Previously:

"What do we do now, Marissa?"

Marissa looks down towards the main entrance. "We set up a base of operations," She replies as she walks towards it.

TJ exchanges looks with Amanda. "Where?"

"Not to worry, it's all been prepared for us," Marissa assures them as she smiles over her shoulder. "This way."

--

"Kha'lei," Neah says as she is stunned to see her brother. "What are you doing here?"

"Joining you it would seem," Kha'lei Wonakowa replies. "Both of us." He places a hand on the boy beside him and pushes him forward.

"Raul!"

--

Hosha turns to Taylor and the others. "Now, do you have a destination for me?"

"Yes, we do," Taylor replies. "Heliopolis."

Hosha looks hesitant. "Are you sure that is where you wish to go?" She seems to be implying something with her words.

--

Ashlee doesn't look at him. Instead she is looking up at the still ticking countdown. "10 days, 4 hours, 8 minutes, 9 seconds," She reads and watches as the seconds continue to descend. "That's just over a week."

Reese looks up at the red digital numbers. "Until what though?"

Episode Ninety-Three

"Northland"

Marissa J'nil stands on the hillside behind the high school and looks out over the calm blue depths of Lake Superior. She smiles. "Welcome to Duluth, Minnesota."

TJ walks up to stand beside her. "It's scenic," She muses as she looks at the lake and the trees and a slow moving boat on the water.

Amanda groans and rubs her ankles. "I'm going to regret wearing heels really fast, aren't I?"

"Yeah," Josh says with a smirk and a nod. He laughs when Amanda sticks her tongue out at him. "So," He turns to his sister. "Where is this base of operations?"

Marissa turns and looks back at the school with a frown. "Nearby," She answers but clearly isn't paying attention to Josh.

"What is it?" He asks, glancing back up at the school.

"I think I've been here before," Marissa responds with a confused look.

Josh looks down, then back at his sister. "Which one of you is saying that?" He looks at the spots on her body as he says this.

Marissa thinks for a moment. "J'nil."

"How could J'nil have been here before?" Amanda asks and walks closer to the siblings. "What would a Trill Symbiont from the future be doing in Duluth?"

Josh seems to have it figured out though. "Mason was here?" He asks, recalling the previous host of the symbiont. Marissa nods slightly. Josh bites his lip and puts thoughts of his former best friend out of his mind, instead choosing to focus on the moment. "That could help, right?"

Marissa shrugs uncertainly. "It might."

"Okay," TJ breaks in, hoping to deflate some of the awkward tension. "So how do we find the Others?"

"Don't worry," Marissa replies with a smile. "From what She told me, Hosha will be sending us Bait." TJ looks suitably impressed at the idea, but Josh wonders what Bait for the Others could possibly be.

Meanwhile, in Egypt

Taylor stands and surveys the remains of the once proud Egyptian Temple of Heliopolis. He closes his eyes for a second and allows for the history of the place to wash over him, giving him a vision of what it once looked like in its prime.

"Okay," He turns around as he hears the Portal deactivate. "Is everyone present and accounted for?"

Neah looks around and silently counts off the travelers. "All ten of us," She confirms with a nod to Taylor. Then she has a moment of realization. "My gosh we just keep adding up, don't we?"

"So this is it?" Raul says. He looks around at the ruins. "This is Heliopolis?"

Reese nods, looking at a tall pillar that stands alone. "Apparently."

Pizoku is awed but at the same time he finds that he is feeling a lack of something. "Somehow I was expecting more."

Jilan shields her eyes from the sun as she glances around at the crumblings walls. "I don't think we're going to find anything here."

"I'm inclined to agree," Taylor says with a sigh. "Any of you feel anything?"

Neah shakes her head while Kha'lei pauses then also responds. "Nope."

Ma'at seems a bit surprised. "My father is not here," She tells them.

"Well, this was pointless," Ashlee puts her hands on her hips and looks at Taylor.

"If he isn't here, he's somewhere else," Neah points out. "Maybe he left a clue as to where."

"Maybe the desert ate it," Ashlee counters. She has quite apparently had it with their location.

Taylor rolls his eyes and begins to walk away. "Start looking anyway."

To Be Continued...