Boss's Daughter
Poor Becker has been called into Lester's office...
He is told he has to leave Jess alone...
Oh dear... Will he be able to keep his distance?
Will Lester pass on his message?
Will Jess ever come back to the ARC?
"Do I look as if I care who she saw you with?" Lester admonished.
"It's important sir, it's important that she understands, the woman she saw me with is my sister. Could you... would you pass the message on ... Please?" Becker gulped and now he began to look up towards Lester.
"Yes," Lester elongated the word for emphasis sighed, "I'll pass the massage on. I'm becoming a personal messenger service for lovesick teenagers now!" He glared at Becker "You may GO!
As Becker exited, Lester picked up the phone and rang Jess' extension.
"Connor Temple" Connor replied as he picked up the phone that rang beside him. "What...? I'm not your personal secretary you know! I'm only covering for Jess. Yes... Ok. I'll have it in a minute." Connor raised his voice to sound like a girl. "Just hold the line."
Begrudgingly Connor tapped away at the console, shaking his head. Trying to squeak in a feminine voice, Connor delivered the information Lester had requested.
Lester picked up the phone to speak to General Anthony White. He made an urgent appointment to speak with the man in question. He opened Becker's file again. He knew Becker had seen the file and he had seen him squirm over the top. Lester smiled to himself, good staff were hard to come by these days, he'd just let him squirm a bit longer.
Donning his smart suit jacket, he prepared to go out again. Before going out he left a message with Connor telling him that he was going to lunch, and went to the Medical Bay.
Caroline, his wife had decided that she was going to check Lester's blood at regular intervals; she sat waiting in a room for him.
"How are you feeling?" She asked, as she turned to him dressed in smart blue trousers and a pale blue shirt, under a white lab coat.
"Better, at least I'm not burning up like I was yesterday!" He prepared himself for the needle by taking off his jacket and rolling up his shirt sleeve.
"You're looking a lot better too, have you been to see Jess?" She questioned as she carefully inserted the needle into Lester's arm and withdrew blood.
Lester winced, he held his breath for a moment until Caroline had finished and then he replied. "She's very upset! I don't know whether she's upset more at me or at Becker?"
"Is he the tall one? Head of Security? Good looking with lots of muscle?"
"Yes that's him."
"Yes, I noticed they were together quite a lot yesterday. Are they going out together?"
"No, not yet, something's bothering him, and I intend to find out what." Lester gazed at the tiny plaster Caroline put on his arm, and rolled his shirt sleeve down. "He's a nice guy, good head on his shoulders. Very good at security! Works well when things are not bothering him, and at the moment he's worrying about Jess."
"He obviously cares for her, I saw them leaving the building together, although Jess didn't look too happy."
"Abby and Connor told me he has this thing hanging over his head that he can't get rid of. Something that happened whilst he was in the army." Lester paused. "I'm off to have lunch with General White; hopefully he can shed some light." He raised his eyebrows at his wife, "I'll see you later." And with a peck on her cheek, he was gone.
Lester drove to the Country club where he was scheduled to meet with General White. He arrived ahead of time and was shown to a table to wait for his guest.
It wasn't long before a rather large; man wearing a military uniform entered the building. He walked over to Lester's table and proffered his hand.
"James Lester?" His voice was deep, and jovial smile played on his large lips.
Lester looked at the imposing man who stood opposite him. His darker than normal complexion, a result of his Afro-Caribbean heritage, he was stocky and at least three inches taller than Lester. Lester felt small compared to the man.
"General White?" Lester asked incredulously. The man nodded. Lester stifled a smirk. Here was a man called White who was the total opposite of his name!
Smiling he shook the man's hand and bade him to sit.
The two men chatted amiably, for well over an hour, Lester asked if he remembered Captain Becker and also the reason for his departure from the forces. He requested that the case into Lisa Miller's death be reopened, and researched properly.
The General agreed but insisted that he would come and interview Captain Becker himself.
The next day Lester greeted General White and one of his colleagues at the ARC.
Lester welcomed the military man and his female colleague into his office and they chatted for a while. Surreptitiously Lester asked the General to refrain from telling Becker that it he who instigated the reopening of this case.
In the hub, Connor still sat at the ADD monitoring everything. Becker stood close by, when Matt came up behind them.
"Who's the military man in Lester's office?" Matt enquired.
"General White, he used work alongside General Miller when I was in the forces." Becker stated.
"General White?" Connor sniggered swivelling around in his chair. "You are joking aren't you?" Becker shook his head a slight smile appearing on his face.
"Don't let his appearance fool you; he can be quite intimidating when he wants to."
"What about the woman who's with him?" Matt asked.
"Sorry can't see her face." Connor focused the camera outside Lester's office and angled it inside.
"Still can't see."
Connor's comms crackled into life. "Can you send Captain Becker into my office, please Connor," Lester ordered.
Becker raised his eyebrows at Matt and Connor as he began marching up to Lester's office.
He knocked on the door and entered.
He greeted the Senior Soldier with the necessary salute.
"I believe you've met General White, and his colleague Major Becker." Lester smiled.
Becker looked over to the other officer in the room, and was startled to see his older sister, Bertie.
For a moment Becker was at a loss for words, he didn't know what to say, and considering this was probably a formal meeting decided not to say anything at all. He didn't want to be reprimanded by General White on this occasion.
General White informed Becker of the reason behind his visit. They were reopening old case files, cases that had never been solved. FCO L. Miller was one of them. He ordered Becker to tell them everything he knew about the case. Where he had gone, how the evening had started and then panned out.
Becker was about to start when the alarms started to ring. He tapped a button on his Comms.
"Excuse me for a moment," he looked over to Connor, who sat At the ADD. "What do we have Connor? Is it an anomaly?"
"No, creature incursion, here at the ARC."
"I'll be right there," Becker turned to the occupants of the room. "Excuse me for a moment, I'll be right back." He turned and exited the room swiftly.
Bounding down to his desk he grabbed an EMD. Bertie excused herself and followed him.
"I'm coming with you" she insisted.
"No, you have no idea what we deal with here," Becker barked.
"Stop arguing, we have two ladies in imminent danger, Abby's one of them!" Matt shouted across.
"Stay behind me!" Becker instructed his sister. And they ran off to find the creatures.
"Thats stay behind me Sir!" she reprimanded.
Becker glanced at her sideways, was she really pulling rank on him? In his place of work? Where he was the one in charge of security?
"Sir!" he grinned. As she grinned back.
Connor found that the dracorex had escaped and was outside the corridor to the menagerie, his immediate concern was Abby. He grabbed an EMD and ran alongside Becker. Nothing could stop him where Abby was concerned. He knew that she could handle the dracorex but since her announcement that she was pregnant, he had been very protective about her.
Matt, Connor, Becker and Bertie followed the trail of destruction that the dracorex had left. And finally found it outside Matt's office. Abby and Emily stood, unarmed, and backed against a wall as it snarled at them. They knew if they had EMD's they would be able to get themselves out of this mess but as it was neither of them had one. The men surrounded the animal but were unable to reach Emily or Abby.
"Becker?" Bertie spoke for the first time since seeing the creature.
Becker turned briefly to look at his sister. She had taken out her own gun and was aiming it at the creature.
"Leave this to us Bertie; we know what we're doing!" Becker growled ignoring his sister's orders for him to call her sir.
"But...?" she paused. "What is it?"
"Our resident dracorex has decided to come out to play." Becker took a careful aim and pulled the trigger. This only caused the animal to turn and roar in his direction. Becker moved quickly so he stood between the dracorex and his sister.
Connor managed to pull off two shots whilst Matt edged around to where Abby and Emily were standing.
Now that the three women in the room were covered, Becker fired two more shots and the creature thudded to the ground.
Connor ran over to Abby to make sure she was ok. She still looked rather pale and probably needed to eat. Matt hugged Emily making sure she was ok whilst Becker turned around to his sister.
Bertie had gone pale, the tan she had acquired in Afghanistan, did nothing to hide how shocked she was. She stood unmoving for a moment, Becker held her arms gently.
"Are you ok?" he rubbed her arms trying to get some sort of reaction from her. It took a few seconds but she gazed up at Becker and blinked. Then she shook her head trying to clear it and licked her lips.
She noticed four pairs of eyes, staring at Becker and herself.
"Becker..." she tilted her head and pointed with her eyes to the people standing behind him.
Becker turned to see his friends staring at him and the strange woman.
"Um... Guys... Um..." Becker blinked as four accusing eyes stared at him.
"Guys... I'd like you all to meet Major Becker... My sister."
Will Becker really understand why the Army are re-opening the FCO L Miller case?
Will Major Becker find out the truth?
Will Becker get a chance to tell Jess how he feels about her?