"Earth to Lucy."
Flynn snapped his fingers in front of her face. They landed? That was fast. Comfortable, too. Lucy blinked then glared at her kidnapper. He motioned for her to step off the machine. She did so reluctantly.
"What do you want with me?" Lucy asked. She pointed to the key he pulled out of his pocket. "You seem to have gotten what you went for."
Flynn and one of his men started talking. Lucy looked around the place and started fidgeting with her corset. Then she remembered she had the 1775 style dress on and wished she had something different to at least change into.
"Come on," Flynn beckoned.
Lucy looked at him and silently asked if he meant her. He nodded impatiently and she began to follow him. She followed him to a black SVU. She climbed into the backseat with Flynn behind her. The blonde man he was speaking to earlier started the car and began to drive.
"Where are we going?" Lucy looked from the driver to outside and back to Flynn.
"To unlock a door," Flynn answered flashing the key. "Or, literally, another clock."
"Where are you finding all of these clocks?" Her annoyance about the whole situation was beginning to show her tone.
"Well, I guess you're going to find out aren't you?" He smiled at her before turning to look out the window.\par
She sighed and looked out the window herself.
When the car stopped, Flynn practically jumped out of the car. Lucy followed, though not as quickly. She could care less what he was so excited about. She wanted to go home. She wanted a shower. And she found herself wanting Wyatt to know that she was okay. At least she was right now. She looked around but saw nothing familiar. They were in the middle of the woods, in front of a church. Has he come to confess?
"Come on, Miss. Preston," Flynn said impatiently.
Lucy rolled her eyes and followed the man to the door and followed him through. The church was beautiful, Lucy had to admit. Cherry red wood flooring with cream coloured walls. The different rooms Lucy managed to peer into had different coloured walls and carpet flooring. From the dust layers, she could tell no one had been here for quite a long time. But everything still held beauty. She twirled in the hallway taking it all in.
She continued to walk, not paying attention, and bumped into Garcia Flynn. She stepped back as he looked back at her, a smirk playing at his lips. "Have I got your attention now?"
Lucy blushed and looked at her feet. "Sorry," She mumbled.
Flynn pulled out a key, different from the one he stole, and unlocked the door before them. The door that was clearly marked, "Select Personnel Only".
"Uh..." Lucy hesitated.
"Come on. Don't tell me it's not the least bit intriguing," He said from inside the room. "'Select Personnel Only'?"
"I'm sure you're going to tell me?" Lucy said as she walked in. "Oh my god."
"Looks familiar, doesn't it?"
"Is this the same..."
Flynn nodded. "Perfect disguise, right?"
Lucy looked around. She was standing in the very room she was standing in in 1949.
"No one, in that time, would suspect irregular meetings in a church. No one would suspect such horrible things would go down in the centre of this building."
The thing that caught her attention were the many clocks. Flynn went to one hung up on the wall and pulled out that key. She watched as he 'unlocked' it. She turned to the clock that was beside her. As she studied it she could see a similar key-shaped hole. It looked like it had already been unlocked. "Bonnie and Clyde?" She muttered.
She didn't think she was loud enough for the man to hear but he had. "Mhm-mm."
"What was in it?"
"A letter."
"What kind of letter?"
"You'll find out soon enough."
Lucy internally groaned. She was tired of all the hints. She wanted the solution. She heard a click and Flynn turned around, note in his hand. He looked at Lucy before reading it. He didn't seem surprised but his features changed.
Lucy tilted her head, like a curious puppy. "What does it say?"
"Something you're going to do in the past has rippled through the centuries.
"What did I do?"
"I can't say. I don't know."
Lucy ripped the note from Flynn's hand. It only date the year in which it was written. '1775'.
"Rittenhouse Threats:" She read aloud. She named some of the first names on the list. Most of the names were crossed out. She didn't recognize most. But after the third name, amongst the ones tht weren't crossed, Lucy's heart dropped. Flynn watched her carefully. "Lucy Preston... Wyatt Logan... Rufus. Flynn."
Lucy read it three times hoping that her eyes were playing some cruel trick her. What did this mean? She looked along the list. Names had been added and crossed off through the course of time. "Rittenhouse?" Lucy breathed. Why would someone do such a thing?
"Yes, Lucy."
"We are a target... wherever we go?" Lucy looked away from the note and looked at Flynn. He nodded. She looked pale.
Flynn rested his hands on her shoulders. She didn't pull away. "Help me, Lucy. Help me stop them."
"How? How can we stop this?"
"For starters... Let's work together."
"I-"
"It's destined to happen."
"I don't want to be your hostage. If we do this."
"We..." Flynn hesitated. "We can work something out."
Lucy noticed how close they were and took a step back. "That's not reassuring."
"Lucy... I can give you everything hting I can... If you help me stop, once and for all, Rittenhouse."
"What about Wyatt and Rufus?" Lucy inquired. "If we go together, they are going to follow us. They are going to try to get me back."
"I know, I know. We can talk to them. You talk to them."
"I'm not going to kill anyone."
"I don't expect you to."
"...Okay."
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And after ages (I'm sorry) I bring my another chapter. And I worked a schedule. I'm going to update Ceaseless every other week and The Time Bandit and the Duo every other week I don't update here. Then both will be updated regularly.
Now, someone asked me if there was going to be anymore Peggy.
The answer yes, we will "run into" Peggy Carter. But it won't be strictly back and forth between the world's.
This chapter is longer than most others so I hope you like it. Not next chapter but the one after we are going to have Flynn and Lucy's first trip back in time together. And I've got, one particular, funny scene. (*hint*hints of LucyxFlynn*hint*: because I can.)
-EJ
