Chapter Two

Becker stood in the ARC's armoury checking his own weapons making sure they were oiled and had no defects. When he had taken the job he thought Lester was joking when he mentioned monsters from the past and future, how wrong he had been. The creatures from the past the team would deal with a lot simpler than those from the future, at least with the past they knew what to expect. Becker shuddered slightly at the memory of Mick Harper's attackers and the monster in the video they had found in the future, he had seen his fair share of bloodshed in combat zones and special forces operations but never had he seen a man killed in that way.

Becker didn't notice Sarah walk into the armoury. Sarah leaned onto the desk where weapons would be past to the soldiers, she watched Becker with interest as he checked his weaponry his best friends he called them, she was surprised he hadn't heard anyone enter . The last thought caused her to giggle slightly causing Becker to spin round weapon raised.

"Its only me Captain, no need to shoot" Sarah said holding up her hands with a smirk. Becker nodded before lowering his weapon and smiling back at her.

"You know better than to sneak up on me Sarah, your lucky I'm trained with these weapons otherwise there could've been an nasty accident" Becker said seriously before backing it up with a chuckle.

"So if I were to pick this gun up would I be a danger?" Sarah said in a flirting tone, Becker raised his eyebrows.

"No" he replied

"Why not?" Sarah queried.

"Safety's on" Becker finished before closing the weapons case.

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"Connor, well the hell is my bath salts!" Abby yelled from the bathroom. Connor's eyes went wide and he lowered the paper he was reading slowly and slowly began to head for the door. "Connor don't you think about walking out of that door or I will make you walk back into that shop and you can buy them, try explaining that to the ladies!". Connor the slowly sat back down on the couch and waited nervously as he heard Abby stamping down the hall.

"Look Abby I can explain it wasn't all my fault, well I didn't mean to do it but" Connor babbled trying to explain what had happened to her bath salts. Abby stood tapping her foot glaring at Connor who was looking nervously back.

"Connor did you have a bath with my salts in it" Abby said in a slightly lighter tone, Connor looked up in horror. He only wanted to see what the fuss was about these bath salts and he didn't feel any different only slightly embarrassed at Abby finding out.

"I just wanted to see what they did and I based my research on yours because they were the closest to me" Connor replied weakly. Abby stood glaring at him seemly unimpressed at his excuse.

"So you used all the salts, all of them!" Abby countered and walked back into the bathroom and slammed the door behind her. Connor sat there in shock, all these over a few bath salts he thought. Rex landed on the coffee table with a small thud, but hit into a stack of Abby's magazines and knocked them into Connor's coffee and spilling it all over the magazines ruining them.

"Oh just prefect, look what you did Rex Abby's going to kill me big time" Connor whispered hoping Abby wouldn't hear. Rex chirped at him before taking off again.

"What was that noise Connor?" Abby called from her bath.

"Nothing Abby don't worry, Rex just knocked something over" Connor called back trying to salvage what he could of the soggy magazines.

"What did he knock over Connor?" Abby called out again sounding impatient.

"My coffee cup and it spilled all over your new magazines" Connor replied and covered his ears.

"Connor Temple when I get my hands on you, your in so much trouble!" Abby yelled. Connor yelped and grabbed his work bag and ran from the flat as quickly as he could. Connor ten minutes later stay in a café waiting for Nick who had rung him the second he had got out of the door, it had been a god send. He looked around the café it was empty luckily for himself and Nick, just as he ordered his tea Nick entered and asked for the same and sat down in front of him.

"You look happy to see me may I ask why Connor?" Nick said warmly noticing the relief on Connors young face.

"You saved me from a very, very annoyed Abby" Connor replied smirking, "So what did you call me here for?"

"I called you hear for two reasons first of all this" Nick replied sliding a file along the desk. "it's the DNA results from the blood, it seems to be a future evolution of the rabies virus, one of the lab technicians drew a sample and tried to place the blood into a rat only he missed and in the mild a scuffle he got his friend in the arm" Nick explained while Connor read the file with interest, he loved it when he and Cutter talked these things over.

"What did they do with the lab technician?" Connor asked hoping they had put him in containment.

"They put him in a isolation unit and .." Nick trailed off as his mobile rang, after looking to Connor quickly he answered it.

"Nick Cutter speaking"

"Nick its Jenny listen you've got to get to ARC now there's a situation, Lester has called in Becker and extra special forces in" Jenny replied over the phone, Nick could hear gun fire in the background.

"Jenny what's wrong?" Nick asked alarmed.

"Nick just hurry the technician he's got mad, he's changing form rapidly into a wolf like form" Jenny was cut off as a loud shot was heard followed by a familiar voice shouting for them to run followed by more gun fire.

"I'm coming now just get somewhere safe and listen to Becker" Nick replied rapidly and got up gesturing for Connor to follow.

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Cliffy J

Review - Oakel