Jess sat nervously by the ADD, the helicopter had arrived back at the A.R.C minutes ago. She desperately wanted to check on Becker but couldn't move from her station again, it wasn't fair on the techs, plus it was her team and she had to make sure that all the others were safe and that the creature had been successfully put back through the anomaly.
She had nearly had a heart attack when he didn't move after the creature had hit him squarely in the chest. A Psittacosaurus Mongoliensis, long body, length reaching up to 2 meters but the average was relatively small compared to a human, reaching only to about waist height. It was known to be able to stand on it's hind legs, explaining how Becker was managed to be hit on his upper torso rather than his legs as the creature's height would have suggested. It's name meant parrot lizard which explained the bone crunching beak of a mouth. It was around during the early cretaceous but kept a diet of plants and other organic substances, most likely to be tough plants - She needed to distract herself till she would be able to visit the medical bay, so what better to do than research the dinosaur on the database and give Connor a detailed description whilst they worked on moving the creature. She was sure he already knew all of this, but never said anything as she read the description to him over Comms.
Finally the team returned, she quickly greeted Danny with a hug and then muttered something about going to check on Becker before she quick walked down the hall, her heels leaving a echo with each step.
Connor took Jess's seat at the ADD as Lester appeared and greeted Danny with a pat on the back and a curt nod of his head.
"Gov" Danny greeted back before embracing Lester in a hug.
Lester stiffened and patted his back again, but in his eyes you could see that he didn't mind.
"Yes, yes. Welcome back. It's nice to see you in one piece, although I'm not sure I can say the same for my head of security. I would prefer it if you didn't endanger my staff every time you decided to pay a visit Mr Quinn. I can't stand the interview process of recruiting new staff members." Lester said with his usual tone of sarcasm, although his cheek twitched, holding back a smile. A low chuckle escaped from Danny as he let go of Lester, a massive grin on his face.
"Sorry Gov" he laughed, slapping Lester on the shoulder before sniffing the collar of his shirt.
"I need a shower" he said with a grimace, before turning and stalking to the locker room, as if he owned the place.
"Clean out your old locker Quinn!" shouted Lester before stalking back to his office and shutting the door, drawing himself a glass. Danny just held up his hands in defeat but continued walking, knowing fair well Lester wasn't happy that he didn't do it last time and then left unexpectedly, but couldn't manage to resist the corners of his mouth arching up again.
Matt watched the scene unravel before him, how Connor and Abby looked so at peace, so happy. How Lester interacted with Danny, how Emily was smiling too. He hoped that one day, he would be a part of something like that again. His secret had hurt the team, they were all so close and then they found out that he had kept something very big from them and in the first place had ulterior motives. It had driven a wedge between them, but slowly that wedge was slipping. He couldn't hate Danny, it was Patrick that had done all those terrible things, none of it was Danny's fault. So he left himself relax and smile along with the others, a genuine smile, and he reached for Emily's hand, holding it behind his back, pulling her into him.