadn't noticed she did survive" mocked Brennan
"Not the first time. See Briscoe failed the first time he tried to steal the weapon but she died. Four years later Briscoe hired me to take him back to that day so he could fix the mistake he made but you three followed us and stopped him, also saving her life" he finished letting take it all in
Throughout his explanation Shalimar remained silent. //I died// she thought to herself //that would mean that Sean died as well and Brennan...// she looked up at her husband who seemed to be thinking the same thing. Brennan merely put his arm around her waist.
"Ok so you said we changed things so what is the problem?" asked Brennan not willing to let this man take away his family if that was his intention
"Things have been changed and don't worry I am not going to change them back, I couldn't do that to you. I saw what you looked like with things the other way." He replied looking at Brennan and Shalimar
"Well what is this stuff about death's design?" asked Megan
Looking at the young woman he contemplated how to explain something he barely understood "Death's design is just a name I have given to the situation. I never change the past unless it needs to be changed or...."
"Or if you are paid a lot of money" Emma finished for the man
"Yes but that is not why I am here" he replied taking a deep breathe "when you changed the past four years ago and we returned here, I noticed other changes. Small ones very inconsequential to human life, but they were there. So, as I tend to do when the past is changed, I went a few months into the future. What I saw is why I am here"
"Well what did you see?" asked Keith
"How do I explain this? Since you stopped her from dying, thus suppressing death's design for a short time, since your meeting has caused the design to reawaken some one is going to die"
"Are you drunk?" asked Keith
"No I'm not drunk. What I am telling you is the truth" snapped Marc
"So who is it?" asked Shalimar feeling guilty that her being alive would cause some one else to lose their life
"Him" Marc replied pointing to Jesse
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TBC....Thanks for the reviews and keep them please. I know it is a bit of a cliffhanger but I figured I might as well make you guys work for the next chapter. After all what fun would be without them?!! R&R before you decide to check out someone else's story mainly b/c it is all I ask in return!