"What are we going to do with Jenna? We could be gone for days," Lucy said.
"Well, we certainly can't bring her with us," Rufus replied.
Wyatt looked at the girl. She actually seemed present and was observing the conversation.
"What do you think?" Wyatt asked her. She seemed surprise that he would want her input.
"I think... if Flynn wants to kill General Custer, you should let him do it."
Though she appeared to be joking, Wyatt could hear the sincerity in her voice. Lucy looked concerned.
"What?" Jenna questioned innocently. "He was a terrible person. And he does anyways, maybe it can save some Lakota lives to kill him early. That's definitely a good thing in my opinion."
Lucy made a face but said nothing back to her, as if to say touché.
Huh. Was it that easy to silence Lucy about history? This girl was talented.
"We're getting off topic," Denise interrupted. "The girl can stay here," she resolved. "I'll keep an eye on her. If you're okay with that," she added.
Jenna looked a little apprehensive but agreed. Wyatt felt more comfortable knowing she would be under Agent Christopher's protection. He liked and respected the woman.
As it turned out, Garcia Flynn was nowhere near modern day South Dakota in 1876. He was in Richmond, Virginia. What he wanted in the reconstruction-era post-antebellum south was a total mystery to all of them, and after six hours of roaming the town questions the locals for clues, they had made no progress on the mission.
"Maybe there's a Senator or politician here that's a member of you-know-what," Rufus suggested. The idea was plausible, but a random politician seemed too insignificant for Flynn, considering what he'd done so far.
"No need to overthink this."
At the sound of that unique accent, Wyatt immediately cocked his gun in the direction of the voice.
Flynn smiled. "I just wanted to meet you all somewhere that you couldn't call for reinforcements. I want nothing here," he motioned to the city.
"Really?" Lucy snapped at him. "You traveled trough time and risked changing history just so you could talk to us discreetly?"
"Yes," Flynn answered simply. "Why not? Nothing significant going on here today."
Lucy made a noise of disgust. "What do you want, Flynn?" Wyatt demanded.
"Well, I'd hoped by now you've gotten to know your special guest and want to discuss some things with me, where Rittenhouse can't hear us?" he looked at them expectantly.
They stared back at him blankly for a few moments before realization dawned on him. "Oh, you haven't figured out who she is yet?" he questioned patronizingly.
"Who is she?" Wyatt asked.
Flynn held up a hand as if to placate him. It only pissed Wyatt off; how arrogant this man was, constantly hiding information from them and making things unnecessarily difficult.
"Now, now, I don't want to spoil it," Flynn said, grinning. "I bet she isn't talking much, is she? That girl's a stubborn one. It runs in her family," Flynn said, winking at none of them in particular.
It was infuriating, the way he acted like this was all a game. He couldn't just be practical for once. Wyatt was seriously considering putting him in a chokehold and demanding he talk when he suddenly dashed away as the mothership appeared.
"I guess I'll see you again after you figure it out," he called out to them as he climbed inside. Before closing the door, he turned back to them and shouted "Oh, and bring her with you next time!"
And then he was gone.
Wyatt was feeling especially irritated when they made it back to the present.
"What did Flynn want in 1876?" Connor asked the moment the team exited the lifeboat.
"Absolutely nothing, except to taunt us," Lucy answered.
"'Taunt you'?" Connor asked. "About what?"
"Jenna," Wyatt replied. He watched as Jiya came up to them and embraced Rufus. For a moment, he felt a pang of jealousy. He was happy Rufus had found someone, of course; it just also reminded him of how lonely he was since he'd lost Jessica. Without thinking, he found himself looking at Lucy. She was smiling softly in Riya's (the couple name Lucy and Wyatt had been using to refer to Rufus and Jiya when they weren't around) direction.
"Did he give you any clues as to who she is?" Connor's inquiry interrupted Wyatt's thoughts.
Lucy sighed, "Nope. Just said he wanted to talk to us when we figure it out."
"So you think this girl is connected to one of you in some way?" Connor asked as the team themselves began wondering silently how this girl could be connected to Rittenhouse. Why else would Flynn bring her here?
Agent Christopher finally joined them, but while everyone was catching her up, Wyatt was lost in thought again.
He knew Jenna seemed strangely familiar. He knew she recognized Lucy somehow. He had a few guesses as to why, but they all seemed too far fetched or downright impossible. Then again, until recently, he thought time travel was impossible.
So, he kept his thoughts to himself for now. Maybe after he'd mulled it over a bit, he could talk to Lucy and Rufus about it privately and see if they had any similar suspicions.