A Time Traveller’s Fable - Chapter 5

The Office

A Time Traveller’s Fable - A novel by Pete Brennan

Chapter 5 - The Office

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An hour later the dean, the doctor and the police unit were all in the dean’s office when one officer confirmed that they had combed every inch of the building and were satisfied that Lily was no longer on the premises. 

The Velocitor pushed the doctor who was tending to his wounded leg away. ‘She knew we were coming. She knew when and how we were going to breach,’ he said. ‘She’s the real deal. She’s a Time Traveller.’

‘That's for certain, David,’ said his commanding officer, a tall woman with greying hair and crooked teeth replied. ‘We’ve got to call this in. The Palace is going to want to handle this themselves. As for us, not a word of this outside of this room. That goes for all of us. Preserve the narrative. There is no such thing as Time Travel. Clear?’ 

‘Yes Ma’am, her unit replied obediently, reluctantly followed by the dean, then the doctor. She was imposing and stern. The dean thought she reminded him of a Nazi character in an Indiana Jones movie he had watched as a boy, but not as cuddly. He wasn’t sure up until that point if anyone could ever truly be considered ‘evil’, but it was the only word he could think of to describe this woman. But he did his utmost to avoid betraying these thoughts and avoided making eye contact with her if he could help it. 

She gave them all a long stare, settled her eyes on the dean just long enough to make him uncomfortable, then nodded and walked out of the room. 

The dean poured another couple of glasses of homebrewed vodka and this time the doctor accepted. They clinked their glasses together and toasted to their long lives. But as they started to drink, their glasses simultaneously exploded as they were both shot through the head. The Velocitor stared at his compatriots with their guns aimed and still smoking.

‘Clean that up’, he said. ‘And pass me that fucking bottle.’

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