A/N Ok this was origianally called Remembering the Past but it was rubbish so I've made it better, changed the storyline and re-uploaded it.
Captain Becker looked across the main operations area of the ARC. The Anomalies had been quiet recently. It had been peaceful almost too peaceful, even a bit, well, boring? The Men were getting restless. He remembered back to a time where there had never been a dull moment, before the ARC of course. If only she was here…
He missed her. It was all his fault she was gone. His crazy best friend, the person he could always trust to have a good idea. The person he loved? He didn't know, he hadn't seen her in 2 years. He had just been seconded to Special Ops, she was just about to return to Afganistan. Noone was sure what had happened to her. They had never found her body…
She had become an Army Doctor (one of the finest he'd ever met), but before that she had lifted the monotony of life, of school. When they were 15 they had found the glittering shape in the woods- he hadn't known what it was called then . Should he have told Lester that? That he had already encountered an anomoly? Hehad hinted on it on his first day. In school she had done everything she could to stand out.
Becker smiled at the memory of the first time he had met her. It had been on her first day of Romesy High, his first day of year 8. One of the first things she had done was a throw chair at the Maths teacher (to this day Becker stil didn't understand why) and break his nose. Becker fingered the minute scar on the bridge of his nose. He had been lucky, if she broke his nose now, he doubted even the best of surgeons would be able to fix it. It had been the beginning of a beautiful friendship. They had had to be pulled apart by teachers, him emerging with his bloody nose and her with a broken wrist.
At the hospital their friendship had been sealed. It was if it had happened yesterday…
The hospital, Becker is 12years old
He stood at the edge of the curtain, watching her having her hand bandagedup by a nurse. He checked over his shoulder, Mrs Gibson was still filling out the medical forms.
"That's quite a right hook you have" he said, to his surprise she didn't jump at the sound of his voice. He realised that she knew he had been there the whole nurse left and the figure on the bed turned towards him.
"Przepraszam." At my look of confusion she continued. "It means 'I'm Sorry'" for breaking your nose, I mean"
Her english was suprisingly good. I didn't know why I was so surprised. This was the reason we'd got ourselves into this mess. I had said something out of line, something about how she would struggle in english lessons. I hadn't even known she was listening until her fist colided with my face.
"It was my fault, I underestimated you" She blinks, rolls her eyes and tries to conseal a smile, as if to say 'typical man'. Then she holds out her (left) hand:
"Katarzyna Kopekska" I grin.
"Becker" She raises her eyebrow's qestionally, "Just Becker"
That was how they had become friends, though it had been many weeks before they had trusted each other completely. Katarzyna had been shortened quickly to Kaska, then Kas. She had shortened Becker (much to his distaste) to Becks and Becky, when it suited her. She even knew his first name.
She was very stubborn. But that's why he liked her; she stood up for what she thought was right, no matter what.
The last he'd heard of her she was getting herself shot at in Afghanistan, he hoped she was still alive. She had always been a danger magnet.
The anomaly detector blared, interrupting his thoughts. He stood up to see what creature incursion they were fighting today. He missed her, and as he ran down the corridor he thought how much she would have liked it here.
A/N This is so much better than it was, this is mainly a background chapter, sorry if it bored you.