(Seb & Mr B) EtherLabs. First Draft...

"We have no way of tracking him. Is it true that he's absconded with the mutant?"
"It's true that he and Sebastian dropped off the radar at about the same time, but I would not necessarily put Mr B into the category of 'untrackable.' I believe that we should yank his programmers out of their respective time-streams and have ourselves a round-table type discussion. Knowing his, er; It's tendencies and the patterns within It's behavior will simply have to be enough for a team to track him down."
This was a grim day for the technicians at EtherLabs. The sum and culmination of their meddling in science and the fate of the world had literally 'walked out' only a matter of hours before. The board was furious. Operatives in different 'whens' were practically rudderless without the pseudo-omniscient A.I.'s guidance.
It is impossible to arrive at an exact measure of years when considering the period of time that Mr Bubble has been aiding in the stirring of the great pot that is Time. Mr Bubble is an organic super-computer (OSP) with the ability to monitor different timestreams from whatever locale (preferably EtherLabs HQ) he may be in.
The more useful the technology of Mr Bubble became, the more EtherLabs relied on him. Before long, Mr Bubble was filled with all data, ever recorded, by EtherLabs and all of the information pertaining the the work of operatives in EtherLabs Corps. The sophisticated communication devices inserted into EtherLabs operatives had been filled with the voice of Mr Bubble for immeasurable time. Without it/him there was a silence that many in the field had forgotten.
What now? Without our real-life Janus to help us to navigate Time, what are we to do?
Perhaps EtherLabs had been dabbling in time for so long that they neglected the wisdom held in something simple as a proverb. EtherLabs had put nearly all of their eggs in one basket...