fractured_agent | Captain Jack and Captain Jack [for slayers

Jack can't argue with that. Then don't. If she feels it's dangerous, he definitely won't press her to do it anyway. They're all walking on thin ice here.

The clock on the wall chimes, and Bilis looks over at it, as if hearing something other than the chime. Then he looks over at them again. Specifically, at April. "I should go back, dear. They're coming for us now."

She frowns, quickly figuring out that he does hear something else other than the chime. And it is unnerving for him to look at her, as if he knows about her abilities.

"They?"

Bilis looks at her as if considering her, but does not clarify his statement.

Tosh is more than a little creeped out by this. "We should go," she says to Jack, tugging on his arm.

April is not sure if Bilis is a threat, or still an unknown factor in this little adventure. She lets Tosh and Jack go ahead of her, out of the office, but keeps her voices open. And her senses alert.

An echo of a shout reaches April, unheard by anyone else. Gwen's voice, sounding like it's miles away, but coming from right next to her. "Jack! Tosh! April!"

"Something is up with that guy," Jack says once they're far enough away from the office. Though he doesn't know it, Bilis is no longer there either, simply having disappeared from the timeline for a few moments.

"Jack... I hear Gwen calling for us..." She can sense that Bilis is no longer there, which is a little disturbing.

"Could your team be the 'they' he was referring to?"

Jack frowns a little. "It's possible, but... why would he tell us that?"

"I think he is there... in the right timeline now. He is not in the office anymore."

"Time travel doesn't usually work that way," Jack says. But there is something very odd going on here, besides the obvious. Something he has no explanation for.

"I think it works that way for him." April shrugs. Her voices are not telling her anything more.

"The sooner we get back to our own time, the better," Tosh says. She's more than ready to get out of this building and back to the Hub.

"Do we return to our original plan?"

"I don't think we have much choice," Jack answers. He doesn't trust Bilis at all, and not nearly enough to try to get his help, or even tell him what's happened. Their best shot is still to get the equations to the future somehow.

"Then upstairs to the flyboys..." April tries to manage a smile. The mystery of Bilis has to be put behind them.

"After you," Jack says with a nod. He and Tosh stay at the base of the stairs for a few minutes, giving April a chance to distract the Captain.

Captain Harkness is standing off to the side, holding a glass of brandy and watching his squad. Though his expression is one of having a good time, inside he's anything but. His stomach is twisted in knots as he tries not to think about the war, the things he's already seen, things he doesn't want his squad to have to live through. He feels like a man alone in a crowd, the only one who knows there's more to life than just this one night of fun and dancing.

"Hello again Captain Harkness." It seems a little weird to use this name for this man, and not the Jack she knows.

"You look like you could use some company."

He looks a little more alert as she approaches, putting his mask of gaiety more firmly in place. Though he can't quite hide his disappointment at seeing her alone, he's still appreciative of someone who feels a little closer to home. "Please, miss Kent, call me Jack. Enjoying the party?"

((It's weird using one Jack's icons for the other Jack... lol))

She blinks for a moment, sensing his disappointment that she is alone. She sits down beside him.

"I am. William is a little bored." She uses the name her Jack provided, to test the waters. To see if that is who he had hoped to see.

Her guess is certainly right, and for reasons he has well-hidden from those who don't have psychic powers. Reasons that go so against the social norms of the times. "Bored?" he says, a little surprised by that. "Don't tell me he left you here all alone."

"No. He is still here." April smiles to herself, knowing now that her senses are right. And that makes it tougher because she has a good feeling how 'William' feels for Jack too. And she tries not to think about this Jack's fate.

"He was really taken by you." She speaks softly.

He deliberately pretends to misunderstand what she's getting at. A necessary ruse during this time. "It's pretty rare to come across another American here. One that's volunteering, as well. I think I haven't heard those sweet Midwest tones since I shipped over a few months ago."

"I am sure you both have stories to share." April plays along with the ruse. He seems like such a nice man. And it is such a shame they can't change his destiny.

"Don't forget about yourself," Captain Harkness tells her. He may not be truly interested in women romantically, but he's interested in her as a person. Both because of her own supposed background, and because of the company she keeps. "How long have you been overseas?"

It is sort of funny, that both Tosh and Jack had someone interested in them tonight. April wonders how the story would have been different without her.

"Not long... but long enough."

That's pretty vague, but he thinks he understands. "Yeah, I hear you. The war's only just started and already it feels like it's been going on forever."

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