What James Did: The Accidental Time Travellers-Book 3 (18 page)

Chapter 36

They stopped to rest after they had been walking for hours. Will had woken up, but he was struggling with the bullet wound in his shoulder.  With each and every step he took he seemed to be swaying more and more.  Chase had been carrying Bonnie for the past hour, she struggled to walk anyway, but following the car crash she couldn’t move her legs at all.  She had been weeping into his chest for the entire time that he had been carrying her.

He sat her down on a log and helped her light a cigarette.  Will stumbled and fell on to a patch of grass; he was exhausted.  Sarah slumped down against a tree, she had been crying too. The blood that covered her face was dripping on to her clothes.

Chase sat down beside Bonnie and put an arm around her.

Bonnie took a deep pull from her cigarette and leant into his chest to continue weeping.  Chase gently excused himself and walked over to the patch of grass where Will was lying.

“Will are you okay?”  Chase asked, unsure as to what else to say.

“I got shot.”  He replied, removing his hand from his shoulder.  It wasn’t necessary, Will was covered in his own blood, and he had been getting paler for the last couple of hours.  Chase removed his jacket and ripped off a sleeve which he tied around the wound. 

“What happened to the others?”  Sarah asked.

“I didn’t see them after the explosion.  If they made it out then I’m sure they will be heading this way.”  He replied hopefully.  “Where is Edward?”

“He was shot before we got to the car.”  Sarah replied, still crying.

”Was he dead?”  Chase asked.

“I don’t know, I didn’t look back.”

“You killed Clyde!”  Bonnie wept.

“It was an accident, we hit a bump, and the gun went off.”  Sarah cried.

“Bonnie do you still have the generator?”  Chase interrupted.

She nodded.

“Do you have a gun?” 

She nodded again.

“Can I have it?”

She reached into her jacket and sat the gun on the log.

“I need to find the others.”  Chase announced.

Chapter 37

As the crowd disappeared, so too did any evidence of the explosion.  Jane was stood beside Clint, with a baffled expression on her face.  Scarlett was stood up the hill, slightly closer to the monument than the others.  When she saw them, she ran down the hill towards them.

“What the hell is going on?”  Clint asked.

“Where is everyone?”  Scarlett asked.

Jane looked at Faraday in the hope that he might be able to explain things.

“Look at the statue.”

Jane and Scarlett both let out gasps of horror as they saw that the Monument had been replaced by the statue of Hitler.  “It must have been because they tried to save Bobby.”  Jane reasoned.

“How could that change who won the war?”  Scarlett asked.

“They must have gotten hold of the generator, maybe Hitler did what Abaddon did.”  Faraday reasoned.

“So what do we do?”  Scarlett asked.

“I think we need to go to the condo in Dallas.”  Faraday advised glancing towards Jane.

Jane frowned.  “How would that help?”

“That’s where they would have gone if they made it out.”  Faraday answered, removing the generator from his pocket.

“No!  We are not doing this again!”  Jane snapped.

“Mum if the Nazis won the war then we will probably be killed if we stay!”  Scarlett protested.

“I agree.”  Faraday announced.

“Jane, I don’t think we have a choice.”  Clint interjected.

Jane gave Faraday the dirtiest look he had ever seen.  He ignored it and entered 0:00, 22
nd
November, 1963.

“There must be another way.”  Jane spoke hopefully.

“Jane we both know that there’s not.”  Faraday replied.

After a few minutes, the light appeared.

“Clint you go first.”  Faraday instructed.  Clint did as he was told and stepped into the light.  Jane stepped through it next without even glancing at Faraday. Scarlett followed suit and Faraday went through last.

When they appeared in the condo, it had changed beyond all recognition.  The windows were covered with Nazi flags.  A portrait of Hitler hung above the TV.  The couches were covered in Swastikas, and the carpet was bright red.

“This can’t be Bobby’s.”  Faraday announced.

Nobody replied, they could hear voices in the hallway.

“Isn’t that...”  Faraday began.

“Kennedy.”  Jane interrupted.

As the living room door opened, both Jack and Bobby Kennedy entered the room.

Chapter 38

As Chase left and headed back through the forest, Bonnie, Sarah and Will, were sat almost in complete silence.  The only sounds that could be heard were the sound of each of them crying, and the sound of Nazi gunfire that seemed to be getting closer with each passing moment. 

Sarah rose to her feet and didn’t know who she should tend to.  She had been lucky and the only wounds she had were minor cuts and scrapes from crashing the car.  She gazed over at Bonnie and saw how desperately upset she was.  Her hand was grasping a cigarette and shaking violently. 

She instead chose to go to Will first.  As she approached him the sound of his groaning seemed to be getting louder.  She crouched over him, he had his eyes scrunched shut.

“How are you feeling?”  Sarah asked, feeling ridiculous for asking such a stupid question.

Will opened his eyes slowly, he looked as though he was in incredible pain.  “I don’t think I’m going to make it.”  He mumbled.

“Hang in there, when Chase gets back with the others we can get you straight to the hospital.”

“There’s no use, I’m done for.” 

“Don’t say that, you can’t give up hope now.”

Will groaned.  “I gave up hope a long time ago.”

Sarah watched as he closed his eyes again, and she walked over to Bonnie.  Bonnie was caked in blood and she sounded as though she was struggling to breathe due to how much she had been crying.  Sarah sat down on the log beside her, unsure as to what she should say.

“You threw him from the car.”  Bonnie said.

“I had to Bonnie, we all would have died if I hadn’t.”

“You killed him and threw him from the car.  We were trying to help you.”  Bonnie’s voice was not one of anger, but one of great sadness and overwhelming dread.

“I’m so sorry Bonnie.”

Bonnie did not reply, she took a pull on her cigarette and just stared at the grass.

Chapter 39

Jacob opened his eyes and stared up at the dark sky above the trees, the sound of thunder filled the air and the smell of death was inescapable.  He put his hand to his forehead and looked at it, it was covered in blood.  His whole body ached and he was soaking wet.  He managed to sit up, feeling slightly dizzy as he did so.  To his right a little further into the forest he saw Bobby.

He struggled up to his feet, swaying slightly, and moved in Bobby’s direction.  He knelt over Bobby, he was not bleeding but he was unconscious.  Jacob slapped Bobby in the face and chuckled, he did it a couple more times before Bobby began to stir.  When he did open his eyes, he looked very confused.

“Good morning.”  Jacob smirked.

Bobby put his hand around Jacob’s neck and tried to strangle him, Jacob quickly punched him in the stomach.  “I just saved your life!”  Jacob snapped.

Bobby could hardly breathe after the punch to his stomach, but it dawned on him that Jacob was telling the truth.  “Why did you come here?”  Bobby managed.

“Revenge.”  Jacob said coldly.

“You could have left me to die, wouldn’t that have been revenge enough?”

Jacob chuckled.  “I do not seek revenge against you Bobby.” 

He stood up straight and helped Bobby up to his feet.

“Do you know where my cane is?” 

“No.”  Jacob replied.  Bobby put his arm around Jacob’s shoulder and limped alongside him.

“I never thought you would be the one to save me.” 

“You and me both.”  Jacob replied.

“So who are you trying to anger?”

“Abaddon.  He sold me out.”

“Well, you had that coming.”

Jacob threw Bobby to the ground.  “Do you want to die?”  He spoke coldly.

Bobby looked up at Jacob, those dead eyes were boring into him.  “No.”  Bobby replied softly.

“Well watch your mouth!  I can leave you here.”

“I’m sorry, I need your help.”  Bobby replied begrudgingly.

Jacob chuckled.  “Would you help me?”

Bobby stared back at him blankly, he knew if the roles were reversed then he would leave Jacob to die.

“No, I wouldn’t.”

Jacob smirked and helped Bobby up to his feet, they continued through the forest and Bobby saw the golden eagle.  “That’s my cane.”  He said pointing towards it.  Jacob made his way towards it, before tossing it in Bobby’s direction.

They continued a little further and heard a gunshot, followed by a man shouting something in German. 

Jacob ran ahead into the forest, Bobby tried to pick up his pace, but his hip was still extremely painful, another shot was fired and it was close this time.  Bobby was sure he had felt it fly past him.  He tried to run, but his hip gave out and he fell to the ground.  He attempted to get back up, but the wet mud caused him to slip, stopping him in his tracks.

He could hear footsteps coming towards him, he turned onto his back and saw the Nazi pointing the gun at him.  As soon as Bobby had seen him, the man was shot in the chest twice.

“Bobby!”  Chase almost shouted in surprise.

“Thank God.”  Bobby replied.

Chase helped him up to his feet.  “Are you okay?”

“Well, I’m alive.”  They both headed back in the direction that Chase had come from.  “Are the others okay?”  Bobby asked.

“No, Edward was shot, Clyde was shot, they are both dead as far as I can tell.  Will was shot and he doesn’t look good, I don’t know where Jacob is.  Bonnie can’t walk, but Sarah seems okay.”

“Jacob is fine, he ran when the Nazi appeared.”

“Coward.”  Chase snapped.

“He saved me, I wouldn’t have helped him.”  Bobby replied in Jacob’s defence.

“He’s only doing it to spite Abaddon.” 

“He told me.”  Bobby acknowledged.  “What happened to David and Faraday?”

“David is dead, Faraday saved me and Sarah, and then he was going to save you.  But Jacob showed up and told him he had to kill Abaddon.”

“Pair of scumbags.”  Bobby spat.

“Faraday didn’t know what Abaddon was going to do.”

“I’m sure he had a fair idea.  He was working with Jacob when you went to Cuba.  He doesn’t care about us.”

They both stopped in their tracks as they heard someone walking towards them.  Jacob appeared from behind a tree.

He laughed as he saw Bobby and Chase together.  “You’re still alive.”

“Chase came back for me.”  Bobby replied.

“Chase what have I told you? If you looked out for yourself, you might have a chance with her.”  Jacob laughed again.

“What is he talking about?”

Chase raised the gun towards Jacob.

“I could kill you right now Jacob, no one even knows you are alive.”  He snapped.

“But you won’t.”  Jacob chuckled.

They heard more gunshots nearby.  “We had better move.”  Bobby advised.

“The others are just behind those trees, there’s a clearing up ahead.” 

The three of them moved quickly, Bobby’s hip was burning with every step he took.  The atmosphere between Chase and Jacob was tense.  Another shot was fired, it hit a tree just ahead of them. 

“Jacob, go and tell Bonnie to get the wormhole generator ready.”  Chase instructed.