Hello everyone! Here's is the next chapter. Thank you SSSSSOOOOOO much to my lovely reviewers/alerters/favoriters for the last chapter. You guys are amazing! Thank you all so very very much! This chapter is dedicated to Stephanieella96 for her AWESOME review. She says "two chapters in and I'm already excited!" And she says this story is "addicting" which really made me smile. So, I won't make you wait any longer, here is the next chapter!
"You and the hot blond? Unbelievable!" ~Duncan 4.2 (couldn't stop laughing when he said that :D)
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Jenny asked as she followed a graying Lester down the ramp to the hub. He was now sixty-six and still holding the ARC organization together. How he did it, Danny questioned every day. "Leaving children here alone to run the ARC; it's not right! Who knows what could happen!"
"They will be under the supervision of my son, which means everything will be fine."
"But how do you know for sure?" Jenny wasn't too pleased with the idea. The fact that her children would be working for the ARC and possibly leading the team, which she couldn't picture at all, scared her.
"I don't," said Lester. "But Jenny, this has to be done. What other choice do we have?"
"Hiring professionals," answered Jenny.
There was a pause in which the two entered a stare down, so intense that the one that blinked first would lose the whole argument.
"So, let's cross our fingers and hope for the best." And with that, Sir James Lester walked down the rest of the ramp and into the hub. Jenny cursed and said something along the lines of "getting dimmer by the day" before following her boss.
Emma and Alex picked Stevie up from school and drove straight to the ARC. None of their parents told them why they were being summoned to the ARC on such short notice. They soon reached their destination and raced into the front door.
"Ah, welcome," said a voice as they entered the hub after a tedious amount of identification scans and tests. Security wouldn't even let them get pass the front door without taking a DNA scan. A man in a suit and tie came up to the three of them.
"James Lester, home office," he said.
"Umm…Lester," said Emma, "we already know who you are."
"I know that Ms Emma Temple," he said as he signaled for his sectary to hand him a file folder. "Second child of Connor and Abby Temple, top marks of your year, athletic ability, knows how to use a gun "properly"… "
This made Connor blush a bit. Becker had given him lessons as well as his daughter, which Abby's wasn't too crazy about at first. Thank goodness they would come in handy now. Lester finished scanning the file with an approving nod.
"How much more could you ask for?" asked Lester. "I feel especially safe with the gun part."
"How come Emma's got a file?" asked Stevie
"Everybody has a file Ms…Stephanie, more commonly known as Stevie, Becker," Lester said while looking at a different file. Stevie tensed up when Lester used her full name. "Says here you've been in one detention and that was for beating up a kid in gym class, but nothing drastic after that experience. And it says here you're top in your shooting club. Oh wonderful, another girl underage who carries firearms—Well, Stevie, seems like you take after your father, how even more wonderful."
Becker smiled slightly and stood up a bit straighter.
"And you sir," he said turning to Alex and opening the third file, "are Alexander Becker."
"Yes sir," said Alex.
"I like all this "sir" talk," said Lester to Jenny, Danny, Sarah, Becker, Abby, and Connor, who were standing behind him. "You lot should take note of your children."
With that Lester turned on his heel and walked back up to his office to put away the files. There was a silence that entered the hub. Only the sound of the ADD was audible. It was Danny who spoke up.
"Fat chance," he said.
Everybody went into a fit of giggles.
"What?" asked Danny. "I'm not going to learn how to treat my boss from a bunch of kids. It throws nature off whack, and just isn't right!"
Lester soon came out of his office. As he strolled down the ramp he started to speak to everybody.
"The three of you, are probably wondering what it is you are doing here."
A pause. Lester stepped off the ramp and walked towards Jenny.
"Care to explain?"
"We may have found a path," said Jenny, "that can lead us to some answers, like why the anomalies were ever created, what they are, what their purpose is."
"It'll involve months of traveling from era to era, but we're 95% sure it's accurate," said Danny.
"What's this have to do with us?" asked Emma.
"We need you to stay here, and run the ARC for us," said Becker.
"We need to do what?" asked Stevie.
"Take over the organization while we're gone," said Connor.
"And you're trusting three high school kids with that responsibility?" asked Alex. "It's mad!"
"That's what I thought," murmured Jenny.
"There's no one else better for the job," said Sarah. "You've all grown up with the ARC in your lives; you probably know it better than anybody else we could hire."
"And you won't be alone. You'll have the back-up protecting you at all costs, as well as these people," said Lester as he signaled a "come forward" motion with his left hand. In to the hub came three adults in their early-twenties and another man in his mid-twenties.
"First, Captain Fowler."
A man who looked to be about twenty stepped forward and was in the ARC Military Attire. Everything about him was a "mix". For example, he had dark red/brown hair that seemed to be both messy and neat. He's green-blue eyes sparkled beneath his bangs, and didn't clash with his pale complexion, which seemed to be darker in a few places. He stood tall and proud and seemed very official.
"Captain Fowler will be taking Becker's place while we're gone. He'll be in charge of security and saving you backsides when needed. Next, Patrick and Nicole Quinn."
The only girl of the four and a man, both about twenty-one, stepped forward, as Captain Fowler stepped back. Nicole looked exactly like Jenny: same eyes, wavy hair, skin tone, and posture. But, she had Danny's hair color and her part was on the side, making her bangs more swoop-like. She was wearing dark skinny jeans, a dark blue tank-top, and a red plaid shirt over it as more of a jacket. She was also wearing a pair of black boots.
Patrick had Danny's blue eyes and face shape, as well as somewhat-messy, spiky hair. When his name was mentioned, he gave everyone a cocky, yet charming smile and gave a thumbs-up. He also seemed to slouch a lot, for he looked a bit uncomfortable while standing up straight.
"Patrick and Nicole are Jenny and Danny's children, who are, twins…"
"For the record, I'm the oldest," said Patrick, raising his hand.
"Shut up," murmured his sister giving him a rather hard slap on the back.
"…and will be helping you three out. You all can decide on "positions" or whatever your generation calls it, later on.
"Finally, I'd like all of you to meet your boss."
The man in his mid-twenties stepped forward.
"Timothy Lester," the man said, his voice showing no emotion what-so-ever. He shook everyone's hand with a stone expression.
"Of course he'd put his son in charge," Danny murmured to himself. Jenny heard this and slapped him on the arm. "OW!"
"We're scheduled to leave in five," said Lester, looking at his watch. "Temple, get the Anomaly Creators. Everybody else, grab your bags and say goodbye."
"You're going too, Lester?" asked Nicole.
"I'm supposed to go, apparently."
Nicole gave him a confused look, and then threw it at her mother, who whispered to her, "He's too stubborn not to go."
Emma, Stevie, Alex, Nicole, and Patrick watched as their parents left the hub to get everything ready. Then they turned to each other slowly.
"Hello," said Nicole. "Nicole Quinn. Lester didn't tell us your names yet."
"I'm Alex," said Alex, shaking Nicole's hand. He would have to admit she was quite attractive. Very attractive for that matter, but he didn't show any sign of thinking that; a trait he got from his father, thankfully.
"And I'm his "annoying-but-only-to-him" younger sister, Stevie."
Nicole laughed.
"Nice to meet you Stevie," said Patrick. "How old are you?"
"Fifteen," said Stevie, "probably the youngest here."
"I think you're right," said Nicole.
All eyes turned to Emma. She smiled and walked over to Nicole.
"It's good to see you," she said, giving Nicole a hug.
"You too," said Nicole, hugging her back. "It's been ages."
"You know her?" asked Patrick and Alex at the same time.
Nicole sighed, and turned towards her twin brother.
"Remember Luke, they guy I dated in high school? This is his younger sister. I used to babysit her when she was little and when Luke was out."
"I still don't get how I don't know you if Emma knows you," said Stevie. "Don't you think our parent's would have planned something, like a get together?"
"They were always planning them," said Emma. "Nicole would tell me all about them, but I guess since our parents saw each other every day, and Luke was around Nicole's age…" she trailed off, not quite sure how to sum it all up. Alex, though, nodded, saying he understood.
"Still, after all the stories I hear of the ARC in the old days, it seems odd that our parents didn't get us together sooner," said Stevie.
"They probably had their reasons," said Nicole. .
From a little ways away, Captain Fowler saw the five socializing and thought it would be a good thing to do the same. He put down the gun he was holding on a nearby work table and walked over to them.
"Hello," he said looking at everybody as he talked. "Raymond Fowler, nice to meet you."
"And you," said Emma, giving him a smile. He smiled back.
"Either name is fine to call me," he informed.
"Oi," yelled a voice from the other side of the hub. It was Danny standing next the rest of the original team. "If you lot are done socializing, we'd like a good-bye before we leave."
Everyone except Fowler went running to their parents. Stevie almost knocked Becker over when she tackle-hugged him. Alex was close behind.
"You two be good now," said Sarah, hugging her children. "Alex's in charge."
Stevie was shocked.
"How come?" she asked.
"Because your mother said so," said Becker.
"But that's not far, dad." She said in a mock upset tone.
Becker sighed.
"Wonder what mass destruction will happen while we're gone," he said mostly to himself.
"I heard that," said the two kids.
"You were suppose to." said Becker.
Nicole and Patrick shared hugs with their parents.
"Don't worry, I'll watch over her," said Patrick playfully.
"Oh har, har, har," said Nicole, "if anyone needs watching after it's you!"
Patrick stuck his tongue out at Nicole. Jenny sighed.
"You two are full grown adults, and still act like five-year olds!"
"Glad you have faith in us," said Patrick sarcastically, giving his mom a hug.
"Oh, I do," said Jenny. "No matter how surprising it is."
"And so do I," said Danny. "You'll do great."
Emma walked up to Connor and Abby.
"Will you be gone long?" she asked.
"I don't know, sweetheart," said Abby, giving her a hug. "It could take a day, it could take months. It all just depends on what happens."
"But you are coming back?"
Abby's eyes started to tear up a bit.
"We will try our hardest to get back."
Emma knew what that meant. Anything could happen, and her mother didn't want to expect anything, for that could throw them completely off track. One of the lab assistants called Abby over for help with something in the plant lab. The two broke their hug, said one last good-bye, and then Abby left to attend to the assistant.
"Okay," said Connor in a hushed tone. "Emma what I'm about to tell you is very important and you need to keep it to yourself, alright?"
Emma nodded. Connor bent down and whispered a few instructions in her ear. Emma, was at first shocked, but then worried. Connor stood up straight and looked into her big brown eyes.
"Do you understand what you need to do?"
"I think so," she said.
"TEMPLE!" shouted Lester.
Connor turned and saw the anomaly opened and everybody else ready.
"Two seconds," he said.
"Suit yourself, but we're starting in!"
Connor took something out of his jacket and handed it to Emma.
"I love you Em," he said.
"Same here dad."
The two gave each other a quick hug, and Connor gave her a kiss on the forehead. Then he turned away and walked to the anomaly. In the blink of an eye, he was gone, and so were the others. The anomaly soon closed after that, leaving the seven new crew members standing in the middle of the hub.
"I want to know what jobs you all are doing in the next hour," said Lester jr. "I'll be in my office."
"Good to know gov," called Nicole.
Lester rolled his eyes then made his way up the ramp and into his office.
"So," said Fowler. "I believe we all know my job so I'd just go to my area."
Fowler turned around and headed toward the Military Corridor, but first taking one last glance at Emma, which she didn't notice. Alex did though.
"Alright," said Patrick, "let's divide the jobs, shall we?"
"I can do Technology," said Emma.
Nicole hesitated.
"I'm not sure if that…"
"Don't even think about it," said Alex, "she's top of her class…and probably mine, but that's not the point. She's defiantly got her father's brains."
"Do you know how to work the ADD, ASD, and AHDs?"
"Yup," said Emma, "dad taught me years back in case of an emergency."
"Alright, Emma's on Technology," said Patrick while writing it down on a piece of paper.
"I can do what my mom did," said Alex. "I'm good with myths and such. Plus, I can help Emma out with figuring out what era the anomaly is linked to."
"Sounds good," said Nicole. She then turned to Stevie. "What about you?"
"Extra help on call team," said Stevie, "and archeology, if we need any of that."
"Great!" said Patrick, "now just sis and I. Nicole, I'll put you down as the PR head/professional…"
"Why do I get to do that?" asked Nicole. She wasn't disappointed, just curious.
"Because you're good with people, and I blow at that sort of stuff," said Patrick. "And I'll lead the team."
"Why do you get to lead the team?" asked Nicole.
"Because I'm older, brighter and far more mature than you are."
Suspected that a sibling argument might be coming on, Alex, Emma and Stevie exited the hub and went to go fine their offices. Emma found her office quite easily. Lester had given her Connor's office. She walked inside, sat in the desk chair and spun around for a while. Then she remembered the package. Connor had given it to her before he left. She put it on her desk and opened it. What she found was a book with a blue leather cover and an envelope. Emma opened the book and found a note scribbled in on the cover.
Em,
This is for your drawings while we're gone. Want to see what you come up with. Don't know how long we'll be, so I got you the biggest book I could find.
I love you,
Dad
Emma smiled and placed the book in one of her desk drawers. Then she picked up the envelope and read "do not open until "it" happens." She sighed and put the envelope into a different drawer.
Emma sat in her chair for a while taking in everything that had happened today. She had been left without a family for a little while and had to live on her own, but she would have Alex and Stevie for company. She also got her first job at a Government Facility and dropped out of school in one day. How this experience would turn out, she didn't know.
She finally decided to go up to the hub and check on the ADD. She figured she'd be spending a lot of time with it in the next while. As she walked down the corridor, she almost jumped out of her skin when a loud alarm almost killed her eardrums and a flashing red light blinded her.
"First anomaly alert on the first day of the job," she thought. "Oh joy."
Emma took off running to the hub as fast as she could. For all she knew, she was the only one who knew how to work the ADD and turn off the alarms.
So, the parent's are gone and the kids are running the organization. I know, it may sound awful right now, but things are gonna twist even more pretty soon!
Here are some pictures I made of the story. I just added three new ones today.
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Thanks for reading!
~Logan ;)