Yesterday's Gone: Season Three (THE POST-APOCALYPTIC SERIAL THRILLER)

“But Luca hasn’t seen me. I’m afraid of what will happen if he does. That’s why we have to go now. I just wanted to show you so you could believe me like you wanted to.”
    By the time Luca finished his sentence they were standing in his bedroom, even though they’d been sitting on the couch when they teleported away.
    Boricio said, “Can you control where you come back?”
    There was a light knock on the door. Sarah said, “Are you guys in there?”
    “Yup!” Boricio said.
    “I could’ve sworn you were downstairs.”
    “We were,” Boricio said, “but then we came upstairs.”
    He waited a second, then said, “Sorry we didn’t ask first.”
    There was light laughter, followed by a long pause, then “Okay,” before Boricio heard Sarah’s slowly fading footsteps.
    “How specific can you get with where you come back?” Boricio asked again. “We were downstairs and now we’re upstairs. How much can you control that?”
    “Not sure,” Luca shrugged. “I’ve never really tried. Hold on.”
    Luca disappeared. Five seconds later, Boricio heard a pebble slap the window. Boricio ran to the glass, and stared down smiling in disbelief. Luca was downstairs by the tree, standing by it and grinning ear to ear.
    A big, beautiful idea bloomed inside Boricio’s brain as Luca vanished and then appeared back in the room in front of him.
    Dr. Williams wouldn’t help him. But what if Boricio went to Williams with a vial? Boricio was pretty damned sure he could convince the man to take a chance on Rose then.
    But how the hell do I ask Luca to break into Level Seven and steal the vials?
    Boricio didn’t even need to ask, though.
    The boy was staring at him.
    Luca smiled and said, “Yes, Boricio, I’ll get the vials for you.”

TO BE CONTINUED…

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::EPISODE 16::
    (FOURTH EPISODE OF SEASON THREE)
    “The Variable”

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CHAPTER 1 — Boricio Bishop

    Black Island Research Facility
    Level Seven
    September 2011
    morning
    ONE MONTH BEFORE THE EVENT…

    While most people could be swayed by logic or an emotional appeal, Boricio was starting to think that the only way to open Dr. Williams’ mind was with a crowbar.
    He’d gotten the doctor alone in his office and asked him to work his magic again — to please use the vials to create another serum. It had worked with Luca. It would work with Rose.
    But Dr. Williams was afraid of incurring the wrath of Boricio’s father, Will.
    “He’s not your boss, he’s a consultant,” Boricio had said.
    “You know as well as I that if he doesn’t greenlight a project, it goes nowhere. I’m lucky to even have a job after what happened with Luca — and that was a success! Imagine if we fail.”
    But Boricio couldn’t imagine a world where that would happen.
    “I’m losing her,” Boricio said, his voice cracking as he played up his sadness a bit to try and work on Williams’ sympathy. “She’s in constant pain, she’s paralyzed, and her memory is only getting worse.”
    “These things take time,” Dr. Williams said. “You have to be patient. This isn’t nearly as pressing as Luca’s situation had been. She is stable and just needs time to heal.”
    “Do you know what it’s like to have the woman you love look at you like you’re a stranger?” Boricio asked.
    Of course Dr. Williams didn’t have a response to that, either in words or emotion. His face was nearly blank, in fact. He simply said, “I’m sorry, Boricio.”
    Boricio waited him out a moment, allowing the silence to push the Doc into saying more.
    “I understand,” Dr. Williams said. “And I want to help you, Boricio. But even if I believed the procedure was safe, which I’m not sure that I do any more, Will Bishop will never allow it. We’ve done so much with the Remedy Project — I’ve done so much with the project — and I can’t risk its future on another of your whims.”
    Boricio ignored the slight, though it was hard not to blast back. Instead, he tried a reasoned approach, and played one of two cards he had.
    “Healing Rose is in the best interests of the Remedy Project.” Boricio paused, then revealed his second strongest card. “What if I told you I could get my hands on a vial?”
    A