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Library, Saturday, August 7

Henry never went back to his apartment Saturday night; the couch in his office was a perfectly decent place to sleep.

And, when he looked out the window and saw some of the things across the landscape, he was pretty sure he'd made the right choice. There were pterodactyls out there.

After making what he suspected would be the first of many pots of coffee, Henry set up the research tables with the books that seemed like they'd been most useful the day before, then settled down with some of the back library files about old invasions open in front of him. He wasn't sure if it'd teach him anything new, but it was something to do.

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Zoe wasn't very good at research, but she was good at knowing where those who were good at research would be. If they found answers, she wanted to know, so she sat down at one of the tables and got Grace set up with some coloring books to keep her occupied. The fact that Grace wasn't attached to her was an improvement over yesterday, really.

"Principal Winchester?" Standing awkwardly next to the table clutching her notes, Karla realized this was probably the first time she'd ever spoken to the principal. "I'm Karla. I was one of the people who went down under the island last night."

Zoe tried to give Karla a stern look, but it only lasted for a moment. "Hello, Karla. Would you mind telling me what were you doing under the island last night? That wasn't exactly a safe decision to make."

Karla snorted. "With respect? But making dumb and unsafe decisions is kind of a standard of the student body, lady."

What? It was true!

"Right now, the only safe option is hiding under our beds and most of us aren't built for that. Going under the island might have been dangerous, but we got some useful intel out of it." She set her notes down in front of Zoe. "We're pretty sure we figure out what's wrong, if not entirely why or how."

Zoe had to admit, Karla had a point about the usual workings of the student body. She wasn't going to say that out loud, but she did smile more as she looked over the notes. "This doesn't look good at all. I mean, your intel looks good," she said quickly. "But I don't like not knowing how this all broke or how to fix it."

"I was going to run it by Professor Skywalker," Karla explained. "When we were in the other-Fandom, he was one of the people who used the mechanism to move the island. I'm hoping he'll have a better idea of what it should look like."

"That's an excellent idea. If it's something mechanical, he's the most knowledgeable person I know," Zoe said. "I take back what I said. You all did well last night."

Karla beamed a little at that. "Thanks. We just wanted to help. It's our friends out there."

After comparing her video of the device to Scully's blueprints, Hoshi approached Zoe.

"Principal Winchester? I went to get a closer look at the device yesterday and took some video. Now that I've compared it to the the blueprints, I think I've identified a piece that's missing, something called a 'portal thruster,'" said Hoshi, pulling up the 3D diagram on her data PADD. "There should be a lever right here, near the bottom, but it wasn't there when I took this image."

Zoe looked at the diagram, impressed by a student having such technology. "That seems like something important, doesn't it?" she said. "I mean, I imagine the device must need every piece to function."

"I'm not sure how it works, exactly, but if the missing piece is called a portal thruster and things keep disappearing all over the island, I'd assume that there's a connection," said Hoshi.

"Oh, I would definitely agree," Zoe said, giving Hoshi a grateful look. "I'm very glad you figured this out, and that you brought it to me. Thank you."

"I think I have something for you," Anemone said, coming up to Zoe with some papers. "We've found some missing parts."

"Missing parts?" To the device under the island?" Zoe asked. "What did you find?"

"Well, the quantum balancer, to start," Anemone said. "It's this circle-ish bit here, that belongs at the bottom."

Zoe wished like hell she had Anakin's brain for this kind of thing, or Kaylee's, but circle-ish bit would have to do for now. "Yes, I see what you mean," she said ~~very belatedly~~. "I can't believe this is so broken."

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