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"I'm still loving this. You know, back at school, you'd have to do everything I told you to do right?" Conner said smirking, as he wasn't scared to pat Becker on the head. Matt tried not to laugh, but failed.

Becker cursed again for telling Conner and Matt when he was born. They had even double-checked on his file. He was 26 and Becker had always been proud of being the youngest, his whole life. He was the youngest out of his brother and sister, his brother being thirty and sister being twenty-eight. He had been the youngest in all his classes at Primary school, Secondary school and college. He would have gone to university if he had not of been picked up by the government and put right into training. He was put straight into the best training camp in the world and still the youngest. Everyone was twenty or over and he was only eighteen. He had also improved more than others had and went straight into the 'Big Boys' within three weeks. Everyone else in the 'Big Boys' was twenty-four or over. To top it all off, he had been the youngest in every government operation he had ever been in.

He was fine with being the youngest, but now, he was wishing he had never mentioned his age.

"I would never do as you say if we were at school," Becker simply said, trying to change the subject and trying to get on with his file work.

"Oh really? I would be older, what would you have?" Conner said, really acting like a school bully but only playfully.

"Well, considering I turned round and put the school bully in hospital for three weeks and I was more of a gentleman plus 'adorable' I'd say that every girl in the school would beat you black and blue if you laid one finger on me," he said, flashing a full grin at the open-mouthed man.

"You? Adorable?" Matt asked, stepping into the conversation.

"Yes! You haven't seen him with a pink bow on his head." Jess said, turning around in her ADD chair. Matt's eyebrow was raised as the young woman actually had had Becker put a pink bow on his head. He slowly turned towards Becker.

"I lost a dare and slightly changing the subject, but isn't Jess the youngest. She's nineteen." He said, defending himself and feeding Jess to the lions.

"Becker, Becker, Becker," Conner said walking up to his desk and chair he was at. "Being the youngest woman isn't fun or nice to tease. It's... it's cute. Being the youngest makes her cute and adorable and loveable." Conner said, describing it clear as he saw it. When Conner was complementing Jess, her back seemed to get straighter and straighter and a huge grin spread across her face.

"And you being the youngest man gives us more authority to tease you about it. I mean, you're the youngest by one year. Even that solider of yours... Blondi! Even he's older then you, he's twenty-seven." Matt said in a mocking tone. His full Irish accent hitting Becker in the face like a gust of wind. Becker couldn't stop them teasing him unless he wanted to hurt them. Sometimes he could get out, but other times he's just boxed into a corner so much, the only way out was by giving pain.

Just as Conner and Matt were about to start again, Emily walked towards them. She had been at the ARC for some time now and was slowly getting the hang of modern day things. She walked towards them with a report. She hadn't been given a full time job, so was stuck with walking around handing reports to people and going around giving out messages, etc. etc.. She wore a black dress that had been supplied to her by the ARC. It looked good on her, as said by many, but Becker agreed with Emily herself that it was horrible. It didn't suit her at all. Too dull and... office like. Emily wasn't an office person and that had been made clear a couple of times, but was still ignored by all.

She placed the paper on Becker's 'to do' pile and flashed everyone a smile. Becker grinned as Lester had taught her well to smile when she really wanted to scream.

"So, how's the world doing?" she asked. Matt blinked since Victorians didn't say 'how's the world doing'. They didn't shorten things either so why was she saying 'how's' instead of 'how is'? Becker leaned to the side so Matt could see him.

"Two of my soldiers, Blondi and Lenny, have been teaching her some 'modern day talk'. I found it incredibly funny when they tried to get her to say 'init'," he said almost laughing. Emily rolled her eyes, remembering the five hours she had spent trying to say the word and then ending up still not being able to say it.

"We're doing fine Emily. We were just teasing Becker because he is the youngest man in the ARC," Conner said, recovering faster than Matt over the fact that Emily was trying to sound, act and talk like them.

"Already knew that. All of Becker's soldiers knew that ages ago." Matt and Conner's mouths dropped. "Anyway, got to take Becker's 'done' pile to Lester who will then say 'take it to get filed'." She picked up Becker's giant pile of 'done' paper work and walked off before another word could be said. Becker said nothing, but raised an eyebrow at the two men. He then went back to work.


Matt marched towards Room 45 where Becker had told him that Emily had tried to learn how to talk like a modern day person. When he reached the room, Lenny and Blondi were already waiting.

Blondi was the second youngest man in the ARC and one of Becker's best men. He was a skinny man with short blond hair and always seemed to be quite dumb, even though he was smart and brilliant on the field. Because of his blond hair and dumbness, he was nicknamed Blondi. He was always joking around and acted like a teenager at most times. He even looked like one.

Lenny was quite different. He was a black man in his early thirties and unlike Blondi, had a family. He had once been a cop in America then moved up into the government. No one knows the story of how he moved to England with his wife and two daughters, but there had been rumours that it wasn't a pleasant experience. He was also quite skinny and had puffy brown hair.

"Gents," Matt said, grabbing their attention.

"Mathew, what you doing here man?" Lenny asked, his American accent kicking in, meaning he was startled by Matt's sudden appearance.

"I'd like a quick word about you teaching Emily to learn about modern day language." Both men laughed a little and were a bit touched that Matt cared about what she was learning as if he was her father.

Blondi raised his hands in defence as he stepped forwards.

"Mate-" Blondi started, but was cut off.

"Look, I don't have much time, but just don't teach her stuff that doesn't need to be taught like... swearing. Okay?" Matt said, using his Irish accent to hopefully put some fear into both men. He hated the way they didn't call him 'Sir' since that is what they were meant to call him. He needed to talk to Lester about that. Becker had started being too playful and friendly with his men and in doing so; they were calling everyone that was higher than them by their names, not Sir or Madam.

Both men nodded to say they understood. Lenny was about to open his mouth to speak, but Matt was out the room with a single, "perfect".

As Matt left, Emily walked into the room. Blondi noticed that she wasn't wearing the heels she had been given, but a pair of Becker trainers. He sniggered, as they knew that their Captain wouldn't be too impressed with a woman wearing his trainers.

"So Em, what would you like to learn today?" Lenny asked, making it an optional lesson. Emily started to like the fact that she was being called Em. She thought it was a bit sloppy, but she liked it as it made her feel more like she was wanted.

"Well, maybe something that most people would laugh at me for not knowing. Like when I didn't know what a mobile was. I was laughed at for that," she said, playing with her hands slightly.

Lenny had his mouth open as he and Blondi shared a look. They then turned back to her and Lenny grew a smile and said:

"Swearing it is then!" Emily smiled as she was about to learn something new and possibly exciting.


The ADD's alarm wailed like a screaming child. Jess typed at the keys to get the team's destination.

"Where is it Jess?" Matt asked leaning over her chair and a bit too close for Jess's liking. She focused more on the anomaly though.

"South of the ARC... It's at a government science office. Be careful you don't get turned into a seven-headed monster," she said, trying to lighten the mood with a joke. She had watched a horror movie with Conner and Abby about scientists in a government project mutating animals and it all went wrong and they tried to kill the scientists. Only Conner laughed at this joke since the dog in the movie grew six more heads.

The team started to make their way towards the cars, but Emily stopped Matt.

"I want to come."

"No, Ethan might be about. It's too dangerous." He replied, looking her sternly in the eyes.

"But-"

"No buts," and with that, he was off. Emily sighed.

She was never allowed to have any fun.


Becker was slammed into the wall as his EMD gun flew down the hall. The creature's tail retreated, but Becker knew it wasn't finished with him. His team didn't know he was in this part of the building or that the creature was with him. The anomaly was a future one and Becker could only guess that he was fighting a giant scorpion/dog type creature.

Its skin was completely a shield and was just like a scorpion's. You couldn't fry it, you couldn't freeze it and you couldn't shoot it. It also had a long tail with a stinger on the end. Its legs were like dog's legs with paws, but unlike dogs, with giant claws like lions. It had pincers at the front of its face, but its eyes were cat like and when it blinked, its eyelids came across from the side, not up and down. Becker opened his eyes and saw the creature turning round to charge at him. He knew that the eyes were the weak point, but getting to them was hard.

Becker jumped to his feet and ran down the hall. The creature sprinted off after him.

When the team had first arrived, scientists were all outside thinking it was a fire drill. As the team made their way in, many had told them to be careful with what they had been working on. Conner had tried to calm them down by saying he'd do his best since he was a bit of a scientist himself. Becker just ignored the lot of them and marched straight into the building.

Becker picked up his gun and ran faster. The creature was fast, but it had too much weight so Becker was faster. He turned the corner, running faster. The creature slowed as it stood at the end of the corridor. Becker looked back. The creature roared and pounced forward. Becker didn't look back as he tried to pick up speed. The creature then suddenly, skidded to a halt - a thin bit of rock and flash shot out of the creature's stingerstraight at Becker. It ripped into his shoulder. Becker fell forward as he felt his shoulder was in enough pain to make him think it had just been cropped off with a blunt axe. He fell face first on the floor, screaming in agony. He lay there, screaming, unsure what was real and what was a nightmare.

The creature walked up behind him. It used its tail to pick Becker up by the leg and hung him in front of its eyes. It blinked sideways as it studied Becker's face. Becker's face screwed up in pain, which was disapproved of by the creature. The creature threw Becker through a sheet of glass that separated the lab from the hall. Becker flew through that and skimmed over all the lab tables, knocking over all the chemicals that the scientists had been working on. Chemicals and acids fell all over Becker's body, into his eyes and even into his mouth, which he swallowed by accident.

The chemicals burned Becker's body as he screamed in agony and unbearable pain. The creature cried itself. Becker's pain and screams seemed too much for the creature's ears. It fled to find something else to put into pain.

As the creature left, Emily came running up the hall. She had disobeyed Matt's orders, but she didn't care. She was dressed in the clothes she had worn when she had travelled through the Gateways. She saw the mess of the lab and could only guess that Becker had been there. She knew this because Becker always did things a bit too much to the extreme and this was extreme. She snapped her head up as she heard the creature roar somewhere near in the building. She was about to go after it when she heard a different type of cry. It came from the corner of the lab. Emily saw an EMD gun and picked it up. She knew it was silly as she knew what the cry was from, but she wanted to be safe. She walked towards the sound, stepping over broken glass and liquids on the floor.

She got to where the cry was, but there was nothing there. She looked down and saw an ARC uniform. She choked on her own breath as she knew who those boots belonged to. They were Becker's. They were the old ARC uniforms boots. On the floor was his boots, trousers and top, but there was no Becker. Then, his top moved. Emily pointed the gun at it. With the tip of the gun, she moved the top so she could see what was in it.

A baby.

It was a baby. Emily guessed that it was about one and a half to two years old. It had a little thick layer of black hair on the top of its head. She looked at it a little more and not only did she notice that it was naked, but it was a boy too. She kneeled down and was welcomed by the same hard blue eyes that she had seen every day since she arrived in the 20th century.

This wasn't just a baby boy. It was a baby Becker.

"Um... Oh bloody hell." She said, her strong English accent welcoming the new words she had spoken for the first time.


Well, Becker's a baby and there's a giant Scorpion running around a bunch of scientist's labs. Now, what else could go wrong? What! Just Jinxed it.

If anyone has any ideas of what they would like to happen, let me know in a review. It may or may not happen, but I'd like to hear them anyway.

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