Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (63 page)

Merry
Li
n
da’s
R
e
s
cue

and
Mi
s
t
a
ke

“
T
h
e
r
e
’s
no
p
r
oof
the
re
’s
no
show,
y
ou
won
’
t
b
e f
r
e
e
y
ou
ca
n
n
e
v
e
r go.”
T
h
e T
i
me Ma
r
k
e
r w
a
s
a
ddr
e
s
s
ing
Me
r
r
y
L
inda
a
t
t
he
Time
station.

“
You k
n
e
w that
the girl
is
innoc
e
nt,
ins
t
ea
d
of
s
e
nding
h
e
r b
ac
k
y
ou
let h
e
r go
the
r
e
?
I
t
ca
n
n
e
v
e
r h
a
p
p
e
n t
h
a
t
without
y
o
ur
wish or
p
e
rmission
the
Time loop
ca
n
f
l
a
sh upon someon
e
.”
M
e
r
r
y
w
a
s
a
r
guing wi
t
h hi
m
.

Mr.
F
r
e
d
r
i
c
k
w
a
s
t
i
e
d
to
a
c
h
a
ir
l
i
ke
si
t
te
r
.
H
e
w
a
s
a
ll
blank to
wh
a
t
w
a
s
h
a
pp
e
ning,
b
eca
use of the
p
r
e
s
e
n
c
e
a
t
Time
S
tation
he lost
his
pow
e
r
of
spe
a
king
a
nd
mov
i
n
g
but
w
a
s l
i
stening
a
nd w
a
tching
a
l
l wh
a
t w
a
s going
on the
r
e
.

“Time Ma
r
k
e
r is
a
p
e
r
s
on
so
bless
e
d;
no
o
n
e
w
i
l
l
b
e
l
i
e
ve
y
o
u
a
nd 
y
ou’ll
be
a
r
re
s
t.”
Time
Ma
r
k
e
r
c
h
a
l
le
ng
e
d
h
e
r, ins
t
ea
d of
a
dm
i
t
t
ing h
i
s m
i
stak
e
.

“
No,
I
will
c
omp
l
a
in
y
o
u
r
ac
t
to
the
Migh
t
y Time
L
o
r
d
that
y
o
u
a
re
doing
th
i
s
with
i
nno
ce
nt
p
e
o
p
l
e
.
You
m
u
st
r
e
a
l
iz
e if
th
i
s
re
a
l
i
t
y
o
f
t
i
me
di
v
is
i
on
will
g
e
t
disclosed,
t
he
whole of
wo
r
lds will
b
ec
ome
m
ise
r
able.”

“Things
f
r
om
the
r
e
c
o
r
d
ca
n
n
e
v
e
r be
d
e
l
e
ted;
the
vis
i
t
of
c
r
e
a
t
u
r
e
s
is
troubled
n
o
t
c
omp
l
e
ted.”
Time
Ma
r
k
e
r
show
e
d

that he
kn
e
w
a
bout
Alic
i
a
’s
a
r
r
ival
a
nd that s
h
e
d
i
d not
took

K
e
l
l
y
b
ac
k
f
rom the
T
i
m
e
spa
c
e
.

“
You
don’t
h
a
ve
to
w
o
r
r
y
a
bout
it
I will
g
e
t
K
e
l
l
y
b
ac
k
to h
e
r
e
xis
t
e
n
c
e
i
f
y
ou
p
romise me
not
t
o t
e
a
se
Alicia
a
g
a
in
b
y s
e
nding
h
e
r Time
loops
that
h
a
ve made h
e
r
re
a
l
iz
e h
e
r s
ec
ond
e
xis
t
e
n
c
e
.”
M
e
r
r
y
k
e
pt on de
fe
nding Al
i
c
i
a
.

“
F
o
r
giv
i
ng
c
rimes
will
make us
finished;
Alicia
is
a
nsw
e
r
a
ble
a
nd
will
be punish
e
d
.
”
Time
Ma
r
k
e
r
k
e
pt
on
a
rguing
f
or
punishing Al
i
c
ia.

“
I
a
m
going
to
g
e
t
K
e
l
l
y
b
ac
k
a
nd
y
ou’ve
to
tru
s
t
me
t
i
ll
I r
e
turn.
I kn
o
w
that
I will
s
a
ve
h
e
r
f
r
om
b
e
ing
punish
e
d
a
nd the
r
e
will
be
no
c
h
a
n
c
e
i
n
futu
r
e
for
h
e
r
m
i
stak
e
s
a
s
I know the
re
me
d
y
.”
M
e
r
r
y
to
l
d
him
h
e
r d
e
te
r
m
i
n
a
t
i
on.

“
I
f
the
th
i
ngs
go
smoot
h
e
r
no
one
will
ca
r
e
,
now
on
l
y
y
ou
ca
n
go
but
he
will
st
a
y
h
e
r
e
.
”
Time
Ma
r
k
e
r
poin
t
e
d
tow
a
rds
F
r
e
d
r
ick,
l
y
ing on
t
h
e
c
h
a
ir like
stru
c
tur
e
.

Th
e
re
r
e
main
e
d
a
si
l
e
n
c
e
for
a
f
e
w
mo
m
e
nts
a
s
Me
r
r
y w
a
s
tr
y
ing
to
ma
k
e
a
d
ec
is
i
on.
S
he
w
a
s
togg
l
ing
b
e
tw
ee
n
the two
c
hoic
e
s
of l
e
a
ving
F
r
e
d
r
ick
a
t
the
Time
S
tation
or k
ee
ping
him
with
h
e
r
a
n
d
h
a
nd
ov
e
r to
S
h
a
k
e
s
p
e
a
re
a
s
she kn
e
w
hi
m
.
But
she
kn
e
w
that
a
s
soon
a
s
th
e
y will
le
a
ve
the Time
S
tation,
F
r
e
d
r
ick
’
s
s
e
ns
e
s
wi
l
l
sta
r
t
w
o
rking
a
nd
it will
be
dif
f
icult
for
h
e
r
taking
ca
re of
him
in the
n
e
xt
e
xis
t
e
n
ce
.
F
inal
l
y she
thought
of
le
a
ving
Fr
e
d
r
ick
a
t
the Time
S
tation
a
s Time
Ma
r
k
e
r
c
ould not
h
a
rm
him
a
t that pla
ce
.