The young girl sat on the bench of the locker room staring at the floor with her head in her hands as she wept freely allowing her emotions to flow.

"Miss Kirk?" a voice inquired curiously from the doorway

She looked up and then behind her to see James Lester her brand new boss, staring at her in confusion with a little worry in his eyes. James Lester was the head of the ARC, the anomaly research centre, which researched rips in time called anomalies and they also tracked down dinosaurs and send them back through their anomalies and back to their own time.

"Cameron, what are you still doing here at this time of night?" Lester asked his new recruit "won't your parents worry?"

Cameron Kirk was only sixteen years old, she had short black hair that reached just below her ears which she often spiked out, she had soft blue eyes which sparkled like diamonds and she also had a military background which shocked the rest of the ARC. Cameron was also a tech genius.

Today was her very first day at the ARC, she was the youngest member of the team with a nine year gap between her and the previous youngest team member, all day Cameron was stuck in Lester's office listening to nothing but Lester drawling on and on about safety precautions of the job and what the job was about.

Cameron was called out of the blue a month ago asking if she would like a job with a government facility.

Tomorrow Cameron was set to meet the last person of the ARC's team which was the one and only Captain Becker. Cameron had already been introduced to Matt Anderson and Jessica Parker. Matt had been in her interview and Jess had greeted her at the door, both with a warm welcome but Lester had warned her not to expect one from the Captain.

The young girl shook her head in reply to her boss's questions, her parents were dead, and they had been since she was nine. She jumped suddenly as she felt a hand on her shoulder, when she looked beside her she saw Lester on the bench next to her.

"No one will worry about me" she whispered lightly, "No one ever worries"

Lester looked at Cameron confused "What do you mean Miss Kirk?"

"My parents are dead Lester" she told her boss quietly "They died when I was nine then I went into military school,"

"But" Lester paused "Usually military school finishes after five years, it's been seven years"

Cameron started to tear up again "I live on the streets, have done for the past two years, I go to hostels every now and again to get food and clothes"

James Lester looked at the teenager in front of him in shock, the sixteen year old young girl in front of him that was barely an adult had lived on the streets for two years without anyone to help her or care for her, and for some reason he also felt a vaguely familiar pull of recognition towards the girl. This in turn was what led him to ask her what he did.

"Cameron?" James inquired lightly "I know it's a little unorthodox, forward and unusual, but I have a spare room in my apartment if you wish to use it"

Cameron looked at him in surprise and shock at the offer, she stared wide-eyed at him, she knew for a fact that this man was trustworthy so she nodded and the corner of her mouth twitched slightly in a smile.

Lester smiled a small smile, he got up and held his hand out to his new employee, and she took his hand and followed him to his apartment where she took in her surroundings then fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

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The next day was eventful for Cameron; she had left the flat before Lester was even awake, and so she had decided to jog to the ARC where she took a shower, getting changed into clean clothes. She then cautiously entered Lester's office and loosened the bolts of Lester's chair. However as she exited the office she literally bumped into someone.

Cameron flailed her arms to regain her balance and was soon caught before she fell, when she looked properly at the person she'd bumped into, her jaw almost hit the floor.

The man in front of her was definitely military considering the way he stood, back straight, like he took no attitude, he wore black combat trousers and a tight black t-shirt which showed off his well toned muscles, he was tall and had short chestnut brown hair and gorgeous heart melting chocolate brown eyes. All in all he was HOT

"S…sorry" she stuttered lost for words

The man looked Cameron up and down then glared at her; he grabbed her arm in a tight grip and started dragging her towards the interrogation rooms.

"I don't know how you got in kid, but you are in deep trouble" The man growled

Cameron looked up at him in shock since he was a taller than her "What! Dude let go of me"

Cameron tried to struggle against the older mans grip but that just caused him to tighten his grip on her arm.

"Ow, you stupid Neanderthal" Cameron yelped "let go of me"

The man glared at Cameron angrily and was about to retort when Matt came around the corner from his lab to investigate the noise.

"Becker?" Matt inquired then he sighed as he pieced the clues together "Captain Becker, this is Cameron Kirk our new tech genius"

'So this is Captain Becker' Cameron thought as the man released her arm, he looked at her shocked. Cameron glowered at the captain and then kicked them in the shin causing him to hiss in pain.

"Next time, Captain, don't grip my arm or else you'll lose a testicle" Cameron threatened angrily as she did a mock salute towards the man.

The Captain glared at the young girl "Don't threaten me Kirk, this isn't a permanent for you so be careful"

Cameron looked at Becker curiously "what do you mean?"

"I mean, that we already have a genius he's just … not here" Becker hesitated then conviction entered his voice "They will return"

Cameron smiled lightly which confused the Captain thoroughly "If that's so then until your genius returns I'll just substitute for him. When he comes back I'll leave"

"Argh!" A shriek went out through the ARC corridors

The three team members took off and ran through the centre until they reached the source of the commotion. Lester was on the floor behind his desk and the bolts from the chair were beside him. Becker looked over at Cameron and raised his eyebrows at her remembering how they met. The young girl shrugged and bit her lip to keep back the grin ready to show.

'This is going to be fun' Becker thought