He swiped his Intelligence pass past the scanner and placed his hand on the panel. After a few seconds it beeped and the door opened. He typed in his access code and the ray shield turned off. Once he walked past the sensor the shield turned on again and the door closed. Security was tight around here and with good reason. The Bureau had many projects running and all of them had to remain secure. So far some of the greatest achievements were new weapons and shields, along with his Cybernetic implants and supercomputers.

He walked further in and quickly reached another barrier. He entered another code and waited for it to ask for another password. Each door required a code and a password that he had set several years prior. The passwords were randomly generated each time from the list he set and he had to read the statement he had set along with it to work out the password required. A lot of work had gone into the security system and it had been worth it, as not attack had ever been successful. He passed through nearly another dozen doors before he reached the sector he needed. He opened the door to the Binary labs, which specialised in computer programming and data. He took a few steps and called to the technicians at the far side of the lab.

"So, busy lately?!"

"Yes. Good to see you again. You here on official business or just for a social visit?"

"Not so much official, but it is for help with an investigation I'm working on."

"Well I'll see if we can help. What's the problem?"

"I've been doing what I can but I've hit a problem. I need information, the only problem is that it is from over a thousand years ago. Think you can help?"

"Well, that is tricky. That's a long time ago, I'm surprised it has any bearing on anything now."

"I know, but it's very important. I know it's a long shot but I was hoping you would have something."

"Well we don't have anything here that could help you, but I believe another lab was working on something that I believe may be of use to you. If you head to lab 16-G they might be able to help. It's just in the next sector."

"Thanks. I'll head over there now."

He entered the lab and spoke to the lead Technician.

"Watcher 7, Imperial Intelligence. I was told you might be able to help me with my investigation."

"I can't make any promises but we can see."

"Well my problem is that I need to be able to get information from a long time ago. Nearly a thousand years ago."

"Well that is a problem. But I do have one idea. Follow me through here."

Watcher 7 walked with him through the lab to the storage rooms while they conversed.

"About a year ago we completed a prototype for a project we dubbed "Project Syphon". The aim was to build a generator that could convert Dark Energy into a form of energy that we could use. We eventually built a machine that we thought could do it but instead it ripped open a Wormhole and used a lot of energy in doing so."

"That's quite a feat."

"We know. When we did it we got hold of the Science Bureau and called over the top Physicists. They looked at what we had done and with their help we developed a proper Wormhole device. The only problem is that its not stable. A team of Physicists have been working on it for nearly a year now and thay have made progress, but until we get it refined, it's not really usable."

"There must be a reason you're telling me this."

"Yes. We thought about other possible applications of this technology and created a small chip. It is made from Nano-technology so it is portable, but it 8s limited and still requires a large quantity of energy for it to work."

"How much?"

"Depends on the use. But if you want information from a long time ago, then just connect the device up to a power supply and use it. You can open up a tiny wormhole and send a signal through."

"I'm surprised this isn't already being used."

"We are keeping it secret for now. Imagine if somebody found out about this, masses of resources would be thrown at it to perfect it. Very soon we would have millions of people opening wormholes everywhere all the time. It would be chaos."

"But you trust me with it."

"Yes. I don't think you'll tell everyone and give away the device. Everyone that knows is keeping it secret, and that's the way it needs to stay. I will give you the device but you must agree to keep it secret."

"Absolutely. I have no need for the fame or wealth from it. Also, the proof that nobody gets the technology is that nobody is opening up wormholes. If someone had then I think we would know about it."

"Yes exactly, that's why I'm not too worried about telling you. Give me a minute to get it."

Twenty minutes later he left the Bureau and returned home. He held the case in his hand and looked at it. It was a hand sized black box with lights and a few buttons on the top panel. He plugged it into the Apartment power supple and set it to open a small, pin sized wormhole nearly eight hundred years ago. At that time zone everything he needed was still recent enough to be well documented an so he was able to take all the files he needed. He kept it open for several hours and before he closed it found that there was a strange energy left in the room. He didn't think it would be a problem now but he could understand the problem with much larger uses. As he put the box into his safe a thought jumped into his head. He locked it and rushed over to begin making the links between these companies.