Time Travel Agency

Chapter 3

     TO GET the groundwork laid out for later chapters, it is needed that we take a detour off the arc that David, Eddie, and Jessica are on. Let's take a look at four agents from different times. They'll all meet a peculiar man who will assemble the four to aid David, Eddie, and Jessica in the fight against all terrorists. The agent for this chapter is Agent Jake Jarodson: the agent who'd later saves David from being shot up in a Dairy King.

January 3, 1789 - Palace of Versailles, France

     "Ici, il est patron," he heard someone say. Since Agent Jake Jarodson understood French, he knew they said, "Here he is, boss." The bag was taken off of Jarodson's head and he could see the room in its entirety. It had walls of large stones and a window letting in a small amount of light. The floor was dirt and mud, and two French officials were standing in front of him. Whilst Jarodson could understand French, speaking it was a great difficulty, so he spoke the only French statement he knew by heart, "Pouvez-vous parler anglais?" (Can you speak English?) "Oui, we can," said one of them in their French accent. "Okay, good," Jarodson replied.

     "We caught you, finally after four days, and we want to know who you are and what your business here is, Englishman," said the official. Jarodson laughed, "Your people are starved, hungry, and oppressed. At some point they will revolt." "What makes you certain they will revolt?" the second laughed. Jarodson just shrugged and said, "I'm from the future." The officials were shocked. Jarodson continued his monologue, "And, over the next decade, this place will be in chaos. This year, the Third Estate will try to expose the truth of their oppression, causing your king to oppress them further, which causes a rebellion. The Bastille will be stormed by the people for weapons, the Tennis Court Oath, and in the 1790's, the Reign of Terror caused by the invention of the guillotine."

     "Guillotine?" the second guy asked, "What's a guillotine?" Jarodson knew the consequences of telling someone the future. He stood up, pulled a pistol and silencer in one hand and a rag in the other, polishing the pistol. "What's with the strange firearm, Englishman?" said the first official. "Let's just say, you know too much." TEW! TEW!

December 12, 2022 - TTA HQ outside London, England

     Agent Jarodson warped back in his time car after completing his actual mission. He put the pistol with silencer in his pocket and walked through the massive parking lot to the front door of the massive facility. He went up to the front desk in the lobby. "Folder," he said. Ryan checked the cabinet and saw an interesting folder. "Your mission is to save David from an attack on July 16, 2013," he said, reading the file. Jarodson was surprised, "That's the day he's recruited," he said, shocked, "Why was I assigned this exactly?" Ryan shrugged and said sarcastically, "What would you think if your future self appeared in front of you and said the iconic words 'I'm you from the future'?" "I suppose I'd freak out," Jarodson said. He grabbed the file and headed outside to his time car.

     When he got to the car, he put the file in the back seat and went around behind the car to get to the driver seat. When he had his hand on the door handle, he heard a gun load and shoot. When the shot sounded, Jarodson shut his eyes, thinking he was the one being shot, but when he checked, he had no bullet wounds. He looked down and to his left and saw a time terrorist keel over, with a bullet wound in the back. Behind the terrorist was a man with muddy shoes staring him in the face. "Can I help you, sir?" Jarodson asked. "You're welcome," said the man, and he disappeared into a green portal.

     Jarodson then went into his car, cranked it, and set the date, time, and place. While setting the time, he unknowingly added several minutes to his destination. Ryan burst out of the front doors and ran after Jarodson, exclaiming "Agent Jarodson, wait! I have to tell you something!" Jarodson, who didn't hear Ryan's cries to wait, warped out of the parking lot.

July 16, 2013 - Dairy King in downtown Lime Junction City

     "David, Jessica, this way, now!" Eddie said in a whisper. They ran to the car, but Anthony was in their way. David was startled by him so much he pulled out his pistol and shot him in the right hip, sending Anthony to the ground. Anthony laughed at their actions, though it wasn't very strong since he was shot. "I'm a time travelled copy," Anthony smirked. Eddie turned and saw Past Anthony drive away in the silver van. Eddie finished him off with the futuristic rifle. Eddie ran into the DeLorean, but before he opened the door, the DeLorean slowly faded into a white Hyundai Ioniq, but with similar gadgetry.

     "Did the DeLorean just―" David was baffled. While the three were getting in, Eddie monolouged quickly, "I came here because you fail the mission without me. In the future, David, you get a time car, but you choose instead to get your car fitted for time travel with all the important gadgetry to make time travel less risky."

     As Eddie talked, Jarodson pulled into the parking lot and parked on the opposite side of the restaurant. The trio then left without his knowledge. Then again, Jarodson didn't know that these three were even there in the first place. He calmly walked into the doors and saw the dine-in area a mess. Bullet holes dotted the place, drinks were spilled, food was dropped, and not a single soul in sight. Was I too late? Jarodson thought. He walked out the door and back to his time car. When he checked the time, it was several minutes later than he was assigned to set. Oh no, he thought. He walked around the Dairy King and saw the aftermath of the fight the trio had with the terrorists.

     "Did I fail the mission?" Jarodson said to himself, "Wait no of course not because there's Anthony. So, if I didn't fail the mission, then who did it for me?" The man with muddy shoes and pants appeared through a green portal. "Have I got a story for you," he said.