Justin rubbed his head and looked around. He had no idea
where
he was. The last thing he remembered was getting blasted by
the
Terminator. His eyes slowly adjusted to the light and the
pounding in
his brain. He was lying in some sort of transport vehicle. But
the
walls were torn, damaged. The computer monitors had all been
shattered.
The place was destroyed. Sergant Brutus West was lying on the
floor
beside him, out cold.

UNSEEN FIGURE's VOICE
Well, well. All things really do come to he who waits.

Justin tried to see who was talking, but the room was full
of
shadows.

JUSTIN ROBINSON
What is this place?

UNSEEN FIGURE
The shock must have stunned your brain. Look around you. Don't
you
recognize this spot, you're home.

JUSTIN ROBINSON
No. <Shook his head> This can't be. What have you done to
the ship?
Where is my family?

UNSEEN FIGURE
Your family is dead. DEAD! Buried in the ground.

JUSTIN ROBINSON
NO!!!!!! <Cries in rage>

The figure suddenly emerged from the shadows. It was a adult
mouse of about 30. He had long blond hair, a beard, and a
mustache. He
wore old, worn clothing. He looked familiar to Justin, but he
couldn't
figure out who he was.

ADULT TIMMOTHY
I'll never forget that morning. <Paces back and forth> 20
years ago.
What was it you said to me? I'll be back, I promise. <He
laughed> But I
knew better. I knew you'd never come back. You never kept
your
promises <Then he laughed again>

He walked to one of the burned-out computer panels. Justin
stared at him. What was he talking about?

ADULT TIMMOTHY
Without you, your family never had a chance. A few spiders
survived the
destruction of the probe ship. They reached the planet and
attacked. I
can still hear Jenny, Martin and Mom screaming in horror and
pain as
they died.

How did this mouse know about Jenny, Martin and Brisby? And
about the spiders?

JUSTIN ROBINSON <Angry>
WHO ARE YOU?

The stranger walked towards him. He reached into his shirt
and
pulled out a pair of dog tags on a metal string.

ADULT TIMMOTHY
Don't you recognize me, father? I'm your grown-up son.
Timmothy!

Justin staggered backwards, holding onto the jagged wall for
support as he stared wide-eyed, open mouthed at the stranger
before
him...

JUSTIN ROBINSON
Timmothy???

Jenny held the bio-scanner over the large creature. She and
Brisby had caught up with Martin about 10 minutes earlier.
After
learning that the giant creature was friendly, Jenny had decided
to find
out what she could do about it.

JENNY ROBINSON
As fas as I can tell, this creature is pregnant. But one thing
dosen't
make sense.

BRISBY ROBINSON
What is it, Jenny?

JENNY ROBINSON
As you know, all life-forms have unique bio-patterns. As
individual as
fingerprints. No two are alike.

MARTIN ROBINSON
Of course, I know that.

BRISBY ROBINSON
Wait. Jenny, by any chance...do the bio-patterns on this giant
creature
and our little Gurgi servant match?

JENNY ROBINSON
Mom, how did you know?

BRISBY ROBINSON
Because it occured to me a minute ago. Gurgi and our new friend
are
actually one and the same.

MARTIN ROBINSON
From the same species. Right? The same family even.

JENNY ROBINSON
No, Martin. They're the same creature. In two seperate
versions.
Present and Future. <She pointed to the two red ribbons the
creatures
wore> That's the same ribbon.

MARTIN ROBINSON
But what does that mean? For us?

BRISBY ROBINSON
I don't know. <Another tremor shook the planet> But I
think we'd better
get back to the ship while we still can.

MARTIN ROBINSON
Come on Gurgi. <Then he addresses the giant alter ego> You
too.

The rebuilt T-700 Terminator shoved Justin ahead of him with
one
hand, and carried Brutus with the other. The 30-year old
Timmothy led
the way into what had once been the Discovery 2's engine
room.

ADULT TIMMOTHY ROBINSON
Father, I give you...eternity!

He pointed to the hyperdrive-lightspeed indicator. A glowing
energy bubble was hanging above the shattered lightspeed basin.
Dozens
of images were swirling inside. The Terminator dropped Brutus
onto the
floor. The impact woke him up with a start.

BRUTUS WEST
Where are we? <Sits up and groans>

JUSTIN ROBINSON
I think we've come back to the Discovery 2 decades ago after we
left it.

ADULT TIMMOTHY
Look, father. Aren't you proud? I used your hyperdrive engine to
build
my time machine. <He walked over to what used to be Justin's
chair>

It saw at the center of a huge mess of cable. The cables led
to
both the upper and lower gantry and hyperengine.

ADULT TIMMOTHY
Over the years, I struggled to harness the power of time-travel.
But my
experiments at creating a stable doorway failed. Until now.

He hit a button, and a generator lit. Inside was a glowing
radioactive cylinder.

BRUTUS WEST
The core material! If we could get that back to our Discovery
2...

ADULT TIMMOTHY
Once this radioactive core is fully introduced into the control
console,
I'll open a timewarp doorway. It will be stable enough for one
person
to take one trip through time & space. Today, I will change
history.

He turned a switch on the console. The bubble of energy
lowered, dissapearing into the hyperengine basin below. On the
monitor
in front of him, an image of Earth flashed. Tim pointed to
it.

ADULT TIMMOTHY
I'll return home, to the day you took us on this mission. I'll
stop us
from taking off. I'll do what you never could! <Glared
angrily at his
father> I'll save the family!

Justin shook his head. What had turned Timmothy into this
crazy
man? Didn't he see that his plan would not work? It would only
end up
killing them all. But it wouldn't be worse than what Justin
himself had
done to his family. Timmothy might accidentally create a
paradox,
destroying time itself! He tried to reason with him before it
was too
late...

JUSTIN ROBINSON
Look around you. The force of your time machine is ripping this
planet
apart. What if it had the same effect on Earth? What if, in
getting
back home, you destroy Earth?

ADULT TIMMOTHY
I'm going home to save the family! <Turned his back and
walked away>

JUSTIN ROBINSON <Shouts>
Tim stop right now! How dare you turn your back on your father.
Listen
to me!

Timmothy whirled around, glaring back at the angered rat,
nose
to nose!

ADULT TIMMOTHY
Oh yeah? Well let me tell you something about my father. My
father is
a walking ghost. He dragged his family into space, enroute to
Alpha
Prime but never arrived there. He lost them in space to DIE!

JUSTIN ROBINSON
NO! I did not do that! It was Dr. Ninjara Smith who caused us to
be
thrown off-course when she re-programed the Terminator to try
and kill
us and sabotague the ship.

ADULT TIMMOTHY
And you expect me to believe that? The doctor was killed along
with my
mother, older brother and sister when the spiders attacked
us.

JUSTIN ROBINSON
I won't let you create a paradox, change history and destroy
time.

ADULT TIMMOTHY
C'mon, come on, I dare you to stop me, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!

Then he again turned away and stormed off, leaving Justin
staring angrilly after him. Fists clenched and held to his
side.
Brutus couldn't believe what he was seeing or hearing.

BRUTUS WEST
How could that adult mouse be your boy?

JUSTIN ROBINSON
I don't know, he thinks it's my fault that I killed the whole
family.

BRUTUS WEST
Now what do we do?

JUSTIN ROBINSON
I wish I knew...<Rolls eyes helplessly skyward>

In the desert beside the wrecked Discovery 2, Ninjara put
her
hand on Timmothy's arm, holding him back.

NINJARA SMITH
Timmy, this is the plan. As soon as we enter, I want you to
shoot
anything that moves.

TIMMOTHY ROBINSON
But shouldn't we find out who's inside first?

NINJARA SMITH
Let me tell you something about life, junior. Around every
corner,
monsters are waiting. I know. You see, I am one. And we
monsters, we
have no fear of attacking little boys or girls like yourself.
To
survive, you must be fully prepared to kill.

TIMMOTHY ROBINSON
I can do it.

But his voice was shaking, and he knew he sounded as if he
were
lying. He was lying. He couldn't kill anyone or anything. He
knew it
and so did the Sith Lord.

NINJARA SMITH
Listen to me. I'll risk my life, but I'm not going to throw it
away.
You can't protect us. But I can. And I will, but I'm going to
need you
to trust me. <Holds out her hand> Timmy, give me the
gun.

Timmothy stared at her. Should he trust the vixen? Did he
have
a choice? Finally he pulled the pistol from its holster. He put
his
thumb on the lock pad.

TIMMOTHY ROBINSON
Enable gun for all users.

GUN COMPUTER VOICE
VOICEPRINT CONFIRMED MASTER.

Timmothy handed the gun to Ninjara. Suddenly the moment the
weapon was in her hand, the vixen attacked like a cobra! She
threw one
arm around the boy-mouse's chest and slammed him against her
body,
tightening around his neck. Sneering and laughing evilly, she
aimed the
muzzle of the gun in his face.

NINJARA SMITH
AHA! Fooled you, April Fools sucker HA-HA! <Then adds> Oh,
and let me
give you a piece of advice, a brief lesson in survival. Never
trust
anyone. You never can tell whether or not your best friend may
suddenly
turn against you and betray you or try to kill you! Remember
that into
your old age...should you have one. <She shoved the mouse
ahead of her,
the phaser trained on his back> Now let's take a little walk
inside and
see if we can kill any monsters shall we? MOVE HOSTAGE!

Poor Tim, he didn't know what to say or do. He decided to
play
it cool and obey his captive's orders, hoping Ninjara would not
harm him
and maybe let him go in the end. Together they entered the
wrecked
starship...