AN: Just a quick chapter before things really get interesting... ;)
Chapter 7 : Anomaly
He had been in this timeline for a month. Today was the last day; today he and Mac would go through the anomaly. They had not waited the three days for the anomaly to open on its own. They'd left the ARC the same afternoon as he'd taken the prediction. Connor was still surprised that Mac was going along with this. There was a good chance the soldier would die, but the younger man seemed calm about it all. The New Forest was a little chilly at this time of year, reminding Connor of times in the past and Abby.
Connor glanced at Mac as he dialed in the code in the AUSAPD (and it really needed a new name… that one was a bit of a mouthful!). Besides the worry over Mac's nonchalance, Connor was also somewhat worried that he'd mess things up even more. Meaning, Evan and Dylan and alternate timeline Mac might be standing between this anomaly and the one to six years in Evan's past.
But doing nothing was the worse of the options they had at their disposal, so Connor finished entering the sequence and the 'ok' command, and then aimed his device. An anomaly shimmered and swirled into view suddenly, a few feet away from them, and at ground level. Connor grinned at Mac, who smiled back, despite himself.
"You ready?"
"As ready 's I'll ever be." Mac replied.
"Jack is still angry she doesn't get to come with us."
"I'm still angry with you."
"I understand." Connor murmered, and with that, they stepped through the anomaly's glittering shards of space and time.