What James Did: The Accidental Time Travellers-Book 3 (19 page)

“Okay boss.”  Jacob sprinted ahead whilst Chase walked at Bobby’s pace.  They could hear dogs barking and shouting coming from the direction of the oncoming troops.

When they reached the others, Sarah ran towards Bobby and gave him a hug.

“Thanks for coming to get me.”  Bobby managed.

She went to walk away, but Bobby grabbed her arm and kissed her, when she returned it he could not believe it was happening.  After so many years, he had finally found someone who liked him and was not a member of his family.

Chase blushed as he saw them kissing, he stormed over to Bonnie, and Jacob who was smirking.

“Fuck you!”  He snapped at Jacob.

“I did tell you.”  Jacob chuckled.

Chase ignored the taunts and focussed on Bonnie.

“Is it ready?”

“Almost, Jacob said to go to November 22
nd,
1963, 1505 Elm Street.”  Bonnie replied, wincing in pain as she spoke.

“Great.  Let’s do it.” 

Chase turned and saw that Bobby and Sarah were walking hand in hand towards them. He took the opportunity to go and check on Will who was still lying on the grass. 

As Chase approached him, he could hardly believe how ill he looked, there was no colour in his face and blood was still oozing from his shoulder, the fabric Chase had tied over the wound had done nothing to stop the bleeding.

“Will, how are you feeling?”  Chase felt ridiculous for even asking the question.

Will looked up at Chase, he didn’t seem to recognise him.  “I feel cold.”  He whispered.

“Can you stand?”  Chase asked.

Will shook his head.  “No, I’m dying.”  Will replied.  “Did Bobby make it?”

Chase looked back, and again saw the two of them holding hands.  “He made it.”  Chase confirmed.

“Good.”  Will murmured, his eyes glazed over and his heart stopped.

Chase stared at Will, he felt for a pulse but he was gone.  Chase closed Will’s eyes and stared at him for a moment.  He had never considered Will a friend, but having come so far in an attempted escape from Auschwitz he couldn’t help but feel proud of the man.  His first field mission had been with Will, and Will had been through a hell of a lot in his life.  “Rest in peace Will.”  Chase spoke sadly.

He stood up straight and went back to the others.

“He’s dead.”  Chase announced.

Bonnie just stared at the ground, she looked broken.

“Son of a bitch.”  Bobby snapped.

Sarah said nothing, and Jacob didn’t even acknowledge the news.

“Is it ready?”  Chase asked Bonnie.

Before she could reply the sound of gunfire drew nearer.  The light appeared in front of them.

Sarah nudged Bobby into the light and followed him. 

Jacob smiled at Chase, but before either of them could go through, Bonnie spoke.

“Please kill me.” 

“You’ll be okay.”  Chase reassured her.  The barking of the dogs was drawing ever closer.

“I can’t walk and I have no one left.  Kill me.”

“No.”  Chase replied.  “You’ll be fine.”

“Just do it.”  Jacob instructed. 

Chase looked at Jacob in astonishment.  “You have no morals do you?”

“It’s what she wants, look at her for Christ’s sake!” 

The sound of gunfire was very close now.  Jacob grabbed the gun from Chase and pushed him into the light.  He pointed the gun at Bonnie’s head.

“I’m sorry this happened to you Bonnie.”

She said nothing, she just stared at the ground.

He pulled the trigger and went towards the light. As the machine guns fired all around him, he saw a shot hit the wormhole generator and the light started to flicker.  He ran into it and arrived at the condo.     

Chapter 40

“Are you here to kill us?”  Jack Kennedy asked.

Faraday was confused.  “This is my friend’s home.  His name is Bobby Stinson.” 

“Never heard of him, what’s that accent?”  Jack replied.

“Scottish.”

“Why are you in my apartment?”

“Your apartment?”  Jane asked.

“Yes, my apartment.”

“We are from the future, my mother and father were good friends of yours.  Something happened that seems to have created some parallel world where the Nazis won the war.”  Scarlett spoke quickly.

Neither of the brothers looked at all surprised.  “So you are the idiots that did this?”  Bobby Kennedy spoke angrily.

“What?”  Jane asked.

“Is that it?  Is that the device?”  He asked aggressively.

Faraday handed the generator to him.  Bobby dropped it to the ground and stamped on it repeatedly until it was unrecognisable.

“What the hell are you doing?”  Faraday yelled.

“What you should have done!”  Bobby snapped.

“So we are stuck here.”  Jane said, unable to hide the emotion in her voice.

“Take a seat, we need to talk.”  Jack demanded.

Clint, Scarlett, Jane and Faraday squeezed onto one couch while both Kennedy brothers sat on the other.

“We were warned that this might happen.”  Jack began.  “We have a close friend who has managed to infiltrate the Nazi Party, he met a man named Edward Teller.”

“So he’s alive?”  Faraday interrupted.

Jack shook his head.  “Not anymore, no.  He was kidnapped when you and your friends broke into Auschwitz and he was forced to build them one of those devices. At that time the technology didn’t exist to create a portable one, it was a much larger machine.

He told our contact that a group of you came back to this year and tried to stop someone killing me, he said that I was President of the United States.  Is that true?”

“Yes, that was me, my husband James Faraday, and two other men who are not with us.”  Jane answered.

Both of the Kennedy’s looked amazed at the confirmation of this.  “He told our contact that you failed, but that you successfully managed to expose my killers, and then as a result of that my brother Bobby here, became President.”

“That’s right, we were actually quite close with you.”  Faraday said looking towards Bobby as if that would suddenly jog his memory.

“He told us that you betrayed my brother, and that our contact, a man named Abaddon Wolf, became President. He used the device to bring back weapons from the future and blow half the world to hell!”

“Your contact is Abaddon Wolf?”  Jane asked in amazement.

“That’s right.  He also sent a friend of yours to Auschwitz, you then tried to save him and allowed the scientist to develop the hydrogen bomb and a time machine for the Nazis, winning them the war.”

“Well, that actually wasn’t us, we were in the future.  We lived in Scotland and suddenly everything changed. The Wallace Monument had become a statue of Adolf Hitler.”  Jane replied.

“He told us where we should buy this apartment to build for the revolution and that one day you would all show up.”  Bobby stated.

“He told you to buy this place?”  Scarlett asked.

“Yes.”  Jack replied.

“Sorry, you said a revolution?”  Faraday asked.

“Yes, groups are forming all over the world.  We need to cut off the head, and the beast will be overwhelmed by the uprising.”  Jack stated.

“You mean Hitler?”  Faraday asked.

“Precisely.”  Jack continued.

“So how are you going to do it?”

“Well, you happen to have arrived on the very day that the assassination is to take place.  He will be visiting Dallas today.  When his Mercedes Benz drives through Hitler Plaza, we will kill him.”  Jack declared.  “We will then set up a new government and around the world other countries will do the same.  We will destroy that device and this will all be over.” 

Jane looked at Faraday, he could do nothing but look back in amazement.  “Where is Hitler Plaza?”  She eventually asked.

“It is just up the street.”  Bobby answered.

Again Faraday and Jane could do nothing but stare at one another.

“Who is killing him?” Clint interjected.

“A young man whom I believe you also know, Lee Harvey Oswald.”  Jack replied.

“This is insane.”  Jane muttered.

“Where is he shooting from?”  Faraday asked.

“The Hitler Youth Book Depository.”  Bobby advised.  “He got a job there recently as a clerk.”

“Unbelievable.”  Faraday muttered.

The room was silent until the front door of the condo was thrown open and Abaddon Wolf entered the living room. 

“He’s dead!”  Abaddon announced, before staring at the couch full of visitors.

“Hitler?” 

“No Oswald.  They raided his flat, they found the gun.  It’s a matter of time before they find us.”  Abaddon continued, shaking violently.

Bobby put his head in his hands.

Jack stood up and walked over to the table by the window, where a bottle of whisky sat.  He opened it and took a long swig from the bottle before turning back to look at Abaddon.

“What do we do now?”  Jack asked.

“We need to get out of America, go south, the security is pretty lax on the border.”

“And give up?”  Bobby asked.

“What choice do we have?  We have no rifle and we have no shooter.  Who are they?”  Abaddon said, gesturing towards Faraday, Jane, Scarlett and Clint.

“Our friends from the future.”  Bobby advised.

“So it was you that caused this?”  Abaddon stared at them furiously.

“It was actually you that caused this.”  Jane snapped.

The argument was cut short as a bright flash of light blinded them.  Bobby and Sarah appeared in the room.

“Bobby?”  Faraday said in surprise.

Bobby did not reply, he saw Bobby Kennedy and walked over to shake his hand.  “How are you sir?”

Kennedy just looked at him in bemusement.  Bobby then looked at Abaddon.  “You son of a bitch!”  He grabbed Abaddon’s black suit jacket, but Abaddon head butted him, causing him to fall to the ground.

Faraday rose to his feet to help Bobby up, but he was ignored.  Bobby struggled back up as Chase crashed into Jack Kennedy.

“The bastard killed her!”  Chase yelled.

“Who?”  Sarah asked.

“Jacob shot Bonnie.”  Chase yelled.

Around twenty seconds passed before Jacob Cohen appeared in the room.  When he arrived he was immediately stood face to face with Chase.  The light disappeared and Chase punched Jacob.  To his surprise he managed to land a punch on Jacob’s left cheek, Jacob stumbled backwards and Chase tackled him to the ground.

“She would have been fine!”  He yelled, whilst lying on top of Jacob.

Abaddon intervened and threw Chase away from Jacob.  Jacob looked up at his saviour, and his dead eyes suddenly sparked into light.  “Hello Abaddon.”  He smirked.

“Who are you?”  Abaddon asked.

Jacob did not respond, he simply pulled the trigger sending blood from Abaddon’s head on to the ceiling.

“Jesus!”  Jack exclaimed.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing!”  Bobby Kennedy shouted.

Jacob rose to his feet and looked towards Jane.  “What are you doing here?”  He asked genuinely surprised.    “And the kids are here?”

Faraday was stunned at how Jacob spoke to his wife, he couldn’t believe that they were friends.  This all seemed like a bad dream.

“You just killed two people you son of a bitch!  You don’t even care?”  Chase yelled.

“Hello James.”  Jacob smiled, ignoring Chase.

“What the hell is going on here?”  Jack shouted.

Chase glowered at Jacob who winked back at him with a smile.

“These are the other accidental time travellers.”  Jane began.  “Based on what Chase is wearing, I would guess they have come straight from Auschwitz.”

“That’s right.”  Sarah stated, receiving a dirty look from Jane in the process.  “What is your problem?”

“You disgust me.”  Jane snapped.

Sarah was about to respond when Jack Kennedy shouted at Jacob.

“So why in the hell did you shoot Abaddon?”  Kennedy yelled.

“He was not a good person.”  Jacob replied.

“And you are?”  Chase snapped.

Jacob chuckled.  “No I suppose I’m not.”

“Why the hell did you shoot Bonnie?”  Chase yelled.

Jacob sighed, he was beginning to feel exhausted by Chase constantly questioning his actions.  “She asked for it.  You saw the state of her, she couldn’t even walk.  Clyde was dead, she had nothing to live for.”