Sorry for the delay guys! I was out for dinner last night with friends and didn't get back until late! We are so close to the premiere! I'm so excited! Finally new Lucy and Wyatt scenes! Please review if you are still reading!
Wyatt gently stroked Lucy's back as they pushed through the crowd in Capetown and eventually found themselves walking down a dusty street, heading to the quiet grassed area where they last saw the lifeboat, "How you doing?" he asked her.
"Depends what context that question's in," she responded and glanced at him, "physically i'm drained and my head still hurts a little," she murmured, but that really wasn't what was getting to her, "but emotionally?" she stopped and he stopped with her, "this one was tough Wyatt. I know you feel it too, leaving them behind" referring to Alex and Emie.
Wyatt looked down, and then out to where Rufus was still walking, and let him continue to. They would catch up with him, they needed this moment to talk.
He exhaled, "Yeah it is," he agreed, but then he smiled, "although i got to see them, who they are as people. My people," he was full of pride at his ancestors, "no one gets to do that Lucy. I feel privileged to have met my family"
Lucy gave him a sad smile, she contemplated it for a moment, "You can walk away from them?" she asked hesitantly.
"Lucy," he came in closer and placed both hands on her arms, "we did a great thing. We got them together, and better than before in their other timeline. You've got to remember, we were never meant to be here-"
"-But we are, we have been" she didn't know what it meant, but they travelled on a journey that was never written in History, but it would be now. Their journey would now be documented, possibly with their names intertwined. It blew her mind that on these tips their names had become woven into the History books. Hell they even had a bond movie with them in, all because they met and helped Ian Flemming.
Wyatt's brow furrowed, "Are you saying you want to stay?" he questioned, surprised.
"No, of course not," she shook her head, that was the last thing from her mind, any time they visited it was just that. She couldn't ever live in any of these times periods, she was lucky enough to even visit them, "i just want to know how you do it, how you separate yourself from people and the connections you make?"
He sighed heavily, giving another glance to where Rufus had gone, he was getting further away. They needed to keep moving, so both nodded to each other and continued to walk.
"It's hard to tell someone how to deal with it," he started, "i spent my first few years in the force making connections, only to loose those people," she glanced at him, a sadness was evident, "in the end i had to try and disconnect myself from it but it was always there, the attachment. Its what humans do Lucy, we connect to each other. If we didn't, the human race would be a sad existence"
It was true, and she hadn't thought about it like that. It gave her reassurance, she made friends with these people in time, but she had to move on. Cherish the moments she had with them and remember them fondly. Not be selfish in her feelings of never seeing them again, especially when she knew the life Alex and Emie would have together. It gave her comfort.
She gave him a gentle smile, "Thank you Wyatt" she always appreciated his outlook on anything. It made her think of the bigger picture in all of this.
"Your welcome Ma'am" he winked and took her hand in his, linking together.
They got closer to Rufus and he made his way through a bunch of trees, they followed and finally they came into a clearing she remembered from a week ago. In view was the lifeboat, just how they had left it.
"Thank God my baby is still here" Rufus breathed and made his way closer to it.
Wyatt and Lucy gave each other a look.
"Should we be worried that he's calling it his 'baby' now?" Wyatt asked curiously, with a smile but a hint of seriousness.
"I'll always be worried about Rufus" Lucy replied with a smirked and they followed him.
Rufus jumped up onto the lifeboat and tapped in the code on the dial. The door clicked, beeped and opened its door to them. A sigh of relief came from him as he entered.
Lucy got closer, placing her hands on the lifeboat to lift herself up, however she felt a jolt and Wyatt grabbed hold of her waist, lifting her up so she made it on.
She glanced behind her and gave him a look, to which she received a shrug, "What?" he asked, "just helping out"
Lucy rolled her eyes at him and entered, looking at her surroundings. Being immersed with technology again was overwhelming having been away from it for so long. But having the break was like a breath of fresh air, they needed it. She promised herself to switch off more, no phone, no internet and disconnecting for a while...but she knew that would be unlikely until they caught Flynn. She had to have her phone on at all times, ready for another jump.
She sat herself down as Wyatt also climbed in looking around himself, probably making sure nothing was left in there by Flynn. All that time they had been gone, he could have tampered with it for all they knew.
"God i never thought i would be so thankful to see this thing again" Wyatt stated taking a seat.
"It's not a 'thing' Wyatt" Rufus told him off, being very serious.
And Lucy sniggered, this really was his baby.
Instead she choose to change the subject...slightly, "Everything looking good Rufus?" she asked him.
He was sat in the pilots seat, pushing buttons and back doing what he did best, "All good," he agreed and he tapped the screen, "as the Empress said, the day after we arrived, Flynn was gone. He jumped back to the present" he sighed, he had obviously hoped like the rest of them that Flynn hadn't gone back so soon.
Wyatt got agitated and shuffled in his seat, "Does it say if he's jumped again?"
Rufus pressed a few more buttons, obviously hoping to find out, but to no avail, "No, we have to be in our time to find that out," he responded frustrated, "dude doesn't stop moving though. So i cant imagine he stuck around in the present for long"
A sense of dread came over Lucy, but she was ready. Flynn was screwing with History, a history she learnt and taught. She was fed up of him changing things he shouldn't be.
The lifeboat door shut and Wyatt leaned over, buckling her in. She gave him a smile, "I've seen you do it enough times for me to do it myself now" she told him assuredly.
He shrugged looking up at her, "Humour me Ma'am" Wyatt responded giving her a wink and smirk.
She couldn't help but smile whenever he did that, and in fact. She never wanted him to stop making sure her seat belt was securely fastened. It was like his arm around her waist, comforting and safe.
He finished and leaned back, buckling himself in and tapping Rufus's chair, "Alright man. Do your thing"
With one button the whole lifeboat shook and set off course for the present again. She was ready, they were ready and they finally wanted to to stop Flynn once and for all.