Jack and Henry were still in Sections 5 by morning. Henry was awake, working near Perkin's device. Jack, however, had dozed off several hours ago. Henry had let him sleep, since he was able to work faster without explaining everything to Carter.
Carter slumped to the side, falling off his chair. He hit the floor immediately waking himself up from the impact. Jack moaned and pushed himself off the ground.
"You okay Jack?"Henry asked.
Jack nodded. "Yeah. I'm fine." He rose to his feet and walked over to Henry.
Henry was at the workbench, reading over Zane's notes. Beside him was Zane's backpack. Henry had pulled out all of Zane's notes and spread them across the table. There were also three rectangle flash drives.
"What are these?" Jack asked, picking up one of the flash drives.
Henry looked up. "Um…they're a computer journal. I haven't looked at the entries yet though.
"Anything from the book?" Jack asked.
"Actually, yes." Henry answered. "I've been reading this all night and making comparisons to Perkin's machine. Zane's technique is airtight so long as we let him save Jo."
Jack nodded. "That's good enough for me. I'm calling Andy." He pulled out his phone and dialed Andy.
"Deputy Andy." Andy said.
"Andy, it's Carter." Jack said.
"Morning Sheriff. Didn't know you were an early riser." Andy replied.
Jack shook his head. "Andy, Zane's locked in the jail cell."
"I know. He said Miss Lupo locked him in as a joke. And since he has a test today, he asked me to release him." Andy explained.
"He's gone?" Jack asked.
"Yes Sheriff." Andy answered.
"How long ago did you release him?" Jack asked.
"Oh about two hours ago. He also asked for a ride to GD." Andy answered.
Jack ended the call. "Zane was released two hours ago. He's here in GD."
"Jack there's something else." Henry said. "In here, Zane explains the fixed points in the timeline."
Jack nodded. "Yeah Zane was saying Jo's death was one of them. What does that mean?"
"It means that those points in time cannot be changed. In this case, if death occurs, then someone must die in order for the timeline to maintain itself." Henry explained.
Jack froze. "Oh no."
"What?" Henry asked.
"That's what he's doing." Jack said.
"What?" Henry asked.
"At the station, before I left, Zane was saying that he and Jo were the only two in his lab. If Jo's death is a fixed point, someone has to take her place at nine fifteen this morning." Jack explained.
Henry nodded. "And?"
"Zane's going to take Jo's place." Jack finished. He looked at his watch. 8:45.
"Oh my god." Henry said.
Jack nodded. "Yeah. We have thirty minutes to find him."
They turned from the table and raced for the door. Jack pulled out his phone as he ran.
Jo walked through the halls of GD toward Section 5. Zane's test was supposed to start in the next half hour and since Jo was the chief of security, she thought she should join him for the test. She walked to Zane's lab and placed her thumb on the scanner. The door slid open to the lab. Zane was already in his lab, making the final preparations for this test.
"Everything ready for the test?" Jo asked.
Zane spun around, stunned. "Jo what are you doing here?"
Jo frowned. "Since I'm head of security I figured I should be here for the big test."
"Ah, right." Zane nodded. "Actually, I've been meaning to talk to you about that. I talked to Director Fargo and he said you don't have to watch this."
"Really?" Jo asked.
"Yep. So you are free of me for the morning." Zane finished.
Jo nodded. "Huh."
"Oh there might be a little fluctuation with the main grid. I notified the maintenance guys about and the employees of the sections that could be affected." Zane said.
Jo's brows rose. She folded her arms in front of her chest. "Impressive."
Zane smirked and shrugged. "I have my moments."
Jo nodded. "Well then, good luck with your test."
"Thanks Jojo." Zane said.
Jo rolled her eyes. "Oh, yesterday we caught your future self messing with the converter. I had some people check it out and he didn't get too far to interfere with your tests."
"Great. There's too much riding on this test." Zane said.
Jo nodded and turned toward the door.
Zane watched her walk to the door. As Jo left his lab, she took a slight glance back. The door closed behind her. "Goodbye Jo."
Zane moved to the converter. He knelt down to the device and activated it. Zane rose and watched as a clear field encased the lab. He turned to the conductor and activated the machine. Zane took a deep breath and stood back.
"Here goes everything." Zane said.