Revolution in Time (Out of Time #10) (28 page)

“Dead,” Simon said.

Travers looked ready to lecture him on killing and not capturing their enemies, and Simon was more than ready to respond when the tell-tale blue lightning began to arc above them.

Victor gestured as if to say, “You see?”

Simon glared at him then turned to glare at Travers. If he wanted—but his thought was cut off when Elizabeth gasped.

“Oh, my God.”

Simon jerked around, his blood cold, thinking something was wrong with the baby. But before he could ask, Elizabeth ran from his side and onto the platform.

“What happened?” Travers asked.
 

Jack knelt over Teddy, his bloody hand pressed to the little man’s stomach. Beside him lay another man, Burgess.
 

“Stabbed. We need to get him to a hospital,” Jack said. “Now.”

Elizabeth turned back to look at Simon, her fear and worry clear.

“Get the car,” she told him.

He hesitated. The man lying next to Teddy appeared to be alive. Both he and Quincy would try to kill Elizabeth given the chance.

“Go,” Victor said. “I will watch them.”

Simon gave him a quick nod and then, with one last look at Elizabeth, he headed for the stairs.

He took them two at a time and ran across the lawn to the house. The keys to Teddy’s large black convertible Oldsmobile were on the console table in the entryway where he always left them.

Luckily, Simon was familiar with the quirks of the old car. He’d taken Elizabeth out for drives in the country when they’d been stuck here after bringing Niels. He managed to get it started on the first crank.

By the time he drove it across the lawn to the barn, the others were just coming outside. They loaded Teddy in the back as carefully as they could and, once everyone was situated, Simon stepped on the gas. Jack explained what had happened, finally, on the interminable ride to the hospital. Twenty minutes later, they arrived.

Their clothing caused a stir, but Jack cut right through it. “Re-enactment.”

Thankfully, the staff didn’t waste time with questions and took Teddy away on a gurney. The double doors swung closed, and the frantic energy to get him there alive was abruptly brought up short.

Elizabeth stood there staring through the small glass window in the doorway. If anything happened to Teddy Fiske, she’d be devastated. Simon went to her side and slipped his hand around hers. He gave it a soft squeeze.
 

“I’m sure he’ll be all right,” he assured her, hoping he was right. With a knife wound, one could never be sure.

“I
know
he will,” she said, then even managed a tired smile. “I’ve seen the scar.”

~~~

Teddy sat down gingerly in the chair of his library. He’d been lucky—very, very lucky. The knife had missed his vital organs. He’d be sore and would have to be careful, but his wound would heal.
 

Despite that, Elizabeth worried. “Wouldn’t you feel more comfortable in bed?”

He shook his head and winced as he settled in. “I want to be close to my books.”

Elizabeth shook her head. “I don’t know, I think—”

“Mrs. Dunlop will take care of him,” Simon said.

She could hear the impatience in his voice, not that she blamed him. While the others had returned to the present, she’d insisted they stay a few days to make sure Teddy was going to be all right. After all he’d done for them, it was the least they could do for him.
 

Teddy nodded. “I’ll be fine.”

Elizabeth put a blanket on his lap and looked down at him, unable to find the words to thank him. He’d reinvented time travel and nearly died. What could she say to him that could possibly cover that?

Simon put his hand on her shoulder. “It’s time, Elizabeth.”

She knew it was, and she knew this wasn’t really goodbye. But it sure felt like it.

She leaned down and kissed Teddy’s cheek. “Thank you.”

He smiled and then looked down at her belly for a moment. “She’s wonderful, you know. Your Charlotte.”

The simple sentence took Elizabeth’s breath away. Their Charlotte.

She didn’t ask how he knew. Teddy was just Teddy. She smiled again and stepped back, taking Simon’s hand.

They turned and walked toward the door; a key waited for them in the lab.

When they reached the door, Teddy called out. “I’ll see you soon.”

Elizabeth paused at the door. Was that a regular old goodbye or a prescient promise? Teddy didn’t say, and she didn’t ask.

Simon tugged on her hand. “Let’s go home.”

~~~

The last thing Simon expected to see, or wanted to see, was Peter Travers standing in the middle of his living room.
 

“What the hell are you doing here?”

“Good to see you, too,” Jack quipped from the chair he was lounging in.

Simon glared at him, and he had the good sense to take his leg off the arm of the chair and stand up.

Simon would deal with him in a minute. Travers first. “Working for the Council doesn’t give you the right to break into—”

“Hawkins escaped.”

Two simple words but they nearly sent Simon’s world spinning out of control. His chest seized for a moment, and he felt Elizabeth take hold of his arm.

He put his around her. “What do you mean?”

Travers shook his head. “We managed to capture everyone else involved—”

“But not the man who ordered my wife’s murder?”

Travers blanched slightly but nodded. “We are back in control of the Council, and we are doing everything we can to find him. He won’t get far.”

Simon felt himself being pulled under. Would this nightmare never end?

“I’m sure he’s far from here,” Travers assured him. “He’s a man on the run.”

“And they’re never dangerous,” Elizabeth said.
 

She gave Simon a sideways “Can you believe this?” look and then rolled her eyes heavenward. And sadly, yes. Yes, he could believe this was happening. Was there to be no rest?

Jack stepped forward. “He won’t get to you. I promise.”

“He probably won’t even try,” Travers added.

“Probably?” That was hardly the comfort Simon wanted.

“His entire operation has been dismantled. He has no power now.” Before Simon could interrupt again, Travers held up his hand. “I have every available man on it; I promise you. We’ll find him.”

Simon clenched his jaw and took in a deep breath as his fear for his family threatened to overtake him. He felt Elizabeth’s arm go around his waist.

“We’ll be all right,” she said and looked up at him with such certainty and strength that he believed her. In that moment, he chose hope over worry.

He smiled down at his beautiful wife and then looked across the room to Travers.

“Thank you.”

Travers’ eyebrows arched in surprise, and he opened his mouth to say something, but Simon interrupted him.

“Whatever else you have to say, it can wait. For now, I’m going to spend a quiet evening at home with my wife.”

He smiled down at her, and together they headed for the stairs.
 

“You can show yourselves out,” he said, without looking back.

They walked slowly upstairs.

“It’s good to be home,” she said as they neared the landing.

He grunted in thought.

This house felt like anything but home without her. It had been a prison. Now, with her, it was filled with hope and life. But there was still one thing missing.

As they reached the top of the stairs, she continued on toward the bedroom, but he stopped.

She turned back to him. “Aren’t you coming?”

“In a minute.”

He walked down the short hall to the nursery. The door handle was cool and solid in his hand as he turned it. He pushed the door open, leaving it ajar as it should be.

Now
, he was home.

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Monique was born in Houston, Texas, but her family soon moved to Southern California. She grew up on both coasts, living in Connecticut and California. She currently resides in Southern California with her naughty Siamese cat, Monkey.

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