Title: Happy Ending
Author: Pinkcat4569
Rating: Teen
Warning: Character(s) death(s)
Description: Jess had always tried to deny that it was possible. She refused to accept that the odds were not in favor that they'd all live happily ever after. Now it's come to be. She's the sole survivor. She's all alone and it's intolerable.
Disclaimer: I don't own Primeval or the characters
Author's Note: The title is ironic. I envisioned this as a short one shot with a follow up sequel providing an honest happy ending. However the second story became 3000 words, so I've made both stories one three chapter story. Chapter one is the not so happy part. Chapters two and three are more true to my usual happy stories. Also, chapter one is brief with no real explanation. I save all that for the other chapters. Please, please review this. I'm anxious to see what everyone thinks. Thank you!
720 words , this chapter
Happy Ending, Chapter One
Jess looked at the line of freshly dug graves. She collapsed by the last grave. Somewhere beneath all the dirt lay a coffin that held the dead body of the man she loved.
"Becker," she whispered. She lovingly stroked the dirt. It was all she had. "I'm all cried out. You left me. You all left me," she said, looking at the other five graves. "Even Lester."
She made no attempt to get up. She didn't even care that she was probably ruining her shoes and clothes.
She felt drops on her leg. Slowly she realized that it had started to sprinkle. "Perfect," she said aloud, "Let the heavens cry for me." It began to rain harder, but she felt no impulse to move.
She didn't want to leave them, even if they were six feet under. She sighed. She had nowhere to go anyway. Her flat was empty and lonely. She couldn't face it without her flat mates.
And the ARC? Who knew what they'd do with it now. She was technically still employed. She had been interrogated by various government officials. She spent days alternating between hysterical sobs and staunch defense of her friends.
Like she'd let anyone tarnish their names. Hadn't they sacrificed everything for everyone else? She yelled at the bureaucrats stating that her friends died defending their pathetic lives. She didn't care what they did to her.
Eventually they gave up and let her go. She hadn't heard anything more.
She honestly didn't care. She dug her fingers into the soil. "Becker…" she whispered. She wanted to be with him, with them all. She sighed. She missed him so much.
Had it really been only a week ago that they'd had their first date?
Well, it wasn't really a date. The whole team, minus Lester, had gone over to her flat to watch movies. Matt and Emily left early. Abby and Connor had gone into their room, leaving Jess and Becker alone. It was a sci-fi flick so of course; Becker made fun all the way through.
"Oh, how did they all survive that?" he'd teased.
"Sh! I like happy endings," she said.
He looked at her and smirked. "You're in the wrong business then."
"Stop it. We saved the world didn't we?"
He had chuckled. "Yeah, I guess. Still, our line of work….well, the reality is that we won't all survive."
"Jeez, you're a grumpy goose."
"Excuse me?" he asked with his signature eyebrow raise.
She giggled. "I'm sorry, but I refuse to mope around and believe we're all going to die. I prefer to be happy."
Becker had laughed. "You'll survive. If I have any say in it."
She looked at him and held his gaze. She then blushed. "I appreciate that."
He had nodded and scooted close to her. "How about we watch something that won't make me a 'grumpy goose?"
She smiled. "Let me guess. Your idea of cheerful entertainment is a war movie."
He laughed. "Don't knock it until you try it."
"Well, I suppose saving freedom and the empire is a good thing."
"Exactly."
As Jess remembered, her tears came in full force. That was all they'd had, one stupid evening with a war movie. They hadn't even kissed, but that night, when they said goodbye, she felt closer to him than ever before.
Now they were apart. Forever.
Jess sat there, wet from the rain and tears when she saw a soft glow shining from behind her. Was the sun trying to come out?
She turned and saw it—an anomaly. She stood, catching her breath.
It could go anywhere, to any time. There was only one time she wanted to go to. She had knowledge that could save all their lives. One simple yell at the right time, and she'd be standing beside them, not over their graves.
It shone brighter and brighter. Jess took a step forward.
It was an impossible chance. What were the odds that this anomaly would take her to a point in time of human existence, let alone the last week?
Then her eyes focused on Becker's grave. He would take that chance. They all would. Her heart beat fast as she made a decision.
"I'm going to get my happy ending," she said, running through the anomaly.
End of Chapter One