Title: refers to Time and the Intersection.
Episode Forty
"Tick Tock"
The sounds of footsteps approaching alert them. "Here they come," Jilan says, preparing herself. "Stay back." Reese moves backwards without question.
The door opens and one of the masked men walks in. The violence is sudden and takes the men completely by surprise. Reese can barely make out the movement before him. He squints in the darkness but the action before him ends as suddenly as it started.
Five masked man lay unconscious on the floor before him. Whether they're alive or dead, Reese cannot tell, or really bring himself to care. He focuses on the tall woman who stands triumphantly in the middle of the carnage. She smiles smuggly to herself, but turns suddenly at the sound of a groan in the doorway.
Reese gasps in shock. "Pizoku?"
Pizoku leans against the doorframe in apparent pain. Reese moves to help him but Pizoku holds his hands up and back away. "No, don't," He says quickly, then calms down. "I'm sore, but fine, just don't." Reese nods in comprehension. Pizoku doesn't want to be touched. It seems understandable.
"Right, we need to get out of here," Jilan says, now bent over the prone forms on the floor and rifling about them. "Want a big gun?" She holds up a machine gun to Reese.
Reese gives her a wry smile. "Don't think Taylor would approve of that."
"Taylor isn't here, is he?" Jilan retorts, with her own smile. It doesn't last long.
The roof begins to shake. The walls tremble. The sounds of shouting can be heard outside. Howling winds begin to rage. Bright flashes come in through the cracks followed by horrifying booms that shake everything to the core.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that," Reese says, looking up at the ceiling, his smile gone. Pizoku looks at the other boy, then over to Jilan who has gone pale.
"What is that?" Pizoku asks, looking up with his eyes wide.
Reese doesn't look away from the ceiling. "Taylor."
"Take him into custody Ronald!" Ally Cat shrieks as she struggles in 'Ronald's' grip. "It's Pettigrew! Do something!" She points wildly at poor innocent Kitty the Rat, who ignores with great poise.
'Ron' keeps a tight hold on her and fumes. "For the hundredth time my name isn't Ronald! It's-"
"Just what is wrong with that creature?" Boo asks Naomi, who is walking beside the ghost.
Naomi considers this. "She seems to have convinced herself that the boy and Kitty are characters from Harry Potter."
"Oh." Boo wafts in comprehension.
"What is Harry Potter?" Daffodil asks flakily.
Kitty stops before Naomi can explain. "We are here."
'Ron' looks up from the psychotic little cat to see where they have halted. "The Clocktower?"
The small team of heroes gaze up at the enormity of Big Ben.
To Be Continued...
Trivia and Spoilers: A vague demonstration of the power that is Jilan.
-Pizoku returns, even after Taylor supposedly was going to kill him. And he doesn't jump at the chance to be held by Reese?
-Taylor's power is elaborated on. Reese and Jilan are scared. This means something.
-Yes, Ally now accuses Kitty of being Peter Pettigrew. Poor poor Kitty the Rat.
-Naomi and Boo seem aware of Harry Potter.
-The Intersection is at Big Ben. I do not know its formal name. Bad me.
