Remember my name? (Open story thread)

[starcrossed]

Alright....It has been a while since I wrote any stories, but upon request from Guitargirl, I am starting this one.

Do you all recall my last open thread story....Yup, it's that time again. The story I will start and everyone can add to it as it goes. No worries about grammar or editing on this. It is just for creative fun.

I just ask that if you add any character based on someone real (Example: Marty) That you just respect the person and don't get X rated on here. No tongue dances please...we want everyone to have fun, but not to offend anyone. Especially the 'real' person.

With that being out in the open, let's get this story started.

Steph

[grumpypirate]

YAY! I can't wait for this Star, I'm in a good writing mood at the moment too!

[starcrossed]

Remember my name?



"No....and I don't care what it takes! I need you to find out that information for me stat James. What the hell am I paying yo for anyways? Just do it!" Slamming the receiver down hard Nicky St. James ran her hand through her tangled red locks.

"How did they live with these phones?" Nicky longed for her implanted head chip. It made life easier...phone, computer everything all at the random thought of her mind. Yet, reality is she was far away from that.

It had been two weeks since she had been back in 2007 Chicago and she was growing more weary every minute. She worked for the Clearwater Agency in the year 4005. The Agency that was formed in 2010 to help maintain peace throughout the world. The Agency that at this point in time still had not been invented, nor even thought of. It was a few years off, but if she didn't find one man in this time the world would never have peace and here future would never exist.

Time was growing short. Nicky and her men were no place closer to finding out the whereabouts of Andrea Templeton. The man that would change life for the world with one small action in this time and place in Chicago. She just didn't know what it was that he did in this time, she only knew that it happened at the Rock Rally for Peace...that was a few weeks away!

Nicky thought of all that she knew at this point...

The years had been great and in her time all had been perfect. The world had reached an awaking and peace had taken over the world. Famine and illness were all but horrible memories of the past. Then Andrea, a former employee at the Clearwater Agency, decided to go postal and change the world forever. War had almost broken out instantly in her time. Nothing was the same...all because he stole the time chip and came back to present day Chicago and stopped a simple peace rally event featuring the band the Lovehammers and the entire Rockstar INXS Alumni.

A rally that Mr. Clearwater and his future wife would meet at and fall in love. That one moment in time that set the ball rolling for a brilliant future. Yet, if the rally was stopped or something happened...everything would change. Her future would never be the same.

Mr. Clearwater and his wife where the strongest advocates for peace. They had a child and they wanted to give her a safe world to live in...a safe place for her children. Mr. Clearwater had entered politics and had become President. he moved for the creation of peace agencies throughout the world. it had taken many years, but it had worked.

Nations had given way to a new light. They stood as one, and fought for a common cause...the environment.

Now everything could be ruined. The world may never have that chance for peace. When Nicky and her team were sent back with the second (and only other) time chip, war had already started to take every nation.

Time had shifted and no one could remember peace. She couldn't take anything with her from her time, and had to have her and the teams phone chips removed along with help chips implanted under there skin. She was at this point cut off from contact with her time. She didn't know what was going on there. She feared for the worst.

She grabbed her coat and headed out the door. Nicky had to keep looking for information...she couldn't stay here and wait a moment longer.

[guitargirl]

As she was running down the stair-case she dropped something, but she had no time to lose, she just left it, but then someone tapped her on the shoulder from behind...

[RockToe]

Nicky turned around to see who it was. She immediately recognized the green uniform and recycle symbol on his arm band....but she just couldn't believe her eyes. The man of course was wearing the uniform of the dreaded Environmental Intelligence Agency EIA, a secret police of sorts that evolved from the environmental movement. The reason she couldn't believe her eyes was because he too was from her time...he was from the future!
Nicky's face became pale, as she said "is there a problem?"
The EIA officer lifted a used tissue off the floor and said, "I believe you dropped this". Nicky swallowed hard, knowing that littering in the future had very harsh penalties, some times even imprisonment....

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As Nicky stood trembling as the EIA officer handed the tissue back to her and walked off. She couldn't believe what had just happened. For her to get off on the crime she knew was a miracle. She'd heard about one man who'd been imprisoned for 3 years because he threw a plastic up onto the street. She had no time to sit around wonering what had just happend. She had to find Andrea. The first place she decided to look was a nearby club. She'd heard that Andrea had this thing for hard core metal music.

[guitargirl]

So Nicky jumped in her small black car and tried to start the engine.
she was bummed as the engine wouldn't start. She wondered what to do and decided to call a mechanic. She pulled out her phone and the battery all of a sudden went flat
what else could go wrong she said...

[starcrossed]

First my car and now the phone. How in the world did anyone from this time, get anything done? Nicky was furious. Throwing down the phone into the empty passenger seat, she stepped out of the car and began to walk to the nearby phone booth.

Nicky dialed in her phone card number and called for a tow truck. "Yes, I need you to come as soon as possible. I have an appointment and I can't be late. 30 minute's or an hour? Fine." Honestly, she couldn't afford to wait that long, but she had no other choice. Having limited funds, she couldn't spend what she had on buying another car. The Agency had given her enough to survive, but no to spurge. A repair would be all that she could afford to spend.

She walked back to the car and popped the hood open. She knew very little about 'classic' cars of the past, but decided that she might be able to figure out basics to start the car. It didn't take her more than a minute to fiure out that the wires had been cut clean with a knife. Someone did this on purpose.

Nicky's mind began to race. First that EIA Officer and then all this? It wasn't normal for the EIA to have sent anyone back in time, yet at some point Nicky just assumed that he had been sent back to make sure that she and her team didn't screw up anything in the past. The environment was fragile, and anything that they brought from the future could have huge implications on life as it was known.

She knew to fear them...they were not all good people in the EIA. Still, she held as much if not more authority than the agent on any day.

The wires cut before her, made her stomach turn. If the agent is rouge then he may just be working with Andrea.

Slamming down the hood, Nicky opened up the car door and grabbed all of her belongings from the car. She wrote a note and left it on the windshield for the mechanic. Should he come within the next few minute's, he had a phone number to call her at with the costs for the repairs and where to pick it up. Hopefully, he would take it without a credit card.

Nicky couldn't worry abut that anymore, and she began to walk off in the direction of the club. This would be a good workout she thought.

[guitargirl]

as she was walking she noticed someone standing outside of the bar as she saw the person packing up equiptment into a tour bus, she looked once, she looked twice and a she looked the 3rd time she realized Suzie McNeil from Rockstar INXS was standing at her tour bus loading her guitar and mic stand into the bus.
This was her chance she approached her...

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Nicky knew that Suzie was scheduled to play at the rally. She knew that she was a very sweet person and extremely talented. All she wanted to do was say 'Hello'. It wasn't part of her investigation, but she had been a fan and wanted to at least have the chance to speak with her. All she knew was that the woman was a legend in her time...as were the Lovehammers.


"Um...Ms. Mc. Neil?" Nicky started.

Suzie turned around and smiled warmly at Nicky. "Hi! How are you doing?"

Nicky was in awe of her. It took her a minute to respond, "I am a fan of your music...my name is Nicky."

"I'm Suzie. Don't be so formal, alright? I don't remember seeing you before. Your a new face."

"Yes. We'll I am not from around here at all. I just was in town on business and for the Rally..."

"Great!It's really nice to meet you. I will see you at the rally."

Nicky was about to respond when she spotted him....

[guitargirl]

She needed to get to that appointment ...and fast
"umm, where are you off to ?" Nicky asked
"oh i was just gonna go and pick up my new amp..., why where are you going ?" suzie said
"um.... i ..need to get to an appointment and....and my car broke down" she she answered
" where is it your appointment at ?" suzie asked
"its about 15 minutes away and im running late" Nicky stated while gazing at her watch
"Do you want a lift ?" Suzie asked nicely
"yes that would be great thanks" nicky said
"No problem" Suzie replied
they got in the car......

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"Why do you have a car, if you had that tour bus to travel in?" Nicky asked Suzie.

" Sometimes when we plan on staying anyplace for a period of time it is nice to have a car to go places. Could you imagine me going through a drive through for some French fries in the bus? Yeah...just not going to happen" Suzie laughed.

Nicky had been aware that the Andrea was in a black Honda Civic. She had seen him drive past her as she stood there talking to Suzie. Nicky felt stupid. She had a reason to be there and then she became 'star struck' and let down her guard.

"So where is your appointment?" Suzie asked.

They had been driving for only a few minutes when the man turned onto the freeway. He was heading toward Midway airport.

"I have to caught a plane."

"That's a strange place to have an appointment."

"it was last minute. I travel a lot in my line of work."

"What line of work is that?" Suzie ask.

"I guess you can say history...I work for a museum. I appraise the value of items, along with aging them. They have a piece that they are interested in adding and I am researching it for them. It was last minute."

They reached the airport. Andrea parked his car at a lot and ran across the walkway.

"You can drop me off here. Thank you." Nicky quickly closed the door and only looked back briefly to wave.

Suzie lowered the window and called out "It was nice meeting you! I will see you at the rally!"

Nicky waved over her shoulder as she quickly followed the man into the airport.

[guitargirl]

Suzie drove off.
Nicky ran into the airport waiting for her flight to come. She had lost track of the man in a crowd of people.
Nicky was looking around and dodging and people to find this man.
She finally saw him he was...

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Already going through security with his boarding pass in hand and no luggage.

"Where the ...why is he leaving?" Nicky spoke to herself out loud. she knew she couldn't get through security without a boarding pass. She ran to the counter as quickly as she could. The lines were not long, and she only waited moments before she had a ticket in hand . It didn't matter where the ticket was going, she just needed to get past security. The lines felt as if they were moving in slow motion as she was forced to wait patiently in line. Having passing through the screening, Nicky grabbed he bad off the counter and went searching for the man.

It made no sense to her why he would leave the destination of the rally so close to the event date. He had to have a plan. What it was, Nicky wouldn't know until she reached that cross road.

She looked all over and was about to cry in frustration when she saw him hand his pass to an agent and board his flight.

Nicky ran over to the gate, but the agent informed her that her pass was for Texas and not Los Angeles. Nicky explained that it was an error and rushed to the counter to exchange the ticket. However that flight was oversold and she was forced to take a later flight.

Staring at the plane as it departed from the gate, Nicky prayed that she would find him in Los Angeles before he changed history and left her with no future.

[guitargirl]

As she waited...long, long hours she slept in the airport.
al of a sudded she heard a noise
"the next plane to LA leaves in , 5 minutes"
she shot up and ran to the line where everyone was waiting
she hoped and prayed he would still be somewhere close to where her plane would be landing
now it was time, she was to get on the plane. until she heard...

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her cell phone start to ring.

"What?" Nicky was already impatient and did not have time for this. On the phone line was her agent Zac, " I have spotted Andrea and have followed him to Los Angeles. I just arrived in LAX and followed him to the curbside. I tagged him with a tracker, but I don't think I will be able to follow him physically for a while. So long as the tracker is working we should be able to follow him."

Nicky was filled with relief. he agent had managed to be one step ahead of him. "Zac I am boarding a plane to LA right now. How did you know he was going to leave for LA?"

"I didn't. I spotted him at the club in Chicago. Between sets he was on his cell phone talking to someone. I heard him say he had to catch a flight to LA from Midway Airport soon. I left before him and had a taxi bring me to the airport."

"You will have to give me all the details later. I need to board."

"Wait!"

"What Zac?" Nicky handed her boarding pass to the woman and was about to close her phone when Zac blurted out his last information.

" The Lovehammers are in town here in Los Angeles for a event to promote the Peace Rally. Andrea mentioned the event on his phone."

Nicky closed her cell and walked toward the plane. Her mind began to race. Could Andrea be after the Lovehammers?

[starcrossed]

The plane ride was only four hours. It felt like forever to Nicky. She hated not knowing what could be happening while she was in the air still. The fate of the world depended on what would happen at that rally...and if that Rally occurred.

Landing she immediately called her Zac. "What do you know?". She didn't waste a minute.

"He is on the move" Zac replied. " I rented a car and I followed the tracking device to a hotel in Hollywood. He checked in and has since picked up a car to drive. It is a silver HHR. I don't know where he is headed, but we are on the freeway."

"Do you know if he has met anyone? Are there other's working with him?"

"Not that I have seen. But, he had the car at the hotel...someone had a plan."

"Keep following him."

"Will do."

Nicky closed the phone. Her second agent Josh, had not reported in in a long time. She had called his phone several times with no response. She felt uneasy.

[guitargirl]

Nicky was worried that Andrea had something to do with Josh not answering his phone
thay had been enemy's for a long time.
As she was driving, she saw a silver HHR driving beside her
she looked.. and saw..

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Andrea...or someone that could have passed for his twin.

"What the?"...Nicky called Zac. "Where are you?"

Zac had only a second to even reply, 'Still driving as hard as it is to believe."

" Are you sure that you are tailing Andrea? Have you seen him? Are you sure?"

"Look Nicky, I am following him. I know who Andrea is and I have been on his tail since we got here..."

"I just spotted a silver HHR...Andrea is driving in it?"

"What? That can't be right! I don't know what is going on, but that can't be him!"

Just then the car pulled off the main street and was heading to a small bar in Hollywood. The driver pulled into the nearby lot, and paid the valet. Walking quickly and with confidence he turned to walk out of the lot, with no one around the man suddenly changed appearance. In an instant he looked like an older gentleman. Everything including his clothes changed.

Nicky couldn't maintain her position and was forced to drive on. She headed to the next lot and paid the valet. Taking her ticket she ran briskly to the entrance of the night club two blocks back.

She brushed her outfit down and shock out her hair. Paying her entrance fee, the bar was starting to fill up with patrons. It was still early, but it was a hot California evening in Los Angeles and many people were out.

She spotted the man above in a private area of the bar. The VIP section would be hard for her to gain entrance. She would have to wait and see what his next move would be.

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as she sat at her table with a good view if the VIP section, Nicky sipped her drink anxiously waiting for him to make his next move.
then she saw him answer his phone and walked outside to the back area.
This was her chance, she was thinking that if she ran upstairs out side and jumped onto the next railing she might just have a chance of finding out more information on this man.
Nicky ran up the stairs, but suddenly...