Previously: Things were finally settling into place for Beth Anderson. Everything was going smoothly, until one day things take a backwards turn…

Beth left school and headed over to the ARC. After passing through security, she made her way to the main level and put her bag in her locker, before heading over to the computer station and sitting down. Not seeing Jess, she looked around before noticing Becker. "Hey Becker, where's Jess?" she asked him, figuring he would know. The two of them had been flirting with each other for weeks now and everyone working here was just waiting for the two of them to get together.

"Her feet are sore, so she's grabbing an ice pack real quick." The soldier told the young girl.

"New shoes?" Beth asked him. Everyone also knew how much Jess loved shoes.

He laughed. "New shoes," he confirmed nodding his head. Then he walked away, leaving the young girl to work. Beth went through some of the computer software, seeing what needed debugging, what needed updating, etc.

At first everything seemed fine, but then she noticed something. Was it a glitch? After a closer look, she deemed it not to be. Sending the coordinates to her work phone, she ran to find someone, anyone.

First she went to Lester's office. He wasn't there, then after seeing a post-it note on his desk, she remembered that he had a meeting. Then as she left Lester's office, she ran into Jess.

"Hey sweetie, where's the fire?" Jess asked Beth, noticing the hurried girl.

"Where's Abby and Conner?" Beth asked her fellow co-worker. Looking at her watch Jess said, "They should be here any minute. Why?"

Beth knew she couldn't wait. "Just tell them to meet me there," she said and raced out of the building. On her way out, she bumped into Becker, who went over to Jess and asked her, "Where's she going?"

"I'm not sure. She just asked me where Abby and Conner were. I told her that they weren't here yet and she raced out of here after telling me to let them know to meet her there."

"Where?" asked Becker.

"No clue," said Jess, before she walked over to the computer station. Sitting down she noticed the same thing that Beth had. 'No, it's impossible' thought Jess. Looking closer and double-checking the software, she came to the same conclusion that Beth had. Picking up her cell phone, she called Abby.

RING! RING!

"Abby."

"Abby, it's Jess."

"Hey Jess, Conner and I are almost there."

"Don't come here."

"Why?" Abby asked her, wondering why Jess didn't want them to come to work.

"Go to the Forest of Dean."

"What's happening" Abby asked Jess. Now she was really concerned.

"Just go. Becker will meet you two there." Then hanging up, she tracked down Becker. "Becker you need to go to the Forest of Dean."

"Why?"

"That's where Beth is headed. She's going straight to the anomaly."

"What anomaly?" Becker asked Jess. "The alarm didn't sound."

Jess dragged Becker to the computer station. Sitting down she zoomed in on the coordinates. "There may not be an alarm." Pointing to the screen she said, "But there is an anomaly and Beth's headed straight for it."

Meanwhile…

After Beth had left the ARC's main building, she went into the garage attached and grabbed one of the keys. Locating the car for it, she hopped in and started it up. Bringing up the Forest of Dean on the GPS, she backed out of the parking space and pulled out of the garage. Driving to the Forest of Dean, she knew if she survived this, that Abby would kill her. Scratch that; Lester would kill her if he didn't have her arrested first. She wasn't authorized to take one of the ARC vehicles; also she only had her learner's permit. So her driving was iffy at best. But she had to go, she had to finish this.

Recently Conner and Jess had come up with a new program, which could detect what time era each anomaly was a gateway for. This one was the same one that started everything. Yes it was a big world on the other side, but something was telling her that she needed to go. Arriving there she pulled out the Anomaly Locking Device. Setting it down, she knew Conner would be there soon so he could activate it. Abby should be there too, if Jess was smart enough to pass on her message. Beth just hoped she could deal with the problem before they got there.

Grabbing a gun and a knife, she stood near the anomaly, waiting for something to come through from the other side.

In the car…

Abby and Conner were driving to the Forest of Dean, both of them wondering why they were needed there. "Abby, why are we going there?" Conner asked Abby.

"I don't know Conner. Jess was pretty insistent."

"She said that Becker was meeting us there right?"

"Yeah," Abby replied.

"Okay, so we're going to the Forest of Dean…again. Becker's meeting us there and Jess is frightened." Thinking for a few moments, Conner connected the pieces and realized what was going on. Looking at Abby, he saw the look on her face and knew she had made the connection as well. Pressing the accelerator, the car sped up, both of them worried for Beth, knowing that she was there.

They only hoped she would be okay until they got there.

Back in the Forest of Dean…

Beth Lillian Anderson stood near the anomaly, waiting for something to come through. She didn't have to wait too long. After only 5 minutes of standing there something came through…and flew straight up.

As it flew she opened fire on the creature. Unfortunately she did not make contact with the creature. All she hit was a thick tree branch, which was severed from the tree itself and fell to the forest floor.

Beth dove out of the way, as the branch fell to where she had been only moments ago. Looking up towards the foliage she saw it…

Scarface…

The pterodactyl that had killed her mother.

This was it. This was where it all ended. Here in the Forest of Dean, where everything had begun.

As she stared at the creature, it stared right back before calling out and swooping down right at her. Quickly standing up, she stood her ground as it flew right for her. Once Scarface was close enough, she lashed out at it with her knife and making contact on the wing, leaving a trail of blood in her wake.

Wounding it, Scarface hobbled towards her, moving the uninjured wing towards Beth, trying to clip her and send her to the ground, where it could finish its hunt.

Trying to avoid the wing Beth ducked and side-stepped around the creature, until she stumbled on the forest floor. She thought she was doomed for a death like her mother's, but then the pterodactyl flew backwards and bled out…

Thanks to Becker who had arrived just in time. Abby ran over to Beth and helped her off the ground, while Conner locked the anomaly. It disappeared within 3 minutes after that.

"Are you okay?" Abby asked Beth.

Uh-huh," Beth said, nodding her head. Conner ran over to them. Looking over Beth making sure she was free of injuries he asked her, "What were you thinking? You could have been killed!"

"I'm sorry. I…I just had to finish this." Beth said, feeling about two inches tall.

Conner hugged her. Letting her go he looked at her and said, "Abby and I…we love you. You're part of our family now. Don't ever try something stupid like this again, okay?"

Beth nodded, not wanting to say anything. She didn't trust herself to speak, fearing she would cry her eyes full of tears. As the three of them went back to the ARC, she did speak.

"So you think I could get my license now?"