A/N: Hey everybody, this is my first fanfiction ever and English is not my mother tongue so please feel free to tell me mistakes I've made.

Edit: Thanks to lovingthis for correcting my mistakes. ^^ And thanks for the first paragraph, it makes so much more sense now. Thank you.

I hope you like it. ^^

Have fun!

The black SUV stopped at the edge of a nearby forest. Matt, Becker, Connor and Abby got out of the car, the view towards the trees. The sun was shining at their backs and was reflected by the roof of the car. A cool breeze blew over their heads and vanished rustling in the treetops. Connor combed back his rumpled hair with his fingers as he stepped to the boot to get the locking device.

Becker pressed his right forefinger against his earpiece, saying: "OK, Jess. We're here, where is the anomaly?"

"760 yards north, then 200 yards north-west." She answered, focused as always.

In the meantime the second vehicle arrived and stopped next to their car. Four soldiers stepped out and headed for their Captain. Connor started his hand-held anomaly tracker, the locking station suitcase in his left hand. Abby on his right covered him, her EMD ready to fire. Matt and Becker went ahead, followed by the soldiers.

The group set off.

As the palm-held detector started to beeb, they knew the anomaly was only 100 yards away. Connor led the way, being protected by the others. Shortly after, the golden time portal was shining brightly in front of them.

"Spread out and secure the area." Becker ordered his men.

Connor set the locking device on the ground and locked the anomaly, while Matt, Becker and Abby searched the woods near him.

Half an hour later LCpl Donalds reported his commander: "No creatures detected."

"It seems that nothing has come through," declared Matt as all came together again.

Becker ordered Donalds and Pvt Jenkins to guard the anomaly until it closes. The rest made their way back to the cars.

They didn't walked long as suddenly Connor fell over a loose branch, which was lying on the ground, and landed with his face right into a puddle of mud.

„Ouch!" It sounded muffled from the ground.

Abby laughed gleefully at her boyfriend's clumsiness. Becker suppressed his laughter under a smirk and shook his head. Matt managed a slight smile as he helped the scientist back to his feet.

„Typical for you, Connor. Falling into the only puddle of the whole forest." Abby teased him.

„Hey, that wasn't my fault. The branch rolled away, when I stepped on it." Connor fought back. „Besides there shouldn't be such a puddle on such a sunny day." He appended while he cleaned his face with the handkerchief Becker handed him.

„Lets go, before Connor finds another one." Matt said, directing them out of the woods.

The got into the car and drove back to the ARC. Passing half the way, Connor turned his gaze from out of the window to the ground of the vehicle, grasping his forehead with both his hands.

„What's wrong?" Abby asked concerned, sitting next to him.

„My head is throbbing. I definitely have a concussion." He replied and rubbed his fingers across his temples.

Abby rolled her eyes, knowing that falling from this height into soft grass and a puddle would never cause a brain concussion. But she also knew that Connor was, regarding injuries, a typical moan-bag.

„It's your own fault. Why did you fall on your nose?" She answered, gently stroking his head.

Connor closed the barely distance between them and laid his head on her shoulder. He snuggled into her neck but abruptly sat back up again, as if something wasn't right.

With a baffled look on her face the blonde questioned him: „ What is going on now?"

„Nothing." He answered dismissive and looked out of the window.

Before Abby could asked any further, they reached the ARC and got off the car.

„What's wrong with him?" Matt whispered to Abby. He nodded his head towards Connor, who was making a bee-line to the lift. Abby just shrugged her shoulders, having not the slightest clue.

„Are you two coming?" Becker asked, already standing with Connor in the lift and preventing the doors to shut. The others joined and the elevator went down.

A/N: Intro is over. The action follows in the next chapters.

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