Sorry guys...back to the serious stuff! Thank you again for reviews, keep them coming! 3
They were on their final day, and they were a few hours from Capetown. Lucy's wound still appeared to be healing, however it was the constant dull ache that felt like a weight had been left on the top of her head. With that pressure, came a worry that internally, all might not be ok and Wyatt's talk of the hospital, was probably a good idea.
As before, Wyatt's hand was round the back of her and placed on her waist in the carriage. Making sure with every bump on the way, she was safely routed in her seat. The Empress and Reine were sat opposite, both idly looking out the window of the carriage at the scenery.
Wyatt leaned closer to her ear, "When we get to Capetown, i need to be on the look out for Flynn," he whispered, reminding her of the cloud that always seemed to hover over them, "stay close to Rufus and i"
She knew that already, and Wyatt had a job to do, so she would stay closer to Rufus while Wyatt checked any location they entered.
"Whose this Flynn you talk of Mr Logan?" Empress asked, he obviously hadn't spoken quiet enough. Lucy glanced to her and she looked curiously at them.
Wyatt's back went up, and gave Lucy a gentle squeeze to her waist, "Someone we don't particularly want to see on this trip Your Imperial Majesty" he told her.
"I see, and i assume this person you are referring to is a 'he'?" she questioned again.
Lucy sat up further, and narrowed her eyes, this was going somewhere.
"Yes he is. He's potentially dangerous to myself, Rufus and Lucy. It's a long story and we don't want to bore you with the details Your Imperial Majesty" Wyatt tried to cover, there was no point even explaining the threat of this man.
The Empress pursed her lips, before replying, "Well you speak of this man with such disdain Mr Logan," she stated, "but when i met Mr Flynn he was nothing but cordial, in fact he was quite helpful"
Lucy's eyes widened, Wyatt tensed and squeezed her waist, she studied him and registered the sudden concern on his face. Solider Wyatt was at the forefront, ready for whatever the Empress was going to tell them.
"Your Imperial Majesty, you met Garcia Flynn?" Lucy asked, partly not wanting to know the answer to the question, but knowing it already.
The Empress nodded and Lucy felt Wyatt tense beside her, his back was up and he was going to be on high alert. She saw him glance out all of the windows, making sure they weren't being followed again.
"Mr Logan you wont find him. He said he was moving on, travelling to another place when he left me in Capetown" The Empress stated, noting Wyatt's rapid eye movement.
Wyatt leaned further forward, still with his hand around Lucy's waist, "Your Imperial Majesty, can i ask what was discussed?"
"Of course," she agreed and looked to them both with amusement, not understanding the severity of the situation to them, "he talked about the both of you"
Lucy's mouth moved open, and found no sound was coming out, she was confused. She shook her head trying to process it, "He discussed us? Why would he do that?" she wanted to sound as if she wouldn't know, and part of her didn't, but what he told the Empress could be a different story.
"My dears i don't know why your so worried," the Empress chuckled, "he recommended you for my trip. Said i needed a nurse and he knew the perfect one, of course he did state that you wouldn't be alone and would be accompanied by two gentlemen"
Oh my God. It hit her, he knew exactly what he was doing. All this time.
"He got us out the way" Wyatt stated simply to Lucy, completely in shock with underlining anger.
The Empress still looked unsure, but carried on, "When he told me that you were two doors down, i gave Mr Walkinshaw and Mr Wood the descriptions of you both that Mr Flynn provided me. He told me there would be no reason for you not to join us. In fact he said you would be more than willing"
Lucy's mouth dropped open and she was speechless, he had this planned all along. He knew she would pretend to be a nurse? How could he know that?...unless it was another thing in the journal. She needed that journal, as much as she didn't want to know or think that she wrote it. It would have valuable information in it, that they could need for future trips.
She was taken out of her thoughts when she felt the anger radiate off Wyatt beside her, his hand rested on his knee was clenched, his jaw working over and over, looking out the carriage window, but looking like he wanted to punch it instead. She needed to do something...
"Your Imperial Majesty, do you mind if we stop for a moment?" Lucy asked, placing her hand on Wyatt's leg, however he didn't register it.
"Of course my dear" she replied and tapped lightly on the panel between Wood and herself, who was driving the horses. It would be better than Wyatt banging on the side of it to get them to stop, which if they were in the carriage for any longer, would have happened.
"Thank you" Lucy graciously smile, but it was all fake. She couldn't believe this had happened, and they didn't see it.
Instantly without a word and before the carriage had even come to a stop, Wyatt opened the door and jumped out, heading further away from the carriage. Lucy watched him, concerned. However she waited until the carriage had come to a full stop before moving.
"Is your husband alright Ms Lucy?" The Empress asked concerned, "i believe i gave him some information that he's not happy about?" she had no idea.
"He will be alright," Lucy told her, they just had to process this, "just some troubling information is all. Please excuse me"
The Empress gave her an understanding nod as Rufus appeared at the bottom of step to the carriage.
"What's going on?" he asked confused, looking in the direction that Wyatt had just walked off in.
Rufus placed out his hand for her to take and Lucy slowly made her way down the steps, "Thank you" she told him, "we've got news"
He then looked worried, "Well its not going to be good if Wyatt has disappeared like that" Rufus commented, motioning into the direction that he had gone.
"Come on" she told him, grabbing his hand and following Wyatt. They needed to calm him down and they needed to tell Rufus everything the Empress had told them. She tried to think how she would even tell him.
They came to an area populated by beautifully tall trees and overgrown grass. As they approached, Wyatt breathing heavily was turned away from them. His hands leaning against a tree, clenched. With his head down and she could see the anger radiating from him.
"Dude whats going on?" Rufus asked, completely confused and looking from Wyatt's back to Lucy's face.
Wyatt didn't turn around, instead Lucy saw him squeeze his hands tighter together.
Lucy closed her eyes, processing what she was about to say, knowing that Wyatt couldn't say the words, "Flynn wont be here in South Africa. We won't see him in Capetown and he wont ambush us before we get on the lifeboat,-" she took a deep breath, "...because he's already gone back to present day"
Her eyes slowly opened, she was met with silence and a confused Rufus, "I'm not following?"
Wyatt spun round, eyes widened, fists still clenched, "He sent us here Rufus! He knew we would work it out, that i would fear being erased from History if he did anything to Alex and Emie...only he never had that intention! He never wanted to hurt them, and he made sure the Empress picked Lucy to go on this trip, so that we would be gone days!"
Rufus slowly took it in putting it all together, "Oh my God" he responded astounded, "with no direct link or being near the lifeboat to get any update that he had jumped again" he came to the conclusion.
"He could be doing anything to History right now and we wouldn't know a thing about it" Lucy shook her head, not wanting to even think about it. He had completely tricked them into coming to this time, it was a decoy.
Wyatt shook his head seething, "A week we've been gone!" he exclaimed, it was so much time to loose. Wyatt's anger got stronger, but there was sadness too as he looked to Lucy, "That dick did that to you" he pointed to Lucy's bandage.
"Wyatt-"
"-No Lucy! We shouldn't even be here! That happened, because he sent us here!" he yelled. But Lucy just wanted him to calm down, so took a step closer to him. She had barely seen him like this and all she wanted to do was compose him. Get him thinking straight and being able to function properly without the red mist blurring his vision.
"Wyatt, take a deep breath ok?" she asked him slowly, place a hand on his arm stroking it, "we need to process this and get back now as soon as we can. Find him and stop him"
However Rufus spoke up behind her, "Lucy you cant make it on another mission straight away. We need you healthy and fit for chasing Flynn. Whatever step we take next...it's going to have to be just myself and Wyatt"
She closed her eyes, she knew he was right. It was hard admitting, especially as she'd had this conversation with Wyatt previously.
"One step at a time" Lucy countered, not agreeing to stay behind. They would talk about it when they got back.
Wyatt sighed looking up at the sky, "You sound like me," and he looked back at her. Taking a deep breath he composed himself, "we get back to the lifeboat. Go back to our time. We go through this all with Agent Christopher and we finish this once and for all"
"Agreed" Rufus stated with defiance.
Wyatt's hand made it to Lucy's cheek, catching her off guard. Now a softer Wyatt was looking at her, with the pad of this thumb grazing her cheek, "I'm sorry" he told her with sincerity, his blue eyes meeting hers.
Her hand made it around his wrist as he cupped her face, "It's ok, you have every right to be upset about this" they all were, but all handled it differently. That's how they balanced as a team.
He exhaled closing his eyes, "I shouldn't have flown off the handle like that," and his eyes opened and for a brief moment, looked into hers. Then he looked over her shoulder at Rufus, "how far away are we Rufus?" he asked their friend.
"15 miles. Keep going and we can leave and be home by dinner" he replied. She smirked, they could always rely on Rufus to try and make this difficult situations light hearted.
Wyatt nodded and looked again to Lucy, his eyes searching hers with concern and giving a brief touch to her bandage, "You feeling alright?" he asked her.
She nodded, a dull ache that was still there, but nothing that was going to slow them down now. She was more determined than ever to stop Flynn. They needed to get home as quickly as they could. God knows what damage he had already done.
So i thought about it for a while and i needed a way to get Flynn into the story, but not turn up in South Africa and i considered this was the best way and a bit of a twist? Let me know what you all think!