Title: Temporary Amnesia
Author: by Pinkcat4569
Rating: T
Description: Becker has temporary amnesia, Jess tries to keep Lester and team from knowing
Spoilers: seasons 4 and 5, last chapter mentions season 3
Disclaimer: I do not own Primeval the series or its characters. I'm only borrowing them for entertainment.
AUTHOR NOTE: From hurricanepixie - Just Kiss Her Already: A Jess/Becker Drabble Tag: Becker gets temporary amnesia, and Jess is the one who has to fill him in on the whole "There are dinosaurs and we chase them" thing. Bonus points if he gets her to help him hide his short term amnesia from Lester and the rest of the team.
Update: Edited for spelling, and some grammar. I love run-on sentences, especially for Jess. Edited for length, as it's over 6000 words, so it's now broken into chapters. Also, original characters from other authors have been replaced by my own. I unintentionally hurt some feelings by borrowing them without permission. The authors here in the Primeval fandom are sweet and they forgave me. Though I'm using characters I've used before, this story is unrelated to any other. B/J are not in a relationship as this starts.
Temporary Amnesia
They had followed the ADD coordinates to an abandoned school. The anomaly was in the playground, just above the jungle gym.
"Connor, you close the anomaly. Abby, you look out here. Becker, take the right side of the building. I'll take the left. Emily, you check the side building."
Jess followed the team members on the CCTV. She had yet to see the creature. She did see Connor having a hard time scaling the jungle gym. She couldn't contain the giggles.
"Shut up, Jess," said Connor.
"I'm sorry, it's just hilarious. You look like a physically-challenged monkey."
"Ha, ha," grumbled Connor.
"Any chance of recording the image for later, Jess?" asked Becker, over the comms.
"Already recording."
"That's my girl."
Jess blushed.
"Thanks guys, really, appreciate it," said Connor. "OK, I'm at the top. You know, it's not easy climbing one of these things with a closing device in hand. How am I going to set this thing on top? I know I'll just hold it till it shuts."
"Why didn't you just set it on the ground and point up?" asked Jess, still giggling.
"Thank you, Jess. I hadn't thought of that. I tried! It wouldn't reach, I think this contraption was in the way."
Jess kept giggling as Connor held the closing device and struggled to stay atop the gym.
"Shall I recruit a nine year-old, Connor?"
"Seriously, Jess, lay off!"
Jess heard Becker's laughter over the comm. Her favorite sound in the world, besides his sexy voice, of course.
Finally the anomaly closed, and Connor jumped off the jungle gym. "Anomaly closed," said Connor. "Now I remember why I hated those things as a kid. Ow!"
Jess giggled.
Matt said, "Eyes sharp people. We've got tracks. There is definitely a creature around. It's a four-legger, so that rules out some of the more charming dinosaurs."
"Copy that, Matt," said Becker. He was patrolling the large brick building, checking all the nooks and crannies. The building was abandoned but in good condition, nothing broken. There didn't seem to be anyway for a creature to get inside. The architecture of the school had lots of eaves, landings, and roofs to hide in. Of course, that would require a fairly small creature—by prehistoric standards.
Becker then heard a growl, it sounded like a big, mean cat. He carefully trained his EMD and his eyes, scanning for a creature. He heard another low, fierce growl. Where the hell was it?
"I hear something. I think it's some sort of cat..."
Then the smilodon attacked. All Becker saw was a big tan blur on top of him. It knocked him down.
Jess screamed. She was watching Becker being mauled. "Matt, Connor anyone, the smilodon's got Becker. Repeat, Becker is in the cat's grip. Hurry!"
Becker struggled with the cat, forcing the EMD between its teeth to keep the cat from biting. It was strong and huge. Becker was outmatched. Finally, the cat hit him with its paw knocking Becker's head into the brick wall. He passed out.
Again Jess screamed, yelling to Matt, "Do something!"
The cat growled in victory, and bent its head to grab Becker. Jess heard an EMD blast and then saw the cat collapse in front of Becker's body.
Jess sighed in relief. "Oh, thank God. Is Becker alright?"
"Yeah, I think so," said Abby, Becker's rescuer. "He's out cold though. He has some scratches but believe it or not they aren't that bad. I think he's going to be fine, Jess."
Jess ran to medical bay. As she entered she heard the sounds of a brawl. Jess ran toward the sounds and found Becker standing toward the back of the exam room, posed like he was ready to punch someone. Apparently, Becker already had, as Jess noticed a medic lying on the ground, holding onto his nose.
"What's going on?" asked Jess.
"He woke up like this," said one the medics. "He was confused and disoriented, when we tried to talk to him he reacted like, well, an animal. I think he broke Forest's nose." He pointed to his fallen colleague.
Jess slowly walked to the medic on the floor, and pulled him back to the other medics.
"Give us a minute," she said. One of the medics looked at her with concern. "Oh, don't worry. He won't hurt me. I'll be fine," she said. Slowly, the medic nodded, and left.
She chuckled. "Wow, Becker. We really need to work on your people skills," she said, walking toward him. She noticed a scratch on his forehead, and reached up.
Becker pulled away.
"What's wrong?" she asked in concern.
Becker stared at her with distrust and confusion.
"Who are you?" he asked.
End of Chapter One