A/N: Thank you for continuing to review, favorite and follow! Your reviews are a great motivation for writing! Hope everyone continues to enjoy.
I did research on how far away these places were from each other and I also researched how far one could hear a gunshot. It is possible to hear a gunshot from a mile away if the conditions are right, so for the sake of the story, the conditions were right at this particular time.
Also, forget everything you saw in the final because this story is going in a little different direction then the final did, but I am going to to try to stay true to the character, so in the next two chapters you might see some character changes.
I am not writing anything in this story that will be a spoiler to people who haven't seen the final yet.
"What do you mean she closed her account?" Benjamin Cahill was furious. The bank president had just called him to inform him that Lucy closed her account and took all of the money in cash.
"She stated she was moving." the president said, "Legally we couldn't stop her. She signed and had all the legal paperwork to close it. We couldn't deny it."
"Where was she going?" Cahill asked.
"She didn't say. I had tried to talk to her about it, but she just stated a change of scenery."
"She double crossed me! She's back to working with that Rufus and team again." Cahill gritted his teeth, "Keep me updated if you get any wind of where she went!"
Cahill quickly ended the call and dialed a new number, "Mason...what did you pick up from the bugs today?"
"Um, nothing out of the way. Lucy went out to lunch with her mother and shopping. That's about all. She didn't call anyone or receive any calls. What's up?"
"See if you can get her tracked. Find her and put a trail on her. Take her out along with that Agent Christopher and Rufus first chance. Alert our followers."
"Yes, sir. What happened?" Mason asked.
"Don't ask me questions! You do as I say!" Cahill thundered then ended the call.
Conner Mason glared at his phone. He didn't like taking orders. He liked it less when his friends were in danger and no reason was given. Suddenly, his phone hit the floor with a crash, "Opps," Mason grinned, stepping on it, "Guess I'll have to get a new phone before I make any calls."
I I I
It was dark when they arrived at the edge of the Point Reyes park. Denise parked the car and the group grabbed their one bag as they exited the car.
"It's this way. Maybe an hour walk." Flynn stated, taken a unmarked off the trail path that lead up a steep slope, followed the shore line for a bit and then a steep slide down to a hidden rock out cropping. There, they got a glimpse of the mother ship.
Quickly the team entered the ship and Rufus got started in preparing them to travel to 1979, Berkeley.
With their bags of memories safely secured the team began buckling themselves in.
This was where Lucy really missed Wyatt. He always buckled her in and pulled twice to make sure it was secure.
"Ready?" Rufus asked.
The three nodded and braced themselves as the machine spun and shot backwards though time and space. It was only a few seconds later when the spinning stopped. Lucy was grateful that the mother ship was a little smoother then the life boat was. It was bigger and more comfortable as well.
Flynn was the first to open the door. They had landed in middle of the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve.
"Are we going to be okay here?" Agent Christopher asked. It looked like a wilderness area, but being a preserve, people were sure to be around.
"We'll be fine." Flynn stated.
"1979 it wasn't that popular and this is an area closed to the public." Rufus added.
"What's the plan from here?" Denise asked, her head still spinning from the trip.
"We'll walk together to the California Memorial Stadium. It's about a half hour walk." Flynn stated, "From there, Rufus and I will make our way to the Hearst Greek Theater while Lucy and Denise go to UC. Both are about another half hour walk. We meet back at the Memorial Stadium in exactly two hours."
"Sounds like a plan." Lucy agreed.
The three mostly stayed silent as they followed a map Flynn had, leading them towards the Stadium.
"Oh my God! That's Michael Jackson's song, 'Don't Stop Til You Get Enough'!" Rufus looked on in amazement as a young man walked by them with a carry along cassette player.
"Yeah, Dude. It like, just came out a few days ago. Totally rad!" the man grinned, "you should get a cassette."
"Um...yeah, sure." Rufus nodded. He remembered cassette tapes when he was a kid and the boom boxes. He remembered when they first came out with CD's and then DVD's. He was upset at first because he loved the VHS. Now, he didn't know what he ever did without CD's and DVD's. How times have changed over the past thirty years, without the help of a time machine. He couldn't help but wonder what they would change today.
"Alright, this is where we split up. Remember, you have about a hour once you get to your destination. You will use a half hour walking there and another half hour coming back here." Flynn stated.
"Be careful." Lucy looked at Rufus. She had no idea what Flynn had planned and could only trust him at this moment.
"You too." Rufus stated, putting a hand on her shoulder, "We will get though this. I promise." he said softly.
Lucy nodded her head. In manner of hours, her life would be gone. Everything she ever worked for, wiped out. Everything she ever did gone. Everyone she ever loved would never know her. It's better this way, she kept telling herself. No Rittenhouse, her family and friends would be safe. She would be safe. Wyatt would be alive again and safe.
"Come on." Denise said softly, "Let's get Amy back."
Lucy smiled and nodded. All she wanted since the first mission was to get Amy back, and now that she finally was going to do it, Amy would never know her. She didn't know if she would ever have the chance to see Amy or her mother again.
"So exactly what are we doing?" Rufus asked Flynn as they walked to the theater.
"I have enough C4 to take down that whole theater, twice, along with a remote detonator." Flynn grinned, "In case anyone asked questions, we have maintenance ID's," Flynn passed Rufus a badge, "put that on."
"Gee, thanks...but blowing up the theater, won't that bring attention?" Rufus asked.
"Yes, to the building blowing up. We will have ten minutes from the time I hit the detonator. We will be halfway back to the stadium by then. We won't be in the area and everyone will be focused on the building blowing up at first. They won't think right away of who or why."
"And you want me to wire the explosives." Rufus muttered.
"Well, you are the tech wiz here, the math genius," Flynn grinned, "I figured you could do it a hell of a lot faster then I could. "
"Yeah, I should be able to get it no problem. Are we sure no one will be in this building other then Rittenhouse members?" Rufus asked, a part of him feeling regret for all the lives that were about to be taken.
"No one. Rittenhouse is very secretive. They wouldn't allow anyone who wasn't key Rittenhouse members to be in the building during a meeting."
"Let's do it then." Rufus picked up pace as they neared the theater. At least without Rittenhouse he wouldn't have worry about anyone else threatening his family.
I I I
"I can't imagination what you are going though, Lucy." Denise said softly.
"Maybe this is my purpose in life. To do this one act to help all of those harmed by Rittenhouse." Lucy stated.
"Well, at least doing things this way, we shouldn't effect America history too badly. I mean, all the historic figures have already lived and done their thing, so only history that would change is anything that happened between 1979 and 2017." Denise mused.
"Um...that's A LOT!" Lucy said, "We got better safer cars and plans, we got microwave ovens and almost every house hold got washer and dryers, we got cell phones, smart phones, computers, tablets, internet, GPS, we fought a few wars, business grew which improved our stock market which in turn helped grow our economy, the presidents we've had and the bills they've signed..."
"Okay okay, I get your point. A lot could still change." Denise sighed.
"Here we are." Lucy was excited as she viewed the University of California, the place her mom met Henry Wallace.
"So who are we looking for?" Denise asked.
Lucy fished out a photo she had taken from her album, "This is my mom." she stated, "Since our first mission, no photos of my dad exist with us, but he was tall, dark brown hair and brown eyes, just a medium build." Lucy stated, "Mom said they met in front of the fountain."
"There it is." Denise pointed to a Greek themed fountain that appeared to be of some Greek God.
Lucy scanned the area and gasped, "Oh my God. I don't believe it."
"What? What's the matter?"
"That is Ben Cahill! What the hell is he doing here?" She cried, seeing the man leaning against the fountain.
"And there's my mom...he's looking at her. Oh no...no no no." Lucy began to panic.
"Lucy, calm down." Denise tried to reason.
"No...that bastard killed Wyatt, almost killed Rufus and Jiya and has done nothing but be a menace to my family and friends...he is going to die today." Lucy pulled a gun from her pocketbook.
"LUCY! What are you doing!" Denise gasped, "No, we can't..."
"Benjamin Cahill!" Lucy called.
He turned, looking in her direction.
"You may not know it yet, but you killed someone who I loved very much. You have done nothing but evil to my family and friends. For that...you will pay." Lucy pulled the trigger once..the bullet hitting his chest. Cahill doubled over and Lucy fired three more shots, all three hitting the midsection or chest area.
"Lucy, we've got to go NOW!"
Denise was already pulling her along as people came from everywhere surrounding the shot man.
"But my mom, she's got to meet Henry."
"Too late for that now. We have to leave it in fate's hands." Denise gasped as they ran along a small path heading back towards the Stadium. Thankfully, it didn't appear anyone was following them.
"I didn't get Amy back..." Lucy sobbed as they slowed to a jog, approaching the stadium.
I I I
"What was that? Sounded like gun fire!" Rufus jumped at the shots fired. They were in the distance, but not too far away. Maybe a mile.
"Yeah, four shots from the UC area." Flynn stated, a little concerned.
"God, Lucy and Denise!"
"Just hurry up and finish this. If they aren't at the Stadium we'll go looking." Flynn muttered.
"Alright, done." Rufus finished the last wire on a handful of C4.
"HEY! Who are you?"
Flynn spun around and fired his gun, dropping the man instantly.
"Dang it, Flynn!" Rufus yelled.
"We don't know who he was and we can't risk getting caught. I had to. Move. That will draw attention."
"No shit." Rufus muttered as the two hurried out of the building.
Police and several other men were running into the theater.
Flynn hit the button as they hurried down the sidewalk that lead to the Stadium.
"We can't hit that button now. We can't blow up the building with all those innocent people." Rufus stated.
"Too late, I already hit the button. We have about nine minutes."
"God...Flynn you promise!" Rufus was mad. Here they were again, more innocent people dying.
"I didn't PLAN on anyone catching us!" Flynn barked, "I didn't PLAN on gunfire coming from anywhere else, drawing attention."
"You never PLAN do you!" Rufus snapped back.
Suddenly, the ground shook and the sky was filled with smoke and a bright orange flash.
Screams filled the air, followed by sirens and people running in every direction.
Denise and Lucy hit the ground, startled by the blast. From where they were, they could see the flames, smoke, and debris cloud.
"Oh God..." Denise whispered.
"Flynn." Lucy muttered, "Did he not consider how many innocent people could be killed or injured by a blast like that!"
"The theater blew up! Oh my God, it just blew up!" A girl was crying running towards the explosion.
Several more ran for the safely of the stadium while others screamed to get away from it, for it might blow up too.
Sirens filled the air.
"There they are!" Denise spotted Flynn and Rufus running towards them. Rufus looked pissed.
"Go, go go." Flynn barked.
The four hurried towards the Preserve, thankful they could escape this time and this place, while they wondered what was waiting for them back home.
"What were those shots?" Rufus asked as they neared where the mother ship was parked.
"I killed Cahill. He was there, where Henry should have been. He was looking at my mother...I shot him. I never got the chance to find Henry and make sure he met my mother. Amy will never get to be back." Lucy felt the tears stinging her eyes, "But I couldn't let that bastard live."
"It'll be okay. It'll be okay. We'll figure something out." Rufus tried to comfort her.
Flynn suddenly hit his brakes. There were three men with backpacks who looked as if they were hiking the preserve. They were now standing directly in front of the lifeboat, staring at it.
"It's a dang UFO man!" one gasped.
"I thought I saw a gray alien over there!" the other one pointed.
Flynn shook his head firing two shots, dropping the men instantly.
"Sorry. I didn't have a choice!" He muttered at the looks he got from his three companions. "Get in."
The four hurriedly loaded into the time machine as Rufus got set up to return to whatever awaited them in 2017.
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