A/N: This isn't my first fanfic, although this is the first time that I have ever had the guts to publish one. I have no Beta, so all faults are mine and mine alone. I own Marie, but everything else belong to someone else. I also am NOT gonna beg for reviews because I can't stand it when other authors refuse to post more until they get a certain amount of reviews. I'd like it if you would but I also understand it if you won't. It takes a special story for me to review too!
Enjoy.
"This is Dr. Sheldon Cooper for experiment Tardis. Our previous data has come back with very positive results. This will mark the first time we will be using human test subjects. Marie will attempt to go ahead in time 20 minutes. She will use the Tardis M3 in our lab and will appear 20 minutes later in the south end of the campus known as CalTech." Sheldon paused to take a look at Marie. "Subject is in good cheer, although slightly nervous. Nerves are understandable considering the occasion." With that, Sheldon hit pause on the recorder.
"Sheldon, we need you over here." Howard called. "We are double checking everything and I want to make sure that your end is up and running. Can't lose an intern just because we hit the wrong button." He joked.
Sheldon visibly paled. It never occurred to him that Marie's safety would be in the hands of an engineer who only got his doctorate one year ago. He hurried to the computer.
After assuring himself that all of the equations were still correct, he braved the herd of interns surrounding Marie.
"We are ready for you Marie, please make your way inside the taped off markers." The tall red headed girl turned and smiled at him. "Anything for you Dr. Cooper." A slight eye roll followed by a smile was Sheldon's response.
Marie made her was to the middle of the marker with Sheldon following close behind. He positioned her body to make sure it was in the proper place then grabbed her wrist to double check the co-ordinates. Once he was certain that everything was correct, he started to ramble.
"Now, this should take you to approximately 20 minutes ahead. For you it will happen in the blink of an eye. I have a feeling that it will be an eternity on this side of the equation but I digress. You will end up on the southern end of campus. Our team will be divided, half at the starting point and half at your end destination." Marie just nodded, she had learned that sometimes it was best to just let him say what he needed instead of cutting him off. It was his way of saying he was worried. That he cared about her and didn't want anything to happen to her. "You do realize that we don't have to do this. Not today." Sheldon reached his hand up and cupped her cheek. "We can wait until you are more comfortable, or do a few more tests. We can use someone else too. It doesn't have to be you sweetie."
Marie cocked her head to the side while she studied him. He patiently stared back, waiting for her brain to finish thinking. He was one of the few individual on the planet who understood her need to think and process before she spoke. It was imperative for her to reach a logical conclusion.
"First, I do realize that I don't have to do this. I could let anyone else in the world do this but you and I both know that I will not. I helped with the designing, along with Issac and Rose. I won in rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock five time in a row. I have earned the right to do this. It has to happen today, it is all over the university. I refuse to be made a mockery of. We have done all sorts of tests from paper to stuffed animals to rats and bunnies. This WILL happen today." Impulsively she gave him a hug and was grateful he didn't stiffen up this time. Instead he pulled her closer and kissed her forehead.
"I'll see you in twenty minutes Marie." With that Sheldon stepped back and turned on his recorder. "Test subject Marie is in position. Marie, please turn on the device." A slight hum emanated from her wrist. "Please use the Tardis M3." With a smile, Marie hit several buttons on the device and abruptly disappeared.
And reappeared exactly where she should be. The southern end of CalTech. A self satisfied smile graced her face before confusion set in. There was no tape marking where she should have landed. Looking around Marie noticed that something was wrong. Very very wrong. The trees were wrong. It was supposed to be mid-fall and there were no leaves on the ground. They were all up in the trees still green as could be. Understandably in California you could barely tell the difference using weather but the trees always knew. It was one of the few things Marie loved about nature. It always knew what to do.
Reflexively Marie checked her Tardis again. "Oh! I see the problem! Oh no, he made a boo-boo." She did some quick calculations in her head. "So that means not twenty minutes but twenty years. Great. So that means it's 2013. No problem, I will just go back and tell him that he was wrong. God I love telling him that he is wrong" Marie hit the return button and closed her eyes. Hopefully she opened them, in the same place. Frustrated, she hit the button again and again and got the same result. "So now what happens?" Marie asked herself. Again numbers flew through her mind as she tried to figure out where the only two men on the planet that could help her were.