Well now! There will be two more chapters in this fic... One real chapter and then an Epilogue! Hope you enjoy!


"There's no need to be angry," Matt said calmly.

"I don't like this Matt," Becker grunted. Angry was an understatement. He was pissed. When he had gotten back to the Anomaly, he waited for Matt and Emily. When they had arrived, they were in the process of organizing a team to go through and rescue Jess from whatever prehistoric hell she was trapped in. Unfortunately, a giant worm had come shooting out of the Anomaly, killing a security guard. The worm had scurried away before they were able to shoot it with the EMDs, and they were forced to lock the Anomaly... With Jess on the other side still.

"She'll be fine, we'll open it up in a second," Matt said. Becker held back his urge to open the Anomaly, throw Emily through, lock it, and tell Matt that she'd be fine. Although Emily probably would be perfectly fine, she was a field agent and she was used to dealing with the creatures. She was also used to going through the Anomalies, but Jess wasn't. Jess took care of the computer things and didn't deal with the creatures first hand. She never had any experience in the strange worlds of the past, or even the future. Becker was terrified a situation might arise that Jess wouldn't be able to get herself out of and something might happen to her, and he wouldn't be there to protect her.

"You don't know that for sure! We need to unlock that damn thing and help her! She might already be injured or-" Becker couldn't finish. Her turned away from the group with a frustrated scowl. This was exactly what he constantly worried about. If he was to have a family, he wanted them safe and protected. With Abby and Connor, they were experienced and took care of themselves. If any situation arose with them, they could help each other. They could take care of Sarah. Their family was secure. But Jess couldn't, and he didn't like it.

"I'm sure she's fine, but we can unlock the Anomaly and go through to help Jess," Matt said. Matt moved closer to Becker and his voice lowered. "We'll bring her back, but we must stick together, okay?"

Becker nodded with a straight face, he intended on bringing Jess -and themselves- back safe, at any cost. He turned back towards the group and motioned to two of his men, "You two come with us. Bring rifles. We don't know how many more worms, if any, there'll be on the other side."

Matt, Becker, and the two security guards got ready and positioned themselves in front of the Anomaly. Matt turned to nod to Emily, who was operating the locking mechanism in Connor's stead, "Alright, unlock it. Wait 2 minutes before locking it again. Unlock it in fifteen minutes so that we can come back. If we don't come through, lock it again and open it in fifteen minutes." Emily nodded and hit the great big threatening button which unlocked the Anomaly. Becker thought to himself that Connor must have installed the large red button on purpose, he seemed to like doing things like that.

When the Anomaly had reached full size, Becker motioned for the group to move through it. They charged to the other side and came to an abrupt halt.

As they reached the prehistoric world, they were met by a vicious sandstorm. The entire team brought their shirt collars up over their mouths and noses. Becker put his sunglasses on and leered at the unfamiliar landscape stretched out in front of him. Off in the distance, Becker could just make out a red shape that resembled the little sedan Jess had just started driving. He pointed it out the Matt and Matt nodded in acknowledgment. "We've got to get to her," Matt screamed. "She won't survive for long in a sandstorm like this," Becker felt a twinge in his stomach at Matt's latest words. He tried not to think about the possibilities of what might have happened to Jess while he was trapped on the other side of the Anomaly; she might have hurt herself while coming through, or she might have suffocated in the sandstorm, or she might have been attacked by some of those worms. Just as he said it, he yelled at himself.

She's fine.

Becker took his eyes off Matt and looked back out at the desert. He thought he saw a splash of pink making its way across the sand, but everything changed when the fire nation attacked. (Just making sure you're reading... The real passage was "but his attention was diverted as another worm shot up out of the sand at Matt.) Matt staggered and fell to the ground, wrestling with the worm, which was trying to latch on to his face. The worm's jaws were round and open wide, its sharp teeth protruding from its gums. The worm was so white, and almost transparent. Becker could see its veins pulsating through its body, and Becker aimed for what he assumed was the worms heart. He shot the worm about five times with the EMD before it went limp and detached from Matt. As the first worm hit the sand, three more shot up towards the group.

Matt motioned for everyone to run back through the Anomaly. With out thinking, Becker followed. He had just seen a worm catch one of his men before he fell back into the car park. He heard Matt scream to Emily for her to close the Anomaly. Emily did as told and immediately ran to the group, "What happened?" She looked them over and a confused look came onto her face, "Where's the second guard? Where's Jess?" She asked.

Becker turned away from Matt and the group, walking off a bit. He felt the groups' eyes on his back, "Worms attacked and pushed us through the Anomaly. One of them got Matt, but we downed it before it did any good damage," Becker felt a level of harshness crawl into his voice on those last few words. Why? It wasn't Matt's fault all of this was happening. Becker adjusted his attitude and continued, "We saw Jess' car, but didn't see her specifically. I thought I had caught a glimpse of her crossing the sand, but the first worm attacked before I could get a good look." Becker slung his gun strap over his shoulder and put his hand over his mouth. He rubbed his face and noted that he hadn't had shaved that day, he hadn't had time to before all of this happened. From now on, Becker decided, he'd go to work the same time as Jess.

"Well, are you going back?" Emily demanded. "You must, otherwise Jess is trapped in that worm hole -no pun intended- with out any assistance!" Emily's voice was raising, and Becker smiled quietly to himself. At least someone was on his side.

"Of course we are," Becker heard himself answer while spinning around, the ghost of the smile gone from his face. "Open the Anomaly," Becker directed Emily, looking Matt in the eyes. "We're going now," Becker stated. "I'm not leaving Jess there any longer than this, I'm getting her out immediately."

Matt's eyebrow raised in question, almost as if he were challenging Becker to issue another order. Instead, Becker took his gun in his hands and prepped himself for running through the Anomaly again, Matt did the same.

"Well? Open that Anomaly, Emily," Becker said. Emily moved to the machine and opened the Anomaly once again. Becker nodded to Matt and ran up to the Anomaly. They didn't get very far, as a nice brunette figure came through the Anomaly and slammed into Becker with enough force to knock him to the ground.


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