Disclaimer: Primeval and all its characters belong to someone else.

Summary: - This is a first for me- an adventure story rather than just fluff! Still some Abby/ Connor fluff cos I just can't help myself- but some action too.

This first chapter's quite short and reflects the way most episodes of Primeval start- with members of the public discovering an anomaly, and sets the scene for what comes next.

This first chapter is based on my thoughts as I trudged to work on a wet and windy day after the Christmas holidays, and this story just popped into my head. Don't worry, though- the team appear on the scene in Chapter Two.

Please be kind for my first action story. I so hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Shards of Glass

Chapter One- A wet and Windy Day

The woman left home well wrapped up against the foul weather. It was the first day back to normality after the Christmas/ New Year holidays and the weather matched the feeling of bleakness the woman felt at having to return to work. How she disliked her job- well, it wasn't so much the job as the people she had to work with. They were so nasty and seemed to give her the worst jobs to do- well it felt like that to her anyway!

The weather reflected her mood as she trudged on her way. It was raining heavily, and the strong winds seemed to push her faster towards the place she dreaded going the most. Her head was down under her black umbrella as she surged onward, battling against the elements.

"Oh no!" she thought "It's so dark. It's going to thunder any minute!" She was scared of thunder and lightening, so she hurried along as fast as she could. Lo and behold, there was a sudden flash and a clap of thunder. The woman started to half run and half walk, hampered partly due to age and partly due to the number of bags she was carrying. She pulled the umbrella way down in front of her face and she could only see her feet splashing in the puddles as she dashed along.

Suddenly, it seemed to get much brighter- as if the sun had suddenly come out, reflecting sparkles on the puddles at her feet. Maybe her luck was changing, she thought and dashed forward. Suddenly, the pounding on her umbrella stopped. The wind had gone- it was totally quiet and calm. The woman came to a stop and slowly lowered her umbrella. The sight that met her eyes shocked her and took her breath away for a moment.

The view was breathtaking. Green and lush with many trees. And there! There in front of her eyes stood a huge….. a huge dinosaur! She closed her eyes, and opened them again. The huge brachiosaurus ceased munching the leaves in the high boughs of the tree, and looked at the intruder for a moment. It quickly lost interest and turned back to the lush leaves on the tree.

The woman looked back from where she had come, but could only see the bright shards of glass sparkling and pulsing behind her. She looked at the herd of dinosaurs. And looked back again at the light. Closing her eyes, she ran back towards the light, still clutching her bags tightly in her hands.

Immediately she was hit by the wind and rain. She stopped running. The light stopped pulsing and disappeared. She suddenly lost control and started to scream and scream…..

To be Continued.

I hope you liked it! Please review, if you have the time!