Professor Nick Cutter

Cutter nodded, "be careful," he said softly to Connor as Connor gave him the trang gun, he wished he could be more helpful, he hated feeling useless like this. It was reminding him of being back in the hospital and he really didn't like those feelings.

He tried to peer round the containers to see if he could see what was happening.

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Connor stopped in front of the anomaly near where Becker and Sarah were working and started setting up the locking device. A little while later he heard the sound of Danny's motorcycle revving in the distance and then it started getting louder. He looked over at Becker and nodded.

"We have raptor incoming!" Becker called out as he made Sarah finish up the readings then nodded for her to go back with Cutter where it was safer.

"Locking device armed and ready!" Connor said. "Soon as it's through I'll lock it down!"

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Cutter tried to position himself behind the containers where he could have the trang gun ready if needed to fire. "Get behind me Sarah," he instructed and Sarah obeyed.

Danny drove the motorcycle through the hangar, "I hope you boys are ready, this little guy is fast," he said as he drove towards the anomaly.

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"We're ready!" Connor said as got into position and gave Becker a thumbs up.

"Here it comes!" Becker called out as the raptor came running into the hangar making a b-line for Danny.

Connor watched as Danny revved the bike again to keep its attention and lead it to the anomaly. The raptor gave an angry cry and ran after Danny who swerved to the side just as he got to the anomaly. Connor punched the button on the locking device as soon as Danny was clear and the anomaly locked and held perfectly and he breathed a sigh of relief.

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Danny watched in awe from the ground where he had slid off his bike, "okay now that is really cool," he breathed as he looked at the closed anomaly.

Cutter was peering round the container, "you got the device working," he grinned over at Connor, wincing a little at the effort that was taking.

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"Aye it works!" Connor said with a grin "It really works!" he said as he gave a little fist pump.

"Good job Connor" Becker said with a sigh as he walked over and put a hand on his shoulder. "This is going to make dealing with the anomalies so much easier."

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Despite the amount of pain he was in, Cutter forced himself to stand up to make his way over to them, "this is going to be so much helpful with the anomalies, especially with the research implications," he grinned at Connor, "we can get data whenever we need to,"

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Connor was at Cutter's side as soon as he saw him trying to make his way over. He gently put an arm around him and helped him get over to where everyone else was gathered in front of the anomaly.

"Really cool piece of tech ya got there. Gee, I say that a lot with you lot it seems" Danny said with a small chuckle.

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Cutter leaned against Connor, feeling really tied from the effort that that took.

"How did you even know where we were?" Cutter looked over at Danny, "Sarah's right, this is far out of your jurisdiction,"

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"I have my means" Danny said with a smirk. "Didn't think I was just gonna let you lot pull the whole 'government business' trick did you?"

Danny grinned and then looked at Cutter and then Becker. "Alright so, now the anomaly is locked. What do we do now?"

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Cutter felt the familiar surge of anger flow through him, "you can go home, this is not your fight, we'll take it from here thank you," he said coldly.

Danny raised an eyebrow at that, "you don't have the authority to dismiss me like that Professor, your boss can though, I'm going to stay here til he gets here,"

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"Actually, as head of security I have the authorization to make the decision," Becker said with an annoyed sigh. "I also have the authority to arrest you for trespassing and interfering with government business and disobeying direct orders. So you can either go, or I can arrest you. What will it be?"

"Alright so, where do these cases and all need to go?" Danny asked as he grabbed one of the weapon totes and one of Connor's gear boxes. "Back in the truck I assume?" he asked, totally ignoring Becker and then thinly veiled threats.

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Cutter glared at Danny, "that totally counts for grounds for being arrested right Becker?" he said tiredly to Becker, he really just wanted to go home and sleep, "besides he hasn't sighed the official secrets act, he can't touch those boxes,"

Oh look at how convenient it was for Cutter to remember the Official Secrets Act when he wanted to.

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Oh so convenient really....

Connor just kinda stared at Danny, mouth open in shock. "Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable" he said looking over at Becker who seemed to be totally done with all of this.

"Last chance Quinn, or I'm going to arrest you. Leave now and forget about the anomalies."

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"Oh I'd like to see you try," Danny smirked and he made a big show of carrying the box with the tech and weapons, "come on Soldier Boy I dare you, then let's see what your boss has to say about that?"

Cutter looked over at Becker, "I think you should arrest him now," he said, glaring back at Danny.

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Connor was flaring daggers at Danny for touching his gear. "Were doing fine. Appreciate the help and all but this is outside your jurisdiction. By miles. Let us handle it!"

Sarah looked from Danny to Becker for a moment. "Hang on I'm sure we can find a way to sort this out... Maybe call Lester and let him know what is going on?"

Oh Sarah ... This was a new development for the team... Not by a longshot.

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“Nice to see someone on the team has brains,” Danny nodded to Sarah, giving her one of his best smiles and Sarah blushed at that, “I’d listen to what she says, I’m sure your boss would rather not have to deal with the paperwork that comes from arresting a civilian on a top secret government mission,”

Cutter growled, “we didn’t ask you to be here in the first place, we were managing just fine til you showed up,” his hand went self consciously to the bandage that was on his arm.

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"Look, just dont touch anything else and stay here. We'll sort this all out when Lester and Jenny get here" Becker said rubbing his head against the headache. "Just.... behave yourself Quinn. Can you at least do that?"

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"Scouts Honour," Danny promised and then for good measure, dropped the box down and held up his hands to show that he wasn't going to touch it any more.

It wasn't long before Lester and Jenny turned up.

"DC Quinn, I'd say its a pleasure but then I'd be lying, I thought I made it very clear that you were to stay away,"

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"Sorry Guv, couldn't help myself" Danny said with a small shrug. "Besides you ended up a man down so it was actually a good thing I showed up to lend a hand."

"Nick only got hurt because you showed up and got involved!" Connor snapped back. "If you hadn't distracted us and if you hadn't spooked the raptor, we would have been perfectly fine without you!?"

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Lester looked at Cutter with concern, "are you alright?" he asked gently.

"I'm fine James," Cutter said softly, even though he was feeling really tired, "nothing a good night sleep will fix,"

Well not quite but Cutter was trying to tell himself that he was fine.

"You really need to stay away from this Danny," Jenny told him, "it won't end well if you keep on this path,"

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"And what might that path be? The path that I've been on where I'm dealing with disappearing kids no one knows what happened to? The path where I'm called a bloody fool and a lunatic for talking about seeing strange lights?" he asked pointing to the anomaly. "The path where I question what it is I am doing on the force if I can't do something that actually makes a difference?" Danny shook his head grimly. "No sorry. I'm already on a path I don't like."

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"And you've seen how dangerous how line of work is," Jenny pointed out, "Nick got injured and that was from a baby raptor, how do you think you'll fair if you ever had to face of against a T rex or something else as equally as dangerous, this isn't some fantastical adventure Danny, people can die from this ..." her voice softened as she thought back to Stephen, "they already have," her voice trembled slightly.

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Danny started to argue but closed his mouth and just nodded giving Jenny a bit of a 'youre right' shrug.

"Anyways Sir," Becker said as he turned to Lester, taking his eyes off Danny. "The anomaly is secured and the creature has been sent back through. Area is safe and my men will stay and watch the anomaly until it closes."

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