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Connor leans forward on the sofa and blinks to read the words on his laptop; his vision has been off lately.
The eye doctor gave him glasses saying his farsighted vision has returned from his childhood without even doing an eye exam.
He remembers being plagued as a child, being called four eyes by everyone and the bullies who break thinking it would be funny to see him run into a wall.
He looks at his watch, finally Abby comes down stairs fully dressed.
He grabs his coat, hat, Laptop and hesitantly picks up his nerdy glasses.
AT THE OFFICE…
Connor walks in the door to see the whole team standing there, he rubs his eyes under his glasses and yawns.
"Sorry guys didn't sleep."
"Literally or just a few hours." Stephen asks
"No comment" he says then he sits his laptop case down on a desk.
"This dinosaur is a Raptorex same basic proportions as later tyrannosauroids: a moderately large and solidly-constructed skull, long legs with adaptations for running, and tiny, two-fingered forelimbs. It stands about Nine feet tall it shredded it's victim to pieces." Nick his tone is scary casual.
Fear runs through Connors mind but he is careful not to show it on his face.
"It has been seen in Mill Way Park, the body was found in the forests clearing." Stephen says looking up from his phone
"We have a two hour drive ahead of us, remember this is a search and capture mission not maim and destroy." Nick says looking at Stephen.
Connor grabs his supplies and follows his colleagues.
"Nice glasses." Stephen says as though he has been waiting all day to remark about them.
"Hey, I think they resemble Clark Kent's." Connor says.
"Who?" Stephen says looking at him like he's nuts.
"Come on Mate you've never heard of Superman??" He says a shocked expression on his face.
Stephen can also see exhaustion in his eyes and he can tell the young man is hiding it.
"Oh God what did I set my self up for…" Stephen growls as he gets in to drive.
Connor starts telling him everything like a kindergarten teacher would tell his or her students.
Stephen pulls the car into the parking spot…
Connor explained Superman to Stephen for ten minutes then let exhaustion take over.
Stephen pulls the car into the parking lot and looks at the younger man in the seat next to him.
His head is pressed against the glass causing fog to spread across the window because of the chilly temperatures outside.
"Connor…." He says gently not wanting to startle the young student.
"Connor." this time his voice has a little more volume.
Connor snaps his head off the window quickly his glasses fall to the floor with a thud.
He pauses a few seconds rubbing his burning eyes.
"Dropped these." Stephen says placing them into the palm of his hand.
He rubs his hand over his eyes for a second then returns the black framed glasses to his face.
He leans forward grabs his laptop case and opens the door.
Stephen is already out and has his huge gun in his hand.
He moves the lever back it makes a click sound that makes him smile.
"Do you to need some time alone?' Connor says smirking as he puts his laptop case strap over his shoulder.
"Maybe." Stephen says grinning.
Connor laughs and they start out to find Cutter who sped to the attack area.
The victim is spread out all over the place in ribbons of crimson meat; there is enough blood for Connor to want to look.
He rubs his eyes and turns his back to the scene not wanting to look.
He realizes his hands are shaking so he places them in his jacket pockets casually.
"Connor, you go with Stephen to the left clearing stay close to him this place is a labyrinth." Cutter orders seeing Connor's discomfort.
He nods then fixes his glasses and joins the tracker on the path.