The couple went to the written address and heard music playing from The Handlers room.
"Ah, the married couple, I've been waiting for you." The Handler said and the two walked in to see Agnes tied up
"You must really like doughnuts."
"It's been a while."
"Three days."
"For you, maybe. But for me, it's been a lot longer since I've seen those adorable little shorts."
"Well, you've had time to heal. Unfortunately" Cora muttered
"Luckily, for both of us, time...is the one thing my organization has an abundance of."
"Got your message, by the way. Nice packaging, but so much for Commission protocol."
"There have been...a lot of changes since you left the Commission. You both really did some damage. The briefcases were all but destroyed, to say nothing of the...highly trained personnel you killed. After all, what is an institution if not for-"
"What do you want?" Cora said cutting her off
"To be happy. To have a simple...unfettered life, to...do the work my superiors require. But...your being here, well, it complicates all that."
"Billions of people are about to die tonight. You can change that."
"Tonight, tomorrow. So little difference in the scheme of things. Don't you remember the Commission's raison d'être? What's meant to be is meant to be, or, as I like to say, que será, será."
"It's bullshit in any language."
"Why did you call us here?"
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Till We Meet Again
FanficWhoever said time travel was easy obviously never did it before. The countless equations and circumstances you have to add up are so complicated one mind couldn't possibly fathom it. Not to mention the amount of power you need and figuring out where...