Author's Note: Just to let you guy's know there are a lot of scene changes. I thought I'd let you know to help avoid confusion whilst reading :)
The ARC team ran. Greaves and Johnson stopped in their tracks. A female scream reverberated through the walls to where they stood.
"I think we should head back?" Greaves said.
Johnson stopped and headed towards Greaves, stomping his feet.
"Captain said he would meet us. Why disobey a direct order?" Johnson asked.
Greaves stared at Johnson with disbelief.
"Sometimes orders need to be broken in order to save a life, Johnson." Greaves turned around to face the way he had just come from, "I'm going back, whether you like it or not." Greaves headed towards the danger zone. Johnson brushed his fingers through his hair.
"Hold up, Greaves. I'm coming with you." Johnson managed to catch up with his teammate.
X
Becker got up and started to pound his fists into the wall, crying uncontrollably. He turned his back to the wall and slowly slid down.
"I'm so sorry, Sarah..." Becker pounded his fists on his thighs.
"I made the wrong choice..." He buried his head in his hands and wept.
X
Greaves and Johnson scurried through the danger zone, being extremely careful and pointing their guns in every corner to make sure it is safe to proceed. They rounded a familiar corner and noticed that Captain Becker was sitting limply against the wall. The soldiers ran forwards and skidded to a halt by the Captain's feet. They bent down and shook Becker. Greaves and Johnson pulled their Captain to his feet both supporting him on either side.
"I'm fine..." Becker muttered.
"Where is Dr. Paige, Captain?" Greaves asked.
"She's gone..." Becker tilts his head back and upwards to face the ceiling. A fresh set of tears began to well in the corner of his eyes; "She's dead..." Becker closed his eyes and the tears rolled down his cheeks. Greaves and Johnson hug their captain to show their support. They glance over towards the other side of the massive opening and realised that they were no longer alone, the predators that they had stunned had finally got their awareness back.
"Boss, we really need to leave...as of right now!"
Becker glanced over and saw the predators waiting; he grabbed his shot gun out of his bag and loaded it.
"It's time to dance." He cocked his gun.
X
The rest of the ARC team was approaching the anomaly and realised that it was not open. Behind them were the futuristic bugs gaining on them. Suddenly, the anomaly came to life and the rest of the ARC team ran through and landed into present time.
The soldier in control of locking the anomaly locked it as the last soldier came through.
"Where are Greaves and Johnson?" Elliott asked.
"Don't tell me they are still in the anomaly?" Wilkinson replied.
"Not just that, but Captain Becker and Dr. Paige might still be trapped in the anomaly." Elliott added.
"We'll wait for two minutes, if when we unlock the anomaly, they don't come through...we must assume the worst." Wilkinson gulped hoping that wouldn't be the case.
X
Greaves, Becker and Johnson ran. Becker turned around and fired at the predator closest to them running along the wall. They reached the stubborn door when they first entered the building, Johnson and Becker tried to open the door whilst Greaves kept the predators company with endless supply of bullets.
"Greaves come on!" Johnson yelled. Becker put down his weapon; he hid on the outside of the door preparing to close it as soon as Greaves got out. Greaves ran out and Becker slammed the door shut as a predator prepared to leap out of the building.
Becker picked up his shot gun again and checked the ammunition. He looked on and saw the anomaly. The bugs had scattered away, flying off into the distance. Becker cocked his weapon again and started heading towards the anomaly. The predators continued to barge at the closed door. Greaves and Johnson decided to follow their Captain. Eventually, the door gave in and the predators scrambled out.
Becker gazed at the anomaly and realised it started to expand and shrink. Becker turned around and saw that the door hadn't managed to keep the predators at bay. Greaves and Johnson had sat down upon a rock and drank some water. Becker whistled and caught Greaves and Johnson's attention.
"Run you idiots, predators have escaped!" Becker ran towards them. Everything seemed to go in slow motion the feeling of guilt resurfaced, what if he couldn't save them? Like he couldn't save Sarah. Becker finally reached his team mates and fired his shot gun at the predator.
"We have to leg it. The anomaly is closing!" Becker ushered them up. They ran whilst firing at the predators.
X
"Oh no, the anomaly is closing." Elliott alerted everyone.
Everyone gathered round the anomaly and watched on with anticipation, praying that their departed team members make it through the anomaly.
It continued to shrink and expand. Shrink and expand. Suddenly, Greaves and Johnson fly through the anomaly, followed by Becker, who came sliding through the anomaly and had his gun aimed. A predator arm crept through the anomaly but Becker fired his shot gun, and it flinched its arm back through to the other side.
The anomaly closed. Wilkinson and Elliott looked on with confusion.
"This anomaly never closed before, how did it manage to close itself today?" Elliott whispered to Wilkinson.
"Right now, I really don't care. I'm just happy that Captain Becker came back." Wilkinson trod off towards his Captain followed by Elliott.
X
Two days later
Becker walked up the ramp towards Lester's office. He tapped on the door and a rather dry voice greeted him.
"Come in."
Becker unlocked the door and entered the office; he put the envelope on the desk. Lester lifted his head slightly and looked at the white envelope placed before him. He sighed and looked up towards Becker.
"What's that?"
"It's a letter, sir."
"Oh really...a letter...I didn't know that...I thought it was a napkin..."
"Sir, it is very important that you read it." Becker said urgently. Lester looked at Becker for a while, until he picked up the envelope.
"I hope this is not a love letter...although I'd be flattered...I really don't swing that way." Becker rolled his eyes, clenching his jaw. He seriously did not have much patience for Lester's dry sense of humour right now.
Lester opened the envelope and took out the letter. His eyes scanned the entire document.
"You can't do this to me, Becker." Lester stood up.
"Yes I can."
"I need you Becker. You can't just resign like this, and you're the only one I can trust."
"I'm sorry to let you down, sir, but right now I'm not worth your trust. For all you know I could get you killed." Becker headed towards the office door and opened it closing the door behind him. He walked down the ramp towards the ARC's exit as Lester's voice echoed through the ARC.
"Becker, come back here now!"
X
Back in the future
It was a dark tunnel. Lamps scattered around the long dim corridor. A silhouette of a man carrying someone within his arm's shadowed on the walls. He enters a brightly lit room, like some medical facility and puts the woman on a stretcher. The woman happened to be Sarah.
"I found this woman. It seems she has taken a rather nasty fall from above."
"You mean from where the predators hunt?" Someone with a rich Irish accent answered.
"Yes."
"Block that access now. We don't want predator's coming down here. I'll tend to the lady. Now go."
The man rushed over and checked Sarah's vitals as the other man left. She jolted awake and grabbed hold of the man's collar.
"Help them! Save...Becker!" She gasped.
"It is OK. My name is Matt Anderson. You are going to be OK, now." Sarah's grip loosened on Matt's collar and lost all sources of life. Matt checked her pulse, there was no pulse. It seemed she only survived this long to ask for help...
"Becker? Did she mean Captain Becker from the old ARC team? Could she have come through the anomaly above? If that is the case, that anomaly will lead us back to the past. Maybe if we went through that anomaly we could try and change the circumstances that lead to this dreadful future..."
Authors Note: So this was the last chapter. I brought Matt in because at the end of series 4 he mentioned he was from the future, so I thought I'd bring him in.
Many thanks for reading!
