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"Finish it!"

3.11 Temporally Displaced (ABCDU)

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"No," said Becker "we're going home. No one is staying in the cretaceous."

Danny and Abby looked up in surprise from where they were kneeling next to Connor's prone body. They hadn't heard the soldier and the German shepherd arrive. The ARC had continued to keep a canine security force since the team's first encounter with the future predators. Ryan, Stephen and Cutter all owed their lives to the presence of the dogs.

"What are you doing here?" asked Danny in disbelief. "How are you here?"

"It's my job to protect you," replied Becker. "I came after you."

The tall soldier knelt down beside the threesome. He leaned his assault rifle against the tree trunk. The dog sat on its haunches, nose in the air sniffing, watching the stunned raptors warily.

"There were future predators all over the buildings," objected the red-haired team leader, "the racetrack anomaly was swarming with them. It's not possible for you to be here."

"Really," replied Becker. He raised his eyebrow as he looked at Danny. "Yet I'm here."

Danny opened his mouth to say something, but then shut it. Becker searched the pockets of his black Kevlar vest and finally pulled out a small capsule.

"After Sarah and I returned from Johnson's HQ," Becker explained "my men arrived with the LRAD equipment and the canine units."

Becker smiled grimly and stroked the back of Stella's neck.

"I doubt there are any predators left alive," continued Becker "around those buildings now."

Becker broke the capsule and waved it in front of Connor's nose. The unconscious young scientist twisted away from the acrid scent of whatever was in the capsule. Stella's nostrils crinkled up at the awful smell, but she didn't move from her post. Becker merely stretched out his arm and held the capsule closer to Connor.

"Even if you got through the predators… even if Stella brought you to the right building," said Abby, "we locked the anomaly behind us… how…"

For the first time since he appeared beneath the tree in the cretaceous, the calm, unflappable Becker looked startled.

"The anomaly in the building wasn't locked when Stella and I came through," said Becker. "I left orders for the security team to guard it, and lock it if we weren't back in two hours or if the racetrack anomaly started fluctuating."

"We were handling things just fine," huffed Danny.

"Yeah, right," replied Becker. "What was your plan? Were you going to go off chasing Helen and leave Abby and Connor here by themselves?"

"Somebody has to stop Helen," said Abby, "she wants to wipe out humanity from the very beginning."

The petite blonde looked at the man lying on the ground in front of her. Her face softened for just a moment. Then she turned her blue eyed gaze back to Becker.

"And someone has to stay," Abby said "with Connor."

"Mmmph," moaned Connor.

Connor blinked his dark brown eyes, trying to focus, slowly starting to regain consciousness. Behind the humans, a raptor was also starting to regain consciousness. A low rumble came from Stella's throat. Becker pulled a tranquilizer pistol from his belt. He shot the raptor. The creature sank back down to the forest floor.

"Oh… staying in the cretaceous," mumbled Connor "that's not a good idea…"

Connor's eyes were now open. He tried to push himself up on his elbows. The soldier handed the pistol to Abby. Together, Danny and Becker pulled Connor into an upright position. Abby stood up in front of them. Connor gingerly tried to put both feet on the ground. A gasp of pain confirmed that he couldn't put any weight on his left foot.

"Connor's right," said Becker "we need to leave… now. Let's go home."

Becker kept his left arm supporting Connor and picked up the assault rifle with his right hand. On the other side of Connor, the team leader shook his head determinedly.

"We can't just let Helen get away with murder," said Danny "We will stick with the original plan. We'll split up. I'll follow Helen. Becker, you and Abby take Connor back to the ARC."

"That's crazy," objected Becker "Connor's hurt, and we'll need your help to get him back home. We'll be too slow if I try to carry him on my own, and Abby can't help... we need someone armed and on point."

"Splitting up isn't a good idea either," said Connor weakly "always ends bad in horror movies."

Danny glared first at the scientist, then he glared at the soldier. Stella started whining. Another raptor was stirring. This time, Abby shot the creature with the tranquilizer. She turned to look at Danny with a pleading gaze.

"Fine, we'll stay together," agreed Danny "but we're going after Helen."

"Not my first choice," said Becker "but anything is better than staying here."

Abby took the lead, following Helen's trail. Becker and Danny supported Connor between them. Stella trailed behind the four humans sniffing the ground anxiously.

When they finally saw the shimmering, glittering anomaly, it was already pulsing. They hurried, but it closed before their eyes. They spent seventeen minutes trapped in the cretaceous before another anomaly opened a few meters to the right of where the Pliocene anomaly had been.

"We don't know where it goes," protested Connor as Danny and Becker carried him towards the shining hole through times. Stella bounded forward.

"Whenever it is, has got to be better ," replied Abby "than staying in the cretaceous."

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