We all met back up near the staircase. "I don't see anything here remotely anomaly like," I said. Abby nodded as she handed the device back to Connor for confirmation. He looked a little disheartened and nodded his head as well.
Jenny leads the way to the front door. "Well, that was eventful." She said sarcastically as she opened the door and walked out. Stopping almost instantly. Abby, Connor and I followed suit.
"It's a nice place, isn't it?" a man said at the bottom of the porch. He held out a police badge before he turned around to face us. "Do you care to explain what you are doing here?"
"Just visiting," Jenny said as we all stood behind her, letting her take the wheel.
"Well, the way I see it, you're either burglars or trespassers." the man said putting his badge away.
"Do we look like burglars to you?" Jenny said as she approached the man. Connor and Abby let out a giggle, it was always amusing to watch Jenny work.
"Well, I'm pretty sure I've seen laughing boy on a wanted poster, yeah," he said. I looked over to Connor, the smile fading from his face. "He talking about me?" Connor whispered to Abby.
"He's having a laugh," I said looking at the man. He caught my remark but before he could say anything Jenny walked closer to him.
"Oi, Officer-" she began before he interrupted.
"Detective Constable Quinn." He corrected her. "And you are?"
I noticed Jenny begin to look around, not quite panicked but I could feel her tension, not wanting to tell him our true identities. We were a secret organization after all. "We're property developers." She said.
"You're lying," Quinn said, seeing right through it. "I should arrest you all, but to be quite frank, I can't be bothered. You people aren't worth the paperwork. Now go." he urged. Jenny began walking back towards the bridge. Abby and I followed suit with a reluctant Connor behind us. We all gave the man a questionable look as we passed him. "What do you mean, 'you people'?" Connor asked. All of us stopped and turned to him.
The man glared in our direction. "Murder tourists. You make me sick. Now, get out." Quinn said with mild aggression. "And if I see you 'round here again, your feet won't touch the ground. You understand?"
Abby walked over to Connor grabbing his arm. "Come on." She said as we encouraged him to walk away. "Do you know what? Can I just say that I think the police do a fantastic job? And you know the occasional lapse into the cliche is completely understandable in the circumstances." Connor said walking back up to the officer. Abby walked up behind him like he was a child. "Connor-" she said to him as she pulled him back down to where Jenny and I stood, waiting by the bridge.
Once we were across the bridge, Jenny stopped in front of us. "There's something strange going on in there," she said as we gathered around each other. "Abby and Skyla, stay here. If anything out of the ordinary happens, call us."
"Where are you going?" Abby asked as Jenny began walking back to our vehicles.
"To get some answers," Jenny said as she reached the cars. "Connor, you're coming with me!" She yelled back sensing that Connor had not followed her.
Abby and I gave him a passive look as he followed Jenny. I looked back over to the house, the officer still stood there, looking up at the rafters. We looked around and walked along the path for a bit to wait for the officer to leave. Once he did we walked back over the bridge and sat on the porch swing. "So, how's Connor?" I asked her as we enjoyed the relative silence of the place. She looked over at me with a smirk.
"What about him?" She asked coyly.
"Oh come on. You know what I mean. Earlier today when we were in the house he gave you those puppy dog eyes after you scared us. You like him back, don't you?" I said. Abby actually blushed a little. "For what it's worth, he's been pining for you since I've been a part of this, probably before." I let out a giggle. "Remember the first time we had an anomaly with me on the team?" She looked over and nodded. "Connor was asking Stephen for advice on how to ask you out, or just express his feelings for you." I looked down at my hands knowing that the mention of Stephen, she would be looking over to me.
There were a couple of moments before she spoke. "He was pretty knowledgeable," Abby said. I looked over to her with a smirk.
"Hopefully now that everything has calmed down a bit, he'll put those moves on you," I said with a smirk. Abby erupted in laughter, not being able to contain it I erupted in laughter as well.
Abby and I hardly ever got these moments, but we both enjoyed them. My mobile began to vibrate in my pocket. I reached down expecting it to be Jenny. I was only mildly surprised when I saw Nick's name and answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Skyla." Nick's voice was off.
"What is it?" I said the humor and fun from my voice completely gone. I noticed Abby sit up straighter next to me.
"You remember the man from the Silurian?" He asked. A chill went down my spine as I remembered the random soldier on that day, his screams echoed in my mind.
"How could I forget," I said forcing my voice to work.
"He's back."
I stared out across the river not believing a word that I was hearing. "How could that be? We watched him die."
"I don't know. Becker shot him in the locker room trying to steal my clothes. He stole Sarah's badge and got in." He explained.
"I'm on my way," I said into the phone and hung up. I looked over at Abby. "The soldier that died in the Silurian somehow just tried to rob Nick and Becker killed him." Abby looked at me with wide eyes.
"Go, I'll be fine here. Something's not right." She said. I nodded a thank you as she handed me the keys to the truck. "I'll call Jenny and let her know, she'll be back here soon anyway."
