At that same moment in the hallway

"So tell me, what exactly are you doing here?" Eric asked sardonically.

"Protecting Jen and Wes. Neither of them can die. I have to stay here until the danger is over."

"Jen said that Lucas and Katie attacked her and that they were taken over by some kind of mutants."

"They were."

"What happened to them?"

"They're in containment until we can figure out how to heal them."

"So why lie to Eric?"

"We weren't sure who was listening."

"You mean they could be here in 2005." Eric said leaning forward.

"We don't know exactly where they are right now. We didn't even have a way to figure out who they were accurately." Alex said with anger and frustration in his voice.

"I thought that in the future they would have the technology to do that." Wes said surprised.

A movement in the hallway caught Eric's attention. He put his fingers to his lips and made a few signals with his hand. Wes nodded.

Eric crept towards the figure. He backed into the shadows and waited. Suddenly the figure moved. Eric grabbed the person and spun them around locking their arms behind them.

"HEY!" Elise cried in anger and surprise.

"Elise? What are you doing?"

"I heard strange voices. I wanted to make sure everything was okay."

"How much did you hear?"

The tone in Eric's voice frightened her. "Just a little about mutants and something called Time Force."

Eric bowed his head. "Look Elise, there's a lot you don't know about Wes, Jen, and Me. But please what you've heard is privileged information. You can't share it with anyone. There are a lot of lives riding on this. Please Elise I need your word on this."

Elise nodded.

His eyes softened Elise looked like she was going to cry. Eric felt terrible treating her that way.

"Come on, let's go for a walk. The gardens are beautiful in the moonlight, but don't tell Wes I said that. He wouldn't let me live it down."

"All right." Elise said a wan smile spreading across her lips.

"Eric! Is everything all right?" Wes called.

"Yes it was just Elise. We're going for a walk."

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Came Wes' smart reply.

Eric blushed fiercely. Elise giggled. Eric was one of those men that had a hard nosed exterior but really was made of marshmallow inside. Easily embarrassed and prone to blushing he was suave and debonair but always a gentleman.