Bruno, the barman was busy cleaning up when Wes staggered into the bar. He had just about gotten over Jen leaving when she came back into his life for that glorious fortnight. He took a seat.

"Mr. Collins..."

"Whisky!" He barked, handing the barman a hundred dollar bill. He was never usually one to flaunt or use his father's wealth, but since Jen had left, he really didn't care. If anything, it was just a vehicle for his continuing mission to make himself numb and feel nothing. "Bring a glass and the bottle."

The barman just sighed and went to collect his order.

In Silver Hills, in the year 3000, Katie and Trip dragged Jen through the streets to an apartment block. Katie pounded on the door harshly.

"Give me a minute!" Lucas snapped, before ripping the door open. Seeing them standing before him, he knew this wasn't good. "What?"

"We need your help." Katie replied.

"I don't..."

"Lucas, we need your help or some seriously bad shit is going to go down." Katie told him. Lucas looked a little sceptically at Trip. It wasn't even a full day since he had called him out on the fact he was about to walk out on Jen's wedding. "If you don't help, I don't know what's going to happen."

Lucas stepped into the hall, pulling the door closed as he did so. Nadira was sleeping on his bed, and he didn't want her disturbed. He looked to Jen.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"We..."

"I asked her." Lucas interrupted as Katie was about to explain. Jen took a deep breath.

"Trip was right, the baby isn't Alex's." She told him. "You know Time Force regulations."

"We can't bring back plants, animals..." His words tailed off as he finally figured out where this was going. "You really think..?"

"I don't think anything. If they find out, they'll take me straight to the abortion clinic without a second thought." Jen told him. "Lucas, I can't let that happen!"

He shifted a little uneasily as he considered his options. He had never really been a "by the book" kind of guy, but this was a little more than he was used to asking him to commit a felony.

"Katie..."

"If you don't help us, the minute Alex finds out Jen will be taken to an abortion clinic whether she wants it or not." Katie reminded him. "Lucas, what if it was Nadira?"

"She wouldn't be that..." His words tailed off as he looked to Jen. He couldn't finish that statement, he just couldn't. Nadira was only a couple of weeks gone, but she was carrying their first child. He couldn't imagine anything happening to her.

"What can I do?" He asked.

In the early 21st century, Wes was still sitting in the bar when Eric arrived. He looked to the barman, who just pointed to the cubicle where Wes was sitting. After a quick not, he went over and sat down.

"If you weren't the commanding officer the Silver Guardians would have kicked you out by now." Eric told him.

"Fine, kick me out." He replied with a shrug.

"Wes, I know this thing with Jen has shaken you up, but you need to get a grip!" He told his old friend.

"Why Eric? What the Hell do I have to look forward to?" He asked in response.

"Wes, you have your whole life..."

"I don't have a life without her." He muttered in response. "Now unless you're here to drink with me, I have nothing else to say."

Back in the future, Katie led the others through the building. They had top-level security clearance, but that didn't mean people wouldn't be curious what they were doing. They had to stop a couple of times as people asked Jen about the wedding, or asked to stroke her belly and ask when the baby was due.

Finally they got to the hangar, where the time ship was waiting. Jen turned to look at her friends.

"I can't..."

"You don't need to say it." Trip interrupted her, wiping away a couple of tears. Jen was one of his best friends, and he knew if he had said nothing, she would have gone ahead with the wedding and stayed in the year 3000. However, he knew she would have been miserable, and he couldn't watch her do that to herself and Alex. "Just...promise me you'll do the right thing."

Jen approached him, kissing his cheek softly. Lucas was busy punching keys on the control system to set the exact time and date of her arrival.

"So once you get there, you set the charges." Katie reminded her. "The ship needs to be vapourised. Nothing can be left, it needs to be completely destroyed."

Jen just nodded as her tears began again. She knew that if they went ahead with this plan, that this was the last time she would ever see her friends. Once she went back to the past, she would be a fugitive, and while they would erase the records to ensure Alex didn't know exactly where she had gone, she could never return.

"All of you hold it right there." Alex yelled as he stepped into view, holding a gun on them. "Nobody move or I will start shooting."

Jen turned towards him with tears in her eyes. Everyone else held their hands up, knowing that he was serious.

"Alex..."

"I just want to hear you say it." He told Jen. "I just want you to be honest with me for once."

"Alex, I'm so sorry..."

"Just say it!" He roared as his own tears started to roll down his face. "How stupid do you think I am Jen? Did you think I wouldn't figure it out?"

"Alex I'm sorry..."

He dropped the blaster on the floor and fell to his knees, weeping loudly. While he had figured out the truth, that didn't stop it hurting. The woman he loved had still chosen to go back into the past with the child she had made with another guy. Jen approached him, stroking his shoulders softly.

"Alex, I love you. I always will." She told him. "But you know me. You know I can't let them take my baby."

Alex got up, making his way over to her, his lip quivering as he did so.

"You never loved me, did you?" He asked her. Jen just shook her head.

"Alex, what we had was really special." She began. "I'm sorry, but you know what will happen if I stay."

Alex just nodded before kissing his fiancée.

"I'll always love you." He whispered. "But because I love you, I can't ask you to stay."

"Thank you." She breathed as Lucas finished the final preparations. She stepped into the time ship, and disappeared, leaving them forever. Despite his feelings for his superior officer, Trip couldn't help but pat him on the back as Alex broke into tears.

Back in the early 21st century, Wes was still sitting in the bar, slugging whisky as she arrived. She couldn't help smiling as she saw him. Her heart still soared to see him. After detonating the time ship, she knew it wasn't possible to go back to the future, but seeing her beloved Wes, she knew she had made the right choice. As he prepared to pour another glass, she put her hand over the glass. His gaze followed her arm, up to her face.

"Jen?" He asked her. She just nodded, before stroking her stomach. For Wes, it had only been a couple of weeks since she had left, but for her it had been four long months.

"Yes, I'm back." She told him. "And I'm not going away again."

"You're pregnant?" He gasped. She nodded again.

"Four months." She told him, taking his hand softly. "Wes, I know I treated you badly..."

He didn't need to let her finish. He just pulled her onto his lap and kissed her deeply. The woman he loved had returned to him. There was nothing he could have wanted more.

Fin.