So, this is just a pretty short chapter without much happening, but I had to cut this. You'll see later why!

Connor waited, eyes fixed on the screen in front of him.

His fingers were hovering over the "enter" button of the keyboard. 10, 9, 8…

A digital clock was counting the seconds…7, 6, 5…

"Connor, what are you doing there?" Abby asked, looking over his shoulder.

"…3, 2, 1…" As quickly as he could, he pressed the button. "I got it! Boohya!" He exclaimed and laughed.

"Er, you were saying, Abby?"

"What are you doing?"

"Ebay! I just purchased this old…"

"Ebay?" Lester's furious voice travelled through the room.

"Yes, Sir, there was this…"

"Do I have to remind you that we are a highly functioning research centre with a very important role in the public safety?"

"No, Sir, but…"

"Then why the hell don't you do your work!? This is impossible!" Lester looked like he was about to stamp his foot.

"But…"

"Do your work!" Lester was about to leave the room as Jess entered. "Miss Parker, you should see to get more sleep! You look exhausted!" While he walked away he mumbled something that sounded like: "Terrible Temple!"

The young women just stared wordlessly after him. Abby stared at Connor.

"Abby, really, I need this tool for my work, that's what I was trying to explain. It's so old you can't get it anywhere else!"

"Mh." His girlfriend rolled her eyes.

Jess sat down next to Connor. "You do look tired. What's going on?" Abby asked her friend.

Jess put her elbows onto the tabletop and supported her head with her hands.

"I…" She sighed. "I think I'm becoming paranoid! I have the feeling I am being pursued."

"Pursued?"

Jess nodded. "There is this man I am seeing everywhere in the streets."

"Are you sure?" Connor asked.

Jess looked up. She had a slight headache. "No I am not. But I can't sleep anymore."

"Have you told Becker about this?" Abby put a supporting hand onto her shoulder.

"No, I haven't. He would freak out! I wouldn't be allowed to go anywhere without him!"

She then saw Becker and Matt walk through the ops room. "Besides he is up to something else."

"Yeah, him and Matt. They've been down to the biologists and questioned this bloke called Robert Calvin." Connor told them.

"Why?"

"I have no idea. He's doing researches on prehistoric plants."

The three of them watched Matt and Becker disappear around a corner.

"Something odd is going on, if you ask me!" Connor said.

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