Hello everybody. Well, if you read my new chapter of my other story "Through the Anomaly" yesterday, you would know that this is the story that I was talking about. Well, about two months ago, the amazingly awesome Kathryn Hart and I decided to write a story together. After a lot of brainstorming and lots of ideas thrown out, this is what we got. It takes place Post S3 Ep10 and Pre S4 Ep1, BUT since we don't know what is going to happen is series 4, this might not happen. But, we are both proud of it and wish that this would happen. We had a good time in writing it so I hope you enjoy it!
"What do you mean Connor, Abby, AND Danny aren't back yet?" asked a very annoyed Lester.
"We don't know what happened to them," explained Sarah. "They said to open the anomaly after two hours and they never came back through. For all we know they could still be stuck at site 333."
Lester sighed and ran his hand through his hair. How could this happen. First Stephen dies closely followed by Cutter then Jenny leaves, and now Connor, Abby, AND Danny are missing. This team was falling apart faster than the men's tie sale at his favorite department store.
"What do you suppose we do?" asked Sarah, snapping Lester out of his thoughts. "Do you think we need to hire…."
"No," said Lester quickly. "We don't need to bring more people in this so they can be killed."
"So what are we going to do? Wait until they come back through an anomaly from different eras? Lester that could take ages!"
"It's all we can do," said Lester. "We wait, and that's it."
Sir James Lester sat wearily down at his desk. He could not avoid the inevitable any longer. The ARC just couldn't run without Connor, Abby and Danny. Gone a whole month, people were starting to think the worst. So he did something he told Sarah Page he'd never do. He grabbed a stack of forms and prepared to find their replacements.
"Let's see," he said as he flipped through the files. "We'll need a PR professional and a Technology geek. Oh the possibilities! Let's do Technology first shall we."
Lester picked up the first application. It was pretty messed up and covered in all sorts of stains.
"Bull Moriartie," he said looking at the application. The picture on the front was of a guy with a lot of piercings and tattoos. "Likes tattoo art, video games and…clubbing! Absolutely not." He threw the application in the trash bin.
After scanning through dozens of applications and throwing away most of them, Lester came across one that caught his eye.
"Andrea Melina Anderson" he said. The picture on the front was of a young woman with flaming red hair. Lester decided to read on. "At least she doesn't have any extra piercings. Let's see, age 23, just graduated from college, majors in Technology and Computers, currently single…she seems like a good candidate. I'll call her for an interview."
Having found a possible replacement for Connor, Lester prepared to find one for Jenny Lewis. He should've done this a long time ago; her departure had made his job ten times harder. He didn't realize how much Jenny had held this operation together.
He picked up a file and opened it up. "Not much information. Let's see, name: Lily Jackson, Age: 29, that's good, single, long history with Public Relations. That's strange, no picture. Hmm." He set the strange file aside for further investigation.
After looking at the other applications, it seemed that Lily was the best choice. No other candidates had real experience with Public Relations other than her. Plus, he knew Sarah would be happy if there were two girls to join. Then again, Becker might not be too happy with the arrangements, but he had his soldiers he could talk to.
Lester picked up his phone and dialed the number of Andrea.
"Hello?" a female voice said on the other line.
"Hello, this is Sir James Lester from the ARC organization and I was wondering if you were still interested in the job as our new Head of Technology."
"Oh, umm, yes I am," she said.
"Splendid!" said Lester, in his "not so excited" voice. "Now we have to schedule an interview. How does tomorrow morning sound?"
"Oh actually I'm busy all of tomorrow. Can it be after the weekend?"
"Whenever is best for you," said Lester. "I'll see you Monday morning at 10 'o clock for you interview. Good day."
Lester then hung up the phone and sighed. "Alright," he said, "now to call Ms Jackson."
He dialed the number given and waited. But he didn't have to wait long. After the second ring he heard a female voice.
"Hello?" The voice made him stop for a second. That voice seemed familiar, but he couldn't place his finger on it. "Hello?" The voice said again, a little annoyed, and Lester found his tongue.
"This is Sir James Lester, is this Miss Jackson?" Immediately the voice changed.
"Oh! Yes, umm, yes, well..." The voice was a little surprised and slightly panicked. Lester cut right to the chase.
"Are you still interested in filling in as the ARC's government Public Relations Representative?"
"Yes! Yes I am!" Lester could hear a smile.
"Good, now all that's left is the interview. What time would be available for you, as soon as possible of course?"
"Oh James, I believe I will fill in perfectly for the job, trust me. I'll be in on Monday for my first day."
Lester was unable to speak. How dare this woman use his first name like she was his best friend! By the time he was able to speak it was too late. The sharp click in his ear made him jump slightly in his posh office chair.
As Lily set the phone back in its cradle, she smiled. Things were working out just perfect. She couldn't wait for her first day on Monday.
Meanwhile down in the hub, Sarah was sitting in a chair in front of the ADD, fiddling around with an AHD (anomaly handheld device).
"Come on guys," she said. "I know you're out there, just…please."
She was so focused on the handheld that she didn't notice someone come up behind her.
"Playing around with an AHD and sitting in front of the ADD isn't going to make them come back any sooner," said a male voice from behind her.
Sarah turned around in her seat and saw Captain Becker standing beside her.
"I know," she said, "I just want to be there in case they come through an anomaly."
Becker smiled. Sarah had changed since the incident. She was more quite and kept to herself a bit more. Probably the shock was still setting in. It wasn't the Sarah he knew.
"Sarah it's been a month already," he said. "They could come back any time, they could never come back. You only live once Sarah, it's time to move on and live your life."
"I'm not going to abandon my friends Becker," she said sternly.
'I'm not telling you to do that," said Becker.
There was a pause.
"Look, it could be decades until another anomaly opens that leads to where they are. Don't waste your life waiting for it, when there the possibility that it could never come."
"I know." Sarah replied. "It's just...it's just..." She sighed. "It's just like losing Cutter all over again. At least this time there's hope that they might come back. I can't go on without hoping, Becker." She sniffed loudly, letting a tear drop fall onto the AHD. All of a sudden she felt a desperate need to be held. Knowing Becker would never offer, she jumped out of her chair and hugged him tightly, wanting all of this madness to go away.
To say that Becker was surprised was an understatement. But not wanting to offend her, he warily put one of his hands on her back to reassure her. Their uneasy hug did help them both though.
Suddenly, a voice from behind them broke them apart. "Sorry to break up your little love fest but I have an announcement."
The two turned to see Sir James Lester standing behind them, looking annoyed, as usual.
"Yes sir," said Becker.
"Well I took into consideration that this organization is falling without Danny, Connor and Abby here, let only actually in this era."
"So, what are you doing about it?" asked Sarah.
"Well, I have called two people and now, we have a new PR professional and a new Head of Technology, and yes, Sarah, you will not have to be in charge of Technology and your normal job."
"Who did you hire?" asked Becker.
"Lily Jackson and Andrea Melina Anderson," he said. "I'm going to interview Andrea on Monday and Lily is going to start on Monday."
"Without an interview?" asked Sarah.
"Surprisingly yes," said Lester. "She sort of…gave herself the job. It was weird, actually, she called me by my first name as if I knew her."
Well, there you have it! So this chapter had a bit of intro in it. A bit of suspence and mystery. Want more? Want questions answered? Want to know what will happen? Well review! I want to hear what you all think! (and Katy, I can PM the reviews if you would like :D)
~Logan ;)