Second laughed again and stood back up.
"I guess in hindsight, that wasn't the smartest thing to do. But I just couldn't help myself." He sighed killing his laughter. Then he shifted his gaze towards JB.
"JB it has been too long!" Second smiled, "Or has it?" JB glared at him never taking his sight off him
"You lair! You said that you would stay in your own time!" Katherine shouted at him. She took a step forward in an attempt to keep Mom, Dad, and Jordan behind her.
"Aww. Trying to keep your family safe? How sweet!" Second smiled at her then he turned to face Jonah. "I'm a bit surprises that wasn't your first instinct. But I suppose that you have been through a lot in the past two years that would rearrange how you act in situations like this." What did he mean by that? Did Second think that he didn't care about his family as much as he did in the past?
"Shut up!" He shouted at him. He tended to hit him again but JB grabbed his arm restraining him. Second waved off his outburst making him madder.
"Anyway, I'm sure you can forgive me for breaking my promise. The actions of Gary and Hodge have threatened my version of time as well. We can benefit from helping each other." He looked at Katherine.
"But you helped them!" Katherine argued.
"As to use a quote that has stand against the test of time: Am I brother's keeper? And I say: No am not." Second gestured towards himself.
"You're quoting the Bible. That's what Cain said after he killed his own brother, and he tried to pretend he didn't know where he was. But he was responsible. He was guilty." Mom said. She whipped her head side to side gazing frantically at Johan and Katherine.
"Is this man a murderer? Do we have to worry about that too?" She asked sounding scared. Johan kept quite not sure what to say. He thought about that guy they saved on Hudson's ship. Wyodose was it? Something like that. At first they he and Katherine were convinced that Second killed him, but over the past two years he began to question it.
"Oh I assure you that I mean none of you harm. There's another person here that you want to keep that eye on." Second smirked. Johan struggled harder against JB's grip but his grip was too strong on him. "I could have immobilized all you of you the second you realized I was here, but I didn't."
"Why didn't you?" JB glared over Johan's shoulder.
"Because I need you to trust me. More specifically I need Johan to trust me." Second answered. He wanted him to trust him! Second was one of the last people he trusted. Johan scoffed.
"That's a laugh! You haven't given me much reason to trust you in the past." He glared."Trust me Johan when I say: the only way any of us are walking out of this, is if we work together." For once Second looked deadly serious. It was kind of serious that could not be faked. And he met and done a lot of acting over the two years. Second is really serious about all of this. And if what he says is true… Johan looked back at JB for some advice he but looked just as uncertain as he felt.
"Fine! But you play by our rules! Got it?" He said. Katherine started to shout at him.
"Agreed." Second smiled, then it faded. "I most warn you, because of the huge crisis we're facing, time traveling is a bit a problem. You'll get to the right time but not always exactly where you want to be." The room stayed silent absorbing all of this.
"Ok so what do we do now?" Mom asked.
"We go back and explain what's going on to Chip and Angela." Johan said. "More heads the better." JB nodded in agreement. Johan pulled out the Alpha Elucidator. Second gave it a quizzed look. Yea I bet you didn't expect this!
"You stay here." JB said sternly towards Second. He merely raised his hands in surrender. The white turned to black.
"Johan are you nuts?" Katherine shouted at him again.
"Perhaps a bit." Johan shrugged.
"But trusting Second!" She argued.
"Sometimes you have to trust your enemies. At least for a certain amount of time." He defended. Suddenly there was a hard tug, like two people pulling and pushing them to the side.
"What's happening?" Dad shouted scared.
"Someone's forcing us off our path towards someplace else!" JB answered. The ripping sensation took hold with the blinding white light.
He took deep slow breaths focusing on just getting his clear. Johan opened to his eyes to see darkness and stone. He pushed himself back onto his feet. They were in some kind alley. But he couldn't recognize what year they were in. Dad, Mom and Katherine got up faster than Jordan did. Wait where is JB? Oh there he is. He found JB standing in his blind spot messing with his Elucidator. Dad rubbed his neck while Mom grunted.
"Where, when are we?" Katherine asked still sounding a bit sick. Johan looked at JB for an answer but he was glaring at the Elucidator. There was a sound of footsteps approaching them. A person stepped out of the heavy darkness and Johan just couldn't believe it. He was roughly the same age and height as Johan. His blonde hair was dulled by the low light but his sharp, demanding brown eyes were unmistakable. The dark blue shirt and jeans blended with the shadows. But his green shirt makes sure he was still able to be seen. A white cat-squirrel hung on his shoulder. It has a thick brown head covering with horns that resembled a triceratops.
"It's been awhile hasn't it Ge-o?" He said pronouncing each syllable of his fake name."Who?" Jordan asked confused, but everyone ignored him."Raviant?" Johan asked in disbelief. As far as friends go with the job of bounty hunting, they were few and far between, but Raviant was one of them. They've done jobs together that would have killed either of them if they did it alone. As much as he was a friend he was still a rival. "What are you doing here? Wait let me guess! A job…So who's paying?" Raviant chuckled as his response.
"Does the name Rathbone mean anything to you?" He asked casually. Johan knew his eyes went big when Raviant chuckled again.
"That must be a very pretty check he's offering." Johan felt himself go back into the old swing.
"Very. He wants the Elucidator you have and you. You know if we play are cards right we both can benefit from this." Raviant offered. Before Johan would have jumped at the chance but now it was too personal.
"Sorry to say but this time it's just too personal." He said completely monotone. Raviant nodded slightly with a small smile on his face. He reached in his pocket and tossed what was it at Johan. Johan caught it with both hands. It was a plastic and metal wrist band that was about inch wide and was a dark silver color. A bold 'V' was etched on it, on the other side was real initials personally hand engraved. Johan couldn't believe it. It was his Electro Shot, but he lost it months ago during a job. Normally these were just a children's toy but his was upgraded for a bounty hunter's purpose.
"To show no hard feelings." Raviant explained. This really wasn't anything personal. It was just a job! The squirrel-cat opened it mouth wide and there was a quick flash of green.