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Fandom Museum- Monday Morning

The weather was definitely shifting towards the colder side of things. That was why Rexy had refused to leave the apartment, instead staying back in the apartment, burrowed under the laundry pile to sleep the day away. Even Connor had bundled up a bit, grabbing his hoodie as he left that morning for his shift.

It did leave him wondering what the full hold of winter would be like here on the island. Surely nothing too terrible right? It wasn't like he wasn't used to the cold. American winters couldn't be much worse than what he was used to over in England.... right?

Having no clue what he was likely in for during the coming month, Connor settled down behind the desk in the lobby and pulled out his phone. A chilly day called for a special coffee order, and he figured he might as well get some food delivered as well. Wasn't like the leftovers were going to go to waste or anything!

The Museum was open and Connor was there to help anyone who needed an excuse to get out of the cold!

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Cutter had had a rather eventful few days away between dealing with a future predator, nearly getting Abby killed and then subsequently fired and rehired in the spate of a few hours. He still felt terrible about what had happened and even though Abby was fine now, he was not going to forget Connor’s devastation anytime soon when they had thought the worst.

He had gotten in fairly early that morning and after dropping off his things, he decided to head round to the museum and hesitated, wondering if his Connor had mentioned anything that had happened while he’d been back home.

“Hey,” he said quietly as he approached the front desk.

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Oh the mixed emotions that Connor felt in the span of only a few seconds. He had in fact gotten a call from Cutter's Connor. Partly cuz he gad needed someone outside the team to talk to about it all... And also to give a heads up in case anything seemed off with Cutter when he got back.

It was hard to know what was just small changes in the timelines or what might be changing otherwise. Connor remembered the future predator... how could anyone forget it? But he didn't remember it being as close a call as this seemed to have been.

"Hey, welcome back" Connor said softly, giving Cutter a look. "Guess i should say good to see you in one piece?"

Cutter bit his lip, “I guess you heard about what happened?” he said, deflating for just a moment, it was a rare moment of self doubt but now between losing Claudia and the timeline changing and Stephen and Helen and the future predator and everything … maybe his judgement wasn’t as good as he thought it was.

“I’m sorry,” he said quietly, hands going in his pockets as he shifted awkwardly, avoiding Connor’s gaze.

Connor gave Cutter a look for a moment that shifted between a hint of anger, disappointment, and concern.

"Just... take better care over there, ok? I don't want to lose Abby, you, Stephen, or anyone else. Not again."

Cutter deserved that, he had seen how hurt his Connor had been and that had been on him.

“I made the wrong call, I messed up,” he could occasionally admit when he was in the wrong, “I nearly lost Abby …after losing Claudia …if I lost another member of my team, no wonder Lester fired me,”

He blinked a bit at the last bit, “what do you mean again?” he wasn’t sure if he wanted to know.

Connor sighed as he mentally cursed himself for letting that slip. He was going to blame the fact he had been talking to the other Connor not even 12 hour ago so he was still reeling a bit from all that. Slowly he took a deep breath and looked over at Cutter and tried to force a small casual shrug, though he knew he likely failed epically at it.

"Eh, you know... just hoping things end up better in your timeline than they did in mine. Another timeline another chance to get things right, you know."

And a chance to maybe keep two of his good friends from dying this time around. That would be really nice!

Cutter hesitated, he knew he shouldn’t ask, that knowing about his future could be a bad thing but maybe if he did know he could change it somehow, “does…does someone else die?” he finally asked quietly.

Damnit Cutter, don't give him that look.... Connor didn't think he'd be able to keep that secret if.... and there it was. Connor sighed and shifted behind the desk and kicked the other chair out a bit with a nod.

"You're going to want to sit," he said simply as he waited for his friend to sit. And silently Connor hoped this all wouldn't blow up in their faces.

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That did not sound good at all, Cutter reached out for the chair and took a seat, “how bad does it get?” he asked, not quite realising that he was one of the deaths.

"Well, pretty bad really..." Connor said, trying to think of the least heart-stopping way to break the news to Cutter.

"We lost Stephen in my timeline," he said glancing over at Cutter before dropping his gaze, realizing what he had to add to that next. "And Helen got involved again and really messed things up for the team by going after you."

Hearing that Stephen was dead was not what he expected and a range of emotions surged through him, the guilt was overwhelming especially since he had been deliberately ignoring Stephen as much as possible since he’d found out about the affair.

Cutter didn’t know what to say to that, he opened and closed his mouth several times as he tried to find the words to say, “how? when?”

Maybe he could change it, stop it from happening.

He would focus on the news about Helen going after him once he tried to process news about Stephen’s possible death.

"When all the insanity with the future predators was really getting out of hand," Connor said softly, almost numbly. "I wasn't there for it but you, Helen, and Stephen got trapped with a bunch of creatures that came through the anomalies, and the future predators."

Connor took a slow deep breath and hesitated, knowing the full truth would hurt Cutter but he didn't think he and the other Connor could keep this from him any longer.

"Someone had to stay behind to ensure the creatures stayed trapped because the lock could only be secured inside. You... tried to sacrifice yourself to be the one to do it. Stephen stopped you... and he died preventing the creatures from escaping."

Hearing all of that did not help the guilt at all, he closed his eyes as he tried to process this news, “Helen was involved too?” he latched onto that information, “Is that …is this why she comes after me?”

Helen and Stephen had been involved and he knew there was still some unresolved feelings there for them.

"Stephens's death was Helen's fault, not yours Cutter.... Helen had her own motives and goals.... not sure any of us ever really figured it out fully," Connor said simply. "Helen was against anyone she deemed was in her way. You wouldn't join her. So she saw you...saw all of us... as a threat."

Connor was deliberately leaving out the details of Cutter's death until he pushed... and even then, he wasn't sure how much he was going to be able to relive enough to retell everything that happened. If Cutter asked him to he would, of course, but Connor wasn't looking forward to that possible discussion.

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“She’s still trying to get me to join her?” Cutter remembered that conversation when he had first encountered Helen after all those years he had thought she was dead, “if there’s still time to save Stephen, maybe I could pretend to join her? Find out what’s happening…try and save Stephen,”

He was grasping at straws he knew and Helen would likely see through any subterfuge but surely it was worth a shot.

"Naw mate, it wouldn't work," Connor said "Believe me we all wanted and still wish we could have saved Stephen. But Helen is as likely to stab someone in the back as soon as shes done with them" Connor said with a dejected sigh. "Stephens inability to keep awa from Helen is what did him in really." And would be a large factor in Cutter's death too if they couldn't change that part of the timeline.

Cutter sighed , it had been worth a shot, “and I know Helen’s beyond reason, talking to her won’t do any good, if I told her the truth …she’d try and use it to her own advantage, maybe even speed things up,” he slumped down in his seat.

"Yeah, I don't think the direct approach is going to work. But maybe enough little things can change that might impact the timeline? (hopefully in their favor). Maybe it might change things enough to keep Stephen alive, and keep Helen from meddling and messing things up."

Cutter sighed, "I hope so," he paused, "well I suppose there's no better time like the present to try and make amends," he ran his hand through his hair as he tried to process everything, "if this isn't a sign from the universe to not let our friendship be ruined, I don't know what is,"

Connor nodded in agreement. "And who knows, you changing how hes treated might make him less likely to go back to Helen. Could be enough to change things, save Stephen by him not being there with Helen. Might save... everything " Connor added, catching himself right before he said 'everyone' instead.

"I'll ... I'll talk to him," Cutter sighed, he wasn't sure how he was going to approach Stephen after barely talking to him for the last couple of months, "I don't know what I'm going to say exactly, it's not like I can tell him the truth, he already thinks I've lost it with everything that happened with Claudia," he admitted.

"Just be honest with him" Connor said simply yet gently, he knew this entire thing had to be really hard for Cutter. "Tell him it was a lot, and you've been busy with things here at the school. But now things are calming down and you want to make sure you stay in touch with the team, and with him." Connor was silent for a moment before adding "it could do you both a lot of good really."

"I'll try," it wasn't much but for Cutter it was good progress, "things have been really bad with us lately, I don't even know if he'd want to try and talk to me, what if I just make it worse, cause him to go back to Helen?"

"Can only do what you can" Connor offered, trying to be encouraging. "And... not sure trying to talk to Stephen could make it worse. But that is of course, up to you. And I'll do whatever I can if you want or need me to."

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"Maybe..." Cutter hesitated, "maybe you could ask my Connor to try and reach out to Stephen first? See if he'd be willing to talk?" he paused, "I know I wouldn't want to talk to me after how I've treated him these past couple of months,"

"Yeah I can do that," Connor said with a soft grin and nod. "I was already planning on chatting with him later today when I got off work. So, I'll run it by him and see. I'm sure he'd be fine with it. Your Connor seems as thrilled with you as I was... am..." Connor added quickly hoping Cutter didn't notice, "with mine."

Cutter hesitated a bit, "I wasn't sure if he would, especially after what happened with the future predator, I'll have to talk to him later as well ... he was ... he was distraught when we thought we'd lost Abby," he said softly.

"Yeah I mean, he might need some time. He was pretty upset when he called...." Connor paused a moment before continuing. "But I don't think he'll throw it away. We had our share of issues and problems among the tea. And we got through them." For the most part at least.

Cutter grimaced at that, “thank you,” he said softly, “for being there for him, it could have been really bad and I …. I would hate to lose your …Connor’s respect as well,” he had grown quite fond of Connor and if he had lost all of that on one bad call of judgement, he wouldn’t know what to do if Connor no longer respected him.

"We all make mistakes, some bigger than others, but not a one of us on the team... at least my time anyway... has not nearly gotten killed or nearly killed someone else because of a bad judgment call. It kinda comes with the territory."

Connor hesitated a moment as he looked at Cutter and gave a small nod.

"And you do good by the team. They know that" Connor reassured him. "I'll talk to him but Im sure you guys will be fine."

Connor felt a little twinge of something realizing that a good bit of that might be because Cutter's Connor knew what could happen and would feel about Cutter the way Cutter now was feeling about Stephen.

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