“I was told that the bad guys are from the future. That’s why they have the advanced weaponry. The Archiver said they’ve been here trying to find these guys and stop them for about seven hundred years.” Without warning, Sarah reached across the console between them and touched the Mark burning on his neck. “That’s the symbol of the Timewalkers. We’re chosen, Taken, then Marked by the Archiver and his crew.”
“So, you were gone for twenty-seven years because you were traveling through time. And you were recruited by other time travelers, in a spaceship, who’ve been here for almost a thousand years?”
“Yes.”
Assuming he could swallow that tall tale… “How are you supposed to redirect the charge of this weapon if it’s big enough to take out all of Chicago?”
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