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Connor looked at her in shock then to Lester who gave a nod in agreement.
"Yes I have. Evan Cross had it. Cross Photonics. I had to break in and get it and I found out that they were chasing anomalies too." He looked desperately from
one to the other as he fed them information, hoping to jog their memories.
"Who is Evan Cross and what has he got to do with anomalies?" Lester asked.
"You don't remember?"
"It didn't happen Connor" Abby took hold of his hand. "You didn't go to Canada and we have never heard of Evan Cross."
"Something's gone wrong again" Connor slumped into a chair. "Something happened today"
"Who was on the other side of the anomaly?" Lester sensed that whatever had happened was going to have serious repercussions.
"OK. Kieran went through to an anomaly junction. I went through after him but picked the wrong one. I met this girl and she works with Evan. We rescued
him..."
"Who? Kieran?" Lester was already getting confused.
"No Evan. They took me into one of the other anomalies to find Kieran and it was where the Albertosaurus we had here had gone to kill Evans wife six years
ago. No more than that. We found Kieran but as we went back into the junction the Canadian forces took us back through another one into Canada June 2012
where Evan and Dylan came from."
"Dylan?" Abby asked.
"The girl. But the Albertosaurus hadn't killed Evans wife yet. It ran off and the army caught it and took it into 2012. While we were there I talked to a lady who
worked for Evan, who had seen me when I was there before. She works with the forces now and they kept our guns. She promised to send them back but as
that was over a year ago in their time I guess they didn't. Oh and there was another guy who used to work for the ARC in another timeline but now he works
for the forces or Evan or something and he saw his other self."
"Is that it?" Lester asked.
"In a nut shell" Connor replied.
"I'd hate for the long version." Lester muttered. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly as he thought. "How much do the others know?"
"Nothing at the moment. But I asked Jess to do some checking for me and Kieran's going to write down anything he remembers."
"OK. Find out what you can about these characters. Gather together any information you can and we'll have a full team meeting tomorrow afternoon. Get Kieran
to help you."
Connor nodded and stood to leave.
"And Connor, sort out the black boxes." Lester added.
Connor nodded again. "I'll talk to the techs"
Abby and and Lester exchanged a concerned look as she turned to follow him out.
"What's going on?" Matt asked as they walked down the steps.
"Not sure" Connor answered nervously.
"What was all that about?" Matt probed some more, indicating towards Lester's office.
"It's complicated" Connor replied simply.
"Try me" Matt insisted.
"Can't. Wouldn't know where to start" Connor walked away. "Jess, anything?"
"Not much. Just some basic info on Evan Cross and Cross Photonics. I'm sending it across to you now." She didn't even look up "I'll keep checking on the rest."
"Thanks Jess." He went to leave then remembered. "Oh and could you send a readout from the black boxes to the techs"
Jess paused and turned to him "Anything else you want me to do thats not in my job description?"
The twinkle in her eye gave away the serious look on her face.
Connor grinned "Thanks Jess. I'll get Action Man to buy you more chocolate"
Jess grinned "I'll tell him you said that. Oh and Kieran is out of medical and looking for you."
"Tell him I'm in my lab."
Abby stood and watched Connor with concern and confusion, trying to work out what had happened.
"Abby?" Matt questioned watching her watch Connor.
"Don't ask Matt. I have no idea. Leave it with Connor for the moment. Yeah?" She turned and left for her office.
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Connor sat at his laptop not knowing where to start. He rubbed his hands wearily over his face and brought up the files Jess had sent him. He read about Cross
Photonics, Evan And Angelica Finch. It was basic information. But it gave other names, some dates and a few pictures. As Connor pulled his phone from his
pocket to check the photos he'd taken earlier that day, his data stick clattered to the floor. Connor picked it up, put it on his desk and went back to his phone.
Suddenly he grabbed up the data stick and plugged it in. He brought up photos and found what he was looking for.
"I knew it! I knew it!"
"Knew what?"
Connor looked up quickly to see Kieran stood in the doorway, leaning heavily on a crutch. He made his way in and flopped onto the stool next to Connor.
Connor turned the laptop towards him to show the pictures of his previous visit to Canada.
"You've seen them before!" Kieran exclaimed.
"Apparently not" Connor sighed.
Kieran looked puzzled "But how come..."
"I don't know. That's what I have to work out. I have to find out what happened out there and what's happening now"
"Did you go through an anomaly before?" He asked.
Connor jumped up and patted his shoulder "Kieran you're brilliant." He began rummaging in a drawer.
"What did I do?" Kieran asked
Connor turned and held up his passport. "I flew to Canada" He flicked through the pages several times, forwards and backwards. "Nothing. It don't make
sense."
"We'll have to make it make sense. Here's the info you wanted" Kieran pushed some papers across the desk.
"Thanks" Connor flicked through them. "You should go home. We can work on this tomorrow. How's the leg?"
Kieran smiled "Can't feel a thing. Good stuff they have down there. I'd better get going, Mark's giving me a lift."
"Good. Get some rest and we'll go through all this in the morning. Oh and tell Mark, Lester wants a full team meeting tomorrow afternoon."
"Will do boss." He hobbled from the room.
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When Abby found Connor later, he was writing on the large glass board in the corner of his office surrounded by papers.
"Connor? You coming home?"
"Hey Abby. Is it that time already?" He checked his watch quickly and went back to scribbling on the board.
"It's late. What is all this?" She asked.
Connor pulled her over to the board and began to explain the facts as he knew them.
"How does what is happening in Canada affect us?" Abby asked.
"For a start, they have our EMD's. That'll warp the timelines. The guy that could've or should've worked here now works for them. So that's warped the timeline
or is caused by a warp in the timeline."
"We've warped timelines before"
"Yeah and there have always been consequences. Remember Claudia Brown. Today I wiped out a whole trip to Canada that I apparently didn't make. But
look..."
He pulled up the pictures from his data stick again.
"What is this going to do?" Abby asked quietly.
"That's the problem. I don't know. It could be nothing..."
"Or?"
Connor looked at her "Or it could be huge.