AU of Series 5 episode 5. When Matt, Connor, Emily and Abby go to stop Philip's machine, they discover he has a much more of a dark side than any of them realise. For the purpose of this fic, there has been a problem with the machine so Philip calls Connor to fix it but when he turns up with Emily, Abby and Matt and demands that New Dawn is destroyed, Philip holds Connor's friends hostage until he agrees to do as Philip wants. I did orginally add it as M but after writing the next chapter I decided it would be better rated as T.

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Abby's eyes fluttered open and she squinted until she adjusted to the harsh light being amitted from the blub above her head. She was lying in a small room with no windows. Her hands where handcuffed behind her back, which made sitting up a slightly harder task but she managed it, wincing slightly as her shirt rubbed agaisnt the sensitive area of her back, directly on the bruise/burn left by the EMD shot.

'Emily!' Abby saw the other woman lying a few meters from her, there was blood drying on her face from the cut on her head. From what Abby could remember Emily wasn't shot with a EMD, as the others had, but had sustained a blow to the head, most likely when she trying to stop the guards getting to Connor.

Abby shuffled over to where Emily lay, hoping she was okay. Looking around the room Abby could make out the faint outline of a door, and she got up (again with difficulty) and walked over to it. She lent against it, but wasn't surprised that it was locked. She then pressed her ear to the metal, straining to hear something. Abby gave up after a few minutes, and went and sat by Emily again, not noticing the security camera that was watching her every move.

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'Sir one of the prisoners has awakened.' Philip walked up to where the guard was sitting, looked at the image that was showing from the security camera and saw Abby sitting on the floor next to Emily, scanning the room, he assumed for exits.

'Has she noticed the camera's yet.'

'It doesn't seem that she had sir.'

'Good. What about Emily?'

'There hasn't been any response from her howerever she did susitain a heavy blow to the head, sir.'

'It wasn't enough to kill her, she should wake in due course. Inform me when she does.'

'Yes sir.'

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Philip walked away from the monitor into his office, to where Connor and Matt where being held, guns pointing in the backs.

'It seems that your team mates have woken up. Well, one of them has. Miss Merchant is still out for the count. It was a nasty blow to the head that she suffered.' Philip knew that he was pushing buttons, but enjoyed the power that he had.

'What do you want from us Burton?' Matt said angrly, trying to get away from the guard, but to no avail.

'Oh, touched on a sore point did I Matt? Do you have a soft spot for her?'

'I care about everybody on this team. Abby, Connor, Emily, Jess, Becker, even Lester. I do my job, and right now my job is to shut New Dawn down before it destroyes the world.'

'Matt, Matt, Matt. How many times do I have to tell you. New Dawn is a force for good. All I need is Connor's help with some of the data and when he's done I'll let you go.' Philip turned his attention to Connor, standing infront of him.

'If New Dawn is such a good thing, why to you deem it necessary to a) keep two people that I care about locked away and b) have your men shoot Abby with an EMD?' Connor said, his voice a little shaky.

'Because a) they are secruity, to make sure you do the job and b) it was to show you how...whats the word? Persuasive I can be.'

'You're sick.' Matt muttered under his breath.

Philip rolled his eyes. 'You can either do this the easy way, or the hard way Connor.'

'I'll never help you fix that machine.'

'Fine, but I warn you whatever happens from now on is your fault Connor.' Philip spoke to the guards. 'Take Matt into the cell with Abby and Emily, but keep Connor here.'

Matt stuggled against the guards, shouting back at Connor.

'Whatever happens, do not give in to him Connor!'

I know it's not that long but I wanted to know what people thought before writing loads, if I get good feedback I will continue with this so please review you thoughts :D