Title: Future Possibilities
author: Cindy Ryan
notes and summary: see part one

The meeting with Denise Christopher took place at a roadside cafe twenty miles to the north of San Francisco. The homeland security agent had texted Wyatt coordinates since her private plane had landed at a small airport outside the city. Instead of going inside Wyatt and Lucy had climbed into Christopher's black SUV as it sat at the left side of the parking lot.

"Those are serious allegations."Christpher stated after Wyatt had finished his thumbnail sketch of the situation.

"But you're not surprised."Lucy surmised.
"No."Denise replied as she settled back in her seat. "Homeland security has been suspicious of Mason's funding for awhile now."

"We have a clear link now between Rittehouse and Mason."Wyatt stated grimly.

"Elizabeth's information helped prove that."Lucy added.

"This list has how many names?"Denise asked.

"Over seventy."Wyatt said as he pulled out a flash drive and handed it to Christopher. "This is a copy of everything we've got plus what Elizabeth left."

Denise leaned forward as she accepted the small computer device and placed it in her right jacket pocket.

"Thank you for trusting me on this."Denise said softly.

"You agreed to help me get my sister back."Lucy responded. "I know that probably wasn't through proper channels. That went a long way to helping us decide."

"We do what we have to in order to keep the wolves away."Denise stated with a nod.

"What do we do now?"Lucy asked as she glanced at Wyatt.

"Keep things as normal as possible at Mason. Keep going on missions; gather intel while you're on them."Denise suggested.

"Double agents."Wyatt replied with a grim shake of his head. "Lucy, maybe you should step back from this..."

"That'll raise eyebrows."Lucy responded. "I'm already in this Wyatt. I owe it to Elizabeth and Daniel. They've already gone after Jiya..."

"We don't know for sure that's connected."Wyatt protested.

"We have to keep going forward."Lucy insisted. "They've already caused too much pain to too many people."

"What about Flynn?"Wyatt asked Christopher. "Do we still take him out?"

"I'm not sure we can trust his information."Lucy said quietly.

"Lucy's right consider any intel from Flynn as compromised and the mission with him will remain the same."Denise stated. "Anything else?"

"Not that I can think of."Wyatt replied as he looked at Lucy. "Lucy?"

"No."Preston said with a shake of her head.

"Good work on this so far."Denise commented as she drew the meeting to a close. "Keep me updated."

Wyatt nodded and glanced outside to check the parking lot for anything out of the ordinary. When there was nothing he motioned to Lucy that they should go. They climbed out of the SUV and went back to Wyatt's truck.

"This is my cousin Sarah's place."Rufus explained as he led the way down the hallway of the third floor of a downtown apartment. "She's in Thailand on a student exchange for the rest of the brother and I have been alternating keeping an eye on it."

Jiya stood next to Rufus as he opened the door to the last apartment at the end of the hall. She held the strap to her black carryon suitcase in her right hand and held her jacket over her other arm. They stepped into the medium sized loft style apartment and Rufus closed the door behind handing Jiya the keys. She looked down at them as they rested in her left palm.

"Rufus, I don't..."Jiya began.

Rufus turned cupping Jiya's face in his hands forcing her to look at him. She nearly melted at the emotion in his dark eyes. Love, worry, fear.

"I know this sucks; trust me."Rufus said quietly. "I get that you'd rather be home and you don't want to let them run you out. Nobody at Mason knows this place exists and I'll sleep better knowing you're safe."

"Okay."Jiya agreed as Rufus leaned in and kissed her.

"It'll get better."Rufus promised once they broke apart.

Jiya let go of her suitcase and wrapped her arms around the pilot. Rufus rested her head on top of hers.

"I'm just glad they didn't get what we were working on."Jiya said quietly.

The thieves may have gotten her laptop but she hadn't left any of Elizabeth's info on it or what Wyatt had worked on. Everything had been saved in two flashdrives that were always with her.

"Me too."Rufus agreed as he stepped back. "I stopped by earlier and left a couple laptops for us to work with. They're in the living room."

Jiya leaned up and kissed Rufus as a thank you.

"Come on, let's get you settled than we can go to Mason for our normal shifts."Rufus suggested as he picked up Jiya's suitcase.

It didn't take long for Jiya to put things away and take a quick tour of her temporary home. Twenty minutes later they were on their way to Mason Industries.

Wyatt and Lucy were halfway back to Mason Industries interstate traffic was heavy in spots. So much so that Wyatt didn't notice they'd picked up a tail until they rounded a curve and their was a break in traffic. A dark green late model pickup with more rust than green was closing. The vehicle had tinted windows obscuring the driver.

"Call Christopher."Wyatt ordered Lucy keeping his voice calm.

"Why?"The historian asked glancing over at him.

"We've got company and I don't think they want to chat."Wyatt explained his eyes fixed on the rear view mirror.

Lucy looked quickly behind them and then pulled out her phone. Just as she cleared the screen to scroll for their boss's number an engine revved loudly.

"Hang on!"Wyatt ordered as he yanked his truck into the other lane after making sure it was clear.

Their green tail followed picking up speed as it did. Lucy dialed Christopher and placed the phone to her right ear. Wyatt listened as she explained where they were and what was happening. Just as she ended the call the pickup slammed into Wyatt's bumper sending him back into the other lane.

"Wyatt."Lucy said her brown eyes wide and anxious as she looked behind them.

"We'll be okay."Wyatt assured her speeding up and taking the next exit.

The pickup followed nearly colliding with a blue sedan as it hit the exit ramp at full speed. Wyatt muttered a curse as he took in their surroundings. The exit led to a two lane highway. To the right led to a medium sized town the other way was to a small state park. Wyatt turned left at the intersection hoping to lose their tail in the park. The truck followed and Lucy texted Christopher with an update of their location. The road to the park was longer and curvier than Wyatt had expected. They'd cleared the first curve without incident but the second the truck pulled along side just as they entered the curve and rammed them. Wyatt fought for control of his truck but the incline was too much. He heard Lucy scream; crunch of metal and breaking glass as they tumbled into the ditch.