“Emily” shouted Rick in surprise. “Do something before he hurts her.”
“Right” exclaimed Emily. She raised the camera.
Rick felt a little uncertain. He saw Emily take a picture but nothing changed. For some reason he felt agitated but couldn’t place why. He was watching two teenage girls kiss, one a curvy black teen with giant breasts dressed in nice clothing, the other a bit nerdy but cute in her own way. They broke off their kiss and wandered away holding hands.
“That was weird” exclaimed Emily. “We need to be careful.”
“Why, what happened?”
Emily explained and Rick shook his head. He believed her, but all he could remember were the two teens.
“Well. It seems like it worked out for the best.” Rick declared.
“Yeah. You’re right. Who can we get next?” Emily asked.
Both of them surveyed the hall and noticed a mall security guard talking into his wireless radio. On the ground next to him was a dejected young man with his hands cuffed together. “How about the shoplifter and the security guard?”
“Okay” Emily said, raising the camera.
“No, my turn” said Rick, grabbing for it as Emily snapped the photo, catching the original targets and also rick’s hand.
A brief moment passed, and then Emily saw where the mall cop and criminal had been was a middle aged woman wearing a hijab. Standing next to her was a young girl, maybe 7 or 8. She looked over at Emily and Rick and called out in Arabic. Too Emily’s surprise a female voice responded from beside her. She watched a young Arab girl about 13 years old run to join the mother and daughter. Rick was gone.
Emily’s eyes went wide. “Oh shit” she said. “I need to think fast.”