Jeffrey sighs. He has been staring at the ceiling of the tent for ages it seems. He turns his head to the right. Kate's sleeping, Bogg's arm protectively around her. He wishes someone'd put a protective arm around him. He wishes he was back with his folks. He sighs again and turns his bead back to the tent ceiling.

It's all getting a bit too much for him. Less than a week ago life was simple. He got up in the morning, worked in the plantation until sun down and went to bed. Then Bogg came back into his life, for which he is glad, really glad. But, apparently, with a Bogg around, you don't stay in a place long. Even if you want to. His folks. They must be worried to death. Bad choice of words.

If he'd been able to stay with them, if Kate hadn't ... He would have never seen Bogg again. And it is great seeing him again, talking to him. But given the choice, he'd rather never see Bogg again, than never see his folks again. He wonders if Voyager Council would let him go back to his folks. Kate said that Council likes him, but he's not to sure of that: they let him voyage around with an omni that doesn't have a functioning home button. The same omni that already got him lost in time once!

When he was thirteen his future looked simple: he was going to be a Voyager. Five years on a plantation and a few days later that may still be his future, but he doesn't want it anymore. He wants to go back to his folks, live a normal life, voyage the way normal people do: by train or plane. And if he's gonna time travel, it will be a trip down memory lane. Manual labor on the plantation must be bad for the memory. He had forgotten about the hardship of a Voyager's life. He wants no part of it anymore. He sighs.

"Can't you sleep?" Kate whispers to him.

"No. Too much light here," he whispers back. "Why can't you sleep?"

"Too tense. I'll sleep again when I'm in my own bed. All those years when dad told me stories about voyaging, he made it seem like so much fun, but I feel like I'm constantly drawing the short end of the straw."

"C'mon, we've had fun. That was a pretty funny face Columbus made when you pushed him into the water."

"Yeah, that was fun." She chuckles. "But if it hadn't been for you my fun would have probably ended just there permanently. Have I given you a proper thank you for that?"

"No, I don't think you have."

"Well, thank you." She strokes his arm.

"It was nothing," he says. "You had hidden the omni, it was the only thing I could do to find out where."

"Tease." She shakes him lightly. He puts a hand on hers.

"I also would have done it if you hadn't hidden the omni."

"Go to sleep."

"'Night." Jeffrey closes his eyes for a moment. Only for the sake of Kate he is glad he has voyaged with her. He opens his eyes again. "Kate?" No response. "Never mind." He closes his eyes and tries to concentrate on sleeping.

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The next morning they are woken up by men getting ready for a train ambush. When they open their tent they see a horse dragging a cannon.

"I thought you said the snapp-hane used guerrilla tactics to attack the Swedish. A cannon doesn't look very guerrilla." Jeffrey points out.

"Don't ask me where they got the cannon, but it seems useful if you want to attack a train."

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After a short skirmish the Swedish retreat and the train is left for the snapp-hane and the local villagers to loot. Bogg, Jeffrey and Kate overlook the ravages form the church wall. Kate takes the omni from her belt.

"Green light. Can we go now?" She jumps to the ground.

"I'd like to go to 1989," Jeffrey says. He jumps to the ground as well.

Kate looks at him and bites her lip. "Oh, Jeff."

"I saw on the Omnitron you were in 1989 already. How did you get there if you have my old omni? It only goes up to 1970."

"Simple. I opened it up, and reset the time ..." Kate starts. Bogg puts a finger over his lips and points at his omni. Kate quickly gets his point. Omnies record everything. No point in incriminating yourself any further. Just accidentally on purpose loose the incriminating evidence. "... dials, to set the coordinates for home, and when I pressed the home button we ended up in 1989. Which turned out to be Jeffrey's home, where his parents live."

"His parents? I thought your parents died in a car crash in 1982?"

"They did, they should have, but they didn't. There was a red light. I wanted to stay there."

"Of course. Why didn't you?" Bogg looks at the young man incredulously. Did he like being a Voyager so much, is his sense of responsibility that big, that he gave up spending time with his parents just because there was a red light?

"I accidentally triggered the omni," Kate says with embarrassment. "I didn't mean to."

"I'll take you back," Bogg says. He takes his omni from his belt. "When were you?"

"You can do that?" Jeffrey asks.

"Sure, this omni's time boundary is set for 2010."

"I mean with the red light, and Voyager Code."

"We're ignoring that. And we're not the only ones this week. If the powers that be had applied the Code properly, you would have been called to the Island as soon as we found out that you were gone. Kid, I've always hoped that one day I could give you back to your family and this is it. So, when were you?"

"Thanks, Bogg." Jeffrey smiles from ear to ear. "June 16, 1989." Bogg sets his omni. Kate and Jeffrey each grab hold of one of his arms.

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"New York, June 16, 1989." Bogg reads out the omni at arrival. "Red light. I never thought I'd be happy to say those words. Where do we go now?"

"I think we're already in the right place," Jeffrey replies.

"Look, there you go." Kate points across the street where they see Jeffrey running away.

"I guess this is good bye then. Kate." Jeffrey throws his arms around her. "I had fun voyaging with you. I'm sure you'll be a great teacher of Voyagers in a few years time."

"Thanks. I'll be able to concentrate on my class again now that I'm not helping Dad anymore trying to find you. But I don't think I'll become a Voyager."

"Too bad." Jeffrey turns his attention to her father. "Bogg."

"Kid." They give each other a hug.

"Thanks for everything, Bogg. I'll never forget you."

"Nor will I forget you." They break off their embrace.

"I think you should have this." Kate gives Jeffrey Bogg's old omni.

"I can keep it?"

"Whether you hold it in a cabinet, or Headquarters, doesn't really matter, I think," Bogg says.

"Thanks." Jeffrey gives them both one last hug and turns to cross the street.

"Er, kid. I think you'd better use the zebra crossing."

"Right, thanks." Jeffrey smiles sheepishly. He crosses the street at the zebra and walks into the building he ran out of a few moments, or days, depending on your time frame, earlier. Bogg puts his arm around his daughter's shoulders.

"We did the right thing, didn't we, dad?"

"Yes, we did, pigeon, we did." He tossles her hair.

"I never thought I would miss that nickname, but I did." She leans her head against his shoulder.

"Good to hear, pigeon."

At the door Jeffrey turns to take one last look at his friends. They wave at him, and then they're gone. He sighs and drops his head.

"Are you all right?" a woman just leaving the building asks.

"Yeah. I just thought I saw an old friend."