Series wednesday: Timetopia page 65

         Rev is looking at a map of where Charles is supposed to be, she is trying to plan how we are going to sneak up on him. Kora knows what years he is in and where he stays in those years. Which year we are going to is up to me. I want to go back to the beginning before he knew Rev was here. I think the shock of seeing her will give us some advantage. I am not scared to see Charles but more scared of what Rev will do when she sees him. I don't think killing him will bring her peace the way she thinks it will, but trying to tell her that is like trying to teach a turtle to bark.  Rev looks up from her map at me. "I think this would be the best place to get him." She points at a wellness center. "Why would he be there?" I ask her not understanding how she knows he is going to be there. "Look! He keeps a penthouse on top of this one. Which means he stays there while he does his research. Trust me you have no idea how many labs I had to make beds in while he was wrapped up in a project. He is a scientist to the bone. He loves to live in his research he always said it helped him think."  His research?? What kind of research would he be doing at a wellness center? "And to think I use to believe wellness centers were a place for people to get help." I say to Rev. "Wellness center are just laboratories. We needed a friendly name for it so people would flock there when they were in need. We not only studied blood work but also human behavior there. Plus without research people would never cure anything, laborites are needed." Kora adds as if this information would make me feel better. To think that my whole life the Five were just studying us is a thought that makes my skin crawl.  "That doesn’t make things much better." I tell her. "It is not intended to make anything better it is simply the truth. If you are going to get Charles’ Orb you have to know what you are walking into." Kora says as she rubs my shoulder. "So are there any other crazy secrets we should know about before facing Richard?" Rev asks Kora. "Of Course there is but what fun would it be if I just told you." Kora stands there smiling. "Right, so we will just figure it out at the most awkward time. Got it!"  Rev responds as she finishes putting notes on the map.  "Here, have the evil brain washer and scan the map that way it can help us once we get there." Rev says as she hands me the map so i can scan it with the orb. I wish she wouldn't call the orb a brain washer. 
                "Are you ready?" I ask Rev as she puts her back pack on. "Nope not at all but today seems like a good day for vengeance, right?" I am not sure if that statement actually needs a response. I grab the Orb and think of Charles in the past, the Orb lights up and I drop it to the floor. "Here we go." I tell Rev whose face looks completely blank. Which means she is really scared that's the only time I have noticed she hides her facial expressions. We go through the hole to find Charles and I feel like I am falling. I hit the ground hard.  I haven't hit this hard since I learned how to use the Orb. "Rev" I yell out to see if she is hurt. I start to get up and I look around. It is dark and red lights are flashing which mean we set off an alarm when we came in. I just realize Rev hasn't said anything back. I look around and don't see her. I pull off my back pack to get a flash light to see if maybe she is passed out and I am just missing her in the dark.  I turn my flash light on and look around. She is nowhere near me, if I landed here and we walked though together shouldn't we land right next to each other?? I get up so I can start wondering around. I see a bunch of thing on the floor like glass and pens. It is like everyone who was in here just dropped everything in their hands and ran. I see the doors are open, it must mean no one is trying to trap me. I slowly move up the stairs I must have been in the basement which explains the darkness and lack of windows. I walk up to the main level and still no Rev anywhere. I need a new plan seeing as without Rev my plan won’t work. Should I try to get the Orb alone?? No, that seems like a bad idea. I should just try to find Rev first. Okay now that I know what I am doing lets work on the how. I look around to see all the doors to everything are open. I wonder if they left the control room open not that I would have a problem getting past the lock but it would be nice not to have to cut myself. I start to head toward the control room very slowly just in case there are any managers or wellness checkers around. I see the control room door open I am not completely sure but I don't think they are supposed to do that. I walk over to the control room and it is empty.  I am so relieved that no one is here. I put my gun down on the desk to see all the screens are off.  I start to try and turn them on to see if there is any data on what made everyone run out of here. I get the screens to turn on and turn on the cameras to see if there is anyone else in the building. I look around and there is no one. Where is Rev? I look back through the data to see if she fell through when I did. I am searching, I see me walking through the hole and Rev is next to me, we aren't all the way through it yet it is just our leg. What is that??? I get closer to the screen there is a hand coming out of another hole. I see the hand grab Rev’s leg and pull her through the other hole. Whatever it was pulled her so fast it knock us both over. Someone took her, it has to be Charles who else would it be?? Who else could it be??