Lying still, Josie became aware of a strange light, glowing in the darkness. As she began to gain consciousness, her awareness of her surrounding's become more acute. More than just the light, there was the firm coldness of concrete underneath her back, a dull humming came from all around her.

Slowly she opened her eyes, wincing as the bright light pierced them. Blinking several times, the room started to come into focus.

Hard, stark white walls circled her, as she turned around.

'Not a room,' she thought to herself. 'A hallway. Where am I? Where does it lead?'

Taking soft steps, careful not to attract any attention to herself, she began her way down the long hallway. Doors to her left and right draw her to look inside them, but each room was empty.

Apart from the dulling humming of the lights, which Josie was barely paying attention to; she could hear no other sounds. It felt as though she'd been cut off from the rest of the world, like she was the person on the earth.

Fighting down the welling panic, Josie continued down various hallways as cautiously as she could.

A half an hour later, she was still trying to figure out where she was, and whether she was going round in circles or not, when there was a small commotion to her left. She opened the door, and peered in to the dark room. She entered it, searching for a light switch.

"Josie?"

The voice came from behind her suddenly, and she jumped.

"Vaughn?" she asked. "Is that you?"

An arm grabbed her, and pulled her out in to the hallway.

"It is you!" she cried. She pulled him into a hug. "What are you doing here?"

Vaughn pulled away from her, and grabbed her arms. "I could ask the same thing about you," he replied. "Besides, where is 'here'?"

Josie shook her head. "I have no idea… I've been walking around for about a half an hour, trying to figure that same thing out."

Something was nagging at the back of Vaughn's mind, but because he couldn't remember what it was, he brushed it aside.

"Well," he grinned. "Let's go exploring."

He put his arm for Josie to take, and then they started off down the hallway together.

Turning down various hallways, they peeked into rooms and kept their eyes peeled for any sign of human life, but there was none. They turned into another hallway, and suddenly they heard voices.

Cautiously they crept towards the room, and peered in. There were various scientific instruments lying around the room, with several people staring at a holographic screen that was somehow being projected into the middle of the room.

A man in a white coat went up to the screen and started to touch various squares. A picture began to take shape, a picture of Blake Holsey High, of the wormhole, of Josie, Vaughn, Z, Lucas, Corrine and Marshall.

Josie gasped, and pulled away from the door. Vaughn followed her after a moment, and they continued down the hallway.

"You don't think this is… Pearadyne, do you?" she asked.

Vaughn shook his head. "How could it be? You've been inside Pearadyne, it's not this clean, and half of it's in rubble. Besides this is too big."

"I think Pearadyne's a lot larger than you think it is Vaughn. Look at how long it took us to get half way to the topside of it from school. It took forever…"

"Well, we did have some problems along the way Josie, like all the magnetic interference," Vaughn said, interrupting her.

"I know that, but even without all of that, it would have taken a while to get there. And yet we know that there was once an entrance from the school basement into Pearadyne Labs. So it's a really big place. And maybe this is before the accident?"

"What, like we traveled through time again? But I don't even remember how I got here," he replied.

Josie sighed. "Okay, neither do I. But I'm sure it could happen right? Like when Corrine went through the black hole and your mother wiped her memory about it. Maybe that's what's happened here?"

"And why would my mother wipe my memory Josie?" he asked impatiently.

"I don't know Vaughn! Why would she wipe Corrine's memory?" Josie replied, exasperated. "Didn't we all ready have this conversation today?"

Vaughn looked at her with a frown. "We did, didn't we?"

"That's what I just said!" Josie groaned.

"We had this conversation, about my mom wiping Corrine's memory, and we were walking around the school. And what happened next?" he asked the frustrated red-head.

"I don't know! Why is this even relevant?"

"Think about it Josie. You don't remember how you got here, and neither do it… The last thing I remember was being…" Vaughn's eyes opened wide. "In your room."

Josie looked at him, startled. "Why were you in my room? Where was I?"

Vaughn grabbed Josie by the shoulder. "What's the last thing you remember Josie?" he asked urgently, shaking her slightly.

"I… I… I don't know?" She lifted her hands slightly, arms spread out, palms up. She frowned. "Like I said, why is this important?"

"Because I don't think we're actually in Pearadyne Labs," he replied.

Her expression changed to one of confusion. "What do you mean? Where else would we be?"

"I don't know. But I don't think we're actually here."

"Okay, Vaughn, whatever you've taken today, I really think you need to stop. Because you're sounding really crazy, you realize that right? Totally and utterly crazy."

But Vaughn wasn't listening to her. He grabbed her by the arm, and pulled her into a room.

"Shhhh… I think someone's coming."

Josie stood still, her back against Vaughn's chest. She had to admit, even in such uncomfortable circumstances, it was nice to have Vaughn with her, and it was nice to be leaning against his chest.

But the door opened to the room they were and the lights came on, and all thoughts of Vaughn flew out of Josie's head, as Victor Pearson walked into the room.

"Hurry up you two," he called behind.

Josie and Vaughn pushed themselves further back behind the door, trying to avoid detection.

"We're coming Victor… You might want to watch that tone though," a familiar voice said. "Just remember who owns Pearadyne Labs now."

Josie looked up at Vaughn in shock, as an older version of herself walked in through the door, followed closely by an older version of Vaughn.

'What is going on here?' Josie wondered. 'Why am I talking to Victor like that?'