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An Anastasia /The Time Tunnel crossover.
Based on Anastasia and The Time Tunnel both owned ironically by 20th Century FOX.
part three - The great fire from the sky.
Dimiri Michovniah sat in his apartment watching the news. The war in Vietnam had gotten worse. Riots in several cities due to the death of Martin Luther King Jr. Dimitri had spent years working in Hollyword holding casting calls ,auditions ,and screen tests. He never weanted any attention nor any credit for his work. He simply wanted to stay unknown. Dimitri had seen many beautiful women over the years and non had impressed him at all. The most beautiful woman he had seen was the one that disappeared so many years ago that night in Paris. To him she was Anya and to the world she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov. They had fallen in love and he wanted to marry her when she simply disappeared in front of his eyes literally. Two American strangers he met that night claimed it was caused by some time displacement experiment. Did it have something to do wtih the space program? Maybe after the Apollo one fire they had decided to create some kind of portal or teleporter to send man to the moon instead of using rockets. Dimtri had all of Anastasia's stuff he could get his hands on. As much as he wanted to wait in Paris for her return Dimitri had been forced to flee the city when the Germans invaded France in World War II. Who in 1926 could believe there would be another world war? Anastasia's music box and necklace sat on the end table near his bed and sometimes at night he would wind it up and listen to the haunting melody of Once Upon a December. When he heard the music he would see her dancing in all her finery like she had been wearing that night. He had her tattled orphan dress ,her blue cirus tent dress she wore on the Tasha ,her pajama's she wore that night ,two dresses she wore while shopping in Paris, and the strapless dress she wore to the Ballet. Everyone else she knew was gone. Grandma ,Sophine ,vlad ,and Pooka. Dimitri was haunted by her in his dreams. He was a man in pain. Pain and suffering caused when the woman he loved was forcefully taken from him. He frequently woke up screaming her name.
"Anastasia Anastasia! ",Dimitri screamed.
Dimitri turned off the Zenith console and headed for bed. He had a queen sized bed so they could sleep together when she returned. Dimitri worked out and ran to keep in shape. Despite his age of 61 he still looked much like he did in 1926. He still wore the same green vest and brown pants. He heard a knock at the door and a strong male voice.
"Dimitri Michoviah please open up. ",General Kirk said.
Who was it at this hour? Dimitri headed to the door. He opened it to see a general and another uniformed army man standing there.
"I am Dimitri Michoviah. If you are trying to recuit me for the war in Vietnam forget it. ",Dimitri said.
"THat's not why I am here. I came because of someone we have in common. Does the name Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov mean anything to you? ",General Kirk.
General Kirk took off his hat and held it.
"Anya! I mean Anastasia ,you found her? ",Dimitri replied.
"Actually I wouldn't say found. We have known where she was for some time. ',General Kirk.
"And why don't you bring her to me? ',Dimitri asked.
"Well we can't exactly bring her anywhere. You will have to come with to me see why? She was asking for your help. ",General Kirk explained.
"Alright I'll come with you. Where are we going?",Dimitri asked.
"I can't say where we are going. It's a secret. Don't bother packing we have a car downstairs waiting. ",General Kirk said.
They left the apartment and headed for JFK airport. Then they boarded a a small jet and took off. After several hours they landed in the middle of an Arizona desert.
"Great your gonna leave me to die of thirst out here? ",Dimitri asked.
"No we are almost there. Please get in the car? ",General Kirk asked.
They were in another car heading across the desert. General Kirk sat in the passenger seat and Dimitri sat in the back seat.
"This is Tick Tock mobile requesting permisison to enter the Tick Tock Base?",General Kirk said into a radio.
"Permission granted. ",a Female voice said.
Just then the car dropped suddenly and everything went black around Dimitri. Dimitri looked behind in time to see a ramp closing. They came to a stop. Dimtri got out and saw a big hourglass on the wall in front of him. A woman with dark hair and a green skirt and blouse peeking out from under her lab coat met him.
"Welcome to Project Tick Tock. I am Dr. Ann McGregor. I currently the head of operations here. Here is your radiation badge. ",Ann said as she put a radiation badge on Dimitri's vest below his right shoulder.
"Where is Anya? I mean Anastasia? ",Dimitri asked.
"Please call her Anastasia to avoid confusion. We will take you to see her. ",Ann said.
They got in a strange room with a brightly lit blue floor and they been decending.
"We are going nearly 800 floors down. ",Ann said.
It seemed like the outline of their feet kept coming towards them. Then the elevator stopped and they walked on to a bridge. Dimitri looked down at the huge complex.
"What is this a bomb shelter for VIPs?",Dimitri asked.
"No it's one of several cities housing the personal that work here. ",Ann said.
They entered the control center and Dimitri got his first look at the tunnel.
"That is where Anastasia is trapped in the time tunnel. ',General Kirk said.
"So that is the monster that swallowed her up. ',Dimitri said.
THe tunnel seemed to go on forever. Dimitri looked insisde it and saw continuous white and black ovals.
"We have a fix somewhere in the early 20th century. ",Dr Raymond said.
Ann sat down at the center console and started up the electrodes.
"We can project an image in the tunnel with the electrodes from data collected by the tunnel's recorder. ",Ann explained.
Dimitri watched as two cresent shaped devices extended slightly into the tunnel. A fuzzy image started to appear. Ann cleaned it up and the image of Doug,Tony, and Anastasia appeared in front of the group.
"There she is and she is still alive. ",Dimitri said excitedly.
"It's 1908 somewhere in Sibera. ',Ann said.
"There is something in the sky. Is that another comet? ",Raymond asked.
"Oh no I know what that is. It's the Tuguska explosion and their right in the middle of it. ",Dimitri explained.
"No the object is heading away from them. ",Ann said.
"It's very cold here. Must be Alaska. ",Tony said.
"Look at the trees and the sky. This is siberia. I have neever been here before ,but I have heard stories about it.",Anastasia said.
Just then they saw a bright light in the night sky moving away.
"That must be a comet entering the atmosphere. ',Doug said.
"IT has to bet that Sibera explosion thing. My parents told me that night sky lit up like day. ",Anastasia said.
Just then the comet changed direction and headed towards them.
"We have to find some shelter. ",Doug said.
They ran into the forest looking for somewhere to hide. They found a cave and entered it.
"Even this may not protect us from the blast. ",Tony said.
"It changed course. The same thing that happened with Halley's Comet in 1910 is happening again. ",Raymon said.
"We don't have enough power for a transfer yet. ",Ann said.
"What is a transfer?",Dimitri asked.
"It means to move them from one time to another and hopefully back to here which has not happened yet. ',Ann said.
"What did you do before? ",Dimitri asked.
"We shut down the tunnel and them restarted it. Afterword we started it up again and transfered Doug and Tony out. ",Ann explained.
"We have no choice but to shut it down again otherwise they will be killed. ",Raymond said.
"Alright shut it down. ',Ann ordered.
They powered down the tunnel and it went dark.
Doug went outside to look at the object approaching them.
"Look! It's changed direction again and it's moving away from us. Some witnesses said the object changed direction several times before it exploded. ",DOug said.
The Time Tunne staff restarted the tunnel and regained the fix on the time travelers.
"It's moving away from them. ",Ann said.
"They are still too close. The blast will kill them. ",Dimitri said.
"I have enough power for a transfer. Activating transfer. ",ANn said as she hit the buttons again.
Doug,Tony, and Anastasia dissappeared just in time as the comet exploded above.
"Now where are they? ",Dimitri asked.
"We don't know yet. All we know is that they are traveling through time again. All we can do is wait until we get another fix. ',Ann said.
They were once again in the time corridor.
Soon they found themselves in front of a large house with it's windows boarded up.
There was a tall fence in front of the house.
Guards approached the three strangers.
"Americans! How did you get inside the fence? ",a guard said.
"Well well look what we have here. What are you all dressed up for lady. There is no fancy dress ball here. ',a guard said.
"How dare you talk to me like that. I am Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov and who are you. ",Anastasia asked.
"Anastasia. Well the commandant is gonna be happy to hear he has all seven of them now. Come on inside. ",the guard said as he pushed Anastasia with his rifle.
Back at the complex the staff and Dimitri watched them head into the house.
"I know that house and it's bad news for Romanov's. ",Dimitri said.
As Doug,Tony and Anastasia walked towards the commandant's room they passed a large family sitting in the living room. One of the girls looked up at Anastasia.
"Nastenka is that you?',the girl asked.
"That is the house of special purpose and it's where they were killed. ",Dimitri explained.
Ann gasped when she heard Dimitri.
Read this fantastic adventure. in The Time Tunnel
Anastasia's Journey Through Time - Reunion.