Time Immortal: Maximus by Carolyn Davidson Hicks

Author:Carolyn Davidson Hicks [Hicks, Carolyn Davidson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CDH Publishing
Published: 2024-01-27T04:00:00+00:00

Moments later, Prudence stepped forward, trembling, and embraced Axel until Axel had to tighten his grip on her to calm her down. Tyler, Jonah, Temperance, and Paige stood in shock; they had saved their dear friend. Gideon and Temperance gave each other a high-five and went straight to planning for a better future for everyone.

EIGHT: WHEN TIME STOOD STILL

The victory was undoubtedly short-lived. Right from the start, Axel began to learn some truth about Maximus no sooner than he assumed the leadership. Nothing is ever as it appears to be, but first things first.

Everyone went to the conference room immediately after the announcement. The whole city was in a panic. Many who were on the take by Maximus were already planning a coup, plotting in the city's darkest corners, thinking no one would be the wiser now that the announcement was out that Maximus was dead. Some wanted to replace Maximus at any cost, no matter who it was. They just didn’t want Axel! Unfortunately, their choices were no better than Maximus's and probably worse.

With all the time transports halted and temporarily illegal, some were left trapped where they were when the gates to time had closed. Time had stood still for everyone.

Gideon called the meeting to order and had everyone rise from their seats as Axel went to the head of the table to address his team and make plans on the best way to proceed now that he and his crew had taken over the city.

Axel quickly took the lead, “Gideon, you and I go way back. Your work organizing The Resistance is phenomenal; I don’t know what I would do without you. But my team from the past doesn’t know much about the technology of our time. They need to do a lot of research and get caught up, and I am not convinced Maximus is really gone forever anyway.”

“I can understand how you feel, Axel,” Gideon said. And then he continued.

“But no one can survive the in-between without assistance, and Maximus has none! So, come with me, I’ll need your help. Prudence, Tyler, Paige, and Jonah, you follow me too, so I can give you a tour of how to access the city’s online services and show you how to find the city's maps should you need to get around without one of us from the future. Temperance, your help would also be appreciated since you can help me explain some things better to people from your time than I can,” Gideon replied, turned, and stared at Temperance for a response.

“Of course, I’ll assist! After all, back in my day, I was partly responsible for storing all that material in the library's basement. Prudence and I agreed it was the right thing to do back then.”

She looked around the room, made eye contact with each person, and then continued.

“I saw no harm in it and absolutely refused to burn any books. Those book-burning days were some dark times for humanity, my friend, and we had quite a few of them.

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