Danny left the meeting, heading toward his room. After a moment, Chance went after him.
“Danny! DANNY! You can’t left by now!”
Danny turned toward the Swedish. “Why not? Time’s not waiting for me!”
Chance stopped, not really expecting those words.
Danny continued: “When I was prisoner of the EPS, I though a lot about my past two years here. I felt I was alone… but that’s not true. I have a family here… my family, somewhere in Melbourne. I want to check on them.”
“You could alter your family history… harm your own existence…” said Chance.
“If I am alive right now, it’s obvious my past has not been altered…”
“Ok, but why now? With D’Goon, Smith, Naecken, the one that has appeared right in the meeting…”
“I must go NOW, Kris!”
“Why?”
“You told me before that I could alter history… don’t ask me things, please…”
“You are the elected leader… you can’t leave now…”
“Euro, Dirk, Larry, Nae, Sam, Turkish, Jackie… many have gone, yet the team is stronger than ever… and with you is in the best hands… I HAVE to go, Kris, don’t try to stop me…”
Chance remained in the middle of the corridor, the face of Tayden (which stopped from leaving when Danny and Chance drifted out of the meeting room) and Smith looking at the scene from a distance.
“Farewell, Danny…” whispered Chance, turning and going back toward the meeting room.
Passing by the two bystander, the Swedish snorted. “Tayden, you’re late. Come in, we have a decision to take…”. His eyes fixed over Smith, he opened the door and returned to the meeting.
Inside, among the members of Vanguard, was standing the latest puzzle to solve: Adam Different.
