Frank and Jake walked into the hospital and up to the waiting room. When they walked up to the woman in the lobby, Jake noticed how surprised she was. She almost acted as if she thought Frank should know his way around the place. As they headed up there, Jake made the assumption that Frank never noticed the woman's reaction. They met up with Monica and Alex.

"So how is he?" asked Jake.

"He'll be fine. It turned out to be a dislocated shoulder. Michelle's in with him now," Monica replied.

"How much longer?" wondered Frank.

"Not too much longer. They want to keep him just long enough so they know it's alright before he leaves," Monica told him.

"Good. He'll still be of use to us," Frank said as Letty and Rae walked by them.

They glanced over at Frank and had to do a double take. They glanced at each other.

"Isn't he on duty right now?" Letty asked Rae.

"He is. Maybe he got permission to go home early," Rae suggested as she started to walk towards the group. "Hey Nick!"

The four looked over at her with confused looks at the doctor as she walked over to them.

"You know these people Nick? And what's happening? Aren't you supposed to be working?" Rae asked them with a smile.

The four looked at each other before Frank stepped forward.

"I'm sorry but you must be mistaken but I'm not this 'Nick' you speak of. My name is..." Frank started.

But before he could finish, Rae gasped and dropped the folders she was holding. She stepped back one step.

"It just can't be him Rae. This is a big country! I never expected to see him here! And so soon!" Letty cried.

"I know! Who would've thought?" Rae agreed. "We've got to go find Nick and get Ardeth."

"Right. I'm going to have to ask you four to stay here. We have something very important to tell you when we get back," Letty told them as she and Rae hurried off.

The four looked at each other. Jake, Alex and Monica all shrugged their shoulders. Frank, on the other hand, was certain that something was going to be explained really soon.

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Ardeth was sitting in the chair when he heard a small gasp come from the bed. He looked up to see Catlanda has her eyes open and looking around. She soon came to Ardeth and smiled.

"Father," she quietly said.

"Catlanda," he replied with a smile.

"Has the child...?" she started.

"It has not come yet Catlanda," he said as he held her hand.

Catlanda looked away from him as Rae hurried up to the door. Ardeth looked at her.

"Ardeth, we need you," she told him as she gasped for air.

"What is wrong?" he asked her as he climbed to his feet.

"Come and see," came the reply.

Ardeth followed her down the hallway.

"What is so important, Letty, that it dragged me away from eating?" wondered Nick.

"You'll see," she replied as she pretty much dragged him down the hall.

They came to the waiting room and Nick gazed around it.

"What is here that I'm supposed to see?" he asked.

Letty looked around as well before noticing the four in the corner and Frank had his back to them. Letty hurried over to them. They stood up.

"What is so important?" demanded Jake.

"Yes, what is so important Letty? That you dragged me out here?" came Nick's voice.

She turned to see Nick walking over to them. Jake, Monica and Alex, who were all facing him, didn't say a word as they stared at him. Frank turned around and came face to face with himself. It turned into a staring contest.

"Frank Donovan," said Frank.

"Nicholas Kokoris," replied Nick.

Nothing was said after that between the two for neither knew exactly what to say. It was Jake who decided to break the silence.

"Listen, we've got to get behind this. Two men that look exactly alike meet up in a hospital in San Fransisco. Now I find something wrong with that," he said.

"And I feel there's more to this story," Monica added.

"Yes, like how did we both end up here?" asked Frank.

It was then that Michelle walked out of Cody's room. She was holding a book in her hands and reading it.

"Hey Frank, Cody's alright. After a few weeks, his shoulder will be better. In the meantime, I'll try and help with the computer work," she said as she looked up from the book.

She nearly screamed at the sight. She glanced between the two, unsure how to respond.

"Okay, now I've seen everything," she gasped.

Letty started to lead them towards an empty room. Once everyone got in, some sat down in chairs as others stood.

"Now can you tell us what's going on?" asked Alex.

"I'm really not the one to explain the situation to you. Rae will be here with him in a few minutes," Letty replied.

"And I am here to do so," came a voice.

Everyone looked at the doorway to see Ardeth standing there. Frank and his team were very surprised now.

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Ardeth walked down the hall towards the waiting room. He could only think one of two things that required his immediate attention; something happened to Nick or else they knew something about the third man.

His answer came as Frank Donovan and Michelle as he walked up to the crowd of chairs. He was surprised to see that all three men looked the same! He followed them to the room.

"Now I'm really freaking out. Care to explain?" Monica told Ardeth.

"This may be a bit of a shock to you but your friend here is needed to save millions of lives," Ardeth replied. "There is a man called the Time Traveller. He is as his name says. He travels through time and he does so to create havoc and disorder. He has done so already and he will again. Now, he is after three men. Us. If he manages to kill us, then mayhem will follow. Starting in the place where each of us were born and spread outwards to the rest of the planet," Ardeth told them. "Including the children."

"Children?" Frank questioned.

"We all have children, correct?" Ardeth told him.

"Of course, Michelle," Frank said.

"Sarah and Patrick," Nick also said.

Ardeth looked between Michelle and Frank before finally looking at him.

"She does not look like you," Ardeth told him.

"That's because she's not mine. I adopted her," Frank replied.

"I have a daughter as well. She looks just like her mother. The wife of my best friend, both of whom are now dead," Ardeth replied.

"I see now. Adopted children! That's what all of you have in common besides your looks is the kids you took in as your own!" Monica said.

"Now we know why. What do we do about it?" wondered Jake.

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Catlanda laid in the bed. Ardeth had left the Spire beside her and held onto it with a death grip. The eyes glowed and she became worried.

'He's here! The third man has to be! The Time Traveller is on his way here!' she thought to herself as she tried to climb over the bars to keep her in the bed but to no success.

She gazed over them before lifting the Spire.

"Spire, take these things away," she told it. "And put that spell back on me where only the ones we have told can see my pregnancy."

The eyes glowed again and the bar disappeared before she climbed off of the bed. She walked out of the room and down the hallway. Along the way, Rick and Evie hurried up to her.

"Shouldn't you be in bed?" Evie asked her.

"Yeah, considering you're expecting anytime now," Rick agreed.

"I have to do this, whether I am with child or not," she angrily told them as she stopped. "My father's life is in danger and you're worried about me. Right now, I am thinking about my child. I want my child to have a grandfather."

She headed towards Ardeth's position with Rick and Evelyn on her tail. Soon, Sarah and Patrick walked into the hall. They stopped and looked down the entire way before they saw the three. They walked up to them but Catlanda went past them.

"What's with her?" wondered Patrick.

"Maybe you'd better come with. It deals with Nick," Rick told them before they hurried after Catlanda.

"I have one question. 'Time travel?' I thought that was something only in theory," Michelle wondered.

"My friends and I have ways of doing so though the Time Traveller can because the power is bound to him through magic," Ardeth explained.

"Friends?" asked Monica.

"Two friends of mine came with my daughter and myself to this time. We are from the year 1939. I am not sure about today but there is only way of time travel where we come from," Ardeth explained.

"No offense but that is something I don't seem to swallow," Alex said as the others nodded in agreement.

"Spire, map of the time stream," came a voice.

A woman walked into the room as a map appeared, hovering in the air. She walked up to it and lifted a hand up to it.

"This is our position in time right now," she said as she pointed to one blinking light before pointing to another. "This is the man that is our problem. As you can see, he is far into the future, planting his seeds of darkness. If he lives, they will grow and occur eventually. If we stop him, they will wither up and die. They will never exist if we stop him."

"And you should be in bed," Ardeth told her.

"I know Ardeth. I feel this is more important than my well being," she replied.

"What about the child?" he wondered in Arabic.

"My child will be fine," she told him in the same language as Sarah and Patrick looked in on the group.

"So what you're saying is that this guy actually likes terror and chaos?" asked Monica as she stood up from her chair.

"Yes, he does. All the disasters, catastrophes, whatever you want to call them, has been the direct result of his meddling. He made them happen. You really thought they happened on their own? Well, they didn't," Catlanda told them as they walked out of the room.

"I still cannot believe it," Nick said. "We are chosen to save the world."

"I know. That's crazy. After what happened last year to Jackie, it's amazing," Letty mumbled.

"Somone better tell Cody," Frank mentioned.

"I will," Michelle said as she headed towards his room though she stopped not too far away. "Though maybe one of them should come with. It'll make explaining a lot easier."

Nick looked over at Ardeth, who took that moment to help Catlanda into a chair. He knelt before her.

"I'll go with you," he offered as he walked after her towards Cody's room.

"Still unbelievable that this is happening," muttered Rae. "The third man shows up out of nowhere and they have to save the world."

Michelle walked up to Cody, who looked at her.

"So when can we go?" he asked her with a smile.

"Probably not for a bit yet. Cody, we have a slight problem," she told him.

"What's that now? Nothing can ruin this trip now, even though I had my shoulder dislocated. Reminds me. I'll never be able to type again!" Cody almost screamed out the last sentence.

Michelle laughed, realizing that Cody knew they were in a hospital.

"Oh yes you will Cody. I know you will though this is very serious Cody," she told him as she calmed down.

"Tell me," Cody told her.

He saw her hesitate.

"Frank's been chosen to save the world along with two other men that look just like him," she finally told him.

"What? Save the world? From who? How?" Cody wondered. "Besides, there's only one man with Frank Donovan's looks and that's Frank Donovan."

"By a man called the Time Traveller and I thought you might say that so here it is. Doctor Kokoris," she said as she turned towards the door.

Cody gasped as Nick walked into the room.

"I don't believe it!" he said, shaking his head.

TBC...