What James Did: The Accidental Time Travellers-Book 3 (6 page)

“I do, I’ve seen it happen to hundreds, maybe even thousands of others.  You will not see her again, the quicker you understand that, the easier this will be.  It is you and you alone.  You are the only person that you need to worry about.”

Emmerich was silent now.

“I don’t think I can stand for much longer.”  Bobby said, it hurt his throat to speak as he was so dehydrated.

“You have to, if you fall then they will kill you.  You are no good to them if you can’t work.”  Will replied.

“We haven’t been working?”  Bobby replied.

“No, but if you are put into a standard cell then you will have to work.”

“I don’t think I will be able to make it to a regular cell, not with the salt water.”

“She can’t be dead.”  Emmerich mumbled.

“Emmerich believe me, she is.  Would you rather she was alive and living in these hellish conditions?”  Will snapped.

“Will we don’t know if they are dead or not.”  Bobby interjected.

“Not you too.  You should know better than anyone, you will be dead within days.”

Bobby sighed, he knew that Will was right.

Chapter 14

“So how do you intend on getting us into Auschwitz?”  Chase asked.

“I am only allowing you to use my device.  It is not my responsibility to come up with a plan.”  Edward replied unhelpfully.

“Won’t we be able to fight our way in?  I fought in the eighty years war, I am quite experienced in warfare.”  Guy interrupted.

“Your methods may be a little dated Guy.”  Chase replied.

“Well, perhaps the weapons have changed, but warfare does not.  I could get us into the camp.”

“I’m not worried about getting in Guy.  That will be the easy bit, finding Bobby and getting back out will be the hard part.”

“What did you call these people?”  Guy asked.

“The Nazis.”

“Perhaps a distraction would give us entry.  I could cause an explosion, which would distract the guards.”

“It really will not be that simple.”  Chase replied.

They were silenced when the light appeared and Faraday arrived just behind Sarah.

“Where are we now?”  She asked.

“This is Bobby’s home in 1963.”  Faraday replied.

Chase rose to his feet to shake Sarah’s hand.  “Good to see you again.” 

She smiled before replying.  “I’m sorry, I’ve forgotten your name.”

Chase blushed.  “It’s Chase Gibson.”

Sarah turned her attention to Teller.  “So I see you are trying to make up for your mistakes.”  She snapped.

“I just saved your life.”  He snapped back.

“No, he did.”  She said pointing to Faraday.

“It was because of him that you ended up being captured.” 

“That’s not true, I had no idea that they were going after any of you.”  Faraday tried.

“So you betrayed Bobby as well?”

Faraday nodded solemnly. 

“Coward.”  Sarah spat.

“I know I made a mistake, that’s why I’m trying to fix things.”  Faraday replied.

“Who are you?”  Sarah asked Guy.

“My name is Guy Fawkes.  These men saved my life.”  He said with a smile.

“You are Guy Fawkes?  This is insane, I wish I’d never met any of you!”  Sarah snapped.

They were interrupted as they heard the sound of a key in the front door of the condo.

“It must be Jane and Nancy.  Hide in the bedroom.”  Faraday ordered.

Guy, Chase, Sarah and Edward made their way into Bobby’s room and closed the door.  Faraday had planned on following them, but he couldn’t miss the opportunity to see her.  As the door opened, it was not who he had been expecting.

The door closed and the cold dead eyes of Jacob Cohen stared into his.

“Jacob?” 

“We need to have a talk James, get the others.”

“How did you...”

“Please gather the others.” 

Jacob walked passed Faraday and into the living room.  Faraday opened Bobby’s bedroom door and gestured for the others to come through.  When they entered the living room, Sarah let out a shriek of horror and Chase ran at Jacob.

“You son of a bitch!”  Chase screamed.

Jacob punched Chase quickly in the face, causing Chase to fall in a heap on the ground.

“I am not here to hurt anyone.  Please take a seat, and Dr Teller, please see if we have any beverages, I have had a long journey.”

Jacob sat down on one of the couches and only Guy was willing to sit near him.  Faraday helped Chase to his feet and helped him onto the other couch beside Sarah.  Faraday pulled a chair from the table by the window and pulled another one across for Teller.

“Am I looking for alcoholic beverages?  Because that is all that is here.”  Edward’s shouted from the kitchen.

“Bring some beers.”  Jacob demanded.

Edward returned handing cans of Budweiser to everyone.

Guy looked at his as though it was a spaceship.  “Allow me.”  Jacob took Guy’s beer and opened it for him.  “You drink from the hole.”  He handed it back to Guy, who looked amazed.

“Now James, you are playing a very dangerous game here.”  Jacob began before swigging from his can.

“I watched you die.”  Was all Faraday could say.

Jacob let out his manic laugh for the first time since his arrival.  “Bullet proof vest I’m afraid.”

“I can shoot you in the head if you prefer.”  Faraday snapped.

“There’s no need for that kind of talk Mr Faraday.”  Guy interrupted.

“You don’t know him!”  Chase shouted.

Guy was taken aback and instead of replying took the opportunity to sip from his beer.

Jacob laughed once again.  “None of you know me.  And none of us knew Abaddon.  Each and every one of us have been lied to, with the exception of you Guy.”

“I have not been lied to.”  Teller replied.

Jacob could not control his laughter.  “Is that so doctor?  Do you think he was going to let you live?  Do you think he would have left you in control of the wormhole generators?”

“That was the arrangement.”  Teller replied.

“Would you like to know what your precious friend did with your generator?”

“What did he do?”  Teller asked.

“He used it to transport nuclear warheads from the future back to 1969, he went to war with the Soviets and he blew half the world to hell.” 

There was silence as the words sank in.

“Excuse me, I do not understand, what is a nuclear warhead?”  Guy asked.

“Well Guy, imagine if there were barrels of gunpowder that could destroy entire cities and countries in seconds, killing millions in the process.”  Jacob replied.

“What are the Soviets?”  Guy asked.

“Russia.” 

“I thought you wanted the end of communism?”  Faraday asked.

“Oh yes, I did.  But he screwed me like he screwed all of you.  He told me that I would be made head of the CIA if I helped him.  So I did as I was asked, just like you did.  But Abaddon had me over a barrel, to speak in a language that Guy here will understand.  I was a fugitive, he wanted rid of me because I knew too much.  He gave me the choice of death or travelling to the future.  I chose the latter and decided that I would pay dear David Lewis a visit.  I was going to kill him as I was told he was the only surviving member of your little team, and then I saw you.  I was astonished, he had lied to me again.  He had told me you were all dead, all gone.  Then things started getting strange.

All of a sudden, Guy Fawkes was no longer a household name.  I looked it up online and discovered that the gunpowder plot no longer existed.  It was described as a fire that burned down the parliament building, killing only guards.”

“So the King survived?”  Guy asked, sounding disappointed.

“Yes, he did.  Then all of a sudden there were conspiracy theorists that claimed the Titanic was sunk by time travellers or aliens.  A woman and a man fitting your descriptions had appeared on the scene and disappeared.  The theorists argued that they had boarded a lifeboat, before disappearing into a bright blinding light.  Just like that, now having one of these.”  Jacob pulled out a portable wormhole generator, identical to the one that they had.  “The description sounded somewhat familiar.  So then, I looked online for any other instances where people had appeared and disappeared in strange circumstances.  That’s when I traced the tail of Bobby Stinson, the man who appeared from nowhere before dying a death at the hands of Dr Mengele.”

“Dr Mengele?”  Sarah asked in horror.

“How did you know we were here?”  Faraday asked.

“It seemed a fitting moment for you to choose.”  Jacob replied.  “Back to where it all began.”

“Where is Bobby?”  Sarah asked.

“So why are you here?”  Chase interrupted.

“Excellent question.”  Jacob laughed.

“Tell us the answer then.”  Sarah snapped.

Jacob stopped laughing and stared straight at Sarah.  “Because you need me.  If you want to save Bobby, then I am your best chance.”

“Where is Bobby?”  Sarah repeated.

“Why would you help us?”  Faraday asked.

“Two reasons James.  We all have a common enemy, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend.  Secondly there is another situation that I cannot deal with alone.”

“What situation?”  Chase asked.

“Where is Bobby?”  Sarah yelled this time.

“Auschwitz.”  Faraday replied.

“You put him there!”  She snapped.  “How could you?”

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

“What situation Jacob?”  Chase asked again.

“Our dear President Abaddon Wolf is planning a political assassination to ensure that the American Empire stays strong.”

“Did you say American Empire?  America could never have an Empire, you are a colony.”  Guy stated.

“Times change Guy.  Abaddon showed the world how powerful America is.  We have weapons that exceed those of other countries by hundreds of years.  His private army of my former CIA colleagues murdered any political enemies, and he threatened all countries in the world with war, unless they became vessel states of our country.”

“So America rules the entire world?”  Chase asked in amazement.

“Well, not officially but after Eastern Europe was destroyed, followed by Vietnam and then Korea, other countries knew that they would have to submit to American demands.  Other countries run their policies by Abaddon and his cabinet, and from the White House, he runs everything that happens here on Earth.”

“So there are still other governments?”  Faraday asked.

“Indeed there are.  But in name only, well until quite recently.  Sarah would you like to tell us about your parents?”  Jacob asked.

She blushed and shifted uncomfortably.  “Why?”

“Please?”  Jacob asked before laughing a little.

“I grew up in an orphanage.”  She replied.

“Sad isn’t it.  Do you know anything about your parents?”

“No.”  She spoke softly.

“Well, your mother died in childbirth, she had met a man in a bar and you were conceived.  She only knew his name, and they never met again.  That man was Scottish, and he went on to have another child, a son he named Alex.”

Faraday’s jaw dropped.  No one else seemed to know where this was going.  Jacob laughed at Faraday’s surprise.

“Well, this half-brother of yours has become quite an influential figure in Scotland.  He is the leader of a party called the Scottish National Party.  He has become something of a thorn in the side of the Westminster government that live in Abaddon’s pocket.  He even managed to achieve the building of the Scottish Parliament in the late nineties. 

If he had left it at that, he would not be in any trouble, but unfortunately he wants full Independence.  He wants Scotland to be governed in Scotland, rather than in Westminster or Washington. 

Abaddon is an old man, he has named his successor already as George Bush junior.  The first task he has set his young deputy is to have the murder of Alex Salmond arranged.  Abaddon will make his last State visit to Scotland along with Bush and whilst he is there, Salmond will be murdered.  Thus killing the hopes of Independence and thus securing America’s position as the dominant state in the world.”

The room was in silence as everyone took in the weight of Jacob’s words.

“We could blow up the White House?”  Guy suggested.

This was also greeted by silence.

“Why would Abaddon choose Bush to succeed him?”  Faraday asked.

“The Bush family have helped Abaddon considerably, George Bush Senior was made head of the CIA, rather than myself.”

“So what is it that you intend to do about it?”  Chase asked.

“I have boots on the ground in Scotland, but no weapons and not enough people.  I want some of you to help them, preferably you James, you have experience in this particular field.  And as a Scotsman you will know your way about.  I want the assassination stopped and I want both Bush and Abaddon killed.”