Title: Timeline

Rating: PG – This might change to PG-13 in the future, but I'm not too sure yet.

Pairing: Andre Marek/OC

Summary: This basically follows the movie. Except for one thing, there's one other person who is along for the ride......Mareks fiancée.

Disclaimer: I do not own anybody or anything but Marina Lubiano.

Chapter Four

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Mareks Point of View

After the initial shock of what Josh had said sunk in, Chris ran for a phone while the rest of them just stood there, their mouths still hanging open. After a few more moments of silence Marina turned to Josh.

"Are you sure..." Josh nodded. Marina sighed as Andre put his arm on her shoulder.

"I'm sure he's fine Marina." Marina nodded silently.

Kate spoke up. "We should find Chris and see if he has any new information." Everyone agreed and they went in search of their friend.

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A while later they found Chris under tent, talking rapidly into a phone. " I don't care about ITC's policies, I'm his son and I want to talk to him now."

Chris waved at them. Marina, Kate and Andre stood behind Chris as they tried to hear what the person was saying on the other line while Josh looked around for François, who had gone to look for the Professors spare glasses to see if the bifocal lens was a match.

They turned when they heard François yell for Josh. "Stern! I found the Professors glasses." Josh took them and compared them with the bifocal lens. He paled as he turned to the others.

"It's a perfect match." He handed them to Kate. "Look, see?"

Kate nodded. "Yeah it looks like it, but we should do an optical test right? Just to make sure?" Josh agreed and took the glass and lens and ran to the lab to make sure that they were exactly the same.

Chris sighed as he began to get impatient with the person on the other end of the line. "Look, I'm sick of this runaround. Ether someone tell me where Professor Johnson is, or I'm going to have to report a kidnapping to the police. Do I make myself clear?" Everyone held their breath as Chris paused and listened. "Alright just tell us when and where." He hung up and turned to them with a frown. "Donigers sending us a plane."

François looked at Andre. "We're going to New Mexico?"

Andre nodded and turned to Marina. "We better go pack." Everyone nodded as they all went their separate ways to their own tents.

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"I just don't get it."

"Neither do I." "Why cant they just ell us where the heck he is?"

"I don't know Marina."

"Why in the world do we have to travel all the way to New Mexico just to learn where the Professor is?"

"I don't know Marina."

"Do you think he's in danger?"

"I don't know Marina."

Marina sighed. "Andre please say something besides I don't know!"

Andre paused in his packing. Marina and Andre had only been in their tent for about an hour and she was already getting stressed. He sighed. "What do you want me to say? I cant say anything besides I don know, because I don't know" He turned to Marina who looked like she was going to burst into tears. He understood the feeling, he felt like that too. The professor was dear to them all, almost like a father, they had known him for many many years. He was their mentor and this sudden disappearance had gotten them all worried. Andre could only imagine how Chris was feeling.

Andre walked over to Marina. "Marina...Marina look at me." When Marina didn't listen Andre sighed and gently turned her face to him. "I know you're worried, but try not to be ok? He's fine I'm sure. He's probably just working on something over there, or discussing something or..." Andre trailed off. He knew he wasn't getting anywhere. With another sigh he gave Marina a hug before returning to his packing. "Listen, why don't you go take a walk, and I'll finish up with the packing alright?" Marina nodded silently and turned to walk out of the tent. But stopped.

"If anything has happened to him..."

Andre cut her off. "I know Marina, I know."

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The next day everyone woke up bright and early to catch the plane to New Mexico. The 22-hour plane ride was uneventful, for they hardly talked, as they were still worried over the absence of their beloved professor, and in Chris's case, his father. They finally arrived at ITC, and was greeted by a man they had no idea who he was. He smiled as he came up to them and held his hand out.

"Good Morning, my name is Steven Kramer."

Andre shook his hand. "My name is Andre Marek, and this is my fiancée Marina Lubiano." He said as he gestured to Marina. She nodded and shook his hand. After everyone had introduced them selves, Chris spoke up.

"Where's Doniger?"

Kramer began to walk towards the entrance of the building gesturing for the others to follow him. "Donigers waiting inside." Andre began to walk next to Kramer.

"Mr. Kramer, tell me this, how come we have six hundred year old documents, with the professors hand writing on it.."

Marina cut in. "Pleading for help."

"I'll explain everything once we get through security." Andre nodded as they stopped and waited for a security guard to hand them all visitor badges. Kramer took this time to begin his long explanation. "ITC is constantly advancing itself in science. Thirty years ago the business revolutionized with a machine that could instantly send documents anywhere in the world with a push of a button. Mr. Donigers vision was to do the same thing with three dimensional objects."

"You mean like a fax or something?" Kate asked.

"Exactly."

Josh shook his head. "Wait wait wait. He's trying to send actual objects from one place to another?"

Kramer nodded. "That's correct, follow me please." Kramer began to lead them through some sort of lab. Andre tuned out the conversation for a few moments while he looked around. The place was huge. In the center of the room was some sort of platform, it look like a silver circle, and all around it were mirrors acting as walls. The mirrors opened and closed. Then on another side of the room, there was a window that showed an observation deck. Andre jumped out of his daze as Josh accidentally knocked into him trying to get to Kramer.

"But that's impossible! He wouldn't need hundreds of computers, millions of processors.."

Kramer cut Josh off. "That's right. And we used them to build a machine that could actually fax three dimensional objects." Kramer saw Andre staring at the platform with the mirrors. "I'll explain these mirrors later. I know it sounds crazy but it would put FedEx and Ups out of business."

Josh stopped dead, causing Kate and François to bump into him. Not that it really mattered, they had reached their destination and Kramer had stopped walking and was facing them, ready to answer their questions. "You mean... you actually got it to work?"

Kramer nodded. "Yes."

Kate shook her head while glancing at Marina. "That's got to be a joke." Marina shrugged as she turned her attention to Kramer, trying to take everything he was saying in.

Kramer continued. "We made it work across the room, but we wanted to send things across continents not just across the room, so we built a different machine. This is the prototype."

Andre frowned. "Proto...you mean that thing in there that we just passed...it's the real thing?"

"That's right." Kramer stood in front of a screen that showed a ma of the states with two circular objects that represented the machines he was talking about, one was in New Mexico and one was in New York. "And we gave it a thousand times more power, we tried to send something from our lab here in New Mexico," He pointed to one of the circular objects on the screen. "To a twin machine in New York City. Now here's the interesting part. The package never arrived at its destination, but a few hours later it just suddenly showed up back here. "

"Wait a minute." Andre said, interrupting Kramer again. "So, if it went missing somewhere between New Mexico and New York, where did it go in the meantime?" Andre asked as he looked around at the group, who he could tell had the same question.

"We asked ourselves the same question, we didn't know. So we sent out a camera over and over again, and we got back photos of a location, a hill side with trees." Kramer touched a button and the screen changed, showing the group several different pictures of a forest like place. "And that's when Mr. Doniger made the brilliant decision to point the camera straight up." Kramer pressed another button and the screen changed to a night sky with stars. "So once we cross-referenced star charts to the horizon we realized that not only was the camera in the wrong place, it was in the wrong time."

Chris sighed as he rubbed his neck. "So what does that mean?"

Kramer turned his full attention to Chris. "It means, the camera was taking photographs pf a wilderness near castle guard France in the year 1357."

Marina spoke up. "And you're sure about that?"

Kramer nodded.

"So what your saying is, you've accidentally discovered time travel?" Josh asked.

"No Mr. Stern, we accidentally discovered a wormhole. A wormhole that seems to be locked in a single place and time in the past. 1357 castle guard "

"Is still don't understand." Chris said. "So what, you sent my fathers glasses and documents to the 14th century?"

"No Chris." A man at one of the many doors said. "Your father is in the 14th century."

"WHAT!?"

"We need you all to help get him back." The man said.

Josh looked at the mans nametag. "Mr Robert Doniger, this doesn't make any sense. A wormhole is the most unstable forces of the universe, you cant possible send a person through one."

Doniger nodded. "Yeah, and you cant fit a piece of paper in a telephone wire."

"But you can send a fax." Kramer said.

Josh sighed. "Yeah sure, once you've broken the message down to a stream of electrons...." Doniger raised an eyebrow. For the second time in two days Josh paled again. "Oh crap."

"You know what, I personally don't care about that hows or the whys, what I do care about it my father. Now did he know about this?" Chris asked.

Doniger nodded as he waked over to a map of Castle Guard France. "I thought we could help each other out. We'd give him hints about that best extivation areas and he could hopefully discover why we're locked in this particular place and time."

Andre stared at the map for a few moments before he spoke. "So...that's why you have been funding our dig."

Doniger sighed. "He was more astute then I thought. We gave him one to many clues and he got suspicious, very very suspicious."

"But how could you send him back there?!" Marina exclaimed. "Heavens knows where he is or if he's alright..."

Doniger waved his hand, not particular wanting to get yelled at by a women. "He was a very persuasive man. He INSISTED on going."

Chris snorted. "Yeah and now he's stuck back there."

"Well that's where you all come in." Doniger said.

Kate raised an eyebrow. "Do we look like worm hole specialists to you?"

"No.."

François interrupted Doniger, speaking for the first time since they had arrived. "Mr Doniger, you sent the professor to the hundred year war."

Kate nodded. "That's right."

"Those are turbulent time you sent him to." Andre said.

Doniger sighed. This was much more difficult then he had thought. "Look, we need cultural experts not scientist, My people simply don't know about the medieval world or how to mingle with the locals which is what we're going to have to do if we're going to find the professor and being him back."

Andre nodded slightly and glanced at Marina. "So,.. we're going to bring him back. It's that simple. WE just step on that machine and whiz back to 1357 and get the professor.?"

"Only once he's stripped us down to a string of electrons." Josh said as if in a trance.

"Why should we just do what you're asking?" Andre asked Doniger.

"Yeah, I think we need to know a little more about this..."

Doniger interrupted her. "Look, I know you have a lot of questions..."

"That's right.." Kate began.

"But the professor has already been gone for 72 hours and every minute we leave him back there it's going to be more and more difficult to find him."

Andre sighed. "He's right you know." He didn't quite understand what was going on here, but what he did understand was that the Professor was somewhere in the past, alone, and during a horrible period of time. Andre didn't really care what the other thought about it, but he was near positive he wanted to go and help the Professor.

Andre was brought out of his thinking when a man appeared at the top of some steps on one side of the room. Andre squinted to see what his nametag said, but could only make out the word Gordon.

"Rob, excuse me folks." He turned to Doniger. "I need to get them to the prep room and change if they're going to go."

Kate turned to Andre. "We didn't say were going."

"I think I want to go." "Andre..." Kate began.

"Listen Kate, Marina and I have known the professor even longer than you, and I'm telling you right now, I'm going. You don't have to,. But I am."

Kate opened her mouth but didn't say anything.

Gordon turned to the group and pointed to another man, "If you guys would be kind enough to follow Steve I'll be with you in a moment."

Everyone nodded and slowly followed Steve to another room, seemed like a dressing room to Andre, but he wasn't sure. Everyone sat down and waited for Gordon to come.

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Gordon arrived in the room about half an hour later; he quickly apologized for his tardiness and told them to hold on a moment while he went to get something from his locker. Chris however followed him.

"How did my father get suck back there anyway?" Chris asked.

Gordon paused before answering. "Doniger gave him an hour. Things got hairy, and I lost him in the woods."

Chris snorted. "Simple as that eh? SO you just left him there?"

Gordon turned to fully face Chris. "Look Dude, we had a limited time, I had to come back or we'd both be stuck."

Chris folded his arms. "Better him then you huh?"

Gordon slammed his locker closed as he walked away from Chris towards the rest of the group. "Alright everybody listen up. There are a few things we have to go over before we leave. First of all these people need your vital data its for your return process. Secondly I need you to change your normal clothes for those clothes over there." Gordon said as he pointed to one side of the wall that was covered with racks of medieval clothing.

Marek looked at then amazed. "We can pick anything...."

Gordon nodded. "You can pick anything you want."

Marek smiled and practically ran over to look at the clothes.

"Marek!" Kate yelled. Marina turned t Kate.

"What?"

"He's..he's just going to go? Just like that? We don't even know.."

Marina waved her hand. "Listen Kate, we don't have to know all the details, there isn't time for that. We have to get that professor!"

Marina was about to say more, but Gordon interrupted them. "You guys can put your personal items in those lockers over there. "He pointed to another wall, which was lined with gray lockers. "And lastly I want to introduce you to two friends of mine." He gestured behind him where two men who were already dressed in costume stood. "Bill Baretto and Jimmy Gomez. They are coming with us. A couple of buddies of mine from the marines, served under my command."

"Why do we need marines?" Kate asked as she folded her arms.

Gordon turned to Bill and Jimmy. "Boys I'll see you downstairs."

"Hey!.."

Gordon cut Kate off. "Just in case something gores wrong I like to have all my bases covered. Alright, everybody lets change up and get moving."

Marek nodded and began to peel his shirt off when he heard Josh talking again. "I can't believe your even considering this."

Chris turned to him. "Hey I'm going. That's my father in there."

"I know, but do you understand what this machine does!? It takes you and strips you down to a molecular level, which means for a moment you actually cease to exist!"

Chris waved him off.

"Listen to him, he's got a point." François said from his place on the floor. He hadn't gotten dressed yet, or even looked at the clothes.

"Hold on a second!" Gordon said, trying to keep the peace. He pointed to Josh. "He's right. I don't need you Ms Kate, and I don't need you Chris. I do need you Mr Marek because you know the layout."

"Gordon, no one knows the layout like I do I'm going." Kate said determinedly.

"Yeah and there's no way I'm not going. "Chris said next to Kate.

One of the aids in the room walked over to Josh and began to try and take his DNA. He smacked her hands away. "I just said I'm not going to don't touch me!!" He yelled.

"Whoa whoa." Marek said as he walked over. He turned to the lady. "Thank you. Josh, its alright, we don't need you back there, you're a physicist. You knowledge wont help us."

Josh rubbed his head. "I'm sorry." Marina patted him on the back.

"Its cool. But we are going to need you François." Marek said as he turned to François."

Gordon turned to Marek with a weird look. "Wait a minute, why do we need him?"

"Because he speaks French fluently and my high school French pretty much sucks." Marek said.

"no! Don't pressure him into this!" Josh exclaimed.

Kate turned to Josh. "We need his help Stern."

"No." Marina said. Everybody turned to her. "no, he doesn't need to come. I'm going."

Marek stood up. "No, no your not Marina. I want you t stay here."

Marina scoffed." You kidding right? Marek, I want to come, just as much as you want to go. Besides, I know French almost as good as François."

Marek shook his head. "No of need to stay here. It's going to be dangerous."

"Listen Andre. I want to help the professor; I can't do that if I just stay here now can I? I want to go with you." Marina help up a hand to stop Andre from saying anything. "I'm going."

Marek sighed. He really didn't want her to go. He had a very bad feeling about this. But decided to let it drop for the moment.

"Your father would have done it for me, so yes, I'll go." François spoke up a few moments later.

Chris grinned as he gave François a hug. "Thank you, thank you!"

Marina smiled as she turned to find some clothes. Andre came up to her. "Marina, are you sure about this? I really have bad feeling about this.."

Marina smiled slightly.. "Andre, I am sure. I am going with you. If you think for one moment I'm going to let you go alone, your crazier than I thought!"

Andre feigned a hurt face. "Oh gee, thanks."

Marina laughed as she shook her head and continued to browse.

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About twenty minutes later everyone was finally dressed. Gordon spoke up. "Alright, lets go then." He walked out the door and began to walk towards the machine. Andre grabbed Marina's hand as they walked towards Kramer, praying that this wasn't a mistake.

Marina smiled a little. "We'll be fine." She whisperer.

Andre didn't answer, but he hoped she was right.

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A/N: Here's the fourth chapter! yay! I'm soooo happpyyy. Only took me long enough. Sorry for the delay, I meant to post this yesterday, but what do you know, my dog got sick, so it was off to the vets! pfft. anyways, thank you to the reviewers who have been reviewing, you have absolutly no idea how much I appreciate that! Oh one more thing. I'm going on holiday with my little sister on Monday (June 1st) and I wont be back until June 21st. While I'm there, I dont know if I'll have access to the internet. If I do, then no problem, I'll still update, but if i dont, then I wont be able to. However, if I can update, then I'll still keep writing the chapters. Thne when I get back I'll up date more often to make up for loss time.

One more thing, the title. I'm having a bit of trouble with it. my brain doesnt seem to be working and i cant for the life of me figure out anothe rtitle. I'd like to change it, but i havent nay ideas as to what., If you have ideas whatsoever, pls let me know in a review!!

Well thanks again! Please read and review!!

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