Sophia Merrill worked for her dream company; she just hadn’t planned on it being as a security guard. It did afford her time to finish her master’s degree, and it paid good money for minimal work. Most nights were a routine of pulling on locked doors and studying for her classes. Until the night that something broke out of one of the labs and she has to hunt it down. What she hadn’t planned on was an accident that would turn her world upside down. She awoke to find herself transported back in time but she didn’t end up there alone. Now she has to continue the hunt for a dangerous creature in a time that doesn’t have the weapons capable of killing it. If she builds what she needs she could change time forever, but letting the creature live might be just as bad.A sci-fi, time traveling, steampunk, monster hunting romantic adventure. Written for the 2011 NaNo WriMo challenge.