[RP] Enter the Twilight Zone - with hasperkynipples & somuchas_twitch

[absit_omens]

November 26th, 2010There were many times that having her cellphone go off five times in a row made Anna very cranky. But in the middle of this particularly bad date? It was welcome. And as her heels clicked loudly along the subway platform, it was obvious that she was happy to be on a crime scene. Her long, black coat billowed behind her as she

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[somuchas_twitch]

Olivia had seen something like this before, unfortunately. It had led to a series of days repeating, and a strong sense of deja vu. She had thought she was losing her mind at the time, but now it was just a matter of figuring out who had managed to decipher Peck's research and build a time machine of their own. Dean was walking beside her, and pinching the bridge of his nose as he walked.

"You alright there, Dean?" she smirked, looking over at him.

"You should have just let me friggin' drive," he sighed, shaking his head a bit. "Might have saved me a hell of a trip."

"We warned you about taking drugs from Walter."

"And I warned you about my unholy fear of planes," Dean pointed out, raising an eyebrow in her direction, before shaking his head again. "You deal with the NYPD. I'm going to go take witness statements."

"You do that," Olivia nodded, before moving to step onto the train from the platform and flashing her badge at the two women standing there. "Ladies, I'm Agent Olivia Dunham -- FBI. Which one of you is Detective

[absit_omens]

Drawing her weapon from the holster up on her thigh, Anna grabbed her flashlight as well and mounted it onto her gun. "That was a rough time for you, I know. And as for Agent Dunham? I've reserved judgment because I don't know her. She seems like a good person to have around, and I'm glad she was able to help you."

Thankful that Dean wasn't the empath here, she paused before continuing - the inflection in her tone changing just the tiniest bit while the sadness started creeping up on her. "I was worried about you. Especially because I thought you've been alone all this time. But you've got Olivia, and you seem happier. And I'm happy ... for you."

[hasperkynipples]

"What?" he blinked, because he heard that tone, and that ... was starting to make him think she was getting the wrong idea. "We're not ... together. We're friends. Occasionally I babysit. That's about the extent of our relationship. I mean, she and Peter have pretty much done everything but jump each other, so I'm not getting in the middle of that."

As he finished he realized it was way too long of a ramble. "Stupid friggin' LSD."

[absit_omens]

"...LSD." Blinking, she took a second to process the last three words out of Dean's mouth. "What the hell kind of department are you workin' for?"

[hasperkynipples]

He shook his head. "Walter has this ... thing ... about hallucinogens. We flew here. Walter knows how I get about ... planes, and this time he decided to fix me something to help me relax. He swapped it out for the sugar I put in my coffee."

[absit_omens]

Well, that was something Anna never expected to hear. Particularly about a law enforcement agency. But she shook it off and decided to take advantage of any effects that were lingering from the drugs.

"Dean, we should... talk. About what happened. I won't yell, I promise. But it's been almost six months and after tonight I might not see you again, so... I know the timing sucks. And ... shit. I'm just gonna do this and hope that LSD makes it less... awkward or painful for you."

[hasperkynipples]

" ... Oooookay," he said softly, looking over at her as he continued to sweep the tunnel. "That doesn't sound daunting at all."

[absit_omens]

"I've spent a lot of time thinkin' over the last couple months and... I guess I just wanted to apologize. I was a terrible girlfriend and I just made things worse by pushing and tryin' to fix everything. I wasn't very understanding of the situation you were in and I didn't listen to you when you tried to talk to me."

Shining her light up and down the tunnel, she got so wrapped up in trying to apologize and attempting to start repairing things between them that she missed the crack in the floor. Her heel caught the crack and she fell forward. "Shit!"

[hasperkynipples]

Dean moved forward, reaching out to catch her when she started to stumble. "Be careful. There are a lot of pitfalls back here."

He wasn't purposefully ignoring the apology, he was just trying to process it, and after a minute, he responded. "And it wasn't all on you. I wasn't exactly a peach to deal with either."

[absit_omens]

After steadying herself with Dean's help she mumbled something about stilettos and work. After he responded, she looked up at him with a soft expression. "You were going through hell, Dean. I understand, and I just... wanted to let you know I'm still here if you need a friend. Someone to talk to or buy you a beer. Y'know..."

[hasperkynipples]

He nodded. "I'm pretty much based in Boston, but if I happen to be in town for a case ... I could probably do with a beer."

[absit_omens]

"Look, I know you're probably not lookin' for it or wantin' it, but... I just need to tell you that I forgive you, Dean. For everything that happened."

[hasperkynipples]

He watched her for a minute, before letting out a slow breath and aiming the flashlight up towards the top of the subway tunnel. The lights that were normally present at the top of the tunnel had been out so far, but they were on at this point in the tunnel.

"If the lights are on here ... " He was quiet for a moment, before turning around and sliding the light down the tunnel. " ... That's a friggin' huge blast radius."

[absit_omens]

Anna followed Dean's eyeline and spun around to look at how far they'd gone. "Blast radius? Dean, what the hell is goin' on here?"

[hasperkynipples]

"Time travel," Dean sighed, scrubbing a hand over his face. "Or at least that's Walter's theory at the moment. And not the fun, energy-saving angel kind."

He glanced back to her before tilting his head back towards the train. "We should get back. The person who did this might still be around."

[absit_omens]

"...Time travel did this to all of those people?" Anna took a minute to think about it, hand going to her mouth when it clicked.

"It makes sense. I mean, the physics alone that it involves... it could be possible. And that would explain what I found when Kent showed me the bodies."