Chapter 22

Stopped Time

It took us both a moment to collect ourselves, Elle as shocked as I was.

"We'd better hurry," she said. "I have no idea how long this will last."

I turned to go to Tosh and felt her grasp my hand at the same moment she released my arm.

"Wyatt! Wait."

"What's wrong?" I looked down at her fingers laced through mine and realized the truth. She didn't dare let go of me.

"If you stop touching me, you'll go back to real time," she said. "I think." She bit her lower lip. "We can't risk it."

"You can move faster without me," I said. "Go, save Tosh."

She held on tighter.

"I think I'll need your help." Her eyes pleaded with me and I couldn't say no.

"Okay. But we need some questions answered first."

"Like?" She started to follow me as I headed for the entrance to the attack zone, weaving around the frozen techs standing in our way.

"How much we can do in stopped time," I said. "It's way cool, but if we can't make changes, we're in trouble."