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Chapter 4

The Body

Cutter sat in the A. holding cell. He had told Danny how he was still alive and where he had been. He knew that Lester would have him tossed in jail, but he told them anyways; it was the right thing to do.

Meanwhile, Danny, Lester, Abby, Connor and Becker where talking.

"I cant believe that the bitch is still alive!" Becker shook his head.

"She isn't." Lester said.

"How can you be sure?" Abby demanded.

"Because," Lester began in his relaxed drawl. "We have her body."

The others took a moment to register what this meant.

"You went through an anomaly to get the body?" Becker asked.

"What did you do with her? Keep her on ice?" Connor asked.

"That's exactly what we did." Lester answered both of their questions.

"We need to see it; be sure she's dead. If those people could get at Cutter's body they may have tried for her's as well." Danny said.

Lester was about to assure them that there was no way they could have gotten past security, but then he sighed. "Very well." He reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone.

Everyone watched as he dialled a number and waited. "Yes, this is Lester." He spoke. "Yes. Listen, I know you're on vacation, but i need you back at the A.R.C for a moment." He sighed. Obviously the person on the other end had said something that Lester didn't like. "Fine, you'll get paid for this, just hurry." He snapped his phone shut.

"Who was that?" Abby asked.

"You're guide."

"Our guide?" Danny asked.

"Yes." Lester said. "What, you didn't think that we'd keep the body here, did you?"

Approximately twenty minutes passed before their "guide" arrived. He was about Connor's age. He had short black hair and tanned skin. He led them out the parking lot.

Abby, Danny, and Connor sat in an A.R.C van. The guide was driving.

"By the way," Connor said. "What is your name?" He asked the driver.

"Mac Rendell," He said. "And I assume you want to know how I'm connected to the body?"

The other nodded. He saw them in the rear view mirror. "When you lot disappeared through that anomaly, you had a tracking beacon in your boot- each of you. Lester sent a team in a day later to look for you. We came through, but there was no trace of you. We poked around a little, and stumbled over another anomaly. We went through- mostly because of those things, but also because you may have gone through."

Did you get a signal on the other side?" Connor asked.

Mac nodded. "We followed it, but instead of finding you, we found her body. Then the signal disappeared began to fade. We couldn't risk staying to look; we were blind out there, with no way of contacting you. We had to go back."

"And you brought her body with you." Danny guessed.

"Yeah," Mac confirmed. He pulled the van into an empty parking lot. A large, glass building sat in front of them. The windows were dark and covered in grime.

"The Home Office?" Abby said, surprised.

"But we left this place long ago," Connor said to Mac. "We were kicked out by the prime minister."

"That's only partially true." Mac replied. "You see, after this place was shut down, it was reopened a year later. No one works in the actual floors; all the usable space is underground." He drove to the Home Office and pushed a garage door opener attached to the pull-down mirror. A large door in the side of the building opened, and Mac drove the van through it. Automatically, the door shut behind them. The van descended down a steady slope before levelling out and coming to a stop. "Come on then," Mac said, stepping out of the van.

The others followed him as he walked towards a door. Stepping through it, they found themselves in a wide hallway. Mac walked briskly down the corridor before opening a door on the left. "Here we are," He stepped aside, holding the door open for the trio.

Abby rubbed her arms. "Its cold in here."

"Here, Abby," Connor took off his jacket and wrapped it around her."

She smiled. "Thanks, Conn,"

"This way, everybody." Mac stepped past them and walked into the room.

The walls were lined with metal drawers.

"This place looks like a morgue." Connor commented.

Mac looked at him as he inserted a key into one of the drawers."Where else would we look for a body?"

Connor realized what this room was. "Oh,"

Mac pulled the drawer out. White mist shot out with a hiss, then dispersed. The drawer extended seven feet out of the wall, and plastic covered the top. He grabbed the end of plastic closest to them and flipped it back.

Connor, Abby and Danny crowded around. Helen Cutter's pale, lifeless face lay in the metal bed. Danny examined her face, then nodded. Mac threw the plastic back over her face and slid the drawer back into the wall. He locked it and it sealed with a hiss.

They walked back into the hall, making their way towards the van.

"Are you satisfied now?" Lester asked Danny. They stood in Lester's office.

"No, I'm not," Danny replied. "If Helen's is dead, then who was Cutter with?"

"I'm not sure," Lester admitted. "But I think we can both agree that we're entering very dangerous turf, and should continue with extreme caution."

The door opened and both men turned to see who was entering.

"Uh, do you think you could let Cutter out now?" It was Connor. "He didn't really do anything wrong; he doesn't deserve it."

Lester sighed. "Very well,"

"Thank you," Connor said before he ducked out of the room.

Lester turned to Danny. "You can go now, Mr. Quinn. I believe you need time to find yourself a new home."

"Right," Danny turned and walked out of the room.

Lester sat down in his chair, thinking. He then leaned over the comm unit on his desk and spoke. "Jess,"

"Yes?" The girl replied.

"Please alter the A.R.C's security systems to code blue."

"Are we facing another takeover?"

"Just do it." Lester commanded. "I think it is necessary to take extra precaution from now on."

Lester watched as the lights in the A.R.C faded out, then came back. Over the loudspeakers an automated voice said, "Code Blue initiated".