"Why can't you just follow your orders?!" screamed Becker as he pushed open the double doors of the operations room.

The sound of the doors slamming against the hard concrete walls made Jenny jump as she piled in behind the team, she couldn't blame Becker for being angry. The Captain could feel his knuckles aching with the urge to hit something, how fucking dare she! Who did this bitch think she was?! Becker couldn't remember the last time he was this angry, pushing the ruffled hair from his face, he threw his gun onto a work station and noticed how quickly the scientists working at the station ran. Was he really that scary? When did his colleagues become scared of him? He was too angry to think about it.

He noticed out of the corner of his eye that Lester had already made his way down the ramp from his office, an angry step in his stride.

"What in the hell is going on?!" Lester yelled, he stopped right in front of Becker and stared straight into his angry closed off eyes. Lester had noticed the angry behaviour Becker had been 'showing off' lately and he didn't like it one bit. Yes, Sarah was gone and yes Lester cared but Becker had lost his way.

On automatic reaction, Becker's hands joined behind his back and his back straightened. His stare intensified as Lester challenged him, Becker's mouth was firmly shut otherwise he would lose his job and he wouldn't give the likes of Melissa the satisfaction.

"Melissa wouldn't stay back when Becker told her, boss. I agree with Becker." Danny said, joining Becker's side. His back was straight as well and Lester guessed that he got that from the Captain, a few seconds later Abby, Connor and Jenny stood right behind Becker.

Melissa's glare hardened, standing next to Lester was definitely her better option. The blonde one was staring at her like she wanted to eat her and the brown haired one she didn't even want to get started on, Danny's girlfriend- No surprise. Well, at least Melissa could put on a little show for Lester and Lieutenant Wells. She chewed on her full red lips and put on her best 'scared but ready to fight' voice.

"Soldier boy over here refused to close the anomaly so I couldn't pull the data from it, I was trying to do my job!" Melissa screamed, she might as well have stomped her foot down like a three year old toddler. Her strawberry blonde hair flicked over her shoulder and her arms were up in the air for effect.

Becker's jaw seemed to tighten that little bit more every time Melissa's annoying voice spoke, it was like listening to a squeaking mouse. "Sir, with all due respect, we wait at least ten minutes every time an anomaly opens." he stayed calm and collective, she wasn't going to force him into an unbreakable anger.

This was the first time Lester had heard of this, since when was this happening? Lester sighed and straightened his tie, breaking his stare from Becker he realised the sad stares from the others behind him. Folding his arms over his chest, he shot a stare over his shoulder. "Leave us. Wells, take Melissa with you."

Jenny couldn't fight the smile on her lips as she watched Lieutenant Wells grab onto Melissa's for arm, he pretty much dragged her away and down into the corridor after the double doors on the other end of the room shut. Silence, that's what Jenny loved. The silence of a room. Now that Melissa's protests had been forced quiet a big sigh was let out from everyone, muscles relaxed and Becker's anger seemed to die down.

Every team member stood still and stared at Becker, nobody wanted to say a word because the next thing they knew, a tear ran down Becker's cheek. The soldier turned on his heel and walked away, his head held as high as he could manage.

Damn, he loved his Sarah.

X

"I'm not going to let somebody else's coffin rest on my conscience." Becker growled, reloading his shot gun as fast as he could as another target slowly moved across the area.

Jenny watched how he stood, his back to her and all his muscles tensed as if he was an ice sculpture ready to break. She noticed how fast his finger pressured against the trigger each time he shot at the target, he was tense and not like he used to be. The Becker she knew would take his time with each shot, not wanting to waste one bullet. He was rogue and angry, that wasn't a good thing for anybody on the team, especially Melissa and the new Lieutenant.

"Sarah is not dead and it wasn't your fault, Becker." Jenny sighed, she chewed on her bottom lip as she leant against the white painted wall, her arms folded over her white and black dotted blouse and she sucked in a breath as Becker turned to face her.

His face full of pain and anger, Becker placed down his shot gun and copied Jenny's body language. Arms crossed over his broad and protected chest. "No, Sarah's not dead and I don't intend on forgetting it. We will find her and until we do, I'm putting in a complaint against Melissa until she decides to agree to keeping the anomalies open for at least ten minutes before we close it. Then she can get her data from them afterwards."

Jenny nodded, taking in all that Becker was telling her. That made perfect sense to her. "I agree with that completely, Becker. But you have to calm down, you can't give her the satisfaction of you losing your job over this." she touched his fore arm, her fingers stroking his jumper underneath his armour in the most friendly way she could master.

The two of them couldn't help the laugh that came from both of them, it was more of a snigger at the fact Jenny was touching his arm in the most awkward way possible. Becker stopped laughing and a smile crept on his face, his head fell in a nod towards Jenny and now he was starting to really appreciate he had friends. Friends. That was a big thing for Becker, he had friends. After Sarah fell through the anomaly, Becker had been feeling isolated and alone. But now, now he knew the entirety of the ARC team was on his side and Melissa wasn't about to force him to stop looking for Sarah. He was determined more than ever to get back the love of his life. Becker's head shot towards the door as it whooshed open and Danny's head popped through, he was smiling which was a good sign.

"Lester's agreed to wait ten minutes before closing each anomaly, boss had a right go at Melissa." Danny pointed behind him at no particular person, it was more or less the wall and Jenny couldn't help but laugh.

"Said she was disrespectful to Sarah and told her if Melissa was to tell you to close the anomaly before Sarah could get through, she would be fired straight away and chucked into an anomaly." Danny clapped his hands together and had the biggest, smuggest smile on his face.

Jenny winked at him and joined his side, her eyes travelled down to Danny's big hand and slipped her own hand into his. She looked up at him, both of them making the eye contacted they needed to keep themselves strong for Becker and for Sarah. "I'd happily be the one to throw her through an anomaly, she's been giving you googly eyes since she got here."

"What?!" Danny almost screamed, his eyes grew wide with shock and he looked like he was about to be hit by a huge truck. Clearly didn't know, thought Jenny as her head fell against his shoulder. The man had no clue.

Becker smirked. "Don't worry Danny boy, you've got me to save you from the claws of Melissa and I'm pretty sure she has her greedy little eyes on Lieutenant Wells too." his hand grabbed Danny around the back of his neck and pushed him towards the door, his laughter filling Danny's ear.

Jenny clutched onto Danny's hand, nobody was going to take her man from her. Especially the little bitch that was messing with Becker, Jenny was prepared to have a cat fight with the whore if she had to! Jenny was tempted to tell Danny about Lieutenant Wells and how he held onto Jenny's hand a little longer when they first met him and the six times she had caught him staring at certain parts of her body. She decided not to because she liked to see both Danny and Becker happy.

Her boys were happy, and so was she.

Becker eventually let go of Danny's neck and his smile lasted on his face until he pushed the double doors open, he couldn't help the glare and tense face he made once he stormed past Melissa. She looked like a deer caught in headlights and Becker absolutely loved it. All three of them reached Abby and Connor, Becker putting on the bravest face he could as his hand slapped Connor on the back.

"Hey, are you ok now mate?" Connor asked, he held onto Becker's shoulder like his life depended on it and his other arm wrapped tightly around Abby's small waist.

Becker nodded. "I'm ok, I'm ok." he sounded like he was reassuring himself rather than reassuring Connor.

After a couple of moments of silence, Danny's head span around and in his chirpy usual voice he turned to Becker. "How about we go over to Connor and Abby's place and have a movie night? It'll be fun, couple of beers, I'm sure it will cheer soldier boy up." his hand slapped Becker's back and the soldier couldn't fight the grunt he made.

A glare from Becker was shot Danny's way. "Don't call me soldier boy and yeah that would cheer me up, if it's ok with Abs and Connor." he looked towards Abby more than he did Connor, everyone knew exactly who was wearing the trousers in their relationship.

Abby nodded. "Yeah, that's fine, I'd love that." she glared at Connor as he nodded too, luckily she knew he was just messing around like his usual Connor like self otherwise he would be getting a hard slap to the head. She couldn't help giggling at his enthusiastic nodding and neither could the others.

Connor had noticed Lieutenant Wells from a far and squinted his eyes at what he was doing, behind the huge glass Wells was 'working his magic' against Melissa and Connor couldn't help but notice it. "Looks like Lieutenant Wells is having his own flirting at work disaster." he pointed towards the two and moved away as quick as he could in case Abby smacked him for prying on other colleagues business but she didn't seem to care much. In fact, she started to laugh.

Connor loved it like this, he loved that they were laughing and that they were all happy. He loved his family like this, he loved each and every member of his family and he couldn't wait until Sarah got back because that would mean a huge family reunion.

Connor's family reunion.

X

"What films have you got?" Becker asked after they had all settled down on the sofa, it was his job to select the film. Not that he was asked to, he didn't give anybody else the choice.

Flipping through the films stored underneath the TV, Becker caught sight of an entire film set of Star Wars AND Star Trek films. Becker couldn't help the inner nerd he had inside of him, but he was more of a super hero kind of guy.

"All Star Wars and Star Trek films, we have action films, romance, comedy, western and paranormal." Connor grinned proudly, his arm wrapping around Abby as he pulled Abby's favourite pink blanket over them, it only just about reached his feet.

Jenny sat up almost straight away, her arms flapping about like she was trying to swat a wasp and Danny looked just as terrified laying right underneath her. "We cannot watch a paranormal film! I don't mind the Paranormal Activity films but I am not watching anything gory or creepy." she nodded in both Connor's and Becker's direction and gave each of them her famous glare. Oh, she meant it alright.

Danny's head popped up from behind her, the white fluffy blanket covering him right up to his neck. "Don't worry Jen, I'll look after you and save you from the non-existent ghosts and fake blood." his cheeky grinned earned him a slap around the head but not hard enough to make it hurt.

Danny's arm wrapped around her waist, he pulled Jenny down underneath the blanket like he was a monster catching the typical girl who always screamed in horror movies and fell over something ridiculous like her own feet or a stick.

"Why does apple juice look like pee but taste like apples?" Abby asked innocently, she honestly had no idea! Why did apple juice look like pee but taste like apples?

Everyone burst out into laughter as Becker chose Paranormal Activity to watch, the first one. He couldn't help laughing himself and he found himself wondering why did apple juice look like pee but taste like apples? He never thought about that and he knew if Sarah was here she would tell them exactly why apple juice looked like pee but tasted like apples, because it 'just did.' as Sarah would always explain things. It just did.

Sighing heavily, Becker stood to sit on a single chair. He hated that word, single. He wasn't single in any way possible. Slumping his heavy body down, he crossed his arms over his chest and watched as Abby, Connor, Jenny and Danny started to recover from their giggling fit. He managed a smile, but it didn't feel like it was enough. His eyebrows shot up and he tried to stand up before he even realised what was happening, Connor had basically jumped into his lap with a big grin on his face.

"Temple!" Becker screeched, his arms flew up like he was having a fit and he couldn't understand why this was happening!

Connor clung to him, his arms trying to battle against Becker's as he tried to remove him. He was like a little slug that wouldn't get off him. Becker did find it just a little bit funny and so did the others, eventually he gave up trying to get Connor off of him until the other man jumped back onto the other sofa to join Abby. After two hours of screaming, shouting, jumping in the air and Jenny literally running to the bathroom screaming 'I think I've wet myself!' Becker and the team started to settle down, Connor had made sure to drag Becker over to the huge sofa they were all laying on.

Becker's head fell back as his eyes closed shut in a deep and rather needed sleep since he had lost Sarah, all he needed was the support of his best friends and he knew he would be ok until Sarah came back to him. He just knew, looking at Connor cuddled up to Abby and Jenny cuddled up to a sleeping Danny; he would protect this team, no matter what.

He promised inside his head that he would give up his life for these four people and he would give up his life to have Sarah back safely.

A/N; Took me pretty much ALL day to write this chapter, (While watching Liverpool vs Manchester City so be happy I gave up that time to take my eyes off of the screen! 3-2 COME ON, LIVERPOOL FAN! ;D)

I'm quite proud of myself that my attention span lasted this long. Usually it only lasts a few seconds! I hope my readers like it because I worked my ass off today ;) ;)