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A/N: PLEASE READ! In this story it takes place very similar to what happened on the show only everyone still remembers Peter and the timeline wasn't changed by his disappearance. Everything will be explained later!

Have you ever been watching a movie and just as it's starting things aren't quite in focus yet but then all of a sudden they become clear? Well that was sort of how Peter Bishop was feeling at that moment only things weren't becoming clearer. In fact, they were becoming more and more out of focus. The last thing he remembered he had just gotten out of the machine and was telling everyone what he had done to form a bridge between the two worlds. Then, he was in Reiden lake being fished out by two fisherman. He supposed he couldn't really blame them for calling the cops. You find a naked guy in the lake who seemingly came out of nowhere it would freak any normal person out but all that did was make things worse. When the cop put his name into the computer a federal alert came up and then within fifteen minutes he was being loaded into another car and taken somewhere undisclosed as no one would talk to him. All they would do was give him weird looks.

He looked out the window as they drove. They were definitely headed into New York City that much was clear. All the landscapes they were passing were familiar enough. What wasn't familiar was some of the things he was seeing passing outside. Perhaps that was the wrong way to put it. They were familiar things, cars, electronical devices, and such they just looked….advanced. Like some sort of prototype in a factory not something that everyone should already have. He felt a sigh of relief when they had pulled into Massive Dynamics headquarters. Perhaps Olivia, Walter, and Broyles would all be there waiting for him. He had been asking to call them ever since the police officer got to him but no one would allow him. They were barely even acknowledging him. He was greeted by a team of standard issue massive dynamic scientists who pulled him out of the car, rushed him up to a lab, and because running numerous tests on him. Still no one was answering his questions but they sure were asking plenty.

"How are you feeling Mr. Bishop?" Fine, can I please…
"What is the last thing you remember before the lake Mr. Bishop?" Coming out of the machine. Where is Oliv…

"Can you tell me what the date is Mr. Bishop?" May 22nd, 2011

The team exchanged many glances and whispers after that answer but then jumped right back into questioning him.

"How many fingers am I holding up Mr. Bishop? Is this a joke?...Apparently not four but what is…

And so the questions carried on like that. If Peter wasn't crazy he could have sworn they were trying to judge his mental competence. After they decided he was mentally sound they went back to questions about his physical well being and what he remembered. It wasn't until they asked him what his least favorite candy had been as a child that he finally cracked.

"Look! Someone PLEASE tell me WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE? One moment I'm in that damn machine, then I am pretty sure I saved the two worlds, then I'm in that GODDAMN LAKE! I want answers and no one is giving me any and I had enough I demand to speak to…" Peter was then interrupted.

"You best settle yourself Peter. You've been through a lot and need your rest." Came a voice Peter knew well.

"Have I Nina? I wouldn't know because no one here will tell me anything! Would you care to enlighten me?" Peter asked her harshly. Nina waved her hand and all the lab coat clad scientists disappeared.

"Sit down Peter." Nina said with a tone of authority to her voice Peter couldn't ignore. "The reason you aren't getting answers is because truth be told we don't have any. We don't want to scare you before we have good solid reasons and explanations as to what happened to you. I will explain the best I can but I must warn you...it might come as a bit shocking."

"Honestly Nina after all I've seen over the past few years I doubt there is much that could shock me." Peter said laughing a little to himself.

"Peter after you got out of the machine...something happened. You stated that you last thing you have any solid recollection of before the lake is coming over to talk to us about what you had down to help the two worlds. Well…we remember that too. Then the next thing we knew you just sort of…materialized or evaporated in front of our eyes and disappeared. Of course we immediately started calling out for you and waiting for you to come back. Then we started searching elsewhere. Both here and over there in the other universe but, nothing. You had literally just vanished without a trace. Efforts had to be placed elsewhere with no evidence and none appearing and the search began to go cold. We here at Massive Dynamic led our full support to Agent Dunham and Walter who never gave up. It's been the hardest on the two of them, your disappearance. The important thing is you are back now so we will just have to work on…."

"How long?" Peter asked. It was the first of many questions he had yet to ask.

"Peter it's been a long…day for you. Perhaps you should rest and then we can answer some of your questions that we can tomorrow."

"How, Long?" He asked again.

"Two and a half years." Nina said somberly. Peter couldn't believe this. This was some sort of hoax. It had to be. People don't just vanish in to thin air. Then, somehow he was able to think rationally for a moment and remember what he had noticed on his way over here. He had thought that things had seemed more advanced. Because they were! If almost three years had passed the world had surely moved on even though he wasn't here.

"I…" Peter began so say but just then the door flew open.

"PETER!" Walter came bounding in the room and threw his arms around his son and began to sob. "Peter oh Peter! You're back you're back! I thought I had lost you forever son. You were there and then you were gone. I tried son I tried everything to get you back! I didn't know what to do! I thought I was never going to see you again!" Walter continued to sob into Peter and all Peter could do was hold him until he calmed.

"I'll just give you boys a minute." Nina said excusing herself.

"Is it true Walter? Have I really been gone for over two years?" Peter asked his father.

"Yes, I'm afraid so son."

"I just vanished. Without a trace?"

"Yes. I have no idea what happened. Some sort of reciprocal effects of the machine it has to be but I was never able to pinpoint it or even get close to figuring it out. So neither was I able to find a way to bring you back. I'm so sorry son! I have failed you!"

"Walter, Walter, Walter, you didn't fail me! If there was no evidence or anything how could it be your fault! I know you have tried your best and that you never would have stopped trying! You would never fail me dad!" Peter said to his father. This seemed to work and Walter started crying again and hugging his son close to him.

"We are going to try and figure out what happened to you son! We don't even know where you were. We even put Olivia in the tank to try and get her to mentally connect with you but she couldn't. She couldn't find you anywhere."

"How is Olivia? How has she handled it? Where is she? Has someone called her?" Peter asked. He really needed both people he loved here with him right now to get through this.

"She was called. She is on her way. You two will have much to talk about." Walter said. Peter couldn't help but notice that Walter didn't meet his eyes on that one. Like there was something he was holding back from him.

Peter began to ask Walter some of his questions from earlier and found that like Nina had said…there really weren't many answer to be given to him. Walter had hypothesized many theories as to what happened but nothing as of yet had come full circle. Peter then heard some commotion coming from outside and looked out the window in the room to the lobby outside to see what was happening. He saw Nina out there and she was with…Olivia. Peter felt a smile spread across his face. He needed his Olivia now more than ever but that smile faded when he saw that she was upset. She seemed to be having an inner battle with herself over whether or not to come in the room. Eventually she gave in and opened the door and stood looking at him with disbelief.

"Peter," She finally said.

"Olivia," he returned.

"Oh Peter!" Olivia broke down and flung herself into his arms. He held her close to him for what seemed like hours. They didn't speak much. Every so often she would mumble things like, "I have missed you so much" or "I can't believe you're here" and he would hold her tighter. He didn't know how to answer her. To him, they had been together merely that morning and for her…it had been years. She looked the same more or less. It hadn't been that long but still there was something different about her. The way she was cradling him, it was a new quality in her.

"Olivia I…" He began not knowing what he was going to say then he hear another familiar voice. Astrid.

"Olivia, Olivia I think…" Then came another voice a new one that he had never heard. A small voice, a child's voice.

"Mommy? Mommy!" The voice said as a child came running into the room. A little girl.

"Mommy I coudent find you" Said the child. Olivia picked her up and nuzzled her into her chest.

"I'm right here baby girl. You were sleeping and I didn't want to wake you so I left you with Aunt Astrid." Olivia said kissing the girl on the forehead and hugging her close. Peter stared at the scene before him but he couldn't believe it. This little girl was calling Olivia mommy and Olivia was responding to her in such a manor. This child was Olivia's daughter. He stared in disbelief. Peter examined the child further. She looked to be about two, two in a half years old and she looked almost exactly like Olivia.

"Who is he Mommy." The child asked.

"This is….Mommy's friend." Olivia answered her child. This was the moment that the little girl looked over at him and their eyes met. Peter had heard a lot of information today but this was the first time he felt his heart skip a beat. He was staring back into a pair of eyes identical to his own. He mentally did the math that he had been gone for two and half years, this child looked to be about two and a half years old. He was intimately involved with Olivia, this child's mother two and a half years ago. He wasn't just staring into the eyes of a child. He was staring into the eyes of his child.

A/N: I hoped you like it. I'm on break now so I should have some time to put into this. Please leave me a review and let me know what you think of it!