Disclaimer in chapter 1

Thanks to all the loyal reviewers this is the last chapter I know finally! I may write another episode it will depend on your responses! (I promise not to take as long posting next time!).

Episode 2

As Time Goes By

Chapter 14

The blinding light was instantly replaced with pitch black, as water swallowed them. Natalie was the first to emerge from the water she looked around she saw the wreckage of her aircraft being swallowed by the ocean.

"LUCY!" She screamed. "LUCY!" She dove back below the surface she saw her sister being pulled down by the suction of the sinking aircraft. Natalie surfaced to take one quick breath before diving under the surface again. It took all her strength to pull her sister up and to the surface. After Lucy's face broke the surface she began gasping for breath, coughing up water, fortunately she didn't drink much water.

"Luc, Lucy are you ok?" Natalie stammered, it took Lucy a little bit to get her bearings.

"Yeah I am." Natalie maintained her grip on her sister holding her the same way she learned to hold a victim when she was 15 in lifeguard class. A rescue chopper was circling above them, both twins looked up at the chopper lowering towards them, it was American.

"We didn't have a rescue chopper on board." Natalie noted, their rescue chopper had been shot down on a rescue mission only two weeks earlier.

"Maybe its another ships." Lucy suggested. A diver was dropped into the water and moved towards the lieutenants.

"Are you ok lieutenants?" The diver questioned. The twins nodded their response unsure of what to say. As the diver moved to take hold of Lucy, Natalie realized she was in her flight suit as well as Lucy. The twins remained silent as they were raised into the chopper, Lucy noticed as well. As they were examined they would casually glance out the window looking for any fighter planes.

"Where are we going?" Natalie inquired.

"To the USS Beaumont." The twins exchanged a confusing look. The USS Beaumont had been decommissioned at the beginning of the war after suffering significant damage in an air raid.

"I'm sorry did you say the USS Beaumont?" Lucy double-checked.

"Yes ma'am." Natalie still couldn't spot any fighter jets; in fact the sky was clear not overcast like before they flew into the cloud formation.

"Where are we?" Natalie continued her questions.

"You're aircraft did not go far off your original course ma'am only about 20 miles off the coast of France."

"France?" Natalie arched her eyebrow in pure confusion.

"That's right ma'am you were delivering your aircraft and Lieutenant Lucy Rabb to the base outside of Casablanca, when your computer malfunction causing a system failure." Natalie wrinkled her nose the USS George Bush was stationed off the coast of India not France.

"What about the USS George Bush?" Natalie asked, the medic who was examining them gave a puzzled look.

"Last I heard ma'am it was in a shipyard in San Diego." The diver answered.

"Lieutenants are you alright?" Questioned the medic.

"Just fine, just a little confused." Assured Lucy. They looked out the window and sure enough there was the USS Beaumont. As they chopper landed the lieutenants got off and looked around the flight deck. Though they had never been on the Beaumont before the ship showed no sign of damage.

"Lieutenants its good to see your ok, if you will follow me I will show you to the sick bay." Both twins turned to see a young ensign, who looked very familiar. As they followed him into the ship, they did not say much as they followed the young ensign who was rambling about something. The ensign stopped outside the door to sick bay he smiled satisfactory.

"If you need anything I will be back to check on you shortly." He smiled he was addressing them quite informally.

"Thank you ensign…" Lucy began.

"Ensign? Oh I understand ma'am." Lucy quickly glanced at the name on his shirt it read TINER. That's why he had looked so familiar.

"Sorry Tiner we are just not ourselves yet." Lucy apologized. Ensign Tiner smiled and walked off.

"I don't remember Uncle Jason ever having a son." Natalie remarked after he was out of earshot.

"Neither do I." Lucy concurred. As they stepped in they saw a man they never thought they would see alive again stand up… Dr. AJ Roberts.

"AJ." Natalie managed.

"You both are acting like you've just seen a ghost are you two ok?" AJ rushed over out of concern, last Natalie and Lucy could remember AJ went to a field hospital to temporarily replace a doctor who was killed in a bombing, his convoy was ambushed and he was given up for dead.

"I think I hit my head harder then I thought." Lucy interjected reaching up to rub the back of her neck that still was sore. AJ looked at her in concern reaching to examine her.

"Me too." Natalie concurred moving to sit on the nearest bed. AJ was just beginning to start his examination when another officer entered.

"Uncle…Admiral Rabb." AJ smiled Natalie and Lucy both turned to see their father standing beside AJ.

"Hey AJ how are my girls?"

"I was just about to start the examination sir, if you would like to stick around."

"I would AJ, but do you mind if I have a quick father-daughter moment alone first?" Harm requested.

"No problem sir I will be in the hall just come and get me when you are ready." With that AJ slipped out, Harm watched him leave before turning and smiling back at his daughters.

"Dad we are so confused, we must of hit our heads or something because currently nothing seems to match up last we remembered we were…"

"Being chased by enemy fighter planes or American hornets." Harm interrupted, Lucy and Natalie's eyes bulged at the mention of it.

"You remembered…" Harm smiled one of his famous smiles.

"This reality will start coming back to you soon, but the war doesn't exist anymore least not here, we made sure of that." Harm assured.

"We?" Lucy asked, their dad laughed.

"Like you had to ask." They turned and saw their mom, a general now stepping through the hatch.

"Mom!" The girls exclaimed.

"You're mom was head strong on making sure you didn't get hurt, it wasn't pretty but we did it." Their dad explained.

"We…I don't understand." Natalie spoke up.

"It's hard to explain the technicalities. You were in the future or so you thought, but by going into the past you managed to change the future… and its very hard to explain." Mac attempted to explain.

"We will ask AJ to give you some time off, in the mean time we will work on restoring your memory from this time." Harm finished, Natalie shook her head.

"How's this possible?"

"That my dear is the beauty of temporal dynamics." Harm smiled, and for the first time the twins felt like they could breathe.

"No war?" Lucy repeated.

"No war." Mac assured. The twins both started to cry a cry of relief it was over, they couldn't explain how but they were grateful.

"I like this future better." Lucy laughed. "Me too!" Natalie concurred.

That's it for this episode kind of a cheesy ending, but I seem to do those best. I hope y'all enjoyed – thanks for the reviews and I may start another story again later!!