Parts in bold from the episodes
Post series 3
"Come on, Quinn" Becker hissed through gritted teeth "Hurry up"
Sarah glanced between him and the anomaly. Becker knew what was out there and she could tell that his impatience was borne out
of fear for his friends. Fear of what could have happened to them. And fear was not a feeling that sat well with Captain Becker.
It seemed forever that they stood staring at the anomaly waiting, hoping that they had made it back. Becker becoming more
agitated as time passed. His professional self wanted to lock the anomaly. The loyal friend wanted to leave it open. Sarah guessed he
was not ready to make that call. So they waited. Eventually, Sarah sensed Becker calming.
"What are we going to do?" She asked
"They'll be back" Becker answered defiantly, avoiding the question, which told Sarah he didn't know.
She had spent the last forty minutes trying not to think the worst, trying to work out Helen's plan. Then it came to her. The book!
Helen had written everything in the book.
"I have an idea" She stated.
"What?" Becker replied.
"Helen wrote everything in the book, I need to work out where she was going and then we can go after them"
"Brilliant" He turned to the soldier "Lock the anomaly. Open it every hour and leave it open for ten minutes, unless something comes
through."
"What if they're on the other side waiting to come back and those things come" Sarah looked horrified at the thought.
"They know we'll open it at some point. They'll find somewhere to hide until we do" Becker reassured her "Come on"
They both took one last look at the anomaly before running for the truck.
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Sarah began gathering staff together and issuing instructions with Becker's help as soon as she entered the ops area.
"What's going on?" Lester yelled coming to the railings outside his office.
Becker looked at Sarah "I'll deal with this" He said squeezing her arm.
He ran up the stairs to Lester's office and filled him in on everything that had happened since they had left the ARC earlier. Becker
glanced through the window to Sarah working below.
Lester stood up and looked down too.
"And Dr Page" He asked quietly.
"I'll watch her" Becker replied, knowing more than Lester how fragile she was likely to become.
Becker came back over to the ops.
"Becker!" She called him into the hive of activity "I think I've found something. Here" She pointed to the book "333, is all over this.
What if its the Rift Valley?"
Becker tilted his head in confusion
"Origins of early man" she explained. "Helen wanted to stop everything happening. What if she really meant everything?"
The full implications hit Becker like a bus. They really were going to the ends of the earth
"If they're not back by tomorrow I'm taking a second party through at seven am. In the mean time Lester is arranging for a
container to be sent through with extra supplies, especially medical. A kind of safe house if you like. Keep looking, any
information you have will help." He gave her an encouraging pat on the shoulder and went to organise his men.
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Danny sank to his knees and yelled, throwing dirt and stones in the direction of the now absent anomaly. He sank into a heap
and let all the highs and lows of the past few days wash over him as the thought that he'd had to push to the back of his mind
surfaced with a rush. Sarah! He was stuck. He couldn't get home. He wouldn't see Sarah. He couldn't tell her …... As he pictured
her face he couldn't hold back the sobs that had threatened to fall several times that day already.
He didn't know how long he sat there, but eventually he looked up at the unfamiliar landscape. He took out his phone and flicked
through the few pictures he had taken at the museum and smiled. He rubbed a hand across his face and jumped to his feet. Sarah
would wait and somehow he would find a way home to her. He just had to survive that long.
.
"Sarah!"
She looked up to see Lester looking as tired as she felt.
"Take a break" He instructed "You've haven't slept in two days"
She wasn't about to tell him that she had hardly slept the night before that either, but that seemed so long ago.
"Neither have you" she countered "Any news from Becker?"
"They are on their way back. That's all I know."
She took a deep breath and looked down.
"Take a break" Lester instructed again as he turned to walk away.
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Becker found Sarah in break room
"What happened?" She asked immediately taking in his dirty, torn up appearance and the large field dressing on his arm.
"There's no sign of them. We found the artefact but it had been broken. We also found " He hesitated "...my gun"
Sarah put her hand to her mouth.
A soldier came to the door "Lester wants to see you" he informed Becker.
Becker nodded a reply and turned back to Sarah "Come on" He was not going to leave her right now. So he placed a hand on her
back and guided her from the room.
He explained to Sarah and Lester what had happened on the mission. What they had found out and the casualties they had
suffered.
"What do you suggest now?" Lester asked.
"We go back" Becker insisted.
"I hate to play devils advocate here" Lester spoke in his slow even tone hating what he was about to imply "But if you haven't
found any sign of them, should we really risk more men?"
"We can't leave them there" Sarah sat up shocked
Becker moved to stand behind her chair and put his hands on her shoulders "We go back" He insisted again
Lester nodded as the phone rang. "What?...When?..." He slowly replaced the receiver and took a deep breath. The colour had
faded from his face. "I'm afraid it's out of my hands" He stood up and moved around the desk to them. "The anomaly's closed"
Sarah put her hands to her head "It can't" she said jumping to her feet.
"I'm sorry" Lester added
Becker grabbed Sarah and pulled her towards him wrapping his arms round her, each trying to gain comfort from the other.
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Becker knocked on the open door to the lab and Sarah looked up from her phone taking in his scrubbed appearance, clean clothes
and fresh white bandage.
"Hey" He said quietly.
"Hey" She said back
He came in slowly and leant on the desk next to her.
"Don't think they can text from beyond the anomaly" He said with a weak smile.
Sarah huffed "I know. But I have to do something"
"Lester wants me to go and pick up Abby's animals and bring them back to the ARC. You up to giving me a hand"
"Might as well, I can't do any more here for now" She sighed standing up. "And we ought to check Danny's place too"
He put a hand on her arm and looked at her sorrowful eyes, "They will be back Sarah. They will find a way. We just have carry on
until they do"
Sarah knew she was not in this alone. They all had good friends they could lean on.
"You're a good man, Captain Becker. If I was ten years younger I might have gone for you instead of Danny" she smiled rubbing
his arm comfortingly.
He raised an eyebrow and managed a smirk "And if I was ten years older I might have given Quinn a run for his money"
They both managed a smile as they put their arms round each other and left.
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At Abby's flat, Becker picked up a picture on the shelf. The new team; himself, Sarah, Danny, Connor and Abby.
"What is it?" Sarah asked behind him.
He handed her the picture, suddenly unable to speak.
Sarah took it in one hand and rubbed Becker's back with the other, leaning her head on his shoulder. They stood for a while in
silence before Becker rubbed his hands across his face.
"Come on" He said quietly "Let's get this done".
After handing over all the animals, they arrived at Danny's and Becker followed Sarah in.
"What do we need to do?" He asked quietly, a hand resting on her back.
"I don't know" Sarah answered in little more than a whisper. She picked up the note she had left him. He had doodled her name
amongst other things on it like a kid, probably as he had spoken to her on the phone. Sarah couldn't hold it together any longer.
As she began to sob, Becker wrapped his arms around her and let her cry into his shoulder, burying his face in her hair as his own
tears fell again. Eventually he felt her get heavy and realised she had cried herself to sleep against him, events of the past few days
catching up with her. He laid her on the sofa and covered her with the blanket that was still there.
"Danny." She murmured as she stirred.
"Shhh" Becker settled her as she pulled the blanket closer around her that still smelt of Danny.
Becker stood up and rubbed his hands across his face and made his way to the kitchen.
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Becker woke to the sound of his mobile ringing . He stretched out in the arm chair and rubbed his face with his hands.
He grabbed his mobile and glanced across at Sarah as he answered. "Becker...Yes...Where?...When?...Sarah's here...Send
back up...I'll call you in 10 minutes"
Sarah had stirred at the noise and had sat up quickly as she listened to Becker's half of the conversation. She looked at him
expectantly as he hung up.
"That was Lester" He informed her. "Another anomaly's opened. He wanted to know if we were up to dealing with it."
"Give me two minutes" Sarah replied jumping to her feet "You?"
"I'm with you"
Becker called Lester as they readied themselves and headed for the door.
Becker grabbed her arm as they were about to leave. "You sure about this?"
"We won't find them sitting here" She replied with a smile
He returned the smile "Let's go"