Everlasting light

The sound of roaring fire filled the air as the ARC slowly burnt filling the sky with a bloom of thick black smoke. Becker stood with the anomaly research team as the last of the evacuations were brought out safely. The team watched on as the building burnt, Helen had crossed the line this time and Lester had ordered her arrest or if that wasn't doable shoot to kill was next.

"Captain Becker I don't wish for you to make a scene out of this but Cutter is still inside there is no sign of him out here" Lester whispered into Becker's ear.

"What would you have me do sir" Becker replied looking back at Lester.

"Do your job captain that's what id have you do" Lester ordered before turning away walking back to the ARC team. Becker wasted no time in picking up his rifle and taking three soldiers and ran towards the ARC to retrieve Nick from inside no matter what the outcome. As Becker and the other three men entered the building they lowered the visors on their helmets to kept the smoke and heat out of their faces.

"Stay close to me keep your weapons ready and d not shoot unless hostile, lets go" Becker ordered before heading to Nick's office to see if he was there. The heat wasn't as hot on the lower levels as the fire had be set in the top two floors of the building, Becker felt underlying rage towards Helen and lucky for her she wasn't in his sight line.

"Sir I hear some shouting from down this corridor it seems to be coming from the Anomaly mapping room" one of Becker's men informed.

The four men ran towards the source of the noise and rounded the corner to see Helen holding a gun to Nick's chest.

"I'm sorry but this has to be done" Helen said with tears in her eyes before pulling the trigger just as Becker shouted for her to lower her weapon. Everything seemed to go in slow motion Nick stumbled and the bullet hit him in the right hand side of his chest before falling to the ground gasping for air. The air was filled with four more shots before Helen's body hit the floor seconds after Nick's.

"Cutter can you hear me Cutter" Becker shouted tapping his face lightly, Nick was murmuring random words as Becker did his best to stop the bleeding before throwing Nick over his shoulder before him and his men became to head for the exit of the building.

As they turned to corner to where the exit was waiting for them Becker and his men skidded to a stop when they saw the doors blocked by fallen debris.

"Damn it, come on" Becker shouted before gesturing for his men to follow.

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"Lester where is Becker and Nick" Jenny asked?

"To be honest miss Lewis I don't know I have sent captain Becker into the ARC to search for him but it doesn't look good at this moment" Lester said calmly, just as he finished the sentence a huge explosion ripped the top levels of the ARC to pieces before each level began to explode one by one. Screams sounded from all around the team as the ARC special services moved everybody back as the building began to fall. the final blast caused the ground floor to be blown to pieces causing the upper levels to fall.

Jenny and the rest of the team turned to look at each other all having a sense of knowing. They all turned back to the huge bloom of smoke knowing anyone left inside the building was dead. Jenny's eyes began to prickle before she felt the tears slowly rolls down her soft cheeks, Abby turned her head into Conner's shoulder and began to cry silently while Conner felt his lip begin to quiver before he also felt tears slid from his eyes.

"Captain, Captain are you ok how the hell" A soldier shouted above the noise, everyone turned to see the what the soldier was yelling about. Lester saw Becker and three other men running from the smoke. That's when Lester saw Nick slung over Becker's shoulder.

"Get an ambulance now" Lester bellowed over the noise of surprise from the ARC employees that they had lived. Jenny, Conner and Abby looked up to see Becker lay Nick onto a stretcher before letting the paramedics tend to his injuries. They saw Becker briefly explain what happened before walking off to his men.

Jenny ran over to were Nick was to see the bullet wound in his chest which was bleeding heavily her tears began to flow freely now as they lifted Nick into the back of ambulance. She felt a hand on her shoulder, as she turned she saw Sarah looking back giving her a reassuring smile.

"Come on we will follow them in the car" Sarah said leading her into the car before turning the engine on and following the sirens, Nicks life held in the balance.

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I'm upset about the news in the upcoming episode (number 3) the twist is awful in my way of thinking but we will have to move on.

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