They managed to gain control of the craft only about 5 minutes later, but by which time they had travelled so far and so fast they had no idea where they were. The couldn't even see the sun anymore and even the tracking devices on the ship were confused about their location. They were well and truely lost.

All they could do was cruise around looking for evenone thing which they recognised and which could lead them back to earth. They couldn't survive out here for very long. They had fuel to supply the ship for about 2 months if that. Only enough foor and water for about 5 weeks, but doing anything else was going to be hopeless and may use up some of the supplies which they so desperatly needed.

About 14 hours later they came across what looked like our sun and so all on board became excited and quite relieved. It took them only about 4 hours or so to reach the outter limits of the earths atmosphere. They noticed several satellites which they hadn't realised had been there. But they presumed they must be military ones which had been put up there to moniter the earth. They attempted to re-enter the atmosphere which they succeeded carefully and reasonably easily, and the pod came down into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean to the west of the Portugese coastline. Adam looked out of the window to see the sky looking quite overcast and thick, more so than usual but it didn't bother him. As long as he was home now he didn't care. They waited in the pod for about 6 hours before they were picked up by a passing Portugese tankard. They were taken to shore by a smaller boat which was travelling alongiside the tankard. They landed in a small shipping town which looked old and rundown. Many buildings were derelict and there was very little sign of any trades men and few locals. After finding a taxi to take them to the nearest city Adam began noticing more details which felt unusual to him. He had never been to Portugal before so he thought this might just be that he didn't recognise the scenery. They arrived in the city, and found the airport. This however did worry Adam The planes looked different somehow from most that he had seen. They looked almost futuristic in a way. He didn't care he just wanted to get home. He managed to get a flight to Gatwick, and said goodbye to the Astronauts who were on the mission with him as they headed back to The US.

On arrival at Gatwick he caught a train to Paddington and attempted to get the Underground back to Blackwall. He found that the underground stations were all boarded up and no trains were running. He asked a passer by why the trains weren't running. "She just laughed and told him that they hadn't been running for about 3 years now. Since a crash they had been shut down when many of the parts of the network got damaged and it was found to be unsafe."

Now He was really confused. He asked her what year it was.

"2041" she replied "Where have you been?!" As she disappeared chuckling to herself not believing that he didn't know what year it was. He found a Taxi which he asked to take him to Blackwall firestation, which stopped right outside an old building which was borded up and abandoned. He got out and paid the driver before trying to get into the station. The sign was still just about there but the whole of the outside had fallen into disrepair. He managed to find a way into the building. They appliance bay was empty and quiet. Debris littered the floor and the glass was all broken. He opened a door which he knew lead to the watch room. Paper and files littered the floor and tables but one thing caught his eye. A newspaper was left open on the desk. Inside were pictures of Blackwall Firestation and of his watch, Bluewatch. The headline read: "The last Blackwall Hero dies in suicide case." The center showed a Large picture of Sally in full uniform. The Caption simply read "Firefighter Sally Fields - RIP - 1974-2008" He looked at the top of the Paper the date read "Thursday 24th May 2008" This paper was 33 years old.

What was going on he kept asking himself. He began reading the artical:

"After the Deaths of 5 young firefighters in the Fire of 2006 we extend this story by reporting that the last known member of the notorious Blue Watch Crew committed suicide two days ago after a harrowing two years of sorrow and fear. A Report from 2006 told how Rob Sharp, George Green, Ronnie Silver, Stuart Macenzie and Keri James were killed in a horrific fire at Edison Sq Hospital when the floor collapsed whilst they were in there searching for bodies. It has now also been reported that The last remaining crew member, Sally Fields committed Suicide just two days ago. According to her neighbours she had not been happy ever since the day of the fire when her collegues were killed. She had suffered from severe depression for a long time afterwards which had caused her to end her life. It is also believed that one final member of Blue Watch was not killed and could have saved Sally from death. Adam Benjamin had won a trip to space just one month before the event. He has not contacted of been seen to this day. It is believed that he became lost in space........" And so the artical continued.

Adam was confused by this but also shocked to hear what had happened to his friends. He did not quite believe that Sally had killed herself. He had come home 33 years to late but why?! He walked out of the watch room into the ambulance bay where he was surprised to see an older man standing. He was wearing torn, mud soiled clothes and was covered in dust and dirt. He had long hair and a long greyish beard.

"Who are you? What are you doing here" The man quizzed Adam

Adam ignored the mans questionning and began asking his own questions. "What happened here? why was the station closed?"

"It was closed about 9 years ago. No-one has been here since. They felt as if they no longer needed it when Chadbrook became a 'Super-station' They didn't need Blackwall." The old guy replied.

"Chadbrook? Superstation?" Enquired Adam, again a little confused.

"yeah they expanded Chadbrook station, which ain't far from here. A rival station. It means that Blackwalls patch was covered by Chadbrook so they no longer needed Blackwall open, it was too expensive to run the two stations." He was told. "Who are you" The man repeated his first question yet again.

"I used to work at Blackwall. I went away for a while. This must all be a dream. I came back and it's as if about 35 years has passed.......... but 35 years did pass.... I don't know."

"I'm sorry I don't know what you are talking about? I used to work here as well....... a long time ago. My Crew were killed...... it was a long time ago"

"So it's...... 2041?" Adam asked

"I don't know, I've lost track of dates. I haven't had a calender for a long time. I'm homeless, can't you tell? I.... went away, for a long while, several years, just lost track of time but when I got back so many years had passed. My house had been lost. I couldn't get a job. Everything became just too much of a hassle. I slept rough. The station had closed down by that time though. I was away for a long time."

"The newspapers in the watch room?"

"What about them? They're mine..... I've kinda collected them. Everything I can find about my watch."

"Your watch?" Adam was really beginning to get confused again. This was all getting to weird for him.

"Yeah, you know they were killed whilst I was away. Blue watch? Did you know them/us?"

"I was in Bluewatch as well. Last I knew it was.... Sally, Rob, George, Geoff, Ronnie, Stuart and Keri."

"WHO ARE YOU?" The old man asked suddenly getting very annoyed, his face turned as well, becoming more hostile.

"My Name is Adam..... Adam Benjamin..... Now I've done my introduction, maybe you want to follow" He told the man Sternly

"I'm.......... Adam..... Benjamin?!" He told Adam "My Blue watch was... Sally, Rob, George, Geoff, Ronnie, Stuart and Keri......" He repeated slowly virtually word for word what Adam had said just minutes earlier.

"Where did you go?" Adam asked the man. "You said you went away, where did you go?

"I Won a competition, I won a trip..."
"......Into Space" Adam didn't let him finish he knew what he was going to say.

"How is this possible? I guess I should have recognised you........ being me.... I s'pose. You probably wouldn't recognise yourself in an older state would you?"

"How long were you in space for?" The Younger Adam asked

"I don't know. Things happened and we got lost, it must've been at least 20 years in the end.... it was a long time. Probably longer than you, what happened?"

"I don't know, I heared about what happened over the radio and we found our way back, obviously jumping several years forward by doing so....."

The younger man's mobile phone rang just at that point. He looked at it and it was the crew from Houston.

"Hello" He answered the call.

"# Adam something has gone competly wrong #" The voice on the end of the phone said seriously.

"You don't say?" He said almost sarcastically "I've found that as well. Coming back to London 35 years after I left is abit strange"

"# Yeah alright. You'd better get over here. We can't stay here. Get the next flight to Houston we think we've found a way to get back to 2006 #" And with that they got cut off.

"I've got to go, I'm going to try and get back to 2006" The young man said. He tried to leave before he discovered anything else too weird.

"Wait, I'm coming with you" His older equvalent shouted "To the airport"

"Whatever" Adam stormed out of the old battered station being closely followed.
He hailed a taxi "Gatwick Airport" He told the driver. Just as the vehicle was pulling away the door opened and the old Adam quickly go into the cab, shouting "I'M COMING"