About Time: A Trio of Time Travel Tales by D. K. Holmberg

Author:D. K. Holmberg [Holmberg, D. K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00JMVK4XQ
Goodreads: 23476264
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2014-04-10T23:00:00+00:00

I had ducked into a changing room and locked the door, stepping off the floor and onto the low thin bench in the room as I waited for the agency. I did not know how long they would leave me here but did not dare stay out in the store. Already I knew what I would have to do, dreading the price I would pay when I returned.

Through the louvered slats I saw the store security guards roaming with crackling radios. One stood next to a uniformed officer, gun and handcuffs strapped to his waist. Rule number two of the agency was never interfere with local law enforcement.

Leaning back against the wall, I realized that she had stolen my gun as well.

Much as I hated it, I was gaining too much respect for this girl. Now more than ever, I knew she had to be stopped. I didn’t know why she jumped, but so far it had not been for profit. She wasn’t a thief or a Paster. Didn’t seem concerned with much of value, just the picture that I had lost somewhere in the scuffle.

That left changing something.

I smelled the jump before he appeared.

Tall and thin, he had a shaven head like mine. He wore a long black shirt and a part pants and his time disk was held in his hand. I almost felt bad about what I had to do.

I reacted before he had a chance to recover.

The disk flew out of his hand as I kicked and I grabbed it out of the air. I saw the question on his eyes as I wrapped him in a chokehold, squeezing tightly so that he didn’t make any noise. Not enough to kill him, just keep him from chasing me.

“I need your disk,” I said as I held him tightly. “Can’t go back to the agency. Not yet.”

I wouldn’t let someone else bring this girl in, not after all that I had been through with her.

Once I was certain that he was unconscious, I slipped his sidearm into my holster and peered through the louvers. The officer had wandered elsewhere after taking his report and the guards had dispersed. As I slipped out from the changing room, I saw that a few shoppers had returned. Needing to avoid attention, I kept my head low but still peaked above the top of the racks. With another jump nearby, I had to go to where she had jumped to get the best chance at following her.

Crawling toward where I last detected the trail, I flipped out the other agent’s time disk, hoping the trail hadn’t weakened so much that it could no longer detect it. If I could still smell it, the trail should be strong enough, but something about it seemed off, unexpected. I decided that was from the agent’s jump.

I triggered the disk and held it aloft in my hand. Long moments passed and I thought that it might have been too long for it to detect a trail before it finally sounded, a long steady tone.

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