"So you're telling me that that … woman … is still causing havoc from beyond the grave?" Lester's almost spat out the words. His face creased in an annoyed frown.

"Cutter always said that everything you couldn't explain somehow ended up having something to do with Helen" Connor said.

The group all sat around the table, not really sure how to process the information they now had. Becker was fidgety, his hand twitching on the gun he kept strapped to his body. If he'd had his way, they would be at the Noble and Barnes offices now making arrests, but Lester wanted to plan things out first …. "going in with all guns blazing without knowing who is really responsible could end up with innocents being hurt and the real criminal is alerted and disappears" Lester had said. Becker knew he was right, but it didn't stop him from wanting some action. He hated sitting around.

Danny was keen to go to the offices too, check them out and find out just what was going on. His approach was more subtle, a stake out and getting someone in. Lester nodded in agreement, and over the next hour, plans were made. Sarah would go into the offices as a potential client and try to find out who was running the operation, whilst the others would take it in turns to watch who was coming and going. It was going to be slow and boring, but necessary if they were going to find out exactly what was going on.

--

"Do I look the part?" Sarah asked Abby. Sarah was dressed in a dark grey suit, with her hair pinned up in a knot. "I don't feel like me"

"You look great" Abby said. "Have you got your ID?" Sarah nodded. Lester had come up with a whole new identify for Sarah just in case someone at Noble and Barnes decided to check her details. Sarah was now Lucy, someone sent by an agency looking for a temping job. Abby was nervous for her friend, they had no idea just who they were dealing with. If these were the sort of people who could think of using dinosaurs to solve the crime problem by killing people, then they'd think nothing of harming Sarah if she was discovered. She hugged her, wished her luck, and watched her tuck her briefcase under her arm and head out of the ARC.

--

Connor was sat at the radio with his headphones on. Sarah had been wired with a microphone fastened inside her underwear, and it was Connor's job to listen in and record everything. If someone confessed something, having it recorded would aid their case. He'd wanted to set her up with an earphone too so they could talk to her, but it was decided that would be too easily discovered and would place Sarah at more risk than was necessary. Abby sat next to him for a while, listening too. So far, it was all small talk. Sarah was trying to get to know as many of the staff as possible, most so far just seemed to be ordinary office workers. However around lunch time, Sarah made a discovery

"So what are the bosses like?" Sarah asked "Mr Barnes and Mr Noble?"

"Oh we don't see them nowadays, they leave running everything to Mr Barnes son, Andrew. He shuts himself in the back office all day, he never speaks to anyone" said Kerry, a young girl who had been assigned to show "Lucy" everything.

"Best kind of boss to have" Sarah smiled.

"I don't think he likes running a financial company, he's more computer orientated. He used to be OK, until his aunt showed up"

Connor's ears pricked up and he put the sound on loud speaker.

"His aunt?" Sarah asked

"Yeah, she's some kind of scientist I think, she disappeared for a while and the family were distraught, but then she came back and started taking an interest in the company. Her and Andrew would shut themselves in the office for hours" Kerry then went red and realised she was saying too much.

Connor grinned at Abby. They had the prime suspect at last!

--

Danny and Becker had been watching the offices for most of the week, they watched Andrew Barnes arrive at the same time and leave at the same time every day, he was a man of habit. They were never going to get any proof he was the one hacking into the ARCs files this way, and Becker was increasingly frustrated at the lack of action. "What do you propose we do then Soldier boy?" Danny teased

Becker glared, he hated that nickname "I don't know, Quinn" he responded angrily. "I thought you were supposed to be the leader here. I just do what I'm told"

Danny sighed. "I'm at a loss. We know what this guy is going to do, but you can't arrest someone for something they haven't done yet"

"I don't think he's operating alone either. He must be passing the information to someone" Becker said.

"We need to get in there, and get hold of his computer. Maybe Connor can look at what's on the hard-drive or something"

"Lester will never agree"

"What Lester doesn't know …. Can you get a couple of men to help us out?"

Becker nodded and was straight on the phone. At last, he was going to do what he did best!

--

Abby and Sarah sat and watched Becker's men preparing to raid Barnes's office. Things were moving on at last, and Abby felt odd. Events were unfolding that hadn't happened in the timeline of the other Connor and Abby, and it made her think

"Sarah, do you ever wonder about the future?"

"All the time, especially recently" Sarah said

"Do you think what we're doing is going to change things? Is the future already written?"

"I don't know. Maybe some things are pre-determined, but the paths we take to get to those points might be different" Sarah looked at Abby. She seemed sad "You OK?"

Abby sighed. She had to share more details with Sarah, there was something playing on her mind. "Connor didn't tell you everything he found out"

"Did he find out something about his own future?"

Abby nodded "not just his, mine too" She paused. "He saw a photo … it was of him, me … and our daughter"

Sarah smiled "So in five years time, you and Connor are together as a couple, with a child? …. No surprise there to anyone that knows you both"

"What if … what if we were only together because of what happens? What if now we're changing that, we don't …." Abby stopped. She was actually fighting tears. She hadn't realised how much the thought of not being with Connor upset her, and that scared her. She was close to him, but until all this, she'd never even thought of anything beyond what they already had.

"I think things like that, the person you're meant to be with, children, … I'd like to think that's the pre-determined stuff, call it destiny, fate, whatever … you and Connor will be together … you just get there in a different way" Sarah said, squeezing Abby's hand. She wasn't sure that was what Abby wanted to hear, so she added "but I could be talking complete rubbish of course!"

Abby laughed "Thanks, Sarah .. I feel so much wiser now!". The two girls laughed, and Sarah watched Abby's eyes wander through the window of the office into the main room of the ARC where Connor was sat at his usual post by the anomaly detector. He was talking to Danny and Becker, who were preparing to join the soldiers on the raid.

"Things are changing" Abby said. In more ways than one.

--

Becker's men were surrounding the offices of Noble and Barnes, waiting for Becker's signal to go in. Once they were in, he and Danny would go in and find Andrew Barnes and take his computer equipment.

"You ready for this?" Becker said to Danny. Danny nodded, and Becker gave the instruction on the radio. Six men burst into the offices, followed closely by Becker and Danny. They expected shouting, resistance of some kind …. But the offices were completely empty. Everything cleared out, no computers, no files in the cupboards, the place looked almost as if it had been unoccupied for weeks, yet only yesterday it had been a fully functioning business.

"Damn it!" Becker spat

"They've cleared out. Someone's tipped them off" Danny said.

"But who? We didn't even tell Lester about this. The only other ones who knew about this are Connor, Abby and Sarah, and my team"

"Then we have a mole in our midst" Danny said.