First Primeval fic, just finished watching EVERY SEASON today xDD Well I hope you enjoy, this is kind of an AU piece I guess, but in order for it to work it has to be pre-season 4, which works. Kind of.

The ARC was empty now, at three in the morning everyone had gone home, nobody was around and nobody should be around. The machines hummed and clicked, the anomaly detector gently whirring as the motors inside the hard drive worked round the clock, something anybody could never do. Captain Hilary James Becker lay on his back in the centre of the room, his gun to one side of him and his feet crossed at the ankles. The lights overhead were dimmed down to nearly nothing although it still reflected off his hair as he shifted his head slightly in the depths of a fevered dream. His eyes snapped open and he stared up at the ceiling far above him, the sweat cooling on his skin making him shiver slightly. He seemed to find himself in the ARC more than often these days, lying back in the centre of the room and staring up at the ceiling. It settled him most days. But not today. His dreams had been strange and confusing, twisted shapes and colours with an overlaying sense of urgency. Sarah's voice was running through his mind like a constant drumbeat, he couldn't forget it nor push away her screams of terror. His mind flashed backwards in time to the point where the reality merged into his dreams and everything became painfully real.

Rescue missions. That was how it all started, rescue missions. And they were successful by and by, Danny was recovered and as were Connor and Abby. But the first mission was a complete failure, a lack of communications that made the mission fail. Made Sarah lose her life in the line of duty.

Becker felt his eyes begin to blur again and he pushed his knuckles into his eyes, trying to stay awake and forget the horrors of his dreams, made worse by the scream that never seemed to end. His eyes misted and he pushed himself into a sitting position, his fingers instinctively running over the lines on his gun. There was a brief silence as he stood up and made his way stiffly down to the armoury and slid his gun onto the rack before leaving the ARC completely and venturing outside into the cool January night. The soft wind buffeted him slightly, mussing up his usually impeccable hair a little and cooling him after the feverishness of his sleep. He turned down a darkened street, a flicking streetlight providing the only illumination on it and strode towards his flat, black clothes camouflaging him almost perfectly. He reached his front door and after a few seconds fumbling with his keys he managed to unlock it, pushing it close behind him and then leaning against it, resting his head on the cool varnished wood. Memories were plaguing him again and again and all he wanted to do was run away and hide, hide from his own mind. After a few moments careful deliberation, he moved into his room and lay back on the bed, and quickly sank into sleep.

Sarah smiled and tossed her dark hair over one shoulder before turning to smile at him, her white teeth glistening in the light of the shimmering anomaly. Becker reached out a hand and gave her the blue nylon rope to clip on her belt so that he could pull her back if the mission showed signs of failing. She clipped it on and then he handed her a compact two-way radio, flicking it on to radio channel 4.

'Ready?' He asked her with a smile, shouldering his gun again.

'I'll be fine. Don't worry about me.' She turned and gave a half-hearted wave before taking the plunge into the abstract twisting lights and suspended crystalline shards. Becker waited for a long while, the anomaly lights reflecting in his eyes, his hand on his gun ready to neutralise any threat that would come through. There was a silence. The other men shifted slightly, the boredom invading their minds as Becker stood his ground, watching the anomaly flicker and shimmer. There was a sudden ear-splitting shriek from beyond the anomaly and Becker grabbed his weapon, diving forwards despite shouts from the men behind. The one shout that did ring in his ears was from a newer recruit on the team.

'Captain Becker! I will shoot you! Stop!' He kept on running towards the anomaly, ploughing head first into the shimmering light as a bullet sank into his knee. He stumbled but landed on the ground on the other side, blood gushing from the wound.

'Sarah!' He shouted, his throat hurting and his mind swimming alarmingly as pain invaded his senses. There was an answering cry from his left, quieter, weaker. 'Sarah!' He stumbled to his feet, the world swimming alarmingly and moving beneath his feet. His left knee gave out underneath him and he dropped to the ground, dragging his ruined limb behind him as he made his way towards her. She way lying on the ground, the nylon rope severed and shredded around her still form. He reached her after some painful moments and took her hand gently, wincing is he placed weight on his wounded leg. She squeezed his hand gently and then he noticed the blood on her shirt.

'Becker…' She coughed weakly, not able to conjure up the effort to smile.

'Sarah… what happened?'

'I don't have much time, Becker. I'm sorry. The mission failed. The future predator got me, I… I'm not going back, am I?'

'No Sarah, don't say that, it's not true.' Sarah smiled weakly.

'Save yourself Becker.' Her voice was getting steadily weaker.

'I can't. Sarah I can take you back.'

'You're wounded, just go. Please. Just go.'

'I'm not leaving you alone.' Tears were rolling down his cheeks and he kissed her hand softly, staring into her deep brown eyes.

'Becker please go… please… I love you.' Tears glistened on her cheeks and then her chest was still. Becker leaned over to touch her hand and then crawled away, blinded by tears. He didn't register that he was back until hands were helping him and someone stripped away the bloody cloth on his leg.

Becker started awake to the sound of his phone ringing and flipped it open, immediately on guard and ready. Connor's voice sounded down the other end of the line.

'Anomaly. We're sending you the co-ordinates now.' Becker was silent for a moment.

'Okay. Do we need backup?'

'I dunno do I? Just… get here.'

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