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Fait Accompli

Where Liam Saves A Lady

Zayn was right, Liam does feel nauseous when he exits the time portal, but he hadn't mentioned the dizziness. As Liam walks onto the grass, his legs wobble and he almost falls unto his knees if it weren’t for Louis catching him in time.

"You're alright?" the older boy asks as he keeps Liam upright with an arm wrapped around his waist. Liam leans against him as he waits for his head to stop spinning.

"We didn't you say I'd be dizzy as well?" Liam asks, his voice as wobbly as his knees. He probably looks green in the face as well.

"That's because most people don't get dizzy," Louis tells Liam.

Louis starts to move them away from the portal, all but dragging Liam with him. Liam tries his best to help Louis by moving his feet but his legs aren't really cooperating.

"Let's sit you down," Louis mutters as he walks up to a tree nearby. The portal has led them into a forest. Behind him Zayn comes through the portal, eyes searching for his colleagues.

"Aren't we losing precious time?" Liam asks as Louis lowers him to the ground. His arse hits the wet grass, the coldness seeping into his thighs making Liam flinch. The bark digs through his clothes and into his skin as he sits back against it. The world around Liam has already started to look less unsteady.

"No, it’s alright," Zayn reassures Liam as he walks towards him and Louis. "The dizziness will probably fade soon. We can wait until it does."

"Were you guys dizzy your first time?" Liam asks his friends. He closes his eyes for a second in the hope it will help against the dizziness.

"No, but like I said, that rarely happens," Louis answers. He sits down next to Liam and leans against the bark as well. Zayn doesn’t join them, instead he starts to walk around, probably looking for signs of the intruder. Liam can see Zayn crouch down in front of the portal, probably looking for footsteps leading away from it that don't lead towards the spot were Liam and Louis are sitting down.

"That's great then," Liam mutters. This really isn't a good beginning. He has already slowed down the mission because he feels dizzy, something that almost never happens to most time agents. It's just Liam's luck that he's one of the few agents who can't go through a portal without getting vertigo.

"He, don't beat yourself up about it," Louis tells Liam, making the younger boy feel like he’d read his thoughts. It's probably because the frustration he's feeling is clearly visible on his face. Liam's never been good at hiding his emotions. "It doesn't say anything about your ability to be a good agent. All it means is that you need a little more time to recover when you Travel."

"It just means I always slow the mission down," Liam complains. He has started tearing the grass from the earth with his fingers in frustration. "Nobody is going to want to work with me. I’m going to end up doing all those boring mission instead of the interesting ones."

"You don't know that," Louis protests. He throws an arm around Liam's neck and gives Liam's shoulder a friendly pinch. Liam is used to his friend's harsh sings of friendship, so he doesn't flinch at the pain. Being friends with Louis makes you immune to small amounts of pain. "It's probably just because it's your first time. I'm sure the next time you go through a portal you just feel a little sick and nothing more."

"Let's hope you're right," Liam mutters. He turns his head to give Louis a small, thankful smile before fixing his gaze back on the grass between his outstretched legs. "I think my dizziness when away, by the way."

"Great. Let's try getting you to your feet then," Louis exclaims and jumps to his feet. He stretches out is hand so Liam can take it and use it to pull himself back to his feet.

Liam stumbles a little bit when he's standing upright again but the dizziness doesn't return, much to Liam's relief. They can start the mission now. Liam is finally going to catch his first Intruder.

Louis and Liam walk towards Zayn, who's still searching the ground for footprints. It appears he's been unable to find them the past few minutes.

"You need help?" Louis yells, startling Zayn into lifting his gaze up from the ground. "You really can't do anything yourself, can you."

Liam smiles at his friend's banter as well as the way Zayn blushes. He cheeks always turn pink whenever Louis teases him, which is quite often. It's the reason why Liam had started to suspect that Zayn may feel something more for Louis then friendship.

"I can't find footprints beside ours for some reason," Zayn explains. His yes return to the ground before going back to Louis's face. "I think whomever went through the portal knows about time agents and has destroyed his tracks."

Some Intruders know about Time Agents because they've been chased by one before. It happens once in a while that Agents are unable to catch their targets and they're able to escape. When that happens, they usually don't return because they’ve been spooked enough to stay in the present. If Zayn is right, this one hasn't been and has now returned to time traveling.

"It seems your first mission is going to be an interesting one, my dear Liam," Louis declares, in a mock official voice. His eyes are shining with the excitement that comes with the chase. "This catch is probably going to be a difficult one. Oh, how exciting." The last part is said with a grin.

"We first have to find him, though," Zayn reminds Louis. "We're going to have to search the forest and just hope we walk in the right direction. Let's hope we find him before he can cause any damage."

"Are we going to split up?" Liam asks. It seems to him a logical thing to do but maybe Louis has a plan that won't involve them going in separate directions.

"It's probably a good idea we do," Louis tells Liam. He throws his arm around Liam's shoulder, earning the younger boy a jealous look from Zayn. "Or are you too scared to go on your own into the big, bad forest."

"Of course not," Liam exclaims, a grin on his face because he knows his friend is joking. "What gave you that absurd idea. I'm afraid of nothing."

"Sure, Liam." Louis lifts an eyebrow as he looks at the younger boy skeptically. "You're the only human being who's afraid of nothing."

"Alright guys, enough joking around. We've an Intruder to catch," Zayn interjects. There's a harsh quality to his voice that Liam doesn't have to guess the cause of. Even though Liam has never gave any indication he feels anything other than friendship for Louis, Zayn always gets a bit jealous when Liam and Louis get too close.

"Right. You're right, Zaynie," Louis tells Zayn with a sigh. He drops his arm and gives Liam a quick wink. "Time’s a-wasting."

Louis decides that Zayn will go West, Liam will go North and he himself will go South. The agree to meet up again in three hours.

Almost no sun filters through the canopy of leaves as Liam makes his way between the trees. The green leaves block most of the light, creating strange black shades that flitter on the ground as Liam walks over their fallen companions.

He isn't used to walking in a forest like this. In his time, they are scares and very much thinned out. Through the centuries, most of these trees have been cut down, leaving behind farm land, ready for cultivation. Which really is a shame because Liam rather likes walking through a forest like this. He can hear the birds whistle tunes and the leaves rustle, lulling him into a sense of security. It's really nice.

Well, it is until a scream cuts through the soft sounds of the forest. It's female and whomever has uttered it sounds like they're fearing for their lives. Liam, never one to sit ideal begins to run towards the direction the sound is still coming from. What if it's the Intruder and whomever is screaming is the one he went back in time to kill?

Liam runs through the forest, avoiding the trees that seem to pop up in front of him out of nowhere. The sound of the woman's screams is getting closer and closer, urging the young man on.

Heart thumping rapidly inside his chest, Liam reaches the edge of the forest. The screams have stopped and Liam fears the worst. His heart stops beating altogether when he spots a girl lying on the ground, a man hovering over her. Liam can see something in his hand glitter in the sun and Liam's money isn't on it being a mirror or something equally innocent.

"Hey, you!" Liam yells at the man, hoping it will distract him from plunging the knife in the woman's chest. "Leave that lady alone."

The woman turns her head and looks at Liam with pleading eyes, the terror clear in beautiful, brown irises. 'Please,' she mouths to Liam, probably afraid her yelling for help will only serve to quicken her death.

All the man does is turn back to the woman again and points the knife to her chest, ready to strike. Liam's training as a time agent kicks in immediately. He dives for the man and knocks him off of the woman's sprawled figure. Like he's learned during training, he starts to wrestle for the knife.

He might have taken the man by surprise the first time, but this time he knows exactly what Liam is trying to do. When Liam tries to pry the knife from between his fingers for the second time, the man switches the knife from on hand to another and before Liam can stop him, he wrestles his wrist free from Liam’s strong grip and stabs Liam's hip, probably going for his stomach.

Liam lets out a wail of agony and his grip on the other wrist of his attacker slips as well. The man makes use of Liam's laps of control and throws him off of him. Within seconds, he's back on his feet again but Liam is not far behind. It'll take more than a nick of a knife at his hip to cut Liam Payne down.

"You're a hard one, I see," the man sneers as he watches Liam hobble to his right so his body shields the woman from her attacker. "You must be a new one."

"I don't know what you're talking about," Liam hisses as he tries his best to stand up straight so he'll look intimidating. The man could be talking about him being a time agent but Liam isn't sure, so he has to ask. "I'm just helping a lady in need."

"Oh, sure. That's what you're doing here. You know, I wasn't born yesterday, ," the man snickers. There's a smirk on his face that tells Liam the man thinks he's having the upper hand here. Liam isn't too sure if he's wrong. If only there was a way to contact Louis and Zayn and get their help. "Where are the others?"

"Why are you trying to kill her?" Liam counters the man's question with one of his own.

"I'm not going to answer your question if you're not going to answer mine." The man is playing with the knife as keeps smirking at Liam. "So, I’m going to ask you again, where are the others?"

"Like I told you, I don't know what others you're talking about," snaps at the man. He no longer doubts the man is the person he's looking for but he still has to deny he doesn't know what the man is talking about for the woman's sake. Liam can't talk about Time Agents and Time Portals with her there.

"It's the woman, isn't it?" the Intruder asks, her voice betrays he already knows the answer. "You can't talk about Time Portal's with her here."

Liam suppresses the urge to yell at the man. He's only trying to get him to react shocked at the careless use of words so he will give himself away. Liam knows better than to give him what he wants.

So, instead, he turns to the woman - who has now risen to her feet and is eyeing her attacker with big scared eyes - and says, "I think this gentleman isn’t too right in the head. Talking about time portals and the such."

"Alright, enough," the man barks, clearly not appreciating being called a lunatic. Liam turns towards him again and sees he's indeed got a scowl on his face. "I've come here to kill that woman there and you, time agent or not, are not going to stop me."

Suddenly Liam remembers he has a sword, or at least he did because when he looks at the strap around his waist, there's nothing hanging from it. He must have lost it when he was running through the forest. Just his luck.

Luckily for Liam, Louis and Zayn suddenly appear at the edge of the forest and as soon as they see Liam is in trouble, both of them grab their weapons.

The man looks confused as he sees an smirk appear on Liam's face. "What you're smiling at? You have no weapon."

"No, but they do." Liam points at his colleagues, who are walking in their direction. The man turns to see where he's pointing and the blood drains from his face.

"I’m going to have to try another time then," the man mutters before turning around in a flash and running back into the forest and away from the advancing time agents.

"I'll go after him," Zayn yells as Liam moves to start chasing after the Intruder. “You just make sure the lady is alright."

"Alright," Liam yells back and turns around again. He smiles at the brown haired lady as he walks towards her. "My lady, are you alright."

Now that there's no immediate danger, Liam has the time to appreciate how fit the woman looks. Her hair is of a brown color and looks soft to the touch. Her eyes are blue and her gaze is sharp. She's pale with soft, pink lips. Her figure looks really good in the dress she's wearing, her waist small and her breasts bulging from her corset.

"Only thanks to you," the woman tells Liam, her voice soft and engaging. "Who is your master, then I can thank him for your help."

"That would be me," Louis tells the woman as he walks up to her and Liam. He doesn’t correct the lady, apparently convinced it’s better if she thinks he’s a servant. "Liam here has been my servant for the past three years. Who, may I ask, did he safe?"

"The name is Anne. Anne Boleyn," the woman tells them, a smile on her face.

Notes

So guys. Liam has met Anne. What do you think about their first meeting? Please, let me know your thoughts on the chapter.

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