Nine Eleven by Bob Mayer

Author:Bob Mayer [Mayer, Bob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Time Travel, History, Men's Adventure, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781621252894
Google: CJVcvgAACAAJ
Barnesnoble:
Goodreads: 30841986
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2016-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Staten Island, Colony of New York, 11 September 1776 A.D.

“What the hell are you talking about?” Doc demanded.

“The girl is who we just sensed in the house,” Thyia said.

“You’re talking about a ghost,” Doc said.

“A spirit,” Thyia said. “Still alive, in essence. The owner of the house was kidnapped by the colonists from his bedroom down the hall. He spent some time in considerable discomfort as a prisoner before he was ransomed. He firmly believed he’d been betrayed by one of his servant girls.” She indicated the window. “He suspected she signaled the raiding party by showing a lantern here. He believed it was seen by colonists from the steeple of a church on the other side of the water. The colonists rowed over then took him while he slept. He was treated poorly in captivity, chained to the floor and fed only bread and water.”

The download brought Doc up to date on the story. “So he killed her after he was ransomed and came back.”

“He did,” Thyia said.

“A fifteen-year-old girl.”

Thyia indicated the door. “He threw her down the stairs. Broke her neck. There was no trial, no investigation. She was an indentured servant. Just a girl who meant nothing to anyone. And she was innocent.” Thyia looked at the wall as if she could see outside the house. “She’s buried in an unmarked grave; she rarely comes to the house. She must have sensed we were here.”

“How do you know this?” Doc asked. His download had some vague material about a ghost haunting the Billop House, but not much detail, particularly the part about the girl being innocent.

“She just told me,” Thyia said.

“I didn’t hear or see anything.”

“The Sight.”

Doc considered that. “So she hasn’t suffered the forever death?”

“No. It wasn’t her time.”

“She’s here forever?” Doc asked. “What is a spirit? Is it the soul? How does it exist?”

“Your scientific mind is trying to understand,” Thyia said. “That’s admirable. Maybe the spirit of a human is more than science?”

Doc reeled in his imagination. He was here on a mission. Thyia had done nothing to help or hinder him on his last mission, unless, of course, there had been a Legion waiting to kill him.

“She’s not here forever,” Thyia said. “She’s trapped here until the man who killed her dies. She wasn’t guilty of signaling. She was just doing her evening duties, lighting the lantern. It was an unjust death. Like many.”

Doc looked out the window at the first indication of dawn. Mission first. “Do you know what the Shadow has planned for today? How it’s going to try to change my timeline?”

“I don’t.”

“Why are you protecting me?” Doc asked. “You claim to have killed a Legion in Philadelphia, and you seem pretty edgy here. Why?”

Thyia looked at him. “You’re sick.”

“What?”

“You’re ill,” Thyia said. “I sensed it last time we met. I’m sure of it now.”

“It will pass,” Doc said.

“Will it?” Thyia got up, then walked to the door leading to the stairs and peered down. “You’re not very grateful.” She opened the door.

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