"Three years," he said as he started the car and set off. "I went on a mission to deal with some small time crook trying to steal a diamond from a security van. Stopped him but in the process I got shot in the leg. The nurse who treated me when I got back was you, and...well, the rest is history." He had a sudden thought, opening the computer screen and breathing a sigh of relief as the computer worked. "Computer, if the Agency has been...compromised, why does your technology still exist and why do I still remember it?"<br/><br/>"Time Agency technology has a built-in failsafe, in case of an omega-level time fracture," the computer replied. "If the Agency is compromised certain technology is designed to survive all but an ELE-level event. Your wrist device, when you are wearing it, contains a time bubble. Unless the fracture directly effects you your memory of the original timeline remains intact."