CHAPTER 2: AGENTS OF TIME

MARCH 17, 2185

TIME AGENCY HQ

 

Seth was strapped down into a metal chair when he regained consciousness. He looked around, dazed and confused. “Wh---Wh---Where the fridge am I???”

            “I think the better question is WHERE are you.” said the guy. “You’re in 2185, at Time HQ. My name is Johnny.”

            “Screw you buddy, now please take me home.”

            “Not right now.”

            “WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOT RIGHT NOW??? YOU’RE CURRENTLY HOLDING ME HOSTAGE FOR REASONS I DON’T KNOW LONG AFTER I DIED, THAT’S A FELONY!”

            “Not in our case. We’ve seen your spy work, killing notorious bad guy, at least in Baltimore, Dr. Clockrange. We think you can help us.”

            Seth froze. He couldn’t believe it. He’s being held hostage at some future Time agency…because they thought the character he was playing was a legit spy. Unbelievable. But wait…time travel could be fun…so he decided to keep the act up. “With?”

            “There’s been someone traveling through time. We call him The Quagmire. He’s trying to taint history, anyway he can, and we don’t know why. All we know is we need to stop him before something terrible happens. He could end all of history from happening.”

            “Oh my gosh…how do we know where he is in time?”

            “We do know THIS about him. He used to be an agent here, but he went behind our back, stole our technology, and that’s what he’s using to travel. We can track him through tha---”

            Right out of nowhere, a red swirly portal opened right in the middle of the room. Seth screamed. Agent LHO stumbled out into the room. “JOHNNY!” he screamed.

            Johnny jumped up. “LEE!” They hugged.

            Lee was freaking out. “Johnny! Terrible news!” He was panting, out of breath. “Alf! He…he…”

            “What, Lee? He what?”

            “Gone…from time.”

            “…No. It can’t be…”

            “I saw it. Quagmire used his Time-Blast to erase Alf from time.”

 

            Johnny froze. He was obviously distraught over this news. He didn’t know what to say. “Oh, uh, Lee, this is Seth. I got him from 2001 to help us with the mission. Seth, this is Agent LHO, Lee Harvey Oswald.”

            Seth’s jaw dropped. “You’re…Lee Harvey Oswald? The same one who shot Ke---”

            “I didn’t shoot him.” Lee cut in. “That no good S.O.B Quagmire did it, and he got away before I could stop him. Ever since people have said it was me.”

            “Oh, uh…I’m sorry…”

            “Now,” Johnny said, “we need to track where Quagmire is in time now so we can go stop him.”