A/N: Here you go, lovelies! You guys are so awesome so I've decided to post two chapters a day for now on! Also it would be because I'm leaving for vacation soon and I'll be gone for about a week, and I'd hate to leave you guys with an unfinished story. (no internet access where I'm going)

Danny, Becker and Sarah are in this one! They'll be around for about three chapters or so. Gotta love Series 3 ARC team!

4 P.M.

Connor and Abby exited the zoo, starting to get hungry, and chatted about how they should come back this weekend and try to buy the stuffed elephant toy they couldn't seem to find today. They waved bye to some of Abby's old friends and they were off, hand in hand from pretending to be engaged.

"Conn," she whispered to him and he looked at her with a questioning expression. Abby was going to tell him he could let go of her hand, but she changed her mind. She realized how much she enjoyed holding his hand. "I… Never mind." She squeezed his hand tighter and Connor looked down, remembering their hands were still interlocked.

Connor smiled to himself and made nothing of it but squeeze her hand back. "Ya know something?"

"Wha'?" she said as they encountered their car. Abby got the keys, she was driving this time.

"We never went to go towel shoppin'!" their hands slipped out of grasp so she could walk to her side and she smiled at him.

"We can after dinner, yeah? Actually sounds sorta nice." They slid in the car at the same time and Connor faced her and nodded. "So where should we eat?"

"Filled meself up on cotton candy, it's all on you."

"You know you'll be hungry by the time we get there."

"Well we could-" Abby and Connor's paused when they felt their phones vibrating. They gave each other a look of shared annoyance and Abby picked up the phone. Connor pulled his out to see a text from an unknown number.

"Any news on an anomaly? Been out today and hadn't heard from anyone" Connor saw there was another one right after it, so he opened it. "This is Danny Quinn by the way. Don't ask how I got your #" Connor hesitated, but then he decided to just ask for proof. Danny would probably already be at the anomaly site if he didn't text him back anyway, but since Lester did name him the team leader he knew it was probably best not to ignore his texts. Besides, he liked Danny.

"Need proof" He replied. In the middle of Abby's arguing with Becker about them being under the weather another text came in from Danny.

"When I put you in the slammer, you told me you had to tell three people close to you that you loved them. That is, before you died. Should I name them off?" Before Connor could respond another text came in. "Nick Cutter" Connor cringed at that name and the thought. Cutter was like a dad to him, and he never got to tell him that. Connor started to text out a message and another one came through. "Your mum"

"OK OK" Connor quickly typed out and sent. He then continued to type another one. "I believe u, mate. New news on an anomaly wuld b what Abby is finding out bout now. I'll text u the detes when I know" Connor tucked his phone in his back pocket and Abby was still on the phone. She wasn't going to win this one.

"I'll see you there then." Abby hung up and tossed her phone in Connor's lap. "Seems we're on anomaly duty even if we're sick." She said irritated, Connor smiled at her and shrugged.

"We can enjoy our day after, eh? It can't take too long." Abby nodded and put they keys in the ignition. "Where is it at?"

"A shopping center." Abby said with a sigh. They both remembered when an anomaly opened up in a mall before, how lovely. It wasn't impossible to find that raptor or anything. "The same one, actually."

Connor and Abby didn't say much to each other after she drove off to the familiar mall they had to hunt down a raptor at, with Cutter and Stephen at their side. They even met Jenny that night. When Abby was busy remembering how to get there Connor pulled out his phone and texted Danny the whereabouts of the shopping center and then dealt with Abby's frantic driving. Whoever taught her how to drive must have been drunk in the process.

Connor and Abby arrived to the shopping center, after thirty a minute drive out there, and they met Becker and Sarah outside the entrance. He informed them on the news of some kind of saber tooth loose in the cafeteria, Sarah said there were no deaths but quite a few injuries, and the entire mall was now closed off but they shouldn't be surprised to bump into some lost shopper.

Then Danny showed up. "What'll we have tonight?" he asked with a smug smile. Becker would have usually glared at him, but he knew Lester named him the new team leader now. Becker backed down, let Sarah give him all the details, and he took charge.

"Saber Tooth's aren't the type to be mates with, for a fair warning." Connor added. Danny gave a nod and looked at Becker.

"I've got a license for a gun, so don't deny me one." Danny gave him a smile, Becker kept stone faced and handed him the one he held before looking at which one he would prefer himself. "Thanks mate. So, who's ready to fight off some Saber Tooth?"

They all gave a nod, Danny breathed in deep, and he pushed through the doors. Becker locked them behind them and they were now wondering where to start. That was, until they heard a scream.

Danny looked back at them with a smirk and cocked his gun. "Did I ever mention how much I love this job?" and he ran the direction of the scream, all of them following behind to save whatever damsel needed saving.