AN: Hello again! I realised its been a few days since i last uploaded, so i thought i'd add this chapter; its pretty much a filler, because i thought it was a bit too early for anything big to happen, but don't worry, it's coming :) Sorry this chapter is so short, should have another one up by Wednesday :) Also, for those who have seen the end of series 5, you'll realise that something or someone in thise makes it a bit AU...i'm not giving anything away for those who haven't.. :D Enjoy!


Zoe was gobsmacked when they finally got back to the ARC.

"Its huge!" she exclaimed looking up at the big grey building.

"What, are you saying it's smaller in the future?" Becker asked, grinning. Zoe just ignored him, following Abby through the large glass doors.

When inside, Zoe was even more shocked than before. Becker looked at her, surprised.

"Did you not see the ARC in the future?" he asked her. She shook her head.

"We spent as little time there as possible," she explained, peering into every open door she came to. They approached the weapons locker. "Now that is cool!"

Abby rolled her eyes, "That's Becker's territory. No one but him and his soldiers sets a foot inside of that room..."

"Ah, I'm guessing this is her," Lester said, walking up the corridor from the Ops Room.

"Her has a name..." Zoe muttered to herself, knowing better than to annoy the guy in charge within two minutes of being 'rescued', especially as they were helping her and Chris.

"Yeah, this is Zoe," Abby said, putting the emphasis on her name. Zoe smiled appreciatively at her.

"Yes well, Philip wants to talk to her, as do I..." he trailed off, looking Zoe up and down. Becker stood in front of her, blocking his view.

"I think we should concentrate on getting her brother out of the anomaly first, don't you?" he said forcefully.

"Of course that is our first priority..." he said, glaring at Becker in what was obviously a 'I'm your boss so get out of my way' look, "But, in the meantime, I would like to have a chat about your friend's...experiences through the anomaly." Becker sighed as he moved to the side.

"Then I'm sitting in." He said, his tone matching Lester's 'don't argue with me' look.

"Is he always this protective over people?" Zoe murmured to Abby, almost touched by Becker's concern, though she wasn't sure if it was him disliking the boss, or whether he was actually worried about her.

"Never..." Abby replied, "Well, over Jess, but that's it, and they've kind of got a thing going on..."

Lester looked at Becker for a second, judging the seriousness of what he had just said.

"Fine." He said curtly, "After you." He said, moving to the side of the corridor. Becker gestured for Zoe to walk next to him.

"I don't want to talk to them," Zoe murmured so quietly it was barely audible.

"Philip's harmless except for being so up his own backside he talks out of it..." Becker told her, grinning, Zoe attempted to conceal her laughter, only just managing it.


"So you were away from this time for how long?" Philip Burton asked, sitting across from Zoe at a large round table. Becker stood behind her chair as Zoe sighed.

"Seven years." She said coldly. Lester smirked at her immediate hatred towards Philip. She remembered that the last time he'd been in this situation, it had been him in Philip's place, and Helen Cutter in Zoe's.

"Seven years...that's a long time for...such a young child."

"Don't patronise me, I'm not a toddler," Zoe snapped, "And I'm not stupid; dinosaurs are easy to interact with." Lester raised his eye brows.

"How so?" he asked.

"If they're harmless, you stay away from them, but you can stay on their territory. If they're more than three times bigger than you, territorial and carnivorous, you get the hell out of there before it sees you." She explained, locked in a staring match with Philip. He looked away and readjusted his position in his chair. Zoe folded her arms across her chest.

"Can I go and see if my brother has come back yet?" she asked, still glaring at Philip but directing her question more at Lester and Becker.

"Jess will let us know if there's any change." Lester said quietly. Zoe sighed again.

"Then what else do you want to know?" she asked.

"What a 'time lock' is and how you know about them." Philip said.

"A time lock is when a certain time period is locked away from the anomalies. You reverse the magnetic pull you feel when the anomaly is open as its closing. The magnetic pull acts as a key. When you reverse it, it causes the anomaly to fold in on itself, with the key locked in the centre. You can't undo it because you don't have the key, because the key has locked itself inside the locked anomaly. I know about it because I'm smart and Chris and I spent three years trying to work it out. When we did, we started to try and find a way to fix it. We only got half of that goal achieved." Philip looked rightly gobsmacked, Becker impressed, Lester slightly bored.

"Can I go now?" Zoe asked, standing up and heading towards the door anyway. Becker nodded at the two men, before following Zoe out, smirking slightly.


Okay, so i thought it was about time someone actually showed Philip that they think he's an idiot...he's my least favourite person in the show, EVER...not even Helen was THAT annoying...

Anyway, i hope you enjoyed, sorry its so short, but the next chapter is a little bit more exciting. Pretty please review, i want to know if i should carry on with this... :) Thanking you muchly for reading!