Dylan looked up at the malfunctioning, damaged equipment around him as the facility started to self-destruct. He then looked back at Paula—his daughter from another time—whose legs were crushed by a supercomputer.

"Papa," the young, injured girl uttered.

Regina came to his side and crouched. She spoke in an urgent manner. "Dylan, what are we going to do?" she asked him. "If we don't go now, we'll never get back!"

Dylan looked behind him. There was a flash, and the Timegate in the back of the room started working. "Regina," he said. "The gate is open. I know you don't want to, but you'll have to go back by yourself." He then looked back at Paula. "I won't leave Paula."

Regina stood up in alarm. "Are you crazy!?" she exclaimed.

"Just go, please!" Dylan demanded. "You have the Third Energy Data, right?"

Regina pulled out the disk Dylan asked her about and showed it to him. She did not look very happy doing this.

"When you get back to our original time, use the disk to learn about 3rd Energy," Dylan explained. "Then build a perfect gate to come and pick us up from the last time."

Regina took a moment to evaluate Dylan's plan. "I'll...do it," she declared. "I will! I promise!"

Dylan saluted Regina, who returned his salute.

The facility continued to damage itself around them, nearing complete detonation. A feminine, mechanical voice spoke throughout the facility. "Final warning: ten seconds till detonation," it said loudly.

Back in the Timegate room of the facility, Regina continued to talk to Dylan. "Don't forget," she said. "You still owe me one."

Dylan nodded. "Well then," he replied, adding, "you better get back quick."

Regina slowly walked backwards and turned towards the Timegate. She ran up to it, going up some stairs. She stopped in front of the machine and looked back at Dylan, showing a gloomy facial expression. She turned around and ran into the Timegate. The energy in the portal disappeared when she ran through the gate, closing the gate completely.

Stuff continued to malfunction and explode around Dylan and Paula. Several computers started falling around them. Dylan huddled over Paula with his body, shielding her from debris.

"Papa!" Paula exclaimed, becoming more scared than ever.

Dylan heard rumbling and looked to his left. A supercomputer started to fall towards them. Dylan shielded Paula with his body again.

When the supercomputer was just about to crush them, something strange happened. Everything around them paused. It was as if time suddenly stopped.

Dylan noticed the strange phenomenon that just occurred. "Huh?" he wondered, looking around himself. The supercomputer still loomed several inches over him and Paula but was virtually stopped in its tracks. "How can that be?" he asked himself.

Paula also noticed the time stop. "Papa?" she asked Dylan, wondering what just happened.

Dylan tried to figure out what was going on. He then realized why time stopped. Regina! he thought.

Several seconds later, another bright flash occurred, and the Timegate started working again. Dylan and Paula looked towards the Timegate and saw two shadowy figures coming out of the portal. When they both stepped forward, their faces were shown.

"Yes!" Dylan exclaimed.

One of the figures stepped forward again. It was a woman with fair, red hair and a slim, curvy body. She wore a bright smile on her face. "Hi!" she greeted Dylan and Paula. "Long time no see!"

"Regina!" Dylan said. "I knew you would come back for us!"

Regina flipped her hair with her right hand. "I always keep my promise," she said.

The other shadowy figure in the room was Rick. "Hi!" he said, waving.

Dylan smiled. "Man," he said. "Am I glad to see you guys!"

Regina brought her attention back to the urgency of the situation. "All right, let's get that giant computer off Paula's legs!" she declared. She took notice of the giant computer looming over Dylan and Paula and turned to Rick. "Blast that thing away, will you?" she asked him, pointing to the floating supercomputer.

Rick saluted. "Yes, ma'am!" he said. He took out a powerful missile gun, aimed it at the computer, and fired once. The missile sharply collided with the supercomputer before knocking it away.

"Excellent work, Rick," Regina said. "Now do the same to the machine on Paula's legs."

Rick aimed the gun at the computer crushing Paula's legs and fired. The missile impacted the machine, sending it flying away.

Paula was delighted to have that machine off her legs. She tried to stand up, but the injury to her legs prevented her from doing so. She fell back down. Dylan helped her up and lifted her into his arms. He then looked towards Rick and Regina. "Thank you, both," he said.

"You're welcome," Rick replied, smiling.

"Now to get back to our own time," Regina said.

"Great," Dylan commented. "Let's go into the portal."

Dylan, Regina, Rick, and Paula headed towards the Timegate. Dylan and Paula went in first, followed by Regina and Rick.

As soon as they stepped in, the flow of time slowly returned to normal, and the facility exploded several seconds later.