Thread: All Out of Time  (Ethereal & Jake G.)

Aaron stirred slightly. He had the feeling that someone was there. He did not open his eyes even though he was conscious. Then he felt pressure on his tactical vest and armor plate. In one movement he grabbed the person by the throat with his left hand at the same time as flexed his hips and rotated his body so that now he was on top. He ripped the Tanto Cold Steel combat knife from its sheath on his tactical vest and held it at the persons throat, prepared to quickly and silently finish them. An instant later he saw it was girl or young woman who was squirming underneath him. Aaron held back with the killing motion he was a breath away from making. He allowed his right hand and the knife in it to come away from her throat. She was still squirming under him. Aaron then brought the index finger on his right hand up to his lips and gave the universal signal to be quiet. Ssshhh he hissed. The young woman seemed to settle down, still staring up at him withbeautiful eyes. The eyes did hold fear in them though. Aaron rocked back on his knees and then noticed the creamy white flesh of her legs. Do you speak English? Aaron whispered She nodded in the affirmative. I am going to let you up. If you scream, or make any noiseif you try to run or attack meI will kill you. Do you understand? When she acknowledged him, he stood up to his full 6 feet, 2 inch height. He stared at her for a minute. Aaron saw a very beautiful young woman staring back at him. Aaron shook it off then looked around. He found the metal pack which house the computer system. It had been preprogrammed to communicate with the ops center. Also in the case was his own portable device to send him back to his timeline. He glanced over at the young woman who was watching, fear still on her face but remaining calm. He knew the policy about utilizing the equipment and one of the rules he wasnt supposed to use it in front of people from different times. The fear was simply using it could cause a disruption in the time line. Aaron could just let the girl go. But most assuredly, she would run to tell someone and then he might have to deal with that problem which could cause even more disruptions. Aaron decided that this was exigent circumstances. Aaron withdrew the laptop computer and powered it up. The computer ran on a secret battery system created by DARPA that would run for 3 months before even beginning to lose power. He immediately saw a message indicator and it was flashing red. That meant it was a serious, urgent message. Checking it he saw that the ops center had sent a message which read, OPS CENTER COMPROMISED. TERRORIST ATTACK. UNABLE TO LOCK IN ON YOUR POSITION. USE PORT A TO RETURN IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS ALPHA 2 KILO PRIORITY. Holy shit Aaron said out loud. The ops center had been attacked and they had no idea where he was and, in addition to not being able to retrieve him, they had no idea what time he now existed in. That meant he could not get any assistance from the history techs on any information about the time period. Again he looked up at the young woman whose face had lost the look of fear and gained the look of curiosity. Aaron still typed out a reply stating that he copied the message and would comply with the directive. knowing they would not be able to read it. Aaron then looked at the young woman and asked, The year. What year is it? She looked very puzzled then managed to say, Sir, it is the year of our Lord, 1546. Damn Aaron said. Pulling out the portable plasma containment unit and inspected it. He powered it up then got several failure indicators as the internal computer of the device ran a systems check. You have got to be fuckin kidding me. Fuck me. Aaron said out loud. Aaron was not going anywhere for a while.