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Matt strolled depressingly through the ARC towards the ADD where they had been told to meet their new boss. In other words, pretend to congratulate Philip on his new position as Head of the ARC. Matt didn't normally smile that much, but smiled more than Lester. He knew that it was going to be hard to pretend to be happy for Philip. The man wasn't his favourite person in the whole world, but he could never say that he hated Philip. More... very, very, very disliked him, and couldn't stand to be in the same room as him for more than ten minutes before needing to make a convincing excuse to leave and avoid him for the rest of the day.

He walked towards the ADD where Jess sat, surprisingly dressed in a not so bright, dark green dress, flat green and yellow shoes and a yellow and black hair band that kept her hair off her face. He could tell that she was also upset about Lester leaving and Philip being in charge. Her clothes said it all really. He had never seen Jess in clothes so dark. He remembered her wearing the dark green dress before, but it had looked so much brighter with some accessories that she had added to it. Now it just looked... boring almost, plain and lifeless. Matt placed a folder on her work surface and unlike Jess, she didn't turn or say anything or give any indication that she had noticed his presence. He stopped for a moment and looked at her make-up. She hadn't done much with it today; only a bit of blusher and lipstick. It seemed uncomfortably odd to see Jess with so little make-up on and he had to admit it, he felt scared for her well-being.

"Jess... Jess," he said, taking her arm and shaking it a little the second time. She turned to him, suddenly realising that he was there. She looked away.

"S-sorry Matt, I – I hadn't noticed that y-you were there," she stuttered. Matt raised an eyebrow. Jess never stuttered, not unless she was scared or nervous and sometimes when she was really embarrassed.

"Jess, have you seen Abby and Connor?" Jess shook her head.

"Not since they hopped out of the car when we arrived, but I told them to be here. They'll be here soon," she said, reassuring herself more than Matt. As if on cue, Emily, Abby and Connor bounded down the steps towards them. Matt would have thought that the young man would have been happy to see Philip in charge, but obviously not.

Suddenly, the elevator doors opened and Philip walked through. The team's attention was all on him as he walked towards the top of the steps. He coughed loudly to get the team's attention, even though he already had it.

"As you know, Lester is no longer in control of the ARC operation, and you have been given someone else to be in charge. I'd like you to meet him," Philip said, smiling. Emily noticed that Matt was trying so hard not to roll his eyes, walk off in a strop to his office, and play his piano music at full volume.

"Congratulation Philip," Matt said, failing to sound enthusiastic. However, he was able to smile a little bit... only a little. Philip put his hands behind his back and his smile grew.

"I'm honoured Anderson... I'm honoured that you think I am capable of running the ARC, but sadly, I am not the one in charge," he said sweetly. Every team member snapped to attention. Philip wasn't in charge. Who was then? The team shared nervous glances. They had trusted Lester with their lives, Philip they didn't trust but could survive with and now they had neither, they were about to be handed someone completely new and different, someone they didn't know. Matt looked at Jess to see her quite faint, but lucky if she did faint, she was in her red and black leather chair.

"Who is in charge?" Emily finally asked the question that he been left hanging in the air. Matt noticed that Philip looked angry for a split second then went back to his calm and soft face. He looked at the others. They hadn't noticed. Whoever was in charge, Philip didn't like them.

"ME!" came a cry from the elevators. The whole team's mouths dropped open as they stared at their new boss, who was dressed in a black suit, black trousers and shiny black shoes, plus black socks.

"BECKER!" screamed the whole team, Jess's more a squeak of delight.

"Yes, Captain Becker here got the job of head of the ARC... Do be kind to him, you do know him," and with that, Philip walked off. Becker watched him go and only turned to face the team when he had turned the corner.

"'Do be kind to him'," Becker said, mimicking Philip. "Please... Anyone who disobeys me now gets shot and not with an EMD."

"How in hell did you get the job?" Connor asked mouth still wide open.

"Well, I found out when the job interview was, went along and they loved me. I knew there was a reason I had so much stuff on my CV," Becker exclaimed, looking rather pleased with himself.

"You look different," Emily said, still staring at Becker.

"Thanks Emily, I gelled my hair to the right this morning, not to the left."

"I meant the suit."

"Oh, yah, that too I guess... Nothing to say about my hair?"

"Hey boss! Where did you want this box again?" Becker turned round at the sound of the young voice. Jess noticed the solider instantly as he was the youngest solider Becker had. At the age of twenty he at Jess had quite a lot in comment. G – as he was called by his friends and fellow work mates – was a skinny boy with light brown and deep emerald green eyes. His voice wasn't as deep as most of the men in the ARC, but then again, he was the youngest male. The man was dressed in the normal solider ARC uniform: Black top, black trousers, big black boots, black jacket and, what Becker didn't wear, a black cap. Unlike most of the other soldiers, G wore his cap round the right way. Being the youngest, least strong and quite dumb, G was the weakest pray in the solider food chain, being picked on by every predator. G was carrying a box that looked a bit too heavy for him.

"Lester's office, please G," Becker said, nodding to the office that was clearly visible by all.

"Don't you mean 'my office, please G'," he said, doing a very good Captain Becker impression.

"Yah..." Becker grumbled. G walked into the room and placed the box on the desk.

"I still can't believe you got the job," Connor said, mouth still open.

"Neither can I! I know nothing about Lester's job!" Becker cried in frustration. He grabbed a file out of G's hand as he walked up behind him. "I don't even know what the word 'Gestalt' means!" he said, waving the paper in the air. G held Becker's hand still so he could read the paper.

"Isn't that a type of crystal?" he asked. Jess shook her head. She could see why he was at the bottom of the food chain sometimes… Not that she knew what the word meant.

"Right, first order, JESS! Get me a new P.A, and one that knows what they're doing… Before I die of trying to work out how to do all this bloody paper work!"

"Yes sir!" Jess smiled, giving Becker a quick salute before turning in her chair and getting up a list of names and CV's for good PAs. Matt smiled, knowing that Jess was already loving the fact that Becker was in charge.


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Okay, how many of you though that Becker was the new head before you read that he was? I think I made it a bit too obvious...

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