Chapter 100 - About Time

(telling about Nick, Zach, Vernon, and Wilson who went to pick up Aidan, on orders from Elizabeth)

Nick's gaze was fixed on the apartment door, which was slightly ajar at that time.

"Are you sure he's still here, Nick?" a question that was posed by Wilson to Nick there, making Nick who heard it now nod his head in response to the question that was posed by Wilson to him at that time.

"This is the apartment that matches the address listed on it!" said Nick in response to Wilson's question at the time, which made Vernon frown and try to peek into the apartment, which he felt was quite quiet.

"Should we go in now?" Vernon asked Nick who was now nodding his head in response to Vernon's question. Because it was Nick's intention, Zach immediately opened the apartment door and the four of them immediately entered the apartment.

But one thing they realized, the apartment was empty. There was no one there except for the body of an old geezer who Wilson believed to be the person Lucas and Aidan had been looking for earlier. With quick steps, Wilson checked the body temperature of the body.

"Who is he, Wilson?" Zach asked Wilson, ignoring Vernon and Nick who were now strolling into the apartment looking for Aidan's whereabouts.

"I think he is the professor that Lucas is looking for!" Wilson explained to Zach who was now nodding his head in response.

While Vernon is now walking along with Nick through the apartment and does not find Aidan there, Vernon's gaze is only on the broken window glass and the blood splattered around it, which makes Vernon immediately check it, afraid Aidan is dropped from there, but he didn't find any commotion down there, which made Vernon sure that Aidan wasn't dead or killed this time.

"He's not here," said Nick to Vernon who now turned to look at Nick who had just come out of the other room, and made Vernon nod his head in response to that explanation.

"Yeah… he wasn't killed as quickly as I thought either!" Vernon explained to Nick, which made Nick sigh, while Zach and Wilson who had just heard it now frowned at the same time.

"Then… where is Aidan now?" Wilson asked Nick, which made Nick shake his head in response, while Vernon now frowned when he found a piece of paper tucked between the table and a glass of water lying on it, which made Vernon immediately grabbed the paper and then read it and made Nick who saw it now asked.

"What is it, Vernon?" Nick asked Vernon who now turned to look at him and then said,

"This guy wants all ten of us to come to face him, Nick!" said Vernon to Nick who was now frowning and turned to look at the paper that Vernon had just given him at that time.

'I invited the ten of you to my place, because I guess you guys were looking for me right…? Don't worry, Aidan will be fine with me here… take time, I'll always be waiting for you here. - Iceland coordinates 65 degrees, 02 points over thirty-nine North, twenty degrees, thirty-three points over zero five West. The four hundred and forty-seventh kilometer. (That is the place where I am, and the place where we will meet later.)

Signed 008 Gale.' not only that, but he also included the symbol of a circle with twelve lines on each side. Which is then inserted brackets and also the time. Which in the end lets Nick know that the person they're looking for is a time controller.

Nick was stunned to read the message, and made Vernon Zach and Wilson look at each other, and then Zach asked Nick.

"Nick… so, what should we do now?" a question that was asked by Zach at that moment, made Nick turn his gaze to the three of them and then turn to look at Wilson and say,

"Tell Elizabeth about this, the person who brought Aidan is the person we are looking for… and we must have a meeting to confront this one!" Nick explained to Wilson, which made Wilson nod his head and immediately contact Elizabeth with the walkie-talkie he had brought.

…

At Elizabeth's house.

Lucas' eyes now turned to Elizabeth in complete shock, when Lucas found out who he had faced before.

"Lizbet! I know who the person I was with earlier!" Lucas said to Elizabeth who now turned to look at him, and at the same time, Wilson contacted those who were there using a Walkie-talkie.

Krrsskk!

"Lizbeth, we found her now!" said Wilson to Lizbeth, which made Kendrick who was holding a walkie-talkie at that time turn his gaze to Elizabeth which made Elizabeth and Lucas now turn to look at Kendrick at the same time, and then Lizbeth nodded her head, making Kendrick now speak.

"Yeah… report what you found!" Kendrick said to Wilson and the others who were there.

"We didn't find anything really, but we know what we're looking for, Aidan was kidnapped… and the person who kidnapped him was a time controller, the symbol we're looking for is this guy… and he said if we had to meet him later, he gave us some free time in here!" Wilson explained to Kendrick who again turned his gaze to Elizabeth who now nodded her head again and then said,

"Then tell them to go home, and we will prepare everything!" Elizabeth explained to Kendrick who nodded his head again and then explained Lizbeth's words to Wilson again.

"Wilson… Elizabeth asked you to come back here so we can talk things over and prepare whatever we can at least prepare!" said Kendrick to Wilson to which Wilson responded by saying,

"Alright… we are going home now!" Wilson replied to Kendrick before finally they were disconnected again.

"..." while Lucas, who had just heard it, was now silent and let out a long breath, which made Lizbeth look at him and ask,

"Did you also know that it was a time controller, Lucas?" a question that was asked by Elizabeth to Lucas which now made Lucas nod his head and then said,

"Yeah… I just realized that she's really strong, and I didn't even notice… she can stop my time as well as Aidan, isn't that really dangerous for us… Lizbeth?" Lucas asked Elizabeth who was now stunned to hear that and turned her gaze to Lucas and said,

"Relax… as long as we're together, that time controller is nothing, Lucas!" Elizabeth explained to Lucas who looked doubtful at the words, who then asked.

"Are you sure, Lizbeth?" Lucas asked him again and Elizabeth nodded her head in response to Lucas' words at that time.

…

Time passed, Nick, Zach, Wilson, and Vernon had returned to Elizabeth's residence, due to the fact that the professor's apartment was not far from Elizabeth's, which made it easy for the four of them to go there or return to Elizabeth's house.

At that time, Lucas was sitting on the sofa with the wound that had been treated. Wilson sat on the shutters along with Zach who leaned against the window, Vernon who sat on the sofa next to Lucas sat down with Yedda, Queen, Kendrick, and Marla who sat on the mat that was spread down there, Elizabeth sat opposite Lucas and Nick, who was now standing in front of the table there, made all eyes turn to Nick who was standing right beside Elizabeth at that time.

"So… what should we do next? We have to get Aidan right away, right?" Vernon asked Nick who now turned to look at him and nodded as he exhaled and then said,

"I guess not only Aidan… Vernon, but we should also bring that time controller named Gale to come with us!" Nick explained to Vernon who now nodded his head again agreeing with what Nick said.

"This time controller is very powerful… and you should know that, so… I guess if we leave in a hurry without a plan… then I believe we will lose and get hurt easily!" Lucas explained to all of them who now turned their gazes to Lucas, which made Nick nod his head in response.

"Yeah… I agree with that, we should come up with a plan before going to where he is now!" Nick explained to them all, and made Zach now ask,

"Then.. what are we going to plan this time? Do you have any ideas?" Zach asked Nick, who then shook his head at that.

"I'm not sure about it yet, although I remember how we all worked when collaborating with time controllers, but… I've never been against it because we were on the same side back then!" Nick explained to Zach and stunned them all.

"How do you guys collaborate, Nick?" a question asked by Marla at that time, made Nick turn his gaze to Marla and then say,

"We will stop the time of the opposing monster and then take it down very easily!" Nick explained to Marla.