Chapter 3

The door closed behind him and it locked with a click, I crossed my arms and glared sulkily up at him where he was pacing in curiosity. He then nodded to himself and grabbed the other chair in the room, he swung it around and leant forward with his arms on the back of the chair.

He looked up at me angrily with cautiousness in his eyes, I could understand why seeing as I just arrived from the future and they didn't know if I was dangerous or not.

"Your name's Alex?" he asked angrily

"Yep" I answered popping the 'p'

'Soldier Boy' glared at me again but then surprisingly he just rolled his eyes at me.

"What year are you from?" he asked curiously "You asked Matt the year, but you seem to be at ease with the equipment we have here"

I was shocked at first at the observation that he had made but then I sighed and rubbed my eyes both in tiredness and in thought as I compared my options on whether to tell him the little details or just to stay quiet and most likely get locked up in a cell again

"2025" I told him calmly

To say the military man was shocked was the understatement of the decade, so this time I rolled my eyes.

"All I can really say is that my name is Alexandra, I prefer Alex, I am thirteen years old, I am from the 2025 and seriously do not like closed spaces plus one thing you should really know" I told him then paused slightly "Me and authority do NOT mix"

All 'Soldier boy' could do was stare wide-eyed at me as if I'd grown two heads and started to dance and sing the Time warp. I giggled lightly causing him to shake his head then he smiled softly at me.

He stood up and offered me his hand. I looked up at him suspiciously but then placed my hand in his, he lifted me from my chair and we walked hand in hand to the control room receiving weird glances from the employees.

'Soldier boy' whistled loudly to the rest of the staff which caused Lester to come out of his office, he looked at me curiously then noticed my hand in 'Soldier boys' hand and looked at me even more suspiciously.

"Right this is, as Matt has told you, Alex, she is in fact from the future" he told them.

Everyone suddenly started to chat with one another annoying the military man. I snorted at his annoyance which caused him to send me an evil/amused look, Lester walked over to us while everyone continued the chatter.

"You are sure she's safe Captain Becker?" Lester asked bored

"Yes sir, she may cause a little trouble, but I'd doubt is she'd cause any serious damage"

Lester shrugged and walked off leaving me very confused. This short guy was I assumed the boss and yet he doesn't seem to care about anything.

Becker looked at me softly since I was up to his shoulders and raised an eyebrow at me, he still held my hand so he pulled me down to his team.

"Right Alex, you've already our team leader Matt" Becker introduced as Matt nodded, I nodded back and mock saluted the Irish man who lightly glared at me as amusement danced in his eyes. "Okay, so this is Abby Maitland, our expert on animal care, Jess Parker, who works the computers and keeps us running and Connor Temple our walking dinosaur encyclopaedia"

Becker pointed each person out to me one by one, my gaze met with Connors and I felt a slip in my emotions which I was able to rectify before anyone even noticed.

Connor glared at Becker slightly but the glare was soft so I decided to cause a bit mischief.

"And I'm guessing you're the teams Soldier boy/Action man" I added cheekily.

Becker glared at me as the others started laughing.

Then Connor turned to me quickly. "Alex, Run!"

I looked up at Becker, pulled my and from his and grinned mischievously then I took off as fast as I could through the corridors of the ARC. I suddenly heard footsteps behind me at a similar pace which I assumed was Captain Becker chasing me.

I laughed happily for the first time in years "Catch me if you can Soldier Boy"

I suddenly turned a corner and hit a dead end, I froze and spun around where Becker stood hunched over trying to catch his breath, he tried to speak a few times but failed causing me to smile.

"Damn your fast" he breathed

I grinned at him then ran to he right faking to the left hopefully allowing me to pass him but I squealed in surprise as Becker's arms entwined themselves around my waist.

"You may run faster" he told me as he caught is breath fully "but my instincts are faster"

Suddenly I was turned around and lifted over the captains shoulder, before he started walking however he frowned to himself, but then he carried me through the corridors back into the control room where he placed me on a chair with the team surrounding me.

"You are as light as a feather" he accused "why?"

I shrugged at him in surprise at his concern then Jess grinned at me.

"Looks like I have a new flat mate"

Now that surprised me even more than Becker's concern.