Title: Armageddon
Author: Pinkcat4569
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Through series 5
Description: After convergence, anomalies are frequent. Several anomalies hit around the ARC causing destruction and death. Is this the end?
Disclaimer: I right only for fun. I appreciate that I did not create Primeval or the characters. I am only borrowing them for entertainment, and nothing else.
Author's Note: I write fluff. This is not. It is darker and hopefully, suspenseful. To that end, I am not posting it all at once, plus it isn't done yet! Don't be scared off, though, there is still a Jess/Becker angle, and I doubt I'll kill canon characters. I said, doubt, though.
PS: Jess/Becker are a couple. This is not part of any of my stories. No other characters, like Bernie, Flowers or Vale will appear, because I don't want to kill them off. Any new characters though...
Armageddon, Chapter One
"We have an anomaly!"
Matt ran to the ADD ahead of the others. "Where?"
"Right outside the ARC," said Jess. "Something's coming through," she said and then gasped. "Future predators."
She felt a hand on her shoulder, and recognized the strong, safe presence of Becker.
They watched as more gray figures poured through, right outside, in the car park.
"A whole lot of future predators," said Abby.
Jess instinctively leaned back, into Becker.
"They keep coming," whispered Emily.
"We have a job to do," said Matt grimly.
Becker cursed, removed his hand from Jess' shoulder, and grabbed a black box.
He moved off, but stopped and traded a quick, concerned smile with Jess.
"Be careful," she said.
"Always."
Then he joined the team as they ran out.
Jess watched on the monitors. Her stomach did flip-flops as the ARC forces fired at the mass of gray.
"They just keep coming," she whispered.
She watched in horror as the predators got closer. Then, one by one, black-clad figures fell to gray ones. She tried not to panic, and held the cries of "Becker," in her throat.
She did scream when a predator jumped on a figure she recognized as Abby. Then she saw the predator lurch back, and fall off as Connor ran to her side. He pulled her up and kissed her, so Jess believed Abby was OK.
"We need to close the anomaly!" screamed Emily.
"How the hell do we get to it!" cried Becker.
They were swarmed, and being pushed back, into the ARC. Then, the ADD went off.
Jess jumped as Lester's voice sounded behind her, "Where is the new anomaly?"
"Um, sorry. It's..." she gasped. "No, it can't be."
"Miss Parker? Jess?" he asked more gently.
"On the other side of the ARC," she said. She looked up to see the shock and horror on his face.
Lester shook it off. "Right, anything through?"
"I don't see...wait, brachiosaurs, about five of them."
Lester leaned down to see. "They're panicking," he said. "They're going to ram the building..."
He was interrupted by several earthquakes hitting the ARC, shaking everything and everyone inside.
Jess, chair and all, was knocked over.
"Are you alright?" Lester asked, when there was a lull. He pulled her up and set the chair upright. He then eased the shaken young woman into it.
"I'm fine. You?" she asked.
He nodded.
"What the hell was that?" came Matt's startled voice.
Lester spoke into the comm. "Matt, we have another incursion, five brachiosaurs, other side of the building. Brace yourselves! They're ramming again!"
He stretched over Jess, holding tightly to her and the chair.
They were shaken again. Pieces of the ceiling broke off, falling around Ops.
Jess screamed. Lester, pulled her out of the chair and pushed her to the floor, covering her with his body. Large chunks fell down, smashing the vacant chair. Desks and chairs toppled over, electricity sparked. Several monitors fell from the ADD, narrowly missing Lester and Jess.
Finally the shaking stopped and silence filled Ops.
"Jess!" cried Becker in her ear. "Are you alright? Lester! Answer me!"
"We're alright, Becker," said Lester. "Jess is fine."
"Yes, I'm fine," she said. She heard Becker sigh.
"The predators?" asked Lester.
"They were startled by the sounds of the brachiosaur attack," said Matt.
Lester helped Jess up. They were relieved that the monitors were working.
"The brachiosaurs are still there. They look confused," said Jess.
"What about their anomaly?" asked Matt.
"Still open," said Lester.
"Abby, take some men, get the brachiosaurs through," ordered Matt.
On screen, Jess saw Abby and several black figures running.
"The predators are moving!" cried Becker.
The ARC forces fired, the predators jumped over bodies, predator and human. They lunged for the forces, too many found their prey.
"We have to do something," said Lester.
"The signal," said Connor, loudly. "Jess..."
"I remember. Accessing the file."
"What file?" asked Lester.
"A low frequency sound that stuns the predators," said Jess. "Abby used it against them before."
"More are coming through the anomaly," said Lester.
"We can't get to it," said Matt.
"I'll take care of it," said Lester, walking to his office.
The ARC forces shot and shot, but the gray assault was never-ending. Jess worked frantically.
"Jess!" screamed Connor.
"I know. Hold on," she said. Her fingers flew across the keyboard. "Patching through to the sound system and speakers. Now."
Jess didn't hear the high-pitched squeal, but from the monitors, it was obvious that the predators did. They froze. Easily, the teams took them down. More gray figures replaced them, only to freeze.
"My EMD stopped," cried Emily. There were calls of "mine too."
"We need recharging," said Matt. "Emily, you and some of the men recharge. We'll stay here, and pray they stay frozen."
"Keep that signal going," said Becker, uneasily.
"I am. I promise," said Jess. Becker smiled at the outside camera. Jess smiled at her monitor.
"Abby? How are the brachiosaurs?" asked Matt
"Scared, disoriented, and confused. They're hard to run back through, but at least we don't have any new arrivals," she said.
"That's good news," said Matt.
"We've got all but two through," she said. "Make that all but one."
"At least that side is going well," said Becker, looking uneasily at the frozen predators.
"Yeah," said Matt. "I hope they hurry with the charged EMDs."
Becker smirked. "You do realize that this is a serious design flaw?"
Matt glared at him.
Becker smiled.
"Last brachiosaur through," said Abby, "and anomaly is closed."
Jess sighed. "Thank goodness."
Luck was not with the ARC. The ADD alarm went off.
"Not again," said Jess. "Another anomaly," she said.
"You're kidding," said Matt.
"I'm really not," she said. "It's above the ARC."
"Aren't we popular today," said Connor.
"Anything through?" asked Becker.
"Not yet," said Jess. "I guess I finally get to use our emergency air force contact to close the anomaly."
"At least there are no creatures," said Abby. "Fighting another assault on the ARC would be too much."
"I really wish you hadn't said that, Abby," said Jess.
"Why?"
"Because..."
Jess was interrupted by a loud shriek, then another, and another, and then several loud booms as the ARC was dive-bombed.
"Pterosaurs!" cried Matt.
"Jess, are you OK?" cried Becker into comms. "Jess?"
There was no reply.
"There are more!" cried Emily.
The team watched as more of the ginormous winged beasts rammed into the ARC from above. The damage was extensive. Huge pieces of the ARC caved in.
Becker screamed, "NO!" and ran inside the ARC.
"No, no, no!" cried Connor.
All hell was breaking loose.
The frozen predators were suddenly alive and advancing.
"Fall back! Fall back!" screamed Matt.
Everyone retreated into the ARC.
"The signal must be off," said Connor.
All the team members became alarmed.
"Jess?" asked Emily.
There was another shaking, and they ran deeper into the ARC. As they ran, there were more hits, and debris rained down on them.
"Move! Move!" screamed Matt.
They ran, finally entering Ops, that's when the sky fell in.
A wall of debris made Ops half the size it had been.
The ADD was wrecked. Jess' monitors were shattered and broken. The computers, chairs and desks were smashed with ceiling chunks.
"I think we might be trapped," said Connor, coughing from the dust.
"I hope Lester wasn't in his office," said Abby.
"Why?" asked Matt.
Abby pointed.
Lester's office was gone.
End of Chapter One