"Ella? Ella, we're home."

Olivia seemed genuinely happy for the first time since the kidnapping. The whole ride home from the hospital, she couldn't wait for Ella to see her aunt out of the wheelchair and free of her casts. Ella was a healer. Finally, there was some good she was capable of despite being stricken with Cortexiphan. "Ella?"

Peter heard some rustling upstairs. "I'm guessing she's playing hide-and-seek with Walter." He went upstairs to investigate only to find every single bedroom being turned upside-down. Closets were opened and emptied. Drawers were pulled out of dressers. Everything was a mess. And Walter himself looked every upset, near the point of sweating. "Walter? What the hell is going on?"

Walter was even more nervous now. "I…I…don't know what happened. One minute she was there, the next she was gone. I didn't do a thing, I swear. She just wanted to know."

"She? You mean, Ella?"

Olivia came in and she was getting very worried. "Peter, I can't find Ella, anywhere."

"Neither can Walter."

Had Peter not been there, Olivia could've easily lunged at Walter but he stepped in to form a barrier. Olivia was not happy. "What happened?"

"We were just doing some yoga. She wanted to join. No tests. I only closed my eyes for a second." Walter was mumbling now, almost to the point of crying as he was running out of words or thoughts that would make any sense.

"I'm filing a missing persons report," said Olivia. As far as she knew, Ella was not the type who would ever wander off from home for any reason. It only meant that she might have been kidnapped.

But after countless hours, no one found anything. Peter and Olivia knocked on every door in the neighborhood. Someone had to have seen something if they were in the front yard. Only a few recalled the girl and the old man sitting out in the yard together but beyond that, nothing.

"Olivia, you need to rest."

"Ella's not home, Peter. You think I'm going to take it easy?"

"It's 2am, and everyone's already doing what they can to find her."

"I can't believe this is happening again." She started to cry but Peter wrapped his arms around her. "She's already been through so much."

"Olivia," said Peter. "A few hours. Do you think you could get some rest for at least a few hours?"

Olivia shook her head. But at the same time, she realized that nothing was going to get accomplished if she didn't get to sleep soon. After another half-hour of arguing, she finally gave in. Peter promised her that he would stay up and continue the effort to find her niece while she went to sleep.


Ella was running. Nothing looked familiar. There was no sun, no differentiation between day or night. She hadn't come across any nature but she had come across remnants of buildings here and there.

"Aunt Liv!"

No matter how much she called out for her, Ella only got an echo in return. This place, wherever she was, was one giant void of nothing…

…and she was trapped.

Tired and exhausted, Ella finally curled up and sobbed.

"Aunt Liv…"


"Ella!"

Olivia had jumped out of bed. How could she not realize it before? Peter hurried into the room after hearing the cries. "Olivia, what happened?"

"I saw her, Peter. I saw Ella!"

"You were only dreaming."

"I don't think so," said Olivia. She hurried to Walter's room to wake him up. "Walter?"

Walter quickly thrashed in the bed. "Please don't hurt me, Agent Dunham. I'm sorry I lost little Delta."

"Walter, I know where Ella is."

"What?"

"She crossed over," said Olivia.

Peter was shocked. "That can't be possible."

"She has Cortexiphan in her blood. It is possible," said Walter.

"But I don't think she's in the other universe. I think she's somewhere else. The place I saw in my dream looked nothing like it. It looked more like a void, like an empty, lonely place. She was so scared."

"Then it had to have been a dream," said Peter.

"Or maybe not," said Walter. "If little Cinderella has Agent Dunham's Cortexiphan in her system, then a connected consciousness can develop between those who share the same blood. Agent Dunham can see into the child's mind while she is in a heightened state of fear…the same type of fear that can activate Agent Dunham's abilities."

"Then we can communicate with her? We have to help her get back here."

"Unfortunately, that's not possible," said Walter. "The emotions can only be transferred one way, from recipient to donor."

Olivia had one idea. "What about the tank?"

Peter looked at her. "Are you serious? You mean use the tank to contact her, right?"

"No, I mean to go after her."

"That's crazy, Olivia. She's not in the same universe we've been to. It's a completely different world that none of us have ever heard or seen."

"But I can get there. I'm the only who's capable of finding her and I can get us both back."

"I'm afraid my son is right about crossing into a completely new universe Agent Dunham," said Walter. "But I do believe there is a way."


The three of them hurried to the lab and Peter found himself prepping the tank again. "I can't believe you're doing this, Olivia."

"I'm not leaving her there alone." Walter was prepping Olivia for the tank. "When you go in, you'll need to be in a subconscious state. One that is conscious enough to allow you to focus on crossing over and at the same time, you must be able to envision the world that Ellis is trapped in or you may end up in a completely different universe altogether."

"Wonderful," said Peter.

Walter injected a syringe into Olivia's body. "This will allow you to remain conscious while in your dream state."

Peter helped Olivia into the tank. "You know I hate when you do this."

"I know," said Olivia.

"Just come back, okay? I don't wanna lose you again."

"I will." But Peter knew regardless, Olivia would not come back to this world without Ella. This felt like a suicide mission like all the other trips she made in the tank but this particular one had a stronger motive at hand, one that she wasn't going to back away from.

Olivia was now left lying in the darkness of the tank. She was fully clothed for wherever she was going to.

'Agent Dunham? Are you getting sleepy?'

'Yes,' she yawned.

'Good.'

After a few minutes, Olivia could see Ella, curled up in a ball in that strange desolate place she saw in her dream and it was killing her.

'Walter? Walter, it's Ella! I see her.'

'Good. Now concentrate on that place, Agent Dunham. You'll need to use the same method of crossing over that you've used in the past.'

'I need to be afraid?'

'Yes.'

Of course for Olivia that wasn't going to be very hard. She was already beyond terrified for Ella's safety being trapped in a strange place she didn't know how to get out of.

The fear began to take over as Olivia began to dream of Ella more and more. She was then blinded by a yellow light until she finally felt herself drop onto dry land. Her clothes now weighed down from being soaking wet. She pulled herself up and looked around. There was no life. Only darkness and silence.

"Ella?"

No response.

"Ella!"

It was then when Olivia remembered that Ella had crossed over from the Bishop's house and she crossed over from the lab. Fortunately, the two places weren't that far away from each other in the normal world, but she knew she had a long trek ahead of her if she was ever to get Ella out of here.