Hi there!
So this is my first ever Primeval fanfiction. It might be a bit odd in some parts because of that, but try not to worry about it. And I had trouble with the name, it's kind of silly I think…I don't really have anything to say except please read it, and reviews will encourage me to write more!
I don't own Primeval or any of the characters.
Becker paused to wipe the sweat out of his eyes with the back of his left hand, the other firmly wrapped around an EMD. The team had been out in the field for nearly five hours now, chasing something that Connor had, full of excitement, told them was named Compsognathus. What was so fascinating about these Jurassic rats had escaped Becker. To him they were just plain irritating, with their birdlike strut and chattering calls to one another. It had been bad enough that a whole herd of them had spilled through the anomaly after they called for a new locking device to replace their malfunctioning one, and Becker mentally kicked himself for not bringing a replacement. They could all be at the ARC by now. Spying one of the creatures, the Captain swiftly brought his finger to the EMD's trigger and fired a shot. The kick of the electrical weapon felt good, but the Compsognathus was long gone. Damn these reptiles! They may have been preferable to the T-Rex that had wrecked the city centre, but were quick, and just as recognizable as dinosaurs, should they escape the warehouse where the anomaly had opened.
"Get a grip Becker, you can do better than that". Abby was grinning at him from the end of a long aisle of cardboard boxes. As soon as the team realized no dangerous creatures were coming through, the mood had lightened. "I just got my seventh one, soon you are going to owe me and regret it." With that, she disappeared around the corner, deeper into the orderly labyrinth of piled containers. The muffled sound of her EMD echoed out to him. Becker sighed. He should never have made a bet with her to see who shot more of the skittering creatures. With determination, the Captain started after the creature he'd missed.
He found the reptile in a dead end, chewing through a box to get at the vegetables inside (cucumbers, if the label was to be trusted). When it saw Becker, the creature gave a squak of annoyance, which was cut short as the electric charge slammed into its small body. Squatting down beside the dinosaur, he raised a finger to his earpiece. "We're clear in the south quadrant, as far as I know", he spoke. Becker was sick and tired of chasing dinosaurs and wanted to get back to the ARC and relax. After their near brush with world-ending catastrophe, everyone was in need of a break. He mused over putting in replacements and giving a proper holiday for the whole team. Becker could do that. He was Head of Security, after all.
"Emily and I are clear", Matt's voice crackled over the coms. "Heading back to the trucks. Good work guys, let's get going. Connor, have you locked the anomaly and secured the area?" After a short pause, the computer genius answered. "Done and done. Though I think the former is in our dear Captain's job description, not mine." Becker let out a sarcastic laugh and started walking towards what he hoped was the entrance to the vast building, carrying the stunned Compsognathus under an arm. "Next time, you chase the dinosaurs." Connor was still sometimes plagued by a nasty cough, result of the sandstorm he had been caught in when he was visiting the future, and Abby didn't want him running around yet. "Becker, sometimes I fear you spend too much time with Lester", he chortled in amusement. "Yeah whatever Connor. Get ready to leave, I want to get back quickly." The Captain only realized his mistake when the geek spoke again. "Ooooh, it wouldn't have anything to do with seeing sweet Jess again as soon as possible? What if she's been attacked by beetles again? It must have been such an experience to carry her all through the ARC and everywhere that– hey, there you are –
Connor's words were cut short when he and Becker came face to face, and the Captain punched him in the shoulder. "Oww! That hurt mate!" he exclaimed. Becker ignored the fact that he did not seem to be hurting at all, and brushed past him out the door and into the black four-by-four waiting outside. Emily was already at the wheel. "Hey, do you even know how to drive one of these?" Becker asked her. Even if she didn't, there wasn't much he could do to stop the Victorian-era woman – Emily was known to do what she wanted, and she didn't take orders from anybody. "Matt's been teaching me", she said confidently, just as the team leader piled into the back of the car. "All right, let's get going. Abby and Connor are taking the other truck." "Thank God", Becker muttered, as Emily started the engine. Matt just grinned. He knew exactly what Connor must have said to make the Captain so moody.
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Jess Parker lounged in her comfortable red chair before the Anomaly Detection Device, or ADD, watching the blinking red dots that were the team moving towards her on the roadmap. With the long and tiresome Compsognathus incident, it would be good to have her friends around her again. Every time they went out into the field was a test of nerves for her, not knowing if they would all be coming back. Luckily the tension had dropped back to normal after New Dawn and Helen Cutter's plans were destroyed. She had never been so scared for the people who had become her best friends.
A message popped up on one of the screens, startling Jess from her daydreaming. She raised a finger to her earpiece. "Matt, we've got a traffic jam up your street. Hang a right after about 200 meters, then left onto Stropper's Road and then back to the main street. That should get you out of the worst of it." She expanded the com link to everyone else as well, so that anyone in the second car would get the message too. Matt's amused Irish accent came into her ear. "I'm not driving; Emily is." Jess could hear quiet laughter from the background, as well as very loud music. "What?" she exclaimed, laughing herself. "Don't get yourselves killed out there. "Not planning on doing that anytime soon", Becker's voice echoed amiably through the coms. "I didn't chase those lizards all around a warehouse, just to have Emily crash my car." Jess felt a flutter in her heart, and she blushed despite herself at the handsome Captain's voice. "Well, good. Now get over here quick, I'm bored and want some company! Coffee's ready too, if anyone wants it." She pretended not to hear Connor teasing Becker.
She had thought her feelings for the seemingly stoic man were so one-sided! Who had thought he would be so worried about her when she got that allergic reaction? Jess herself didn't remember much of the night the future beetles had invaded the ARC, but Connor had been quick to fill her in on how Becker had carried her through half the building, and ran to get her adrenaline even though the ARC had just been swept by deadly gamma radiation. She felt irritated with herself. She had passed out in Becker's arms! If only she knew how to thank him without making a fool out of herself...
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Matt stepped out of the car, still reeling from their wild car ride through the streets. He had never thought Emily would get so excited about driving the four-by-four. She had been positively thrilled at the sight of all those techy nobs, and her foot never let off the gas pedal. The radio was booming the whole trip, earning angry looks from pedestrians. So much for their "professional control" image that Lester was always ranting about.
Matt could see Becker scrambling out of the front seat. The younger man looked disgruntled, and his knuckles were white from clutching the carseat's arms. The team leader laughed silently to himself. They had finally found something Becker feared, besides Jess getting hurt. Emily, of course, was beaming. There was nothing she liked so much as action. She's so beautiful, Matt thought, sighing happily. At least this time she was here to stay. He looped his arm around her waist as the second car pulled up, and they all headed for the ARC.
"If you'll all just give me your black boxes", Jess called out as the team congregated around her. Matt handed his over, glad the mission was over. Abby confronted Becker. "Captain, you owe me 3 pounds for being a worse shot than me." Connor was aghast. "You made a bet for three pounds? Three pounds?" "Becker's not great at taking risks", his girlfriend said simply, smiling and accepting the money from a grumbling Becker. "This is what you get for using a handy, small gun instead of the big heavy one." Abby leaned on Jess's desk and yawned widely, exhaustion catching up on her. "You guys all know how I love chasing dinosaurs and what-not, but I really, really need a break. A proper one", she said. Becker's dark eyes lit up. "I was just thinking about that back there-" he started. "Thinking? When you should have been shooting those creatures? Your really losing your touch mate", Connor interrupted. Becker scowled. "Shut UP Temple. Anyway, I was thinking that I could find some replacements for us for, say, a couple weeks or something, and we could have a little holiday time. Just us." They all considered that. "Sounds good to me", Matt replied. "I could use some time off myself". "But we have to get together at some point!" Jess exclaimed. "I don't know what I'd do if I wouldn't see you all for weeks! It would feel all...wierd." Connor frowned. "You'd see me and Abby all the time…" he said, making Jess squirm. Matt winked at Connor, who grinned back.
"Emily? What do you think?" Matt asked the woman at his side. "How would you like a little time off work?" Emily mulled over the question. "It sounds nice. But I like working here, and being with you and all the others. Jess is right, we make a good team, and I don't feel like we should all be separated for weeks. Who has the biggest flat here?" Matt considered her for a moment. "Jess. Connor and Abby are living with her, it's quite fancy. And big too. Why?" he asked with curiosity. Emily was clearly planning something. "Why don't we all move in with them for a bit? Live together like a big family, forget about the anomalies for a while?" she suggested. "And anyway…" she leaned closer to whisper in his ear. "We have it all planned out with Connor, since he heard a certain Head of Security telling Jess he needed a break. He's been waiting for ages for an opportunity to get Becker in her flat". They both laughed at that, and Emily grinned evilly, earning a glance from the Captain. "What's so funny?" he asked. "Well", Matt said, still smiling, "you'd better start arranging those replacements. It seems like we're all going to be flatmates".
Thanks a bunch for reading! Planning on lots of Jecker/Conby/Memily sweetness in the future :)