Gosh it feels weird updating this. SO SORRY for not updating! It seems I'm not the only one having to go through exams :D My last one is on Monday so I'm trying to get back into the swing of writing again. May take a while so I'm not promising when the next update will be :D Sadly there's hardly any Becker or Jess in this chapter. I have to reach my dark place before writing about them :D Sorry if its all a bit OOC and if there's mistakes :D Thanks to everyone who reviewed the other chapter! :D

:D Don't own anything except the plot, my OCs and any settings I create in the not to distant future :D

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Sarah spread a map of the islands out across the desk pointing out the area they had just escaped from. She turned to Connor "Their main ops center is on that island. The computer system is similar to your ADD in London so if you can fix Jess' PDA I could use it to hack into the files and figure out where they would have taken her."

Connor nodded in agreement and quickly got to work on fixing the tablet while Sarah continued talking to the others.

"Matt, my best guess is that they've taken her to one of the neighbouring islands. They'd have upped the security since we left. Amy isn't one to hurt someone but you can't underestimate the guards. They could bring you, Becker and half of your men down in a heartbeat if you're not prepared."

"We'd be going in blind though. They'll still have the advantage." Abby piped in.

Sarah grinned at her. "That's where I'll come in handy. I know these islands inside and out. Plus once Connor fixes the PDA, I'll be able to hack in and get the schematics of the buildings."

Connor frowned down at the broken pieces in his hands. "That might take a while guys."

"You better hurry up then mate." Matt glanced at Becker who was half leaning against the furtherest wall from everyone. He hadn't said a word since entering the room with the others. He occasionally nodded to show that he was taking everything in or to answer Abby's worried "Are you okay?" but he keep his distance, keeping his eyes and ears locked on the small person in the middle of the group.

Sarah followed Matt's gaze and found Becker watching her with narrowed eyes.

She smiled warmly at him and watched his whole expression change in an instant, like someone had flicked a switch on inside. His expression softened but the slight frown creasing his forehead was still evident.

Sarah turned back to the others and looked closely at the islands on the map. "I have someone on the inside. If he's still there, he'd be able to keep Jess safe enough until you guys get in there.

"Andy?" Matt asked incredulously.

Sarah nodded. "Matt, I know he doesn't seem like the good guy in all of this but he's on our side."

Abby looked up from the map and frowned. "Is this the same Andy that had a fasination with Jess?" Sarah nodded and she laughed. "No way. I'm not trusting him."

Sarah sighed. "Trust me Abby. He's one of the good guys!"

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After an hour and a half of intense consentration, Connor finally had the PDA back up and running. He sat beside Sarah while they got to work hacking into the 'ARC's system.

Behind them, Emily and Abby talked in hushed tones while Charlie slept between them and Matt stared down at a small brown book in his hand.

He felt bad snooping through Sarah's things but he'd seen the book fall out of her pocket when she ran after Connor and Becker. The first page he'd flicked it open to had captured his attention immediately.

October 6th 2035

There was another anomaly today. They've been more frequent lately. Like someone;s been flicking a switch off and on. I was playing a game with Charlie and Scott, the son of my Dad's Second In Command, when the alarms went off and the ARC began to buzz with life again. One of the off-duty soldiers came and led us to the Panic Room.

It was routine. Alarm goes off - we get to the Panic Room as quickly as possible - teams come back to the ARC - we get let out. I'm still not convince that it's to "keep us kids safe." More like they don't want the younger ones knowing what was going on.

They keep making a big deal about homeschooling us all. They don't want their big 'secret' getting out. I don't mind it though. Emily is a great teacher.

Dad said that once I was old enough I would be able to go with them to an anomaly site. But I would have to go through training before I could. I already know how to handle a gun. How hard could it be? I hate not being able to help.

There was a lot of talk going around when the team returned today too. They found something at the anomaly site. Two clear crystals burried in a rock of magnetite. They think, because of it's properties, the rock flew through the anomaly by itself. Connor was reluctant to let it out of his sight. It took hours of convincing but I got to hold it... eventually.

He managed to get the crystals free of the magnetite as well, with a little help from me. Being his assistant is fun. It's the closest I'm going to get to the anomalies until I'm eighteen.

He had given me the crystals to look at under the microscope but before I could set the slide up, the crystals clicked together like magentic rattlesnake eggs and they began to glow.

Connor took them out of my hand before I could blink and split the crystals apart. He started muttering to himself a bit after that. To be honest I was a little bit worried about his sanity. He kept talking to himself about something called The Artifact, whatever that was.

I watched him put one of the crystals under his microscope and he chuckled quietly to himself. When I asked him what he had found, he told me the crystals contained tiny specs of golden minerals he'd never seen before. I didn't understand why he was so happy though until he put the crystals together again and suddenly streams of light shot out around us.

It was like the streams were parts of the sun woven into strands of gold, constantly looping around itself. Where the streams intersected another, a small golden ball would form over the cross.

He said a man called Professor Cutter had built something resembling what we had seen and something called The Artifact had projected the same glowing streams as well.

But what caught Connor's attention was how all the strands seemed to loop back around and join into one point near the base of the crystals.

Matt looked up from the words roughly scribbled onto the pages and glanced at Sarah with narrowed eyes. "2035?"

She spun around fast, her eyes widening as she shot up out of her seat. She quickly snatched the book back. "You shouldn't be reading this!" She exlcaimed. "This book is classified! You should never have read any of it!"

"I saw something about the crystals..."

Her hazel eyes darkened. "If you wanted to know more about them you should have asked!"

Connor looked up from the PDA with a curious glint in his eye. "The crystals?" he glanced at Matt and frowned. "I thought they just showed the map of the anomalies."

"The book explained some of their properties. Thought you might find them useful."

Connor turned to Sarah and smiled warmly. "Can I see?"

"No!"

He raised his eyebrows, surprised by her quick response. "You didn't even hesitate."

She frowned. "I didn't have to. None of you can read this!"

"Why not?"

"Like I said, it's classified."

Connor frowned, his eyes darting around to the others who were all watching them now. He looked back at Sarah and suddenly his expression was hopeful. "Are you from the future or something?"

"That would explain why you know so much." Abby added.

"2035." Matt said quietly.

"Where I come from isn't important!"

Connor begun to beam. "So you are from the future! You probably already know what's going to happen! Like Matt!"

"No, not like Matt. I come from a different timestream."

The only one that didn't seem shocked or surprised was Matt

Sarah held up her half of the crystal, trying to focus their attention back on them. "These are our key to getting Jess back. Inside, they have traces of a rare form of magnetite in them. My guess is that whatever these are didn't come from earth."

"So this comes from space?"

Sarah shrugged "Probably. I was never told otherwise."

Connor looked like he was about to jump with joy. "Futuristic Space rock!"

"It's not futuristic space rock! It came through an anomaly from the past."

He turned to Abby, oblivious to Sarah's attempts at correcting him. "Cutter would have loved this! It changes everything! Imagine what we could do with something like this! If we copied the data from this, we'd be able to predict all anomalies before they even happen..."

Sarah couldn't help the small grin beginning to form on her face when she passed the crystal over and watched the geek begin to fuss over it, completely forgetting about their previous topic.

Abby came and stood beside him, frowning as she looked down over his shoulder. "Is this why Amy wants these? So she can predict anomalies?"

"If that is all she wants it for, why do we not do a swap?" Emily asked, Charlie curled up against her side.

"I wish it was that simple Emily, but we can't let Amy get her hands on them. With the right technology, you can do a lot more than just predict anomalies."

"Looks like we'll be using force to get Jess back then." Matt replied.

Connor laughed lightly. "Breaking and Entering. Becker would love that."

Abby glanced around the hotel room, expecting the Captain to have a snarky reply but found him no where to be seen. "Where is Becker?"

"He went for a walk." Connor replied without taking his eyes off the small crystal in his hand.

"Are you sure he's in the right mind to be wandering off by himself mate?"

Connor glanced up at Matt and grinned. "I got a couple of the soldiers to shadow him. He'll be fine."

I got lazy around the middle so it skips ahead in time :D I originally had a part with Jess and her 'captors' on a boat but it was pointless and random so I took it out :P

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