Disclaimer: This story is written for fanfiction enjoyment only. The characters of Bionic Six are owned by Tokyo Movie Shimas.... The characters of Mummies Alive are property of DIC. Trynia Merin and Mennehotep, Tharankenat, Mennerana, and Sehnenrath are all the property of me, Trynia Merin Aka Theresa Meyers. Use them only with permission from me first... the character of Shadowdancer, Jazmin, Joshua, Samuel, Meg Bennett, and JEP are property of Jade JJ, which I use with her permission. I am thankful to write such interesting stuff for the enjoyment of Bionic 6 and Mummies Alive fans as well!

By Trynia Merin.

"I have them!" cried JEP. "They're transiting to the past, safely."

"But where is Mer 1?" asked Sport 1.

JEP closed his eyes. And concentrated. Then a look of horror spread. "He's trapped in the void! Left behind..."

"Well, get him back here!" cried Sport 1.

"All right. Here goes..."

There was a crackle of light. Then Mer 1 appeared. But two strange children were with him, clutching his hands tightly. Both were dressed in Egyptian clothes.

"Oh no, here we go again," Sport 1 moaned as Mer 1 looked up at his father.

"But Mer 1," Sport 1 said, realizing that there was no sign of their future friend. Or their new friend from ancient Egypt.

Suddenly there was a green blaze of light as the man in question materialized on board. "Wait! They are still within the throws of Fate!" cried Thar.

"Too late, we're almost there!" cried IQ. There was a shudder as the craft burst through a shining radiance. Slowly it subsided, and everyone rubbed their eyes.

Jazmin glanced out the window. Below stretched the expanse of blue ocean. Sport 1 came to her side, admiring the sight of land and sky once more. Indeed the ship had arrived back in the past. Or their present, rather. Now IQ circled about the island, scanning for any sign of the others.

Trynia held Thar in her arms as he despaired. "My children," he sighed, hand to his head. "I have failed them..."

"You did your best, Thar," Trynia comforted him. "And remember Mer 1 is with them. They are not alone..."

"He's right," Sport 1 said in sympathy as he came to stand by the couple. "And remember Mer 1 said that JEP had a fix on him. Maybe he can take them into the future."

"Who pray tell is JEP?" Thar asked, lifting his head at this sign of hope.

"A scientist, I mean a man of great knowledge like a wizard in the future," Sport 1 explained. "He has a time machine too. And he might be able to at least take your children into the future where they will be safe..."

"Don't worry," said Trynia. "We will do all we can to help you!"

"I thank Thoth that I encountered you," said Thar, gripping Sport 1's offered hand. "The winds of fate have brought us together..."

"Shall I land?" IQ asked them. "I've been trying to hail the others... but I get no response from Rock 1 or Karate 1..."

"Go ahead and land," Sport 1 said. "We'd best be out of sight of Scarab..."

"Scarab?" asked Thar, anger coming across his Kohl decorated eyes. "That murderer of a Pharaoh's son is behind this?"

"No, not the sorcerer," Jazmin told him. "Another one by that name. He's an evil scientist..."

"Another wizard," said Sport 1.

"That is favorable!" Menne said. "I cannot help but wonder how they came back from the future...."

"I'll radio Bionic 1," said Mother One.

"No. Do not tell him till he gives us the ready to move in," Menne said. Soon enough the bleeping came from Bionic 1.

Mother 1 radioed him the news. For a time there was silence, then a confirmation of their shared joy. Listening, she nodded, eagerly.

"What?"

"We will join him, and attack the base. Bionic 1 has just contacted IQ. They're going to land on the island and back us up as we move in first..."

Levers were thrown, as a time disturbance hit the jet. On board Trynia gasped with pain. Thar's eyes darkened. He probed with mystical power, to find the source of the pain.

"Scarab's machine!" Trynia cried.

The future children sat nearby, trying to calm those from the past. Sehnenrath had introduced himself to Siren 1 and Polaris 1 by now. Tentatively Mennerana glanced at all the new faces, and the strange metal walls. JEP thought it best to show them as little of the future house as possible. To prevent any more time pollution. His machine busy with stopping Dr. Scarab, JEP dared not use precious time to send them back to Egypt. At least not till Dr. Scarab was stopped!

IQ had told him of the future JEP's machine. How JEP was blocking Scarab's device to stop the others from being sent anywhere else in time. "Thank you JEP," Bionic 1 muttered. "You just bought us more time..."

Silently he prayed that Helen was all right.

A strange bomb-like device headed towards the plane. On board everyone froze as it was about to hit. IQ noted how it resembled one of the old atomic test bombs.

There was nothing they could do. Thar tried to throw up a mystical shield in vain. Maybe he could at least protect the craft....

On his computer screen, the sight of the other time machine rang up. If only there was some way of contacting its owner. By now Mennerana, Sehnenrath, and the others watched over his shoulder.

"Am I to understand that magic screen sees the past?" asked Sehnenrath.

"Yes," Siren 1 explained.

"What is that shimmering?"

"Three time machines."

"My mother has a time machine in the past," said Sehnenrath. "She was operating it, and that is how we were trapped in between the now and now..."

"Your mother?" JEP asked

"Yes. The lady Trynia..."

"Did you say Trynia?" JEP said weakly. "She... has a time machine in Egypt?"

"Yes..."

"That's the answer!" JEP cried, almost jumping ten feet out of his chair. "I have it! Mer 1, you've got to use your telepathy to contact them in the past... but how will we contact Trynia in the past?"

"What are you talking about?" Polaris and Siren asked. Calming down, JEP outlined his plan. All nodded.

"But we can't use your machine to send me back to tell them," said Mer 1.

"Menne, can you use your power to think to papa and mama?" Sehnenrath asked her. She shook her head sadly, and muttered something.

"She says she cannot contact Mother or father..."

"Wait, Thar said something. That I can send my mind in time," Mer 1 realized. "And with Menne's help I can do it!"

"Several thousand miles away," Sport 1 said. Waving to IQ, the plane took off as IQ went to effect repairs.

Jazmin and Sport 1 found the quad runners, one busted, the other still workable. Retrieving them they pulled them back to the beach. Trynia found her hovercraft, and soon they all were loaded on board, heading out to sea to help Bionic 1 and his small team.

Thar clung to the fast moving craft as they moved out over the ocean. He could scarce believe he was in the future! Or a possible future. Yet it pained him to think that Trynia did not remember him. His mind reasoned that perhaps this was Trynia before they had met. But she knew him. So mayhaps this was one of what she called alternate versions of reality? His mind swam at the endless possible explanations.

But they were stopped by the halefire of other vehicles. Swinging the hovercraft around, Trynia headed back to the beach.

"I will get the others out," IQ's voice came over the link. "You stop them!"

"Will do!" Trynia called, along with Sport 1 and Shadowdancer.

"Mom!" they cried throwing themselves into her waiting arms. "We were so scared you'd gone for good!"

"I'm here my dears," she sobbed for joy. Menne watched patently, filled with delight at the reunion of mother and children.

"We must help Bionic 1," she said, straightening up. "He's trying to destroy the Time Machine Dr. Scarab has made."

"Let me at that miserable wretch!" cried Karate 1.

"That goes triple for me!" Rock 1 cried, eager for a rematch.

"Let's go!" cried Mother 1. "Come on, Menne!"

Obligingly Menne followed her friends out of the cell holding bay.

"Mother 1 here," said her voice. "We've rescued them. Where are you?"

"Being chased by Scarab's goons," he said. "Where's Dad?"

"I guess in main control. He's going to need our help. Can you distract Scarab long enough..."

"IQ's onto it," said Sport 1. "He's fighting his way to get you, and pick you all up..."

"Good. I'll call him the moment we need him. Be careful dear!"

"Don't worry," Trynia said. "We'll keep him out of trouble."

"By Thoth," muttered Thar. "Talking bracelets."

"What was that?" Mother 1 asked.

"Another friend. Don't' worry about it," Sport 1 grinned. "Sport 1 out!"

A blast from Madam O's gun hit the craft, sending it out of control. Grabbing Thar, Trynia leapt to safety. Sport 1 and Shadow dancer also jumped out unharmed as the hovercraft burst into flames.

"AD142322!" Trynia shouted. "That was a lot of work went into that! You DA1234!" she continued shaking her fists at them.

"Hang on they're coming around again!" Sport 1 cried. "Get ready, Jazmin!"

"BIONICS ON!" they shouted together, blazing into their skin tight uniforms.

"You bet!" she shouted, readying her lightening. "How about you, Thar?"

Wincing at the familiar, he nodded. "By Ra and Horus I am!" The Egyptian sorcerer shouted an incantation, "By the Wisdom of Thoth and Wadjet I summon thine aid!", and blazed into armor. The transformation was much like that of their Mummy friends. Except Thar was alive. He was wrapped in turquoise Python armor, and still held aloft his staff before him.

"Offensive mode activate!" Trynia cried simultaneously. Instantly she was garbed in her Egyptian metallic kilt and stellar armor. A striped headdress helmet covered her hair, and her golden cybernetic legs were visible, as was the sapphire blue gauntlet on her other hand.

"Lets hit it!" Sport 1 cried. Chopper leapt off his cycle, chains singing towards the young teen. Sport 1 threw a powerball at him with his hand.

Trynia faced off against a massive form. He towered 8 feet over her. "Watch it! Klunk's strong," said Sport 1.

"So am I, my friend," she laughed. Klunk grunted, and punched the ground. Trynia still kept her footing.

"Not bad," said she. "But this is better!"

So saying she hit the ground with both fists. The force almost knocked her friends off their feet. But Klunk absorbed the energy.

"Oops," said Trynia, leaping into the air as he punched at her.

"What manner of costume is this?" Madame O chuckled at Thar's armored form. They circled about, keeping equal distance sandwitched between them. "What is this? A snake man?"

"Taunt me not, witch of the future," he countered, waving his staff. Madame O blasted him with sound from her harp. Crossing his arms over his chest in the Osiris position, Thar summoned a beryl green shield. Her harp blast bounced off harmlessly.

"Oho not bad," she said. "But try this one! It's a hit, darling!"

As Madame O hit him with a frequency of various sounds, his shield held strong. Annoyed, "I will tame you, you snake!"

"When Apophis swallows the sun," he shouted back. He hurled a blast at her, actually hitting her!

Goo laughed at Shadowdancer as she leapt into the air. She showered him with lightening balls. But they sizzled out of existence when they impacted. A glutenous substance was hurled in her direction. Nimbly she leapt out of the way.

The stuff lobbed by. To hit Sport 1 behind her. "Oh I'm sorry!" Jazmin cried.

Chopper snarled with delight, wrapping the struggling Sport 1 in his chains. An electronic charge shot through him. As Shadowdancer tried to help she was doused in glue.

Trynia grunted as she dodged a rock hurled by Klunk. Her mind figured out he absorbed kinetic energy. So she tried not to hit him. Rather she reared up, and tackled his stomach.

He was too firmly rooted to be thrown so easily. Picking up Trynia he hurled her aside. She righted herself, and landed safely. He lifted his fist to pound her into the ground. Yet she reared up, blocking his fist with her strength. He grunted as he forced down. Bracing up she levered with her full strength.

Klunk pushed down, and they locked hands. The powerful villain pushed, only to be met with full strength. Trynia grunted, gritting her teeth as she pushed back with all her strength. Actually she pushed him back!

And flipped him onto his back!

Recovering from Thar's blast, Madam O played a shrilling tone on her harp. Thar put his hands over his ears in pain. She chose that moment to hit him with another blast. He crumpled. As she advanced upon him a strange object snaked around her legs, tripping her.

It was a snake's tail! Climbing to his feet, he recovered, and backed away. A well placed blast deflected the harp from her hand.

She grabbed her gun, and fired. Thar's barrier deflected it. Yet he realized she would not stop firing. And his head still ached from that blasted harp tone! Chanting in ancient Egyptian he raised his hand. And summoned a shiny prism over his head, pyramid shaped. As she fired her weapon, the prism deflected the power.

"Cute, but it won't help you," Madame O laughed.

"That's not what I was aiming for," Thar smiled from under his serpent helmet. The blast hit Shadowdancer, sizzling away her glue coating.

"Thanks Thar!" she cried. At last she was free. Instantly she blasted Sport 1 with lightening, vaporizing the glue. At last he could act!

Madame O fired again, and Thar's prism once more deflected the blow. She ran at him kicking. As he swung his staff up to block, she kicked her harp up into her hand. With a tone the crystal pyramid shattered instantly.

Trynia pushed Klunk onto his back. He grunted with anger, and rolled out of the way as she leapt to tackle him again.

Sport 1 felt his mind reach out to Shadowdancer. Narrowly he avoided Chopper's electrical chains. Another glue bomb exploded, accidentally hitting Madame O and Thar instead of the two young lovers.

"Whoops, sorry Thar!" said Sport 1, wincing as he realized both foe and friend were snared. "Gotta be careful with that."

"What say we get these two together..." said Jazmin. Nodding to her love, the two leapt as Chopper's chains sang out at Sport 1, and Goo hurled his next glob.

The chain hit Goo, sizzling. And the glob hit Chopper, immobilizing him!

Madame O blasted the goo with her sonic harp. Thar chanted a spell, "May you be as hard as the mud bricks in the sacred temples!" and the goo hardened and cracked.

"Now milady we end this," Thar said.

"I don't think so," she cried.

But then she screamed as he transformed into a giant python. Hissing he arced towards her, wrapping his coils around her. She dropped the harp and pistol, grunting as he constricted her. Madame O hated snakes. How could he have known this?

A pair of green eyes stared into hers. Mesmerizing. Madame O could not resist the hypnotic stare. Then she fell asleep.

"You, charm me?" Thar hissed, still in snake form as he slithered from around her. "That's a laugh!"

Trynia winced as Klunk's punch hit her. Shaking her head, she tackled him again. Flipping him onto his back, she pinioned his arms. Without the leverage he was helpless.

Goo roared as he showered Sport 1 and Shadowdancer with mucilage. Yet Shadowdancer once again hurled lightening, sizzling and evaporating his glue. In pain he whimpered as he backed away like a hurt dog.

"The bigger they are," Sport 1 said. "The harder they fall..."

"Yes!" Trynia grunted, straining against Klunk. He could not hurl her.

"Thar... how can we stop him?" Shadowdancer asked, realizing the Egyptian wizard's powers had turned the tide. She used her telekinesis to help Trynia hold Klunk.

"I have it," he said. "By the powers of the mighty Goddess Nut! Bring the winds of her being to cool his ardor!"

A chilling blast hit Klunk. He shivered as Thar's spell iced him up. The cold winds condensed water upon his skin, forming ice rapidly. Coldness sucked the absorbed kinetic energy from him as he shivered.

But Glove and Mechanic both fell in. Karate aimed a kick at Mechanic, kicking his gun away. Rock 1 blasted Glove with sound.

Mother 1 sensed the cyphrons as they attacked. She used her powers to make them see her elsewhere. When the first cyphron attacked, Mennehotep swooped down and stabbed it with her amazon spear.

"Nice job!" Mother 1 laughed, slapping Menne's hand.

Glove blasted at Rock 1 with an immobilizer beam. She nimbly leapt out of the way, her kick contacting with his glove.

Karate 1 dodged the blasts from the cyphrons. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Bionic 1 approaching the console.

Menne flew around eh room on Ibis wings, blasting Cyphrons left and right with lightening. But for each they destroyed, the more there seemed to be. At last they all stood back to back, Menne overhead as she flew in circles to protect her friends.

"Get away from the machine, Scarab!" Bionic One shouted.

"Never!" he cried, and fired his weapon. Bionic One dodged it. Angrily he approached, and grabbed Scarab's gun. But Scarab managed to blast at point blank range.

"No!" cried Mother 1.

He swerved and dodged as two heat seeking missiles hurtled toward him. IQ muttered a curse under his breath that would have made his mother blush. He struggled to throw the missles as best he could. Either way he would be very busy the next few minutes.

Menne held her hands to her head. She had encased Bionic 1 in her magical barrier. "Time to stop this little party," Bionic 1 said, grabbing Dr. Scarab's gun. In his hand he smashed it.

"Get back, I'm warning you!"

"Or you'll do what?" he asked. Mother One stayed at Menne's side as the mummy landed. Her powers were almost used up.

"Mother 1, get out of here," Bionic 1 said to her. "I'll handle Scarab..."

"I can't leave you," she cried.

"Do it," he said. "Force them back!"

Mother One summoned an image of a gigantic dragon, which frightened Mechanic and Glove. Cowardly they rushed away.

"Come back you cowards!" Scarab shouted, as he dodged Bionic 1's punch. Unfortunately Bionic 1's hand lodged into the console of the time machine.

"No!" Scarab shouted in rage. "You idiot you'll destroy us all!"

Karate 1 rushed to help his Dad pull his arm out of the machine. Electricity arched around it as it began to short circuit. "It's more than you deserve," Bionic 1 spat. "For interfering in the structure of time..."

"Bengi, leave me," he said to Karate 1. "Get out of here while you still can..."

"But Bionic 1... Dad!"

"Do it," Mother 1 cried, as she raced after Menne and Rock 1. "IQ's coming to help!"

Dr. Scarab howled in rage as he struggled to repair the machine. Bionic 1 took another swing at it, helped by Karate 1. They rushed away quickly as the machine began to blow up.

Menne reached out with the last bit of her power. Had to protect them all lest the explosion destroy them! Mother 1 added her mental strength to Menne's, helping her keep the barrier up. Karate 1 concentrated as well, taking Menne's hands in his. Bionic 1 continued to hammer the machine.

"We can contact whoever it is in the past to help," said Mer 1. Polaris 1 and Siren 1 watched as they joined hands. Mennerana's mind moved within Mer 1's, and they felt the power move. Images of ancient Egypt flooded Mer 1's mind as he tried to focus on a common thought. He too thought about ancient Egypt, linking his thoughts to match the amplitude of hers. It was like tuning two radios to the same station. Then Mer 1, carried away on the power, sent his mind back to the past.

He saw Trynia working hard on her machine, trying to seal the rip. "Trynia!" he cried.

Trynia turned, and looked in utter surprise at Mer 1's astral projection. "Whom pray tell are you? I discern you are perhaps from the future..."

"Yes! I have sent my thoughts here, with your daughter's help. Listen, there's not enough time to explain it all. But you've gotta trust me! Your kids are okay, and so's your husband... but you must do what I say..."

"Is the other time machine attempting a cross sideric knitting?" she asked.

"Yeah! That's what JEP said..."

"JEP?"

"No time to explain. He made the one in the future. Listen... he says to... adjust the frequency to harmonic resonance. And up the temporal gain... focused on the 20th century!"

"Got it," Trynia said.

"That should make... what did he call it..."

"A time inversion," Trynia said. "Reversing all events that are out of place, causing them to revert to their original states..."

"Yeah!"

"Tell your JEP he has my utmost respect," Said Trynia as she made the adjustments.

Also Mennerana strained. How long could she keep the link to her mother open? She was only half Mer 1's age, and had so many people depending upon her. Yet her father had taught her magic well. She could bear the strain. Mer 1 sensed how similar her constructs were to his. Within her body were the nanites that were much the same as his. Somehow this similarity made the link easier to maintain.

Sehnenrath bit his lip. Polaris and Siren both stood, putting hands upon his shoulder in silent support. For their brother and his sister were locked in a mind bond that could spell the fate of the entire world. It hung precariously in the balance.

JEP reached for levers as he punched a sequence of keys. Only time would tell, said the old phrase.

"Jack!" Helen cried.

"Get out of here!" he shouted.

"But!" said Helen.

"Menne, get my family to safety..."

"Yes sir," she said, wrapping them all in a bubble. Bionic 1 punched a hole in the wall, and seawater rushed inside the lab. Helen and the children protested as Menne's sphere was drawn out through by the incrusting pressure. Before long the purple bubble drifted to the surface.

"Jack!" Helen screamed, pounding on the bubble. She hated to leave him behind, even if it was his order. Her precog sense would not work so close to the machine!

"Dad!" Rock 1 and Karate 1 cried, also pounding on the sphere. Menne gritted as she swam after it. The sphere held long enough till their heads broke the surface of the water.

KABLAM!!!!

"That explosion... was by the base," said Sport 1.

Shadowdancer winced, and tears came in her eyes. "Your mom! I can feel her pain! Something's happened..."

"What? Are they all okay?"

"They... got out... but... your dad!"

Sport 1's eyes grew to the size of saucers. "What... what about Dad!" he cried, taking her arms.

"I... cannot say! All I sense is sadness from her... and then nothing!"

"Dad! Was he caught up in that explosion?" Sport 1 cried, almost shaking his love. She gasped, her own eyes wide with tears.

"He's... not responding to her calls."

"Sport 1 to Bionic 1! Mother 1... anyone!"

IQ threw down a lifeline to them, and Helen grabbed it. One by one they were pulled up. "Bionic 1!" she cried to him. "He... didn't come up!"

"I'll look for him right away with all the scans! You keep trying to raise him on the voicelink!"

"Right," Helen said, biting her lip as Rock 1 and Karate 1 tried to help Menne into a seat. The mummy's armor had just fizzled out, and she lay immobile with exhaustion.

"What about dad!" cried Rock 1.

"I know honey!" cried Mother 1. "I'm trying to get him... but he could be unconscious..."

"Or worse," said Karate 1.

"No!" cried Rock 1.

Looking to Menne and Mer 1, he said, "Tell Trynia that the other time machine is..."

"Out of commission?" said Mer 1, opening his eyes a bit. "She knows. And is wondering if you're ready to start sending everyone back..."

"Yes... let her know. It's about time... pardon the pun, to get you two children home..."

"Sport 1 to IQ! Are you okay?"

"IQ here," said the familiar voice on Sport 1's comlink.

"Where's everyone?"

"I just picked them up," said IQ after a pause. "But... no word from Bionic 1..."

"We've tried every scan possible... and nothing," said Rock 1's panic stricken voice.

"No word yet..." said Karate's voice grimly. In the background they could hear someone crying. A voice sobbing bitterly. It sounded like Mother 1!

"Dad!" Sport 1 cried aloud. "No!"

Trynia and Thar stood near him. He rushed out to the beach, and leapt into the water. Jazmin raced after him, trying to stop him. But he pushed her aside in his fear. Trynia raced and grabbed Sport 1's arms, pinioning him behind.

"Let me go! Dad!" he shouted. "Dad could still be down there..."

"Eric, it was destroyed," Jazmin said, as Tharakenat helped her to stand. "I cannot...sense his thoughts..."

"No!" cried Eric. "He's still out there... I gotta save him..."

"IQ's looking for him, and he won't stop till he finds him," said Trynia. "Getting all worked up will not help you..."

"Let me go!" he cried, panic stricken. But Trynia's greater strength held him tightly.

"Eric, stop!" she shouted. "I might tear your arms off if you fight me! I'm sure he's okay! He must be!"

"Dad!" Sport 1 cried. Then turned to Trynia, tears in his blue eyes. He stopped fighting her, and collapsed into her arms, crying.

"Get ready to step through," JEP told Sehnenrath. Nodding, the boy moved to his sister. Mer 1 released her mind as he nodded goodbye. Menne quickly kissed Mer 1 on the cheek before she left, and he smiled.

Bidding goodbye to Polaris and Siren, the two children of the past left those of the future. Down the long corridor they went. To emerge simultaneously on the other side of the wormhole.

Then Trynia and JEP widened the effect, modifying it every so slightly. The shockwaves of Scarab's machine were compressed between two boundaries. Waves bounced off, dashing back and forth till the rip collapsed upon itself.

Jazmin held Sport 1's shoulder as he and Mother 1 embraced, both sobbing. Rock 1 and Karate had gone rather numb, and sending them out to search seemed the best way to handle their distress.

Tharakenat struggled to use his mystical powers, using his silver scrying dish. Suddenly there appeared an astral image above it. Of Mer 1. "What's wrong?" he asked, as he noticed everyone crying.

"Dad's gone!" cried a sobbing Eric.

"Wait?"

"The explosion... he was caught in it," said Trynia, trying to remain calm as she too stood by Sport 1 and Mother 1.

"That's not possible," said Mer 1.

"How can you know?"

"He's from the future," Trynia said.

"What she said," Mer 1 stated. "He cannot have died... for he was still alive for many years!"

"Then... there is hope?" Helen said. "My powers cannot predict where he would be..."

"Perhaps," said Thar. "He is not where we can find him... obviously."

"Thar... that's it!" cried Trynia, giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Mer 1, scan for anomalies!"

"Will do!"

"JEP, what is going on here?" he asked, fist still raised as if to strike something. He fell on his face, and everyone rushed to help him.

"Er, you wouldn't want to know..." said JEP. "I'm sending you back now..."

Before Bionic 1 could protest, he vanished.

"I hope that's the last visitor we have for a long time," JEP sighed. "This is getting ridiculous!"

"Like Grand central," laughed Meg.

Thar looked at Trynia, a strange look in his eyes. At first they greeted Bionic 1, then withdrew to talk more privately.

"I still would like to know, why is it you do not remember our marriage," said he.

"I don't know," she sighed. "It... I can remember you asking me. But then... the next thing I remember is a big fight... and..."

"Hush now," said Thar. "Perhaps it is best we not know why. For you often told me the danger of careless words. But remember this. I do love you in any time. And I will not blame you..."

"Thar, I wish I could remember..."

"I will try to make sure... you do. And if I do not... there is someone here who can help," Thar said nodding to Jazmin. "She can see past the veils of forgetfulness..."

"Thar, I miss you so much. Even if I don't remember us being married, I remember... I do love you..."

"As I you," he said softly. They reached for each other, and his lips touched hers softly. Then in a blink another blue disc appeared.

"Time for you to go," said Mer 1's astral form.

"I thank you," he said. Everyone spun about, and noticed what had transpired.

"Going so soon?" Jazmin asked him.

"Yes. The balance of Maat must be maintained," he said, turning to them.

"Thanks for your help," Eric said, shaking his hand. Thar was a bit surprised.

"It's a handshake," Jack explained. "How we greet each other ran this time."

"How curious," said Thar. He extended his hand to the others, and each took their turn tot shake it. When it came to Helen, she gave him a peck on the cheek.

"Thanks for helping my son be safe," she said.

"My pleasure."

Jazmin nervously went up to him, and he bowed to her. Taking her hand he kissed it. She smiled. It was rare for her to have trust in this man she barely knew. But they had shared thoughts together. And she knew he was a good man. She also sensed his great love for his family and for Trynia.

"May the Fates be kind, and may Isis bless you with many fine children," he said to her. To the others he said, "May Thoth and Ptah smile upon you, constructs of metal and flesh! You are truly unique!"

"Goodbye Thar!" they all chorused. One last look at Trynia he vanished in a blaze of light.

"Mama! You wouldn't believe where we were!" cried Menerana. "It was all metal... and people like you were there!"

"I bet you had quite a time," said she, rocking as she held them both tightly.

"Mother, I am so glad to see you," Sehnenrath said. "But where is father?"

In answer to his question, there was a blaze of light again. The last passenger came through, and raced to his family's arms. He grabbed his son and daughter. In one massive embrace they all cried and laughed.

Then Sehenrath pulled Menne away so Mother and Father could be alone. Finger over his lips he lead his sister out of the laboratory.

"My love," Thar said, and seized Trynia about the waist tightly. Leaning her back, he gave her a kiss worthy of a romance movie. How wonderful it felt to have her in his arms again, and realize that she truely knew him.

"Thar," she gasped, catching her breath after she returned his kiss. "I feared I had lost you..."

"As did I," he said, stroking her gold filigreed cheek.

"You learned something about my future, and you cannot tell me," she reasoned.

"Aye my love. For as I vowed to love you, I vowed to uphold the laws of time..."

"And you must..." said she.

"Yes, I must," he sighed, holding her close. HE could not tell her that she had forgotten him in the future. Yet perhaps he could take steps to prevent it from happening... But what implications would that have? He dared not make any changes without reasoning the consequences. Even if it meant putting personal duty behind it. Such an oath he'd storm when he had become a Guardian. And he would keep his oath. No matter the cost.

Now he had her. But for how long? But he knew she'd be in the future. Perhaps when he died...

Again he embraced her, his lips sharing the passion of his love. And she was there in his arms. Now was all that mattered in this space of time. For he could respond to the concreteness of now, and not the elusive quicksilver that was the unshaped future.

Trynia had taken Menne back to the warehouse, so she could recharge. Yet she had given her express thanks to them for upholding the laws of time. And each had given her their own thanks for her help.

"We could not have done it without her help," JD said, as they all sat in their living room.

"She showed up in the nick of time!" Bunji laughed. Everyone groaned, and threw pillows at him.

Jack and Helen shared quiet moments together. In each other's arms. Everyone discreetly left them be.

"I remember Trynia was sad she could not remember she was married," Helen said to Jack.

"Can you help her?"

"I can try with Jazmin's help. Trynia will be coming back soon for a session..."

"Can you help her, given she's an alien. Her mind may not be able to be probed by your efforts..."

"We can but try after all, she is our friend... and she did save Eric's life..."

"We are fortunate to have a friend as her. But I for one am glad that we have not forgotten our marriage..."

"As am I," she said, and her lips pressed against him in a long kiss.

And how the two children of Trynia had met their own children. It was indeed a strange world when one could traverse the barriers of time. There was no telling whom one would meet. Yet one thing was certain. They had friends. And kindness and love were constants in the universe that evil would never defeat!

"I am glad that Trynia put those nanites in you," said Jazmin, hugging her husband.

"You were rather reluctant for a while..."

"But look at our children! They are so much more stronger. Without the nanites I could not have had three children! For your nanites... helped build them..."

"Yes. We never know how the past will affect the future..."

"No we don't. And that's the fun," she grinned as they embraced.

End of story!

I would like to thank Jade JJ for her help and inspiration in writing this story! Here's to you, my friend!