Chapter 3

“They don’t belong here. Out of place. Out of time. Wormholes warping, winding, twisting through -time, breaching the fabric of the universe. Can’t go back. Stranded.”

They all stood there for a second trying to digest what River just said. Colonel Sheppard looked around at the crew of the Serenity wondering if it made any more sense to them than it did to him. By the looks on their faces, they had no idea what she meant, although they apparently not surprised by the strange behavior of the girl. Finally, his curiosity got the better of him and he asked “Is she always like this?”

It Captain Reynolds that replied. “Not always. She’s been a lot better lately, hasn’t really needed the meds, and only acts up when something strange is going on. I guess with you folks being from Earth might explain that.”

Turning to McKay, Sheppard asked, “Any idea what she was talking about McKay?”

“I don’t know,” came the reply. “We know that people can travel through time using wormholes. You proved that when you came back with the intel about where Michael was hiding Teyla. And there was that report about the multiple SG-1s that came through the when the black hole tore a hole in the fabric of space. I suppose it’s possible but the two events simultaneously, it just doesn’t make sense”

“Supernova” River said quietly.

“I suppose, but that wouldn’t…….that’s it. If we were travelling through the wormhole near a star when it went supernova, it would explain how we ended up in an alternate universe. Also, the magnetic fields generated would be enough to warp the wormhole enough to travel through time. The massive amount of energy released by the supernova would be sufficient to establish a wormhole between galaxies.”

“So can we get back?”

“I don’t see how. First we would need enough energy to establish a connection to the Pegasus galaxy. We could theoretically, get back to our own universe, however we would still be stuck over 500 years in the future. If I could find a w