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Oh and don't get mad if I mess up the flashback in this scene been a long time since TF was on GRRR!
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Setting the Foundation
APO HQ
Silver City
Year 3005
"Alright lady and gentlemen we need to figure out how to get Wes Collins here without rousing suspicion in his time or in ours." Alex stated in his usual business like voice.
"Well I think the best course of action would be to pull up his file that has been updated and see what we can turn up, any habits that we can exploit, things like that." Trip suggested.
"Already ahead of you Trip," Alex said a he pressed a button on a small remote that put up Wes's personal file onto a screen at the center of the table.
"Says here that he's currently at the Silver Guardians, holds Joint Commander Rank with Eric Myers, and has recently gotten into flying light aircraft. He holds a Commercial Pilot's license, and will go for his Airline Transport Certificate soon, in order to start his own airline which he will fly for." Katie announced.
"I think this airplane angle might be our way in." Lucas said thinking out loud
"Does the file say what type of aircraft he owns?" Trip questioned to the others
"Says he currently owns a Piper Malibu," Lucas said, "But what does that have to do with anything?"
"I've got a plan" Trip said
Outside of Merida, Mexico
Year 3005
Jen sat looking at the waves come in cooling off from the bust and chase that she and her team had to endure in order to capture Eataban Sosa, the second most powerful man in Mexico, coincidentally being the largest drug supplier in Mexico. She looked at her watch and remembered what day it was.
'I guess this is goodbye' he said to her softly
'Yeah' she said trying to just turn away and leave. She ran back to him and they embraced
'I wish I could live 1000 years into the future so that I could be with you' he said
'I wish I could just be with you and have no Time Force breathing down my back' Jen said tears forming in her eyes. She slipped her badge in his pocket and headed towards the timeship never seeing him again
She threw a rock into the water; it skipped twice over the glistening waves which reflected a beautiful sunset. Suddenly her peace was disturbed
"Lieutenant" an officer shouted to her
"Yes Officer what is it?" She asked the officer trying to hide her anger at him
"This just came in from HQ," the Officer replied holding up a piece of paper
"Thank you Officer that will be all," Jen said as she took the paper from the officer's hands, it read:
Dear Lt. Scotts,
I wish to have a meeting with you about something that has come to my attention. Upon your return form Mexico I would like to talk with you as soon as practical.
Regards,
Admiral James Woods
"Great just what I need a meeting with the Admiral," she said tensely as she kicked the sand with her boot, "What the hell could he want to talk with me about?" Jen asked herself. She turned and rejoined her unit, as most of them were getting ready to get some sleep.
APO HQ
Silver City
Year 3005
"Trip what is this pan that you have?" Katie and Alex questioned him
"Alex can you pull up the blueprint for that aircraft?" Trip asked
"Yeah I think," Alex said as he pushed a few more buttons on the remote. Suddenly a blueprint of the aircraft showed up on the screen, Trip was excited about something.
"Okay just as I thought, the luggage area is behind the seats," Trip said with delight
"So what does that mean?" Lucas said
"Well I read that in that file Wes has been taking that aircraft up to Stone Ridge every Saturday afternoon to talk with his investors of his new airline. He goes at roughly the same time every weekend, so here's what we do." Trip said grinning
"Lucas will go into the luggage area behind the seats while Katie and I will be waiting with the timeship somewhere." Trip started
"But what does Lucas going into the luggage area have to do with anything?" Alex said sharply
"Hold on," Trip said to Alex, "Lucas will but a blaster to Wes's head and command him to take the aircraft to where Katie and I will be waiting with the timeship.
"Wes isn't easily threatened, so he will probably try to knock Lucas off his feet by moving the aircraft violently," Alex said
"That's why Lucas will get into the co-pilot's seat and strap himself in." Trip said
"That sounds like a great idea, but where will you and Katie be waiting with the ship?" Alex questioned
"Pull up the navigational chart for that area Alex," Trip asked him
Alex pressed a couple of buttons on the remote and a picture appeared on the screen with a lot of weird different symbols on it.
"It's all Greek to me," Katie said
"Dually noted," Alex said
"Okay the purple and blue dots signify airports while the rest of the symbols show features such as a stadium or a city. Now Alex can you draw a line on that map from the Silver Hills airport to the Stone Ridge airport?" Trip asked him. Then suddenly an orange line was traced along the picture. Trip nodded his head in agreement
"See this purple dot," Trip asked everyone as he pointed to it on the map. Everyone nodded in agreement. "This is an abandoned airport that is in the middle of nowhere. This will provide the perfect place for Katie and me to stay with the ship while Wes brings his plane in to land." Trip announced to everyone
"I think that just might work," Katie said, Lucas and Alex nodded in agreement.
"But if he decides to come with us to the future we have to find some way for him to disappear." Alex said
"Simple, we wire the plane with low grade explosives so that the plane just falls apart and put a fake charred body in the remains of the aircraft so that it looks like a crash of some sort." Lucas said
"There we go," Katie said
"Okay the file says that he leaves on Saturday mornings, so we need to get you all into the past ASAP. That plan seems fine to me so gather the necessary equipment and report to the hangar. A ship will be waiting for you all; I'll monitor you on radio during the mission. Also minimize collateral damage and don't be seen by civilians that could recognize you. Good luck." Alex said to them. They all turned and began to head towards the equipment room.
"Okay we need blasters," Trip said
"Check," Katie said as she tossed three into a green canvas bag.
"COM radios," Lucas said
"Check," Katie replied
"6 ounces of A-4 explosives, with remote detonator," Trip said
"Check," Katie said as she carefully places a package labeled A-4 into the bag
"21st century cash," Lucas aid
"Check," Katie said thumbing through the bills and then tossed them into the bag
"Corrosive Spray," Trip said
"What do we need that for?" Katie asked while grasping the spray bottle.
"We are going to drop Lucas off at the airport which has an electrified metal fence surrounding the hangars. That spray will easily wear away the metal and therefore loosing its conductivity so that the fence won't be electrified anymore," Trip said to Katie and Lucas who were somewhat dumbfounded
"Sure whatever you say buddy," Lucas said to him
"Lock picks," Trip said
"All 5 sizes," Katie said before throwing it into the bag
"Last thing, a face-maker."
"Let me guess last option for getting me into the plane,"
"You hit the nail right on the head," Trip said grinning
"That's it," Trip said, "Now let's go," he said as they walked into the small hangar where a timeship was located along with the Vector Cycles and Wes's Strata Cycle. They headed up the ramp and into the timeship; Lucas sat in the pilot's seat while Trip sat along side him, with Katie behind the guys. Trip punched in the coordinates, Katie operated the elevator that brought the ship up towards the roof, while Lucas fired up the engines. The engines roared to life as a small door on the roof opened, and out flew the yellow timeship and accelerated into the vortex above the city.
Outside of Wings World Restaurant
Silver Hills
Year 2005
"The man who ate 75 hot wings and kicked your ass to the Stone Age is right here, YAHHH," Wes yelled and laughing in Eric's face
"Hey rich boy 60 ain't a bad number," Eric replied
"Hey what time is it?" Wes said to Eric
"It's oh about 11:30," Eric replied
"Okay I'll drop you off then I got to get home." Wes said to Eric as they climbed into Wes's convertible
"Why in such a hurry Wes?" Eric said
"I got to fly out to Stone Ridge tomorrow to talk with the investors so I have to get some sleep," Wes said to Eric
"Alright then let's go," Eric said as Wes started up his car and headed towards Eric's house
"See you tomorrow afternoon Eric," Wes called out form the car
"Yeah see you," Eric said as he unlocked his door and went inside his house. Wes drove away towards the beach
At the beach Wes sat on the sand trying to get a stone to skip into the ocean, but his attempts turned out to fail. He pondered as to where he was exactly four years ago saying goodbye to the love of his life.
Jen, the breeze along the beach sounded
He turned abruptly, stiff, and expecting for something or someone to appear on the beach. But he realized it was just him all alone trying to skip rocks in the darkness. He tossed some more rocks turned towards his car and walked away.
Timeship
In Limbo
"Okay the person who was on the beach has just driven away; we're all clear for exit." Katie announced to Lucas and Trip.
"Copy that preparing for exit," Lucas said as he flipped a few switches on the center console. Suddenly the vortex disappeared from view as they exited to a beach the three of them knew all too well. The ship lowered its landing gear, landed successfully, and shut down its engines.
"It's just like it was when we left it!" Trip exclaimed excitedly
"Seems just like yesterday," Lucas said dreamily
"Yeah," Katie said obviously going down memory lane.
"Well I must be going to the airport and you two get to go to the middle of nowhere for oh 9 hours." Lucas said tauntingly
"Just take your equipment and get out of here," Katie said, "Before I make you,"
"Yes mama," Lucas said as he gathered his gear in a hurry. He gathered what he needed and then he walked up the path towards Silver Hills in a hurry.
"Well we should probably get going," Trip said nervously
"Let's take a walk," Katie said to him putting an arm around his shoulder, "We don't have to be anywhere for another 9h hours,"
"Okay..uhh..I…uhh should put the ship on cloaking mode so that it won't be seen." Trip said uneasily
"Okay," Katie said taking her arm off his shoulder, "I'll be waiting on the beach,"
Trip pushed a button near the door on the outside of the ship and suddenly the ship disappeared.
"Let's take that walk," Trip said as he put his arm around Katie and they walked towards the clock tower that stood high in the Silver Hills sky.