The woman who had entered the room smiled at Jess and walked forward, "Sorry, for bursting in," she said while extending a hand "I'm Sarah Page.

Jess froze as Sarah spoke to her. It seemed more surreal to her than meeting Cutter had. She had heard so much about Sarah; been told so much of her quirky humour and fiery temper that in her old time she had feel almost as if she knew her.

Jess knew that it was almost inevitable that she would meet Sarah Page in this time but she had always pictured being given at least a little time to prepare herself so she wouldn't just freeze. Like she was doing now.

Slowly Jess extended her own hand to shake Sarah's. "I'm Jess." She said quietly, her usual enthusiasm having vanished on the spot.

Sarah just gave her another friendly smile and walked over to the corner of the room where she begun to order some papers, "Sorry," She said, "I didn't mean to disturb you, I just had some stuff to collect."

Having collected her papers Sarah walked across the room towards the door, walking past Jess as she did so. She glanced down at Jess's workings; mildly curious as to what this young woman could have commandeered a whole lab for and froze. Her eyes widened as she looked down at what Jess had managed to remember so far,

"Wow," she breathed, "that's amazing!" Jess looked up in shock at her praise and then in quiet horror as Sarah pulled up a chair and sat next to her.

"What are you working on?" Asked Sarah, still focussed on the equations in front of her.

"It's just general research into the anomalies, really." Said Jess looking down at her work, trying to avoid having to go into more explicit detail.

"But you've got further into the mechanics of them than any of our researchers!" Said Sarah. Jess blushed when she said this, knowing that the only reason she knew it was because it had already been known at her ARC.

It was this thought that made Jess stop for a second; should she tell Sarah?

It was only a time before she, along with Abby found out where she was from but in that moment Jess couldn't bring herself to tell the woman in front of her; she knew that if Sarah were to ask any question about her future she wouldn't be able to lie to her. It would all come out in a shocking torrent of rambling and that was something Jess was keen to avoid.

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Sarah watched the young woman in front of her as she remained fixated on her work. There was something subtly off about Jess, she could tell. She seemed shifty and she refused to meet Sarah's eyes, instead staring at her work.

Sarah took another look at the girls work; it was undeniably brilliant. Of what Sarah could understand of it, it was genius but impossible. It looked so simple when it was written down yet so elusive before you could actually see it. Making her decision she stood from her chair and frowning slightly when she saw Jess's face alight in barely concealed relief,

"Come with me," Sarah said, "I've got something to show you."

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Jess was too stunned to protest as she followed Sarah though the corridors and into another lab. The first thing she registered was Cutter who raised his eyebrows when he saw her. She quickly turned away and gasped when she saw what was taking up a majority of the floor space. It looked like a mess of wire and rods but Jess knew without a doubt what it really was. It was the first 3D model of the time streams and the anomalies. She used a similar model for the ADD back home but never before had it seemed so tangible, so visceral.

She circled around it as she took it all, being careful to not so much as breath on it in fear that she might change it.

"So you know what it is then?"

Jess looked around to Cutter with a smile on her face that answered his question.

Cutter returned her smile with a nod and turned back to his work. Sarah walked over to him and looked over his shoulder at his work; it was definitely in the same field as Jess's but there was no denying that the girl's work was a good deal more accurate.

"Would this be of any use to you?" She asked as she held out the notes from Jess's desk that she had quickly taken without the other woman noticing, she did however see Jess's eyes widen in surprise. Cutter took the notes and did a double take as he actually read the equations.

He looked at Jess, "Do you mind if I use these?" He asked with barely concealed anticipation.

Jess shook her head begrudgingly, "No, course you can." She said. She couldn't believe Sarah had managed to pinch them while she wasn't looking and despite the fact she knew that her work would benefit from being confidential she couldn't help but be impressed rather than annoyed at the older woman.

From the corner of the room Cutter suddenly straightened from where he had been bent over working at his desk. He walked over to the corner of the room and got a long pole, not unlike the ones used to make the complicating representation that dominated the room. Carefully, making sure his hands didn't shake he added the extra pole to the mass of the others, weaving it into the chaos, while Sarah and Jess looked on in silence. When he took a step back he exhaled slowly and smiled,

"Unless I'm very much mistaken," He said as he turned to look at them, "I think we may have just made our very first prediction."

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A/N- Thank you for reading! I know this chapter was a bit dull but a necessary evil I'm afraid, on the plus side it all gets very exciting next chapter! Reviews are very welcome and a massive thank you to those who've responded to this story! All the best-VE