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1. An alternate version of Eugene's past where he goes with his uncle to Africa but survives the train crash. He is taken by Dalton to New York and kept as a prisoner in the basement as a hostage. Thelma lives and hopes of seeing Eugene again one day. the events with Everett stay the same. Katrina works at Whits End after meeting Connie at the college. Whit takes Katrina on a business trip to New York where they are staying in the hotel Dalton lives at (Whit knows of Dalton from the middle east so the latter managed to get them a discount on their rooms). Whit grows suspicious of Dalton's strange activity which leads to Katrina trapped with the imprisoned Eugene. Meanwhile Jason and Tasha have been teamed up for a simple mission to retrieve evidence of a gun smuggling ring, only to get caught up in an uprising. the two plots are connected and Dalton is bought down, with the Meltsners moving to Odyssey.

2. a series of events leaves Eugene confused and distraught. Whit is suddenly not in the middle east, Katrina (whom he believes is only a love interest) has apparently gotten married, a strange man is trying to find him. the only things he is certain about is that he works at Whits End and that Connie also works there serving Ice-cream. after leaving a confusing message to Connie, Eugene sets out to work out what is real, but as everyone tries to find him, Eugene becomes more unpredictable.

3. As an experiment Buck plugs his laptop into the imagination station hoping to have a birthday party no one will forget, suddenly Wooton is a candle stick, Jason is a street rat, and Jack is an extremely famillar duck. Also Eugene is a multi-billionare and Lucy is a top reporter, trying to figure out the secret identity of - her husband?

4. Short story: A photo among his parent possessions leads Buck and Jules to the mines at Trickle lake, But as Connie and Eugene search for them, a sinister force is out to beat the teens to their goal

5. An alternate version of the Novacom Saga where Monica is one of the good guys. Monica Stone is forced to do things she doesn't want to to save her brother from being killed by Mr Charles. her decisions could cost several lives, or give her some unexpected allies.