Fathers and Daughters
Part 6
Author: MacGateFan
Disclaimers in Part 1

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Freedom!

Yep, that was the first thing I thought of when I stepped out of the hospital. I glanced over to my right to see Jo. She was chomping at the bit to get started. She attempted to explain to me what Henry had planned, but I told her to stop because it would never make sense to me.

Neither would Abby and her new desire to ruin my life.

"Carter, are you ready?"

I nodded, a bit surprised that I was more out of it than I thought. "Yeah. Let's do this!"

"I don't think this is such a great idea," Allison said.

I shook my head. "Maybe not, but that guy is still out there and he's dangerous. He needs to be stopped."

"I just don't understand why you have to play bait. Jo or even Taggart can do it. You're injured and I don't think Zoë would appreciate you getting hurt again."

"She's the reason I'm doing this," I told her. "I want to make sure someone like that does not leave this town. Who knows what he could do!"

I could tell Allison was giving in. I'm just as nervous about this as she was, though. I don't want to be shot to death by this lunatic teleporter, especially not without seeing Zoë again.

I only wish Abby would have given me a chance to see her before they left.

"Earth to Carter!"

I blinked, noticing Jo was trying to get my attention. "How long have you been standing there?" I asked warily.

"Too long. Are you ready to do this?"

"Just tell me what you want me to do."

I really wasn't sure what Henry, Jo, and Taggert had in mind, but I was willing to play the bait. If anything to get Teleporter Man off the streets. Henry smiled when I joined them at Einstein's Bookshop. This was where I had the first encounter with the man.

"Good to see you up and about, Jack," Henry said. "We figured out who our teleporter friend is and we figured the best place to catch him is where he attacked you the first time."

I nodded. "Who?"

"Braydon Thompson," Jo supplied.

Henry handed me a photo. "He's been trying to accomplish this for years, apparently. He was angry that no one believed it could happen and he's vowed to prove it to us."

"So what did I do that caused him to drop a bookcase on top of me and shoot me the next day?"

"I don't think he wanted to kill you," Taggert said. "I know the man, if he wanted to, he would have succeeded."

I shuddered. "Not very comforting, Taggert. Let's just get this over with," I told them, still unsure as to what the device Henry had would do to Mr. Teleporter.

I walked around the tiny bookshop as the others hid within the shadows. I thought I heard something behind one of the shelves in the back so I quietly moved towards the noise, gun at the ready.

Suddenly an arm snaked around my neck and my gun was jerked from my hands. "Thompson, let go of me!"

"You're in no position to make demands, Sheriff!"

I idly wondered when Henry was going to work his magic. I had no desire to be killed right then but since it seemed as if Thompson was off his rocker. "Why are you doing this?"

"Henry!" he shouted. Okay, I guess he didn't want to answer my question. "You fire that at me and I'll kill the Sheriff!"

I wanted to smack Henry when he appeared, arms raised. What was the man trying to do? Let the guy escape? However, before I knew it, I was slammed into a bookcase and any awareness I had slipped away.

"I knew this was a stupid idea from the start."

I blinked when I heard Allison talking. I groaned when she began fiddling with my gunshot wound. "Would you please stop that?"

"Relax, Carter. And don't get mad at me, you're the idiot who agreed to this charade."

Oh yeah…

"Where's Thompson?"

"While Henry was revealing himself, Jo shot him from behind with the ATD," Taggert responded.

"The what?" I asked, wincing as Allison helped me up.

"ATD," Jo said, as if it were obvious.

"Okay, here's the part where you remember that I am not a rocket scientist and even if I was, who's to say I would know what that abbreviation stood for?"

Henry shook his head with a laugh. "Anti-Teleporter Device."

"It has quite a kick," I told him.

"That was the lowest setting."