A/N: This story is most definitely AU. It is based upon Danny's time in the past, but in this Alternate Universe he gives in when Sarah asks to go with him and a few things change. The first chapter is similar to Ep 3.10, but with differences due to the AU. After that it's a story to fill-in the gap between 3.10 and 4.1. This is not a new story, I'm just editing and reposting it as the majority of it went up before Fanfiction allowed scene separation lines and to get rid of some typos and fix a few things. I hope you Enjoy! Please read and review! Chapters should be uploaded approx. 1/day but I might miss a day or do two on some. We'll see.

As Team Leader, the hardest decisions usually fell upon Danny Quinn. He knew that there were many times when at least one or two of the others didn't agree with his decisions, but they obeyed him regardless and he appreciated that. He let them have their say of course, heard their opinion, but in the end it was his choice and he was thankful that he had a loyal team to back him up, especially at times like this when he really didn't know what to do himself.

Helen had gone through an anomaly and she was up to no good. Of that much, Danny was sure. She'd taken Christine Johnson with her, and then left Christine to the raptors. What purpose Helen could possibly have had for killing Christine was beyond Danny, but he wasn't sure he wanted to understand what went on in that brain of hers so he delve into it for too long. What mattered to him was where Helen'd gone.

It had been easy to decide that they should follow her; they had to, whatever she was up to it was big. It wasn't until the second anomaly had opened up that he'd had to make the tough call. Should they follow her, or go back to the anomaly at Christine's headquarters? He hadn't the foggiest which choice might lead them closest to Helen.

They'd have to split up. He told Abby and Connor to come with him. He'd probably need Connor's skills and he knew that the pair wouldn't be separated. He sent Becker back the headquarters. He felt in his heart that Becker's route would be the safer, so he ordered Sarah to go with him.

"Danny, I wanna go with you," she protested, facing him. He hesitated when he saw the pleading look in her eyes. To be perfectly honest, he did rather like the idea of keeping her close and he was touched at her words but…

Becker shuffled a bit to get Danny's attention and when Danny met his eyes, Becker spoke, "Danny, I've got backup on standby; they can meet me at the headquarters. I won't need help."

"Who's going to lock this anomaly behind us?"

"One of the guards can do it," Sarah said, "Danny, please."

Danny knew he'd give into her eventually and they were wasting time while he made up his mind so he might as well do so now. He nodded as he turned to face the anomaly. Sarah was at his side in an instant and Danny was surprised to feel her hand slip into his. She was nervous, he realised. She had begged for this and now she was nervous about it. But then again, so was he. He squeezed her hand reassuringly as he gave a few last minute orders to Becker and the security guards and then, with Sarah on his left and Abby and Connor on his right, he stepped through the anomaly.

Sarah leaned a bit closer to Danny and whispered, "I feel like there should be some dramatic music playing or something…"

"You watch too many films," Danny laughed, but as he looked around at the harsh and desolate surroundings of their future, he agreed with her. The way they had so simply stepped from one time to another felt surreal, as though he were watching himself in a movie rather than actually being here. It was his second time entering this world that he wished he'd never seen the first time. The way that everything had faded in the sun and been covered by dirt from lack of tending made it feel as if even colour itself had died in this dreary place.

"Shhhh!" Abby whispered harshly, holding a finger to her lips and one out to Danny, "Did you hear something?"

Danny shook his head, "No, nothing."

"I swear I did," Abby said.

"What kind of something?" Connor asked her before adding, "We need to be quiet; there are probably future predators around here."

A shiver ran up Sarah's spine at the mention. She hadn't actually seen one of these predators in person before, and she'd be quite content if she never did.

Abby turned to Connor, "I don't think it was a predator, sounded like footsteps, someone running. Helen?"

"Which way?" Danny whispered to her.

"I'm not sure, it almost sounded… well I know this will sound crazy, but it sounded like it was underground. I only heard it for a moment and then it was gone."

"Right," Sarah spoke, sounding braver than she felt. "So let's look for a hole, or stairway, or anything that will take us to a lower level, yeah?" She dropped Danny's hand and moved forward carefully. The rest followed, spreading out a bit as they searched but not getting too far from each other either.

"Guys, there's some stairs over here!" Connor called out suddenly and then winced at the sound of his own voice in the silence.

"Shhh!" the others all warned at once, but they headed over to where he was. He had opened the door to an abandoned building, all the buildings were abandoned, and found a staircase leading underground.

Danny went first, Sarah close behind him followed by Connor and then Abby. They were only about halfway down the stairs when they heard a loud metal clanging sound. The four of them froze in placing, daring not even to breathe. Danny felt Sarah's hand clutch the back of his shirt and he was grateful for the contact. There were a couple more clanging sounds and then a few footsteps. Connor breathed a sigh of relief. "It's not a predator," he whispered.

"Right," Danny whispered back, "Then we continue." He stepped forward again, frowning a bit as he felt Sarah let go of him, though he knew she couldn't see that. A moment later he could see Helen in front of him and he paused as he watched her do something with the artefact and a posh looking machine.

Danny gestured for Connor to quietly step forward and whispered to him under his breath, "Watch what she's doing, might be important."

Connor nodded and watched intently, focused more on the machine than on Helen herself. Suddenly, as Helen inserted the artefact into the machine, a whirl of lights appeared. Connor gasped and turned to Sarah, "It's the map again!" he told her quietly. "She's saving it onto the device she opened the anomaly with at the campsite!"

Helen froze in front of them, suddenly realising that she wasn't alone, and Connor winced as she called out, "Come out of the dark, Connor."

Connor stepped forward reluctantly, there was no point in hiding now.

"You too, Danny, Abby," Helen called out. They both joined Connor in stepping towards her.

Danny was glad to see that Sarah stayed back. Helen didn't seem to know that she was there yet and he hoped they could keep it like that. The less Helen knew the better.

He walked toward Helen, holding out a gun. To his surprise, Helen stepped towards it instead of away. He froze in his surprise, unsure of what she was doing. It was a mistake; suddenly a jolt of electricity flowed through his body and he fell to the ground, literally stunned. It took him a few moments to realise that she had tasered him.

Danny groaned as he tried to get up and found that his limbs were numb. He knew the effect would wear off soon enough, but for the moment he wasn't able to move them. Connor darted towards him to lend a hand, but Danny shook his head, "I'm fine, just deal with her."

Connor turned to Helen and made a leap to grab the artefact, but Helen was quicker than he. She laughed coldly and pushed it from his reach. "You want it?" she asked him calmly. "What for?"

Connor didn't answer her as he reached for it one more time and Abby grabbed ahold of Helen from behind, but Helen was quicker and more skilled than Abby expected and in an instant, she had been tasered too.

"Ow," she moaned as she fell to the floor by Danny. Connor abandoned his attempt to reach for the artefact as he knelt down by Abby with concern and Helen turned her attention to him once more. "You don't know what you're dealing with Connor. Go home. You're nothing but a boy trying to play in the men's league, and you're not wanted."

Connor chuckled as he retorted, "Well, I agree you're probably more manly than I am, Helen, but as for not being wanted, I bet there's more people here who want me on their team than you. Should we take a vote?"

Helen smiled secretively, "You'd be surprised how much my vote counts for, Connor."

"What are you doing here, Helen?" Danny asked her. "What are your trying to accomplish?"

Helen smiled again, "Oh, you'll like this: I, Helen Cutter, am going to save the world."

"Since when did you care about your fellow humans?" Abby asked her.

"It's not humanity I'm going to save." Helen replied. Then she turned back to the artefact and discovered it was gone. She frowned, "Alright, who took it?"

Abby, Connor and Danny remained silent and then Helen laughed, "Whatever, you can have it now. It's all yours. I've already got what I need and it won't do you much good without this." She suddenly pulled her taser out and shot the machine that she had stored all the information on with the artefact, turning the top of it into a melted electronic mess.

"No!" Connor cried out.

Helen grinned at him wickedly as she used her own gadget to open an anomaly in front of her. Danny frowned, they had to stop her and they had to get that gadget from her. He tested his legs and found he could stand again. Beside him, Abby did the same. They found they were alright.

"Don't let her go through," Danny warned and they ran towards it with Helen, making sure that she didn't get a head start. There was a bit of a tussle on the other side and Danny wasn't really sure what was happening for a moment. He saw that, thankfully, Sarah had abandoned her hiding spot and run through with them. The next thing he realised was that they were being attacked by a baby raptor; they seemed to have landed in a raptor's nest. It looked as though Helen had tasered the mother as it was laying beside them, but Helen was nowhere in sight.

"Where'd she go?" he asked Connor as he successfully knocked the baby out with a stick from the nest.

"Dunno," Connor sighed. "I think she's gotten a head start. She must have known this anomaly would end up in the raptor's nest and used the element of surprise to run off. We have to follow her, but…" he gestured towards Abby, and Danny suddenly saw that she was injured.

"I'm fine," Abby protested, but her leg was bleeding badly. "You guys go on ahead. I'll find my way home."

"Can't," Connor mumbled. "She closed the anomaly behind us."

"What?" Sarah gasped out. "But then we're stuck here! We can't get back!"

"We've gotta get that gadget she's got to open the anomalies," Danny muttered.

"I'm staying with Abby."

"Connor, go!" Abby protested.

He shook his head and Danny agreed with him. "We can't leave you here for the raptor when it wakes up; Connor you stay with her. Sarah, you're with me. Connor, listen, get yourself and Abby somewhere safe. Sarah and I will find you after we put a stop to whatever it is that Helen is up to. Capiche?"

Connor nodded and gestured to the east, "She went somewhere that-a-way."

"Got it." Danny stood and glanced at Connor and Abby one more time before taking off running with Sarah at his side.