**EXT. FOREST ROAD - CONTINUOUS**
The transport speeds through the dense forest, the headlights cutting through the darkness. Suddenly, a barrier of light materializes ahead of them, blocking the road.
Temporal barrier! They've anticipated our route.
He swerves, but the barrier expands, forcing them off the road. The vehicle crashes through trees, coming to a stop in a small clearing.
Are you okay?
Thorne nods, rubbing his head where it hit the dashboard.
Fine. But we're trapped. And they know exactly where we are.
Multiple energy signatures appear on the scanner - Chronos enforcers approaching from all directions.
David, multiple hostiles converging on your position. Estimated time to contact: two minutes.
Valentine looks around desperately, then spots something in the distance - the lights of a small settlement.
There. A town. We can lose them in the crowd.
He and Thorne exit the vehicle, grabbing the temporal locator and the data chip Thorne took from the observatory. They move quickly into the forest, putting distance between themselves and the crashed transport.