The anomaly alert alarm blared throughout the ARC. Connor sat at his computer screen terribly confused as to why it was coming out twice as loud as normal. Soon the rest of the team joined him. They didn't look too happy at this latest development.

"What's going on Connor?" Cutter asked.

"I'm not sure..."

"Well you'd better find out otherwise I think I shall die from sound poisoning." remarked Lester as he walked past the group.

Connor began to type and a few seconds later two red bleeping dots came up on the screen.

"What does that mean?" questioned Abby.

"Oh my god. It means there's two anomalies open."

"Right. Connor and Abby can take – that one" announced Cutter pointing to one of the red dots on the map. "Me and Stephen will take this one."

As the group got into their cars and grabbed their weapons Abby carefully examined Connor's face. Whatever they'd discovered it was confusing him a lot and she wasn't too surprised.

"How can there be two anomalies open at the same time?" she queried.

"Like this." he replied as she started to drive.

Since it was her car there was little chance of her letting him touch it let alone drive. Abby trusted Connor with all the technology in the world, apart from her own. Despite all his brilliance he could be incredibly stupid sometimes.

By the time they arrived at the anomaly site Cutter had already phoned them to say he and Stephen had arrived at theirs. Connor and Abby examined their anomaly. The alleyway they were in was very dim; there was no sign of the signature glow an anomaly would typically emit and so it took them a while to find it. After a few minutes of searching the dank place Connor received another phone call from Cutter. He sounded quite out of breath as he spoke.

"Connor we've found a creature. It has a reptilian body like a dragon's yet the head of a turkey. Whoa!" there was a pause as Cutter dodged the creature; Connor could hear its heavy breathing as it rushed past. "It has these gigantic talons too. Ring any bells?"

"No." answered Connor worriedly.

"Not even a little bit?" Stephen yelled into the phone having grabbed it off Cutter.

"Sorry mate. Maybe it's from the future?"

"It doesn't – seem – clever – enough!" he panted. "We're just about to drive it through –"

A bang came from the phone and then there was silence.

"Stephen? Cutter!" yelled Connor in alarm.

The silence continued for a while before Stephen replied.

"Sorry, dropped the phone. Cutter's just got it through, I'm not quite sure how but I'm glad I didn't have to. I'm handing you over to him now."

"We're about to go back to the ARC but that creature was nothing like I've ever seen before. It appeared to be some huge hybrid. These anomalies appeared at the exactly the same time. That must mean they're linked. Ours is gone so I want you to-"

"Go through ours and see if we can sort out that creature for good?" Connor guessed.

"Yes. It's far too dangerous to roam around history."

"See you at the ARC." said Connor and hung up.

Abby had walked over to him to eavesdrop on one half of the conversation. She knew just as well as Connor what had to be done, but first they needed to find the anomaly. They already spent quite a while searching. Connor leant back against a pile of junk on the wall resting briefly before they began it again. His weight however accidentally sent the large object crashing down. Connor jumped away in shock.

"Oops!" he exclaimed as the piece of fragile wood smashed on the floor.

Behind it however was an old mirror. It was at least a metre wide surrounded by an old wooden frame of grandeur. The surface of it rippled unnaturally. Abby nervously approached it.

"Connor, I think you may have found our anomaly."

She reached out to touch it and the ripples spread, gathering around her finger. As they grew larger they seemed to grow in strength and Abby was pulled through.

"Abby!" Connor shouted.

Not stopping to think about getting help he dived through the looking glass after her.

He was falling through a whirlpool of clouds. He could see Abby below him screaming and flailing around in the air. He however wasn't due to the fact that he'd forgotten to breathe. It felt like he was being squeezed to a pulp, there was no space for air. Abby suddenly disappeared below him as if she'd travelled through an invisible door.