A Trip to New London
Part 3
by Stacey (SST205 at aol.com)
11/16/01
Kimberly and Billy walked along the street of the place they
found themselves in, Kimberly chuckling at her husband's boyish
curiosity about everything he saw. She noted that, as other people
passed them, they shot odd looks in Billy's direction. He didn't
seem to notice, but it made her a little uncomfortable.
She was about to make a comment to him about it when he
stopped on a street corner and looked upward. "Oh--Kim, look!"
Kimberly looked up. There was a street sign there, and the
name on the one facing her was: Baker Street.
"Baker Street?" she said curiously. "Isn't that from---?"
"The Sherlock Holmes stories, yes," her husband interjected.
"Oh, Kim, let's go down it."
"Sure, honey," Kimberly said, shaking her head. She wasn't
about to deny him, after all.
"The way I understand it, 221 Baker Street wasn't even a
residential building," Billy said, looking straight ahead. "When
the building was knocked down, they actually sold the bricks
at auction. One man left a hole in his fireplace just for
the 221 brick. I'd like to know how he could tell it from the
others...."
He stopped. Kimberly looked at the building at which her
husband was staring. It was an old-looking ironfront, two stories
high, most of the windows dark. One window, however, had a light
behind it -- up on the second floor.
"That--that's not possible." Billy stammered. "It-it--"
"You said that's a time/dimension thingy, right?"
Kimberly said, glancing at Billy's breast pocket. "You don't
think...."
She trailed off. She really didn't know what to think.
Her husband stared up at the window behind which a light
shone. Kimberly looked at the reflection of it in her husband's
glasses a moment, then glanced up at the window too. After a moment,
she could swear she saw a shadow move behind the drawn curtain.
"No way...." she murmured.
Her husband squeezed her hand. "Oh, Kim--please--can we--?"
Kimberly was still shocked by what she'd seen. "Uh--s--sure,
Billy. Let--let's go."
Billy gripped her hand, and out of habit looked both ways
before stepping off the curb. Feeling a little nervous, Kimberly
followed. They were halfway across the street when an odd noise came
to Kimberly's ears. Before she could identify it, a flying car like
they had seen earlier landed right in front of them.
"Hey, watch where you're--" was all Billy could get out
before a man half again his height and possibly twice his weight
stepped out of one of the cars' back doors. He grabbed Billy's arm
in one of his huge hands and said, "You'll have to come with me,
sir."
Billy tried to pull his arm away, but was unsuccessful.
"Hey, what are you--let go!" he cried as the man began to
pull him toward the car.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing!?" Kimberly demanded,
lunging forward. As if swatting a fly, the behemoth that had a
hold of her husband shoved her away with his free hand. Kimberly
fell back, banging her head on the curb. Turning her head slightly,
she looked up through the car window at its driver--the odd
bulbous-eyed man she and Billy had run into before.
"Kimmy!" she heard her husband call, but she was
stunned. She heard a car door slam, and saw the vehicle speed off
into the sky. Afterward, she blacked out.
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