Authors Note: Again, due to popular demand, I have decided to turn this into a story. Thank you so much for reading and reviewing, I always thought that Stephen would like Jess ;) if they ever met. And where exactly did this Stephen come from, what is the meaning of life...

-Becker's Point Of View-

Being from a strict military background I was able to gather myself together quicker than most people would have – and not think a second about it. In less than five minutes- and maybe looking a little roughed up. I made my way into the main room where everyone was gathered and talking among themselves.

I walked leisurely trying not to draw any attention to myself I slowly made my way near Jess, I parked myself practically right next to her but she didn't seem to notice me at all. I was annoyed a slightly perplexed by this, normally she seemed to have me on some kind of radar, whenever I walked into the room she knew about it and would always greet me with a smile. Why didn't she this time..?

Things grew quiet Stephen walked in to the middle of the room and cleared his throat.

"Hi everyone…" He announced looking around the area, first at everyone then at the room itself. "Sorry, as you can imagine wrapping my head around this is just as hard for me as it is for you." Stephen explained.

"That's an immense understatement." Lester mumbled. "I'm more than thrilled to see you again Stephen but you were going to explain this…" Lester prompted, Stephen glanced over at him and gave him a tolerating and fairly affectionate smile. After another second, Connor walked into the room, everyone watched him as he slowly- in his own time approached Stephen.

"Hey mate." Stephen greeted not seeming to care that anyone was watching as he gave Connors arm an affectionate squeeze. Connor gave him a timid smile and moved to stand next to Abby – who herself looked just a wary but overall thrilled to have their old teammate back.

Stephen took a deep breath and began. "I come from a different…timeline, if you will than this one, in this timeline I was killed when I sacrificed myself to save Cutter…" He finished glancing around as if to get confirmation, most everyone in the room nodded somberly.

"That is one, honest to god for lack of a better term, 'anomaly' I can find in this timeline regarding my fate." He smirked, the little joke made the people in the room laugh including myself easing the tension in the air. I looked over right behind Stephen's shoulder and caught Matt's eye. He tilted his head to the side his eyes clearly asking if I was alright. I gave him a nod and he returned it with a small smile.

I had a question of my own for him, without any preamble I asked aloud. "Why did you go through an anomaly?" I questioned. Speaking so boldly earned me a few looks – I felt Jess's eyes on me as well, but I was too much of a coward to chance a look at her for fear of what her expression would be.

"I found myself trapped when I ran through one after Cutter and Helen failed to return from disposing of the future predators." He explained. "The anomaly closed right behind me and I have been wandering for a while…until one opened up…here." He sounded sure of himself, but just one look at him you could tell he was nervous.

Taking a deep breath he continued, "I'm aware a lot of time has passed…" Stephen looked down at the ground biting his lip, seeming to hold back some emotion. "I am also aware that Nick is dead, but I am a little bit confused as to what has happened to Claudia?"

There is a collective gasp among everyone, I had heard second hand about the issue of Nick Cutter saying that Jenny wasn't really Jenny – but someone called Claudia Brown.

"…you…you know Claudia Brown?" Connor stammered his and Abby face mirror images of amazement. Stephen looked from one to the other.

"Uh…yeah…why wouldn't I know her, again I ask, where is she?"

"This is awkward." Lester drawled.

To Be Continued…