The Time Travellers by Simon Guerrier

Author:Simon Guerrier [Guerrier, Simon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780563486336
Publisher: BBC Digital
Published: 2005-08-15T08:12:54+00:00

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Wu stared at the phone in his hand, willing it to ring. Griffiths

was late, he should have rung by now. He had never been late in

all the years he had worked for them.

He must have been compromised, thought Wu. So where did

that put them now? They were passing over the Dover coast, and

would be on top of London before long. The man had to give them

a signal, or Wu would be required to abort. They couldn't risk the

mission, and he wouldn't risk the men. But nor did he want to be

the one to tell Abi that something - had gone wrong.

Wu stroked the display screen on the phone with his thumb.

Come on, he thought. Griffiths had never let them down before.

He needed to come through for them now.

The change in Griffiths was startling. The man was alert and

efficient, with no sign of the fears he had shown earlier. Ian knew

the man was an enemy agent, that he was working against

Bamford and the British. Yet he was their only ally, when even

the Doctor seemed to have forsaken them. He let Griffiths lead

them through the tunnel, and out into the sunshine by the river.

It must be getting on for six in the morning, he thought. Almost a

civilised hour.

Ian had told Griffiths about the soldier waiting for him in the

car. Griffiths had considered the point quickly, then decided they

dare not risk reaching the man. They would find their own

transport.

Keeping low, terrified that any moment someone would see

them, they made their way alongside the river. After what felt like

an eternity, Susan spotted an armoured car, parked in front of

an office building. Ian kept his eyes on the building as he

followed Griffiths to the car, sure someone would stop them. 'We

need to be quick about this,' he said.

Griffiths nodded, gingerly trying the handle on the car door.

Locked. He glanced round once and tapped his elbow against the

driver's-side window. He didn't hit it hard, but the glass broke.

Ian grinned, but Griffiths just got on with the matter in hand. He

reached in, opened the door, and swept the bits of glass out onto

the road. As the others piled into the car, Griffiths took off his lab coat. He handed it to Barbara.

'Put this on,' he said.

Griffiths then tugged off his tatty old jumper. He had a clean

shirt on underneath. He called to Susan, in the back of the car,

to look in the boot. She rummaged around, and soon found a

heavy army overcoat. They passed it out to Griffiths. He found a

sergeant's cap in the pocket. With the cap, and the coat done up

over his shirt, he looked like top brass. The way he stood and the

determination in his eyes completed the transformation.

Ian sat in the front of the car. Griffiths, driving, never raced.

He took things easily, piloting the car so it drew no attention to

them. In fact, thought Ian, were Griffiths really top brass, he'd be

chauffeured.

'This isn't the way to the lab.' muttered Barbara behind them.

Griffiths nodded.

'It's crawling with soldiers, you'd never get in there.'

'So where are you taking us?'

'I have friends.

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