Interlude: Take It All Back 
Stephen Wolcott, Ellipsis, is finally free from the U.S. Government's USAGES project, where he was imprisoned (by the terms of a contract which he signed) until he was able to force his release.  But he departed the project with scientific proof that he is of sound mind, body, and power.  From this point, any who argue that his power is uncontrollable (thus dangerous) will have no base to stand their logic upon.  Any who claim that he is a danger to society will have to prove his intent to use his power against society.  
He can at last continue his life.  And that starts with Julie Moretti - his fiancée.

First: return to Julie and renew his engagement.  
He returns to the apartment which they shared.  She meets him there.
His original reason for association with her is overcome by events: he no longer needs her aid toward his mental control.  But he still says: I'd like to marry you.  
She recalls him as she first knew him: powerful, barely controlled, a man with problems, firmly outside social norms - and eventually, very good to know.  Now, he's all of the above - except he's controlled, and over his problems.
She says: Me too.

Second: return to his employment.  
The terms of his contract wit the government stipulated that they notify his employer of his urgent preemption on United States business.  This should mean that his job still waits for him.  
It does not.  When his supervisor heard that he was taking leave of absence this soon after the date of his hire, the verdict was to fire him and find a contractor to-replace this pretentious college hire.   The project waits for no man! 
Julie takes the news poorly.  She's been using up her savings to meet their rent on her own.  
Stephen decides: Enough is enough; this should meet the rent.  He pulls a bar of gold from his hands.  
He can transmute matter, after all.

Third: plan their wedding.
A justice of the peace should suffice.
The wedding should happen in New York City.  Though Stephen has few friends there (as yet), Julie has been around long enough to make one or two.  Stephen has no family worth mentioning; Julie's family back in Wisconsin reacted poorly to her moving to the East Coast with a stranger, and is still no on speaking terms with her.  Stephen has no intent to invite the Balance to the wedding.  
(Stephen's memories of the Balance center on his one confrontation with them after his retun from space.  But they were his friends once, Julie tells him.  Someday, he shall have to examine his mind and find if details of them yet exist.)
For their honeymoon, they pick Nevada.  Julie should like Las Vegas; Stephen should like the desert.

Fourth: find a secure place to live.
The secret identity of Ellipsis is out, once and for all.  Ellipsis has major foes Domesday and Dominatra, plus a host of minor foes.  Any of these might be overjoyed to attack him in his sleep or to capture his wife for hostage.  Besides, one never knows when humanity (and/or its governments) might declare war on oneself.  
To counter this, a secure facility is required.  Stephen and Julie draw up the requirements in military specification language. 
Ellipsis hims will be the major defense of this facility; the facility shall contain alarms to awake and summon him as necessary.  However, in his absence the facility shall be able to withstand an attack by the equivalent of the abilities of any two arbitrarily chosen supervillains until all non-powered persons within may escape (via escape hatches which positions will remain privileged information).  The facility shall contain living quarters for four (4) persons, and shall be located in the New York City metropolitan area.  All plans to this facility shall remain the property of Stephen and Julie Wolcott.  Prices are negotiable.
Stephen and Julie together draw a technical request for proposal.  (They use no lawyer: Stephen sees no reason to, and Julie has seen lawyers shielding criminals all her life.  Together they are shrewd enough to manage without one.)  Together they negotiate a tough contract for the plans of a security renovation to a greystone two-flat building in Brooklyn.  For this purpose, Stephen will produce the equivalent of all money necessary.  

Fifth: actually get married.  The toughest part of all.  
[Of course, the wedding could go without incident.  But, on the other hand ... ] 
In Colorado, the computerized archival functions maintained by Russell Anvernacht - Domesday - have long since called the recent activities of Ellipsis to his attention.  These activities include his public change into costume in a restaurant during the recent Manhattan terrorist crisis.  Anvernacht attempted to trace his identity through Michigan and New York State driver's licenses and got eight matches, but none had attendee Michigan State University or any college-level school in Lansing.  Conclusion: Ellipsis had no driver's license in Michigan.
It's publicly known that Ellipsis was under study by the U.S. Government.  Contacts in the government have told Anvernacht that this happened at the USAGES project.  They must have had some threat against him to detain him so, Anvernacht concludes.  But whatever the threat was, Ellipsis has broken loose from it: he's active in New York City again.  A number of broken-up muggings bear his mark.  No other superhumans are active in New York City.  In addition, very few superhumans would float in the air before attackers and strike the down without visible motion.
Nightfall Systems, unknown to the government, maintains a secret file (Competition Sensitive, of course) of illegally obtained proposal data obtained from competitors.  Correlation of this data shows that Ellipsis seeks a secure place to live near New York City.  This implies a connection of Ellipsis with dependents.  He has none at present;  thus, he must be acquiring some.  Marriage is by far the most likely means of acquisition of dependents for a single man.
Data shows that Stephen Wolcott, a male alumnus of Michigan State University, has applied to marry Julie Moretti, a fellow alumnus.  A woman corresponding to Moretti's description (as archived during the massive terrorist attack on Manhattan, in which Moretti was injured) has played vital roles in several of the activities of Ellipsis in Michigan.  According to cross-correlation, Stephen Wolcott has no physical records on file in Michigan or New York, but he graduated from Michigan State University at the same time Ellipsis ceased operations there.  
Expressed from 0 to 1, the probability of Ellipsis being Stephen Wolcott is thus 0.92.  The marriage of Stephen Wolcott to Julie Moretti thus deserves his attention.  
(Aren't databases fun?)
Domesday decides to leave the young couple alone on their wedding day, But he launches some long-range plans to annoy them...
Adventure: The Future Molded After Me 
In the Common Era year 2136, the independent operatives Sharlen and Mountain Jak have accepted an assignment to halt and eliminate the time stream experimentation of one Dr. Spayg.  They storm his facility by surprise, overwhelming the periphery guards and penetrating to the main lab where the time travel device is kept.  Somehow the doctor has no telepaths or ellipsis guards on duty!
The lab has a raised platform in the middle, where the device is focused.  Sharlen and Jak avoid the platform as they strafe the personnel in the lab with their Gauss rifles (which expel metallic darts via magnetic force).
The Doctor, in his control room, is approaching panic.  He has to get rid of the operatives somehow!  The easiest way would be with the time device, but they're avoiding where it's focused.  Therefore - refocus it! 
As Spayg's last remaining security force comes in, Sharlen and Jak find themselves pinned down.  Sharlen whispers to Jak, "If we don't end this, we're dead!" Jak then sprints across the line of fire toward another bank of equipment, covering his face with his arms.  Slugs slam into his body armor, but he keeps his balance and makes it across.  With his great strength he then topples the towering bank upon their opponents, 
The Doctor achieves recalibration.  And now -
With Spayg's guards neutralized, Sharlen begins to move.  But first -
A ray erupts from the temporal equipment.  Sharlen's body begins to fade.  Jak instinctively moves to shield her unarmored body with his own.  Usually it works.  But not this time.
He shouldn't have expected it to.
Stephen Wolcott is pounding the pavement in NYC, on his way to sell some homemade platinum for operating expenses.  He thinks: There must be something he can generate and sell in reasonably small quantities which won't unbalance the economy.  But until he figures something out, the economy should be hardy enough to withstand a few more pounds of precious metals.
Ahead, Sharlen and Jak materialize on the sidewalk.  They pick themselves up and look around.  Oh, shit, they must have been hit with Spayg's temporal displacement device.  Looks like the 1975-2000 period, in some big city in NorteAmerica.  How can they get back? 
Their sudden appearance in the middle of a crowded sidewalk has created a commotion; in particular, everyone's trying to avoid the big guy and the girl with the weapons.  Stephen, even with his mind filtering out as many outside thoughts as he can, still cannot avoid noticing the commotion from a block away.  He turns aside from his course, toward the center of the hubbub.  
He sees there a short woman and a very large clean-shaven man.  Both are dressed in coveralls, and armed.  They now seem to be trying to fade i to a doorway and look inconspicuous. , He decides to try some discreet mental examinations. 
Sharlen and Jak feel a pressure on their minds – one they've felt before.  They're under telepathic attack! Sharlen pinpoints the direction it's coming from,: it's from someone incognito in the crowd.  Their rifles should flush him out.
Jak raises his stun gun.  The crowd scatters, except for one man.  Jak fires.  The man disappears in an ellipsoid of energy.  In his p!ace a costumed masked man stands.  Oh, shit, Jak thinks:  not only IS this guy a telepath, he probably has the ellipsis field!  He might have followed them back from Dr. Spayg!
Sharlen wonders: his costume the man is wearing looks familiar...
Stephen, now Ellipsis, withstood the-attack only because it was an energy bolt and it thus energized his personal field.  From now on, he should keep his field partially energized at all times, even outside battle, he thinks.
His attackers seem to be bloodthirsty, and resistant to his mental power.  A physical response is definitely in order.  He fires a force bolt at the two.  
The ellipsis telepath fires a force bolt at Sharlen and Jak.  Sharlen dodges; Jak takes a glancing blow.  Each thinks: If this guy gets serious, we're in big trouble!
Sharlen and Jak exchange hand signals, Frontal and diversion attack! Jak charges.
Ellipsis concentrates his force upon the big assailant and blasts him back.  But before he can do anything else, the other is upon him, She hits him as hard as she can.  He falls back into the ground, with her pressing her attack as best she can.  
Damn! She has to keep the pressure on, but her maneuverability is cramped in this trench of his! All she can do is pummel him and hope he gives.  
Be it all damned! He can't take much more of this! He has to do something! 
As Jak recovers, he sees the ellipsis telepath blasting out of the ground with Sharlen clinging to him.  He tries to focus his energy blaster, but they're out of range too quickly.  
As Ellipsis bursts from the around, he prepares to discharge electricity at his opponent as well, to shock her away from him.  But as he starts to build electrical power, the woman projects a thought: No! You've won ! 
(She projects a thought!? She must be a telepath - much like him!) 
Ellipsls enters Sharlen's mind, She projects surrender, so long as they peacefully return to the ground.  They can resolve their- differences there.  
They land, as Jak follows their descent with his blaster.  As they land, Sharlen signals, "Cease fire!"  Jak lowers his weapon.  
A crowd is watching, from a respectful distance.  Ellipsis telepathically disperses them as the three of them slip into an alley.  
Privately, they converse.  Sharlen and Jak tell Ellipsis their plight - displaced in time by an opponent of theirs.  
Sharlen now recognizes their opponent as The Ellipsis.  He was called "Ellipsis Mark I" by those who manufactured the later Ellipsises, but only when they had to talk about him at all.  He was the one they never owned! 
He was the first telepath to wield the ellipsis field - and without microcomputer chips implanted in his skull to handle the processing load! His interior mental ability must go off the top of all mental charts of their day.
Ellipsis cannot sense any major thoughts in Sharlen's mind, but he can tell she holds him in awe.  (Him, in awe?) He briefly describes himself as currently without gainful employment, reduced to exploiting his powers to survive.  
But Sharlen tells him the story of The Ellipsis Mark I of her time line.  The Ellipsis stood constantly in opposition to the governmental system of his day.  The unique stress he brought upon it helped bring about its downfall.  The free-wheeling capitalistic system of her day resulted in part from him.  
? Ellipsis wonders for a moment: could he have brought this about? Could he bring it about, right now, by simply living his life as he wills? 
But of course.  His success is his utopia!  Even if it fails, life survives! He shall certainly not worry about it.  
Dr. Spayg sits and frets.  When he activated his temporal displacement device, the time setting remained set at the era in which he was interested.  Sharlen and Mountain Jak were displaced to the era of Ellipsis Mark I - an era where time travel is known to a few!  They may come bacK!  Mark I may even come with them - and they may select a time before Spayg is ready for him!
Spayg hits the communicator- button.  “Mal: Report to the displacement room for a mission!"

Jak says, "I'm mighty thirsty.,." 
Ellipsis considers and concludes, ·”Suggest we go to my dwelling and regroup.”
A man-sized monkey in space armor jumps on top of them.
Mal is a bioengineered gorilla with intellect increased to near-human levels and with truly incredible reflexes.  Dr. Spayg trained him to speak in an erudite manner and to fight with beam weaponry.  Mal is one of Spayg's most legendary operatives.  Jak and Sharlen have colleagues who-could not stand against him.  
Mal is well trained.  His sensors identified the telepath and the ellipsis unit among his targets as being one and the same: immediately the high priority target.
Ellipsis does not sense the mind of this animal; he never pays mind to any animal in New York City! 
Mal swings around a fire escape near ground as he falls .  Before Sharlen and Jak can react, he hits Ellipsis from behind.  Ellipsis is slammed to the pavement, out cold.
Sharlen and Jak manage to evade Mal as he chases them across the city.  But the sight of two people and an armored great ape shooting at each other with zap guns rouses the police, and raises quite a furor besides.  
The furor in his mind wakes Ellipsis.  He finds the battle in progress, and turns the tables against Mal.  
While the simian is busy dodging the mutant's charged particle bolts, Sharlen nails him.  Ellipsis then takes all the combatants "prisoner”, out from under the police.  
Jak and Sharlen ask Ellipsis how they can get back to their own time.  Ellipsis has no idea: working time travel is an absurdity, so far as he knows.- However-, he reads Analog; he read a science fact article about the time stream lately.  Can't hurt to call the author.  
It seems the author knows of an experiment in time project ion; the experiment could surely use some subjects which are from another time (assuming they really are).  This would help focus their machines.  So Jak, Sharlen, and Ellipsis (with Mal sedated) go to their government-operated facility in Arizona.  
Ellipsis now knows the ways of the government, so getting in the facility is no problem with his mental power.  Once past the guards they find the science staff is willing to listen, and eager to help .  
So Sharlen and Jak, with their unconscious prisoner ape, return to the future.  And Ellipsis accompanies them.  This future has proven his enemy s far, and he wishes to neutralize it.

The scientists couid only sent Sharlen and Jak to the point when they left.  Thus, they materialize exactly where they left: in the middle of Spayg's c pound.  They take him by surprise.  
(Ellipsis notes: Why not exactly when they left? Surely that would be easier ••• ) 
A battle ensues.  Dr.  Spayg realizes: they have Mark I with them! So he calls an associate for a favor.
Sharlen, Jak and Ellipsis generally kick ass, despite ever-increasing reinforcements for their enemies.  An ellipsis guard comes to fight against the intruders; the original Ellipsis manages to overwhelm him, while Jak and Sharlen defend themselves. 
But a tall pallid figure parts the crowd which attacks them.  He states, “I am Mentus!  I guard the Mind Force, and therefore I must destroy the extra-temporal intruder." He then enters mental combat with Ellipsis.  Jak and Sharlen are forced into a corner, unable to help their ally.  
Mentus is the "ultimate" telepath, with especially highly developed mental control abilities.  The mental fight goes in his favor ••• until he finds that nobody can truly control the mind of Ellipsis except Ellipsis.  So Ellipsis finally overcomes the mental blocks which Mentus placed on his energy powers, and zaps Mentus.  
Spayg soon surrenders.  His machinery will be subjected to some legitimate-sounding organization called the Time Police.
Before the Time Police come, Ellipsis returns to his own time via Spayg's machinery.  He will intervene wherever he will, but he won't stay around to police it.