Here's chapter 3 of my story. Enjoy the chapter! I don't own Timeless.
Flynn had apparently told the General that they were spies and that he, Flynn, was the Russian spy that George Washington trusted. The four of them stood around the dining room table in Benedict Arnold's house debating whether or not to help Flynn.
Lucy looked at Flynn, "What'd you do to the real Austen Roe."
"Killed him and hid him in a trench."
"Bastard."
It bothered Lucy that Flynn had just killed another part of history without caring but it bugged her more when Flynn shrugged it off as if was no big deal. Although, she did notice the slight twitch of his eye and the small tremble of his hand. Lucy desperately hoped that those were signs of regret and that maybe Flynn was feeling some regret for...well, for everything he did!
Wyatt spoke up with suspicion in his voice, "Why do you need us to help you? You've never needed us before."
Flynn's eyes trained in on Lucy, "I need Lucy. She knows everything about Arnold, she'll be able to help me find him." He looked towards Wyatt and Rufus, "As far as you two go, having another man that knows how to use a good would be nice and..." he looked at Rufus, "Your the third part of their team, Lucy won't do this without you."
Lucy stayed silent. It bugged her how he spoke as if he knew everything about her. She blamed the journal.
"Why would we help you?" Wyatt asked.
Flynn turned to him, "Because I can tell you who killed you wife."
Lucy saw Wyatt's tough exterior fall for a moment before returning.
"You couldn't possibly know that."
"But I can find out. Wyatt I may be thought of as a criminal but I still have friends in the right places." Flynn spoke quickly with desperation in his voice. He turned to Lucy, "If this goes right then you'll no longer have to follow me through history," He slowly looked at Rufus, "Help me and I'll hand over the keys to the Mothership. If this goes right there will be no more Rittenhouse."
Lucy looked at him in confusion, "What do you mean?"
Flynn held up a rolled piece of parchment, "They key from Bonnie and Clyde unlocked a rather interesting clock. Written by the great traitor himself, Benedict Arnold." He handed it to Lucy, "Read it."
"It's written in invisible ink." Lucy quickly scanned the page, "It talks about a Rittenhouse meeting...Are you saying that Benedict Arnold was a member of Rittenhouse?"
Flynn shook his head, "He wasn't just a member, he was a founder. This is the beginning of America but it's also the beginning of Rittenhouse, right now they're just starting to form."
"We can't talk about this." Rufus quickly broke in and spoke with a hushed voice.
Flynn scoffed, "Why not? If you help me kill Rittenhouse in the cradle right now then your stupid little recordings won't matter anymore."
Lucy saw Rufus' eyes widen, "How do you-?"
Flynn sighed and motioned towards Lucy, "Because she knows." He held up Lucy's journal, "Lucy, you know this is the right things to do! If you don't believe me then read it in your own words."
He tore a two pages out of the journal and held them out to Lucy. Lucy stared at him for a moment before hesitatingly taking the journal pages and reading them. Lucy tuned the others out as she quickly read over the pages of the journal...her journal. The one that she hadn't written yet but was apparently destined to write.
"Lucy."
She looked up at the sound of Flynn's voice. Lucy looked at him and saw the desperation in his eyes, she knew he wasn't making any of this up. She turned to the others, she saw the confliction on Rufus' face while it looked like Wyatt had already made up his mind and Lucy...she wasn't sure what to do but all eyes were on her.
She already knew what Wyatt's answer was, she had known the moment Flynn had mentioned that he could find out who Jessica's killer was, and if she said yes as well then Rufus would most likely go along. He was probably considering it since that the end of Rittenhouse meant the end of the recordings. They were a team though, and if Lucy said no then they wouldn't help Flynn. The decision was up to her.
"History's going to change if we do this." Lucy carefully weighed her options.
"Maybe for the better." There was obvious pain in Wyatt's voice.
Rufus spoke up, "Or for the worse."
"Lucy," Flynn's voice was quiet, "Think about the good this could do. Yes, we'd be changing history but we'd be saving lives. Maybe even your sisters life. We can end this here and now." When Lucy didn't respond Flynn instead turned to the others hoping they could persuade Lucy, "Alright what about you guys?"
Wyatt was the first to answer, "I'm in."
Rufus turned the recorder over in his hands a few times before answering, "Yeah, I'm in."
Wyatt turned to Lucy, "Rufus and I want to do this...but we're a team. If you say no then we won't help him, we'll kill this bastard right now and be done with the whole thing."
Lucy heard Flynn mutter under his breath, "If this bastard doesn't kill you first."
Ever since she was a little girl she had been fascinated by history and she had been reluctant to join the team at first but she eventually saw that someone needed to protect History. Now, they were asking her to change history, the thing she loved, this wasn't an easy choice to make.
Lucy glanced at the other three people in the room. "It's not just America that could be affected by this, the world will never be the same...but, I'm in."
I want to thank the two Guest who reviewed my story as well as Starstruck77, JLMischief, Anonymous, scarlet107234, Di, Little Red Cindy, and seelieprincess. I really do enjoy reading the reviews and I'm happy to know people enjoy this story.
Also there is a Hamilton reference, I had to put it in there after reading seelieprincess' review. Anyway, I hoped you like this chapter. Tell me if you caught the Hamilton reference and if you like Hamilton then tell me what your favorite song is or tell me what you want to see in later chapters. Thanks for reading! :)
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