It wasn't long before Danny and Abby were called away to a mission. Their detector had gone off indicating that an anomaly had open somewhere on the west side of town.

Danny gathered up his normal supplies while Abby got herself ready. When they went outside they found Becker, Sarah, Trina and a few other men waiting for them.

As customary, Danny got into the car next to Becker who was usually one of the drivers. Sarah and Abby got into the back and made room for Trina. Danny looked into the rear view mirror and thought how odd it was to see someone other than Connor sitting next to Abby. He had not been with the ARC as long as the others and had been in charge of his group for only a third of that time, but he had gotten used to their routine. He just hoped Trina didn't try and weasel her way into his position as it seemed like she had done with Connor's spot.

As the two vehicles moved Sarah talked about the area they were headed to and mentioned that it would be in an unpopulated spot; which was a good thing. It never did them any good to have spectators about, but then again that was why they always brought some of Becker's men along. It was their job to keep the area secure.

When the two vehicles finally stopped at their destination Danny was the first one out of the truck. He walked a little ways to get an idea of the surroundings and found that Sarah's description of the area was quite accurate. It didn't take long for him to find the anomaly, nor did it take long for Abby and Sarah to set up the equipment. One of the standard things they always brought was the devise that would lock up the anomaly while they were there investigating it.

Danny watched as Trina helped the two women with the devise. He could also hear her offering her suggestions on how the equipment could be altered to work better. It didn't surprise him when Abby seemed to ignore every word she was saying, but he was happy that Sarah was taking an interest. Maybe he asked the wrong person to get to know Trina and was just starting to rethink his whole plan when he saw Abby ask Trina something. Trina in turn smiled and started showing her something on the main panel of the machine. Maybe he wasn't wrong after all.

When everything was ready Danny and the others got ready to enter the anomaly. He was about to tell one of Becker's men to unlock the hold on the anomaly when Becker asked for a moment.

"Danny, do you think that Sarah could stay back from this mission. It might be a good idea if she were the one to watch the equipment today".

Danny was confused, "We always have one of your men watch the equipment, why the change?"

"It's just that all of these men are new and they don't really know much about the system, so I thought it would be a good idea to have Sarah show them".

Sarah had been listening to Becker and waited until he was done, "Danny, I think Becker is mistaken. Lieutenant Fueller is more than capable of watching the equipment. I don't think I need to stay back today".

Danny wasn't quite sure what to make of this little display, but he was even more surprised when Becker suddenly walked over to Sarah and gently took her by the arm; leading her away from the group.

Sarah allowed Becker to remove her from the group for only so long before she pulled her arm away from him, "What do you think you are doing Becker?"

"I don't want you going today. I want you to stay back where it's safe".

Sarah suddenly realized why he was acting like this, "If I knew this was how you were going to act then I would never have told you. I am more than capable of taking care of myself".

"It's not just you that I am worried about".

Sarah saw the look in his eyes and knew this was not going to be an easy fight. "Look Becker, I appreciate you being worried, but I assure you that I will be just as careful as I was before. I don't want this to change anything between us and I most certainly don't want others to view me any differently".

Becker looked back at Danny and the others and knew that he couldn't keep this up for long. He looked back at Sarah, "Ok, you can go this time, but I want you to stay close to me in case there is trouble".

Sarah was relieved to hear him say that. She didn't want to jeopardize anything either, but until she knew for sure she didn't want anything to change. Only when her doctor confirmed that she was truly pregnant would she start to think about taking precautions; but for now it was just too early. After all home pregnancy tests have been known to give false results.

Becker and Sarah walked back to the group. Becker announced that both of them would be going and ignored Danny's question as to what the whole thing was about.

Abby on the other hand went over and stood next to Sarah, "What was that all about?"

Sarah looked over at Becker before answering, "It was nothing. Can we maybe talk about this later?"

"Sure Sarah".

The small group entered the anomaly once it was unlocked. As Abby was the last one to go through, the anomaly was locked back up; with instructions to open it in two hour. This would give the group enough time to assess the world on the other side and to decide it if warranted further trips. There was never a way to tell what they would find, but it was a way to catalog each and every anomaly in an attempt to create a map of sorts. If they knew which ones were not a threat, then they could send more of their scientists to explore the area if and when it opened again.

Connor had been working for over 2 hours straight on the plans that Trina had shared with the researchers. He had started to figure out what he needed when something came to mind causing him to redo the entire diagram. By the time Paul came back to check on him he was a little disappointed to see that nothing much had been done.

"Hey Connor, I thought you were going to have a list of supplies for me, but instead it looks like you have changed the entire thing". He picked up the drawing that sat in front of Connor, "What is this anyway?"

Connor took the paper back from Paul, "I was looking at what was drawn and it came to me that this way would work much better".

"No Connor, Lester was quite specific in his instructions that we make exactly what was drawn here. Your plan doesn't even look close to what Trina gave us. Are you sure you are up to this?"

"I'm up to it Paul, but if you look at the way this was laid out in the original drawing you will see why mine is better".

"Look Connor, you may have used something similar to this before, but what makes you think that you know how to build one, especially in such a short time. No, I think it would be best to do it exactly as it is drawn here". He pointed to the one that Trina had provided.

Connor was a little taken back by Paul's reaction, but he lacked the strength to continue selling his idea, "Ok Paul, I will do it your way".

"Thank you Connor, so do you have a list for me".

Connor rubbed his head as he felt a headache coming on, "I'll have one for you in 10 minutes".

"I'll see you in ten then". Paul turned around and walked back toward his office at the end of the room.

Connor watched as Paul walked away. He was a little confused by the way Paul had reacted to his changed plans. He always thought Paul was easy going and had to wonder why this sudden change. He put it aside for now as he started working on his list.

It was late when Abby and the rest of the group came back. The other side of the anomaly ended up being an overgrown forest that was void of any life other than the trees. The group had walked for sometime before they realized there was nothing else to see. They knew there was probably something else beyond the forest, but they knew their time was up. It was decided that this world didn't hold much to offer at this time.

Abby hadn't expected to find Connor still working, but it was exactly what she found him doing. It seemed like everyone else had already gone home when she entered the research lab. "Hey Connor, I think it's time to go home".

Abby waited for a response, but when it didn't come she went closer and cleared her throat, "Hey Connor, it's time to go".

It took her hand on his shoulder to make him realize that she had entered the room.

Connor had been so engrossed in his work that he literally jumped out of this chair when he felt something on his shoulder. He turned around quickly and saw who it was that had disturbed him, "Abby, you scared me".

Abby was sorry she had scared him, but when he didn't respond to her she had no other choice, "Sorry Connor, but you didn't answer me".

"Oh, I'm sorry, I've been working on this that I lost all track of time".

Abby looked at what he was doing, "What are you working on?"

Connor looked down and his eyes suddenly went wide when he saw what was before him, "I'm not sure".

"You mean you have been working this whole time on something you don't even know".

"No, I started working on a plan that Trina had provided, but this is not what I have here". Connor picked up the small components that were before him. He then picked up a drawing that he didn't even remember seeing before.

Abby looked over his shoulder to see what he was looking at. "What's that?"

Connor looked lost, "I'm not sure, I don't remember seeing this before".

"But it looks like it's your handwriting".

It did indeed look like his writing, but he didn't remember doing any of it. He looked at the components that were on the table and they in fact looked like it was what he had been working on. "I don't remember doing any of this".

It was Abby's turn to be confused, "You mean you have been sitting here this whole time working on something you don't even remember doing".

"It looks that way". Connor rubbed his head as a headache suddenly erupted above his eyes. "I don't feel so good Abby".

Abby looked at him and saw that his face was as white as a ghost, "I need to get you home Connor".

Connor didn't disagree with her. He allowed her to help him up and they slowly walked to the door. He was having a hard time walking straight so he was glad to have Abby's support. He leaned on the wall momentarily while she opened the door. Once outside the room he felt the cool air of the hallway and had to wonder exactly how long he had been sitting in the other room. As he walked he was feeling a little better, but his head was still pounding.

Abby held on to him until they made it to her car. As she drove home she wasn't sure if he had fallen asleep since he was so quiet, but the light from another car illuminated his face just enough to see that his eyes were open. She wanted to ask him some more questions but knew they could wait. She needed to get him home so he could rest and get rid of his headache. She didn't like how many he was getting lately and how he kept drifting off; not remembering much of what he had just been doing. She decided that she would talk to him tomorrow after he had a good night's rest. Perhaps she was just making this into something more that it really was.