Wes walked along the Reefside beach alone. He hadn?t wanted to go with Tommy, Eric and Hayley out to the bar. Not after the conversation he had with Tommy. He had a lot on his mind. Tommy was right, they needed help and Time Force would be the best ones for it, not to mention they might be wondering what had happened to Janixsaur.

Wes stopped and watched how the sunlight hit the water; it was beautiful, colors of pink and purple with a hint of orange. The day would soon be over and another day would come, but Wes knew he couldn?t wait for another day to come and go. He needed to get a hold of the future, get a hold of Jen or one of the others.

He had thought he was in love with Lisa and now, standing here watching the waves die down, he knew he had only been fooling himself. He was having such a hard time coming to grasp with making contact with Jen. He was terrified. Terrified what seeing her would do to him. For all he knew she could be married, to Alex or someone else, maybe had a kid. He wasn?t sure what would scare him more, her being with someone else or seeing her again.

"Might as well get this over with." He turned and started towards his motorcycle.

Tommy and Hayley sat across from each other. "So, you and Eric?" He smiled.

Hayley just shook her head. Things sure did get around quickly. "There's nothing going on between us, were just friends."

Tommy chuckled and took a sip of his drink. "Not from Conner's and Trent's point of view."

Hayley took a sip of her drink and then laughed. "You need to find some friends your own age."

Tommy laughed. "Yeah. Maybe. But I kind of like the gossip, reminds me of my high school days."

Tommy never talked much about his younger days. All Hayley really knew about his past were bits and pieces, all he really told her was about being a ranger and that was about as far as it went. "You don?t talk much about those days."

Tommy?s smile faded away. "Not much to talk about."

"Come on, there has to be something; being a ranger and in high school. I bet you have some wild stories." Hayley had tried over the last few years to get Tommy to open up to her more, but he wouldn't, nothing beyond ranger business, perhaps that was why it really never worked out between them.

"Eric, you?re back." Saved by the bell.

Hayley seemed slightly disappointed, not by Eric?s return, but by Tommy seeming so happy about getting out of answering her question.

"Yeah, so did I miss anything?"

Here was her chance to bring it up again and with Eric here; she knew he wouldn't let Tommy get out of it this time. "Yeah actually.."

"So Eric, did Wes say why he didn't want to come out with us tonight?" Tommy quickly asked.

Hayley sighed heavily. He had done it again. Somehow something always happened at the last second, always letting Tommy off the hook on answering any of her questions. What was with him? It was like he had something to hide. Hayley sighed; someday she would get Tommy on the spot and he would have no getting out of it.

"Only that he wasn?t in the mood." Eric took a sip of his drink. "What exactly did you say to him?" When Eric had returned back home he had seen Tommy pulling out of the driveway and found Wes sitting in the living room lost in his thoughts.

"Just a little heart to heart."

Eric nodded his head. He wasn?t sure what that was supposed to mean. "You think he?ll contact her?"

"Yeah. He will."

It seemed like forever had passed, just sitting there. Wes wasn't sure how much time had gone by with him staring at the screen. He clenched his fists together, sighing. "Come on, Wes, you can do this, the others are counting on you." With a heavy heart, Wes moved his hand up to the contact button.

Only a few seconds passed until someone appeared on the screen. It was the last person Wes expected to see, a mirror image of himself, except a different hair color and style. "Alex," Wes spoke dryly. He wasn?t sure if he was happy or disappointed that it was Alex who had answered the call.

"Wes, it's been a long time."

"Yeah," It had been three years since he'd last seen Alex. "How've you been?"

"I hope the reason you contacted us is more important then a 'how've you been'. "This isn't a toy, Wes."

Wes groaned under his breath. He hadn't changed; that was for sure. Alex was all work and no play, with just about everything.

"It isn't." Wes suddenly felt uncomfortable talking to his double, whether it was the fact that Alex looked like him, or the fact that he had been the reason why Jen gave back her engagement ring. "Are one of the others around?" Wes had always wondered if Alex ever blamed him for being the reason why Jen gave back the ring.

"No, sorry. Lucas, Trip and Katie are on a mission and Jen's on call right now. Won't be back at base for a couple of hours." Alex face became stern and hard. "What's this about, Wes?"

Wes took a deep breath. "There's a problem here. I'm in Reefside, working with Tommy Oliver."

Alex nodded his head. "Yes I've heard of him."

Of course you have. Wes wasn?t surprised that Tommy had ended up in their history books. "Anyways, there's a mutant here called Janixsaur,"

"Janixsaur!!" Alex's eyes widened. "How long have you known he's been there?"

Wes felt his heart rate go up, racing. By the sound of Alex's voice, Wes knew Alex wouldn't be happy with his answer. "About a week."

"A WEEK!!" Alex was furious now. "Dammit, Wes! Why didn?t you contact us sooner?"

Wes started to say something, but Alex cut him off. "No, just forget it. Jen and I will be in 2004, tomorrow." Alex then ended the communication.

Wes slammed his fist onto the desk. "Great. Just great!" he yelled.

Tommy walked into his kitchen and set his keys on the counter. He heard his answering machine beeping, walked over to his desk and pushed the button.

"Hey Tommy, it's Jason. You're a hard guy to track down. You wouldn't believe what I had to go through to get this number. Anyways, I just wanted to know how you've been. I heard you're teaching a science class at a high school. Can't really see you as a science teacher, but hey, it's all good. Well, I got to go, but when you get the chance give me a call. Here's my number just in case you forgot it, 555-555-9090. Talk to you later bro..."

Once the message ended Tommy hit the delete button, sighing heavily. "Sorry Jase, not this time." He then headed off to his bedroom and to bed.

"What are you still doing up?" asked Eric, walking into the living room. It wasn't like Wes to stay up this late, unless he was working.

Wes turned off the TV and stood up. "I don't know. Didn't have anything better to do, I guess."

Eric nodded his head. He could sense something was wrong, other than the norm. "Is everything okay, Wes?"

Wes laughed dryly. "Other than Alex yelling at me, yeah, everything's great."

"So you did contact the future."

"Yeah, I contacted the future." Wes sighed. "Alex and Jen will be here tomorrow."

Eric nodded his head. He knew it had to be done, but part of him knew trouble would come along the way. The question was, what kind of trouble. "Did you talk to her?"

Wes shook his head. "No. Alex was the one who answered the call. The others were on a mission and Jen was out on call." There was a long pause of silence. "Well, I'm going to head off to bed." Wes started making his way towards the stairs.

"Wes..."

Wes stopped, but didn't turn around.

"Everything's going to be okay."

Wes bit his lips. Eric meant well, but somehow Wes knew things might not be as okay as they wanted them to be. "I hope you?re right." Without another word, Wes walked up the stairs and headed off to bed.

Eric just stood there for a moment, sighing. And somehow he knew too, things probably wouldn't be okay for a while.