Thank you all for the reviews...don't be too sure this story is finished with yet...i'm loving writing it, so decided to carry on with their story in this timeline...enjoy! And yay Timeless tonight! Its been a year! Cant wait for new Time Team and of course Lucy and Wyatt moments.
With a massive shake when it hit the ground, the lifeboat had landed. Rufus turned in his seat to look at them both. Back to reality and hopefully a reality they knew. Wyatt nodded to him to go ahead and Rufus pressed the button for the slow release of the door. Their heads turned, hoping they would see Mason Industries on the other side.
Load noises of work and general conversation were going on and the appearance of Agent Denise Christopher and Connor Mason looking at them with concern, was utter relief to them all.
"Where have you guys been?!" Agent Christopher asked worriedly.
They all unbuckled their seat belts and stood up, Wyatt getting off first and placing a hand out to Lucy as she made her way down the metal steps.
"It's a long Story Ma'am" Wyatt replied, making sure she was alright and fully on 2018 footing.
"You could say that again," Denise commented surveying them all, suddenly taking note of Lucy's bandage, "Lucy what happened?" she asked with concern, coming closer to her.
"Its kinda all in that long story remit," Lucy returned. All of this was a long story, "but i managed to get a gash on the top of my head" she explained.
"Do you need medical attention?" Mason asked troubled, showing his own concern.
Wyatt scoffed beside her, "What kind of question is that? Of course she does"
Lucy placed a soft hand on Wyatt's arm to calm him and looked to Mason, "I will need to go to the hospital to get it checked out" she agreed. All it was now was to make sure the stitches were ok and get some antibiotics.
"I'll call you a cab" the British inventor confirmed, taking out his phone.
Lucy raised her hand to stop him, "Not yet though," she looked behind her as Rufus came out of the lifeboat, and then to Wyatt at her side, "i want to know where Flynn has gone"
"Lucy-" Wyatt tried to interrupt, and she knew what he was going to say. Her health was their main concern and Flynn was second. But he wasn't, they needed to find him and work out a plan, and then she could get seen too.
"-no Wyatt i want to know now, before i go" she told him, grazing to the side and catching his eye. He understood, she knew he did. He slowly nodded his head in agreement, all of this was bigger then any of them and he respected her enough to make her own decisions. Flynn was trying to destroy history and it was their job to stop him, that's what it came down to.
"Alright," Denise agreed, "all of you get out of those clothes, freshen up and meet us in the office in 20"
Denise and Mason walked away, heading to the room already.
Lucy looked around, surrounded by more technology and she smiled, who would have thought she would have missed this?
They started walking up towards the 'changing rooms' when a happy and excited Jiya rushed passed her, "Hi Lucy!" she cried, before jumping into Rufus's arms, catching him by surprise, "Your back!"
She chuckled at the couple being reunited.
"Pleassseeee no spoilers on Game of Thrones" Rufus pleaded with her.
"Your lucky, you were gone a week, so you've only missed one episode," Jiya told him with her arms around his neck. Slowly recognition came onto her face and she reared back a bit from him, "dude you need a shower"
Rufus looked disgruntled, "Yeah well, being stuck in the middle of nowhere in 1880s South African heat kinda makes a guy sweat"
Jiya smiled and came in closer giving him a kiss, "I don't care" she mumbled against his lips.
Lucy was taken out of watching the couple when Wyatt placed his hand on the small of her back, "We better get changed" he whispered into her ear.
She looked to him, "Yeah of course," she agreed and they turned away from Rufus and Jiya, walking past all the computers to the back of Mason Industries, "i know i shouldn't joke abut this, but whatever time period Flynn has gone to,-" she started pushing her dress down and shuffling in it, "-its not anywhere with corsets"
Wyatt chuckled next to her, "Oh i don't know. I think you look pretty good in them"
"That's because everything is being pushed up" she returned back at him, knowing exactly the reason he liked her in it.
He smirked and shrugged, "Can you blame me?" he asked.
She smiled and shook her head at him. Men.
They turned into the changing rooms and turned the lights on, each one of the lights hovering over each decade lit up. Soon they would be changing into something else from one of these periods to go after Flynn.
Before she even had to ask, Wyatt was behind her undoing her corset. She may have meant it as a joke, but for her own bodies sake, she was genuinely hoping no corsets were in for her on the next mission. She wanted to have the ability to actually breathe on this one.
One last pull and it was undone, "You go ahead and shower first," he told her, as she turned around and he was taking off his jacket, "let me get you a towel"
"No its alright, i need to go to my locker now anyway" she told him with a smile. All of their things were kept in their lockers before each journey. Personal belongings, she knew her Mom would have lit up her phone with worry. But every time she went on a mission she told her Mom it could go on for days, but those days turned into weeks.
"Me too" he agreed and they walked further along the hallway and down the steps to the basement.
They parted ways to their separate lockers and Lucy came to hers, opening it up and checking everything was there. She grabbed the towel from the top shelf, only for something metal to fall on the floor. She frowned, what was that?
Bending down it was clear as day, a bright shiny silver ring with a gorgeous sky blue topaz stone glistening in it. She was confused, this wasn't the engagement ring that Noah had given her. Where was this ring from?
She shook her head, she didn't have time to think about that. Instead she closed her locker and made her way to the shower. Maybe Jiya or Denise had given it to her for safe keeping? But she would have remembered putting it in there?
A dread came over her, what if she was engaged to something else after this trip? What if it wasn't Noah in this timeline? She slipped out of her dress and climbed into the shower, the hot water hitting her and relief. She stood under the shower for ages, going through it in her mind. She needed to know if this really was hers and if it was, who the hell gave it to her? She had avoided Noah and made sure he knew how she felt. But if she had to do it again to some other guy, she wasn't sure she could do that again. It wasn't fair, not only to whoever he was, but to Wyatt as well. They were just starting something and having to deal with that on top of Flynn was just going to get in the way. She needed to know who it was.