Interlude: Mold the Future After Me 
Ellipsis still has to decide what to do with his life.  If he uses his many abilities to the full benefit of mankind, he will truly change mankind's future.  He knows this; he's seen this future.  
 The future may have its problems, but at least it seems technology will win the race against overpopulation.  Molecular-scale machines (nanotechnology) can be programmed to restructure molecules, atom by atom, as required.  Nanotechnology cannot transmute the base elements... but the Ellipsis Field can.
Overall, Ellipsis concludes, this future is more desirable than the projected state of affairs if no controlling factor changes.  So it's time to bring the future into existence.  Let there be more light.

Ellipsis has long-term objectives in many areas:  Nanotechnology.  Hypermedia.  AI data correlation.  Psychohistory.  Ellipsis Field.
In some of these areas, progress is fast enough for Ellipsis right now.  Bu he's concerned about the areas which would allow society to know its problems: in particular, the science of psychohistory does not even exist now.  That science would be given a great-boost, if a unified mechanism existed for analyzing all of mankind's history – social, political and economic.  
Stephen Wolcott decides to produce the world's leading historical and current events correlation database.  And he hires experts to help him.  
Adventure: One of Those Days 
Part I:  It Had to Happen in O'Hare 
Prelude: The Department of Internal Security, an agency of the United States Government, once agreed to let Stephen Wolcott go free from government supervision.  But there's another government agency that doesn't feel bound by this agreement.  Ana they've developed a paranormal, who now works for them.
They have plans to bring Ellipsis under custody, sometime when he's not on his home ground.
Stephen and Julie Wolcott are returning to New York City from a trip to Arizona.  In part, it was a debriefing for the chronal research facility who helped him travel to the future once.  But Stephen also offered to hire some of the researchers.
Julie is still adjusting to her role as co-director of the "Ellipsis Foundation".  Stephen's persuaded her that she can support and propagate Truth much more strongly if she's not a menial news reporter.  Julie mostly acts as the human interface, though Stephen was surprisingly personable with the people in Arizona.  	He must have really respected them, she thinks.
They've got a layover of about 90 minutes in Chicago O'Hare Airport on their way back to New York.  The attendant directed them to their departure gate, but nobody besides the check-in people seems to be there.  
Suddenly, the attendants clear out and a group of people in suits and ties and sunglasses surround her and Stephen.  The group point strange-looking guns at them.
Stephen can't talk with her mentally!  There must be some kind of interdiction like he's told her about! 
But he's long since learned which facial expressions correspond to which mental states.  He says, 'You do not truly intend to fire weapons in a crowded airport."
One man responds, 'Not if you're smart.  We have authority to take you into custody.· 
“You do not.  I have fulfilled all obligations I had with your government.  Unless you have proof of any offense I've ever done against you, you will be on your way." 
“No.  We have authority to take you into custody.  You will come with us.”
Even without mental contact, Julie can tell that Stephen wants to blast them all.  He materializes his mask, the way he always does for combat.  She tries to calm him down, 
But one agent grabs her and drags her away from Stephen.  Bad move on their part, she thinks, 
Naturally, Stephen bolts the guy.  But the bolt doesn't hit~ It diverts to a teenage girl who's standing behind the agents.  The energy from the bolt sort of orbits her.  The agents step aside to clear a path between her and Stephen.  
Stephen says, “Best?”· He stands, with fists out, as if expecting something to happen.  And Julie can tell he's surprised when it doesn't.  He must have tried to zap their mental interdiction - and it didn't work! 
Then the agents start shooting at him.  He shoots back, but it all orbits this one girl!  She returns fire.  
Julie thinks: She loves Stephen dearly, but he sure is quick to start a fight.  All the same, she'd prefer he win this fight rather than the government.  If they are the government...
And this one girl who's with them ••• Where'd they dig her up from? She's the one who's keeping Stephen under their power.  
So Julie tackles the girl, just after one time when the girl shoots him.
About a second later, a green cloud billows out from Stephen.  Everyone who's still standing falls.
But Julie's opponent swings an arm to knock her off, with surprising strength.  While Julie recovers, the girl jumps up to grapple with Stephen.
 Julie recalls Stephen backing the girl against a wall, with his eyes flashing wildly, and saying, ·”Why attack us? Tell me ••• Tell me •••”  But the next thing she remembers, they're both gone! 
There are no holes through the ceiling, walls or floor - so Stephen didn't remove the fight from the terminal.  He must have been removed!
The supposed government agents are still recovering.  Julie runs away.

Part II:  Land of the Lizard King

Prelude:  Anne has been away from Earth for almost two years, as best as she can count.  She's been in this strange world that long.  She showed up there unexpectedly one day.  She doesn't know why.  No matter what she does, she can't get back to Earth.  
This world is like some fantasy novel.  It has kings and queens and magicians.  But she's never seen the magic work.  Her king (the one who found her first) had his magician try to perform spells for her; they didn't work.  Everyone made a big deal out of this.  They treat her as if she's the only one who's never seen magic.  
Now there's this conqueror, the Lizard King, coming toward the city.  The wizard says she's the only one who could possibly stop him.  She thinks the wizard just wants her out of the way.  But her king is really treating her like she's the last hope of his kingdom.  He surrounds her with his best knights as he sends  her out to face the conqueror. 
But a few knights don't keep the Lizard King away from her, once they come in contact with him.  He makes them fall aside with images of some sort.  She can't see the supposed images at all.  
The Lizard King's army shies away from her as if she were a witch or something.  But the Lizard King himself comes up and drives her against the wall of some town's building.  He doesn't look like a lizard at all – or a wizard!  He yells at her, “How can you resist my power? Tell me ••.  Tell me •.•” 
The land turns unreal around her".  Anne wishes she were back on Earth.  
They're suddenly not where they were anymore.  
They seem to be in some sort of tunnel.  Anne's on the ground now, with the Lizard King surprised above her.  
There's another woman on the ground, with another man seemingly surprised above her.  This other man wears a white mask, with no features except for eyes and nose.  His hair shows, and it makes him look like a demon! 
On second glance, the other woman is more like a teenage girl.  And she jumps up and hugs the Lizard King, saying "Help me! Save me!' 
The masked man comes to Anne and says, 'Can you tell me what goes on here?" 
Anne looks around.  It looks like a tunnel through the sky, not the ground! She doesn't know what to say.  
The Lizard King decides to try to intimidate the masked man.  Unknown to Anne, the masked man sees the Lizard King in full serpentine glory.  Anne actually feels a little of this. 
But the masked man is not intimidated.  He imposes upon the Lizard King a vision of the masked man tearing the sky apart, causing things to fall from it.  Anne feels much of this vision.  The Lizard King jumps back.
Anne looks around.  Wherever they are, her end of the tunnel must lead back to the place were she was.  The other end might lead back to Earth! 
While the men are confronting each other, Anne goes to the teenager and tries to lead her out of the battle zone.  She refuses to go, and starts throwing-energy around.  Where it hits the walls of the tunnel, they shimmer.  This could cut the tunnel so they all land wherever the masked man came from - and remove the Lizard King from the world Anne was defending! 
Anne grabs the teenage girl's wrists and aims them toward the end of the tunnel where Anne came in.  After a few seconds the tunnel collapses.  The four of them on some other world.  High in the air above cornfields.  Anne screams.  
The masked man grabs her.  He can fly! 
But the others apparently can't.  The girl is clutching to the Lizard King as they plummet.  
The masked man shoots a bolt at them.  It orbits the girl, and her descent slows! The masked man keeps a continual flow of energy flowing to the girl as they all descend.  They land together.  
The Lizard King yells at the masked man, but he says, "I am Ellipsis.  You attacked me. And you attacked me," he says at the teenager.  "And I saved you both.  It ends now,· 
The girl, blank-faced until now, moans loudly and clutches her head.  
Ellipsis is about to leave, but Anne gets him to stay and help the teenage girl.  He seems to have some kind of mental power, which calms the girl .  Anne and the Lizard King can only watch.  
The Lizard King says to Anne, ·”Well! I guess it's over, now that I'm back on Earth." 
“You too?”
Epilogue: Ellipsis reunites with Julie.  They resolve to drive to Canada, where they'll be safe from U.S.  government attacks.  After that, who knows? 
Anne goes with them.  It seems she lives in Lansing, Michigan.  
Adventure: The Council of Ordered Realities
Background:
The dimension travellers in our immediate continuum have banded together for mutual benefit.  Their organization is called the Congress of Ordered Realities.  (They have defined Ordered Realities as universes which roughly follow our physical laws.)  In the Congress of Ordered Realities, each Planet Earth is entitled to one representative, so long as that representative-can travel between realities without aid from other beings.  In general, the first dimension traveller who reports to the Congress from a particular Earth gets to represent that Earth.  Dimension travellers from planets other than Earth are entitled to sit as observers.  
The Congress of Ordered Realities has relations with most of the Chaos dimensions.  (These dimensions are defined as those which do not follow all of our physical laws.)  The Congress sends representatives to the Highest Council of the Known Dimensions, which is the one constant meeting place between Ordered Realities and the Chaos dimensions.
[Acknowledgment to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the first people to chronicle the Highest Council of the Known Dimensions.  In their story Dormammu once held a duel with Dr. Strange, with the winner to assume the supreme voice in the Highest Council.  Dr. Strange won, but Dormarrrnu dispersed the assemblage before Dr. Strange could exercise control.  At the time, the Highest Council of the Known Dimensions seemed to consist of Chaos dimensions almost exclusively.]
The Congress of Ordered Realities has representatives from most comic-book Earths.  [Dr. Doom represents the Marvel Universe.  Dr. Strange was busy when the Congress was organizing, and Mr. Fantastic has better things to do.)  But despite its grandiose name, the Congress does not represent all ordered realities.  In particular, the Golden Circle of Amber does not recognize the Congress, and considers it to be an upstart rival.  (For those not familiar with Amber, it is the only dimension which is ruled by natural dimension travellers, and considers itself the center of the multiverse.)
Each year, the full Congress meets to elect a Council, which has 12 members.  The Council sits in session all year, and conducts the business which supports dimension travellers.  This business includes currency exchange, traveller rescue, and the occasional threat to all realities.  
The Council's getting rather corrupt nowadays.  Only a few dimension travellers want to spend their full time on a council.  Those who do are generally out for personal gain .  Seats on the Council are assigned until the death or resignation of the Council member, or until 10 of the 11 other Council members vote to expel them.  Expulsion is usually based on nonattendance.  Council seats are assigned by the Council (10/12 vote), and confirmed by the Congress (majority vote). 
[Dr. Doom is one of-the Council members.  He has a Doom robot represent him.] 
Prologue: 
There's a vacancy on the Council of Ordered Realities ever since the Doom Bear was slain by some dimension-travelling adventurers.  There used to be some question about whether the Doom Bear really represented an ordered reality, but he used to get away with it.  There are some people on the Council who want to offer the Doom Bear's seat to those adventurers.  The one called "Mighty Tim” would hold the seat.  
This faction of the Council has a means for controlling the Mighty Tim.  They would thereby gain increased power on the Council • So they send people to capture the Mighty Tim.  
The Priests of the Risen One, who have a representative on the council, don't like this idea.  So they send people to slay the Mighty Tim.

Part I: The Hunt 
One day, Mike Roberts (secretly the Mighty Tim) is ambushed by people who can teleport.  He barely escapes, and barely keeps ahead of them.  The chase goes through several dimensions.  
During the chase, Mike notices: Some of the pursuers are firing at each other! Even so, he needs help.  But it's a while before he has a chance to get it.  
He finally lands flaming in Laura Greene's dorm room, and falls to hands and knees.  Her roommate screams.  
Luckily, Laura's there too.  She jumps up from her seat.  "Mike! What's wrong?" ·
“Under ••• attack.  Help •••” 
Mike notices someone other than Laura in the room.  He has to get out of there before the attack comes! 
 So he teleports with laura to an open field, with a busted barn in the distance.  ·
“Mike – wait!  Let me get my stone!" 
That's when the attack comes.  Mike's nearly helpless, and Laura isn't much better.  When she tries to stop one of the attackers, they blast her.  
When Laura wakes up, Mike and his attackers are gone.  And she's in horrible pain.  
She manages to summon her power stone from her dorm room, and fly back home with it.  Before she collapses, her last command to the stone is, ”Get help•••” 
Stephen and Julie Wolcott on on Interstate 69, fleeing Chicago toward Canada.  In Chicago they were attacked by forces claiming to be government security agents, with a mandate to take Ellipsis into custody once more.  With the Wolcotts is a woman named Anne, whom Stephen met when he was cast into another dimension.  Julie's driving, with Stephen in the front passenger seat.  
They're driving through Lansing just in case the Feds try to barricade the Canadian border at Detroit.  But Lansing is home to the Balance.  What if the Balance once again intervenes against Ellipsis? 
Suddenly, Stephen sees a faceted stone flying alongside his window.  -It looks like Morningstar's stone! As far as he knows, the stone cannot act without Morningstar's hand on it! But things may have changed, and he's forgotten so much as it is.  And, for all he knows, this stone is merely a duplicate! 
After mentally telling Julie the situation, Stephen reaches out the window to grab the stone.  He'd hate to destroy it, but he may have to ••• 
But before he can decide, the stone floods him with sensory data.  Laura's hurt, and Mike is kidnapped! 
Stephen turns to Julie, and says, "The Balance may not be around to stop us.  I believe they're under attack like we are.· The two of them decide to intervene - Stephen and Julie together.  Julie's not about to let Stephen leave her alone now.  
Stephen then introduces Julie to Morningstar's power stone.  

Part II: Rescue 

[Author's Note, 2010:  The Council of Ordered Realities was especially intent on suppressing this part of this adventure.  That is to say, apparently it got modified after the last time I printed the files out, so there's no printout.  So I'm having to reconstruct the story from memory.  Fortunately it's the most recently-written story of the Ellipsis time line, and it's so cool that I remember most of it.]

Stephen and Julie leave their car and belongings with Anne.  Then they contact FOAD and the Raven Gaunt, the junior members of the Balance.  They all go to Morningstar in the hospital.  Ellipsis gets the details from her mind.
There follows some detective work, involving the MSU Science Fiction Society which knows about a Society of Travellers.  The Society knows how to find a dimension called “Ordered Realities”.  If nothing else, they can search from there.
The Raven Gaunt can teleport.  With some mental aid from Ellipsis, he can teleport to the origin dimension of these attackers.

They arrive in a crowded bazaar:  the Ordered Realities Plaza.  They follow the signs, and register like any travellers.  Then Stephen and Julie cheerfully go shopping for inconspicuous clothes.  FOAD finds a bar and then a whorehouse.  The Raven Gaunt has a fit, but finally realizes he can't do anything yet.

The next day, there is a representation duel:  Ellipsis, FOAD and the Raven Gaunt vs. three enhanced holy warriors of the Church of the Risen One.  In the arena, there's a lot of close combat and FOAD has to help the others out.
Meanwhile, Julie plays “investigative reporter” and sneaks around looking for the Mighty Tim.  She finds him in the compound of the Society of Travellers, also known as  “Nerds in Space”.  She gets him out of a sedation tube, but a big fat nerd almost smothers her before the Mighty Tim revives just enough to intervene.
Ultimately, Ellipsis finds an ally in the audience: one Clea, Queen of Chaos.  (Yeah, the same one who knows Dr. Strange.)  With her backing him, he ends the fight and gives a “Do not threaten me and my lady” speech.  They arrange for Clea to staff the vacant Council seat, and leave in peace.