I'm a bit skeptical about this chapter but eh. I actually like the Memily part :D :D :D sorry if it doesn't 'sound' like them. they're the two character i have the hardest time writing. There is a spoiler of the final scene in 5.6 with Matt at the beginning and it's a bit random how I've placed it but it does have it's purpose :D :D :D Sorry about mistakes i only skimmed through it. Anyway: Don't own anythign except the plot :D
Enjoy :D
The team ran through the ARC's dimly lit corridors towards the parking lot, pumped and excited knowing that the anomolies still existed. As they ran, Matt began to fall behind as did Emily. After nearly losing him through New Dawn's anomoly, she wasn't prepared to see him disappearing unexpenctantly.
Matt's hand raised to his earpiece but the usual quiet buzz or Jess' voice shouting out co-ordinates was non-existant. He couldn't get any signal what-so-ever. Thanks to New Dawn, the ARC team had no way of communicating with each other while in the field.
He sighed, slowing down a fraction more. "Emily, the comms are still down." He explained as she stopped a few meters in front of him. "I'm going to get my phone."
Emily nodded understandably and continued to make her way around the corner towards the parkling lot.
Matt jogged down the corridor until movement ahead of him made him slow down and stop. He squinted into the shadows, trying to see who or what was there. "Hello?"
There was silence. But the shadows begun to form a shape, rounding until it looked like a person. Matt frowned as the shadow moved closer.
This... this can't be possible. It's... me.
He had gashes across his face and neck, the image of torture. Matt's frown deepened. This can not be possible! He thought worriedly.
"Go back." The other Matt warned. "You have to go back!"
The thought of what would happen to himself if he managed to change the future never crossed his mind before. He was more concerned with stopping New Dawn rather than wondering how it would affect him and his own time.
It could be completely different. What would happen if he went back?
"Matt." Emily's voice rang through the corridors. Matt turned towards her quickly, his frown smoothing out.
He glanced over his shoulder quickly but the other Matt was gone. A figment of his imagination.
"What's wrong?" Emily asked worriedly.
"Nothing. I'm fine." Matt shook his head. Was that even real?
Emily shifted her weight from one foot to another impatiently. "We're ready to go..." she said, gesturing towards the parking lot before making her way back.
Matt stared at the spot he'd seen himself standing only a few minutes before. He had to get back somehow.
The noise was irritating. It just kept going on and on. Matt groaned, rolling over onto his side and burying his head under his pillow hoping it would drown out the constant ringing.
It didn't.
"Make it stop..." He muttered, his voice muffled by the pillow still held firmly to his ears.
Beside him Emily stirred from her sleep, muttering incoherant words as she blindly fumbled around for the phone. The ringing stopped and Matt sighed in relief.
"What?" Emily groaned into the reciever.
"Le Connor Temple speaking!"
"Emily hang up!" Matt groaned as he overheard the geeks loud voice through the phone. "It's only Connor. Hang up!"
"What do you want Connor?" Emily asked as she sat up. She yawned as she rubbed sleep out of her eyes.
Emily could just hear sounds of protest coming from a sleepy Abby on the other side of the line before Connor replied excitedly. "I'm giving you all a fantastic wake up call! Aren't I nice?"
Matt laid on his stomach, squinting at the clock beside him. "Is he drunk or something? It's quarter to six in the morning!"
"That's very nice of you Connor." Emily grinned down at Matt, gently running her fingers through his hair as he tried to go back to sleep. "You're not going to call the others, are you? Becker will kill you."
Matt grinned at the thought. "Maybe he'll scare some sense into him." he muttered, his eyes still closed.
"Emily you're a genius!"
"What did I do?" Emily frowned, confused as to what Connor was going on about.
"Gotta go."
Before she could reply, he hung up. She put the phone back and glanced down at Matt who had moved himself closer to her, resting his head against her pillow instead of his own. "He's going to wake up Becker and Jess..."
"That boy just signed his own death sentence." Matt grinned again as Emily laid back down, their faces only inches apart. "Now I can't go back to sleep." he hummed, rolling onto his back and staring up at the ceiling.
"Well then why don't we plan what we're going to do today?" Emily suggested, laying herself against his chest.
"Sleep... I just want to sleep..."
Emily smiled deviously. "Not right now." Matt raised and eyebrow, watching her suspiciously. "I'm thinking we get payback on Connor."
Matt grinned, wrapping his arms tighter around her. "I like the way you think." he replied, kissing her forehead.
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Connor hung up the phone and bounced out of the bed, bounding towards the bathroom.
"Connor. What exactly are you going to do now? You know if you so much as whisper near that room, Becker will kill you. And you know how Jess is in the morning! She'll probably help him bury your body!" Abby sighed sleepily as she sat up and combed her fingers through her hair.
Connor laughed. "He won't hurt me. It's obvious Action Man has a soft side by the way he watches Jess all the time. He thinks no one notices the look but I do! Well only in the past week or so..."
"Seriously Connor, don't you think waking them up at six in the morning is a bit much? We're suppose to be on holiday" Abby replied as she slipped out of the bed and grabbed her cellphone before sliding back under the covers.
"The earlier we wake up, the more time we have to do things! Now after I'm finished in here, I'll be going over to the lovebirds room and knocking loudly until someone answers, praying that Becker does because Jess is terrifying in the morning."
Abby rolled her eyes as she texted a warning to Jess, hoping she was smart enough to not put it on silent. Abby laid back and closed her eyes. "I'm taking no part in this, what-so-ever."
"Fine with me!" Connor beamed after he had finished washing his hands. He rounded the corner and grinned. "Good luck kiss?"
Abby opened one of her eyes and found Connor leaning over her with a wide grin on his face. "You don't need luck."
His grin widened as he pressed his lips against hers. He was close to forgetting about Becker and Jess' wake up call since Abby wrapped her arms around his neck holding him there so she could delay him long enough for Jess to read her text.
"I don't want to drown in luck Abs." Connor seemed to glow while he made his way over to the other room.
"You better look at your phone Jess." Abby muttered quietly to herself sending another text message just in case.
o.O~O.o
The sound could always wake her out of a deep sleep, however enjoyable her dream was. She had been dreaming of scubba-diving through a bright colourful reef with the fish all swimming up close to her. She grinned to herself. remembering how peaceful it was. the clear blue water and the bright sun shining down on her. It was perfect.
She slowly opened her eyes, suddenly aware of an arm that was definitely not her own, draped over her. The soft breathing at the back of her neck sent a shiver down her spine and she had to resist the urge to snuggle closer to Becker's chest.
Instead she slipped out from underneath his arm and quickly made her way over to her cellphone, frowning when she read Abby's warning. She squinted at the clock and sighed. She was not going to be nice to him.
Her phone beeped again and she sighed. Placing her phone down on the table, she made her way over to the door, swinging it open just as Connor had raised his hand to knock. "Go away!" She growled.
His eyes narrowed, glancing over his shoulder then back at her. "How did you-"
"If you value your life Temple, you will turn around and go back inside your room for the next few hours!"
Connor smirked. She had called him Temple. She had never addressed him by his last name. The only one that really seemed to call him by his last name was... Becker. Connor beamed. "Been spending some quality time will Action Man have we?"
Jess' face flushed a bright pink. "If I have to wake him up, you will never again see the light of day." She warned.
Connor's eyes narrowed as he concidered that. There was just no way he could taked Jess' warnings seriously as she stood glaring at him, wearing only pink and blue stripped pijama shorts and a plain blue camisole with pink straps.
"Connor..."
"Connor get in here now or I'll toss all of your clothes out of the window!" Abby warned from their room.
His eyes widened. "Bye Jess." he said quickly. Jess leaned against the doorframe, a yawn escaping her lips as she watched the door close behind him. She sleepily made her way back into her room, closing the door with her hip and collapsing onto the bed beside Becker.
"Temple?" Becker muttered against the pillow.
"What?" Jess asked, raising her head off of her own pillow.
Becker slowly turned his head towards her, a grin on his face. "You called him Temple..."
"Shut up." Jess groaned, hiding her face in her pillow as her cheeks burned again.
Becker laughed. "Matt rung a minute ago... how do you feel about a little payback against Connor?"
"I didn't hear the phone ring." Jess turned her head to face him, glad that her cheeks weren't brightly coloured anymore.
"I answered it pretty quickly."
Jess' heart suddenly quicken it's pace when she realised just how close Becker's face was to hers. She felt locked in his gaze, her heart threatening to break through her chest.
"Jess..." his voice was barely audible. The movement was quick but Jess was sure she saw his eyes dart down to her lips then back up to her eyes.
The phone rang suddenly and Becker looked away quickly, sitting up and answering the irritating object. "Hello?"
"Action Man! You're awake! Great! This means everyone is up!"
Becker groaned, instantly hanging up.
Jess laughed. "Let me guess... it was Temple."
Becker glanced at her out of the corner of his eye. God she's even more adorable in the morning. He grinned. "Who else would it have been?"