Disclaimer: Don't own, didn't happen. Set during the movie.

Purposes

By: Gina O.

Chapter 2: Perfect Motivation

"Commander's Older Sibling on the bridge! Salute!"

Janey stood in the computer lab doorway, staring at the several boys who were saluting her. She told them to "sit down" and walked over to the back of the room, where she spotted Charlie as he typed away furiously on his keyboard.

"Make whatever you need quick, Mrs. Jenkins wants me to stack shelves in the fiction section, which always takes so long on the count of-"

"That's very nice, sis," Charlie intervened, "Sit down and watch."

Janey sat down beside her brother and stared at the screen. Her jaw dropped when she realized what the white and black vortex was that was playing on the screen. She read the numbers on the bottom, reading yesterday's date and hour as the vortex whizzed through time.

"Time travel?" Janey asked in shock, "Char-Charlie, you discovered time travel?"

"Yeah!" Charlie smiled, nodding his head, "I uploaded the formula yesterday after school, and now look! We could time travel!"

"Oh my God!" Janey tried hard to contain her excitement, "Charlie! This is incredible! I knew you were smart, but not smart enough to think of something like this!"

"It took a while, I'll admit, but I finally worked it out. And look," He pulled out a large tube from under his desk, "I even made blueprints for the machine,"

Janey pulled out the rolled up blueprint from the white tube, and unrolled it. The machine parts were written in a list on the side, while the entire device was drawn out piece by piece. The quantum accelerator was built much like Charlie's rocket-car from freshman year; the flux-compassitor was all pieced out on the same side as the rocket-car part. Then it occurred to the older sibling that a majority of this invention would require some extreme hardware knowledge, something Charlie, her and, she assumed, Virgil, each had little of.

"It sounds like it could work," Janey said, causing her little brother to smile, "But there's a lot of ironwork to be done if we want it built..."

"I know, that's where our hardware guy would come in. I was thinking that if we bring Virgil in on it, we would have a bigger chance of finding someone,"

"What makes you think Virgil would know a hardware guy?"

"He's more a people-person. Would you conduct this theory with me? I wouldn't feel safe without your second opinion,"

"You actually want me to help you?"

"Yeah, consider it a Brother-Sister Plus Best friend and Hardware Guy project...Will you help?"

"Of course. Even I don't trust you alone with this invention, anything can go wrong. And quite frankly, I don't want to be responsible for your death if you explode in the vortex,"

"I can sign a contract-"

"Not necessary. So, when are you gonna tell him?"

"In a little bit, when he's in his Public Speaking class,"

"Where is it?"

"Mr. Stein's class...Second floor, East Wing."

"Okay," Janey rolled up the blueprint and stood up, "Well, I gotta get back to the library and stock those shelves before lunch starts-"

"So, is this a good idea?" Charlie asked hopefully, "Are you giving me the 'okay'?"

"Yes Charlie, I am giving you an 'okay'. I'm actually giving you better than an 'okay', I'm giving you the 'go-ahead-go-get-us-a-place-in-scientific-history'. Mrs. Jenkins needs me now, see you at lunch Charlie,"

"Bye Jane!"

Janey continued to watch her brother as she reached the door; then she bolted outside. Running down the hallway, Janey had a plan, but she had to make sure it would work.

The bell rang to head off to third period, and Janey was standing by the door to Mr. Stein's class. If she had read Mrs. Jenkins's computer right, Virgil should be coming from the second floor of West Wing and heading straight down the hall to Mr. Stein's class. The plan had taken her a while, but she finally had it all worked out. Normally, she'd ask Charlie herself, but knowing him and what's been going on recently, he'd be against it. She looked down the hallway and students began filling in, and spotted his blond haired head not too far away.

"Janey," Virgil called out to her first, "What are you doing here?"

"I need to talk to you," She told him, "It's really important, come here."

Janey pulled him to the small corner near the water fountain, noticing the confused look on his face.

"What's this about?" He asked.

"Charlie. He's building something, can't tell you what it is, and he's gonna need your help. This new invention's gonna require some serious hardware, and you know Charlie's not really good at that, right?"

"Not entirally good, but-"

"He's gonna need someone who knows his way around with a wrench, someone whose good with mechanics-"

"And he's gonna need me to find them, 'cause he's not exactly a people person?" Virgil inquired,

"Yes, and I know the perfect person for this job..."

"Who is it?"

"Zeke Thompson," Janey grinned

Virgil stayed silent for a few seconds, his expression questioning and thoughtful. Janey was beginning to doubt Virgil's loyalty to her.

Then the blonde cracked a smile, "I knew you liked him..It was so obvious!"

"I don't like him!" Janey hissed, "I just think he'd be the right person for the job,"

"Yeah right. So, what do you want me to do?"

"Suggest, when Charlie asks you to help, that we employ Zeke for the job. He'll listen to you more than me,"

"What makes you think that?"

"You saw him yesterday in the morning, and at lunch! He's totally over-protective! I'm surprise he hasn't convinced our mother to put me in a plastic bubble. If I told him that we should get Zeke to help out, he'll think it's because I "like" him, and turn it down. Now, if you, his best friend in the entire world, propse we bring him in, he'll go for it after a little convincing-"

"How can I convince him? I don't know anything about-"

"You know those big dinosaurs they have a monster truck rallies on TV?" Janey asked,

"Yeah,"

"Him and his dad make those. That takes a lot of mechanical knowledge...Bring that up to Charlie and he'll have to go for it. Please say you'll do it,"

Virgil took a moment to think once more, and then answered: "Yeah. I'll help, but what do I get in return?"

"I'll think about it once he's told you about it," Janey said,

"Alright,"

The late bell rang and the two friends separated. Now, with Virgil on her side, there was no way her plan could fail. Zeke had to be picked for the project. Charlie couldn't avoid his incredible skills around mechanical objects, and Zeke practically sitting on the back-burner of social status, didn't hurt either

Not to mention, he's the perfect motivation for her...