Okay, so if you read our profile, you'll know that Rumpy mentions she does most of the "fangirling" and "references". Well, I just want to point out, DOCTOR WHO IS MINE. BOOM! Take that. I know references too.

Job Well Done

Luke couldn't believe he was going to do this. When he had left the research lab it had been on a whim feed by guilt but now that he was walking down a dusty old tunnel with nothing to do but think, he was beginning to doubt himself. Sure it was made sense but what did he know about time travel? A bunch of "wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff", to quote a character from his favourite show. So who was to say his idea would even work?

He reached the time machine all too soon for his liking and paused in the doorway before moving over to the control console. Although he hadn't been able to help much he had been in a couple times and was fairly certain he had figured out the controls. Shoving away his uncertain thoughts Luke quickly began pressing the necessary buttons to set up the machine. It whirred to life almost threateningly, as if saying there was no way his plan would work.

Luke grasped the lever and sighed. "Here goes nothin'."

Larry cast a curious, though a bit bored look, across the empty desert. Nothing was really going on, and he sat back in the seat of the jeep.

"Burt does this every day?" he asked.

"What's the matter? I thought you liked him and his survival paranoia," Tyler teased as he drove over another hill.

"Well, I do... but... every day?" Larry said. "There's nothing out here!"

Tyler laughed. "Well, get used to it Larry, Burt'll be gone for another week yet."

The survivalist had left for another seminar lecturing others of his kind so the job of patrolling the valley had fallen squarely on Tyler and Larry.

Larry blew out a small puff of air. "Well, maybe something cool will happen!" he perked up. "Like flying Gila monsters or giant spiders," he grinned.

Tyler rolled his eyes. 'Here it comes,' he thought. 'The moment when Larry's so bored he starts seeing creatures everywhere.'

Larry glanced again around the desert. They were passing a little patch of trees, but nothing sparked his interest. He just wished something exciting would happen.

"Hey, what about that one new sci-fi movie you were going to go see tonight?" Tyler asked suddenly. "What'd you say it was called?"

Larry grinned. His favourite subject. "It's called 'Hulk'," he said.

"Right. Big green monster trying to break things," Tyler smiled slightly. "Have you asked Jodi yet?"

Larry's cheeks grew a bit hot. "Y-you mean to watch it with me? No. I'm really not sure she'll like it," he answered.

"So? She sat through every single season of Star Trek with you didn't she?" Tyler huffed impatiently. "Really Larry, you need to make a move before she gets interested in someone else while you lay away in your trailer moping."

Larry just looked off into the desert, as if he had suddenly forgotten they were having a conversation.

"Larry? Did you even hear a word I just said?" Tyler asked.

"Well, yeah," he said, startled from his thoughts. "Um, it's just; something you said made me think of the name Leea. I really like that name."

"Leea? Where on earth did you get that from?"

"Ummm... I think 'lay' and 'away'," Larry said thoughtfully.

Tyler rolled his eyes again. "Whatever. Just make sure you ask her when we get back or I'mna do it for ya."

Luke watched as the tour jeep disappeared from sight. He hadn't been sure what to do when he arrived but apparently he had done something because they hadn't stopped. He hadn't seen anything either, except for a rather odd looking calf that had been running through but it had whirled around and ran back the way it had come the moment it spotted him. For several long moments Luke just stood there and watched the desert, waiting, until finally he turned and walked away.

He had done his job.

Did ya notice we copied a part of this word for word from the beginning of the prologue? ;P And if you don't understand how Luke "stopped" it, it was the calf Larry saw the first time 'round. Also, the general consensus is that Luke fades away, since his past ("future") no longer exists.

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