"I know it's in here somewhere."
"Hurry, before someone catches you."
"Found it!"
"Get out of there!"
Aggie was standing by Peter's desk, holding the first issue Captain Steel comic triumphantly in her hand. Janine was standing in front of the swinging door, glancing periodically towards the stairs.
"Ray said it was in there. It's all in the timing," Aggie said.
Janine shook her head. "You don't see my check in there, do you?"
Aggie grinned evilly. "I could check."
The opening of the front door barely caught her attention, she was more attentive with the conversation with Aggie.
"Janine."
Her name was spoken like a prayer. Aggie's head shot up, and Janine froze. The voice slid over her ears like silk, making her heart skip a beat. She knew that voice, heard it forever in her dreams.. Aggie stepped towards Janine, and her gasp confirmed what Janine already knew. Slowly, she turned, following Aggie's gaze.
Standing in the middle of the reception area was Christopher. He watched her intently, his expression a mix of amazement and relief.
Janine scarcely breathed. She stared back, not believing he was really here. He took a shaky step towards her.
"By God, I thought you dead," he choked out. "I refused to believe. Oh God, Janine,"
Tears sprang to her eyes. She ran across the room into his arms. He pulled her to him, clutching her tightly, kissing her feverently. Finally, he pulled away enough to look at her face, but didn't let her go.
"I saw you," he said. "You picked up the knife, then you fell, I didn't know..."
"How did you get here?" she whispered. Smiling gently, he touched her face.
"Janine, you opened a portal. You honestly believe I couldn't do it?"

Ray was running late. He'd gotten to bed late because of the call, then Egon walked in to tell him Aggie was waiting downstairs for him. Throwing himself together, he rushed out of the bunkroom, then downstairs. He was about to call out to Aggie, but the words died on his lips, as he saw her staring towards the door with a look of disbelief on her face. Following her gaze, he noticed Janine standing in Egon's embrace, tears on her face.
This struck him as odd, then he noticed the other problems. Like Egon's clothes being several centuries out of date, his hair not being right, and the fact that Egon was still upstairs in the lab. He'd seen him reading when he rushed out of the bunkroom. If Egon was upstairs, then who was this?
"Aggie?" he called out, his eyes not leaving the two across the room. Aggie glanced over at him, then rushed over quietly, slapping the comic book to his chest.
"Who is that?" Ray asked, not noticing the comic book, but taking it anyway.
"Egon's twin?" she offered. "He knows her."
Grabbing her hand, he backed up the stairs slowly, his eyes never leaving Janine and the other. He had a sinking feeling he knew who the other was, although how he got here was another question.
"Upstairs, now," he told her.
Egon was still in the lab, when Ray and Aggie raced upstairs. He looked up as Aggie stared into the lab at him shocked. Ray flung the bunkroom door open.
"If Egon's in here," she asked. "Who's downstairs with Janine?"
Egon looked at her uncomprehendingly. Ray glanced at Egon, then at Aggie.
"Christopher," he said, before walking into the bunkroom.
Egon scrambled out of his seat, striding towards Ray and Aggie.
"Get up, you're not going to believe this," Ray called out.
"If it isn't the President, I'm not getting up," Peter's voice answered from inside the room.
Egon grabbed Ray's shoulder before he could answer Peter.
"Did you say Christopher?" he asked.
There was a moment of silence, then scrambling as Peter and Winston emerged from the bunkroom. "Christopher?" Peter asked. "Like Janine's Christopher?"
"He isn't Janine's Christopher," Egon stated. "If it isn't, then Egon has a twin Janine knows very well," Aggie said.
"How did he get here?" Winston asked still fighting with his shirt.
Peter and Egon looked at each other, then ran towards the stairs, the other three following them.
"Janine!" Peter bellowed, pushing past Egon to reach the main floor first.
The area was deserted.
"I swear they were here," Ray said.
"I saw them," Aggie added, backing Ray's story.
"Well, where the hell is she now?" Peter asked.
Winston walked over to Janine's desk, spotting a piece of paper.
"Gone," he said, picking up the note. "Says here, she had an emergency and she'd be back in three hours."
"Can we call her?" Ray asked. Peter shook his head.
"She hasn't had her phone fixed yet."
"Well, if we want answers from her, I guess we wait," Winston said. "But in the meantime, I think you two have a story to tell us."
Peter looked at Ray and Winston, then at Egon. Finally he nodded. "Fine. Let's go upstairs, and we'll explain everything."