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A/N: I got bitten by the plot bunny tonight while making dinner. XD Not sure where this might go and it might even take time to update. Also, it would temporarily be a Primeval/Robin Hood crossover for a few chapters. Should I leave it as a Primeval fic or put it in the crossover section? Let me know what you think and if I should continue! ;D
Summary: Returning to their own time and their own lives was the plan. What they return to is the shock of finding they've been replaced. No Danny and no Sarah. After being interrogated by Lester and meeting the Replacements, an anomaly alert puts them back in action. Until Connor is pushed through a different anomaly, which promptly closes after him. Connor finds himself stuck in the 12th century with the outlaw himself, Robin Hood, as well as a strangely familiar face from Cutter's past.
Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land
After spending several months stuck in the Cretaceous, Connor and Abby thought that nothing could be worse than being separated from humanity and never hearing from Danny after he gave chase to Helen.
They were wrong.
After searching the entire forest for months, dancing around raptors, and living in a tree, Connor had found their ticket home.
The device that they'd used months ago to leave the future to stop Helen. It had been lying on the ground, just about covered by foliage, next to a fallen tree.
Tears began to form in Connor's eyes.
"Abby!" He cried, "Abby! I found the anomaly controller! We can finally go home!"
Abby ran towards Connor and flung her arms around him. "That's great, Connor!"
Connor fiddled with the device. There was just enough power for them to open and close the anomaly once more.
"We should probably get our rucksacks before we leave."
Abby and Connor had their rucksacks on, and prepared to return to their own time as Connor fiddled with the device, hoping that, after months without technology, he'd be able to get them home safely.
"Abby," Connor turned to her, "what if—what if this doesn't work and we don't make it back?"
Abby pulled Connor into a fiery kiss. "Connor, you can do this. I have faith in you." She smiled.
Connor smiled, and took a deep breath as he pushed a button on the device.
He and Abby looked at each other and took hands.
"Here goes nothing." Abby muttered hopefully.
Just as they were about to step through, Connor stopped.
"You know, just for the record, Abby. I'm glad I got stuck in the past with you."
"Me too, Connor. Now, let's go before the anomaly closes." She replied, smiling.
As soon as they were through the anomaly, Connor closed the anomaly and hid the device in his rucksack.
They had barely taken two steps to take in their surroundings when they were surrounded by several military men with guns.
"Get down on your knees and put your hands in the air now!" One of them shouted.
Connor and Abby exchanged puzzled looks.
"Get down on your knees and put your hands in the air now!" The soldier repeated again.
Abby and Connor let go of each other's hand and slowly got down on their knees.
"No, creature sir; but two people."
"What do you mean 'two people'?" A familiar voice asked entering the circle of soldiers.
"Becker?" Abby and Connor asked at the same time confused.
Becker looked a few years older and his hair was definitely a sign of that.
"Connor? Abby?" He asked in similar confusion.
"Stand down. They're the missing ARC members." Becker ordered his men.
"Missing?" Connor asked, as he and Abby slowly stood.
"But this is the right timeline? We do exist here, right?" Abby asked remembering Cutter and the Claudia Brown person he had known.
"Of course, Connor Alexander Temple and Abigail Sarah Maitland, members of the ARC team stationed in the UK." Becker nodded smiling.
Connor and Abby jumped into each others arms hugging. They'd made it back!
Connor broke the hug and turned to Captain Becker. "What do you mean 'missing'? How long have we been gone?"
"A few years." Becker answered.
"That—that's not possible," Abby chimed in. "We were only in the Cretaceous for several months at least."
"Yeah, well. We weren't so lucky here." Becker replied half-smiling.
"Wha-" Connor began but was interrupted.
"Get out of here you government scum! You created those portals to hell!" A mob was forming and throwing objects their way.
"Yeah, the populace definitely got more friendly in our absence." Connor commented as Becker and his men pulled them towards the trucks.
"That's because we're not in London." Becker commented. "It's going to be a long ride home.
"So lemme get this straight," Connor began after hearing Becker's jumbled description. "We've been missing for three years, Lester got told off by the Prime Minister, the ARC's now partially public owned and you found us in a small town hours from London?"
"That's the gist of things." Becker smiled grimly.
"How's Sarah been?" Abby asked concern clear in her voice.
"Like I said," Becker replied with a long face, "Things have changed a lot since you guys went into the future anomaly three years ago."
"Speaking of change," Connor spoke, "Did you lose a fight with the hair clippers?"
Becker shot Connor an angry look.
Connors hands went defensively up in the air, "sorry mate, being trapped in the Cretaceous for a long time does things to ya."
"Speaking of haircuts, have you two seen yourselves lately?" Becker asked.
Abby and Connor looked at each other. They were so used to being around each other for the several months they were trapped in the past that they were noticing for the first time how much they had truly changed. Connor's hair was slightly longer than it had been since he had first joined ARC all those years ago and he'd even grown a bit of a beard. Abby herself looked a few years older with her long hair that stretched a little past her shoulders.
"I'll cut you a break, this time." Becker replied looking out the window.
The trucks pulled up to a building that seemed like a cross between the Home Office and the ARC.
"Um, why are we stopping?" Connor asked puzzled.
"Welcome to the new ARC." Becker slightly smiled as he climbed out of the truck.
Abby and Connor shot each other confused looks; but followed Becker.
Not only was the outside of the building foreign to them; but the inside that they knew and loved was drastically different as well. It looked more like a combination of a futuristic museum and a scene out of a James Bond film than the ARC they were used to. There were cases containing weapons, artifacts, and other various gadgets, as well as tables and work places for the employees.
One thing was recognizable.
"Oh my God! My ADD!" Connor cried as he dashed across the room and ran his fingers across the keyboard and a few of the screens and wandered around. "I've missed you so much!"
"Oi!" A female voice called sternly from behind him.
Connor turned to see a girl around Abby's height, give or take a few inches, with dark red hair pulled up into a ponytail with bangs. She wore a grayish lilac short skirt with a pink tank top covered by a light peachy-orange bolero with a shiny green flower pinned onto in.
"Who the hell are you and how did you get in here?" She demanded with her hands on her hips.
"It's okay, Jess. There with me." Becker answered walking up to them with Abby in tow.
"Jess?" Connor asked bewildered.
Her hands fell to her side as her expression drastically changed to that of a welcome smile as she turned to Becker. "Oh, hello, Captain Becker! Just so you know, Matt's not very happy with you right now."
"Matt?" Abby asked with the same bewilderment Connor had.
"Yeah, well, that's not that important right now. I need to take these two to see Lester stat." Becker shrugged gesturing to Abby and Connor.
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"The ARC you knew, is gone and the secrecy we had was compromised." Lester explained pacing his office.
"Yeah, but, you replaced us?" Connor inquired slightly offended.
"Thank your good friend Helen bloody Cutter!" Lester shouted.
"Sir, we've got another anomaly alert." Jess announced over the speaker system.