Hey everybody. I got a big drop in reviews in the last chapter. I think people are getting board with this story (I will admit that it wasn't one of my best ideas). Therefore, I have decided to wrap this up in the next couple of chapters.
Enjoy.
Conner was sitting happily at one of the desks Philip had set aside for him and his work, typing away on his laptop. Suddenly, Abby opened the door with such force that if it had been a normal wooden door then it would have flown off its hinges. She stormed into the room, her feet banging onto the floor as she walked. She stomped up to the desk, placed Becker, who was holding his boots and enjoying the stormy ride, carefully on the table, dumped a baby bag full of baby stuff on the desk and turned to leave. She got to the door before Conner stood up.
"What on earth Abby?" he asked, staring half in shock at Becker. Abby was expecting Conner to suddenly pull a Holy Cross out of his bag by his desk and hold it at arm's length at Becker. She turned sharply at him to speak.
"I for one am fed up with you not wanting to be with Becker. I do not mind doing it, but I would have liked a choice in doing so. So whether you like it or not, you have to spend your time with Becker!" she ended up screaming the last part. Abby then stormed out of the room, leaving an opened mouth Conner behind. He looked at Becker who was in his own world playing with his boots. Conner stood still not breathing. Becker then looked up at him. Conner quickly reached down into his bag and pulled out a giant Holy Cross. He held it at arm's length towards Becker.
"Now, we're going to be a good boy, yes? We are not going to scream, we are not going to cry, and we are not going to need feeding or nappy changing. We are going to need nothing until my turn is over, okay?" Conner nodded, trying to get Becker to nod back in agreement. Becker nodded then quickly forgot about Conner and went back to his boots. Conner slowly lowered his Cross and felt a little bit more comfortable with Becker. He dumped the Cross back in his bag and sat down.
Conner realised that he would have to touch Becker if he wanted him off his desk, so he decided to leave Becker there. He carried on typing away at his laptop, actually not minding Becker being there. Conner once again got sucked into his work and quickly forgot about Becker...
Dr Hank walked through the old mansion. He had never been good with creepy places, which rather explained why he never watched horror movies. Becker loved horror movies. Dr Hank's invention was meant to be able to look through a person's head and write down in words everything they see and think. It was quite clever. However, using it on the boy wasn't. Even as a baby, he was a bit too smart for his own good. Dr Hank didn't really enjoy reading the part where he ended up watching the movie Saw. Dr Hank walked over some planks of wood and ducked under a metal pole. Everywhere and everything was dusty. Dr Hank pushed aside a sheet that hung from the ceiling.
He saw Ethan by a window and walked over. He guessed that Ethan knew he was there, but didn't show it.
"Did the train hit them?" was all Dr Hank could say. He knew they died because he didn't want them to. He looked at the floor, ashamed.
"Just as I knew it would, the train hit the car. Also as I knew it would, the train didn't hit them," he explained. Dr Hank's head snapped up in what must have been delight. They weren't dead? Praise the lord!
"What?" he said, trying not to sound too happy. Being happy meant that Ethan had little control over him and little control meant getting that control back, meaning pain.
Ethan turned to face him.
"No need to sound so happy. I knew they'd get out, I knew Little Becker would get them out. If that boy grew up under my wing then think of the possibilities. I've looked up his CV and Medical Records. He's almost inhuman. I need that creature, a Gate Way, Information and Little Becker." He sneered at Dr Hank. The man flinched, stepping backwards and tripping over a brick and falling over. Ethan laughed as a look of pain crawled onto Dr Hank's face.
Ethan didn't need the Information on the Gate Ways anytime soon. It was a bonus. He needed that creature's venom and Little Becker.
And thanks to Dr Hank, he knew how he could get both.
Conner finished his report. He started to shut down his computer. He was very happy that it was finished as he now had a load of free time. He leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and sighed. It really felt good not to have to do anything.
Conner then remembered Becker.
He jumped up and scanned his desk. Becker wasn't there. Conner grabbed his Cross and slowly looked all around the desk. Not there. Conner searched everywhere in his office, in every hiding place, under every table and chair and even checked to see if the air vent had been tampered with. Becker was nowhere in the room. Conner felt like screaming, he really did.
Becker had taken the fact that he didn't want to spend time with him a bit too far...
Meanwhile, Becker had learnt to crawl. It was funny what you could do when you really wanted to do something, and Becker really wanted to leave Conner. So, his legs said to his brain 'let's go' and before he knew it, he was crawling out of Conner's office door. He had made sure he took his boots with him. He was a baby and only really needed his boots. He crawled down the corridor, making sure he was as close to the wall as possible so no one stepped on him. However, how anyone could miss a black haired baby in a black baby suit with big black boots crawling down a white and sliver corridor was beyond him. Suddenly, Becker's stomach rumbled. He stopped crawling. He sat against the wall and looked around. Not an adult in sight. No adult, no way of getting food and Becker never kept energy bars in his boots like most of his men did. Suddenly, Becker heard clock, clock, clock, on the floor round the corner. He looked up to see Jess turn the corner, head deep in some files. Becker smiled a toothless grin. Jess equalled digestives, lots and lots of digestives, enough to make him sick, and milk! Digestives and milk. Becker jumped up and down on his butt, waved his arms and gave a little wail. Jess stopped walking and frowned for a moment, wondering where the sound was coming from. She then looked down and saw Becker.
"Oh! What you doing here, hmm? Shouldn't you be with Conner? Oh well," she said smiling. She picked Becker up, rested him on her hip and bounced him once to make sure she had him firmly rested there. Becker giggled slightly. Jess then walked off with Becker. Only when she got halfway down the hall did she hear Becker's stomach rumble. Becker looked at his belly then up at Jess with big pleading eyes. She smiled softly and nodded, promising that she would get him food.
She walked down the hall and into the main area where the ADD was. Jess didn't notice Lester look up from his desk and watch her carry Becker over to the ADD. Jess placed Becker on the floor and the papers on the keyboard. She searched through her bag and found half a packet of Digestives. However, Becker's milk bottle was empty. She sighed and turned round to run all the way to her car to get some. However, when she turned round, Lester stood there, arm out stretched with a bottle of milk. Jess smiled and took it.
"Thanks Lester."
"I only had it in case Miss Maitland left me with him again." Lester straightened his jacket and walked back to his office. Jess smiled and handed Becker the milk and two Digestives. Becker smiled and started to eat. He ate the Digestives quite quickly and drank the milk down fast too. Becker hiccupped afterwards. Jess laughed.
"That's what you get when you eat far too fast," she said, adding a light laugh at the end, just as Becker hiccupped again. Jess looked around to see not many people. She landed in close to Becker who was in his own world playing with his boots. "You know, I've always found you funny... I've always quite liked you... more than just a friend." Jess laughed lightly. "You're probably sitting there, playing with your big boy boots thinking, 'what is this woman blabbering about?'. Well, I don't care. You're kind, you're funny, you're very, very brave and handsome... Oh! I'm so dead if you remember this! Actually, forget everything I just said. Okay? Yah, forget, forget, forget Becker, just forget," Jess said, suddenly worrying. However, just as Jess started to really panic, Conner ran towards.
"Have you seen Becker? I lost him." Conner was sweating all over and looked like had just run away from a T-Rex. He scanned the room rapidly trying to find Becker, praying silently that Abby hadn't found him first. Jess jumped up and looked very angry.
"YOU LOST HIM! Conner, how could you be so irresponsible? Wait! Don't answer that, Becker got bored with you, and he was hungry. I just had to feed him." Conner took a step back, quite shocked that Jess just shouted at him - even worse - shouted at him like Abby would. It took Conner a moment to think about what Jess had just said then realised that Becker was with her. He looked down and saw Becker playing with his boots.
Conner had never been so happy to see Becker in his life. He bent down and scooped Becker up in his arms happily. He swung him around and around until he was screaming with joy. He then stopped and made Becker looked at him.
"Don't tell Abby that I lost you, okay? I am sorry I was an idiot, but I got jealous that you got more attention from Abby within ten minutes than I get in a week. Please forgive me Becker. I'm- I'm happy to spend time with you." Conner waited for Becker's reaction. Becker stared at Conner for a few moments. Conner waited, scared that Becker may not forgive him. Becker then dropped his boots.
"Forgiven," he said in proper English, but with a baby accent. Conner smiled. His first word and he was forgiven. Becker leaned into Conner and hugged him. Conner hugged back. Jess smiled happily and held her hands together by her mouth. She jumped on the spot once, joy filling her that Conner and Becker were actually friends.
"I think I'm going to be sick," Lester said with no emotion, standing outside his office door. He then turned round and walked in.
Becker let go of Conner and he held him out at arm's length. They took a soppy moment to stare into one another's eyes. Then Abby walked in.
"Conner –" She started but didn't finish. Conner turned to face her, holding Becker on his hip. She stared blankly at him, completely shocked that Conner was holding Becker and smiling about.
"Hey Abby. Becker and me are cool before you ask... Err, he also spoke his first word..." Abby was over to him and Becker in seconds.
"What did he say? What did he say?" She asked repeatedly.
"Forgiven," Becker, piped up. Abby's face softened and turned into a smile. Jess giggled and joined in with the little group surrounding Becker.
"What's up?" came the sound of Matt's Irish accent. Emily followed him shortly. Becker grinned as he saw Abby open her mouth to speak. Becker decided he wanted to talk actually.
"Forgiven," he wailed. Matt and Emily's mouths flung open. Emily laughed and walked over to hold Becker.
It was all so perfect.
Becker screamed. He screamed and wailed and screamed. Jess walked up and down her living room patting him on the back. She had been more than happy to get up and deal with Becker, but he had been crying for about hour now. She had fed him, washed him, given him medicine, changed his nappy and tried to make him burp, but none of that worked. He screamed and screamed and screamed. Abby and Conner had tried as well to comfort the crying baby but that hadn't worked. They were sure that Becker had woken everyone in the building. Several people had come and complained about the noise and also asked why she had a baby. Becker just carried on crying. It was driving Jess insane.
Suddenly the phone rang. Jess placed Becker on the kitchen table and handed him his boots. He gripped tightly to them. When Jess turned her back, Becker lay sideways and curled up into a ball with his boots.
"Hello?" she said shakily. She tried straightening her hair in the reflection of the toaster.
"Jess, it's Matt. Those scientists have got something for us."
"Do explain, please. You might be able to tell me why Becker had been crying for nearly a whole hour now!" she almost screamed down the phone.
"He's been doing what? Maybe Emily and I should come down..." Jess could tell that he sounded worried. Who wouldn't be? It was Baby Becker! Not just normal Becker, Baby Becker.
"Explain first you dumb Irish man!" she screeched down the phone. "Sorry, I'm a bit cranky," she added.
"It's okay. The scientists found some chemicals from the Periodic Table in his blood, but that couldn't have changed him. They also found some sort of poison in him. They think that the poison reacted with the chemicals and did this to him. If it wasn't for those chemicals, he would be dead." Matt explained.
"And the screaming?" she asked, biting her nails. Jess hadn't noticed the cold air whip around her ankles, which was strange because all the windows were closed.
"It must be his body now fighting the poison. The scientist think that if we could give him more of the poison then his body would fight it by using the chemicals and it might just reverse the effects. However, he may have a lot of poison left in his body and we will need to get him to hospital." Jess was confused.
"Won't he just get younger?" she asked. Jess was too wrapped up in the phone call to notice that Becker had stopped crying.
"He will. However, his body is like a circle. You go round one way and end up and one and a half, you then carry on and you're at the beginning again, twenty six. It's like a clock." Jess was still slightly confused, but trusted that Matt knew what he was doing.
Jess suddenly heard the door slam. She spun round to see the front door open, hitting the wall. She ran towards it and looked down the hall both ways. At the end, the elevator doors started to close. In the elevator, she saw Ethan smile wickedly at her, with a sleeping Becker in his hands. She stared in plain horror as the elevator doors shut.
"Hello, hello? Jess, are you still there?" Jess brought the phone to her ear.
"He's got him. Ethan's got Becker." There was no reply from the other end of the phone for a moment.
"Get dressed and we'll be round in ten." Matt hung up the phone.
He stared out of the window and sighed. Little did he know that Emily was hiding behind her bedroom door and had heard everything. Emily turned to go get dressed, a tear rolling down her cheek.
Okay, I know that Becker's whole changing into a baby and back again thing could never really happen and it seems confusing, but just go with it.
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