Box Set - The Time Magnet Series by Moran Russell

Box Set - The Time Magnet Series by Moran Russell

Author:Moran, Russell [Moran, Russell]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Coddington Press
Published: 2015-03-09T16:00:00+00:00


Chapter 40

The next morning Ashley called the ship and told Mike Cummings, her new executive office, to cover for her.

Bennie, Janice, and Wally showed up promptly at 8:30.

Janice shook Ashley’s hand and said, “I met you once at the officer’s club with Joe. You and Jack had just gotten married. Jack’s a lucky man and you’re a lucky woman. Maybe you guys can introduce me to an eligible bachelor who isn’t a treasonous murderer.”

“I’ll work on it, Janice,” said Ashley as she gave her a hug.

“Bennie,” Ashley said, “I haven’t seen you since the Naval Board of Inquiry after the California incident. Jack tells me that you’re now an official time tripper. Welcome back to 2015.”

“I can’t tell you how good it is to see you, Ashley,” said Ben as he grasped both of Ashley’s hands. “I guess Jack told you that everybody thought you and Jack were dead. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen.”

We had just begun to eat the bagels I ordered when the doorbell rang. As Ashley went to the door, I noticed that she reached under her sweater and drew her gun. She held it discretely

behind her. We could all hear the man at the door say, “I’m Special Agent Gamal Akhbar of the CIA. May I come in?”

“Buster,” the four of us shouted. Ashley looked at us, then at the man. We surrounded Buster like a bunch of high school kids welcoming their coach.

“We call agent Akhbar, Buster,” I explained to Ashley. “He was our team leader.”

“He is your team leader, not was,” Buster corrected me. “Did you really think the Agency would leave this mission to a bunch of amateurs?”

“How the hell did you get here?” asked Wally.

“Simple,” said Buster,” I watched you all disappear into the wormhole and I followed you. When I passed through the portal and saw the month and year we’re in, I realized that we have an emergency, not just a mission. The attacks are only a few weeks away. The CIA Director went right to the White House and got an executive order putting the wormhole site off limits until the order is rescinded. The wormhole is there, if we need it.”

“Captain,” Buster turned to Ashley, “I apologize if I seem to be taking over, but it’s my assignment.”

“Please, Buster, if I may call you that,” Ashley said, “I think we all know that we need a professional to pull this off. Just tell us what you need.”

“Yes, please call me Buster. May I call you Ashley?”

“Of course.”

Buster went out to his rented car to retrieve something. He came back with a laptop, a projector, an easel, and a flipchart. Besides having balls of brass, Buster is a master planner.

“Okay,” Buster said, “here’s where we are, and here’s where we want to go. Our working theory is that the nuclear devices were planted in special air conditioning units that were or will be placed in the ships’ magazines. As an a/c engineer, Janice has been invaluable. Now, Ashley, let me ask you, is Monahan still on the Lincoln?”

“Yes, he is.



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