The Warp Clock: A Time Travel Adventure (In Times Like These Book 4) by Nathan Van Coops

Author:Nathan Van Coops [Van Coops, Nathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skylighter Press
Published: 2018-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

The past is dark. At least it seems that way a lot of the time for me. I’ve jumped us twelve hours. It’s the middle of the night in the armory. A dwindling torch near the doorway is the only light to illuminate our arrival.

A crunching noise follows our jump, and the previously rounded shield buckles under our weight.

I waver but keep my balance.

Piper stays silent as we gingerly climb off the table full of weapons. She tests out her ankle.

“Can you walk on it?” I ask.

“I think so.” She takes a few careful steps.

I adjust the position of my now dented shield on the table, trying to remember how it looked when I found it. I’ll be picking it out later today with Vanessa.

Vanessa. The way out.

I rub my forehead, trying to recall her exact words. “Come on,” I tell Piper. “We need to get to the gate.”

I lead us into the hallway but have to pause. I can’t see much of anything beyond the small ring of torchlight.

“I can see,” Piper whispers. She’s still wearing the sunglasses. Low light vision comes standard.

She leads the way down the hall while holding my hand. She’s limping a little, but it seems like the injury isn’t serious. Either way, she hasn’t let me out of reach since the tower. Her fingers are still tightly clenched to mine.

I look back once as we walk.

Abraham is still down here, sleeping in his cell somewhere. There’s nothing I can do about it right now. Without him being there later to instruct me on the chronometer, I’d never escape. No way I can change that now and not affect the timeline. We’ll have to come back for him later, preferably with reinforcements.

The time gate is still where we last saw it. Well, we haven’t even come through it yet. That gives me pause, thinking of the events that the me who comes through later will have to deal with. I don’t envy his day.

“Can you get it powered on?” I ask Piper.

She releases her grip on my hand and moves to the control panel. She gets the access door open and starts punching in commands.

“Look for a destination in 1958. She said we might be safer there.”

“Who did?” Piper turns on the destination menu.

“Vanes—”

The time gate suddenly illuminates. The colored streams of light blast from the emitters and meet in the middle, warping into the temporal field.

“Whoa!” Piper says.

“What happened?” I say.

“I didn’t do that,” Piper blurts out.

I take a step back just in time. A huge figure steps through the gate. Broad shoulders, muscled arms. That terrifying metal helmet. The Gladiator. He’s holding a sword this time.

I back away a few more feet. Piper shrinks against the wall.

“Did you think I wouldn’t find you? Did you think you could really escape?” Franco’s voice resonates inside the helmet. “This is my world! My world and my rules. You are here to do as I say, and you survive at my will.” He steps toward me and I put my hands up.

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