Aidan drove down Hwy 18 the only route back to L.A. leaving Big Bear Lake. To her right through the trees every now and then she could see the lake peaking through the trees as the full moon reflected off the waters. Every so often, she would tap the brakes to slow her descent, not knowing that every time she did more brake fluid would leak through the slightly torn tubing.

The young woman sighed as she rubbed her sore jaw, frustrated with everything. It seemed that all she ever did was go on scenarios, work and sleep now. She had been working on a project for an upcoming juried show, but even that project was half done because of a scenario Tony put her in. "I'm going to be lucky if I finish that project by the deadline," she said.

Aidan turned the steering wheel slightly as she entered another curve, again tapping on her brake. She started thinking about her argument with Ralph earlier in the day, and what he had said. While she was lucky that she hadn't fainted as the school day progressed, she knew it also wasn't the first time in recent weeks the threat reared its head. Her students, who had decided to stop the joke of bringing her cheese and crackers for breakfast a couple of weeks prior, had started up again - apparently with no reason.

When she asked, Lauren said it best: "Miss Aidan... if you don't take care of yourself, you're going to get hurt. We don't want to find out something bad happened again ..."

"And I don't want to have you hear that either," said Aidan as she saw the sign stating Big Bear Dam was up ahead. Knowing she had to slow down, she tapped on her brake... only to find out that the brakes were not working.

"What the hell," she said, tapping on them again, but her speed only increased as she went down an incline. Aidan moved her hand up to use her communicator, but remembered that she took it off. Cursing out loud, she tried what she knew to do in this case and pressed on the brake several times quickly to get it to work... to no avail.

Aidan then tried to use the emergency brake, but realized the floorboard pad had caught itself slightly in the pivot. She bent over slightly to pull it out, and succeeded. She looked up, however, and realized she was driving toward the side of the mountain.

The young woman swerved to avoid a head on collision, and succeeded partially as the side of the car hit. Aidan was jostled around as the car ricocheted off the side of the wall, and started to fishtail on a patch of ice.

The woman had nearly gotten the car stabilized when she saw the rock guardrail. "Oh sh..." said Aidan, only to be stopped when she went through it.

The car continued and headed down the side of the hill, rolling over once before righting up again and starting to skid. As it slid down the side, small boulders, mud and snow filled debris started falling behind it and in some cases pushing the car as it made its decent down the steep incline.

The car finally came to a abrupt stop when it crashed sideways into a large boulder, most of the damage on the driver's side. The remaining boulders and snow crashed into the car on the passenger's side, partially covering the car so only the roof and back end could be seen from the road 200 feet above where the car rested.

Inside the car, Aidan lay slouched over the steering wheel, unconscious. She had a severe head injury and a deep gash to her leg, among other injuries. She was having difficulty breathing from broken ribs, one puncturing her lung, and her pulse was erratic. Unbeknownst to her, she was dying, and would if help didn't come soon...

It did, in the form of what looked like a flying neon hubcap.

The spaceship came down from the sky and beamed up their critically-wounded hero to treat her, and launched back into space. When it did... time on Earth as everyone knew it stopped.