Sorry for the wait guys, but here is Chapter Nine- I hope it's worth it. Thank you to all the people who left a review means a lot you took the time to do that.

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Chapter Nine

As Lester paced through the corridors of the Anomaly Research Centre, every step he took he could feel his feet growing heavier and heavier in his expensive Italian shoes.

He eventually reached the Medical Bay and found Matt, Becker and Dr Evans sitting on the row of seats below the window looking into the room, they had been waiting for him.

"What is wrong Dr Evans? What's happened to Connor?" Lester asked, trying to keep the panic out of his voice.

"Mr. Lester, you may want to sit down" Dr Evans said grimly, looking Lester in the eye. Lester numbly found himself sitting in the seat next to the young doctor. He glanced over at Matt, whose face was as expressionless as it had always been.

"What's happened to Conner?" Lester said sternly, expecting an answer this time.

"Connors condition is critical, but at the moment he is stable. He stopped breathing for a short period of time. We have no idea why his heart stopped or what is wrong with him- but I can promise you we are doing everything we can to get him better. At the moment he is sedated and we will continue to monitor him. But for now, we can only wait" Dr Evans finished, looking at the head of the ARC; he then turned to face Becker.

"Captain Becker- we've had your test results back and I am sorry to say you also have traces of the infection in your blood. It is not as bad as Connors but we will need to get you into bed and connected to a drip" Dr Evans said, seeing the look on Becker's face.

"We will do everything we can to get you and Connor better- but I need you to trust me" Dr Evans said, standing up and moving back into the ARC's Medical Bay.

Matt turned to face Becker, who seemed distracted and distant.

"Becker- it'll be okay. You'll both be fine and I'm sure you'll be back to doing my head in pretty soon" Matt said, forcing a grin onto his face- trying not to think about the alternative.

"I am relieving you of your duty Captain Becker- you need to get better so for now I will get Jake Hemple back from the SAS for a short time" Lester said, giving Becker a small nod before leaving the corridor and heading back to his office to make the call he needed to.

It was then Dr Evans poked his head out of the door.

"Were ready for you now Captain Becker" he said, before disappearing back into the room.

Becker and Matt sat in silence for a few moments just looking into the space in front of them. Then Matt wordlessly placed his hand on the captain's shoulder before giving it a gentle squeeze, and without a word he stood up and walked toward the ARC's Operation's Hub and left Becker sitting on his chair.

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As Becker closed the blue curtains around his bed- his body was aching. Becker blamed the uncomfortable plastic chairs and the fact he hadn't stretched after his jog- he thought back to the events of this morning and shivered slightly- feeling the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. He looked at the watch on his wrist and checked the time; 16:36…why did today have to happen…thatwas the thought going through Becker's mind.

He heard the voice of Dr Evans talking to someone and remembered why he was standing where he was in the first place.

Becker slowly began the process of changing, he slowly pulled his t-shirt off his body, and it was then he remembered he hadn't changed since he went out for his run in the morning. Dropping it to the floor, he then lifted up the black t-shirt that was on the bed and slowly pulled it over his head. He then he pulled down the tracksuit bottoms he was wearing and quickly pulled on the fresh pair that were on the bed. He then slowly pulled the curtains open and the sight he got made his heart broke in two.

Lying in the bed next to him was Connor. To anyone looking into the room he would have looked asleep, but Becker knew he was heavily sedated with drugs so his body had a chance to repair itself. Becker stood for a while, listening to the steady rhythm of the heart monitor as the continuous beeping filled the quiet room.

It should be me laying there…not him…Becker thought to himself- it was his job to protect this team and once again he had failed. Why do I always fail…

xxxxx

Dr Blaine Evans had seen his fair share of action during his year as the ARC's chief Medical Examiner. When he was told he was being transferred from his fifth tour of duty in Afghanistan to a covert government operation only known as the ARC, he was a little surprised. Only being 32 years of age, Blaine Evans was young for a military doctor- and yet he was known for saving the lives of critically wounded soldiers in the field. That was why he was handpicked for the ARC, although he hadn't expected what his new job would entail; all his briefing had said was to expect the unexpected. Looking back, Blaine realised that was code for dinosaurs and monsters and long dead creatures…and anomalies- portals to the past, the present and the future.

His main responsibilities at the ARC were to patch up members of ARC staff who were injured in the line of duty- which Blaine realised, was most of the time.

Blaine had had every member of the ARC's core team in this room. Matt, Becker, Lester, Jess, Abby and Connor had all traipsed through the doors and one point. He had seen minor injuries like cuts and bruises or concussion's- or both together. He had also seen life threating injuries- the worst had been Captain Becker's leg injury. It had been a major wound to a vital artery and that was before Blaine took the poison into account.

During his time as the ARC's Doctor, Blaine had come to have a lot of respect for Captain Becker- fiercely loyal for his team mates and incredibly selfless in every decision he made, Blaine knew the stories of Becker attempt's to save his three team mates who were lost somewhere in time as well as the death of Sarah Page and Blaine wondered how the man carried on- Blaine respected him. And this was why Blaine found it so hard to see Becker looking so fragile whilst his best friend was lying next to him.

Blaine looked down at the desk in front of him and stared at the needle and wires before carefully picking them up and walking over to where Becker was stood- hoping there was something he could do.

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