Set June 9th 2013

Evan often wondered what it would have been like if that day at the junction had turned out differently. What if the past would have taken the path it did even if Mac had not jumped through the anomaly at the last possible minute, what would have happened then?

The Klaxon's chimed in the VARC and Evan was suddenly alerted back to the present day. There was another anomaly and he had to get down there to organise his little, but outstanding team.

Its funny how so much can change, so quickly. Since Mac had gone missing, a lot of things had changed at the VARC.

The first was the technology and equipment. After Connor had spoken to them once, he came back to Vancouver, this time with some equipment in tow. He gave a blueprint for a large scale detector and a locking mechanism. He gave them the more advanced technology of their Taser guns.

Those guns, the electromascular disruption weapon, shortened to EMD's were Evan's favorite technological progression in particular, light and agile they were great for the little creatures, the less harmful ones and the ones that did not pose the threat of eating someone. They were easy to have in the boot of the car, easy to conceal and could protect him for long enough.

Then there were the larger ones, the high powered EMD's, the ones that Evan preferred, as did Leeds. The men of the operation preferred the bigger guns. Capable of bringing down a fully grown T-Rex, these were the EMD's that Evan and Leeds preferred, the big guns, a man thing, the bigger the better was the thought process going through both men's heads.

But Dylan, the only girl on the field team preferred the little EMD, easier to carry, more suited to her than the larger EMD's.

The second change was what they knew. When Connor had come back, he gave them knowledge far superior to what they knew previously, both about the weapons and devices. He gave them wisdom and knowledge. He told them stories from their past, stories about people at the ARC, about the Claudia Brown and Jenny Lewis time paradox, something that still remained a mystery.

Then he told them about Helen Cutter and Christine Johnson. Two people who tried to use the anomalies for their own good. Both did it in different ways, Helen Cutter, posed as the biggest threat to the ARC since the very beginning.

Even after she had died she still posed as a threat, but through Philip Burton, who nearly caused the end of the world. The apocalyptic ending that the world faced was because Helen convinced Philip to use the anomalies in such a way that it could do that to the earth.

As a side note he told them about Ethan or Patrick or whatever his name was, and what he did to the ARC, about Emily and Matt and how they were from the past and the future. It seemed that the beginning they may have a few problem as they could run into themselves if they came across their own problem, but it was not something that really bothered the ARC team because they got used to the idea of that, besides it was not like Becker would let them through anomalies any more, particularly after the junction event last year, the law of Captain Becker was enforced even more.

The third thing that had changed was the relationships between the various workers at the VARC. After Toby got out of the hospital she was not the self that she went in as. For she had loved Mac and he was gone. She had had a few boyfriends, to try and erase the pain, but none of them ever lasted more than a week.

The next development was Evan and Dylan. Shortly after seeing what losing a loved one could do, and knowing what it felt like without Brooke, Evan made his move, and less than one month later they were a couple. Each day they had grown closer, and everything they had experienced had made others realise what they were missing out on.

Ange and Leeds was an unexpected couple for a while but soon after Evan and Dylan got together Leeds made what he wanted more obvious. But Ange was stubborn and resisted his advances. It was about three months ago, when Leeds was hurt by one of the creatures that came through and she finally realised that his absence from the VARC for just a week made her heart grow much fonder.

They had finally gotten together and things seemed like they were brightening up for both the couples at the time. And all it did was make Toby feel more alone than ever.

'Evan! We need to go now!' Dylan cried, and called him back to reality, harshly snapping him out of his trip down memory lane.

'Coming,' He cried as he walked out the door, towards Dylan and Leeds, wondering what it would be like if Mac were here.

If only he knew...

So, this is XilentMusic, allow us to introduce ourselves: We are xNewWorld and musicgirl97, this is our first story, hopefully of many… Definitely many! :D , oh, i'm xNewWorld and to get rid of confusion, ill be using italics so let us know what you think. I, musicgirl will then write in not Italics..what ever that is, but I have nothing to say at the moment so...

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