Now they were on their way to Vancouver. After he had done some internet research – he hated this kind of research, he had been glad when Neil had occupied about this- he had found a life sign from his friend. Okay, this research had lasted several months, but now it seemed as if he had succeeded.

They reached a huge building, red bricks, and huge gate. He understood why Neil had gone there. It suited his skills and it was far away from the trouble at home. After he has had the conversation with Paige Taggart, she had kept in touch with him, called him once in a while if he had already found something. Every time he had told her that there was nothing, she had started to cry. She had lost more and more of her brightness and she had begun to look like walking death. Chuck ignored this fact and even Marc showed some concern about his little brother. Marc even had asked if he should come with them. First he had thought that a bit family could help to persuade, but at the end he had decided against it. Maybe Neil would feel driven into a corner or maybe his feelings towards his family would force him to something he would regret later. He had promised to take the part of a mediator. He was sure that he could reach something. He always has had the feeling as if knew more about Neil than his own parents. They enter the building they had an appointment with the headmaster. It was bright and made a friendly impression. While they went through the hallway, met a lot of this institution's students: children, teenager and young adults, eager to learn and to develop their already extraordinary skills.

"Hey Neil, is it true that you rattle off the periodic table in front of Prof. Charles?" Immediately he and Angela looked around. And there he was. Big smile on his face, carrying a bag on his shoulder, the splint was still there, but he had gotten rid of his crutches.

"Dude, where did you get that from?"

"Well, dude, I have my connections." Angela was on her way in their direction. Kurt had to hold her back.

"Kook." 'Why in hell is he so damn happy? His life had been hell, he had lost his family and friends and now he's laughing and smiling as if nothing has happened.'

"Have you've done the homework about protein biosynthesis? I have a question about this Operon shit."

"Lunch break?"

"Cool."

They reached the room. He knocked at the door.

"Come in." Someone called from the inside. They entered the room. They met a good looking, grey haired man, dressed in a suit, wearing glasses.

"Dr. Mendel and Angela Perry, I'm glad to meet you."

"Thanks for your time. You know why we're here?"

"You're interested in one of my students, Neil Taggart."

"He's the son of a friend of us and I'm…we're really concerned about him and his well being."

"Yes, I expected one of you to come." 'What? He expected us? How?'

"What do you mean?" Angela took part. He still was confused. Did Neil remember him?

"He's a part of your team, he's part of the mission, a not unimportant one." Dr. McQueans went on.

"What are you talking about?" Kurt spit out. He felt as he had felt that day, this strange man came into the book shop and talked about their mission.

"About your attempt to safe the earth from her early end."

"How do you know about…" Angela asked him confused.

"Uh…don't worry I know a lot about it, but I have no answer." Kurt calmed down. There had been so many unexpected things. In somehow he was used to it.

"Can we talk to him?" Angela asked.

"Practically you can, but he won't know who you are."

"What?" Kurt and Angela called out.

"Okay, I guess I need to explain something." Dr. McQueans was calm. He spoke slowly and intently.

"Yes, I think that would be quite helpful!" He was in rage. If he had known that they would come, to search for Neil, he had been able to contact them earlier. Angela petted his arm to calm him down again. He was close to freak out.

"He's in mortal danger. We had to take measures to save him. Without him, you'll never reach your aim."

"What? Can you repeat this?" Angela, asked. Now she was confused as well, he heard it in her voice.

"Or better explain it?" Kurt corrected her. He felt as if he was in a wrong movie.

"Okay. The car accident he was involved in, hadn't been an accident. The Cadre had tried to kill him. Fortunately they didn't succeed. And then we had no choice. We took his memory, at least everything what was related to your time travel. In his memory now, he never had been twenty-two, he never had been in a space shuttle and he never had seen a sentient or anything like that. He only knows what had happened the last eighteen years ago."

"And why did you do so?"

"Otherwise he would have come back to you, because of his conscientiousness and that would kill him. He needs to stay far away from his family and from you."

"But we could look after him, we…"

"No. I believe you, when you say that you would look after him and of course you would do everything, but this is how it is supposed to be. He had to vanish to make the macrocosm stays in balance and thus in this universe he has to stay away from his family and you."

"What is all this about macrocosms and universe. Sorry Dr. McQueans, but I guess there is a lot more you need to explain to us if you want us to understand all this." Kurt now was quite interested in what the man had said. It seemed as if there was more behind their time travel than they had thought.

"You didn't travel back in time, like the Seeker had told you. This is impossible due to the connection of space and time. But you travelled into another universe. One in which the destiny of earth wasn't determined, in which you could have a chance to prevent this from happening."

"But isn't this time travel?" She asked.

"Not exactly, because this universe hasn't reached the year two thousand-seven, yet. Time travel is impossible or it is impossible to change the past. The connection from space and time forbids it. You only can influent what's in the future, in somehow. But the earth of your native universe got destroyed; it never will have a future again. What isn't existent can't have a future, but a past." He understood what Dr. McQueans wanted to tell them. The past was determined and only changeable when it was the future and the past from their last earth is the future from this one. 'I never had thought that physics might be as complex.'

"What then has happened?" Kurt went on.

"Your minds got compromised, into a size the Seeker was able to, to send it through the quantal foam into another universe, which existence began five years later than the one of your native universe."

"Quantal foam?" Sure, Angela never had been interested into physics. No wonder that she understood less than he did.

"Quantal foam is part of a subatomic dimension. It fills the space between all universes, where neither space nor time is existent or at least not in a way we know it. The information of all your minds travelled through this kind of foam into the area of the universes which lay five years beyond your. Unfortunately the Seeker hadn't chosen carefully enough, thus Neil needs to be separated from you." He finished is explanation. But there were still a lot of questions. He looked at Angela and with her glance she told him that she hadn't understood a word and that it now was his turn to ask the right questions.

"How many universes do exist?" He asked.

"Uh…this is a good question. According to my studies, approximately ad infinitum."

"And the difference between all these universes lays in the point of time of they started to exist?" Kurt went on.

"No. first of all, time is no unit which really exists in the space a universe got born into. The second: there are more things they differ from each other. Didn't you notice any changes in respect to your native universe?"

"No."

"No, I don't think so." Angela added.

"Are you sure? Let me ask you -I hope this doesn't sound indiscreetly- but what about the relationship between you? Isn't there any difference? Or Mrs. Forbes isn't there a difference? Or even Neil's family, what about them?" Kurt began to dislike this question-game. He wanted answers, now.

"No and could you pleas tell us, what all this is supposed to mean?" The man in front of him sighed and lend back in his chair. Turning around, watching out the window, where students took their break.

"All these students are unique and nobody of us can predict what their future will be like. Only universe can and will, because it is balanced ruled." He turned around again and got up and began to walk through his study.

"Every universe consists of a number of macrocosms and every macrocosm consists of a number of microcosms. The size of a macrocosm is determined by its number of microcosms. A macrocosm for example can exist of 8.2 million microcosms it is called Germany. And this huge macrocosm again is split into smaller macrocosms and so on. Every single life-form has to be seen as a microcosm and in connection to other microcosm it becomes part of a macrocosm. Every one of you is a microcosm himself and you belong to a macrocosm. But the number of macrocosms itself is determined. Let me take you two for an example. Seen you separated you're microcosms but together as a couple you're build a macrocosm of two. But because the number of macrocosms of two is already determined, what means another macrocosm of two which existed in your universe in this one remains separated."

"You mean, because we're a couple, tow others…singles can't be?" Angela concluded. Dr. McQueans nodded.

"That's right. Mrs. Forbes for example builds together with her son a macrocosm of two." 'Okay, I've understood it.'

"And what has all this to do with Neil?" He had to fight against is impatience.

"His family is only supposed to be a macrocosm of three. If he would have staid with them or in their near, he soon would have died. The universe's balance would be out of kilter. You have to think of all this as seesaw. If one side gets too heavy the whole get banked and the one on the exterior drops down and everything is well balanced again."

"But why Neil? Why not anyone else?" Kurt was frustrated. He didn't want to believe that there was no hope for his friend.

"Because this universe is the positive converse of your native. You only have to compare and you'll understand it." 'Let's try: the first time around Angela and I haven't found each other and now we're as happy as we never had been before. Sarah had lost Corey, but now he's healthy and …' This thought wasn't allowed to be thought. He flew into rage.

"Does it mean, only because their eldest still is home, he has to be somewhere in Canada? What a fucking game is this?" He began to scream.

"Kurt calm down." Angela petted his arm again.

"Unfortunately this is no game."

"And what about his mother? Will she at least be able to visit him?" Angela asked.

"No. Every contact to his family or to you would endanger his life, because he would grow again into a macrocosm."

"But what has it to do with us? We need him. How can we reach our aim, without him?"

"Because with you, he would inevitably get in contact with his family. His father is part of your team as well. And he isn't lost for your work. You know how to contact me, and I always know where to find him."

Kurt sighed. 'I can't believe this. This man is telling me that I have lost my best friend? No, this can't be true.'

"Don't worry, one time maybe he will come back to you. The universe is always on the move. That's why macrocosm of two soon can be macrocosms of three and grow even further or even decline. But now it's the best for him. His father agreed with…"

"CHUCK!?" Kurt shot. 'No, this is only a nightmare. Chuck knew about it and hadn't told us? Comes to us with his golden boy of a son as replacement without telling us a word? Who in bloody hell does think he is?'

"Yes? He knew about all. When Neil had been admitted to hospital after the accident, they've called his parents. Hospital policy. My wife has had shift that night, thus he had treated Neil. She told me that his father was Chuck Taggart and we both knew that it was time."

"How do you know all this?" Angela asked.

"My wife and I can know how the universe moves."

"Will we able to stop the sentients and the Cadre?" She asked on.

"No, this isn't written in the universes movement. This threat comes from the outside, is no part of the universe. But after all what has happened I guess you're close. The only advise I can give you is that you have to avoid a friend but remain close to him."