Bad news! Unfortunately, I only have three or four more chapters left of this story :'( I've also notice that Lyra, Benjimin, Alex and Frankie have been MIA. Don't worry- their grand finale is still to come :)
On the plus side, there will be a sequel. I haven't decided on a name, but it will follow series 5 with my own chapter too. Who'd read it and any ideas on titles?
Becker's woken by his mobile vibrating off the bedside table. He answers it and finds he has dried tear streaks on his face. "Becker."
Becker! It's Jess who answers him. Becker, there's a lead! Get here now! Becker's up and out of the house, fully dressed, in less than five minutes. The fact that Jess was so excited gave him hope that this was a proper lead, not another false one.
He runs up the corridors of the ARC, taking the stairs rather than wait for the lift. He barrels into the hub to find the others clustered around the ADD, waiting for him. "Go." he orders and Jess hits 'play' on the CCTV footage. Everyone except Jess, whose already seen it, freezes. The clip shows a man in casual dress and a man in a suit getting into a van, two soldiers practically throwing you into the back. They drive off and as they do, give the team a clear view of their numberplate.
"Prospero!" Connor gapes in shock. "Or at least, an off branch. They're based on the outskirts of London.
Becker doesn't say anything, just runs for the stairs, the others following.
"Get Chadwick, Purvis, Alex and Roux to deal with any incursions!" Matt calls before following the others.
X
You wake to abdominal cramps for the second time in two hours. You get unsteadily to your feet, heading towards the door. You bang on the glass and the two soldiers from before let you out, escorting you to the toilet. Once you're locked safely inside on of the cubicles you break down, sitting on the lid of the toilet, crying into your hands. Your smart. You know what's happening and you wish it wasn't. You need to find Rob and let him know what the hell is going on and that he needs to contact Becker.
You're petrified. You both want and need Becker with you but right now, he doesn't even know where you are, let alone what's happening.
Deciding that you've been in the bathroom long enough, you return to the soldiers who lead you back to your room. As you approach the office, you notice that there's a small corridor disappearing off the main corridor and that there's a fire exit at the end. You mentally make a note of the exit as you're forced back into the office.
"Where are you, Becker?" you whisper into the empty room. "Where are you Hilary?"
X
"It's just up here on the left." Connor called as he slowed the truck down. In the back seat, Abby and Matt sank below the window into the foot-well and in the passenger seat, Becker pulled his Prospero hat lower over his eyes and turned the collar up on his Prospero jacket. Everyone froze as Connor wound the window down and the security guard stared into the cab. He nodded and Connor pulled forwards into the spacious car park, pulling up alongside the building wall. "We're in." he smiled cheerfully and the team piled out, Becker ditching the hat. "Right. There are hundreds of places she could be. She could be in a lab, office the main control room or a store cupboard. I'll get up to the security room and tell you from there. Wait here for three minutes." with that, Connor disappeared through a side door into the building.
Connor appeared in one of the west wings and quietly made his way towards the middle of the building. The security guard would inform Philip that he was here in less than an hour and Connor didn't want Philip to find out that he was here rather than at the lab. Connor doubted Philip even knew that you were here. (A/N: Connor doesn't know about Philip's dark side yet remember.) He crept down the corridor and made it into the security room with ease. There was one soldier sat at the controls wit his back to Connor. The soldier span, reaching for the alarm button. He hit it just as Connor knocking his flying with an EMD pulse.
Connor jumped the man's body, seating himself at the controls, attempting to turn off the alarms. It took a few minutes, but he did it. He quickly scanned the security cameras for anything out of the ordinary, stopping at one of the labs in the East wing. Sitting in one of the chairs, hands clamped over a round belly, grimacing in pain Connor spots you. "Guys, I've found her. We need to get her out of here fast."
X
You glance up as a light on the wall you hadn't spotted before starts to flash red and a loud siren starts to blare. The soldiers on duty glance at each other then into the office to check you're still there. You glare back and they turn away again. You sink into the office chair as your abdominal pains increase and you clamp your hands over your stomach. You pray to God that the sirens mean that Becker's here.
The office doors swing open and Rob barrels into the room, a grin on his face. Two soldiers drag the unconscious guards into the room. "You okay?" Rob asks, his grin being replaced by a frown. You shake your head. "Crap. On the plus side, the alarm's going nuts because Connor Temple is in the building. On the other hand, we need to move. There's soldiers coming at us left and centre, so we need to go right." you smile at Rob's attempt at humour as he wraps one arm around your waist, pulling your arm over his shoulder. He pulls you from the room, keeping you upright as more pain gets to you. He leads you down the hallway you spotted earlier and out into the painfully bright light. "C'mon. We need to get through the door over there." he gestured to a door a hundred yards away and starts to lead you through the shadows, the two soldiers he brought with him following.
X
"Um, guys? There's a problem." Connor says, frantically typing as Becker and the others run towards the office. "She just left with the help of one of the soldiers." Connor winces as Becker yells down the bluetooth. "Hang on a sec. Becker, the soldier looks like you."
Rob!
"Huh?"
The soldier's my brother! Get through to him! Becker orders and Connor does as he's told and a few seconds later, he's patched into Rob's earpiece.
"Rob Becker!"
Yes?
"You need to head to the main car park. Now!"
Who is this?
"Connor Temple!" there's a pause as Rob relays the information to you before Rob replies.
That's going to be hard mate. There are guards all over the place.
"Try! Becker and the other's will meet you there!"
X
"You hear that?" Rob asks you and you nod, smiling through your pain. "Right. Aim to maim!" he orders the soldiers behind him. "Not to kill!" the soldiers not, loading and raising their guns to their shoulders. "Well, we know Becker's in the building at least." Rob muses, pulling you into the building.
"Yeah. But now I'm worrying about him."
"Ah, don't you worry about Becker. You just worry about you, Ben and Megan." you nod, concentrating on putting one foot infront of the other rather than screaming in pain. "C'mon! We're nearly there!" he says, attempting to make you move faster.
You round a corner and spot a door at the end of the corridor. "Please say that's the car park." you say through gritted teeth and Rob nods as two Prospero soldiers round the corner. Rob forces you to duck as the soldiers behind you open fire. One guard's caught in the stomach and the other in the shoulder.
"Move!" Rob orders, breaking into a sprint and pulling you down the hall to the door. The four of you barrel out into the light again as a door to the left of you opens and a door to your right opens. From the left door fall Abby, Connor, Matt and Becker and the right throws out a load of soldiers. "To the right!" Rob yells and both teams open fire, Rob holding you out of the way. The guards fall back, either injured or running away. The soldiers and the ARC team turn to face each other and you break from Rob and run towards Becker who has enough time to but his EMD back into his holster before you slam into him. You cling tightly to his shirt, burying your face in his neck, crying openly. He kisses your hair, holding you tightly.
"It's okay, it's okay." he says, more to himself than to you. "I'm so sorry. I love you.
"I love you too." you say through your tears, looking up to see Abby smiling at you.
"It's good to see you again, Beck." Rob grins, clapping Becker on the shoulder. "Now, I need to clean up here and you better as your wife if she's okay." Frowning, Becker pushes you back slightly to look at you.
"What is it? What's wrong?"
You smile up at him. "Ben and Megan are coming."
Okay, next chapter will involve pain, and happiness. :)
