To the 'Guest' who takes what others create leaving nothing but bitter comments because it's not to their liking…bite me, you bloody taker. Anonymity make you pecker hard?

To the rest of you loyal and nice people, you get chapters 12 & 13 because I can't remember the append command and my keyboard is acting wonky since I spilled my beer in it.

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Taken Chapter 12

"Sheldon Cooper to Seven of Nine, please join me in cargo bay #2 if you are feeling well enough."

"Sheldon, I am fine. Just something I picked up on the planet. The Doctor says I'm fine. I shall see you there momentarily."

Sheldon waited patiently for the beings to resolve in transport and motioned to the two security crewmen to 'stand down'. The crew of the Earth shuttle were removing their helmets, although cautiously.

"I am Ivana Sementova, commander of the shuttle. You are…"

"Sheldon? Sheldon Cooper? What the – "

"Hello, Howard. It is good to see you. Commander Sementova, you are safe although I'm not sure that the same can be said of that bucket of poor engineering you chose to slip the surly bonds of Earth within. If you will hold your questions until I have had a chance to explain your situation – "

"You're dead! You disappeared and we never found you, not a trace. They said you were dead. What the fu – "

Seven of Nine entered the cargo bay, stood beside Sheldon and twined her fingers in his. She no longer used cargo bay #2 to regenerate. B'elanna Torres had helped move her regeneration chamber to their (meaning Sheldon's) quarters.

"Sheldon – you dog, you!" Wolowitz was eyeballing Seven and although Sheldon knew that Seven could easily dispose of his friend, he still took exception to his leer.

"Howard, be respectful of my wife. Bernadette would cut you off if she could see the leer on your face. It's disgusting and totally inappropriate. Now, you gentlemen have been blessed with several unique opportunities, the most important of which is that you're still alive and will likely remain so in the foreseeable future – except for Mr. Wolowitz, of course, if he doesn't quit ogling my wife."

"Wife! Wife? You're dead less than a month and you're married?" Howard was still focused on Seven's rather stunning appearance.

"We don't have time for this, Howard. Commander, you must return to Earth, the Earth of your time, and…and I must return with you. Let me explain – "

"You must not – please, Sheldon, there has to be another way." They both ignored the shuttle crew. This was between them and them alone.

"One, we have discussed this possibility and now it is here. If I don't return, if I don't publish my findings, the world may be changed catastrophically. It's the Butterfly Effect. I must set things right else none of this may come to pass; you understand, don't you?"

"Then I will accompany you into your past. We will still be together, still One and Two of Two. I will pack our things. Do not leave without me, Sheldon. I know how you think. I cannot continue without you."

"Fine. But hurry. We're wasting time we don't have."

Seven cupped his cheek and kissed him thoroughly and then glared at Howard and left. Howard just stared at her ass as she left.

"You're married to her? How? It's only been…"

"Howard, be quiet." He turned back to the commander. "Now, I am Doctor Sheldon Cooper. More than a year ago I was taken by a Harvester Probe and ended up on board this ship. I assume from Howard's previous outburst that time 'here' is on a different scale than time on 21st century Earth so we have less time than I thought."

He explained that the crew would be taken back to Earth, dropped off on a beach somewhere to find their own way back to civilization. He, Sheldon Cooper, would then travel to the Magnetic North Pole and transmit his formulae to various universities and then disappear. It was fate and they must put things right or there would be temporal consequences that might well tear the universe apart.

"Where are we?" The Russian demanded.

"I cannot tell you that. It would upset things back on Old Earth. You should be glad to participate in a great adventure that makes your trip into space seem inconsequential, I know, but you will all enable Earth to avoid a great loss. That is all I can say."

"Wait, you say time 'here' is not the same as time on 'Old Earth'? There is a 'new Earth'?" The Russian woman was having a hard time wrapping her head around the situation.

"The rate of time apparently passes differently here. For example, I have been here nearly a year while 'down there' time has crawled by. I've been to places and seen things you can only imagine…and I've found my soul mate and we are together."

'Tuvok to Dr. Cooper' his com badge chimed and all the astronauts, or cosmonauts given that it was a Russian spacecraft, looked on in interest.

"Yes, Commander?" Sheldon didn't want Tuvok around. He was obviously nonhuman and that would increase the curiosity factor 100-fold. They were already looking at everything, taking it in, making mental notes.

"Have security bring the travelers to Cargo Bay #3 quickly. The wormhole is destabilizing."

A/N: I detest cliffies so check out the next chapter. A review or comment would be nice but it's not necessary. I'll just cry myself to sleep...lol

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