Time Travel Agency

Chapter 12

October 21, 2017 - TTA HQ outside London, UK

     AGENT CHRISTIAN warped back into his office after being dismissed by Nigel. Suddenly he remembered about the time terrorist he had left in 1642. As soon as he walked out, Churchill was there to greet him. "A word in my office, please?" he asked, calm but assertive. In the elevator, there was an awkward tension, as though Christian was a student who screwed up, and Churchill was the principal. When they had gotten to his office, Churchill invited Christian to a seat and began, "Our staff tracked you going on an unauthorized trip through two different times: 2023, and 2032. And you didn't even complete your mission. It had to be completed by another agent."

     Christian thought long and hard about what his next words were to be. "I'm sorry, sir. I got sidetracked saving the world," he said. "That was my next point," Churchill replied, "I also summoned you to congratulate you for helping to accomplish such an achievement. The punishment for these unauthorized trips, however, is no big celebration. The right and wrong here cancel out, so you can go about your day. You're dismissed." That's a relief, Christian thought as he walked back to the elevator. He was glad that the punishment was minimal.

     Where the elevator door was, a green portal opened up and out stepped Nigel. Immediately, an alarm tripped. "Hey there," Nigel said to Christian. "No, I shouldn't talk to you. You could've gotten me fired," Christian said, loud enough to be heard over the alarm. Agents began swarming the elevator at various levels, and some began to climb the catwalks themselves. "We don't have much time," Nigel shouted, "We have to leave. Our mission is not over yet." After Christian refused again, Nigel (in the nicest way he could) said, "Sorry, but I wasn't asking," and he grabbed Chistian by the arm and pulled him through the portal mere seconds before the first agent got to him. Churchill saw this from his office and took note of what happened.

December 12, 2022 - TTA HQ outside London, UK

     Agent Jarodson had gone back to his time to a similar talk to Christian, except it was seven years later. It was even by the same Churchill (albeit, by this time, Churchill II was nearly ready to let his son take the mantle). To sum it up, Jarodson was congratulated, but punished for the unauthorized time travel. That same green portal opened where it did in 2017, and again the alarm tripped when Nigel stepped out. This time, Churchill placed guards by the elevator there, so Nigel had some work to do first.

     PUNCH! KICK! POW! Nigel and Jarodson knocked out the guards. "We have to leave before more come," Nigel said, "We need your help one last time." "Alright, I'll bite," Jarodson replied. Churchill burst out of his office and ran toward them. "JARODSON, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" Churchill yelled. "I'll be back before you know it!" Jarodson replied with a smile before walking through the portal. The same thing happened to them as it did with Christian. They had left the moment before more agents came.

November 1, 2072 - TTA HQ outside London, UK

     Agent Bill Ranton came back to an odd sight. Agents were lining up by the elevator. Churchill IV was nearby watching it with confidence. "What's this about, sir?" Bill asked. "Well, Bill, there's a fugitive that abducted two of our agents decades ago. We made the connection that they aided in the 2023 fight, so we're protecting you, Agent Ranton." Bill instantly realized who he was talking about: Nigel. "Sir, it's fine," Bill said, "He can be trusted." "We don't know who he is," Churchill said, "He must be stopped before he abducts you too." Bill turned from looking at the agents lined up toward Churchill. "I get that you're trying to help, but there are some things that you don't understand about this ordeal."

     As Bill continued, Nigel portaled in from a different spot just several feet away from the army of agents. Instead of going in with a sword (as these are TTA agents and not time terrorists) he went in punching and kicking. Almost every other move he made sent an agent either to the ground or over the side to where they could save themselves by either catching a railing, or with a grapple hook. Churchill tried to go after them, but Bill blocked him, matching each strafe Churchill tried to make and saying, "Ah! I'm not finished yet! That man helped bring us together as a group and a team. We cohesively collaborated and made an unstoppable team who took down the terrorists. Without―" "Alright, Bill, we're good here," Nigel said, walking up to the two.

     The agents fighting Nigel had all been either knocked out or thrown onto a floor below them. "We don't have much time either," Nigel continued, "Soon more will be here and we will be arrested." Churchill gave a sigh and said, "Go... before I change my mind." Nigel then opened a green portal and he and Bill went through with it closing behind them. Churchill was the last one there. He walked over to the catwalk and surveyed the damage. Some pieces of glass catwalk railing had been smashed by agents crashing through them. Bits of glass and wood shards dotted the crash zones. "This'll come out of Agent Ranton's paycheck," he said to himself.