Dr. Chronos and his men went some distance away then stopped. Making sure they hadn't been followed, the Doctor turned to Larry.
"As I said before, take Davy back to our base and make sure he's tied up good and tight. Then meet us back where we agreed to meet before. We've only got one more chance to stop everything."
"Right, Dr. Chronos." Larry replied. He slung Davy across his shoulder and started back to their cave. The other four men made their way back into the city.
What Dr. Chronos and his men didn't know was that Davy had woken up while Dr. Chronos and his men were talking. He kept his eyes closed and listened to what the Doctor was saying. Even though his head hurt from the blow Larry gave him, Davy's mind raced for a solution.
If he was taken back to their base and tied up, he'd be unable to help Elizabeth and the others stop Dr. Chronos! It didn't take much imagination to realize he was probably being used as a hostage so that the others wouldn't try to stop Dr. Chronos. Davy couldn't let that happen either! Trying not to move too much and alert Larry, Davy lifted his head, trying to find a way to make Larry let go of him. Fighting him was out of the question, since Larry was much taller and stronger than him; it seemed Dr. Chronos picked men for their strength and well as their smarts.
A few people asked Larry why he was carrying Davy. Larry replied that his friend had had too much to drink and was taking him home to sleep it off. The people just shook their heads and kept on walking.
Finally, Davy spotted his chance. Larry was carrying him through a marketplace when Davy noticed the cloth awnings hanging over the sellers' wares. Reaching out, Davy grabbed an awning support as Larry walked past and pulled hard on it. As he hoped, the awning came crashing down on the two of them! When the cloth had covered both of them, Davy began to kick at Larry and pull the cloth around Larry's head, while the merchant began to yell at them for knocking down his awning. In the confusion, Davy got free of his captor, climbed out from under the fallen awning, and ran away as fast as he could. By the time the merchant had pulled the awning off of Larry's head, Davy was long gone. Larry shoved the merchant aside and began to run around the marketplace looking for Davy.
Finally realizing his captive was gone, Larry left the marketplace, the merchant still yelling curses at him for ruining his awning.
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Meanwhile, Micky, Mike, Peter and Elizabeth slowly walked down the road towards Pilate's house. They had stopped crying, but were still very upset over the recent turn of events.
"This is my fault." Elizabeth lamented, "I shouldn't have brought the four of you here."
"No it's not, Elizabeth." Mike replied, "It's Dr. Chronos' fault for trying to change history in the first place."
"Don't blame yourself." Micky said, "We all knew this could be dangerous."
"But what are we going to do?" Peter asked in despair. "If we interfere anymore, Davy dies. If we don't...." His voice trailed off.
"The gates of Heaven will stay closed, countless souls will stay in Limbo, while countless lives will perish because they never heard the good news." Elizabeth finished.
"It comes down to one life or many, doesn't it?" Mike asked.
Elizabeth nodded. "Yes Mike. All we can do now is place our trust in God and leave things in his hands."
"I'd like to have Chronos' neck in my hands right now." Micky growled, "If he hurts Davy..."
Just then the four of them came upon the crowd waiting in front of the gate to Pilate's residence. The gate was partially open and they could see the priests, soldiers and Jesus waiting for Pilate to make his appearance. There was a burst of trumpets and Pilate strode out to the balcony to see his visitors. He looked annoyed that he had to come outside to them, since the priests didn't want to enter his house and become defiled just before the Passover.
"What charge do you bring against this man?" Pilate asked through his translator. The Governor was an arrogant Roman who couldn't be bothered to learn the language of the region he was ruling.
"If he were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you." One of the chief priests answered.
Pilate rolled his eyes when the response was translated for him. He answered back again through his translator.
"Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law."
"We do not have the right to put anyone to death." Another priest replied. Only the ruling Romans could execute somebody.
Pilate sighed as this was translated for him. He didn't like be awoken at this early hour, and now he had to resolve yet another petty dispute. He motioned with his hand for his soldiers to bring Jesus up to him, then went inside.
The heavy wooden gate leading into Pilate's house was then shut and locked, and the three Monkees and Elizabeth could see no more. They moved off to the side and waited for what they knew would happen next.
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Davy ran through the city streets as quickly as possible, cutting back, going around the block, looking behind him every so often to see if he was being followed. Finally convinced he had lost Larry, Davy stopped and caught his breath. His head still hurt where Larry had hit him, but Davy ignored the pain. He had to find his way back to the others! It was then that Davy realized that he had no idea how to get to Pilate's house. All the streets looked the same to him. He asked several people where Pilate's house was, but after only a few blocks, he would be lost again. Davy began to despair; he knew the others would be worried about him. In fact he realized they probably wouldn't be trying to stop Dr. Chronos, thinking he was still a prisoner.
Then Davy had an idea. He got a picture of Elizabeth in his mind, then thought out to her: 'Elizabeth! Help! I'm lost! Please guide me to you!'
Elizabeth and the other three Monkees were standing in a circle holding hands and praying for guidance, when the angel's head snapped up and she gasped.
"What's wrong?" Micky asked.
"It's Davy!" Elizabeth exclaimed. "He's free, but he's lost in the city streets!"
The four of them cheered and hugged each other, drawing curious stares from bystanders. Elizabeth put a picture of Davy in her mind and thought out to him: 'Davy! Follow my voice! You're not too far away!'
Davy instantly heard Elizabeth in his head. He smiled and followed her voice. Within minutes, Davy was being smothered in hugs from his three band mates and Elizabeth. When Davy was allowed to come up for air, he told them how he had freed himself from Larry, but his head still hurt. Elizabeth gently touched the back of Davy's head and instantly the pain was gone. Davy thanked Elizabeth and she quickly filled him in on what was going on.
"But by now, Larry has probably told his boss I escaped." Davy replied when Elizabeth finished.
"True, Davy." Elizabeth replied, "But at least we can continue to try and stop Dr. Chronos in whatever he has planned next."
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Elizabeth was right; Larry came to the rendezvous point and told Dr. Chronos what happened. To say Dr. Chronos was angry was putting it mildly. "You idiot!" Dr. Chronos shouted, "That boy was our guarantee that angel and her friends wouldn't interfere anymore!"
"I'm sorry, boss." Larry said, looking at the ground.
"Bah!" Dr. Chronos spat, waving his hand at him. "Well, lets get started, as I said, we only have one more chance to do this. If you four fail me..."
"We won't, Dr. Chronos." Ian cut in.
"Good." Dr. Chronos said with an evil smile. "My boss doesn't like failure."
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