Full Circle: A Timeless Fanfic

Chapter 1: The Legend of Zorro

A/N: Picking up where season two left us with the upgraded lifeboat landing in the bunker.

DISCLAIMER: This chapter pulls dialogue and some plot from'The Miracle of Christmas part 1'. This fic is my take on what season 3 could have been. I hope you enjoy!!!

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"Well? What are you waiting on?" Came the cold, hard voice of Wyatt's Future self.

"You guys want to get Rufus back, or what?" Just as cold, just as hard, came Future Lucy after him. They both stepped down and faced the confused time team. "We'll make this quick."

Her gaze seemed to be directed towards present Lucy and it could be seen in her nearly vacant eyes the faint recollection of her past self, a recollection of something she had not felt in a long time: hope.

Future Wyatt let out a cough. "We're from the year 2023 and we're bringing you this upgraded lifeboat. Merry Christmas." His tone was anything but merry. As a matter of fact, he seemed utterly uninterested in being there at all.

"As you've probably figured out," Future Lucy started. "it can take you back into your, our, own timeline. You can use it to save Rufus."

Flynn spoke up. "How?"

Future Wyatt looked away and Future Lucy looked as if she were recalling memories which she'd rather forget. "We tried to go back to 1888 and change things, but we failed and only succeeded in making things much much worse." With the word 'worse', her gaze fell on Flynn, with a tender expression which melted his heart. "But there is another way." A pause.

Future Wyatt looked at his younger self. "You've gotta take out Jessica."

"What?" He roared. "No! The baby! I can't kill my own kid!"

"It's the only way. Believe me. I know, it's going to be hard, but right now, in my timeline, that kid is being raised as a Rittenhouse pawn. Look. I have tried for five years to come up with a better solution but there isn't one. You have to do this."

"No. You're wrong." He stormed off and slammed his door with such force that some of the dust from the rafters found a new home on the floor.

"Well." Came Future Lucy. "I guess that is our cue to leave." She climbed into the not upgraded lifeboat.

"You guys can fly the lifeboat in 2023?" Jiya inquired.

"You have to adapt to survive." She said vaguely.

Future Wyatt hesitated just a moment before he said. "Just take out Jessica and everything will go back to the way it was." With that he followed Future Lucy and they were gone.

No one quite knew what they were supposed to do now. Were they supposed to be happy that they had a chance to save Rufus? Or should they be worried about their future? Future Lucy and Wyatt had, afterall, looked pretty battered and bruised. And they were from 2023. Five years in their future. Could they really still be fighting Rittenhouse in five years? Maybe saving Rufus could change all that. But then again, maybe it wouldn't change anything.

Agent Christopher and Mason immediately got to work researching Jessica's timeline, looking for the best time and place to take her out. Wyatt stayed in his room and brooded. This left Jiya, Lucy, and Flynn with nothing better to do than sit down in the common living area and talk about what had just happened.

"Are you doing alright?" Lucy said to Jiya.

"I don't know. I didn't see this. In my visions, I mean. If there is any possibility of getting Rufus back at all, then I feel like I would have seen it. I've been searching for him in my visions and have come back with nothing. I just don't want to get my hopes up like in 1888." She was fighting back her tears, but one still managed to find it's way down her face and off the tip of her nose.