Grace stared at the computer screen, trying to come up with the simulation data that she'd just promised to her non-existent co-worker. Her mind felt so fuzzy and confused, as if she'd been drugged or feverish.

She felt a hand touch her shoulder, and the fog lifted. She turned, but there was no one there.

She sighed. If the spy had known of her confusion, then she was in trouble. The spy probably knew her plan...

A packet of data filled with solar energy calculations fell to the floor as a soft wind breezed past her.

Grace groaned. Even in a dream, she could have a clumsy day.

"Grace..."

She froze. That was her mother's voice.

"Hey, bunny..."

That was her dad's voice – and his nickname for her. Her mother had told her it had stuck after she'd been a bunny for her first Halloween.

She turned slowly only to find them standing behind her. "Hi, sweetheart." Her mother said with a small smile. "How are you feeling?"

"Uh..." She said, stammering. "More than a little confused – you're dead."

Sam nodded, soberly. "Yes, we are."

She'd expected the spy to use someone or something against her, but this...this was the ultimate cruelty.

"Grace, it's us." Jack assured.

"No, Dad...whoever you are...you're a decoy. Get me to tell you the secrets I'm trying to protect..."

"Grace, we already know about the colonies. And they're closer than you know to building the weapon that could spell the destruction of the world." Sam said, urgently. "We'd do this if we could, but you need to do it now."

"Don't tell me..." She said, sarcastically. "Strict policy of non-interference?"

"Grace, we're not ascended." Jack said, seriously. "We're dead...

"What?" She asked, absolutely confused. She was starting to get another headache.

"There are other planes of existence than just the ones the Ancients found." Sam said, softly. "And there is a lot more to understand about life than what they learned."

"Like how to move on." Jack said, looking over at his wife.

She offered him a sad smile before she looked back at her daughter. "Grace, I need you to believe us."

"Why?"

"Because this woman, the leader of the Amazons, wants to destroy Earth." Jack said, soberly. "And we don't want to see that happen."

"What do you want me to do?" Grace asked, still unsure that these were her parents.

"Use the solar calculations over there..." Sam said, using her hand to initiate a soft breeze which blew the packet of papers closer to her daughter. "This will be convincing enough to make them calibrate the weapon incorrectly."

Grace looked at her mother. No spy would ever give her the information she needed to deceive their operation.

"Mom?" She asked in disbelief.

Sam's eyes were filled with tears. "Yes?"

"How...?"

"By the grace of God..." She whispered. "Now, she's coming back...we were able to distract her, but she's going to want those calculations."

Grace nodded. She was going to need some time to change the document from one that talked about "solar energy" to one that talked about "ultraviolet energy". She looked back at her parents, afraid that they would be gone before she could say what she wanted to say.

"What is it, Grace?" Her father asked with a tender smile.

"I love and miss you." She whispered as she felt tears well up in her eyes.

"We know." Sam said, softly. "And we love and miss you too."

"Isn't there anything I can do to get you guys back?"

"Not without changing your future." Jack said, seriously. "And it's a pretty amazing one."

She swallowed down tears. "But..."

"Grace, we're happy here." Sam interrupted. "And we want you to be happy."

"And we trust Nick to keep you happy." Jack said with a grin.

Sam threw him a look. "We weren't supposed to tell her anything!"

"Look, she needed some incentive to leave us where we are..."

"And yet...knowing what her future may hold could change the outcome..."

"Sam, they're so obviously soul mates! I mean...it can't be that much of a secret!"

Grace couldn't help but laugh as her parents turned back her. Her mother walked over and gently kissed her forehead. "I love you, sweetheart."

"Love you too, Mom."

"We'll keep an eye on you, okay, kiddo?" Jack said as Sam returned to his side.

"I'd like that." She admitted.

With that, her parents faded into the background.

Grace sat there, tears staining her cheeks for a moment before she remembered the urgency of her situation.

She could have a good cry when she got home and this crisis had been averted.