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Here's chapter 10 for you and Becker finally gets some company (and he doesn't like it). Have fun

Chapter 10

Tears ran down Jess' cheeks. She couldn't believe what happened. This should have been easy. They were told there was no incursion, no creatures, but they were wrong. People got hurt, badly hurt. One of Becker's men, Private Brown had died, another was badly hurt, most likely to die. Lester stepped up behind her and handed her a tissue. It was just like a few days ago, when Becker was injured. Now they lost people. This was too much for her to take. She turned around and held onto Lester. The older man looked surprised, but he hugged her back and tried to offer her some comfort. He had heard something happened, but not what. It didn't matter at the moment. This girl needed someone to hold her and he would, though he tried to look uncomfortable in doing so.

"Sh, Jess. What is it?"

"It happened so fast... Private Brown is … dead… Matt and Johnson are injured." Lester was shocked. Another one of the team was injured? This week was truly horrible. Jess could remember everything. She had sent three of Becker's men and Matt and Abby to lock the anomaly. There were no creatures visible through the cameras; it should have been easy for them. But a creature came through. It was a giant dinosaur. Suchomimus, Matt had said, before it attacked Johnson. They screamed, angering the beast even more. It let go of Johnson, there was so much blood. Abby backed off, knowing, that she could get hurt herself, if she got to close. Matt didn't. He stood behind the dinosaur, as it attacked and killed Brown. He tried to get it to let him go, but he failed. Instead the creature turned around, hitting Matt with its massive tail, sending him flying into a wall. The remaining soldier and Abby finally managed to bring the creature down, which allowed them to look at their fallen colleagues. Brown was dead, but Johnson was still breathing. Abby still knew these injuries were most likely to be his end. Matt on the other hand seemed to be unconscious only. She called for medics.

Only minutes ago Johnson had been brought in, Matt was still not back. His condition seemed to be less serious. Abby stayed with him, to make sure he would be okay. It was horrible for Jess to see the man unconscious, just like Becker was days ago. Why did this have to happen to the team?

"How bad?", Lester asked. He could only assume it was bad. She wouldn't be upset like that, if it wasn't.

"Bad, I think.", Jess answered, sniffling.

"Go to the medical bay, Jess. Captain Becker will want to know about this." She nodded and let go of him, to go down to the medical bay. But she had to stop, because of medics bringing Matt in. This was more important than her getting to Becker. Matt looked as vulnerable as Becker looked when he lay on the ground, unconscious. But Abby, who followed the medics smiled at her.

"He'll be okay. He's just got a concussion." Jess was relieved. Abby hugged her. They followed Matt's stretcher slowly. He looked pale, but it looked worse, than it really was. Unfortunately Becker was awake, when they wheeled Matt in, next to him. He looked up shocked.

"What happened?" Abby smiled and walked towards him, to take his hand in hers and calm him a little.

"Don't worry. He got knocked out by a creature, it's just a concussion. He'll be fine." Becker nodded and looked towards his unconscious friend. He wanted him to move, anything that would assure him he was alive. But Matt didn't. Instead Jess sat back down next to him and held his hand in hers again. She felt for his fever.

"It's decreasing.", she announced happily. Becker turned to look at her confused.

"What?"

"Your fever, silly." Abby sat down on the other side of Jess and took Becker's other hand in hers. "You kept Connor here all night."Becker seemed to think for a moment, and then nodded sadly. He remembered bits and pieces, but nothing precisely. He remembered Connor talking about Abby, telling him his fears and hopes. He smiled, as he remembered his friend talking about how he wanted to marry her, but couldn't find the courage to ask her. What if she said 'no'? As if she ever could say no. Everyone knew how much the two loved each other. Even he could see it. She would say yes, he was so very sure of that.

"I remember.", he admitted. "Parts. I also remember… are you okay, Jess?" She laughed at that.

"Yes, Becker. I am fine. I'm not hurt." It was amazing to her, how worried he seemed to be about her, despite the fact, that he was the one injured in here. Abby smiled at her knowingly again and let go of Becker's hand, to turn around and look at Matt. Nothing had changed there. He was still unconscious, still had not moved. Abby wasn't too concerned about Matt. He would be out of here pretty quickly. She wanted to give Becker and Jess a little bit of privacy to maybe discuss this.

"I'm sorry for overreacting yesterday.", Jess said blushing. Becker only smiled. He squeezed her hand, to reassure her a bit.

"Don't be, Jess. It's okay." His smile fascinated her again. Becker didn't mind her question, on the contrary, he thought it was cute she worried about that so much. By now he would have told her about a wife and children, he would be too proud to not tell everyone. Still, he didn't know what else to say to her. He didn't mind her freaking out about the picture, it built his hope a bit, but he couldn't tell her about what he felt. He would only hurt her, like his brother- in-law had hurt his sister.

"You said you were the closest thing to a father he has. Why?" Becker smiled at her question again, softly pulling her closer to him, so she had to lean over him, almost close enough to almost kiss her, but he couldn't.

"His father is dead. He got killed in Afghanistan, when my nephew, Jadyn, was only a few months old.", Becker explained. He remembered his sisters call, as she begged him to come as soon as he could. He remembered calming baby Jadyn down, night after night until he had to return to his work. This, his sister's grief and his nephews lack of a father, was the reason he didn't want any relationship. This was the reason he couldn't let himself fall in love with Jess, no matter how much he wanted it. He lost too much; he saw too much pain, he didn't want Jess or any other partner to endure this, let alone let her close and lose her. This would kill him. Before Jess could say anything, they heard Matt moan.

"Hello, Matt. Welcome back.", Abby greeted him. Matt didn't seem to recognize her. He looked at her confused.

"Abby?", he asked. "What… why?" Becker and Jess looked at him.

"You were knocked out by the Suchomimus. Got a pretty little concussion." Matt groaned again.

"Yeah, I figured. I'm sick." Abby quickly grabbed him something to empty his stomach in. He fell back onto the bed and closed his eyes as soon as that was done. "Why's the light that bright?" Both women laughed at that.

"It's not bright. It's normal.", Abby said. "You just think it's bright because your head is messed up."

"My head isn't that messed up, Abby. I still know my mission" They looked at him confused. What mission did he talk about?

"What mission?", Jess asked. Matt looked at her, wide eyed.

"You know to protect you guys."

"Actually, that's my job description, but thanks for filling in." Becker smiled at Matt. He respected that man; no actually they were friends, so he believed him. Abby didn't. She seriously thought something was wrong with Matt's look and choice of words. As If he let something slip. She had to talk to him about that soon, but her thoughts were interrupted, as Emily stormed in. She immediately hugged Matt.

"What has happened? Are you hurt? Can I do something for you?" Matt tried do focus on all of her questions at once, but failed. He looked at Abby, hoping for her help. She took Emily's hand.

"He'll be fine. He has to stay tonight, but he'll be released tomorrow.", she explained.

"And what happened?"

"Creature knocked me into something." Emily looked around, to see Abby nodding. She accepted Matt's explanation then, sitting down besides his bed, to stay with him. Abby smiled.

"I leave the two happy couples to whatever you couples do." She smiled at them and left the room, leaving four confused and embarrassed people behind. Neither of them protested, though they weren't real couples.

I really hope you liked it. There are a few rather cute chapters to come, involving Lester and of course Jess and Becker. Let me know what you think